Chapter 95: Obtaining the Wonderful Dharma (Part 2)

  The swordsmanship is a set of methods for wielding the spiritual sword, one set is the method of flying and escaping with the spiritual sword, and another set is the sword technique for fighting against enemies.

  In the swordsmanship, there is a set of desperate moves and a set of life-saving moves.

  Desperate Sword Art is a technique that unleashes the condensed spiritual energy of the sword in one swift motion, releasing it as a single powerful spell with extremely high speed and overwhelming might, having an effect similar to a full-force strike from a top-tier attack-type artifact.

  The Life-Saving Method is also a way to suddenly release the spiritual energy accumulated in the Ling Jian, but it's used for flying escape, and can escape dozens of miles away within a few breaths.

  This spiritual sword technique is extremely difficult to master. If a practitioner can grasp it before reaching the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, they are absolutely considered a genius.

  Finally, there is an explanation of the first hurdle in the practice period "Gǎn Yìng" (also known as Pre-Heavenly), where a practitioner who has crossed this hurdle can use their spiritual root as a medium to communicate with the heavenly and earthly spirits, absorb the heavenly and earthly spirits through their spiritual root, and also use their own magical powers to communicate with the heavenly and earthly spirits, borrowing from the universe's power to perform some powerful magic.

  Before the induction period, the cultivator also has magical powers, but most of the magical powers come from himself, and the growth is extremely slow. After exhaustion, it is also very difficult to recover. Once the cultivator crosses the induction period, the magical power will have a rapid growth period, and the strength will increase several times or even dozens of times in a short period of time.

  However, it is extremely difficult to cross the threshold of perception, and the probability of crossing the perceptual period is also closely related to the quality of the spiritual root.

  Tianling gen cultivators crossed this pass with ease, while Diling gen cultivators had some difficulty but the vast majority of people could still cross. Renling gen cultivators were stuck at this pass half the time and made no progress in their lifetime. Zaling gen cultivators were even more so, with as many as 90% getting stuck here. This is also why sects with a slightly better foundation are reluctant to accept Zaling gen cultivators.

  As for how to get through this pass, Xiao Ziyang only got one sentence: "It can be understood by intention, but cannot be conveyed in words." This made Xiao Ziyang quite depressed.

  There was something in this information that made Xiao Ziyang break out in a cold sweat.

  The practice method recorded in "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" is extremely powerful, but it comes at the cost of exhausting one's life force. Without a Xuan Hun Ling Gen (a type of spiritual root), even if one can cultivate great physical strength like that of a dragon or tiger, they will absolutely be unable to guide out their internal energy, and the higher their cultivation realm, the faster they will die.

  Ordinary people who only cultivate the first three layers, although they will secretly harm their bodies, are like ordinary external exercises. The cultivator's lifespan is no more than sixty, and once they pass fifty years old, they will be plagued by all kinds of illnesses.

  From the fourth chapter onwards, one will start to overdraw on their life force. Generally, after the age of forty, physical condition will rapidly deteriorate, and it is extremely difficult to live past the age of forty-five. From the fifth chapter onwards, cultivation will consume even more of the cultivator's life force; ordinary people can at most successfully cultivate up to the seventh chapter before exhausting their life force and dying.

  The Chaos Spiritual Root is the same as the Heterogeneous Spiritual Root, it will never be mixed with other types of spiritual roots. Therefore, those who possess the Chaos Spiritual Root must have a Heavenly Spiritual Root. However, the Chaos Spiritual Root has an extremely peculiar characteristic. Generally speaking, the total number of spiritual roots in a person's body cannot be less than 5, otherwise they would not be able to survive due to congenital deficiency.

  The Chaotic Spiritual Root is not within this restriction. Those who possess the Chaotic Spiritual Root, even if only one strand, can not only survive but also live for a hundred years.

  The Chaos Spiritual Root is extremely wonderful, and those who possess it have a much stronger life force than ordinary people. Even if they don't cultivate immortality, they can still live longer than ordinary people. If there's no disaster, living over 100 years is only natural; if the spiritual root quality is higher, living over 120 or even 150 years isn't an exaggeration.

  Those who possess the Chaotic Spiritual Root will have a different consumption of life force when practicing the Violet Jade Body Tempering Technique due to the effect of their spiritual root.

  Xiao Ziyang couldn't help but secretly curse, this book is simply a death sentence for ordinary people. Think about it, if someone cultivates this method and gets benefits, how can they stop halfway? The result can only be to exhaust their life and die.

  It's not that having a Chaotic Spiritual Root can definitely cultivate this physical practice. If the quality of the spiritual root is lower than fifth-grade, cultivating the physical practice of "Purple Jade Smoke" will be dangerous.

  Some people can't successfully guide out their inner power even if they cultivate up to the ninth level.

  And some people can't even cultivate enough inner power to open the secret book before their life force is exhausted.

  The sixth layer of Xiū Chéng Liàn Tǐ Fǎ brings out the inner power, which is a manifestation of possessing a first-class Hunyuan spiritual root. According to legend, those who possess a first-class spiritual root only need to cultivate the seventh layer to gather enough inner power to open this secret book. However, Xiao Ziyang cultivated 70% of his inner power back into his physical body during the seventh layer; therefore, he was only able to open the secret book after completing all nine layers.

  Although Xiao Ziyang did so, it took him two more years to practice the first stage of Qi, but he also laid a solid foundation.

  This solid foundation can't be seen as beneficial now, but after he cultivates to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, it will bring him immense benefits and double his efforts.

  However, Xiao Ziyang did not know these things at present, and he was still regretful for wasting a lot of time.

  Xiao Ziyang, who had experienced the horror of heart demons, attached great importance to the "Clear Mind and Refine Spirit Mantra". He had been practicing diligently for three years, and his divine thoughts had already met the requirements of the Condensing Method.

  After rearranging the information in his mind several times, Xiao Ziyang got up and headed towards the mountain village. Knowing that he not only had a spiritual root but also a first-class heavenly spiritual root, he felt that the huge stone that had been pressing on his heart was finally removed, and his body and mind were extremely relaxed.

  Three years ago, Xiao Ziyang discovered that An Jia sisters and Er Zhu had spiritual roots. He secretly observed the four of them, but at that time, Xiao Ziyang was not sure if he himself had a spiritual root. If he did have one, he believed he would definitely not fall behind others, even if he passed on the "Five Elements Dao Technique" to the four of them, he still had confidence in suppressing them. But if he didn't have a spiritual root at all and yet cultivated the four into immortal practitioners, then these four people's characters were slightly impure, it would be no different from holding a sharp blade upside down.

  Xiao Ziyang had originally planned to wait until he had successfully cultivated the "Purple Jade Smoke" before deciding whether or not to teach the four of them how to cultivate. However, after a year of observation, he discovered that the An sisters were extremely kind-hearted at their core, and as for Er Zhu, it was even more so - they simply regarded him as a father figure.

  After a year of exploration and observation, Xiao Ziyang decided to teach the "Five Elements Taoist Techniques" to the four people, as well as the wind system and wood system techniques that matched each of them, and also taught them the "Clear Mind and Refine Spirit Mantra".

  In "Wu Xing Dao Shu Chu Jie", although there is also a chapter on Lian Shen, it not only requires the completion of Yang Qi before using Zhen Qi to refine the spirit, but the method is also very rough and the foundation is unstable, which is not conducive to future cultivation.

  He didn't tell An Shi sisters and Er Zhu that what he taught was the Xianfa method. They always thought that what he taught was a very profound internal skill, which not only progressed rapidly in cultivation, but also had an incredible pure and agile internal force.

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