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Chapter 32 Self-cultivation

With the awareness of being a monster, Li Ming quickly tried to practice, and then he discovered a problem.

"I'm just a bamboo, how can I practice cultivation!!!"

The cultivation experience and skills that Li Ming relied on were all based on the fact that he was a human being, or at least a humanoid animal, but now he was just a bamboo seedling.

Li Ming tried it and found that it could slightly control the growth direction of its body.

In other words, he can choose whether to grow straight up or sideways.

Other than that, no more.

That’s right, it’s gone!
"This is the first time in my life that I'm speechless."

Fortunately, it can be accelerated, otherwise it would be really boring.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Ming is now considered a relatively mature bamboo.

He is not conspicuous in the bamboo forest, and now Li Ming can finally do other things.

He can manipulate his branches and leaves slightly to make them shake.

"Isn't it really that difficult? After being a monster for ten years, you can only move around a little bit?"

Then I thought about the monsters in "Journey to the West" who had cultivated for thousands of years. Without five hundred years of cultivation, you would be embarrassed to say hello to others. Some of those monsters couldn't even transform into human form properly.

After reading this, Li Ming felt a lot calmer, but he didn't know how to break the deadlock.

"Although most monsters are mounts or pets of gods in heaven, there are always a few wild monsters. How did they train themselves to become powerful? I want to learn from them."

After being depressed for a long time, Li Ming finally made up his mind to practice on his own!
As for how to practice, Li Ming's idea is simple. Although he doesn't have any substantial method of practicing with monsters, he has never seen a pig run before he has eaten pork.

I have read so many fantasy novels. If these speculations are correct, I can also make some achievements.

The first step is to visualize and concentrate!
Since he couldn't move his body, Li Ming had to focus on his spirit and silently imagined a statue of Guanyin in his heart.

Why is it Guanyin? Think about it, where is Guanyin’s temple?
Purple Bamboo Forest, what is Li Ming now?

Bamboo, look at it, how clever it is.

If I ever meet a moralist who exorcises demons and monsters in the future, I will say that I am a demon who was cultivated in the Purple Bamboo Forest where Guanyin sat, so I can have a background.

As for whether there is Guanyin Bodhisattva in this world or whether there are so-called moralists, it is actually no longer within Li Ming's consideration. He is simply bored and wants to find some fun for himself.

Combined with Mingxin's memory, the image of Guanyin in Li Ming's mind became more and more vivid, and the details became more and more complete. She held a treasure bottle with a willow branch inserted in it. She always had a compassionate look on her face, with a gentle expression. She wore white gauze, stepped on a lotus, and had a red mark between her eyebrows.

In Li Ming's mind, the Guanyin statue became increasingly detailed. His mental energy was like a chisel, drilling and polishing the details. As he contemplated it, the statue became increasingly alive, as if possessed by a hidden aura. At this moment, Li Ming felt as if something indescribable was being drawn to the statue from the outside world.

As my spirit overflowed, it was as if all the stars in the sky were emitting a faint bright light, blessing me from some indescribable angle.

This made Li Ming feel cool all over. Even the wooden bamboo body stretched out its branches and leaves, swaying gently, showing a sense of relaxation.

Even Li Ming, who was determined, was immersed in this comfortable feeling and could not extricate himself, especially now that he could not move, could not speak, and all his perceptions were false. The temptation brought by this pleasure was simply incomparable.

In other words, Li Ming had never smoked opium or taken certain addictive contraband, otherwise he would have been able to make a clear comparison, and at this moment he also felt intoxicated.

My body feels as if it's floating in the air, and my spirit becomes increasingly ethereal and empty. This is not right!

Li Ming suddenly woke up. He had just started to visualize, but why did he have such a pleasure that he was about to ascend to heaven? All of a sudden, it was like clearing away the fog. It turned out that the so-called starlight enlightenment was completely false. There was no spiritual light at all to irrigate his green body.

I immediately understood that this was an invasion of demonic obstacles. If I succumbed to this feeling of nothingness and floated with the wind, I was afraid that I would have gone astray, and I was terrified.

At this moment, his mind became clear, and the statue of Guanyin became much more stable, as if it had taken root in Li Ming's mind, with a rather stable and unmoving temperament.

As Li Ming continued to devote his energy to carving the Guanyin statue, he found that if he wanted to change even the slightest bit, the mental energy consumed would be many times more than before. It was as if the clay sculpture had not dried up before and he could manipulate it, but now it had turned into stone and was difficult to shake.

Li Ming didn't understand why, but he had a feeling that he might have made a step forward by accident, so he gave this state a name with complacency.

"Watching the Stone!"

Now that there was a statue of Guanyin guarding the altar, Li Ming felt more motivated and continued to concentrate on his fantasy. This time, he was not only carving the statue of Guanyin in his mind, but also began to imagine himself at the center of the world.

"How can a monster absorb the essence of the sun and the moon?"

Li Ming’s answer was, I’m thinking!
As a plant, photosynthesis is an instinct. Li Ming feels that he should be able to absorb another metaphysical thing from the light.

On the one hand, it is the bamboo's instinct, and on the other hand, it all depends on your imagination.

After relaxing my mind, that feeling of ecstasy came over me again, as if thousands of spiritual lights were irrigating my body. This step was particularly difficult, as I had to protect the Guanyin statue on the spiritual platform, but I could not completely get rid of this feeling.

Li Ming tried it repeatedly during this stage, jumping back and forth on the edge of danger. After several days, Li Ming concluded that his "cultivation" was effective because he grew better!
Li Ming believed that even if he did not sense it, he definitely absorbed something that was beneficial to him.

Finally, on this day, when the starlight gathered to a certain degree, the feeling it brought changed. It was a tingling sensation all over the body. As a bamboo, it should not feel pain, but this feeling was real, as if its branches were broken but still stuck together.

With his previous experience, Li Ming continued to maintain his spirit and remained unmoved, repeating this process over and over again, gradually reaching a deeper level.

Suddenly, a bearded man appeared before him. He was wearing a Taoist robe and holding an iron sword. He had a fierce look on his face and shouted, "Who are you, little demon? It's your bad luck to meet your Taoist master today. I'll break your bones and burn them as firewood!"

Just when the sword was about to strike, the scene before his eyes changed again. He felt as if he was in hell, with all kinds of miserable screams in his ears. At this point, Li Ming had already understood that it was all caused by the devil in his heart. He fell out of the illusion, but he remained calm and motionless.

The next moment, a fragrance lingered and beautiful figures appeared around.

Oh no, he has found my weak spot!
(End of this chapter)