Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 117 Perfection, the Limit of Qi Refining

"It can actually be like this..." Su Ji's discussion on cultivation touched on Mo Linglong's sore spot.

Mo Linglong absorbed a large amount of memories from her previous life and gained a lot of cultivation experience, but it was difficult to implement due to the physical body's apparent death. Now she is more concerned with soul cultivation.

In order to seize this opportunity, Mo Linglong not only disregarded the gazes of onlookers, but also revealed the memories buried deep in her heart.

"In my past life, I had cultivated to the level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, but I neglected the fact that there was a problem with the Yin and Yang of my physical body. Soon after, my internal organs began to deteriorate, and my cultivation progress gradually stagnated and even regressed..."

"After my physical body perished, I embarked on the path of the Ghost Immortal, only to discover the hidden dangers I had previously encountered. With the Yin and Yang in disarray, the essence of the Five Elements was impure, and the True Elixir was still unable to nurture the True Spirit."

"Even with our best efforts to make up for it, that wisp of true spirit is like an underdeveloped infant; it can't continue to grow, and it might even dissipate at any moment..."

If the Dongxuan lineage is mysterious, complex, or flawed, it can still retrace its steps like the local earth god. Its cultivation level depends on its "root method" and the quality of its magical power, and it can smoothly transition between the Small Heavenly Circuit, the Heavenly Circuit, and the Great Heavenly Circuit.

Although the cultivation lineage cultivates primordial energy, it is divided into Yin-Yang primordial energy, Five Elements subtle primordial energy, and Five Elements Heaven and Earth spiritual energy. These are distinct from each other and progress in layers. If any link goes wrong, it will be disastrous.

Previously, people only speculated about Mo Linglong's identity. Even if outsiders insisted there was a 100% probability, it still couldn't be considered true as long as Mo Linglong didn't admit it.

Now, Mo Linglong has actually said these words herself, which completely reveals the truth about the reincarnation of the Xuanxian.

Everyone present was taken aback.

The guardian deities were shocked by Mo Linglong's identity, and then their faces fell. Even Xuanxian (a type of immortal) could hardly become a Ghost Immortal on the path of cultivation, so what about ordinary cultivators like them?

Qian Feng recalled that not long ago, when he was about to be destroyed by the daytime spirit general of the City God Temple, his benefactor, the Golden Toad, preserved his most important soul core. Later, when he was refining the inner core of the catfish demon, his benefactor, the Golden Toad, reminded him not to be too hasty...

"The inner core of the Ghost General contains most of the Catfish Demon Ghost's cultivation over its lifetime. Its magical power possesses a unique spirituality belonging to the Catfish Demon Ghost. If one were to indiscriminately devour it, the magical power would inevitably become impure, following the same path as Miss Mo Linglong in her previous life..."

While Qian Feng was still in the Ghost General stage, he could continue to hone his magical power. Only when his magical power was perfected could he have the possibility of refining a pure elixir.

Deng Dashi suddenly felt a bit scared. He still had more than forty years left in his life, and he had never fought or competed in his life, so his soul was not injured.

Even if Grand Scholar Deng only has twenty or thirty years left, he should be able to refine a true elixir and break through to the Ghost King level. With his aptitude, he might even have a chance to become a Ghost Immortal.

Unexpectedly, every step of cultivation is so important. Now, he has no hope of becoming a Ghost Immortal, and he is even unable to become a Ghost King because his magical power lacks its own unique spirituality.

"His Highness once advised me to reduce my social engagements... It turns out he had already seen through the truth that I was indulging in pleasure and neglecting my cultivation!"

Scholar Deng thought that cultivating immortality was the same as studying. Once you memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, you could draw on the relevant parts to deal with any problem. The spiritual wood book inside the paper body was just like that.

However, cultivation does not only value the beautiful parts of poetry and prose; every single word in the entire text must be carefully considered.

It's not a big problem if a sentence in an article isn't particularly outstanding, but if you don't reach perfection at a certain stage of cultivation, it will affect your entire cultivation path!

"Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Jin reminded us in time, and it's not too late to make amends!" Even if you correct something, it will still leave stains. If you just copy it again, wouldn't it be perfect?
"The Yin and Yang mica of the earth merge into the soul, and then circulate through the body using the 'Minor Yin-Yang Method'..."

Upon realizing this, Academician Deng suddenly showed a hint of nervousness, and then cautiously asked, "Fellow Daoist Jin, I am currently only at the beginner level of the Minor Yin-Yang Method, and can only circulate the Small Heavenly Circuit. Is it possible to activate the Yin-Yang Mica Soul Body to form a living Dantian?"

The Small Yin-Yang Method only possesses the Yin-Yang Harmony [Root Method] in the Small Heavenly Circuit, while the Great Heavenly Circuit possesses the Yin-Yang Transformation [Root Method].

"..." For now, Su Ji has only put forward his views based on his own ideas and the deductions of Yantianchou. He has not yet conducted a real experiment, so it is really hard to draw any conclusions.

Fortunately, Su Ji was able to conduct the experiment on-site.

Therefore, Su Ji said to Grand Scholar Deng, "To verify this, we need to put it into practice. Fortunately, I have both Yin and Yang mica, so I'll have Fellow Daoist Mo demonstrate it first..."

In fact, Mo Linglong has also reached the level of a Ghost General in the past few years by following the methods of Ghost Immortals, but her achievements are not as remarkable as those of the Path of Profound Enlightenment.

After regaining her memories of her past life, Mo Linglong seemed to have a commanding view of the world, and her cultivation power was extremely pure, which also brought many problems.

If one possesses a physical body, the Yin and Yang essences combine to form primordial energy. Under the influence of the Yin and Yang primordial energy, the five internal organs generate the five elements of subtle primordial energy, which is the necessary foundation for refining the five elements of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Without a physical body, one must find another way.

Yin and Yang primordial energy can be obtained by refining the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and it is not difficult to endow it with its own unique spirituality.

The subtle essence of the Five Elements can also be represented by the Five Qi. Water Qi, Metal Qi, Wood Qi, Earth Qi, and Fire Qi are everywhere in the world. When combined with Yin and Yang Qi, they can generate the essence of the Five Elements.

Some people have special constitutions and will cultivate internal alchemy based on one of the five elements.

Like Qian Feng, who primarily cultivated the water element to create the inner core of a ghost general, the water refining method is adept at washing away impurities, which is why Qian Feng dared to refine the inner core of the catfish ghost general...

Mo Linglong cultivated the Ghost General's Inner Core primarily using the Metal element. The Metal Refining Method excels at inhalation and exhalation, but Mo Linglong abandoned it because she didn't want the Ghost General's Inner Core to be contaminated with any impurities.

At the level of a Ghost General, one can still slowly accumulate magical power without using the Golden Refining Method.

However, once one reaches the Ghost King level, without the help of the Golden Refining Method, the speed at which the Five Elements' subtle primordial energy is generated is insufficient to supply the refining of the Five Elements' spiritual energy into true energy.

The existence of a True Core requires the consumption of True Qi. The larger the True Core, the more True Qi it consumes. If the amount of True Qi produced each day is insufficient, the growth of cultivation will stagnate or even regress.

As a result, many Qi cultivators have a faster cultivation speed the lower their cultivation level, a slower cultivation speed the higher their cultivation level, and a lower cultivation level the slower their cultivation speed... eventually reaching an awkward limit where they can't make any further progress.

This means that the Golden Refining Method will cause impurities to be mixed into the inner core and even the true core, while without the Golden Refining Inhalation and Exhalation Method, cultivation will stagnate at a certain limit, thus creating a dilemma for Mo Linglong.

The living dantian that Su Ji mentioned can not only slow down the consumption of the inner dantian and the true dantian, but also serve as a medium and buffer for impurities in the Golden Refining Inhalation and Exhalation Method, giving Mo Linglong hope!
Mo Linglong's eyes lit up with excitement as she said earnestly, "Then I'll try out the wonders of the active dantian!"

(End of this chapter)