I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

After choosing his cultivation method, Fengchuan listened to several lectures from the inner sect for a few more days.

I have now figured out all the key points and precautions for the early stages of practice.

First, the first step in spiritual practice is spiritual awakening.

There's not much to say about this.

The basic lessons have covered this.

The books in the library are written.

Now the Dharma Elder is giving further instruction.

It is comprehensive, covering every detail and all aspects.

I've basically figured it all out.

But none of these are the key issues right now.

The crucial point is, learning all this stuff is utterly useless.

He has already activated his spirit automatically!

This is the most awesome way to awaken a spirit.

Therefore, the issue of spiritual awakening simply does not exist!

It has been perfectly resolved.

Then comes the formal practice.

The first stage of cultivation is body tempering.

Body tempering is the first major realm on the path to immortality.

It is further subdivided into ten minor realms.

Forging skin, refining tendons, tempering bones, cleansing marrow, changing blood, refining internal organs, opening meridians, rebirth, bone transformation, innate constitution.

These ten minor realms are all essentially about attracting spiritual energy into the body.

Step by step, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as some auxiliary precious medicines, to strengthen the physical body.

It is only complete when one reaches the point of returning to one's original state from the acquired state.

As for why it's the Innate Realm and not some other realm...

This is actually the principle of homogeneity.

What is the principle of homogeneity?

In fact, only identical or similar items can be compatible and support each other.

You can't use water to melt fire, and you can't use weight to describe height.

The same principle applies to conversions between identical measurements.

The spirit of heaven and earth is born innately; it is a primordial thing.

Spiritual roots are also innate.

Since they are both innate, spiritual roots can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, the human body is something acquired after birth.

Therefore, the human body can absorb acquired substances, but cannot directly absorb innate substances.

Ordinary vegetables, fruits, and grains are also products of our own making.

However, the human body is not something acquired from the beginning.

At the beginning of a woman's pregnancy, the fetus is also a pre-existing spirit, which is why it can develop spiritual roots.

As the fetus develops, it gradually comes into contact with acquired energy and becomes a physical body.

This is why the spirit resides within the human body, yet exists between the real and the illusory.

Because acquired things and innate things are in conflict with each other.

Therefore, if a person wants to cultivate himself, he must make use of spiritual roots.

Establish a connection between the spiritual root within the body and the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Then, using the spiritual root, one can guide spiritual energy into the body to cleanse it of acquired impurities.

Once the acquired toxins in the body have been eliminated to a certain extent.

At the very least, the acquired impurities in the key meridians and acupoints throughout the body must be thoroughly eliminated.

At this point, the physical body can be considered a naturally formed body.

This allows it to accommodate innate spiritual energy.

It is a consensus in the cultivation world that only innate things can support innate things.

The essence of cultivation is to gather, contain, and refine innate spiritual energy, and then use it for one's own benefit.

However, the acquired body cannot contain and refine the innate spiritual energy.

Therefore, one can only use spiritual energy step by step to temper one's acquired body.

By eliminating impurities, one can ultimately return from the acquired state to the innate state and achieve the innate realm.

Only in this way can one be considered to have truly embarked on the path to immortality.

However, the process of returning to one's innate state after birth is extremely difficult.

For many people, this is something they will never be able to accomplish in their lifetime.

For example, cultivators with mixed spiritual roots.

Because low-grade spiritual roots are too slow in attracting spiritual energy, the number of spiritual opportunities they can attract is also very small.

This makes the process of spiritual transformation of the physical body extremely long.

It's been so long that my body has gradually begun to age.

The tempering process may not even be halfway complete yet.

Therefore, it would be impossible to enter the Innate Realm.

However, some rare and precious materials are rich in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

After taking it, it can thoroughly cleanse the body in one go.

This accelerates the quenching process.

However, there is one son of a powerful and influential family.

Ordinary practitioners do not have the ability or the qualification to do so.

Most importantly, there aren't that many resources to waste here.

Therefore, in the cultivation world, all sects attach great importance to spiritual root aptitude.

This can be seen from the ten minor realms of body tempering.

Drawing in spiritual energy to temper the body is actually a process that works from the outside in.

First, train your skin and muscles. Once your skin and muscles are strong enough, you can retain more energy.

The extra energy generated at this time will strengthen the tendons and ligaments within the skin and flesh.

Once the flesh and tendons are strong enough, they can retain even more spiritual energy within the flesh.

The spiritual energy penetrates inward, touches the bones, and begins to strengthen them.

Then comes the innermost layer of bone marrow.

Once the bone marrow has been strengthened, the newly formed bone marrow will produce new blood.

The new blood, enhanced by the spiritual energy, becomes even more powerful.

The blood transfusion process is lengthy, and it takes time for the blood in the entire body to be completely renewed.

New blood, carrying spiritual energy, enters the five internal organs and transforms them.

After the internal organs are strengthened, the body will undergo a transformation.

A person is born with a pre-existing condition while in the womb.

At that time, the body itself could communicate with heaven and earth.

The fetus does not yet have a mature consciousness, so it cannot actively communicate with the spiritual forces of heaven and earth.

After a person is formed in the womb, their body comes into contact with the acquired energy.

Over time, they are assimilated into their acquired physical form.

The original innate meridians will then be blocked.

Body tempering involves gradually reopening the closed innate meridians.

Therefore, the older one gets, the more difficult it becomes to cultivate oneself, and this is the reason why.

Once the internal organs have been properly exercised, the body is essentially unified inside and out.

At this point, it is necessary to achieve a connection between the inside and outside, and to link heaven and earth.

The cleansing energy of heaven and earth can transform the body, allowing it to return to its original state.

After refining the internal organs, the body can draw upon more and more innate spiritual energy.

The more innate spiritual energy one possesses, the more one can gradually unblock obstructed meridians.

It forces the acquired impurities in the meridians out of the body.

There are two vital meridians in the human body: the Ren and Du meridians.

The Ren and Du meridians are also known as the bridge between heaven and earth.

The bridge between heaven and earth allows the physical body to directly connect with heaven and earth.

This can greatly enhance the connection between the spiritual root and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Therefore, after the internal organs have been tempered, the next step is to unblock the Ren and Du meridians and open the bridge between heaven and earth.

Once the bridge between heaven and earth is opened, the connection between the spiritual root and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will be multiplied.

This will result in a large amount of spiritual energy being poured into the physical body.

This leads to a complete transformation of the physical body.

Once the transformation is complete, one can draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to open the closed acupoints in the human body.

The most important acupoint for cultivating immortality is called the dantian.

Once the dantian is opened, one enters the innate realm.

Therefore, there is an old saying passed down from generation to generation.

"Once you enter the Innate Realm, you are no longer an ordinary person; from then on, you may have the hope of becoming an immortal!"

From then on, Toyokawa understood the entire process of the first stage of cultivation: body tempering.

Then I went to the Internal Affairs Department and received a Spirit Awakening Pill.

He received a Spirit Awakening Pill with no attribute.

It's the kind of energy that can sense and absorb any kind of spiritual energy.

Upon receiving the Qi-Enhancing Pill, Feng Chuan didn't even glance at it before popping it into his mouth.

I chewed it twice and then swallowed it.

Everyone else stared at him in astonishment, as if he were a fool.

"Hmm, the taste is so-so, not very good," Toyokawa commented.

The others remained silent.

Brother! That's a pill! A Spirit Awakening Pill! Not candy!

Toyokawa ignored the strange looks from others.

He left directly and returned to his cave.

Even after entering the cave, Toyokawa's heart was still pounding.

He had his reasons for doing so.

This was all to cover up some of their own secrets.

He activated his spirit automatically, but no one else knew it!

If people knew that he could awaken his spiritual power without relying on elixirs...

Those who are interested should investigate his secrets.

That's why he dared to put on airs in front of others.

This was to dispel the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Otherwise, you might inadvertently become someone else's prized possession.

Now, everyone knows that he took the Qiling Pill.

Then no one will know that he activated his spirit automatically.

Your secret will be buried forever.

Although it might seem like he's trying to hide something, what can you do when he's young?

Kids are just prone to being silly, aren't they?

Moreover, the Qi Ling Dan is now just like any other pill to him.

At most, it will only increase one's spiritual power.

However, he was simply overthinking it.

The spiritual power of the Qiling Pill also mysteriously disappeared.

Toyokawa calmed himself down and stopped thinking about it.

Then he took out the manual "Hun Yuan Xuan Ling Gong, Volume One" and started reading it.

The cultivation realms corresponding to Volume One of "Hun Yuan Xuan Ling Gong" are Body Tempering, Spirit Gathering, and Foundation Building.

After reading the body tempering section of the technique, Fengchuan did not continue reading.

Instead, they started from the beginning and reviewed the body tempering techniques again.

And so, once, twice, five times, ten times, before Toyokawa finally stopped.

Cultivation is a matter of life and death, and also of the future.

He cannot afford to be careless in the slightest.

He didn't want to regret it for the rest of his life because of a moment of carelessness.

Just like life only happens once, and it can't be repeated.

The same applies to the path to immortality; if one goes astray, there will be no going back.

Therefore, when it comes to matters concerning one's future path, one can never be too careful.

Therefore, Toyokawa watched it ten times.

He only stopped when he felt he had fully understood everything and confirmed it again and again.

Next, it's time to begin the training.

Fengchuan sat cross-legged, his back straight as a pine tree, his eyes slightly closed, his tongue slightly curled and pointed against the roof of his mouth, his hands forming a mysterious mudra, constantly changing.

Unfortunately, I failed the first time because my fingers didn't click properly.

The second attempt failed because the finger-counting technique didn't go smoothly.

The third attempt failed again.

Holy crap, who the hell created this crappy technique?

It's just a simple finger gesture, why make it so complicated?

Sigh, let's stop pretending and practice our finger techniques first!

When you first embark on the path of immortality, no one has ever taught you any hand gestures or techniques.

Frustrated, Toyokawa had no choice but to run to the inner lecture hall again.

Go and ask for advice, go and learn various finger techniques and methods.

The inner sect instructors are all quite good; they are very patient with each inner sect disciple.

He demonstrated and taught tirelessly, again and again, one after another.

After three days of this, Toyokawa finally mastered the basics of finger techniques and finger methods.

Back in his cave, Toyokawa began cultivating once more.

After two mistakes, I finally managed to get into the pose.

Having a specific posture is useless; you still need to coordinate it with breathing techniques.

Again.

Eyes focused on the nose, nose focused on the heart, five points facing the sky, cross-legged, fingers moving in hand gestures, perfect!

Exhale, inhale, hold your breath for two breaths.

Exhale, inhale, hold your breath for three breaths.

Exhale, inhale, hold your breath for five breaths.

Exhale, inhale, hold your breath for seven breaths.

Exhale, inhale, hold your breath for nine breaths.

It goes on and on, in cycles.

Finally, after practicing five times, the rhythm was disrupted.

Again!

Once, twice, three times, ten times.

Before we knew it, it was already evening.

Toyokawa knew that the worst thing in spiritual practice was to be impatient and restless, so he didn't force himself.

I decided to go out and change my environment and mood.

A short while later, we arrived at the pavilion.

The area below the cliff was still shrouded in mist.

At this moment, the sunset glowed like fire, dyeing the clouds and mist swirling below the cliff red.

A mountain breeze blows gently, and the distant trees rustle softly.

A touch of coolness touched Toyokawa's heartstrings.

My heart calmed down immediately.

Take a deep breath, close your eyes, sit cross-legged, make quick hand gestures, breathe steadily, and maintain a gentle rhythm.

Finally, one cycle, two cycles, three cycles.

Toyokawa clearly felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowing into his body like swallows returning to their nests.

But it still mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

But Toyokawa did not give up, nor did he stop his training.

During this cultivation session, I seemed to have forgotten the existence of time.

When Toyokawa awoke, the bright moon was already high in the sky.

Toyokawa finally understood.

I'm afraid I really have a problem.

Oh no, we're doomed!

This body is leaking air!

How am I supposed to cultivate myself like this? What should I do?

I can't talk about it, and I don't know who to talk to.

I can't ask, and I don't know who to ask.

Moreover, I haven't seen anything like this in the book.

After much deliberation, Toyokawa recalled the results of his qualification assessment.

Spirit: Unknown!

Could it be that I possess a special kind of spirit?

Moreover, it's probably not a common spirit.

Therefore, the sect was unable to detect it.

This situation has now occurred.

Could it be caused by a spirit?

Despite racking his brains, Toyokawa couldn't guess any other reason.

Alright, let's keep practicing!

Let's see how things go in a while.

If there's really no other way, then we can only wait until we meet Murong Ziling and ask her.

And so it went, one day, two days, three days.

One month, two months, three months.

I endured three months of agonizing suffering.

This reminded Toyokawa of his past life when he was stranded on a deserted island.

This is so damn hopeless!

Family members, who knows?

Three whole months!

What did I gain from three months of arduous training?

There was absolutely nothing, not even a trace!

Her eyes, which had been filled with longing, finally shed tears of despair.

For such a long time, Fengchuan had no idea how much spiritual energy he had drawn into his body.

Everything disappeared without a trace, while his physical body remained exactly the same as when he first started!

How can one not be heartbroken? How can one not shed tears?

Toyokawa didn't want to wait any longer.

He planned to wait another ten days.

If there is still no movement, take the initiative to find Murong Ziling.

He was really panicked!