Chapter Ninety-Eight: Cultivating Immortals and Particle A (Revised)
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Zhong Xun made a fist and solemnly made a standard salute. He came with sincerity, and his posture was 100 out of 10.
"Thank you for the invitation, and I am willing to discuss the Tao with my Taoist friend Zhong Xun and seek scriptures. ā
Su Rongrong didn't know much about the etiquette here, so he also made a bow according to the gourd painting scoop.
Luckily, both were pragmatists, and after the opening salute, they went straight to the point.
Zhong Xun first asked Su Rongrong about the accumulation of knowledge, Su Rongrong recalled the common sense that Rong'er and the people of the Axis Ring Dao had said, and then pulled out some miscellaneous theories from the collection of the old man Chen in Yicheng, and Zhong Xun frowned when he heard it.
Five minutes later, Zhong Xun couldn't help but shout to stop, and slapped the ground angrily and yelled, you dare to say that you want to cultivate immortals? dare to start cultivating? and dare to come to the realm of cultivating immortals? Fortunately, you didn't build a foundation, otherwise you would definitely go crazy!
Su Rongrong bowed his head humbly and said nothing, humbly seeking advice.
Zhong Xun was so choked that he couldn't speak. There is a good saying, if you are not afraid of doubts, you are afraid that you will not even know where the problem is. Zhong Xun now has a kind of trouble that the water of the sea wants to pour down, but there is no exit.
Due to the limited time, Zhong Xun simply told the entire Xia Zhou overview. Because he knew where the lower limit of Su Rongrong's ignorance was, he spoke very pertinently and quickly unveiled Xia Zhou.
In fact, Su Rongrong had read a lot of immortal cultivation novels long before she crossed over, and the online game "Heavenly Trench" was also a theme of cultivating immortals, but it was just a piece of land, and different immortal cultivation worlds had different settings, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense to Xia Zhou. Now that Zhong Xun is coming one by one, she only needs to correspond Xia Zhou's theory with her knowledge reserves, and she understands many things after listening to them once, which saves a lot of effort.
However, the more she listened, the more shocked Su Rongrong became, and she gradually realized that the immortal cultivation on this planet was not an unattainable fantasy, on the contrary, it was still a quite "scientific" thing with a high degree of feasibility!
--First, let's talk about the similarities between this planet and Earth.
In astronomical terms, the planet is highly similar to the Earth, with one sun, one moon, alternating day and night, and four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Even the Xia calendar, which is commonly used in Xiazhou, is almost exactly the same as the Chinese lunar calendar, with 12 hours a day, 12 months a year, and a leap every four years.
In addition, the planet is several times larger than the Earth, and the atmosphere is much thicker, so in theory, the gravity is also several times that of the Earth. It's just that Su Rongrong uses the body of the aboriginal Rong'er, and he has long been accustomed to this environment, so there is no discomfort in his actions.
In terms of geography, Xiazhou is an extremely vast continent, surrounded by the sea on all sides, with mountains and rivers. Although the level of knowledge here has not yet risen to the concept of a planet, the continent is cold in the north and hot in the south, and it is likely to be located in the northern hemisphere, judging by the local sunshine hours, next to the Arctic Circle in the north and near the equator in the south.
The people of Xiazhou once thought that the continent and the ocean of Xiazhou were the whole world, until there were more immortal cultivators, the transportation capacity was greatly enhanced, and there were more and more visitors from the surrounding islands, and some people even claimed to be from the distant and mysterious Yingtian Continent, and Xia Zhou knew that the world was wider than they imagined, but unfortunately, with the level of science and technology of Xiazhou, it could not be clearly explored.
In terms of ecology, the common structure of life forms is similar to that of the earth, especially the appearance of the people of Xia Zhou is exactly the same as that of the yellow race of the earth! On this point, Su Rongrong is sure that this place has a direct relationship with the earth, as for whether it is a colony, a clone planet, a parallel world or something else, it is difficult to say, but most of the mystery has something to do with the reason why she was summoned to cross.
In terms of administrative humanities, Xiazhou's social concept is similar to that of Chinese feudal society, with a polarization of respect and inferiority, preference for sons over women, and slavery in some areas. Because the mortal kingdom is divided by the realm of cultivating immortals, there is no unified political power, and the heroes of various places call the king to build the country, and implement the monarchy centralized power or feudal system.
-- Next, let's focus on what makes this planet very different from Earth.
On this planet, there is a kind of "aura" that the earth does not have.
Reiki is almost ubiquitous, divided into five attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, which can enter the human body or objects, and imperceptibly transform ordinary items into "spiritual objects": stones containing aura become spiritual stones, plants become spiritual plants, animals become spiritual animals, and human beings become immortal cultivators.
When the aura in the body reaches a certain concentration, the spiritual object will release spiritual power fluctuations according to the law, changing the environment. For example, some spiritual objects can cause hallucinations, some spiritual objects can burn objects within a certain range, and some spiritual objects can freeze for hundreds of miles. Immortal cultivators with self-consciousness can manipulate spiritual power and practice spiritual energy techniques such as flying swords and breaking stones, and overthrowing mountains and seas.
However, the process of transforming objects by Reiki is extremely slow, and many of nature's natural treasures are measured in terms of 100 years. If the spiritual object is destroyed and decomposed, the spiritual energy it carries will fly in all directions, reverting to the Heavenly Dao cycle.
In view of the time constraints, it is difficult for people and animals with short lifespans to make a difference, but the Great Dao is fifty days and forty-nine, and there is still a variable left in nature - the spiritual root.
A very small number of creatures with spiritual roots are born with easy absorption and storage of spiritual energy, and can accumulate enough "transformation and advanced" spiritual energy in their limited lifespan, so as to obtain a stronger body and a longer lifespan than their peers.
After tens of millions of years of survival of the fittest, the spiritual root holders finally passed it on in the form of blood, demon beasts formed a race, and humans formed a family of cultivating immortals, standing at the top of the food chain in the long years.
However, the self-proclaimed intelligent humans are far from satisfied with this natural evolution, and they are constantly seeking greater strength and faster progression. Tens of thousands of years have passed, and finally someone has ascended to the Tao and pointed out a bright road for future generations.
Cultivating immortals.
This is the biggest divergence between Xia Zhou and the earth.
Xia Zhou's cultivation of immortals is to consciously attract spiritual energy into the body, guide spiritual energy to transform the meridians, accumulate and compress spiritual power, repeatedly reshape the physical body, break through the self, and finally reach the realm of immortal Mahayana.
Thousands of years of history of cultivating immortals, and the transformation and feathering of countless ancestors, were finally compiled into a volume of disciplined immortal cultivation exercises, and cultivating immortals has thus become a mainstream thing that "as long as you work hard, there is hope".
According to the legend of the ancestors, Fa Xiu is the most orthodox school of cultivating immortals, selecting people with spiritual roots, running exercises to absorb spiritual energy, and through the nine major advancements of Qi refining, foundation building, Jindan, Yuanying, transforming gods, refining void, merging, Mahayana, and crossing tribulations, they will finally ascend to immortals, take charge of great power, and incarnate a part of the Heavenly Dao.
However, when it comes to spiritual roots, not everyone has them, so there are persistent people who take the sword and develop various ways to cultivate immortals.
For example, physical cultivation, first through continuous tempering to strengthen the body, and then use physical cultivation exercises and heavenly and earthly treasures to reshape the body, artificially transform the muscles and flesh into a physique that is easy to absorb aura, theoretically, can also achieve the purpose of accumulating aura. However, physical cultivation is a typical entry, simple and difficult to study, and there are very few high-level physical cultivators, so the status of physical cultivation is not high.
In addition, there are also schools of Buddhism, Confucianism, and demonism, and there are different methods of cultivation.
In addition to their own cultivation, there are also many immortal cultivators who devote themselves to studying pills, talismans, weapons, and arrays, imprisoning spiritual energy in props to improve their strength.
Historically, these schools have fought against each other in order to prove their correctness, but there is only one thing that has been agreed upon - only those with strong divine consciousness can ascend. Later, this concept was developed to the point that divine consciousness is the basis for determining whether a person has the qualifications to cultivate immortals.
In addition to the spiritual root and divine consciousness, there is another point that is also crucial, and that is the richness of the spiritual energy.
Reiki is not evenly distributed on the planet. In the place where the aura is strong, the number of spiritual objects is large, the magic power is large, and the cultivation is fast, and the immortal cultivators spontaneously gather to form the "Immortal Cultivation Realm", with strength as the respect, with the spirit stone as the currency, and the official language of Xiazhou is exchanged, and the recognized power collection is the various sects and the immortal cultivation family.
On the contrary, the land where the spiritual energy is thin becomes the "mortal realm", and there are very few people with spiritual roots, and they are unable to perform large-scale immortal arts.
The realm of cultivating immortals and the realm of mortals are collectively referred to as the "Xuanhuang Realm", and according to rumors, above the Xuanhuang Realm, there is also a "Spiritual Realm" with extremely strong aura. When an immortal cultivator advances to the stage of transforming into a god, his physique structure is already very different from that of mortals, and he will be rejected by the Xuanhuang Realm and at the same time be summoned by the Spirit Realm. Therefore, most of the god-transforming monks live in the spirit realm, and if they forcibly go to the lower realm, it will cause great damage to their bodies and cultivation.
As for the situation above the spirit realm, Zhong Xun was not clear.
Because of the fear of backlash, immortal cultivators above the god rarely transmit information to the Xuanhuang Realm, and occasionally, it is also a secret transmission left by the ancestor of the Gaomen sect to his disciples. Zhong Xun's background in scattered cultivation is just to find some clues from the group of books.
"That's pretty much it. If you want to cultivate immortals, these are all basic common sense. ā
Zhong Xun talked for a long time, and finally stopped.
Su Rongrong was still stunned.
The situation in her mind is changing, the huge amount of information is dizzying, Xia Zhou gradually turned from an illusory map to a real continent, and planted roots in her heart.
Through the present, she has been ignorant in the fog, and now, for the first time, she has touched the shape of the chessboard.
The benefits brought to her by this popular science far exceeded the month of stealing teachers in Yilangmen.
At the same time, the collision between Xiazhou culture and the earth's civilization also gave birth to a vague idea in Su Rongrong's heart......
Zhong Xun talked for a long time, and seeing that Su Rongrong didn't say a word, he wasn't sure how much she understood, so he reminded: "Su Daoyou, if you have any questions, you can ask them." ā
Su Rongrong woke up from his contemplation: "Ah, oh! I understand, you said it very clearly......
By the way, it has always been Zhong Xun who said that she listened, which is not kind. Although she is now full of that suspicious idea, and she doesn't know if Zhong Xun can understand it when she says it, but since this discourse is to get in touch with new insights, it doesn't hurt to talk about it, right?
Su Rongrong folded her fingers to sort out her thoughts for a while, coughed clearly, and expressed her thoughts without reservation.
"Zhong Xun, to tell you honestly, in fact, I have the memory of my previous life, and there is a theoretical system called 'science' in this memory. If, as you say, Reiki and Spiritual Power are existences that can be verified by practice, then I may be able to make a scientific idea to explain their nature. ā
Su Rongrong raised her head, and her serious eyes burst out with dazzling light.
As a seedling who grew up under the red flag since childhood, the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry she mastered made her feel more secure than the Xuanxuan theory of cultivating immortals.
"In my previous life, the world was full of matter and energy, and most of the laws of things in the world could be calculated using relevant theorems.
"To put it simply, matter is all the objects that actually exist, and everything in the world is composed of many particles in different forms, and the continuous movement of different particles will produce different energies, and the energy can do external work, or it can be converted from one energy to other energies. For example, friction can make a fire, that is, kinetic energy is converted into heat energy......"
Su Rongrong said a little difficult, the concept theory that is commonplace on weekdays, to explain it in a few sentences to a person who has never been in contact with modern science, it is really not an easy job. However, her enthusiasm for scientific ideas made her like a raging fire, and she simply put aside her worries, picked up a stone and wrote on the ground.
Su Rongrong's idea is actually very simple, and Zhong Xun's description of aura can actually be brought into the relationship between matter and energy.
First, let's assume that "Reiki" is an unknown particle unique to this planet, referred to as Particle A.
Particle A itself is an unstable state, usually suspended in the air, highly susceptible to environmental influences, and exhibits five sub-states. Xia Zhou's immortal cultivators sensed these five sub-state particles A, and named them Jinmu, Water, Fire, and Earth Spiritual Qi according to the different energies they generated.
Sub-state particle A will attach to the molecular structure of the object, and when the particle A carried by the object reaches a certain density, the particles will move violently, and the energy A will be released to the surroundings, which is the so-called spiritual power fluctuation, causing some supernatural phenomena.
Particle A is not uniformly distributed, and they tend to attach to objects of a specific molecular density. Among humans and animals, a constitution close to this density is called a "spiritual root", and the degree of adsorption of different sub-state particles A is regarded as the purity of the spiritual root of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
At this point, it is the relationship between particle A and energy A.
Further down is the conjecture about the peculiarity of particle A.
We know that there is a resonance effect between objects of the same vibrational frequency. One of the particularities of particle A is that it can make the attached objects resonate easily with each other in a certain way, and the higher the density of the attached particle A, the greater the amplitude, and the greater the increase in the conduction energy.
When particle A is gathered to a certain density, as long as it is stimulated by an external stimulus, a strong resonance effect can be formed.
Reflected in the biological performance, that is, the sense is sharper, the action is more agile, the whole body parts are more coordinated, and only a flash of thought is needed to instantly mobilize the cells of the whole body to respond.
This strong resonance effect, on the one hand, increases the ability of the organism to act, and on the other hand, it also makes it possible for the consciousness to control energy A.
Modern geomedicine has monitored that when brain cells are working, bioelectric currents pass through the surrounding magnetic field to generate brain waves. Some scientists even believe that this brain wave is the "soul" of human beings.
For Xia Zhou immortal cultivators, consciously controlling and strengthening brain waves can stimulate the resonance effect of particle A, so that they can watch the cattle from a distance, observe the subtleties, and even intensify the movement of particle A, create energy A, and then guide energy A to do work or transformation through a directional resonance path, so as to realize the so-called immortal ability.
In Xia Zhou, this ability to control brain waves is not unfamiliar, and it has a name called "Divine Sense".
Xia Zhou people believe that only people with strong divine sense can succeed in cultivating immortals, because the resonance effect is mutual, and brain cells will also be disturbed by the resonance of the outside world. Only living beings with extremely strong self-control ability can maintain self-awareness in the resonance that is all over the realm of cultivating immortals, and not be swallowed up by other stronger resonances.
Of course, this seemingly fantastical behavior cannot be done overnight, Xia Zhou has cultivated immortal civilization for tens of thousands of years, and I don't know how much effort it has spent and how many methods it has tried to get to the point where it is so mature today.
For example, the so-called magic weapon, to a certain extent, is a vibration amplifier, which can receive the resonance from the immortal cultivator, and through a certain way, create an amplification field within a certain range, strengthen the resonance effect, and accelerate the conduction of energy A, so as to achieve the purpose of enhancing the immortal arts.
By the way, there is another point, why can immortal cultivators live a long and youthful life? In fact, it is very simple, when the body is full of concentrated particle A, the internal cells are isolated from oxygen to a certain extent, which plays a role in anti-oxidation and anti-aging.
However, biological cells eventually have an end of life, so immortal cultivators continue to absorb particle A through methods such as knotting pills and forming babies, and repeatedly compress it into liquids and solids, replacing flesh and blood little by little, and replacing biological energy with the energy A generated by particle A to maintain brain waves.
On the other hand, because the entire body is filled with particle A, the brain wave conduction is greatly enhanced, and there are more superhuman things that can be done, and it is getting closer and closer to the immortal who "lives in the sky and overturns mountains and seas".
However, having said that, what is the end of immortal cultivation?
If you cultivate to the extreme and you are a true immortal, and your whole body is replaced by particle A, what kind of existence will it be?