Chapter 16: The Path of Cultivation
"Little friend, this is not your current textbook!" an old voice came. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The big book in Info Chenxi's hand snapped and closed on its own, returning to its original position on the shelf. Chenxi, who had just looked at the beginning, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he found that an old man with a long white beard was already standing not far from him with a bowl of green-looking medicinal liquid.
Chenxi hurriedly got up: "Master Lorraine, please forgive me! I just met a Sprigan yesterday, and I heard that they are the revenants of the Fermort clan, so I was curious for a moment!"
The old man handed the potion to Dawn and motioned for him to drink it. "Maintaining a strong desire to learn is the foundation of a mage's strength, but early exposure to higher levels of knowledge is harmful and unhelpful. Morey is a nice lad, and I hope his children will not go astray under my teaching!"
Chenxi's mind was not here now, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like a liquid taken out of the sewer, which made his face a little bitter.
"Awakening Liquid, the materials used to make it are getting fewer and fewer, and the medicinal properties are getting worse and worse, you'd better drink it while it's hot, the air of the end law will soon make it completely dissipate!" said the old man with a smile, taking out a tattered book from the lower part of the bookshelf by the way.
Chenxi closed his eyes and drank the green liquid, and immediately felt the extraordinaryness of the liquid. He hurriedly collected his thoughts, only to feel that a green tree seemed to grow in his mind, glowing with vitality, so that the sleepy and weak spirit felt a burst of comfortable coolness. Zhihai's injuries recovered quickly, although he didn't do his best, at least there was no longer a faint pain.
"If you suffer such an injury and don't damage the source, you can be considered lucky. But a wise cultivator will not entrust his soul to the unknown!" the old man looked at the morning light that was slowly waking up, said casually, and handed him the rotten book in his hand.
This time the dawn was honest and taught, and the old druid's knowledge and conduct were by no means comparable to those practitioners he had met before, but he was impressed by the bearing of a monk in ancient times. He solemnly took the rotten book, only to find that it was not that the book was broken, but that the size and color of the paper in the book were all inconsistent, and it looked like countless books were put together.
"Druids are a profession that is taught by word of mouth, mentoring and apprenticeship, this is the introductory notes of my lineage, and some of the experiences of my seniors and my predecessors on new apprentices, although it looks dilapidated, it is the wisdom of my line!" said the old druid with some emotion. "You come from the East and have your own beliefs and practices. It stands to reason that I don't meet the requirements to be my student. However, in this era of the end of the law, countless inheritances are on the verge of disappearing, and as long as I can pass on the wisdom, I will no longer care about this gateway view!"
Chenxi felt a little emotional, no wonder the passage of time had erased the imprint of countless schools of cultivation. However, Druidism still has a strong vitality in this era of the end of the Dharma. It seems that in the secular world, the Oak Cult is also closely integrated with the naturalism that is thriving in society, and is spreading in Western countries. This open-mindedness alone is worth learning from many of the increasingly dilapidated ancient families in Kyushu.
Dawn was about to salute solemnly, but she might as well be stopped by the old druid. "Some questions should be checked in advance? Son, can you tell me what your faith is?"
Chenxi was slightly stunned, although he was a cultivator, he was not a religious fanatic like a monk of medieval religion. Rather, it is similar to the qi practitioners of ancient Kyushu, who studied under heaven and earth, pursued the will of the Great Dao, and was free to crisscross the universe, respecting the flow of gods rather than believing in them.
"If I have any faith, it's the Tao. There was some hesitation in Chenxi's tone, he had never been aware of the question of his beliefs before.
"Dao, the Tao of the Eastern World is a kind of existence similar to the laws of nature!" Lorraine slowly closed his eyes. "In this way, there is no conflict between our beliefs!"
"So, are you willing to follow the footsteps of the natural order and become a druid?" If you agree, I will take you to the Druid Sect and give you the maximum support of the Oak Cult!" Lorraine asked slowly as she opened her eyes and looked at the morning light.
Dawn knew that as long as he nodded, he could worship under a well-known Druid master in the world, enjoy the protection of the Druid Sect, and almost solve his current problems. But he still had some hesitation in his heart, and he always felt that this was not what he wanted. In the depths of Dawn's heart, the Tao of the East is not like Lorraine and other foreigners, but only a manifestation of the laws of nature, which seems to have deeper thoughts and emotions. Although the current dawn still doesn't understand, it doesn't affect him to make his choice in the slightest.
"I'm sorry, Master Lorraine, but I told me in my heart that I wasn't fit to be a druid!" Dawn said in a low but firm tone.
"Oh...... Although it is a pity, I am willing to admit that you are my student and have taught you the introductory knowledge of a practitioner, but there is nothing I can do about the deeper wisdom. Of course, if you change your mind along the way, the Druid's door will be open for you at any time, my child!" Lorraine was a little disappointed, but did not refuse the Duke's commission.
Chenxi suddenly breathed a long sigh in his heart, although he seemed to be good at talismans, but because of the lack of basic theories of cultivation, he was actually just a source of water. I wanted to ask Bai Ze for advice, but obviously my level couldn't even satisfy Bai Ze's guidance. It's really sad that I have a doctoral supervisor but can't even finish elementary school. Therefore, the appearance of Lorraine can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of Chenxi's basic education, and he is really afraid that he will miss this opportunity to learn.
"I've roughly examined your muscles and bones when I'm healing you, and it's incredible to be at the level of a full-fledged mage at this age. Having established their status as two, the old druid began to take on his own role.
"Formal mage?Is it the standard for druids to divide the strength of the flesh?" "Dawn knows his own family affairs, and although Bai Ze doesn't know much about the basic period of the human race, what he takes out is indeed not an ordinary product. The strengthening effect of the "Gluttonous Secret Record" on the body is definitely a first-class method even in this era of the end of the law.
"Oh, the realm before the realm of Eastern mythology is divided into four stages: refinement, qi refinement, god refinement, and void refinement, and within our druids, it is divided into ravens representing apprenticeships, coyotes representing formal druids, giant bears representing the master stage, and oak trees representing the sage stage. Of course, there are also three stages or five stages, but no matter what the name is, there are several stages, but the essence is the same, and they are all a process of elementalization of the practitioner's body!"
"Body elementalization?" Dawn thought of what Bai Ze said about the elemental life, that is, the difference between mythical life and flesh life.
"The essence of the so-called mythical life is elemental life, and although many of them look no different from flesh and blood in appearance, they are actually just a visual phenomenon, and they are completely different in nature. In many ancient myths, there are cases of mortals turning to ashes after confronting the body of a god!" Lorraine explained slightly. "So the process of stepping on the god level is actually a process of sublimating from an acquired flesh and blood life to an innate elemental life. You must know that no matter how strong the flesh is, it will decay in endless time, only the natural elements are immortal!"
"But the mythical life force seems to be very different?" Dawn understands, the spirits such as goblins and goblins are also mythical lifeforms, but they are too different from each other.
"This involves the level of elemental life, this kind of level is innately cast, basically there is only a quantitative change in the later stage and there is no possibility of qualitative change! But before humans and many animals and monsters reach the mythical realm, their strength is not limited by the rank and continues to increase. Therefore, the accumulation of the body before it is fully elementalized will directly determine your rank after achieving the myth. This is where the strengths and weaknesses of different systems of practice are revealed. Old Druid sighed. "It's just that with the advent of the end of the Dharma era, cultivation has become a luxury, and with your strength when you first enter the second stage, you are already considered a leader. And I, because of a coincidence, got to where I am today. ā
"How do you divide this elementalization process?"
"The general apprenticeship period, which is also the first stage, is the period of consolidating the foundation of the body, and raising the physical state to the peak through blood refining, meat refining and marrow refining. But at this stage, they are actually mortals, and they will be born, old, sick and die. Now that the end of the Dharma era has not been helped by the spiritual power in the environment, although this process can still be achieved, it is much more difficult. You have now passed this stage, and at your current age, you are about the same level as an ordinary monk in ancient times, but in modern times it can be called a miracle. After hearing this, Chenxi couldn't help but be shocked by the strength of the gluttonous exercises, but he knew how bad his previous physique was.
"The second stage is to draw spiritual energy from the outside world to directly forge the flesh and blood of the body, so that the body can accept elemental transformation. The so-called aura is essentially a massive number of non-attribute elements. So it's a painful process, but it's the beginning of real practice. Because of the damage to your sea of consciousness, this process cannot be started yet, but because you have received the power stimulation of the pure light elemental explosion, it has also made you pass the threshold of elemental adaptation. Now as long as you complete the cultivation of the sea and can independently attract spiritual power into the body, you will steadily enter the second stage, which is what you call qi cultivation in the East. At this stage, the musculoskeletal system of the person has begun to elementalize, and ordinary trauma and illness can no longer harm you, and you can prolong your life, but you still can't avoid death. ā
"What about the third stage?" Dawn didn't expect that he had already stepped on the threshold of a qi practitioner, and it seemed that the impact of the Messiah's full force blow on himself was not all bad.
"In the third stage, as the practice deepens, the five internal organs will also be elementalized. Except for the head, your body will no longer have any mortal danger, as long as you have sufficient spiritual power, your body will basically not grow old and decay, and your vitality will remain forever!"
"And the fourth stage is also the most difficult. The elementalization of the brain domain, which has passed through the elemental life, has become a myth, and has been immortal ever since. The degree is just the abandonment of the previous achievements, and the death with the exhaustion of the intellect. It is said that many of your Eastern beings even invoke the Heavenly Thunder to forge themselves and stimulate their brains in order to take this step, which is really crazy. Lorraine said this, her eyes longing and tangled.