Chapter 94: Obtaining the Sublime Method (Part 1)

  Xiao Ziyang lay hidden in Xiang'an City for nearly half a month, and he made his way into the Nan Gong Mountain Castle located in Cuicui Mountain south of Xiang'an City more than ten times to familiarize himself with the terrain. He then devised a plan to capture an elder from the Nan Gong family and coerced him into revealing the location of the spiritual medicine.

  After making thorough preparations, Xiao Ziyang snuck into the Nan Gong Manor and stole the spiritual medicine, leaving behind two spiritual stones as payment.

  Just as he had just succeeded, he was discovered by Nangong Zhiyuan and immediately took action.

  Nan Gong Zhiyuan's family-transmitted swordsmanship was exquisite, rivaling the "Yanbo Swordsmanship" in its intricacies. His internal strength surpassed that of Xiao Ziyang at the time, and his experience far exceeded Xiao's by a factor of ten. As soon as they clashed, Xiao found himself on the back foot. If not for Xiao's mastery of the "Return to Origin" technique, his extraordinary agility with the "Flower Step" method, and his possession of divine strength, he might have been defeated on the spot.

  Xiao Ziyang was being pressed down by Nangong Zhuiyan and couldn't breathe, when the two's fight alerted the disciples of the Nangong family.

  Xiao Ziyang relied on the Flower Step, dodging into the midst of the Nan Gong disciples who had surrounded him. Under Nan Gong Zhiyuan's Mouse Trap, he used the Thousand Stone Arrow Body Technique to break through the encirclement and escaped swiftly.

  After gathering all the spiritual medicine, Xiao Ziyang immediately returned to the mountain stronghold and went into seclusion for quiet cultivation.

  Xiao Ziyang originally had the opportunity to advance his internal energy cultivation to the fullness of Dan Tian, but in order to lay a solid foundation, he each time used 70% of the internal energy to nourish his body and repair the hidden injuries caused by external skill training, so it wasn't until now that he was able to complete the ninth chapter of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan".

  Xiao Ziyang came to the giant stone after bathing, sat cross-legged facing the lake, took out the secret book "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" from his bosom, held it in both hands in front of his chest, and after a moment of quiet contemplation, he infused his true energy into the book.

  This book was like a bottomless pit, at first it was Xiao Ziyang who actively infused his true energy into it, but in an instant it turned into the book actively absorbing his energy, which flowed out like water. Xiao Ziyang remained unmoved by this, he stared intently at the book in his hand, just like a devout believer staring at a statue of God.

  Until Xiao Ziyang's last bit of internal energy was drained, his dantian emitted wave after wave of cramps. The secret book finally changed; a purple glow emerged from the book, and after a moment, a purple light shot out from the book, directly into Xiao Ziyang's brow.

  Xiao Ziyang let out a loud cry and fell off the giant stone, he only felt that his head was suddenly stuffed with a steel ball the size of a fist, it was about to burst, the pain made him wish he could die immediately. Xiao Ziyang rolled on the ground for a while before fainting.

  When Xiao Ziyang woke up, the sun in the sky had been replaced by a bright moon. He shook his still slightly aching head, somewhat unclear about the situation.

  He looked around for half a day, and only when he saw "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" lying on the ground did he remember what had happened. At this time, some memories that shouldn't have existed in his mind suddenly emerged clearly and overbearingly.

  Xiao Ziyang hastily picked up the secret book and put it in his bosom, sat down cross-legged on the spot, closed his eyes and began to carefully recall this memory. Half a while later, Xiao Ziyang finally opened his eyes, and for some reason, cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

  The Qi-practicing period in the six major realms of Xian cultivation is divided into nine stages: Nourishing Qi, Practicing Shen, Condensing Fa, Sensing Response, Pure Fa, Changing Tendons, Tempering Bones, Washing Marrow, and Warming and Nourishing.

  The Qigong method of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" is different from others. The physical exercise method that Xiao Ziyang had practiced before was the Qigong method of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan". And the "Qing Xin Lian Shen Zhou" that Xiao Ziyang had neglected was the mind-refining method of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan".

  The memory that appeared in Xiao Ziyang's mind was mainly from the "Purple Jade Birth Smoke" Condensation Method.

  The difference between true energy and magical power lies in the fact that true energy cannot be controlled once it leaves the body, even if it is a sword energy or a palm strike, it will only go straight ahead like a hidden weapon. Magical power, on the other hand, can still be controlled after leaving the body.

  It is because of the reason of divine thought. The power of law is actually the condensation of true energy and divine thought into one body, and this condensation process is "condensing law".

  The method of unifying is not just about mixing two things together, but rather it's a process of combining the two into one, producing something entirely new, which is the power of law.

  After the Condensation Method, there is a " Dao Wen Chu Jie". In Xiao Ziyang's mind, this Dao Wen Chu Jie is specially reminded that although it has no great use at present, it is the fundamental knowledge for future spell-casting, array-formation and instrument-refining, which needs to be grasped seriously.

  This information also includes several magic spells, including the art of divination, invisible slash, shadowless escape technique, spiritual armor technique, spiritual shield technique, spiritual sword technique, and a set of sword-controlling techniques that work in conjunction with the spiritual sword technique.

  Qigong is divided into two parts. One part is a method of cultivating eye spirit, using the power of purple jade to secretly refine the eyes, making the eyes gradually possess some spiritual powers, such as the simplest night vision technique that can see in the dark like daylight, the sharp-eyed technique that can see extremely far away with the naked eye, and the microscopic technique that can clearly see extremely small objects.

  Another part is to condense the Fa power into a divine ability through secret methods, which can not only see if someone has Fa power, but also see the thickness of the spiritual energy in a place, and most importantly, it can see what kind of spiritual root one possesses.

  Invisible Slash is an offensive technique that can emit a two-foot-wide, crescent-shaped sharp blade. As the name suggests, it is launched silently and swiftly, and enemies often find themselves cut down before they realize it, making it sinister and deadly.

  The Invisible Escape Technique is a stealthy and concealment technique. After casting this technique, not only can it evade the eyes of ordinary people, but also the divine sense of cultivators with two higher realms than oneself, and even general spiritual eye techniques cannot detect it.

  Although this magic is called concealment, it actually doesn't have the function of flight. After casting this spell, movement still relies on both feet. This spell has no effect on sound, if the opponent's ears are sharp and eyes are bright, they can discover clues from sounds and footprints.

  Lingjia Technique is a defensive spell that uses magical power to condense a protective purple light armor.

  Ling Shield Technique, condenses the purple jade's magical power into a circular shield with a diameter of two feet through a secret method. This shield is equivalent to a mid-grade defensive magic artifact of fairly good quality. Even under the full force attack of a high-grade attacking magic artifact, it would take three or four hits to break it.

  This shield is actually a condensation of its own magical power and can be stored in the dantian like a magic treasure.

  Ling Jian Technique is similar to Ling Shield Technique, condensing purple jade spiritual energy into a new moon-shaped purple spiritual sword through secret methods.

  The Ling Jian technique is extremely complex and even those with excellent innate talent need to seclude themselves for three months in order to master it, those with slightly insufficient innate talent will be unable to grasp this secret technique.

  The power of the spiritual sword is only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary mid-grade artifact. Since the spiritual sword is a condensation of one's own magical powers, it can be wielded with ten times more agility than an artifact controlled through a magic array. Similarly, the spiritual sword can also be stored in the dantian like a treasure.