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

"He's already made a name for himself in just a few days; this kid is quite talented. Perhaps we can recruit him into the guild once he's refined his Qi..."

The young man hesitated for a moment, glanced at the stone house again, turned around, took a step out, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

......

Time flows by like water.

Under Liang Kuan's deliberate arrangement, Zhu Yu's daily classes gradually increased in number of unfamiliar students, and the scope of his classes broadened. At the same time, the students' skill levels became more and more varied.

The number of people like Xun Su and Ni Ying who opened up the divine sea in a single day is decreasing.

It's not that the quality of teaching has declined, but rather that fewer and fewer disciples are joining the sect for the first time.

Even so, Zhu Yu's reputation among the new disciples has not diminished but increased. According to Xiang Sui, the number of students who want to attend his classes each day is already several days in advance.

As the spirit stones accumulated, Zhu Yu didn't hold back. In addition to his cultivation and teaching, and without affecting his physical condition, he spent all his other time in the lecture hall, absorbing the basic knowledge of immortality like a sponge.

Seven days later.

With a slight thought, Zhu Yu summoned the information panel.

[Attributes: Physical Strength 1.1, Spirit 9.8]

Several days passed, and with the aid of the Soul-Dispersing Pill and Meditation Liquid, he condensed a total of fifty-five soul particles, and his soul reached 9.8. He only needed to condense one more soul particle to give birth to divine consciousness.

"Hoo... Divine consciousness..."

Zhu Yu took a deep breath, calmed his excited emotions, closed his eyes, concentrated, and immersed himself in meditation.

A dimly lit space of consciousness.

The blurry outline of the three-ring pattern emerged, as always, the intention resonated with a certain frequency, and the three-ring pattern was drawn out unhurriedly.

A faint light emanated, and invisible divine soul power surged and converged.

The three-ring pattern transformed into pale golden dots and disappeared into the dark sea of ​​gods.

A ripple suddenly appeared in the dim space of consciousness, and under its influence, Zhu Yu felt his scattered consciousness slowly converging and merging.

Until one moment, a strange power emerged.

With a soft pop, as if breaking through some kind of barrier, the darkness receded like the tide, revealing the figure of a handsome young man sitting cross-legged on the bed, dressed in a black robe. From him, every detail within a foot of him was clearly visible.

"This is divine consciousness, what a peculiar feeling..."

May you find joy in my heart.

It felt like being stared at by an outsider.

The exposed skin and fine hair, the clearly visible texture of the clothing, and the colorful specks of light floating around it.

Feeling the familiarity emanating from the green and yellow light spots, Zhu Yuxin exclaimed with delight, "Wood and earth spirit energy, huh...?" He had a vague feeling that he could draw it into his body with a slight thought.

However, he dares not let spiritual energy enter his body now.

According to the basic concept of spiritual thought, if a place to carry spiritual energy is not built, the consequence of receiving spiritual energy into the body is that the spiritual energy will destroy the divine sea, taint the physical body, and turn the person into a humanoid spiritual object.

"Next up is the visible three-ring pattern..."

Zhu Yu silently sensed for a moment, then withdrew his divine sense, opened his eyes, and as if remembering something, a look of regret appeared on his face. He sighed inwardly, "If only I had transmigrated here sooner..."

With only ten days left until the one-year deadline, given his cultivation speed, if he leaves one day to break through and refine his Qi, he can probably condense one hundred and fifty-four divine soul particles before the final deadline.

In other words, his best outcome would be to fuse 150 divine soul particles into a soul thread, manifesting a three-ring pattern, and break through the Qi Refining stage.

In the past, Zhu Yu would have been extremely satisfied.

But ever since he learned that the more divine soul particles he accumulated and condensed before advancing to Qi Refining, the greater the increase in cultivation level after breaking through to Qi Refining, he couldn't be happy at all.

For example, Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan.

During his leisure time, Zhu Yu curiously inquired about how many divine soul particles they had condensed.

The results showed that one person had condensed over 500 divine soul particles and was preparing to condense 700 before breaking through, while the other person had condensed over 200 divine soul particles and was preparing to condense 300 before breaking through.

At that time, one of them will directly leap to the late stage of Qi Refining, and the other will directly leap to the middle stage of Qi Refining, while he will only be able to break through to the early stage of Qi Refining. The difference between them will be more than just a little bit.

Moreover, Qi cultivation is much more difficult than before Qi cultivation!

When a Qi Refining cultivator opens the Xuan Guan (mysterious gate) in their body, spiritual energy will naturally be drawn in when they meditate and condense their spiritual particles. The cultivator needs to calm the spiritual energy to prevent it from becoming agitated while simultaneously drawing the three-ring pattern. The difficulty level will become apparent.

"well…"

Zhu Yu shook his head to clear his mind, his gaze falling on the "Basic Meditation Chart" book on the table, its edges curled from being flipped through so many times, and a thought suddenly struck him.

"Hmm, if I focus my divine sense, will my Eye of True Sight change...?"

The thought arose and could no longer be suppressed. With a slight movement of the mind, the "Eye of True Sight" was activated to deduce and analyze the information.

[Tier 1 Low-Grade Spell "Chewing Gold and Eating Iron"]

[The diagram of the Meridian Path for Melting Gold and Iron in the Stomach Bag, the spiritual objects required for constructing the technique, is currently 65% ​​complete, with an estimated time of 41 days.]

[Diagram of the Subsidiary Stomach Pouch for the Art of Storage; spiritual objects required for the construction of the technique; analysis in progress "86%"; estimated time "five days"]

The spell analysis time has been reduced by half compared to before.

A sudden realization dawned on Zhu Yu: the "Eye of True Vision" would grow stronger along with his divine soul. Now that he had concentrated his divine sense, in addition to the enhanced effect of deduction and analysis, he could also deduce and analyze two methods at the same time.

"Growing and developing alongside the divine soul..."

After learning more, Zhu Yu's eyes lit up with surprise. He had known that the "Eye of True Sight" would not disappoint him. After his initial joy, he silently thought to himself:

"Establish a model, analyze the 'basic visualization diagram,' and progress from basic to advanced levels."

As the thought settled, another panel appeared.

["Basic Visualization Diagram" progressed from minor to major stages; analysis progress: 1%; estimated analysis time: two months.]

"Two months..."

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction.

He didn't just attend other courses at the lecture hall; he also attended quite a few courses on "Basic Meditation Diagrams." Although they weren't as detailed as his lectures, he still gained a lot from them by applying the knowledge to other areas.

It is foreseeable that if more information is obtained, the analysis time will be shortened further.

Zhu Yu closed the panel, glanced at the dome through the window crack, and saw that only three full moons appeared on the dome. He took out a Soul Scattering Pill and swallowed it, then filled a bottle with meditation liquid and drank it all in one gulp. He closed his eyes, concentrated, and immersed himself in meditation.

I don't know how long it has been.

dong dong...

The sound of the door opening jolted him from his meditation.

"Is it time...?"

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, opened her eyes, listened to Liang Kuan's incessant chatter outside, chuckled, got up from the bed, and pushed open the door.

"Greetings, Master Zhu."

The five people outside the door immediately bowed and greeted him.

Zhu Yu glanced at him and recognized him; he seemed to be from the second batch of students. His face was full of warm smiles, and he gestured for him to join them.

"Fellow disciples, please be kind."

The group filed in, and soon the sound of Zhu Yu giving a lecture could be heard.

Time passed slowly.

Nine full moons will rise above the dome.

The door slowly opened, and Zhu Yu, Xiang Sui, and Liang Kuan walked out and walked to a patch of grass that emitted a faint glow not far away.

"Junior brother, you've already formed your divine sense?"