Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

This was the first time Lin Sheng had heard this viewpoint.

He asked Zhao Fengnian, "What are your thoughts on the cultivation of divine sense, Fellow Daoist Zhao?"

Zhao Fengnian stroked his chin, thinking seriously, and then his eyes lit up.

He raised his arm excitedly and said, "Let's go build some muscles!"

silence.

Lin Sheng wondered for a moment whether he had misheard or missed something. Why couldn't he understand what the other person was saying all of a sudden?

His expression was just like that meme: a cat, blank, spinning around.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Fellow Daoist Zhao?"

"So you want me to strengthen my body, and that will help my spiritual consciousness?"

Zhao Fengnian explained, "That's roughly the idea. When I broke through, the person who taught me told me that I needed to build a good body so that I could break through."

"I am a physical cultivator, and after listening to his words, I focused even more on honing my body. When I faced a breakthrough, my essence, energy, and spirit naturally became connected and integrated."

"So I think you should try this method too, it won't be much worse."

Remembering Zhao Fengnian's experience, Lin Sheng decided to ask Cao Xingyi for confirmation later.

Although the other party was a Pure Blood Realm cultivator, he was really unsure about that declaration about training muscles.

After handing over today's records, Lin Sheng left the camp. Just as he was about to send a message to Cao Xingyi, he saw the other party strolling around on the street.

"Senior brother, what are you doing here? I was just looking for you."

He looked at Cao Xingyi, who was holding many flowers, clearly prepared for someone else.

"Sigh, something happened at home, so I came out to buy some things to comfort them."

"At home?"

No, when did my senior brother ever have a home?

Cao Xing scratched his head: "That's the place. My three girlfriends and I had a fight there."

Lin Sheng, with a curious look on his face, asked, "Why?"

"It's all because of when I was at the security escort agency..."

"Hey, you're laughing at your senior brother!"

Cao Xing realized what was happening and quickly shut up.

"Alright, senior brother, I do have something to discuss with you, regarding cultivation arrangements."

"You haven't fully recovered yet, have you? Cultivation can't be rushed."

"I understand, senior. Let's go, we can eat and chat."

The two found a restaurant on the street, ordered some dishes, and sat down.

Cao Xing poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Lin Sheng, and asked, "Speak, what is it about cultivation?"

"Senior brother, I'm about to break through."

Cao Xing, who was initially troubled by his own affairs, suddenly turned his attention to Lin Sheng.

"A breakthrough? So fast?"

"I just thought you'd be in a while longer, how come now..."

He reached out and placed two fingers on Lin Sheng's pulse, then withdrew them after a moment: "Still a little short, but you are indeed close to a breakthrough."

"It's mainly because the Zhenghui Spirit Liquid that Master gave me is very effective," Lin Sheng explained.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Junior Brother's cultivation speed is indeed fast. I estimate that it won't be long before he surpasses Senior Brother."

"By the time I reach your level, Senior Brother, you might have already reached Master's level. How could I possibly catch up?" Lin Sheng smiled and took a sip of wine.

"You know, you're quite the smooth talker. If you used that skill to charm girls, Qianqian would have already given herself to you."

"Senior brother, can we please not bring this up..."

Cao Xing put down his wine glass: "Okay, it's normal for you to focus on cultivation now. I was also focused on cultivation at that time."

Then, as if remembering something, he said with a hint of regret, "But... don't let the beauty be ruined, lest you end up with nothing but sorrow."

Lin Sheng sensed the emotion in Cao Xingyi's tone, but did not intend to ask further. Just then, the waiter brought the food, so he invited Cao Xingyi to eat.

He poured the other man another cup of wine: "Senior brother, the reason I came to see you is because I met cultivator Zhao Fengnian today. He also saw that I was about to break through and gave me a few pointers."

"Zhao Fengnian, oh, I remember now."

Cao Xingyi remembered the axe-wielding monk who had been surveying the area with him.

Then he asked, "What did he say?"

Lin Sheng relayed the other party's words and his own thoughts to them without exception.

Finally, he asked, "Junior brother, I'm a little unsure, but Fellow Daoist Zhao is, after all, at the Pure Blood Realm, so I think his words make sense."

"What he said makes a lot of sense. In fact, it is the direction of your cultivation that you need to break through in the future."

"Oh?"

Lin Sheng was puzzled; he hadn't expected Zhao Fengnian's words to carry such weight.

Instead of directly explaining why Zhao Fengnian's words were the direction of his future cultivation, Cao Xingyi went on to explain the Pure Blood Realm.

"Entering the Pure Blood Realm is entering the realm of cultivation, transcending the mundane, and becoming a true cultivator. Therefore, this step is not simple. As he said, it requires the coordination of essence, energy, and spirit. I didn't explain this in detail to you before because you couldn't access it at the time."

"In cultivation, even if you don't take this step, your body will force you to take it, because the improvement of your essence, energy and spirit will make your body crave the feeling of going further."

"When will you have this desire? When the mysterious energy arises in the blood within your body."

At this point, you need to use your divine sense to guide your essence and vital energy, allowing the three to complement each other.

"What does it feel like to complement each other?" Lin Sheng didn't quite understand this broad concept.

Cao Xingyi said earnestly, "It's about igniting a fire inside your body!"

"It is not a direct flame, but refers to the activity and boiling of the primordial energy and essence blood, just like boiling water over a raging fire."

In this process, you need to use your divine sense to balance the two, so that the three complement each other and work together.

Once this balance is achieved, one enters the Pure Blood Realm.

"That doesn't sound easy."

Cao Xing nodded: "After all, it is a step beyond, and it is difficult. Many cultivators cannot withstand it and their foundation is severely damaged, or they die as a result. There are quite a few of these cases."

"But it's not too difficult. As long as you control the pace and don't rush, you'll eventually succeed after a few more tries once you recover."

Lin Sheng understood the general idea and asked, "Then what do you mean by the direction of cultivation you mentioned, Senior Brother?"

"Your cultivation of essence and qi is already quite good. Given your current situation, there are two paths for cultivating your divine sense."

"First, find a cultivation technique for spiritual sense, and you can naturally refine it."

"But I don't recommend it. Firstly, because this kind of cultivation method is rare and expensive. Not to mention you, junior brother, even I, your senior brother, don't have it."

On the other hand, there's the difficulty. Refining one's spiritual sense requires a slow and steady process, not something that can be achieved overnight. If one were to cultivate using techniques, although Junior Brother's progress in spiritual sense would be steady and of high quality, it would be slow.

"The second point is, as Zhao Fengnian said, physical training is essentially about self-cultivation."

"Cultivating one's character and temperament?" Lin Sheng was surprised to hear this phrase again.

"From the perspective of transcending the mundane, self-cultivation is about refining the body to temper the mind, achieving mental and willpower strength through physical growth, and thus assisting in the enhancement of spiritual consciousness."

"For us cultivators, it is best to cultivate our divine sense directly. If not, we can temper our physical body to obtain a strong physique, thereby obtaining a solid core of mind, which can also have the effect of nourishing the cultivation of divine sense."

"This is why those body cultivators, although they don't cultivate much spiritual sense, still have a fairly high-quality spiritual sense."

When body and mind grow together, wisdom will not decline.

"Even if this method isn't used for cultivation, it's excellent for everyday life. A healthy and strong body is very helpful for the mind."

"Although it can only be considered an indirect way to cultivate divine sense, this method is a good way to break through to the Pure Blood Realm and is very popular."

At this point, Lin Sheng finally understood. It all boils down to one thing: health is the foundation of everything.

He nodded repeatedly: "So that's the reason behind it."

He then silently pondered, "So, how should I temper my physical body next?"

Lin Sheng thought of lodging, but then immediately dismissed the idea.

"We cannot actually kill the demons in the camp."

Seeing Lin Sheng's furrowed brows, Cao Xingyi guessed what the other was thinking and tapped the table lightly with his chopsticks: "Junior brother, you're getting too attached to appearances."

Lin Sheng looked up, his eyes filled with doubt.

Cao Xingyi remained silent, pointing his chopsticks out the window.

Following the chopsticks, Lin Sheng's mind suddenly opened up.

"Junior brother, don't forget the way you came from."

In Lin Sheng's view, there was the lush and verdant Wuzhi Mountain.