Dreams are wonderful, and they can be true or false. Xu Chenglin's dream is real and illusory. If he were the same as before, he would have thought it was just an illusion. But now that he is a cultivator, this dream is worth proving. Regardless of whether the dream is real or not, a large number of words in Xu Chenglin's mind are indeed real. He struggled to sort out the words in his mind, and he swept through the words that he could understand and those that he couldn't.

Looking at these words, Xu Chenglin was speechless for a while. If he read it correctly, these words were the same common words that had once appeared. In the beginning, the entire continent used one script, and with the emergence of the seven continents, the script changed due to regional cultural differences. The writing of each continent, although it retains its original traces, has formed its own system. The earliest common scripts were replaced by new scripts on various continents because they were too much missing. And in reality, the universal script hasn't really disappeared. Some schools of practice still retain the inheritance of the common script. As a famous Jiuhua Academy in Beicang Mainland, the inheritance of the common script has been completely preserved.

If you have nothing to do, you will hear about the Taoist Hall, so that you can practice without worry. Although this is a joke of Jiuhua Academy, it also shows that the function of Wendao Hall is comprehensive. Xu Chenglin had no way of knowing the meaning of the words in his mind, so he had to go to Wendaotang again to find the answer. Xu Chenglin came to Wendao Hall and asked the senior brother on duty about the common script. The senior brother on duty only thought for a moment, and then pointed him to the storage area of historical documents.

Among the vast sea of books and jade slips, Xu Chenglin has gained a lot. Something he had never cared about or understood, but this time it was a surprise to him. The first thing Xu Chenglin found was not the explanation and annotation of the common text, but a thread-bound book called "Fengyun Zhi". After just a few casual flips, he was attracted by the content. The content introduced in the book is the history of the spiritual world.

Before the catastrophe of the destruction of the world, all the paths of cultivation were called cultivation, and the practitioners all called themselves monks. However, after the catastrophe of the destruction of the world, there was a change in the path of cultivation. The original cultivation system was replaced by the new cultivation system and the ancient martial arts refining system. Although they still call themselves monks, they are completely different from the monks before the catastrophe.

The Xiuzhen system is very complicated to explain. But in essence, it's also very simple. The process of a practitioner's cultivation is to absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world into the body and transform it into its own power. And depending on the type of exercise being practiced, this power can be spiritual power, demonic power, and so on. This is the essence of the cultivation system, everything is built on the foundation of abundant spiritual energy.

Whether the cultivation system can really live forever and fly immortals in the end, in fact, no one knows. However, it is absolutely true that every time a cultivator breaks through a great realm, the life span of a monk increases. I don't know what happened in the catastrophe of annihilation, and the cultivation system was gradually replaced. As the continent shattered and split into seven, the aura quickly depleted. The aura that does not exist in ten is even more difficult to support the development of the cultivation system. In the torrent of time, the cultivation system gradually disappeared.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you change, and if you change, you will be successful. With the thin aura on the face, the cultivators have also made changes. After a long period of exploration, a new system of practice came into being. The new cultivation system is divided into four realms, namely the refinement of the body, the condensation of qi, the leap of the mortal, and the detachment of the world.

The new cultivation system follows the stage of the cultivation system to induce qi into the body. Different from the cultivation system, the new cultivation system is followed by the process of refining the body after the qi is introduced into the body. Directly guide the aura into spiritual power, which is used to strengthen the body and change the physique. The completion of the calcined body strengthens the body's adaptability to the external environment. It is easier to absorb the thin aura and complete the next breakthrough.

Qi condensation is a process of accumulation of spiritual energy, and it is also the stage where a practitioner's own strength increases the fastest. After the condensation is completed, the spiritual energy in the body evolves into the stars, imitating the movement of the heavens and stars. You can accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy, or you can convert the rest of the energy into spiritual power in small amounts. And this process is the realm of leaping into the world. Yuefan, as the name suggests, is already beyond mortals. Once you reach the realm of Yuefan, you can fly to the sky and turn over the river and the sea. The fourth realm is the realm of refinement, which is to perfect the stars in the body. When the stars in the body correspond to the stars of the Nine Heavens, and after reaching the resonance of heaven and man, the monk can break through the boundary and soar.

The Ancient Martial Arts Refining Body almost completely subverted the cultivation system, which relied the least on aura. The ancient martial arts refining body is a combination of spiritual energy absorption and secular ancient martial arts, plus a domineering spiritual power transformation method. The first step of cultivation is also the advanced induction of qi into the body, and the end of the induction of qi into the body is to enter the stage of refinement, which is the same as the new cultivation system.

After the end of the refining body, the ancient martial arts refining body focused more on its own development. Observing one's own deficiencies, various forms of energy, and filling one's own deficiencies, this is the state of internal observation. The way of heaven is more than enough to make up for the shortcomings, and there is no perfect existence. The third realm of the ancient martial arts refining body is called Zhiwei, which is a subtle observation of oneself. Confidant subtle deficiencies, forcibly plunder the corresponding energy to replenish themselves. The fourth realm, the realm of contemplating the heavens, is the monk's perception of the nature of heaven and earth. In this realm, once the monks can always be in a state of unity between heaven and man, they can break through the realm and ascend.

Both systems of cultivation are aimed at breaking through the boundaries and ascending, but these two systems have never had a monk who broke through the boundaries and ascended. In the ancient cultivation system, there were many monks who broke through the boundaries and ascended. And since the disappearance of the cultivation system, or since the catastrophe of the destruction of the world, no cultivator has been able to break through the realm and soar. The realm of refinement of the new cultivation system and the realm of contemplation of the ancient martial arts refining body have never existed in the cultivation world. Whether or not there were monks who reached this state is still a mystery. Even the third realm of these two systems is extremely rare.

It has to be strange that the cultivation system that can break through the boundary and ascend has disappeared, while the cultivation system that cannot break the boundary and ascend has remained. What is even more strange is that later generations not only did not give up these two systems of practice, but also continued to supplement them. With the addition of later generations, each major realm of the two systems was divided into nine minor realms. According to the comparison of strengths, corresponding adjustments have been made to each major realm.

The mystery of the disappearance of the Xiuzhen system has been debated so far. But there is no doubt that the various versions of the explanation are inseparable from the change in the concentration of Reiki. Both systems have existed to this day, and it is also a phenomenon that is difficult to explain. But no matter what, the disappearance of the cultivation system and the coexistence of the two cultivation systems is the current status quo in the cultivation world.

Seeing this, Xu Chenglin was also curious about the mystery of this cultivation world. He didn't delve too much into this issue, but instead had some speculations about the disappearance of the cultivation system.

"The disappearance of the cultivation system may not be all because of the aura. The failure of those powerful spells in the dream may also have something to do with this. ”

These were all just his own speculations, and he didn't think about it carefully. Xu Chenglin's attention at this time was attracted by another question.

"The new cultivation system and the ancient martial arts refining body, which of these two cultivation systems do you cultivate?"

As soon as the question arises, he himself has the answer. Now what he is practicing, he can't tell which system he belongs to. In other words, what Xu Chenglin is practicing now is the foundation shared by the two systems. It is only after the completion of the tempering period that the two systems of practice really differ.

"I'm still in the stage of laying the foundation, so it seems that it's still a little early to think about the direction of my cultivation in the future. ”

His mind just turned around, and Xu Chenglin continued to look down. The next content of the "Fengyun Zhi" is still related to spiritual practice. It's just that Xu Chenglin knows a little about what he said. However, after seeing the specific content, Xu Chenglin still couldn't help but secretly say that he was lonely and unheard.

The biggest difference between a practitioner and a mortal is the existence of a spiritual root. And the foundation of cultivation is the existence of spiritual roots. Only when there is a spiritual root in the body can it sense the aura of heaven and earth, and introduce the aura into the body and transform it into spiritual power. If there is no spiritual root, then even if the external spiritual energy is rich, it is extremely difficult to inhale and transform the spiritual power in the body.

The Five Elements Spiritual Root, also known as the pseudo-Spiritual Root. This kind of spiritual root has all five element attributes, but the five element attributes are mixed together. When transforming spiritual power, the five attributes of spiritual power are mixed with each other, and the spiritual power attributes are highly random. Different practitioners have different spiritual powers in different places. This makes certain spells that require a high purity of spiritual power to catalyze and are difficult to use. The spiritual root attribute is slightly better, and it is the miscellaneous spiritual root of the four and three attributes. Similar to the Five Elements Spiritual Root, this Spiritual Root also has the disadvantage of impure spiritual power.

But compared to the former, it is much smaller. And when it comes to the level of dual-attribute spiritual roots, the situation is different. Although the dual-attribute spiritual root is a transformed spiritual power, it is still impure, but the corresponding exercises can indeed make up for the shortcomings. On top of the dual-attribute spiritual root, there is the mutual spiritual root. In fact, this kind of spirit is still a dual-attribute spirit root. The two attributes of this spiritual root complement each other, and the spiritual power transformation speed is extremely fast.

Above the symbiotic spiritual root, there is a single-attribute spiritual root. The single-attribute spiritual root is also known as the earth spiritual root. Although this kind of spiritual root only accounts for one of the five elements, the spiritual power transformation is extremely high, and it is several times more efficient than the spiritual power transformation efficiency of the Xiangsheng spiritual root. In the single-attribute spiritual root, there are often many changes. Among them, due to the influence of bloodline and external factors, there are variant spirit roots of the five elements, such as thunder spirit roots, wind spirit roots, ice spirit roots, etc.

In addition to this, there is also an outlier that exists. This outlier is the same name as the Earth Spirit Root. Although the Mixed Yuan Spiritual Root is also full of five elements, the proportions of the five elements are roughly the same. The five elements of spiritual power transformation are basically the same, this spiritual root is no worse than the earth spiritual root, and sometimes its magic is stronger than the earth spiritual root. Above the earth spirit root is the heavenly spirit root, which is a legendary existence, and it is not introduced in the book.

After reading Linggen's introduction, Xu Chenglin was already caught in memories.

"According to the scene of that day, he should be a spiritual root of gold and earth, and several of his companions are single spiritual roots. Several people's spiritual roots are better than themselves, and it seems that they are really as Xuan Ling said, and they will work hard to cultivate in the future. ”

Thinking so, Xu Chenglin continued to look at "Fengyunzhi". The rest of the book talks about some superficial knowledge of alchemy, talisman making, and refining. Xu Chenglin understood all this knowledge, but after a cursory flip through it, he put the book down. He had not forgotten the purpose of this trip, and he was looking for explanations and annotations in common words. Without further delay, Xu Chenglin found the explanation and annotation of the common text after a while. This is a white jade slip, and Xu Chenglin can just take it to copy.