Wet viviparity

Chapter 991 Speaking, On Refining the Form

In this world, who doesn't have a few cronies? Even the wicked can find a few like-minded friends!
Ji Ming was not naive enough to think that eliminating the Zhao family meant dealing with only one family. He was facing an entire network of relationships. However, there were very few people who, at the level of enlightened immortals, would be willing to set aside their dignity to fight on behalf of the Zhao family.

However, it would be difficult for the Zhao family to easily use such a powerful personal relationship as to invite immortals, but that's because the Zhao family is facing an opponent of equal strength.

Ding Ruyi spoke first, her tone as if she were an outsider.

"Based on the intelligence I have gathered, there are a few individuals who require close attention."

One is the Thousand Pearl Spirit Woman who lives in Zhuixing Lake in the Southeast Wilderness City.

This person is an ancient clam that attained enlightenment ten thousand years ago beneath Wenyan Island in the South China Sea. He has a close relationship with the Chongchi Dragon Maiden, who serves as the God of Prosperity in the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, making it highly likely he can persuade her to intervene. His "Myriad Pearls Repelling Divine Light" is extremely effective for defense, and he is also skilled at manipulating water elements. His magical power has been further enhanced during this magical battle near the Li River.

Secondly.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "It is the unorthodox immortal Qu Ru, who lives in the ancient fir forest outside Shangfangzhou Bay in Baoguang Prefecture. This immortal is a strange Qu Ru bird who has cultivated into an immortal. She is eccentric in nature, but she is good at avoiding calamities and disasters."

He was injured by orthodox religious figures several times in his early years, but in order to avoid the three calamities, he was able to endure the humiliation and reconcile with his enemies, and find a way to avoid the three calamities.

Later, she frequently visited the Liuli Temple on Baotuo Mountain outside Zhoukou Bay to listen to the nuns preach, observe the precepts, and cultivate herself, which made her more prone to anger and malice. However, her nature was hard to change, and if the Zhao family offered her substantial benefits or catered to her preferences, it would not be difficult to persuade her.

His poisonous skills are unpredictable and difficult to defend against, especially adept at corrupting magical artifacts and eroding one's spiritual foundation; therefore, one must be extremely cautious.

At this moment, Inu no Shou raised his eyes slightly and added in a hoarse voice, "There is one more, perhaps the Zhao family will also consider."

Jin Yuxian, this old man is a descendant of the Great Roc Golden-Winged Bird who has attained great fortune. He lives outside Moyun Peak in the land of Jiuzhen. He is proud and has been acquainted with Zen Master Caihu for over a hundred years. Although he does not often concern himself with worldly affairs, he travels to the West to accumulate good deeds and prepare for the establishment of a sect and the propagation of the Tao.

However, it is said that the four patriarchs of Xuanhu greatly admired him and intended to recruit him into their ranks, and had descended to the mortal realm several times to enlighten and impart their teachings.

If he were to make a move, his speed and ferocity would be too great to withstand in a direct confrontation.

"Why are they all demons, immortals, and fierce gods?"

Ji Ming said.

Ding Ruyi frowned, not understanding what this meant. Could it be that the righteous god wanted to fight against the true immortals within the True Spirit Sect?

The dog-headed man was extremely perceptive and asked with certainty, "Does Your Excellency wish to meet a Yang God Earth Immortal from the orthodox sect?"

"The True Spirit Sect is mostly composed of immortals who refine their physical form. Their cultivation is said to be the same as that of demons and monsters, but they have different goals. Furthermore, their achievements as Earth Immortals are quite different from those of the current Qi Refining Immortals. I really want to see the Yang God Earth Immortals who have achieved Qi Refining through the Daoist alchemy."

Upon hearing this, Ding Ruyi and Quan Shougong showed different reactions.

Ding Ruyi couldn't understand why the righteous god would speak in such a tone, actually wanting to take the initiative to compete with the Yang God Earth Immortal.

As for Inugami, he believed that the righteous god was using such topics to lead him to introduce the essential principles of the True Spirit School's "Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Book" and the similarities and differences between this true method and the alchemical practice of Qi cultivation.

He could understand, after all, the righteous god had just obtained the Chenyun Talisman Seal from Zhao Mingyan of the Zhao clan, and naturally he was determined to achieve unparalleled merit in the "Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence Book".

"In the Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence of our sect, there are four chapters of true scriptures passed down in the human world, namely the Bird and Bear Chapter, the Armored Elephant Chapter, the True Body Chapter, and the Spirit and Flesh Chapter."

The chapters on Bird and Bear and Jia Elephant involve visualizing the six Jia (甲) of the Rat, Dog, Monkey, Horse, Dragon, and Tiger, and consuming pills that reflect these six Jia to seize the power of these divine and auspicious beasts for one's own use, integrating them into one's bloodline and transforming the false into the real.

During this process, the "Six Exercises of Lingfei Daoyin" are used to stimulate qi and blood, open up the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians, and solidify the foundation.

Listening to Inu Shou Gong's explanation, Ji Ming understood perfectly, as he had also practiced this true method.

Back in the Jiang family, when Jiang Heixiao, the second primordial spirit, was studying the "Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence Book," he was visualizing the Jia Yin Tiger, one of the Six Jia.

As for consuming the pill that reflects the Tiger, the Jiang family's method is extremely sophisticated. It is through the inspiration descended from the various true remains left by the ancestors after their deaths in the underground palace and ancestral hall, which achieves a similar effect to the pill.

These inspirations are divided into four grades. The highest grade, the inspiration of the Creation Beast, is listed as the first grade. Below that are the inspirations of three Tiger Lords, four Immortal Tigers, and six Spirit Tigers.

When Jiang Heixiao was born, he received inspiration from the remains of a mountain tiger in the ancestral hall. Later, during the twelve years of cultivation at the Yun Shen Hermitage on Jinjing Mountain, his father, Jiang Shenhu, would occasionally give him a pill called "Bone Strengthening Pill".

This elixir is made from the shinbone of a fully-fledged mountain tiger spirit, used to solidify the spiritual inspiration bestowed by the mountain tiger.

However, because Jiang Heixiao inherited a trace of the Western metal element of the Kaitian Beast, as this trace of malevolence was incorporated into his physical body and refined into his true techniques, the bloodline of the Kaitian Beast silently absorbed the inspiration of the mountain tiger.

However, when he reached the second chapter, the Jiaxiang Chapter, and opened up the six Yang Apertures, and was about to break through to the third chapter, he did not continue to cultivate further. Instead, he chose to use his self-created "Secret Record of Transformation and Mysterious Fiend" to refine the bloodline demon form of the Kaitian Beast on his body into a demon embryo, and then burn the demon embryo to ashes of his natal demonic fiend talisman, thus directly obtaining a portion of the Kaitian Beast's demonic cultivation.

In the long run, that behavior had a somewhat short-sighted, opportunistic feel to it.

However, the second primordial spirit body is not like the true body of the primordial truth, and it has many hidden dangers. Even the old ancestor of crying hemp saw through some of the problems. It is really not suitable for long-term development. It is better to turn it into resources for oneself and put it into the bag.

"This time I should have a chance to get a glimpse of the 'Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence'," Ji Ming thought to himself.

Inu Shou-gong continued, "By the time of the third chapter, 'True Body Chapter,' the divine intent of the Six Jia obtained through visualization, the accumulation from consuming the pill head, and even the skill training on the physical body had pushed the bloodline to its limit, triggering the first essential transformation above the body refinement, and condensing the [True Body]."

The true form of the Huodou dog that I cultivated was obtained by consuming a pill made from the claws and teeth of the Huodou dog, and then visualizing the Jiaxu dog in the Six Jia. Through long-term communication, I obtained its divine meaning, and honed my physical skills day and night, thus cultivating this true form.

According to the consensus of all cultivators, this chapter corresponds to the four stages of the Golden Core realm.

"Art of the flesh!"

Ji Ming murmured.

In the murmur, Inu no Shou Gong heard a strange meaning and said, "I have to admit that the True Spirit Sect has been declining in the refinement of skills, but there are still people in the sect who pay attention to this path and persevere, so as to reach the pinnacle of human martial arts."

“That’s true. If all the elders in the True Spirit Sect were so devoted to the art of physical refinement, there would be no need for me, Little Saint, to clean house,” Ji Ming said.

"continue!"

"Chapter Four, 'Spirit and Flesh Chapter,' states that the true body is already perfect and flawless, and one can even obtain the techniques within the bloodline of the true body. Many disciples are obsessed with this path and neglect the training of their physical skills." At this point, Inu no Shou's tone became slightly melancholy.

"It seems you are an expert in this field, which is why you held back in that battle."

"A few, but not much."

Inugami honestly said, "With your supernatural power that can change the path of everything within the universe, I can only defeat you if I achieve 'power precedes intention' in my physical skills, so that the speed of my physical attacks far exceeds the speed at which your supernatural powers take effect."

"If you, my lord, wish me to guide you in refining your skills through the true methods, I will gladly oblige."

"smart people."

Ji Ming commented.

"In the chapter on spirit and flesh, one must use the essence and blood within the body, which has been nurtured to its peak and is full of the Six Jia Yang and True Qi, to nourish and enlighten the Yin Spirit, enabling it to manifest the [Six Jia Spiritual Shadow] with a physical form. This step is a crucial turning point from martial arts to Dao, and the cultivation of both body and mind."

In the process of studying the "Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence Book", although the people of our school do not deliberately pursue the enlightenment of the Yin spirit to achieve the state of Yin exhaustion and Yang purity, the physical training will naturally stimulate the Qi and blood, making the physical body like a furnace to refine the Yin spirit.

Although this method is not as advanced as the traditional Daoist Qi cultivation, which involves progressively transforming the Yin spirit into Yang, by the fourth chapter, the essence and blood within the body, which is nurtured to its peak and is rich in the Six Jia Yang and True Qi, namely the Six Jia True Blood, will significantly remove Yin impurities when nourishing and transforming the Yin spirit.

Over time, the degree of yang transformation within the yin spirit will reach the fifth stage of the embryonic spirit realm. However, we will not deliberately pursue the removal of yin impurities; our main focus will be on refining the physical form.

"But as far as I know, the True Spirit Sect also has the Six Ding Strategy Secret Technique, which is good at Yin Spirit transformation. After refining the true body, if you use this method to cultivate, you can enlighten the pure Yang essence of the physical body, cleanse the soul, remove Yin impurities, and form a different kind of pill."

Among the four great families, many direct disciples are practicing this secret technique in order to form their Golden Core.

"Woo~"

Dog Guardian made an ambiguous sound and said, "I am a traditional and conservative disciple of the True Spirit Sect. For me, specializing in the path of physical cultivation is the orthodox way. I cannot accept the trend of cultivating both physical and spiritual energy at the same time."

However, if I were younger, perhaps I would be more open-minded and experiment more with the true teachings. This kind of self-imposed isolation is ultimately unacceptable; only by exploring one's own limits can one truly reach the pinnacle of spiritual attainment in the human realm.

Ding Ruyi thought of the words her master always said, the words that Lu Zhenjun had said: "The laws or objects I create can hardly surpass the limits of my imagination. Their possibilities are always at the edge of the known. Only the unknown power in chaos can surpass the limits of the known."

"Back to business."

Ji Ming's voice turned serious as he asked Quan Shougong, "What exactly are the differences between attaining the Dao through physical cultivation and attaining the Dao through qi cultivation?"

"Break through the void."

The human head, which had been turned into a lantern, spoke.

(End of this chapter)