The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

These three courses are not techniques, but rather prerequisite information for practicing magic. Those who understand their meaning will achieve twice the results with half the effort in practicing magic, while those who do not understand their meaning will not know how to get started even if they are given a magic technique.

"Even basic information has to be sold for spirit stones, really..."

Zhu Yu remained silent, shook his head, and strode towards the stone tower.

As soon as he entered the door, it was as if he had passed through an invisible membrane. The noise outside stopped abruptly, and a refreshing breeze swept over him, invigorating him and making his thoughts noticeably more active and clear.

"Could this be a formation?"

Zhu Yu's eyes brightened slightly as he looked around.

Slightly different from what he had imagined, the interior of the lecture hall was very simple and unadorned. Apart from the wooden doors with room numbers written on them, there was only a small desk, behind which a young man who looked to be around twenty years old was holding a book and reading it with great interest.

"Greetings, Senior Brother."

Zhu Yu stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and asked, "What is the procedure for entering the classroom to attend a lecture?"

The young man glanced at him, put down the book in his hand, took out a jade pendant about an inch long from the cabinet, and said lazily, "Name."

"Replying to Senior Brother, my name is Zhu Yu."

As soon as Zhu Yu finished speaking, he felt as if he had been burned by something, or as if he had been stung by a mosquito. The pain was fleeting, and he thought it was just his imagination, so he didn't pay attention to it.

The next moment, the Eye of True Sight suddenly sent a message.

[Warning: High-risk radiation detected...]

"Um?"

Zhu Yu was startled and subconsciously took two steps back. As if realizing something, he looked at the young man with a somewhat horrified expression.

The Qi Refining cultivators he had previously encountered only showed slight radiation through their "True Sight Eyes."

The slight aura that the young man in front of him inadvertently revealed caused his True Sight Eye to warn of "high-risk radiation." He didn't want to know how high the young man's cultivation level was; he just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

A few breaths later.

The young man opened his eyes and looked at the boy who had taken several steps back and was clearly more respectful. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Such keen perception."

He tossed the jade token in front of Zhu Yu and lazily waved his hand, saying, "This is your temporary identity jade token. It can't be replaced if you lose it. If you don't understand anything, just place the jade token between your eyebrows and look at it."

After saying that, he picked up the book and continued reading with great interest.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Zhu Yu took the jade pendant and didn't dare to linger for a moment. He turned around and walked to the side. When he reached a corridor, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, looked at the jade pendant, and then stuck it to his forehead.

Suddenly, a flood of unfamiliar information rushed into my mind.

A short while later.

Zhu Yu put down the jade pendant, a slight smile on his face.

According to the information on the jade plaque, the lecture hall has three floors.

The first level teaches only basic techniques, with instructors being Qi Refining cultivators who have deeply cultivated a particular basic technique. The second level is similar, but instead of teaching basic techniques, it teaches some advanced techniques.

Most importantly, it has three floors, which are opened irregularly.

At that time, a Foundation Establishment cultivator belonging to the Yinming Cave will appear to impart knowledge and skills.

Besides.

Every disciple who enters the lecture hall for the first time will be given ten contribution points for free, which can be used for listening to lectures or purchasing other items.

Meanwhile, to exchange spirit stones for contribution points, one needs to find the person on duty, who is the young man sitting in the hall reading a book.

"The sect has been quite generous this time; with these ten contribution points, we can attend more courses..."

Zhu Yu's eyes lit up with joy. After a moment's thought, following the information conveyed by the stone tower, he turned and walked towards a room where a lecture on "The Detailed Explanation of the Human Body, Heaven, Earth, and Dharma Lineage" was being taught, but had not yet begun.

"69"

Push open the door.

What came into view was a somewhat empty room of about 100 square meters. There were futons on the floor. Since classes had not yet started, there were only a dozen or so people in the room, some sitting cross-legged in meditation, and others whispering and talking with close friends.

Zhu Yu's entry into the room did not attract much attention. Seeing that there were still empty seats in the front row, he immediately walked to one of the empty futons and sat down cross-legged.

While waiting, he checked the jade token, and sure enough, after he entered the room, one contribution point was automatically deducted, which was quite amazing.

"Another formation...?"

Recalling the feeling that the inside and outside of the tower were completely different worlds, Zhu Yu became increasingly interested in "the way of formations," which ranked among the top of the various cultivation arts, and silently listed it as one of his alternative paths after refining his Qi.

Time passed slowly.

Before they knew it, half of the prayer cushions were occupied. No one made a loud noise; even when they spoke, they only whispered among themselves, their eyes occasionally glancing toward the door.

Just as Zhu Yu was listening intently to the two people beside him talking about the disciples' market.

The door was open.

An elderly man with white hair and a ruddy complexion, dressed in a black Taoist robe, slowly walked into the room. The sound inside the room immediately stopped, and everyone turned their gaze toward him.

Zhu Yu also looked over.

The old man appeared outwardly normal, always wearing a smiling expression, looking very kind and approachable. However, when one looked into his eyes, they were like gazing into a cold river, and a chill would involuntarily rise in one's heart.

Upon reaching the head of the table, the old man glanced at everyone and, without any preamble, began to speak.

"Heaven and earth give birth to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and so do humans. Humans reside within the Yin-Yang and Five Elements lineage, resonating with heaven and earth..."

As the words fell, a human-shaped figure of light and shadow materialized out of thin air to the right of the old man. Its body was covered with intricate lines, some thick and some thin, some long and some short, all densely intertwined.

"If we compare the human body to heaven and earth, then the Dharma lineage is like the laws of heaven. Just as heaven and earth naturally generate wind and rain, snow and ice, the human body's meridians, when aligned, can also ignite fire and drive away wind..."

The old man raised his hand and brushed across the human-shaped light and shadow, causing a ripple to spread. The lines, which were originally milky white, were visibly rendered into a colorful rainbow.

Lines of varying colors, some heavily stained and some lightly stained, intertwine, dazzling the eye. Staring at them for too long can induce a feeling of nausea.

"However, human bodies are also very different."

As the old man finished speaking, another humanoid figure appeared on the left, quickly spreading out a rainbow of colors. Upon closer inspection, it was easy to see that although both humanoid figures displayed rainbow colors, the color deviations were slightly different.

"Each cultivator is a unique world, and the lineage of that world may lean towards wind, fire, or earth..."

"..."

A quarter of an hour passed, and the lecturer had long since left, but the people in the room were still immersed in the intricate and complex lineage of the Dharma and had not yet come back to their senses.

"hiss..."

Zhu Yu took a deep breath and murmured to himself, "No wonder the 'Detailed Explanation of the Human Body, Heaven, Earth, and Dharma Lineages' is considered one of the foundations of magic."

If one does not understand the inherent tendencies of their own lineage and forcefully cultivates magic, it would be strange if they could succeed.

Zhu Yu silently recited, "Establish a model, using the two collected diagrams of the human body's celestial and terrestrial veins as a blueprint, to detect and establish my own diagram of the human body's celestial and terrestrial veins."

The exploration progress of the "Human Body, Heaven, Earth, and Dharma Lineage Diagram" is 1%, with an estimated exploration time of one hour.