Chapter 6: The Changing Times of Era X

  Tie Jun didn't mind this obsession, although it's said that in this world there are so-called heavenly rules, the Yang realm cannot interfere with Yin realm affairs, and the Yin realm also cannot interfere with Yang realm affairs. However, these heavenly rules mostly only exist on the surface. The Heavenly Court doesn't say anything about them, and between the Yin and Yang realms, there are many intersecting business transactions. It's said that they don't interfere with each other, but this is basically nonsense. As long as such things aren't put out in the open and aren't caught by others, then there's nothing that can't be done.

  But for Tie Kun now, it's really too far-fetched. He is just a martial artist who has only felt a hint of aura through his cultivation, and going to challenge Cheng Huang now would be a joke.

  "Let's cultivate the Soul-Departing Xuan Guang first!!"

  Shentong does not seem like a martial art, it doesn't require any foundation, as long as you know the correct method and have suitable conditions, everything will be fine.

  The conditions for cultivating the Xuan Guang of Li Hun are simple: first, the separation and combination of yin and yang energies; second, having internal energy in the body; third, the body can withstand this killing energy; fourth, knowing the cultivation method.

  The first item is no problem, the second item, Tie Jun just had a sense of air, with internal energy in his body. The third type is physical problems, Tie Jun has no problem, although his inner skill is only just cultivated to have a sense of air, but he is a fifteen or sixteen year old strong young man, at the prime time of life when yang energy is most abundant. The little bit of yin and yang separation and killing energy in the tomb of King Yue can't stop him. As long as he absorbs that killing energy into his abdomen, and then assimilates it according to his cultivation method, although it's not possible to cultivate this divine ability all at once, but at most it will take three or four years, and by then, there will be another Ha in the world.

  Of course, the Linghun Xuan Guang is not a panacea. Not to mention the time of sealing the gods, let alone the few powerful people who were eaten by Heng Ha Er Jiang, this thing only has a few shots, like Chen Qi in those days, can only spit out three Linghun Xuan Guang at a time, and after each shot, at least need to rest for an hour before using it again, and only one can be used. This is the limit of quantity, and there are also limits on power.

  One move of the Soul-Departing Mystic Light can knock down a deeply cultivated martial artist, but it may not even be able to affect an ordinary person. This is not due to one's character, but rather the depth of mastery in this divine technique. Chen Qi was able to knock down so many opponents during his ascension and establish a great reputation because his Soul-Departing Mystic Light had already reached the realm of perfection, extremely profound. For someone like Tie Jian, even if he could achieve some small success in cultivating the Soul-Departing Mystic Light, it would only be effective against ordinary people. If he were to encounter a martial artist with unshakeable willpower, at most, he might be able to make his opponent dizzy for a moment, but it would be impossible to achieve the effect of knocking someone down with just one move. To truly reach Chen Qi's level of greatness, obviously requires extremely arduous cultivation, which is a long and drawn-out process. However, Tie Jian does not mind this; he is only 15 or 16 years old now, so he has plenty of time.

  So, relying on his current youth and vigorous energy, he has decided that after his injuries heal, he will go to the tomb of the Yue King in the memory of the land master, absorb the yin-yang evil spirit, and slowly refine it.

  In addition to this, there is also Chen Qi's cultivation method.

  This cultivation method made Tie Jun stare blankly, this is obviously a Xian Xia world, why are everyone's cultivation methods all about qigong and martial arts?

  Qigong refers to the practice of absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth into one's body, while martial arts is a martial art that combines qigong with physical movement, giving rise to countless techniques.

  Chen Qi is a great general of Shang Yan, although he relies on the Liuhun Xuan Guang to create a reputation that shakes the sky, his martial arts skills are not to be underestimated. In Tie Jian's impression, this guy can beat up several young masters from Huang Feihu's family and even fight against Tu Xingsun, a third-generation disciple of the Tianyi Sect. It is natural that he has an extraordinary skill. Who would have thought that Chen Qi's cultivation method, although profound, was not as difficult as he imagined? The most deadly thing is that this skill, apart from increasing one's strength, has the greatest effect of increasing human endurance!

  This was enough to shock and bewilder Tiejun.

  Moreover, the most bizarre thing is that in Chen Jiu's memory, the cultivation method of this world is actually called Qigong, and it is extremely strange. The purpose is to enhance human strength, making it easier to kill each other, and the standard for judging a person's cultivation level is also the size of their strength. The most basic unit of measurement is horsepower!!

  My mother's temper, actually uses the power of a galloping horse to judge a person's abilities.

  Like Chen Qi in those years, his two hands possessed the power of 800 fierce horses galloping, and with the Demon-subduing Mallet in hand, he swept across all directions.

  What is a demon-mallet? It's a strange door soldier, similar to a stick but not a stick, similar to a gun but not a gun. In Tie Jian's understanding, it's a short gun.

  With a set of strange devil-subduing hammer methods and the power of eight hundred fierce horses, he became Shang Jun's grain supervisor, a powerful general with great influence.

  This left him somewhat at a loss, and even thoroughly bewildered.

  However, after carefully digesting Chen Jiu's memories, Tie Jian finally understood and felt that it was a matter of course.

  In Chen Jiu's memory, this world has experienced three eras.

  Before sealing the god, he didn't go to talk about him, and he didn't understand either.

  The first is the era of the Sealing of the Gods, referring to the three thousand years after the Sealing of the Gods. In that era, the main struggle was based on magical treasures and divine abilities, with martial skills as a supplement. During that time, due to the crazed search by cultivators, tangible heavenly and earthly spiritual objects were almost completely depleted. By the time three thousand years had passed since the Sealing of the Gods, there were no longer enough spiritual objects in the world to forge magical treasures. The already-forged magical treasures had become collectibles for others. Thus, the focus of cultivation underwent a change, transitioning into the era of divine abilities.

  The second is the era of Shen Tong, which is a period of five thousand years from three thousand years after the sealing of the gods to eight thousand years after the sealing of the gods. In this era, since the tangible and intangible spiritual objects of heaven and earth have been almost exhausted, cultivators in order to increase their strength, turned to seek some not difficult to find spiritual objects of heaven and earth, the heavenly yuanqi that the cultivators of the sealing of the gods era disdain to use.

  The primordial energy of the universe is extremely complex, and the air people breathe contains countless components. The primordial energy of the universe is composed of these countless types of energy. At the time of the creation of the world, some of this energy condensed into physical objects, was refined into magical artifacts, or was directly transformed into certain divine abilities, all of which have disappeared. By the era of divine abilities, the remaining primordial energy could no longer be condensed into physical objects. These things were considered worthless by the great divine ability users of the Sealing Gods Era and were not even worth using. However, during the era of divine abilities, nobody paid attention to these things, nor did they have the skills of the Sealing Gods or previous great divine ability users. They simply used these primordial energies to refine their own energy systems, cultivating divine abilities. In this period of 5,000 years, various divine abilities emerged one after another, and it was called the era of divine abilities. Of course, the divine abilities of this era cannot be compared with those of the Sealing Gods Era, because at that time, the primordial energies used to cultivate divine abilities were the most fundamental ones left over from the creation of the world. For example, Kong Xuan's Pre-Heavenly Five-Colored Divine Light was made using the five elements' original energy left over from the creation of the world. However, the amount of this primordial energy is limited, and by the era of divine abilities, there were no longer any five elements' original energies. Even the five elements' refined energies became precious, and only some divine ability techniques such as Thick Earth Seal, Divine Fireball, and Withered Wood Rebirth could be cultivated. Don't look down on these divine abilities; after 5,000 years of the era of divine abilities, even these divine ability techniques were no longer practiced.

  The era of divine communication lasted for five thousand years, and then it encountered the same problem as the era of sealing gods. The secondary heavenly and earthly spiritual objects that could be used to cultivate divine communication had also been exhausted. It is worth noting that the stronger the divine communication, the rarer the heavenly and earthly spiritual objects needed, and the less likely they are to be reborn. Therefore, gradually, the cultivation of various divine communications also stagnated, and the era of divine communication came to an end.

  For the next ten thousand years, monks only had qigong as their companion. However, they soon discovered that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was becoming thinner and thinner, and it could only maintain the physical needs of living beings. If they wanted to cultivate further, it would not be enough. The qigong passed down from the era of self-proclaimed gods became less and less applicable because the older the qigong, the more it needed to consume a large amount of rare and precious yuanqi. The thin heavenly yuanqi could not support these qigongs at all. Thus, a transformation began, but this transformation did not start smoothly until Laozi incarnated as a human being, named Li Er, established Taoism, and taught monks the method of refining ordinary heavenly yuanqi, opening the door to the era of refining qi.

  The Refining Qi Era was the third era, and what is called refining qi is actually just qigong. Laozi improved the ancient qigong from its essence. It's like having only enough money to buy a bicycle, so don't think about buying a BMW. The wisest choice is to make full use of the bicycle. Laozi passed down the method of refining qi with basic yin-yang five elements and primordial energy, which is the prototype and ancestor of modern qigong. Because yin-yang five elements and primordial energy are the most fundamental energies in the Yang realm, all living things need to use them. If these energies disappear, then the creatures in the Yang realm will also disappear. Yin-yang five elements and primordial energy are balanced and constantly renewed, so there is no need to worry about the Sealing Gods Era and the Divine Communication Era. After 5,000 years of the Refining Qi Era, qigong evolved and changed again, and a prosperous scene reappeared. However, having only qigong was not enough; without divine communication and magical artifacts, cultivators could only rely on their bodies and ordinary weapons to fight with people. As a result, various heart methods and martial arts developed rapidly, and various secret techniques emerged endlessly. At the same time as refining qi, everyone paid more attention to the skills of martial arts.

  The times are changing, the focus of cultivation is changing, but there is one thing that remains eternal and unchanged, which is the pursuit of power by cultivators.

  And these changes are all positive changes, and there is no change in the yin world and the heavenly court.

  The final result is that the Yang world declines more and more, while the Heavenly Court and the Yin world have less and less interest in the Yang world, and their control becomes looser and looser, so the Yang world becomes more and more chaotic.

  Although the era of sealing gods and divine communication has passed, and we are now in the era of refining energy, this does not mean that the magical artifacts of the era of sealing gods and the divine powers of the great divine communication era are no longer popular here.

  On the contrary, everything left behind is a deadly weapon.

  Because people in the Qi Refining era had almost zero methods of defending against magical treasures and divine abilities.

  The development of martial arts and mental methods is actually unavoidable. If you have divine powers and treasures, who would care about these?

  Your swordsmanship is impressive, right? What's the point of all that sword intent and ultimate moves when someone can just use a Reverse Heaven Seal to crush you into pulp? Why bother with all that effort?

  Your qigong is quite impressive, the Nine Heavens Blazing Sun Great Method, absorbing the essence of the sun's fire, refining gold and melting stone, unstoppable. What's all this nonsense about raging fires sweeping across the plains, flames engulfing the ocean, infernos burning the sky? Please, my true form is a three-legged crow, and with just one fart, I can incinerate you.

  This is the difference of the times, the world is different and the era has changed.