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Chapter 252 Taking stock of gains
Shen Siyuan returned home and found nothing to do.

I turn on my computer, but I don’t even want to play games.

The reason why people like to play games is actually a kind of spiritual sustenance. Things that are impossible to do or obtain in reality can be easily achieved in games, thus giving people a sense of accomplishment.

But now, what can be achieved in the game, Shen Siyuan can also achieve in reality, so he has lost interest in the game.

No one knew where Doudou had gone. Duoduo was at home and Xiaoyue had not come back either.

So Shen Siyuan habitually sank his consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness, and saw a few rays of golden light emerging above the sea of ​​consciousness. This was the golden light of merit.

At this time, he possessed a total of nine strands of merit.

He originally had five strands, but he obtained two strands by helping Zhao Ruijin fulfill his wish. Although he stayed in Ruijin to accompany his mother and grandmother and did not return to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he certainly could not escape, so the merit of the two strands was not lost.

The other two strands came from Le Yao. With the help of the people from the Special Affairs Bureau, Grandma Xia was properly accommodated. Although Grandma Xia had a fractured pelvis and several broken bones on her left breast, Song Meixian arranged for someone to take care of her, so she didn't have to worry at all, so she didn't have to accompany Grandma Xia anymore.

Song Meixian even promised her that she would re-investigate the fact that she was framed and became addicted to drugs, but Yu Leyao didn't really care anymore. So much time had passed, and even if the other party was caught, what would happen? She was already dead, and she had completely let it go. What's more, the other party was probably also addicted to drugs, and his life might not be much better than hers.

However, she did not reject Song Meixian's kindness. She just told Shen Siyuan about this matter. Then she returned to Binhai, saw Duoduo for the last time, and finally entered the Wanhun Banner peacefully.

And now, he still has two unfulfilled wishes.

One of them is Zhao Xuerong. Xiaoyue left with her yesterday. I don’t know how she is doing now, but she has fulfilled her wish.

Another one is Cui Junhui, whose life is controlled by his mother. His wish is that Shen Siyuan will help him plant three trees by the Zhuxi River and send some letters for him.

Because Cui Junhui's home is not in Binhai, but in Anxi Town. Although they are both in Qionghai, there is still a long distance between them. Therefore, Shen Siyuan can only go there when he asks for leave or finds a day off.

There is also Doudou’s good friend, Sister Sun Meiqi. This little girl came to see him several times with Doudou, but she always looked hesitant to talk. In the end, she did not tell Shen Siyuan her wish, and Shen Siyuan did not urge her. Since it was a wish, there was no forcing her.

As Shen Siyuan's mind moved, a ray of light emerged from the deepest part of his sea of ​​consciousness.

The Five Elements Magnetic Sword emerged from the "water" and shone brightly in his sea of ​​consciousness. This was his strongest means of attack at the moment.

Unfortunately, at present, neither the hilt nor the sword body is very solid. There is a sense of illusion, rather than reality, like a really sharp sword, so it will take a lot of time to continue refining it.

The upper limit of the Five Elements Yuan Magnetic Sword is still very high, and it is also very practical, so in the early stage, Shen Siyuan will basically only focus on this set of methods. It is simple to practice, and there are several derived escape methods, which are enough for Shen Siyuan to use in the early stage.

The Five Elements Yuan Magnetic Sword was like a fish, shuttling back and forth in Shen Siyuan's sea of ​​consciousness, leaving behind brilliant rays of light that illuminated the entire sea of ​​consciousness.

Shen Siyuan's sea of ​​consciousness was not crystal clear, but rather semi-turbid. From time to time, dark shadows flashed beneath the sea surface. Some were shaped like giant whales, some were ferocious like demons, and some were like evil spirits, squatting on the bottom of the sea and peeking at the surface of the sea...

These are all the result of Shen Siyuan’s evil thoughts, which are commonly referred to as inner demons.

No one can have a completely pure mind, not even great monks can do it, let alone an ordinary person like Shen Siyuan who has been struggling in the secular world.

But it didn't matter. Shen Siyuan's mind moved, and a giant banner that reached the sky emerged from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness. The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls suppressed all evil thoughts and demons.

Although it was broken, it penetrated the heaven and earth in the sea of ​​consciousness. As soon as it appeared, it set off a huge wave in the sea of ​​consciousness. And all the evil thoughts and demons that were watching from the bottom of the water disappeared. The entire sea of ​​consciousness became extremely clear. As the waves dissipated, it was like a mirror, reflecting all the thoughts in Shen Siyuan's consciousness.

As soon as Shen Siyuan's mind moved, four strands of merit immediately fell onto the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. However, this time, they did not fall on the banner itself, but on the flagpole. A thin golden thread meandered up along the sky-high crack on the flagpole, like a golden dragon hovering above the flagpole.

Not only did it not destroy the original beauty, but it added a bit of majesty.

It seemed that the flagpole had been repaired to a certain extent. The flag fluttered and black smoke rose from the flag into the sky, causing huge waves in the sea of ​​consciousness again. The demons that were created by some evil thoughts and evil thoughts hiding in the deepest part of the sea of ​​consciousness fled frantically.

For a moment, Shen Siyuan was agitated, but his mind was clear.

A blessing came to his mind, and Shen Siyuan's figure emerged in the sea of ​​consciousness, standing above the sea, posing in the second level of the third phase of "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat".

Ever since he stopped making use of his merits, Shen Siyuan had not made any further progress after he had mastered the first level of the third phase, and had been stuck at the second level.

The "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat" is only used by beginners to strengthen their physical bodies, but in the end most of them will turn to inner cultivation.

But this does not mean that "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat" is not good. If one can carry the title of a great arhat, his upper limit cannot be low. It is just that it is easy to learn but difficult to master. Many people practice it for their entire lives, but eventually exhaust their lifespan and still find it difficult to achieve anything.

This is somewhat similar to the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung in the novel "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Shen Siyuan didn't want to practice such a time-consuming technique, but there was no spiritual energy in this place, so he could only choose a technique that would strengthen his body. In this case, he would naturally choose one with a high upper limit.

Fortunately, he still has the shortcut of using merit to take. Unlike the practitioners in the Great Wilderness, they can only use the slow and steady method to slowly hone their skills. After all, merit is extremely difficult to obtain in the Great Wilderness, and no one will waste it on the practice of tempering the body.

In the wilderness, the external cultivation methods are divided into strengthening, increasing muscles, refining tendons, strengthening bones, washing marrow, exchanging blood, opening the orifices and becoming a human immortal.

Ordinary cultivators can only strengthen their bodies step by step, and cannot go back and forth, otherwise the body will easily collapse. The strength of "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat" lies in the fact that the early stages of strengthening strength, building muscles, refining tendons, and strengthening bones can advance simultaneously and be practiced at the same time.

Of course, the time spent on cultivation also increases exponentially.

So, if you ask Shen Siyuan now what realm he is in, he himself can't explain it clearly.

However, when he cultivated to the sixth level of the sixteenth phase of "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat", he could say without hesitation that he had achieved great success in bone forging, which is the Vajra body of Buddhism.

This is not comparable to the Vajra Indestructible Magical Skill in novels, but the true immortality of time and Vajra Indestructibility.

The seventeenth phase in the "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat" corresponds to marrow cleansing, and the eighteenth corresponds to blood transfusion.

As for the subsequent enlightenment and becoming a human immortal, they are beyond the reach of "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat", and its upper limit stops here.

But don't underestimate this technique. If you can cultivate it to the sixth level of the eighteenth phase, then anyone below the human immortal level can be beaten to death. It is absolutely violent and brutal.

And with Shen Siyuan's actions, the second level of the third phase of "Eighteen Phases of the Great Arhat" finally began to loosen and slowly advance...

(End of this chapter)