Chapter 7: Yuanling Mapping Technique

  The moonlight shone into the house, casting a silver robe over Zhou Liang's body. Zhou Liang silently and carefully savored the "Easy Tendon and Bone" chapter, transforming the profound and mysterious words, built on the foundation of his past life, into tangible things. The first segment of the exercise was extremely simple, consisting of some ordinary-looking movements and breathing methods that seemed like an introductory technique. However, it was very detailed, involving numerous meridians that encompassed various parts of the body, even including the fingers, which were connected to dozens of meridians.

  Zhou Liang followed the instructions and performed the first movement in an orderly manner. His body was almost entirely under the control of his consciousness, making it easy to complete the first movement. The first segment of the exercise consisted of 21 movements, and Zhou Liang did not plan to finish them all in one day. After exercising for a while, he felt a sourness in his muscles and heard a crackling sound from his bones, which was the sensation of power penetrating into his skeletal system.

  In his past life, he didn't cultivate his body, let alone refine it. Even after transforming, it's impossible to cultivate his body. The congenital deficiency is a real pleasure, having the feeling of possessing power. At this stage, the relationship with demonic cultivation, he can't and won't be able to cultivate true yuan. Any appearance of true yuan will attract attention from others. It's better to increase strength instead. When the enemy is strong and I am weak, every bit of increased strength means a greater grasp on future events.

  Consciousness shifted to the sea of consciousness, at this time the moon fell down, and thick fog surrounded all sides. Almost half a night had passed, and it was estimated that dawn would break soon. Having stayed awake all night, my spirit remained good. I moved my body around, and the previous practice had already made me sweat through my clothes. I went to the well in the courtyard and splashed some water on myself, the icy cold water poured down my body, and suddenly I felt refreshed and invigorated.

  He shifted his body slightly, feeling refreshed and invigorated as he stood in the courtyard. He casually threw a few punches, using the military boxing techniques he had learned from soldiers when he was young. Although these techniques were primarily used for killing and weren't particularly refined, they looked powerful and majestic when performed by Zhou Liang. The wind generated by his fists rustled the surrounding trees as he slowly retracted his movements, excitedly gazing at his hands. The "Easy Tendon and Bone Transformation" chapter of the Daoist Canon was indeed extraordinary - just the first movement had increased his strength so much! When he practiced the first segment of the technique earlier, he only felt a transformation of power into a foundation, but now his strength had actually increased significantly. His every move was full of vigor and energy.

  With a punch, I felt refreshed all over. Looking at the sky, there was still a little time left, so why not do another thing too?

  Reborn to the present, in just a few days, Zhou Liang has been more focused on planning and exercising his muscles and bones. He didn't even dare to observe what benefits he had gained after rebirth, but from some details, it seemed that his divine consciousness had greatly increased.

  Divine consciousness is also known as the sixth sense, which is the power of response outside of the five senses. Generally, it can only be utilized after embarking on the path of cultivating truth. Zhou Daguoren taught his method for cultivating divine consciousness but did not pass down his school's teachings, all in order to control more easily.

  Zhou Liang didn't cultivate any techniques, so he couldn't feel the strength or weakness of his divine sense. However, his divine sense was related to his five senses and could even be considered the foundation of them. The stronger his divine sense became, the more acute his five senses grew. Over the past few days, his five senses had become incredibly sharp, which slightly excited Zhou Liang. It seemed that this was also a byproduct of his rebirth, as his divine sense was far stronger than it had been in his previous life.

  In a past life, I'm afraid there was only a strong and powerful divine consciousness, but it couldn't be used. However, now, even without any cultivation methods or true yuan, the technique of using divine consciousness can still be employed, and it's really not lacking.

  Kneeling down, five hearts facing heaven, almost all the spirits are concentrated in the head, silently reciting the mantra in the mouth, constantly forming mudras with hands, treasure vase seal, unmoving basic seal, and so on, one by one, the mysterious power is gathering towards him.

  Inside the room, a faint golden light automatically appeared on Zhou Liang's head, starting with just a thread, but later becoming stronger and more powerful, as if it were a third eye, also known as Tianyan or the Third Eye, located between his eyebrows, vertical in shape. Generally, when a cultivator's spiritual awareness reaches a certain level of strength, they can open this eye to see through illusions, ghosts, and spirits.

  A flash of golden light, Zhou Liang opened his eyes, extremely excited. Judging from his past life experience, his divine consciousness had actually reached the level of an ordinary first-rank cultivator.

  Divine consciousness is another fundamental power that cultivators possess, aside from their true yuan. In fact, divine consciousness is even more difficult to cultivate than true yuan. Generally speaking, unless one is a cultivator who specializes in cultivating divine consciousness, the strength of their divine consciousness will be equivalent to their cultivation level. Zhou Liang, at this moment, didn't have any true yuan and was almost like an ordinary mortal, yet he possessed a divine consciousness that had reached the first level of enlightenment. This represents something significant - many things that were previously impossible are now achievable.

  Zhou Liang's hands formed a peculiar hand seal, his hands danced in an eerie dance without stopping. In his mind, a cold aura flowed down from the Yintang position, along the meridians to the waist and abdomen, then circulated back up. When it returned to the Yintang, he felt a sharp pain, followed by sudden clarity. Everything around him was reflected within the Yintang, appearing in minute detail.

  Yuán Líng Yìng Shè Shù, this is the divine consciousness's unique ability after Tong Qiao, which can map everything around to the sea of consciousness. It is a probing method that only Tong Qiao cultivators can use, simple and easy to use, and not easily shielded. Only those who are one major realm higher than the cultivator, i.e., the masters of plastic body, can shield this probe. However, compared to Shén Zhī Tàn Líng Shù, the search range is extremely small. For example, with Tong Qiao as an example, Shén Zhī Tàn Líng Shù can probe everything within 30 miles, while Yuán Líng Yìng Shè Shù can only probe everything within 300 meters, which is less than a hundred times smaller.

  Given Zhou Liang's current situation, the yuan ling mapping technique is the best method. As for demonic cultivation, his strength should be at the second level of Tong Kuan. With his first-level Tong Kuan divine consciousness, if he uses the divine consciousness probing spirit technique, he will almost certainly be discovered in a minute. In his current state, he has no power to protect himself. If the opponent discovers him, the opponent's direct and open attack would leave him with virtually no chance.

  The yuanling mapping technique is different, unless one transcends to a higher realm, otherwise, the fluctuations of spiritual energy cannot be felt. With his current divine consciousness, he can observe an area of about 300 zhang (a unit of measurement) around him, which almost covers half of Yangzhou's western city, including the house he is in, all within his scope of investigation. Every detail is revealed, and as he gazes at Yangzhou under the night sky, Zhou Liang feels a subtle sense of emotion, finally having the feeling of being a cultivator.

  The divine sense turned back, the yuan ling mapping technique was activated with the help of the divine sense. At the moment of activation, there would be a slight fluctuation in the divine sense, but once activated, unless one's cultivation level surpassed another realm, it would be undetectable. Zhou Liang had already gotten used to the feeling of being completely exposed under the scrutiny of his divine sense in his past life, so he just left it on. After all, the consumption of divine sense was extremely minimal, almost negligible.

  Master, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are essential. The reason why it's impossible to confront after transcending a realm is due to the utilization of divine insight. Those who have transcended a level want to launch a sneak attack, but it's almost impossible. Zhou Liang isn't trying to launch a sneak attack; he needs to have a comprehensive understanding of his surroundings. Otherwise, even if he were reborn, facing powerful opponents would be unavoidable.

  It was late at night and all around him was quiet. With the Yuan Spirit Mirror Technique, he wouldn't make any move before gathering enough information.

  He activated the yuanling mapping technique and observed his surroundings. The sky had already brightened, and Zhao's mother would arrive soon. Zhou Liang was ready to try it out on her first. About half a time later, Zhao's mother pushed open the door and came in. Under the yuanling mapping technique, all of Zhao's mother's movements were under his surveillance, but she didn't have any suspicions and went to the kitchen to cook.

  Zhou's heart skipped a beat, this was the beginning of his fate change, monitoring everything around him, no matter what he did, he had a bottom line in his heart.

  Zhao's mother quickly brought over the meal, and after practicing the Easy Calf and Bone Tempering chapter, his strength had increased and his appetite had also greatly improved. Before, he could only eat a quarter of the several small dishes that Zhao's mother had made, but today he finished them all off and still wasn't satisfied, leaving Zhao's mother in surprise.

  As for Zhao Ma's astonishment, Zhou Liang didn't mind either. A half-grown child with an increased appetite was normal, as long as he didn't cultivate the True Origin. His cultivation changed almost every day, and his power grew seemingly without end, which made him joyful. However, when he used the Yuanling Mapping Technique to observe Zhao Ma and Liu Shu's affairs, there wasn't much progress. The other party was extremely cautious, never discussing anything in the courtyard, diligently doing everything until evening before leaving the courtyard, making Zhou Liang feel stifled and wondering if he had made a mistake. Were these two people really ordinary?