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Chapter 15 The So-called Mystical Cultivation

After eating a big meal worth two hundred coins, Feng Xue felt that he had learned a lot. He returned to the charity cemetery with his two brothers, who were a little worried, and began formal teaching.

This senior brother had no intention of cheating anyone, and he didn't even make any excerpts. He just took out the book his master had given him to practice. Looking at the yellowed pages and slightly mottled edges, it was obvious that this was not a fake prepared at the last minute.

"Sir, please copy it first. It will be considered as reading it at the same time. If there is anything you don't understand, just call me directly."

After saying this, the two began some repetitive tasks such as making paper ingots and stringing five-colored threads.

Seeing this, Feng Xue did not hesitate and immediately took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the "secret book" from beginning to end. Then he picked up a pen and began to copy this secret book of only a dozen pages.

Taking photos is to avoid copying errors and omissions; copying is to deepen the impression.

Just as that "senior brother" said, the process of copying is just like reading it by the way.

This secret book was not the Taoist classic full of code words and terminology that Feng Xue had imagined. Quite the contrary, it even had a kind of concise beauty that seemed to apprehend that illiterate people would not be able to understand it. The whole book was written in plain language, striving to explain clearly how to practice it. From this point alone, Feng Xue understood that either the master who wrote this book had a stupid disciple, or what was recorded in this method was just pure common stuff.

But he is not picky. The more popular something is, the lower the threshold. If he is given a peerless secret book that has only been mastered by two or three people in the past thousand years, it may not be as practical to him as this one.

The secret book is roughly divided into three parts. The first part is an overview of Xuanxiu and the taboos. The second part is the specific practice methods. As for the third part, it focuses on the rituals of opening the altar and several simple spells.

Although Feng Xue wanted to get straight to the point, he was a man who had endured the torment of having only sixty days left to live. In the end, he resisted the urge to flip through the pages and started from the first word, copying it while memorizing each word in his mind.

The book begins by saying that there are many kinds of spiritual practice among humans, but in summary, there are only two types: one is the martial practice of nourishing essence and strengthening qi, nourishing qi and strengthening spirit; the other is the mysterious practice of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit.

There is no need to say much about martial arts cultivation here. It is only said that when one starts to cultivate Xuan, one must nourish the soul with qi and blood to generate magic power. Only when the spirit is complete and the qi is sufficient can it be fed back to the physical body. Therefore, in the early stage, one must suppress his temper, guard against arrogance and impatience, and never be greedy for success or rush into things recklessly. Otherwise, his lifespan will be greatly damaged. Even if he can break through the realm by then, the lost lifespan cannot be replenished. No matter how strong he is, he will only die young. If he is not careful, it will be difficult for him to leave even a Yin spirit.

"It's similar to what Dr. Lan said, but for me, this is good news."

After Feng Xue copied the first chapter, although he was not afraid of the so-called shortening of his life, he still wrote down the taboos one by one.

Then he began to copy the real method of cultivation.

As the saying goes, the true teaching can be summed up in one sentence. This method of practice is also surprisingly short. To sum it up, it can be summed up in three words: health, concentration, and nourishment.

"Jian" refers to fitness. Although Xuan Xiu is not as good at physical fitness as Wu Xiu, he also needs to strengthen his body. The healthier the body, the more essence, energy and blood can be refined.

Concentration refers to concentrating the mind. Through a set of visualization combined with breathing techniques, one can purify one's thoughts and construct a virtual image of one's soul in the mind, using this as the foundation.

To nourish means to provide for one's spirit and soul. Constantly nourishing one's spirit and soul with Qi and blood, this strengthens the spirit and soul, and also generates a byproduct known as "mana." While this mana is not as powerful as a warrior's true Qi when used to strengthen the body, Xuan cultivators can utilize this mana and rituals to perform a variety of mystical techniques. Only by constantly repeating the process of strengthening the body, focusing the mind, and nourishing the spirit and soul until it is perfect and nourishes the physical body can one be considered a true Xuan cultivator.

But the content of practice ends here.

Feng Xue hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not copy the last part first. Instead, he said to his "senior brother" who had already folded two baskets of paper ingots:

"Young Master, this book only records the realm of minor success. How should one cultivate after achieving the state of no leakage in the soul?"

Hearing Feng Xue's words, Senior Brother paused for a moment while folding the ingots, then smiled and said:

"My junior fellow apprentice and I both asked our master about this before. There's really no difference. Once you've mastered it, you just keep repeating the same set of techniques, constantly strengthening your spirit until you become a Yang Spirit and ascend to heaven in broad daylight. However, according to my master, the last clear record of someone ascending to heaven was hundreds of years ago. Most people cultivate until they die of old age, then go to the underworld to find their ancestor to arrange a job."

"The underworld? Work?" Feng Xue had never expected to hear these two words and could not help but feel a little surprised. Upon hearing this, his junior brother said in a boastful tone:

"That's right! After cultivating a spirit, even after death, one's spirit consciousness can remain clear, and one can directly transform into a ghost immortal. Our human race's predecessors in cultivating the spirit went down to the land hundreds and thousands of years ago to work hard. Each sect has its own industry. For example, our ancestor is..."

"Pa!" The senior brother slapped the junior brother, ending his boasting, and then said:

"Sir, the underworld is basically controlled by the major mountain sects. Small branches like us can't even compare to those wealthy families. For a big shot like you, as long as you arrange the altar and sitting statue before turning to ghost cultivation, set up a tablet for yourself, and have your family offer incense, you can keep your soul clear. At that time, the City God will lead you to the underworld to cultivate the way of ghost immortals.

"Master didn't tell me how to cultivate specifically, only that someone would teach me in the underworld. As for what position one can hold, besides background, the strength of the soul is also of paramount importance. Therefore, even if no one has cultivated to become a Yang God for hundreds of years, everyone will still work hard to cultivate. After all, the stronger the soul, the higher the official position one can hold in the underworld."

"So that's how it is." Feng Xue nodded slightly, but he had some guesses in his mind. It was said to be a ghost fairy, but judging from the city gods, incense and the like, it seemed to be no different from the likes of the spirit mediums. However, the ancestors were working hard in the underworld... Why did this sound a bit like hell?
Throwing away the inexplicable thoughts in his mind, Feng Xue continued transcribing. Compared with the straightforwardness of the first two parts, the content of the third part finally made Feng Xue feel a bit like spiritual practice.

At first glance, in addition to the text, there are also various diagrams, but when he read it from the beginning, it is still as simple and easy to understand as before.

According to the book, in the early stages of Xuan cultivation, the soul is weak. Although there is magic power, it is difficult to control. One can only rely on the power of the altar and rituals to guide the magic power and achieve the corresponding effect.

When the soul grows to a certain extent, the control over magic power is strengthened, and some spells can be performed directly without the need for an altar or rituals.

At this time, the role of the altar and rituals becomes an amplifier. The monks can use their own magic power to attract the forces of Tiangang and Disha, incense and vows, and exert more powerful effects.

The book also says that each cultivator has different abilities to control different powers depending on the virtual images of their spirit and soul. Only by developing one's own rituals and spells based on one's own spirit and soul, and being able to adapt to local conditions and do as one pleases, can one be considered a master. Otherwise, one is just repeating what others have said.

Of course, this thing obviously does not intend to let newcomers do the work of the grandmaster directly. In addition to a simple ritual design formula, this third part also records the altar layout and opening rituals that can be used for any virtual image, as well as four practical and general spells: [Thunder Inducing Spell], [Substitute Spell], [Spell to Invite Gods], and [Spirit Possession Spell].

(End of this chapter)