Start with a photographic memory and build a memory palace

Chapter 229 A Trace of Great Luo Characteristics

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"Grandmaster, may I cultivate martial arts and immortality simultaneously?"

Wu Wen was unwilling to give up either of these two methods of cultivation, so he chose to have them both!
"Fellow practitioners?"

Upon hearing this, Grandmaster Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It seems that you have not been practicing martial arts for very long, and your level is not very high."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such a thing."

Seeing Wu Wen looking at him with a puzzled expression, Grandmaster Zhiyuan explained:
"Martial arts and immortal cultivation are two methods of cultivation that cannot be practiced at the same time."

"In martial arts, when one's cultivation reaches a certain level, one needs to integrate the spirit into the body to achieve unity of spirit and flesh, thereby gaining complete control over the body."

"Cultivating immortality, on the other hand, requires condensing one's spirit into a primordial spirit, achieving harmony between heaven and man, and thus attaining ascension to immortality!"

"These are completely two different paths."

How can we practice together?

Listening to the story told by Master Zhiyuan, Wu Wen was momentarily stunned.

The unity of body and soul, the unity of heaven and man!

These are indeed conflicting.

But in my own case, these two points don't seem to conflict!
The unity of spirit and body: When Wu Wen was in Dingxiang, he practiced the seven chakras method of Buddhism, which was to achieve the unity of spirit and body, allowing the spirit to penetrate deep into the body in order to reach a state of deep control over the body.

Today, Wu Wen's control over his body has reached a level where he can completely control all of his muscular systems.

Therefore, Wu Wen can manipulate his body at will, making any posture, controlling the heartbeat, blood vessel contraction, and even the regulation of the endocrine system.

Going even deeper, it allows us to control cells within the body, reaching this microscopic level.

And the unity of heaven and man!

When Wu Wen was in Gaochang Kingdom, he achieved the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, attaining the state of harmony between heaven and man, thus realizing the transformation of inner vision cultivation from the real to the virtual.

This is arguably a higher level than condensing the primordial spirit.

After all, the "primordial spirit" is nothing more than an aggregation of energy and consciousness, that is, the unity of "qi and spirit".

Despite his cultivation progressing to this point, Wu Wen has not experienced the conflict that his Grandmaster Zhiyuan had predicted.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't even have reached both of these states simultaneously during his cultivation.

However, this actually happened to me.

Therefore, Wu Wen immediately began to analyze.

And then, they quickly came to a conclusion.

The reason is that I have achieved the unity of essence, energy, and spirit.

This proves that martial arts and immortal cultivation can be practiced simultaneously.

This, in turn, proves that what Master Zhiyuan said earlier was a lie.

Wu Wen stared intently at his grandmaster.

Judging from the other party's situation, my master wouldn't deceive me.

So, either the grandmaster didn't actually know that martial arts and immortal cultivation could be practiced simultaneously.

Either...

"Grandmaster, according to what you just said, if someone can achieve the 'unity of essence, energy, and spirit,' wouldn't they be able to cultivate together?" Wu Wen asked softly.

"triple?"

Upon hearing this, Master Zhiyuan immediately laughed: "If someone can achieve the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, then that person's realm has already reached the highest level of cultivation, the 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Top'."

"Once you reach this level, all paths to the Great Dao converge, so what difference is there between different paths? Wouldn't you be able to cultivate however you wish!"

"But who can reach this supreme realm without cultivation?"

"Your statement is utter nonsense, a castle in the air."

"To reach this highest level, one must start with the most fundamental foundation building. Therefore, one must first choose a path and reach the highest level."

Upon hearing the teachings of Grandmaster Zhiyuan, Wu Wen immediately realized what was going on.

"Yes, who can achieve the unity of essence, energy, and spirit at the very beginning of cultivation?"

But I somehow managed to accomplish it!

"Why is this?" "Interior view!"

"No, to be precise, it's the special ability of 'photographic memory'!"

In the beginning, for Wu Wen, photographic memory was just a minor ability to memorize texts.

But as he continued to develop it, starting with the memory palace, and continuing to the present-day inner world.

The ability to remember everything at a glance is no longer just a simple function of recording and recalling.

Instead, it gave Wu Wen's inner world the extremely special ability to reshape and rewind.

The ability to remember everything at a glance already possesses a trace of the "Great Luo" characteristic, where one certificate is valid forever.

Therefore, under the influence of the inner vision, Wu Wencai attained the Mahayana realm of "the unity of essence, energy, and spirit" ahead of schedule.

Just as Wu Wen came to his senses.

Grandmaster Zhiyuan suddenly spoke up again: "However, there are exceptions."

"If there were a highly skilled immortal or deity reincarnated, with their innate wisdom, this would indeed be possible."

As he spoke, the grandmaster reached out and gently patted Wu Wen's shoulder, saying backwards, "But you're not either!"

"Therefore, you should listen to me and focus on cultivating immortality, that is the right path!"

Done.

Grandmaster Zhiyuan walked towards the sacred mountain and gestured for Wu Wen to follow.

Looking at his grandmaster's back, Wu Wen recalled the words he had just spoken, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Then follow.

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With our master as an example, we can see that we have a great master to teach us.

Wu Wen no longer harbored any fear of the sacred mountain.

After all, judging from the demeanor of the grandmaster walking ahead, he had no worries about this trip and was clearly confident.

As an old Taoist priest who has lived for hundreds of years and has such a rich life experience, if he didn't have any sense of crisis, he would have been buried in the earth and sleeping in the ground long ago.

As we get closer to the sacred mountain.

The strangely shaped trees at the foot of the mountain became increasingly dense, making it difficult for the two to move forward, as if they were preventing them from getting closer.

Master Zhiyuan led the way. When faced with trees blocking his path, he neither broke them nor moved the branches to make it easier for himself to move forward. Instead, he tried to avoid them and walked through the gaps.

Furthermore, the master did not forget to warn Wu Wen: "Do not touch these things."

"Why?" Wu Wen asked while dodging.

The grandmaster explained, "These things may seem like just some strangely shaped ordinary trees, but they are actually a strange beast."

"A strange beast?" Wu Wen asked in surprise. "What kind of strange beast? With so many trees, how big must this beast be?"

"This is a kind of half-dead, half-alive plant spirit called the Mountain Lock Armor."

Master Zhiyuan explained: "According to a book called 'Strange Tales' from the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang searched for all kinds of rare and exotic animals in the world in order to refine the elixir of immortality, and the Lock Mountain Armor was one of them."

"This strange beast, though made of grass and trees, can wriggle like an insect. It has a ten-year cycle, and every ten years it enters a state of suspended animation, like a dead tree. After another ten years, it will revive naturally, just like a cycle of reincarnation."

"Because it can live and grow continuously, its size will become larger and larger over time. Its roots are like those of a mountain borer, which can spread throughout the entire mountain where it grows, just like a lock net that locks the mountain firmly, hence the name Lock Mountain Armor."

“We have come at a time when this strange beast is reviving, so if we touch these stems, we will disturb it.”

"Judging from the current situation, this pangolin is probably spread all over the mountain range."

"Therefore, although it moves slowly, this thing is best at encircling. If we make it move, we won't have time to explore Zhao Tuo's tomb."

After listening to the explanation from Master Zhiyuan, Wu Wen couldn't help but take a few more glances at the trees.

Wu Wen had seen plants that were capable of movement.

Wu Wen also knew about plants that were so large they could cover an entire mountain.

But this was the first time Wu Wen had ever heard of combining the two.

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(End of this chapter)