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

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

"call..."

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and summoned the control panel.

[Attributes: Physical Strength 1, Spirit 4.3]

Three days later, his physique returned to that of an ordinary person, and the number of divine soul particles nurtured in his divine sea increased to fifteen, bringing him one step closer to the birth of divine consciousness.

at the same time.

There are only twenty days left until the one-month deadline set by the sinister old man.

"Please, whatever goes wrong..."

As time passed day by day, Zhu Yu couldn't help but feel anxious. Just as he was thinking about this, he heard voices coming from outside.

dong dong...

The door creaked open, and Zhu Yu's eyes lit up with joy. He strode forward, opened the door, and was met with Xiang Sui's increasingly empty face.

Behind him, a portly man in a black robe, his back turned, was talking incessantly with five other men dressed similarly.

"Senior Brother Xiang, Senior Brother Liang, please come in quickly."

Zhu Yu glanced at it, his face beaming with a warm smile, and gestured for it to be accepted.

"You're too kind, junior brother."

Xiang Sui waved his hand, then leaned closer to him and whispered, "These five are people I specially selected. They are all relatively new to the sect, and each of them has considerable wealth..."

He gave them a knowing look and led them into the small room.

Two days ago, Liang Kuan brought over several prayer cushions, which made the place feel even more crowded, but at least everyone had a place to sit.

Everyone took off their hoods and exchanged polite introductions.

Without any unnecessary chatter, the lesson began immediately.

Perhaps because they had assured Sui before they arrived, the four men and one woman sat solemnly on the prayer mats, looking at Zhu Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the prayer mats in front of them and looked far too young. No one questioned them, but their eyes revealed surprise and curiosity.

"Each of them is a promising candidate for cultivation!"

Seeing that the group seemed rather dim-witted, Zhu Yu completely relaxed, coughed lightly, picked up the "Basic Visualization Method," looked around, and chuckled:

"Fellow disciples, are you all familiar with the 'Basic Visualization Method'?"

The five people nodded in unison.

Zhu Yu continued, "Have you successfully completed your meditation?"

Four of the five nodded, while one of them, a handsome young man with red lips, white teeth, and clear eyes, shook his head slightly.

Zhu Yu glanced at him and asked again, "Has anyone opened up the Divine Sea?"

The remaining four shook their heads.

"All done."

Zhu Yu glanced deeply at Xiang Sui, who had a faint lewd smile on his face, and Liang Kuan, who was beaming, and thought to himself, "Such a promising seedling, it's really not a waste for the two senior brothers to take half of the share."

The thought flashed through my mind, and after slightly organizing my thoughts, I began to talk about meditation.

Using brief annotations written for the "Basic Conception Method" as an example, the profound meaning is analyzed little by little in plain language, making it as easy to understand as possible.

Time passed little by little...

The five celestial seedlings, however, listened with rapt attention, completely absorbed. Zhu Yu also spoke with great enthusiasm, until Liang Kuan poured him countless cups of tea and gave him a wink. Only then did he reluctantly stop talking and say:

"My fellow disciples, you can try meditation. If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to ask me later."

"Thank you, Master Zhu."

The five people bowed respectfully and eagerly closed their eyes to meditate.

Zhu Yu nodded slightly, satisfied. He looked around and followed Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan out the door. They stopped at a patch of grass that emitted a rose-red glow.

Xiang Sui pointed to the stone house and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Zhu, are you curious about where they came from? They seem to be... a blank sheet of paper?"

Zhu Yu nodded, then asked doubtfully, "To be willing to spend spirit stones to attend classes, even if you don't come from a cultivation family like Senior Brother, you must have a cultivator elder, right? Didn't your elders teach you any 'basic visualization techniques' before you entered the sect?"

Xiang Sui was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, but then, remembering that Zhu Yu came from the Spiritual Desert, he immediately understood. He chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Junior Brother, you may not know this, but the 'Basic Visualization Technique' is not some common, outdated thing..."

As he explained step by step, Zhu Yu looked enlightened.

Although the "Basic Viewpoint Method" is named as such, it is actually the foundation for cultivators of the Heavenly Dao Sect to enter the Dao, and its importance is far greater than he thought.

According to Xiang Sui, all those who attempted to practice the "Basic Visualization Method" but were not disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect died suddenly, without exception.

"Junior brother, don't underestimate them either."

As if afraid that Zhu Yu would be perfunctory and look down on them, Xiang Sui specially reminded them: "Unlike you junior brother, it is not so easy for rogue cultivators to send their offspring into the sect. And none of those who can enter the sect are simple."

"Take Xun Su, for example, who's a bit effeminate. He comes from the Xun clan, a Foundation Establishment family, and his soul aptitude is rumored to be extremely close to the sixth rank..."

"And that young girl, Ni Ying, whose grandfather was a renowned Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"Qiao Hewei's family background is ordinary, but he has an older brother who is expected to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. Bai Meng's parents are both late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, practicing the art of nurturing demon maidens. Fu Hongxi has a fifth-grade soul aptitude..."

The introduction left Zhu Yu utterly astonished.

The five individuals, even the least qualified among them, were all at the fourth rank, and all had extremely strong backgrounds. Among them, the weakest, Fu Hongxi, was also suspected of having signed a contract with a Foundation Establishment cultivator and receiving resource support.

"Just focus on teaching the 'Basic Viewpoint Method,' don't worry about anything else." Xiang Sui patted Zhu Yu on the shoulder.

Wait a moment.

The three of them returned to the stone house.

Until eleven full moons hung in the sky, and the waning moon appeared.

Filled with knowledge and somewhat dazed, Xun Su and the others bowed deeply to Zhu Yu, agreed on the time for the next lesson, and then dispersed.

Stone house.

On the small wooden table were piles of stones and pieces of wood that emitted a soft, spiritual light.

The three looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Ahem..." Xiang Sui coughed twice and said apologetically, "Although Junior Brother is very capable, he is not a cultivator after all and has no reputation, so he can only get one spirit stone for half an hour."

He paused, then held up one finger, guaranteeing, "Once you, Junior Brother, have completed your Qi cultivation, the price will at least double!"

"Twice? The senior disciples in the lecture hall won't be teaching for three hours straight. Once Junior Brother Zhu starts practicing Qi cultivation, I think it should be at least doubled!" Liang Kuan happily agreed, then immediately added indignantly, "Let them have it easy for now, but later..."

"I'll do as my two senior brothers say."

Zhu Yu's eyes were fixed on the spirit stones on the table. He asked, "So... shall we split it now?"

"point!"

Xiang Sui had exhausted his family's savings to refine the "meditation liquid," and Liang Kuan was also penniless after purchasing the "meditation liquid" and auxiliary pills. Upon hearing this, he nodded without hesitation.

Soon, all thirty spirit stones were distributed among them.

Zhu Yu obtained fifteen of them. He picked up a dark yellow pebble and examined it. It felt cool to the touch, and although it resembled jade, it was not. A wisp of earthy yellow mist flowed within it, which was quite beautiful.

"This is the spirit stone..."

Memories of the spirit stone surfaced in Zhu Yu's mind.

There are two types of spirit stones.

One type is naturally formed and nurtured by nature, while the other type is formed by the radiation of a cultivator's aura over time, where the texture of ordinary objects changes and they attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to become spirit stones.

The two look different, but are essentially the same.

"Is it really that difficult to use all these materials...?"

Looking at the low-grade earth-elemental spirit stone in his hand, Zhu Yu suddenly had a thought. He remembered what the sinister old man had said about "consumables" a few months ago. Now he understood what the consumables he was talking about were.

They were made into monks by providing "materials," and then imprisoned.

He will produce spirit stones and spiritual items for the sect until his death.