Chapter Thirteen: Learning the Way and Listening to the Dharma

  The copper mirror in his hand suddenly emitted a heat like flames, but instead of being shocked, he felt delighted. He lowered his head to take a look and found that although the copper mirror was emitting intense heat, its surface remained unchanged.

  Tea cup time, the heat of the copper mirror slowly subsides, and suddenly turns into a cold and refreshing overflow, with an extremely low temperature.

  Jiǔ Yījiù rúcóng rúcháng duān zuò, qiáng rěn hán qì, zuìzhōng hán liáng yě jiànjiàn tuìqù, zuìzhōng dìnggé zài yīmiàn shāo hán, yīmiàn wēi rè de zhuàngtài, qíyú zài wú yì xiàng chūxiàn.

  Jiǔ's heart was not disappointed at all, but instead extremely delighted.

  He had never expected himself to have a stroke of luck against the heavens, and now that he had confirmed that the Corpse Mirror indeed had a mysterious place, he would spend day and night with this treasure mirror, and one day he would get the secret of the treasure mirror.

  Bring the calm and peaceful mirror to the eye to take a closer look, the micro-heat side of the treasure mirror is still the same as before, with only a slight change being that the mirror surface seems to have become somewhat blurry, like being covered with a thin layer of fog.

  A cold and calm side occasionally has small bright spots shining, silver bright spots moving around the entire mirror surface, like a flashing small fish.

  Repeating the play, there was no other discovery. Chiu You put the corpse mirror back on his neck and felt that with his own movement, the cold and hot sides of the copper mirror alternated and stuck to his chest, and a warmth rose in his heart.

  Jiǔ Xián came without incident, and once again sorted through the memories of this body that had been swallowed up by reincarnation. He opened his eyes again after several periods of time.

  At night, I ate the meal sent by the servant and wished Jiuxiao an early rest, to welcome the arrival of tomorrow's first practice in a better state.

  In the darkness, there is only a faint dark red glow of the setting sun's soul fire burning.

  Wishing you a dreamless night, rise early in the morning, put on the black ancient-style long gown received yesterday as an apprentice uniform, with a matte surface and a strange function of absorbing light. No matter where you stand, it has a slight stealth function that doesn't attract attention. There is also a hood attached to the back.

  On the left chest of his robe, a fist-sized symbol was engraved, which could only be seen clearly under strong light, representing Zhu Jiu's current cultivation stage, it was very mysterious!

  Just this one piece of clothing's mysterious wonder made Zhu Jiu eagerly anticipate his first lesson.

  Wearing this set of clothes, the emaciated body still can't fill it out, loose and baggy on the body, just like a wizard in Western mythology.

  The first place to practice the law is on the second floor of the law-abiding hall, which is easy to find. Zhū Jiǔ didn't need anyone to lead him, leaving the sunset in the house, and came alone to the second-floor lecture hall. There was no one earlier than Zhū Jiǔ, and the only people in the hall were servants sweeping the floor. When they saw Zhū Jiǔ, these servants all respectfully greeted him.

  The courtroom is over a hundred meters in size, five or six meters high, and the four walls are all made of dark blue giant stones, some of which are gloomy and dim.

  Soon, a steady stream of disciples came in, totaling just over ten people. Most were exceptionally talented and had been discovered and recommended by the sect's personnel. Some were geniuses from the same age group who had been specially recruited, while others were born and raised within the sect itself, all around the same age as Zhu Jiu.

  Among them, a little loli made Zhu Jiu's eyes shine brightly. This little loli had skin as white and delicate as fine porcelain, sparkling eyes that seemed like distant stars in the high sky, extremely lively and ethereal. Although still young, she already showed a rare beauty that could topple cities.

  This little girl is quite arrogant, after entering she doesn't glance sideways, her eyes don't even sneak a peek at the many boys around her, hey! She's still an ice lily.

  Since this little girl had a cold and icy appearance, Zhu Jiu also didn't want to make things difficult for himself, so he sat up straight and didn't dare to glance at her sideways, thinking in his heart that these people should be considered his classmates.

  These disciples were mostly new arrivals, some of whom looked a bit awkward, and the huge hall was quiet and silent.

  After a while, clear footsteps came from outside the door, and an old figure slowly walked in.

  The master of the figure was an elderly man who looked old, thin in build, and walked steadily. He walked slowly to the front of more than a dozen young men and stopped, without saying a word, and said directly:

  "I am your first Dharma transmission master, surname Liu, very happy to bring you together to push open the first door of cultivation."

  That's all for the introduction of myself, next I'll directly enter the topic, said in a calm and steady tone:

  "Cultivation is a process of strengthening the soul and accumulating the primordial energy of heaven and earth. As the soul gradually strengthens, it also needs the body to carry it. Therefore, the soul and body complement each other and are indispensable. The primary cultivation technique is to mobilize the Sea of Consciousness talismans to store the energy of heaven and earth, nourishing one's own soul and body. When the energy of heaven and earth is abundant, it will in turn drive the evolution of the Sea of Consciousness talismans. The stronger the talismans are, the more they will absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth to replenish your soul and body, forming a benign cycle..."

  This Master Liu, who was transmitting the teachings, began by speaking eloquently and concisely, summarizing and explaining the core of cultivation clearly. Jiǔ Níng concentrated her mind and listened intently, with extremely focused attention.

  Then the Dharma transmitter continued to speak about the practice stage of Shi Hai Fu Luo:

  "The initial form of the evolution of the Fu Talisman is called the Bright Realm, which refers to the sea of consciousness being illuminated by the light emitted by the Fu Talisman. The more accumulated Fa power, the stronger the light of the Fu Talisman, until it illuminates the entire sea of consciousness, then reaches the peak of this stage.

  The second cultivation stage of the Fu Talisman is called the Unity Realm, meaning that the two replace and merge with each other, and can be manipulated like an arm and finger, greatly increasing its power. The second stage also has an additional function, which is to collect and store demonic corpses within the Fu Talisman, allowing it to be carried around.

  The cultivation of the Sea of Consciousness Fu Talisman is divided into three small realms: upper, middle, and lower, for each major stage..."

  Having finished introducing the first two stages of cultivation for the cultivator, he shifted his focus to the ranks of the demonic corpses and said:

  "The level of the Corpse also corresponds to the level of the Cultivator, with the Bright Realm corresponding to the Corpse's Gradation Realm, which is a red soul fire. The Unity Realm corresponds to the Corpse Guard. Each major stage of the Corpse is also divided into three small stages: Upper, Middle, and Lower. The distinction method is based on the years of sensing the power of death and the color of the soul fire. For example, a Corpse in the Gradation Realm with less than 300 years of death force is considered lower-grade, with pale red soul fire; 400-600 years is mid-grade, with bright red soul fire; and over 700 years is upper-grade, with dark red soul fire."

  A young man asked:

  "What about the Corpse Pose and higher states?"

  Liu surname transmission method one smile answer way:

  "The Corpse Guard's realm uses a thousand years as the unit of calculation, while higher-ranking corpse commanders use ten thousand years of death force as the method of calculation, and so on, all distinguished by the four and seven key year divisions."

  The Dharma transmitter elaborated on every detail, and also explained many details of cultivation and the types of Gu corpses, etc., to prevent these young people from deviating when learning the Dharma. The content of the transmission also included a brief introduction to the location of the mountain gate of the Corpse Immortal Way, as well as a simple introduction to the history of the sect.

  Jiu only then realized that his current location was actually on one of the five mountain peaks in the bottomless abyss at the end of Xianyuan River, and couldn't help but sigh at the strangeness of his situation.

  Two hours later, Zhu Jiu returned to his room, took a glance at the motionless sunset, turned around and sat down, taking out the newly received cultivation method to examine it carefully.

  The first page of the Fa Jue already writes about the cultivation methods of this world, which have been developed for countless years. The cultivation methods are extremely mature and complete. Although the primary cultivation methods of each major sect are different in type and method, their effects are similar. Therefore, the requirements for the qualifications of learners are becoming more and more stringent, and various major sects are extremely eager for talents.

  At the same time, it warns all primary practitioners that persistence is the only way to reach the ultimate peak.

  Jiǔ continued to turn over the subsequent content of Xiū Xíng Fǎ Jué and read it carefully.

  The learning process of practitioners is lonely and quiet, completely different from the colorful imagination. It mainly relies on self-cultivation. For example, Zhu Jiu and others only have a dharma transmission class once a month, and the rest of the time they rely solely on themselves. Sometimes, practitioners even close their doors to study the dharma, and can choose not to attend the monthly dharma transmission class, giving them complete personal freedom.

  The method of primary cultivation is called "Calling the Sun and Moon to Hook the Heavenly Strategy", which means absorbing the power of the sun, moon, stars, heaven, earth, and the four directions.

  After carefully reading through all of the first two stages of cultivation methods, Zhu Jiu said:

  "My talisman has absorbed the two symbols of 'Hurry Corpse' and 'Avoid Water' from my past life. During the time when the demon corpse died, it changed unexpectedly twice, with the second change being the most obvious. It turned out that I had already passed the lower stage of 'Recognizing Sea Light' and entered the middle level. But what about the blood-colored elixir that was absorbed into the soul fire by the sunset?"

  Slowly exhaling a long breath, putting down the unexplained feelings in his heart, he used the recognition sea talisman to command the sunset to continue waiting inside the house.

  Jiu picked up the practice room token he had just received along with Fa Ju, turned around and walked out the door, preparing to enter a specialized practice room for his first closed-door meditation.