The Spirit World

Chapter 52: Spiritual Power Confrontation
【Bai Ling Mountain Summit Open-air Plaza】

It is called a bonfire party, but in fact it is a display of various lanterns on the stage, so it is better to call it the Lantern Festival of Bailing Mountain.

Colorful paper lanterns are hung on the branches at the foot of the mountain. The thousand-foot staircase is bright and transparent all the way. Lanterns of various colors are hung on the high branches in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Every hall and every pavilion is filled with the atmosphere of worldly life. In order to take care of ordinary people who have no spiritual power to climb these pavilions, some places have specially built white road bridges and white sky lanterns. There is a landscape on every ten steps and a pavilion on every hundred steps. The decorative lanterns are slightly different between the various landscapes and pavilions. The lanterns of waterfalls, cliffs, auspicious clouds and white cranes are like soaring into the sky. It wants to fly out, so free and easy, with pines, cypresses, springs, bluebirds and flying fish playing on the lanterns, so comfortable. There are pedestrians and spirit beasts everywhere in the mountain, and a huge lantern team is parading happily under the leadership of a dragon lantern. From the small town at the foot of the mountain to the top of Bailing Mountain, all people are bustling, and the barrier of white clouds and mist is rolling. Looking at Bailing Mountain from afar, you can vaguely see a different kind of grand light and colorful hazy light, as if there are fairies having fun on the mountain. Could there be a long street with bright lights at the foot of the mountain? It is really difficult to distinguish.

Chang Yufeng stood beside the fairy stone, thinking. He would not think of testing his spiritual power. He had been infected by the devil's breath. Maybe the red light gate vortex would scare everyone once it came out. The area near the fairy stone was quite quiet. It might be because the square was full of people watching the lanterns. Very few people passed by here. However, you can still see the scene below the mountain from here. There are also colorful lanterns. It is not the most deserted place. Laughter can be heard from time to time in the square. There is a drama troupe of the Ether Empire performing there. There are often different puppet shows and shadow plays for children to play. Adults also watch with relish. The beating of gongs and drums, imitation of sounds and objects, do not rely on any spiritual power, but rely on years of training and skills passed down from ancestors. On a mountain full of immortal cultivators, this kind of object is the most pleasing.

Chang Yufeng sat on the ground and meditated, trying to use the methods of the Ether Empire to extract the spiritual power that existed between heaven and earth. Different from what he had learned and thought before, the magic power of the Principality of Allan was condensed by using itself as a container to store more spiritual power in the body, just like comparing itself to a super big gourd and pouring magic power like water into it. Those meditative practices were also to increase the capacity of their own big gourds. The spiritual power was retained naturally in itself, and when needed, it also relied on the blessing of magic patterns and magic wands to release powerful magic.

And the method he learned in the Ether Empire in the past few days is also to regard oneself as a container, but it is divided according to the spiritual power that can be stored in each of his own meridians. The spiritual power of all things in the world is not simply stored, but refined so that it can be absorbed by his body meridians, and is more inclined to the concentration of condensed spiritual power. In other words, what is infused into the body this time is not spiritual power like water, but wine brewed after thousands of processes. Because it involves the strengthening of one's own body, it is time-consuming and laborious, and pays more attention to the right time, place and people. The cultivation of the essence of heaven and earth or the supply of human medicine are all very important ways of practice in the Ether Empire.

Is it possible to practice two methods of condensing spiritual power at the same time?

Of course you can, but it is not easy to practice both the purity of spiritual power and the breadth of spiritual power container. Trying to do two things at once often does not lead to a higher intensity breakthrough. And specializing in one practice method can also lead to a high enough achievement. There is no need to learn both. Moreover, both the magic scrolls of the Principality of Allan and the fairy scrolls of the Ether Empire each require super large magic capacity and magic accuracy. If you want to learn, you must give up one of them. You cannot have both.

But Chang Yufeng soon felt something was wrong. His spiritual power was flowing wildly in his body. This completely different way of spiritual power condensation made the spiritual power in his body riot! Not good! Chang Yufeng felt the spiritual power in his body running wildly in his body. They passed through all his open meridians, all his blood vessels, and violently passed through his muscles. The violent breath in his dantian hit his internal organs. His whole body began to burn and emit white smoke.

"Puff" a mouthful of blood burst out of his mouth, his blood vessels suddenly bulged, and the blue veins on his head were like dead and stubborn old branches. He wanted to stop this violent spiritual power and immediately stopped the precise concentration of spiritual power. He readjusted the way of spiritual power concentration and transformed it into extensive practice. The originally violent spiritual power practice became comfortable and began to gather in his dantian. His whole body was glowing with a blue light, which indicated that the spiritual power was entering his body bit by bit.

It was too dangerous. The sweat on his forehead dripped onto the ground. Although it was only for a few seconds, it was enough to take his life.

Is this what it means to be obsessed? He is not the kind of obsession that comes from being impatient for success, but the kind of obsession that comes from wanting to have the best of both worlds.

Is there any way to have the best of both worlds?

What should we do now? Tomorrow, the gates of Bailing Mountain will be closed. New disciples will practice for a year. The training of the heavenly department is even more demanding, requiring a three-year training period. Although there will be martial arts competitions during this period, they are all internal competitions between the mountain gates. Therefore, the people living at the foot of the mountain cherish this opportunity to open the mountain and have a lot of fun in Bailing Mountain.

If I only know this way of gathering spiritual power, I might run into big trouble. This is the Ether Empire, and the way to gather spiritual power is naturally to practice its precision. In my current situation, let alone practicing any fairy arts or spells of the Ether Empire, I can't even do the most basic way of gathering spiritual power precision. I don't know if Bai Lingshan has a solution. The chief steward accidentally said that Chang Yufeng, as the young master, would practice all the Taoist practices.

He had to learn the [Way of Immortality], [Way of Exorcism], [Way of Stargazing], [Way of Subduing Demons], [Way of Spirit Communication] and even the [Way of Asura] one by one.

Today I just wanted to catch up on my studies before practicing, but I never thought this would be the result.

He looked at the colorful sea of ​​lights around him, his eyes filled with confusion. For a moment he was at a loss, and he didn't know whether the general manager had anticipated his situation and given him a solution.

Chang Yufeng stood up, and the sweat on his back was blown away by the breeze from the top of the mountain, making him feel a little cold.

What should we do?
[Maple Forest of Bailing City]

There is no moon tonight. In the darkness, the general manager stands hunched over on a tall maple tree. He puts his hands behind his back, carefully searching for any movement in the maple forest. The prime minister stands on the treetop behind him, gently waving a fan.

A man and a woman appeared in the maple forest. They were all glowing with green evil light, which seemed to be devouring them bit by bit. They were wearing the same clothes, their faces were dull, and their eyes were glowing a terrible red light in the night. They stayed there motionless, not even moving at all. Their whole bodies were trembling, but they did not move forward at all, as if they were struggling with the will within their bodies.

They arrived here very early, but had not yet met the two people they once knew. They searched everywhere for possible ambushes, but found nothing. Now standing on the top of the maple tree, they didn't know for a moment how to face the two people they once knew.

How could they be like this? Were they not yet demonized when they were communicating with the intelligence personnel? What happened that made them disappear for ten years before appearing in Bailing Mountain? As the guardians of the Xiyi Nether Sea, they were now demonized monsters, which made them feel heartbroken.

"Old Tan, the situation is worse than I thought. This time, the devil's mastermind is well prepared." The moment the prime minister spoke, his breath caused the maple leaves around him to fall. He felt very uncomfortable, the kind of discomfort that comes from being unable to control something beyond his plan.

"We can only try to see if we can dispel it. The rest will be left to God." The chief steward said softly, with a helpless smile.

The moon gradually slipped out from the black clouds, shining on the face of the chief steward. The bitterness on his old face made his wrinkles appear more dense. The wind blew, blowing up the maple leaves, which danced in the moonlight, rustling like an unfinished song!
The next chapter is full of high energy! Next is a whole chapter of fighting! The Prime Minister and the Chief Steward are fighting against two guardians who disappeared ten years ago! (I designed the fight myself, there should be no repetition! Proud face!)
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(End of this chapter)