Volume 1 Chapter 15 Snow Spirit Butterfly

  All the way to the space where the Wood Spirit Stone was located, Feng Ru first sealed the entrance of the tunnel with a large amount of mud. Only then did he take out the Snow Spiritual Silkworm Cocoon from the Qian Kun Bag. It seemed that in this environment with dense spiritual energy, the chances of the Snow Spiritual Silkworm successfully advancing to the next stage would be slightly higher.

  After placing the cocoon, Feng Ruofu sat down cross-legged next to the wooden spirit stone plate. Earlier when he was outside, he had also looked into the forests on both sides of the valley, but he hadn't found any particularly unusual trees. Moreover, he couldn't accurately determine the location of this wooden spirit stone underground, so it was difficult for him to discern what kind of spiritual wood could produce this wooden spirit stone.

  The reason why the spiritual stone is so scarce in this cultivation world is that it is a collection of true heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, and its location is completely unpredictable. It requires great luck to obtain one, just like this wooden spiritual stone - who would have thought that such a treasure was hidden beneath this ordinary-looking tree?

  And even if one knew of such a possibility, would they have to dig everywhere? This is undoubtedly a terrible thing! Any cultivator with a bit of sense wouldn't do something so foolish!

  After sitting cross-legged for a long time, Feng Ruo finally cleared his mind of various distractions. He couldn't help it; he had only recently started practicing the Qingyun Incantation and couldn't compare to those Qingyun Sect disciples who had been cultivating since they were three or four years old. Although his past experiences on the battlefield made his combat awareness extremely strong, it was also because of this that his mental state wasn't as pure as those Qingyun Sect disciples. Just entering a meditative state required an enormous amount of mental energy; if he hadn't always had a resolute will, even with the help of the precious Wood Spirit Stone, he might not have achieved much.

  Of course, apart from this, it's also because Feng Ruo didn't truly obtain the authentic transmission that a cultivator must cultivate. The Qingyun Incantation is indeed the core cultivation method of the Qingyun Sect, but it's also divided into thirteen levels of realms. He has only obtained the foundational heart method of the first level, not even considered entry-level. It can be said that he's already extremely fortunate to have mistakenly stumbled upon advancing to the initial stage of Qi Refining.

  As for this matter, Feng Ruo didn't understand it very well, but he also knew that he had to obtain the second layer of Qingyun's heart method as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if he could rely on the Wood Spirit Stone to forcibly raise his cultivation to the middle stage of Qi Refining, he would only be stagnant and unable to progress.

  Because in the Xianxia world, magical power is the foundation of strength, and Gongfa is the foundation of magical power. A good Gongfa can absolutely give the cultivator a huge advantage in innate talent!

  But it is precisely because of this that all the immortal sects attach great importance to the transmission of cultivation techniques. For example, in Qingyun Sect, even disciples like Qu Yun and Kong Fei who joined the sect at a young age are only allowed to be taught the first three layers of the Qingyun mantra's mental technique. Only when they successfully advance to the foundation-building period will they be taught the fourth to sixth layers of the mental technique, and so on.

  It is said that the entire Qingyun Sect, even those who are of the same generation as the sect leader, have only cultivated the Qingyun Secret to the ninth layer. As for the last four layers, it has been thousands of years since anyone has successfully cultivated them.

  It's precisely because he understands the importance of Qingyun Jue that Feng Ruo has not found a good solution until now, although Kong Fei is quite close to him, it's clearly impossible for him to reveal the secrets of Qingyun Jue, so he can only take things one step at a time.

  When the seal is successfully entered, the whole person also enters a mysterious state. This state is like sleep but not sleep, like being awake but not awake. It has no knowledge of everything around it, yet it can clearly see everything around it, more accurately, it's like a clear mirror reflecting everything around it, but the mirror itself is not affected at all.

  In this state of concentration, the heart method of Qingyun Jue is also operating in an orderly manner. With abundant spiritual energy to support it, unless there are any special changes or external disturbances, the duration of concentration can be as short as three to five days or as long as ten days or half a month, which is normal.

  It's just that ordinary cultivators don't have such abundant spiritual energy, like the third-generation disciples of Qingyun Sect. Although there are low-grade spiritual trees planted in their courtyards, the spiritual energy absorbed by these trees is still not very abundant. Even if they accumulate it for several days, it can only barely sustain a few hours of cultivation. So even if they can enter meditation, the benefits they gain are limited.

  However, Feng Ruo was different. The wooden spiritual stone in front of him emitted a rich and abundant spiritual energy, making it impossible for his meditation to be interrupted due to insufficient spiritual energy supply. Under these circumstances, the spiritual power within Feng Ruo's body began to slowly accumulate unknowingly, reaching its peak before being compressed again through the automatic operation of the Qingyun Technique. This simple cycle allowed his spiritual power to undergo a tremendous transformation, changing from a scattered sand-like state to a more refined and condensed one.

  But what Feng Ruo didn't know was that as the law power in his body condensed, the snow cocoon also underwent a slow transformation. If he could observe it carefully, he would discover that the snow cocoon was actually shrinking, and around it, there was an extremely weak light flickering, giving off a feeling as if a life was breathing.

  It wasn't until much later that Feng Ruo finally woke up from this meditative state, feeling a sense of strangeness, as if he had slept for a hundred years, yet at the same time it felt like he had only blinked his eyes. However, when he examined the spiritual energy within his body, he almost couldn't help but let out an excited cheer. He hadn't been inexperienced in meditation before, but previously he could only maintain it for about a dozen breaths or so.

  And now after this samadhi, his total amount of Fa power has not increased, but it is very clear that there has been a great change compared to before!

  "Huh!" Just as Feng Ruo's heart moved, a surge of powerful magic quickly poured into the Moon-Reflecting Short Sword. Almost simultaneously, a flame over a foot long appeared, its speed several times faster than before. More importantly, the flame seemed to possess greater attacking power, with an inexplicable and mysterious aura!

  After the excitement, Feng Ruo's eyes scanned around and suddenly realized that the silkworm cocoon he had brought was gone! This startled him, and he quickly got up to search everywhere, but in this small space, there was no sign of the cocoon anywhere.

  Just then, Feng Ruo suddenly felt something unusual on her left shoulder. She slightly turned her head and saw in the firelight a snow-white butterfly, about the size of a sparrow, perched on her shoulder, gently flapping its wings!

  Under the illumination of the flames, that pair of white wings was shrouded in a layer of golden halo, looking extremely mysterious and elegant!

  "This... this is Snow Spirit Butterfly!" Feng Ruo exclaimed in extreme excitement after being stunned for a moment.