Traversing the path of life and death

Chapter Six: Entering the Solidification Realm

"The Nine Heavens Transformation Witchcraft Technique is the most advanced technique in the Solidification Realm of my Witch Clan. It is divided into three stages: Transformation into Life, Transformation into Mortal, and Transformation into Witch. The three stages complement each other. When practiced to the extreme, one can achieve the Witch Body of the Witch Clan." This was the first sentence Lin Yu saw.

"Everyone who cultivates this technique will have gains and losses. While the Nine Heavens Transformation Witchcraft Technique has great benefits, one must also endure great pain. Those who lack perseverance should not practice it, those who are afraid of hardship should not practice it, and those who crave a comfortable life should not practice it." Lin Yu read the last sentence and felt that these words were very different from the previous words, as if they were added later, but Lin Yu did not want to ask the old witch.

This cultivation technique's Transformation Stage is equivalent to the first three levels of the Solidification Realm. Upon successful cultivation, spiritual energy fills the body, and the skin becomes noticeably more elastic.

The Transcendent Realm is equivalent to the fourth to sixth levels of the Solidification Realm. Successfully cultivating it makes the body more agile, significantly increases speed, and cultivates internal spiritual power, thus enhancing attack power.

The Transformation Witch Rank is equivalent to the last three levels of the Solidification Realm. Reaching the peak of this realm strengthens the first two stages, eliminates impurities, refines the body and cleanses the marrow, and achieves the Witch Body.

After reading this, Lin Yu roughly understood the cultivation method, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only ask Elder Wu for help. "Teacher, how do I start cultivating the Nine Heavens Transformation Witchcraft Technique?" Lin Yu asked, full of questions.

Seeing Lin Yu's confusion, Elder Wu explained: "To refine the 'Nine Heavens Transformation Wu Technique,' one must first sense the elements of heaven and earth, which are the five elements of metal, fire, and earth, as well as hidden elements. Then, one must integrate these elements into one's body. This is considered the initial stage of transformation. Only when one feels that one's body can no longer integrate elements will one have truly entered the stage of transformation. Now, begin your cultivation."

"Since the teacher has explained it to this extent, if I still don't understand, then I'm really too stupid. I should work hard to cultivate from now on," Lin Yu thought to himself.

The sky over Qingshan Town was exceptionally wondrous, its rosy hue illuminating the earth as if covered with a red blanket, making it exceptionally beautiful. There used to be a young child under the sky, gazing up at the heavens. Now, the child is long gone, leaving only the still brilliant and beautiful space.

Behind the Lin family's mountain, the shadows of the trees swayed, their reflections deeply etched into the wide lake. Between the cliffs, a massive waterfall cascaded down, crashing heavily against the rocks below. Beside the waterfall, a slender figure could be vaguely seen, sitting cross-legged on a boulder.

The boy was Lin Yu, dressed in a short training uniform. His tender face revealed a trace of anxiety. "I failed. Element, do you like playing hide-and-seek so much? Why won't you show up?" After experiencing thousands and thousands of failures, Lin Yu sighed.

"You've already lost confidence so quickly? Remember, things don't happen overnight. You must be patient and never rush. The first hurdle is the most difficult, and it's also a test of your patience and perseverance. If you're defeated here, then there's no point in continuing your cultivation," Elder Wu said with deep understanding.

"Don't worry, teacher, I'm not one to give up so easily. Since it won't come out, I'll keep looking until it does," Lin Yu said, his brows revealing confidence.

Seeing Lin Yu's confident expression, Elder Wu felt a surge of inexplicable impulse and muttered to himself, "Perhaps, when he grows up, he can truly help me. After all, the opponent's strength is still too great."

"It still doesn't work. Could it be due to my innate constitution?" Lin Yu looked at the five dark marks inside his body. These marks were formed automatically after Lin Yu finished the test. Lin Yu had asked Lin Feng about them, but Lin Feng didn't have marks like his. Elder Wu also didn't know anything about these five marks.

Lin Yu did not give up. Every day, Lin Yu's figure could be seen on the boulder next to the waterfall behind the Lin family. His eyes were closed, his two small hands were slowly gesturing in the air, and his mouth was slightly open, as if he was speaking, but not really. After gesturing for a while, he would withdraw his hands and place them tightly on his calves. The splashing sound of the waterfall next to him seemed to have no effect on Lin Yu. He remained sitting there motionless.

Standing next to Lin Yu was a blurry figure, looking kindly at Lin Yu who was cultivating. This person was Elder Wu. Originally, Elder Wu's soul could enter the ring, but he could only stay outside for a very short time and rarely came out. This time, he came out to help Lin Yu sense the elements and specially set up a formation next to Lin Yu, the Spirit Gathering Formation.

The Spirit Gathering Array, as its name suggests, gathers spiritual energy, making the density of spiritual elements within the array far exceed that of other places, thus enabling those within the array to quickly sense the elements of heaven and earth.

However, Lin Yu still gained nothing from the formation. All he could see was darkness, with no other colors appearing. Lin Yu became anxious. Logically, he should have sensed it by now, but the reality was so cruel.

Time passes little by little.

A year later, on the boulder beside the waterfall in the back mountain of the Lin family, Lin Yu was still sitting cross-legged. Every day during that year, Lin Yu tried his best to sense the elements of heaven and earth, but the elements seemed to have disappeared into thin air without any sign of reappearing. Lin Yu did not give up and remained as persistent as ever.

At this moment, it was summer in Qingshan Town. The reddish sky looked particularly bright, and the scorching sun blazed down on the earth. People had all gone to find places to escape the heat.

A thin young man sat amidst the blazing sun. His small figure looked particularly lonely in the sunlight, but the blazing sun did not spare him because of his loneliness. The high temperature relentlessly scorched him.

A quarter of an hour, then another quarter of an hour… finally, the boy couldn’t withstand the high temperature and fainted on the boulder. After he fainted, a huge change occurred around him. Tiny particles tightly wrapped around him, forming a six-colored giant net with five shades of blue and a hint of purple, tightly enveloping him and slowly merging into Lin Yu’s body. Lin Yu’s skin changed at this moment, becoming incredibly hard, but Lin Yu showed no signs of waking up and remained motionless.

Night fell quickly. Lin Yu, who was lying on the boulder, woke up when he felt a chill. He felt a sharp pain in his head, but he couldn't remember what had happened. He only remembered that he was cultivating on the boulder, and nothing else.

Immediately, he called out to Elder Wu, "Teacher, are you there?"

The old shaman slowly revealed himself outside, looked at Lin Yu, and was immediately surprised. He smiled and said, "Boy, you really succeeded." Lin Yu was puzzled, but the old shaman's next words made Lin Yu extremely happy. "You have truly entered the Transformation Stage of the Nine Heavens Transformation Shaman Technique, and your strength has reached the first level of Body Solidification."

Lin Yu gazed at the sky and sighed softly, "Finally, we succeeded."