Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 86 The Theory of Spiritual Power

The inner disciples' cultivation relies more on themselves, hence the five-day work week followed by a five-day rest week. The rest of the time, everyone cultivates their spiritual energy, improves their realm, or practices swordsmanship.

After Ning Fusang wrote down all the lessons, she put away the two booklets and placed them on the corner of the table.

The three-day outer sect competition was extremely exhausting. Ning Fusang took a Nourishing Spirit Pill and sat cross-legged to refine the pill's effects.

The Nourishing Spirit Pill is one of the most common elixirs in the Zhongling World, frequently consumed by cultivators. Its formula has been modified repeatedly and is now considered perfect. Currently, the refining of the Nourishing Spirit Pill primarily uses a gentle water-based method, with herbs as the main ingredients, and contains no toxic substances, so cultivators can consume it with peace of mind.

The night is getting darker.

On Tianquan Peak, two figures sat outside the main hall, having a long talk under the moon.

Several wind chimes hung under the eaves of the Qingxiao Palace behind me, swaying gently in the wind and emitting a melodious tune.

Shen Hongxue turned her head slightly to look at the man and asked with a smile, "Elder Ji, was your trip to Hezhou successful?"

The man, who appeared to be about twenty years old, was dressed in a thin spring robe. A faint smile appeared on his handsome face: "Thank you for your concern, Sect Leader Shen. This trip has been extremely smooth."

He took out several scrolls from his storage bag: "The flowers in Hezhou are heavy with dew, the mist is deep, the drizzle is as soft as butter, the sun shines warmly on the river, the rivers and lakes stretch for 30,000 miles and are emerald green, all of which are captured in Meishan."

"Ji then painted a few pictures, thinking that when he taught in the Mingtang Hall one day, he would show his students a glimpse of the spring scenery of Nanchun and Hezhou."

"Tonight there is a moon, and the moonlight is a lamp. I, Ji, have made a fool of myself before Master Shen with this humble work."

Ji Qingyuan tossed several scrolls into the air, and Shen Hongxue stood up to examine them one by one.

The painting is beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful too.

Shen Hongxue smiled and said, "Elder Ji's painting skills are improving day by day."

Ji Qingyuan smiled, and the two sat back down in the rattan chairs. Shen Hongxue asked him, "There are more disciples who need to retake the Monster Compendium course, so we specially divided it into two classes this year. I wonder if Elder Ji is interested in the instructor for Class B?"

"Is it because Sect Leader Shen can't find a suitable candidate right now that he's turned to me, Ji?" Ji Qingyuan touched his brow, pondered for a moment, and said, "I can recommend a suitable candidate to Sect Leader Shen."

As the saying goes, "It's better to die for your friend than for yourself." Ji Qingyuan knew that if he wanted to get rid of this job, he had to find a suitable person for their Sect Leader Shen to be the instructor of this course.

"Oh?" Shen Hongxue looked at him. "I wonder who Elder Ji recommended?"

"Golden Cloud Peak, Elder Gongyang."

Ji Qingyuan smiled slightly: "If I remember correctly, Elder Gongyang currently owes the sect 170,000 contribution points. Since this is to repay the debt, I believe Elder Gongyang will not refuse."

All cultivation resources within the sect can be exchanged using contribution points. Although the sect distributes a certain amount of contribution points to its elders every year, Elder Gongyang of Jinxia Peak has not descended the mountain for a century. Whenever he needs something, his disciples have to exchange it with the sect. Over time, this has led to a deficit, and the debt owed to the sect has accumulated.

Only after Shen Hongxue found a suitable candidate did she let Ji Qingyuan leave.

Before leaving, Ji Qingyuan handed him a stack of envelopes containing intelligence that Ji Qingyuan had collected in Nanchun and Zhou.

"Sect Leader Shen should pay more attention to a cultivator named Feng Fuying. He is not a pure sword cultivator; he is involved in various paths and his cultivation is unfathomable. At only twenty years old, he has already touched the threshold of the Knowledge Realm."

"It's a pity that Feng Fuying's whereabouts are mysterious. I have never seen him in person in Nanchun and Hezhou. This information comes from the conversations of cultivators in Hezhou, so it is not very reliable."

Because Feng Fuying is not a pure sword cultivator, it is unknown whether he will be the one guarding the arena or the one fighting at the Five Continents Tournament. Three years ago, Ji Qingyuan's trip to Nanchun and Hezhou was just a pretext; his real purpose was to gather intelligence on Nanchun and Hezhou to prepare for the Five Continents Tournament.

Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you remain invincible.

The envelopes were divided into four categories: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Among the dozen or so Heaven-class envelopes, Shen Hongxue found a special letter.

After the restriction was removed, the four characters "Gongzi Fuying" appeared on the surface of the envelope.

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The sky is getting brighter.

Ning Fusang had been practicing swordsmanship for an hour. She cast a purification spell on herself and flew to Kaiyang Peak on her sword.

People began to arrive at Jingxinzhai one after another.

After all forty of the top students from the outer sect competition had arrived, about a quarter of an hour later, an elder dressed in a white cloud-patterned Taoist robe leisurely walked over.

He glanced at everyone and got straight to the point: "I am Xuan Yunzi, the instructor of this course. This course will only last for three days and there will be no assessment."

"When we were in the outer sect, we all learned about the different levels of cultivation. However, when we were in the outer sect, the instructors only taught up to the ninth level and didn't go into more depth. Today, we will talk about the remaining six levels."

Everyone listened intently and quietly.

Xuan Yunzi slowly said, "The cultivation realm is divided into three realms as a small hurdle, while the nine realms are an insurmountable chasm."

"To put it simply, before the ninth level of cultivation, as long as a cultivator has enough lifespan, with diligent cultivation, they can continuously use spiritual power to break through the dantian barrier, and eventually, water dripping through stone will wear it down."

"After the ninth realm, the focus shifts to cultivating both body and mind, and cultivators will pay more attention to cultivating their hearts. The tenth realm is called the Realm of Knowledge."

"Knowledge refers to inner awareness and understanding of things. Only when a cultivator reaches this level can he be considered qualified to glimpse the sky through a tube, see a corner of the world, and know the path to follow."

"The eleventh realm is called the Spirit Realm. There are two interpretations of the word 'spirit' in this realm. One interpretation is that the 'spirit' in the Spirit Realm is related to the spiritual energy and power we cultivate."

“Spiritual energy is divided into five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. However, they are also a whole. Cultivators are accustomed to calling this whole ‘one.’ Therefore, when we refine spiritual energy, we are not refining the five elements separately, but this ‘one.’ Thus, spiritual power has no attribute distinction.”

"The highest quality spiritual power should be as clear as water, with a bright and empty appearance. Such spiritual power is the most powerful and pure, so when breaking through to a higher realm, it is like adding wings to a tiger, and often succeeds on the first try."

When Xuan Yunzi finished speaking, he paused, as if to warn everyone: "When a cultivator refines spiritual energy, if the mind is free of distractions, what is refined will be pure spiritual power. If the mind is filled with delusions, the refined spiritual power will become turbid and should be discarded."

"Many cultivators, because they are unwilling to part with the spiritual power they have painstakingly refined, eventually turn to the evil path."

Unorthodox cultivators don't care whether spiritual energy is clean or not. Regardless of the type of spiritual energy, it all resides in the dantian. In this way, they take a so-called shortcut, and their cultivation speed will naturally be much faster.

However, this method of cultivation has drawbacks.

The spiritual energy stored in the dantian is often as still as a mirror when the cultivator does not mobilize it.

The spiritual power refined by evil cultivators contains too many distracting thoughts, making it more "active" and often causing waves in the dantian.

Evil cultivators often experience violent fluctuations in their spiritual energy, which is why they are capricious and vent their violent emotions by killing.

(End of this chapter)