Born with immortal seed

Chapter 64 Merit Golden Body Spirit
The Hall of Transmission of Skills.

The founder of Qingfeng Sect was a Taoist master, and the lineage is well-established. In addition to the sect's own traditions, the Transmission Hall also contains various martial arts techniques collected from different schools over the generations.

As one of the five halls of the sect, the Transmission Hall has one hall master, three transmission elders, eight transmission stewards, and countless managers and fire-working Taoists below them.

The first floor of the Transmission Hall alone contains no less than ten thousand volumes of books, as vast as the ocean.

The first layer contains a collection of books, mainly miscellaneous books and cultivation techniques for the Qi Refining stage.

Bai Zichen had inquired about the location before arriving and went straight to the second floor.

The second-floor library contains only about one-tenth the number of books as the first floor, but its overall value has increased significantly.

Cultivation techniques, if they don't directly lead to the formation of the core, are not even qualified to be included.

All the books were arranged into rows of giant bookshelves according to several major categories.

Interspersed among them were several jade slips, which clearly contained even more valuable information.

Bai Zichen stood in front of the bookshelf, glanced at it, and walked towards the bookshelf with the most space occupied by cultivation techniques.

The matter of the spirit is of great importance, and he does not want to expose it to the public.

I also want to learn about the main cultivation method I will be practicing in the future, which will be a good way to keep my identity a secret.

The Annotated Edition of the Cantongqi by Shangyang Zhenjun.

On the bookshelf of cultivation techniques, at the very top is this fundamental cultivation technique of the Qingfeng Sect.

There are at least a handful of cultivation techniques within the sect that can lead directly to the Perfection of the Core Formation stage, but the Shangyang Zhenjun Annotated Edition of the Cantongqi is the most core and important.

The founder of the Qingfeng Sect practiced this very technique; the other techniques were gradually acquired through various fortuitous encounters.

Shangyang Zhenjun was the mentor of the founding patriarch and was revered as the patriarch of the Qingfeng Sect.

The first volume of the cultivation technique was displayed on the second floor.

Bai Zichen opened the cover of the cultivation manual, and the first thing he saw was a profound and mysterious text that left the reader completely bewildered.

The technique can be understood individually, but when combined, it's like a book written in the heavens.

"No wonder it's displayed so openly on the second floor of the Transmission Hall. Without annotations and guidance from elders, it would take an ordinary cultivator half a lifetime just to get started with this technique."

After a full incense stick's time, Bai Zichen finally lifted his head from his meditation and reluctantly put it down again.

"No wonder the sect does not encourage Qi Refining disciples to practice the Cantong Qi, but waits until they reach the Foundation Establishment stage to comprehend it. In fact, many elders did not comprehend much even at the Foundation Establishment stage and ended up practicing other techniques."

Beside the Cantongqi, there are more than ten other cultivation methods.

Each cultivation technique has dozens or even hundreds of volumes of annotations and insights, all of which are notes left by the seniors of the Qingfeng Sect.

Those insights that are included in the Hall of Transmission of Skills have naturally been tested by later generations and are indeed useful.

"It's laughable that I was still considering whether to switch to the Thick Earth Technique or the Geng Metal Pure Yang Method. No external cultivation method is as reliable as the sect's own, and there are so many predecessors' experiences to refer to. Moreover, the most urgent task is to improve my realm. Switching to a high-level cultivation method that can directly lead to the Core Formation stage would take at least three to five years to re-refine my mana in the late Qi Refining stage... It's too uneconomical."

Those Qi Refining stage disciples who switch cultivation methods either have no hope of achieving the Great Dao and choose a cultivation method that is advantageous for combat and has strong magical power, thus gaining more ability in battles.

Or perhaps there was a mishap in his cultivation, causing his original technique to stagnate, necessitating a change of technique.

Given Bai Zichen's current situation, after consulting several previous notes, he decided to honestly cultivate the Changchun Gong to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

At this point, restarting the cultivation method would do more harm than good.

I quickly glanced through all the cultivation techniques, then noticed a bookshelf next to me that was full of magical artifacts. I picked up the section about flying swords, found a scroll, and started reading it carefully.

"As expected, the Qingfeng Sect does not have any formal sword cultivation techniques. The highest level they have is the inheritance of crafting second-tier flying swords, and they haven't been able to successfully craft one for many years... If we really want to use flying swords as our primary means of killing enemies in the future, or even prepare to refine them into our natal magic weapon, we will have to go outside to find another sword cultivation inheritance."

Bai Zichen circled around twice and finally found traces of sword cultivation sects in a miscellaneous book called "A Review of Immortal Cultivation Sects in Liang Kingdom".

The Hidden Sun Sword Sect teaches that if one points their sword at the sun, the sunlight will dim. Most of its members are eccentric and arrogant.

The standards for accepting disciples are extremely strict; only sword geniuses are accepted, and the sect has a total of no more than a hundred members.

Therefore, while each disciple of the Hidden Sun Sword Sect possesses exceptional combat prowess, the sect's overall strength is not considered top-tier in the Liang Kingdom.

Bai Zichen turned to the page introducing the Qingfeng Sect with great interest; it contained only a few sentences.

It is located in a remote corner and has little contact with other sects. There are no outstanding cultivators in the sect, but it is said that it inherits the orthodox lineage of Taoism, which is different from other sects in Liang Kingdom.

Bai Zichen curled his lip and tossed aside the miscellaneous book, feeling that his sect was being looked down upon.

After twisting and turning, he arrived at the bookshelf that introduced spiritual roots and spiritual bodies.

On this bookshelf are only a few volumes, mainly discussing the wonders of the Heavenly Spiritual Root and the special characteristics of various other spiritual roots, and how to make the most of them.

Only the last volume records the vast majority of known spiritual entities in the cultivation world.

However, many of them only have one name, and the specific mysteries about the spirit are only the editor's personal speculation.

Because this type of spirit may never have appeared in the entire Liang Kingdom to this day.

The Great Sun Flame Body allows for cultivation speed comparable to a fire-type Heavenly Spiritual Root, but it offers no benefit to Foundation Establishment or Core Formation; one still needs to break through on their own.

They are naturally drawn to fire-based spiritual energy, and all fire-based spells are enhanced by at least 50% in power.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, one can master the secret technique of lotus blooming in fire, enabling one to survive desperate situations and protect others by taking their place.

Once the core is formed, it can be refined into the true fire of the sun, which can burn all things and subdue all evil spirits.

The Qingfeng Sect has the most complete record of this spiritual body because it produced a Core Formation True Person with the Great Sun Flame Body, which is over a thousand words long.

"Yi Wood Spiritual Body... Pure Yang Spiritual Body... Vajra Spiritual Body... Blood Talisman Spiritual Body, I've got it, the Merit Golden Body Spiritual Body!"

Bai Zichen flipped to the last two pages and finally saw the Golden Body of Merit Spirit, his chest surging with shock.

I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down before shifting my gaze downwards.

"The golden body of merit is rare in the cultivation world. There are fewer than ten recorded cases, all of which appeared in the Buddhist kingdom."

"Therefore, those who possess a golden body of merit are regarded as a symbol of a Buddhist disciple, and once discovered, they will be regarded as the successors of the mantle by major Buddhist and Taoist sects."

"This spirit is not good at fighting and is of no help in cultivation. It has only one advantage: turning natural barriers into pathways."

"Anyone who possesses this spiritual body will have a 50% increased chance of Foundation Establishment, a 30% increased chance of Core Formation, and a 10% increased chance of Nascent Soul Transformation!"

After reading the introduction to the Golden Body of Merit, Bai Zichen was overjoyed. It was a miraculous spirit that could reduce bottlenecks all the way to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Even if my spirit body detection showed a false result, I'll treat it as a 30% discount... That still increases my chances of Foundation Establishment by 35%, which is equivalent to me directly attempting Foundation Establishment, just like someone else taking a Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Bai Zichen felt a great weight lifted from his heart. He continued to move forward, albeit vaguely, feeling his way forward. Even though his cultivation progressed smoothly, he was always uneasy, filled with fear of the unknown.

Now that I have a basic understanding of the effects of spirits, I feel more confident.

"Based on this description, if I attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage without taking Foundation Establishment Pills, there's still a considerable chance of failure..."

After his initial joy, Bai Zichen calmed down and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)