Cultivating Immortality Starts with Rubbing a Computer

Chapter 29: The True Chapter of the Cloud Sword

Where the shadow dissipated, a wisp of information trickled into Fang Jun's consciousness. With just a touch of it, he naturally understood its contents.

"The way of sword cultivation is to control Qi with the mind, and to use Qi to condense form. White clouds are the pure spirits of heaven and earth, gathering and dispersing at random, combining the energy of the ethereal. Those who practice this technique should stand on a cliff above a sea of ​​clouds, observing the flow of Qi, breathing like a dragon lurking in the abyss, drawing the essence of the vast void into the Purple Palace, and transforming sword intent into formless..."

This is a low-grade spiritual skill called "The True Chapter of the Cloud Sword".

In the outside world, ordinary-level skills are everywhere, and spiritual-level skills are priceless.

However, as Fang Jun expected, the prerequisite for practicing spiritual-level skills is to comprehend the corresponding artistic conception.

The core of "The True Chapter of Cloud Sword" is the sword intent of white clouds.

In other words, this technique is intended to guide cultivators to cultivate the White Cloud Sword Intent.

Only by understanding the Baiyun Sword Intent can one's martial arts skills be truly elevated.

If one fails to comprehend the White Cloud Sword's meaning, "The True Chapter of the Cloud Sword" will be nothing more than an ordinary mortal-level ultimate martial art, with nothing special about it.

"Wait, doesn't this mean that I have deduced the Five Elements Kung Fu to a spiritual-level technique? No, ordinary-level techniques don't have any content for Foundation Establishment cultivation. I can't rely on the Five Elements Kung Fu to cultivate in the Foundation Establishment stage."

Fang Jun frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his heart.

"That is to say, if I want to practice, I still have to rely on proper spiritual-level techniques. However, to practice the 'Cloud Sword True Chapter', I need to possess the White Cloud Sword Intent, but the White Cloud Sword Intent seems to be weaker than the Red Cloud Sword Intent I have comprehended. The burst of mana at each level of Qi Refining is only 2.5 strands."

"Well, according to the 'Cloud Sword True Chapter', it should be mana quality 2.5."

Fang Jun carefully studied "The True Chapter of Cloud Sword" and found that even this seemingly ordinary white cloud sword intent was extremely difficult to comprehend.

The technique mentioned that in order to comprehend the sword intent of white clouds, the cultivator must live in a pavilion in the sea of ​​clouds, practice swordplay while floating in the sea of ​​clouds every day, and feel the changes of the sea of ​​clouds.

Only when a cultivator can cause the wind and clouds to surge with his will can he be said to have truly understood.

Seeing this, Fang Jun's heart moved.

His mind shifted slightly, and the water vapor in the air quickly condensed, transforming into a red cloud that swirled around him.

"Will triggers natural phenomena? Wishes come true? No, it's not that simple. Will requires a material carrier, and this carrier is the divine consciousness born from the specialized sea of ​​consciousness. To put it bluntly, this is the process of consuming divine consciousness to interfere with reality."

"However, this method of interfering with reality is more efficient than simply using spiritual consciousness. Moreover, spiritual consciousness itself is a material being, so it's not surprising that it can interfere with reality."

Fang Jun continued to study "The True Chapter of Cloud Sword" and found that the creator of the technique also believed that simply relying on the perception of the sea of ​​clouds to comprehend the White Cloud Sword Intent was not stable.

Therefore, the practice also provides a shortcut: by understanding the sword intent left by predecessors, cultivators can more easily comprehend the sword intent.

"Isn't this exactly how I comprehended the Red Cloud Sword Intention? However, this method isn't simple either. No, I forced my comprehension."

"According to the 'Cloud Sword True Chapter', comprehending the sword intent of predecessors requires a series of auxiliary measures, such as enlightenment stones, enlightenment tea, enlightenment pills, as well as various special spiritual materials and formations to reduce the difficulty."

"To force understanding like I did, one must be a genius."

Thinking of this, Fang Jun felt a chill in his heart.

The formation outside the Hongyun Sword Palace was not obstructed, which meant that You Zhimeng could observe his actions.

What's more, the monks coming and going would also report back on his performance.

Would You Zhimeng think he was being abused?
Impossible. As a cultivator who practices spiritual-level techniques and possesses artistic conception, she must be able to guess what he is doing.

And she allowed him to enter the Red Cloud Sword Palace, obviously having taken this situation into consideration.

In other words, You Zhimeng was confident that she could suppress him after he had comprehended the Red Cloud Sword Intent.

Although she may rely on the effect of the Nine-Aperture True Spirit Pill, Fang Jun had to be wary of her true strength.

"However, I'm not without a chance of winning. Her spiritual-level skills aren't very advanced, even inferior to the 'Cloud Sword True Chapter.'" "Her mana quality is only 2.1-2.2. Based on her eighteenth-level Qi Refining cultivation, her total burst is between 37.8-39.6 strands of mana."

"And my total burst has reached 38 strands of mana. With my unparalleled combat skills, I even defeated the sword cultivator's 52.5 strands burst. A mere burst of less than 40 strands of mana is simply too weak to withstand."

"What's more, she probably didn't expect that I would fully comprehend the Red Cloud Sword Intent at the ninth level of Qi Refining."

The more Fang Jun analyzed, the more he felt that You Zhimeng was not to be feared.

"You Zhimeng, You Zhimeng, if you don't have any extra cards, be careful when you go out."

Thinking of this, Fang Jun felt much more at ease.

No wonder the divination showed that following You Zhimeng was a good omen.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to come to the Red Cloud Sword Palace and obtain such an opportunity.

Otherwise, if he endured hardships outside and made slow progress in his cultivation, he would most likely be caught by the foundation-building cultivator invited by You Zhimeng, and his life would be worse than death.

"Forget it, let's talk about these things after we get out of the outside world and continue researching the spiritual level skills."

During this research, Fang Jun discovered something that left him speechless.

That is, the exercises and artistic conception are complementary, and one artistic conception corresponds to one exercise.

Practicing the exercises is to improve the artistic conception, and improving the artistic conception is to practice the exercises.

Moreover, it is difficult for monks to master more than two artistic conceptions.

Possessing more than two artistic conceptions will cause confusion in the cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness and lead to conflict. The more artistic conceptions there are, the greater the conflict.

The most important thing is that Fang Jun saw the problem about spiritual roots again.

Spiritual roots are also required for cultivation during the foundation-building period. After all, spiritual roots are the source of cultivation. Without spiritual roots, cultivators simply cannot access the power of spiritual energy.

And one spiritual root corresponds to one artistic conception.

What do you mean?
Simply put, if a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage wants to make progress, a cultivator with a single spiritual root must cultivate one state of mind, a cultivator with two spiritual roots must cultivate two, a cultivator with three spiritual roots must cultivate three, a cultivator with four spiritual roots must cultivate four, and a cultivator with five spiritual roots must cultivate five.

This made Fang Jun realize instantly why You Zhimeng was so arrogant and why Lei Pu specifically emphasized her single spiritual root when introducing her.

The emotional root alone is truly exceptional.

During the Qi Refining Stage, one only needs to solve one spiritual energy problem, while during the Foundation Establishment Stage, one only needs to cultivate one artistic conception.

It is equivalent to only taking 1+1 in the college entrance examination.

He is truly born superior to other cultivators.

"Forget it. In order to satisfy the cultivation requirements of the five spiritual roots, I will first collect five spiritual-level exercises."

After recording the "Cloud Sword True Chapter" into the database of Yuanshen No. 2, Fang Jun was about to capture another phantom in the sword pool in an attempt to obtain a new spiritual-level technique. However, an invisible force prevented his spiritual sense from making contact.

The old man's voice rang out again: "Before you gain new insights, you are only allowed to touch one inheritance!"

Fang Jun: “…”

What to do then? All I can do is—

Fang Jun's consciousness was boiling over the Soul No. 2 in his Dantian: "Soul No. 2! Start!"

(End of this chapter)