"As we all know, through cultivation one returns to one's original nature and returns to one's true self. What is one's true self? For the Immortal Way and God Refining, it is to seek the source of one's thoughts, the true spirit of one's self, and even to achieve the Taoist Fruit of Yuan Shen."
"As for the cultivation of immortality, the most important thing is the spiritual root."
"The spiritual root is the foundation of Taoism. It picks up the meaning of mountains, rivers, thunder, lightning, wind and fire, and feels the heaven and earth; it absorbs the essence and blood of all things, traces back to the origin, and transcends the ordinary, which is the foundation of all things."
"Therefore, the methods learned must be thought based on spiritual roots."
"But spiritual roots are destined by heaven. There are very few people in the world and all living beings who can possess them. But it is this that establishes the difference between immortals and mortals!"
Lin Chen did not talk about the techniques at the beginning, but first pointed out that the pursuit of the current immortal world is to achieve the soul, and then pointed out that the foundation of wanting to practice the soul lies in the spiritual root, and the spiritual root itself is The foundation that distinguishes immortals from mortals.
In just a few sentences, from a high-level summary of the purpose to tracing its fundamental reasons.
But Luo Xuan didn't show any sign of impatience, but listened carefully.
When he was only a teenager, he abandoned his family property and sneaked into a dangerous place like the Black Mist Continent. His mind and knowledge were far beyond those of his peers.
Through previous exchanges, he naturally knew that the person in his mind would not be aimless.
And the same is true for the other party.
For example, the first few sentences of the other party clearly explain the foundation and pursuit of the world of immortality.
For many casual cultivators who have no way to seek the Tao and can only use elixirs to achieve breakthroughs without seeking the Great Way, but ultimately have no way to make progress and don’t know where they went wrong, this completely clears away the fog and points out the path!
For example, because the essence of cultivating immortals is to refine the spirit and return to the true self, when asking for immortality, whether you are a murderer or a kind mother, you must obtain your original intention and obey your wishes, otherwise you will have inner demons and thoughts. If it doesn't make sense, you will eventually go crazy and give up.
Another example is that the spiritual root is the foundation of spiritual cultivation. Therefore, the exercises and secrets practiced by monks must have corresponding attributes to form a complete set of exercises and secrets with the same spiritual root attributes. Otherwise, they will learn miscellaneous things but not master them, which will lead to conflicts in the attributes of the true energy in the body. , or if too much time is wasted on practicing techniques, a lot of energy will be wasted, thereby delaying the best period for breakthroughs in practice.
These may be very simple truths, but if you don't understand them thoroughly, some people will never realize them in their lifetime.
These tips are usually passed down orally from generation to generation and are generally not recorded in classics.
Hence the old saying:
There is only true law in the world, and it cannot be contained in thousands of Taoist books!
Just a few words from the other party are enough to save a casual cultivator from making decades of detours!
And with this kind of insight, the other party's past attainments in the immortal path were definitely not small, and he was at least a powerful person who was once famous in the world!
After thinking about this, Luo Xuan's face became more and more respectful, and he cautiously said:
"So what you are saying is that if you want to practice cultivation, you must peel off your spiritual roots, seize your destiny, and plant them in your own body before you can embark on the path of cultivation?"
"Is this the principle that the teacher mentioned before that eating all things, complementing the form with the form, and plundering all things in the world to serve oneself are based on this principle?"
"Huh?" Lin Chen was stunned when he heard this, and then said with some approval, "You are very good, you can understand everything."
"It's just some small skills." Hearing this praise, Luo Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I have read a lot of spiritual classics since I was a child. I understand a few of them, but I can't compare to the master's way."
"You don't have to belittle yourselves. If I am a mediocre person when I preach, then what is the meaning of my preaching?" Lin Chen seemed to smile and his tone became slower.
Then he continued:
"Your idea is indeed correct. But plundering other people's spiritual roots is not the right way after all, and it cannot be popularized. And the most critical problem is that it cannot go far."
"Huh? Why is this?" Luo Xuan was stunned.
"It's very simple. The practice in this world focuses on the combination of essence, energy and spirit to condense a flawless golden elixir and give birth to the body of the soul." Lin Chen explained.
"Unless the spiritual root you robbed is a natural spirit that controls the power of heaven and earth and has the power to communicate with nature, it is almost an ownerless thing. Otherwise, if you rob someone else's things, there will eventually be a rejection reaction."
"What is rejection?"
"It's just like someone else's heart, which is supplied with someone else's blood and lives in someone else's body. If it were moved to your body, do you think it would adapt?"
"In other words, other people's spiritual roots are equivalent to the largest impurities in your body. The impurities in the elixir are enough to form erysipelas and hinder breakthroughs. What do you think of the spiritual roots?"
"This..." Luo Xuan couldn't help but fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Having studied many classics on cultivating immortals, he naturally knows the role of energy and spirit in cultivation, and is also aware of the dangers of erysipelas.
To put it bluntly, even demonic cultivators who plunder other people's essence, blood and soul have to refine these things repeatedly, extract them pure and pure, and use them for their own use, in order to reach the highest level of demonic realm.
But even so, the opponent's spiritual roots are also his own, so how far can the plundered ones go?
"Then there's nothing we can do?!" Thinking of this, Luo Xuan's face instantly turned ugly, but at the same time he was curious about Lin Chen's next words.
Because according to what the other party said, shouldn’t this method not work?
How can we find a way out?
What he didn't expect was that Lin Chen actually said this next sentence:
"If it is an orthodox immortality that combines the three elements of spirit, energy and spirit, even I don't have a better idea at the moment, but what if I only take one?"
"Just take one?!"
Luo Xuan was stunned by this sentence, and then he thought quickly:
"Just take one? Martial arts refining? No, this has been proven to be unfeasible! Immortal qi refining? It's impossible without spiritual roots, so it's... god refining?!"
Thinking of this, Luo Xuan suddenly raised his head, with a look of excitement mixed with doubt on his face:
"If it's about refining the gods, it may be possible before anyone has tried it!"
"But the problem is that the soul is illusory and exists based on the body!"
"Then how to refine a god?! And how can the soul exist apart from the body?"
Lin Chen taught the students one by one and answered the questions:
"Although the soul is illusory, in the final analysis, it is related to the essence, energy and spirit of the human body, and the three can even transform into each other!"
"If your human body is weak, you can completely refine your demon body, eat its flesh, knock its bones, transplant its blood, regenerate your body, strengthen yourself, and feed your soul!"
"And this is what is called - taking food to maintain health!"
Later, Lin Chen continued:
"And how does the soul exist outside the body after the body decays... Have you ever heard of dreams?"
"Dream?"
"Yes, this is what I said - the meaning of feather shedding!"
Lin Chen explained the concept of dreams to Luo Xuan.
Only then did his purpose reveal the tip of the iceberg.
[Taking the Feather Slough Manual for Health Preservation] is a method of becoming an immortal developed by Lin Chen for mortals without spiritual roots.
But this is not because of his kindness, but for him to experiment with the path to the soul and build a force that is completely obedient to his orders!
In order to make all mortals who practice this method obey his orders, Lin Chen did not leave any hidden tricks or secret words in the method. He even abandoned the idea of exploiting the racial conflicts between humans and monsters that he had previously considered. After all, this kind of Small strategies and methods that cannot be put on the table will not last long.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is too troublesome, and Lin Chen has no extra thoughts to provoke conflicts.
In addition, his body is in deep sleep, and he has gradually succeeded in controlling the dreamland with endless potential.
So he thought about it carefully, and instead of using any conspiracy, it would be better to directly bind this path to him!
For mortals who embark on this path, if they want to truly achieve immortality, only the body can feed back the soul and make the consciousness last forever.
However, the decayed soul of the body cannot remain in the world, and is not tolerated by heaven and earth. Even if it becomes a ghost, it will lose its intelligence, change its personality, and lose its identity.
Therefore, if mortals who practice this method want to truly survive consciously, the only thing they can do is to find a shelter.
So what shelter could be more suitable and warmer than the world of his dreams?
Moreover, mortals who practice this method have no way to deal with those ferocious and powerful monsters at the beginning. Even if they succeed, facing the immortal cultivators with various tricks, they will be unable to withstand the power of the blood of monsters alone.
This definitely requires means of protection, and at this time, the spiritual network he created came in handy.
Mortals who practice this method need to sacrifice pure soul power and spiritual energy to obtain the right to cast spells in the spiritual network.
After their death, the monks who did not meet the requirements will have their own spells and souls absorbed and used as nutrients for the growth of the spiritual network.
If you are a monk who has reached the path of Feather Fairy, you can just ascend to work in his dreamland.
It can be said that all the mortals who practice this method have been sold out by Lin Chen, and their bones are broken and their marrow is sucked out...
Oh no! To be precise, it is a blessing, nothing more than that!
Lin Chen even felt that based on his behavior, in his previous life, he would have achieved a street lamp achievement at least!
But even so, Lin Chen believed that even if someone knew the truth, they would still join in.
Because this is an extraordinary hope. For any mortal without spiritual roots, as long as he pursues it, he cannot refuse it!
After all, who doesn’t desire power, who can refuse immortality?
This is a naked conspiracy!
As for being a slave after success, as long as you can get strength and immortality, who can you work for?
As for failure? No one thinks they will lose anyway.
Luo Xuan, who had no idea that he had been betrayed, showed excitement on his face.
Because according to what the other party said, this method is completely feasible!
It really may be a path to immortality for a mortal without spiritual roots!
But then, Luo Xuan seemed to think of something, and said hesitantly:
"Then...what price does this technique cost?"
If he remembered correctly, the person in his mind seemed to have said that everything comes with a price.
A technique can enable mortals to cultivate immortality. Even though he is a descendant of monks, he has never heard of it in the world of immortality!
So, what price does it have to pay?
"Oh." After hearing this, Lin Chen casually replied, "I don't know either."
"Um?!!!!!"
Luo Xuan lost his composure for an instant.
Are you kidding me? !
Don’t you know why you were talking so much nonsense earlier?
It made me think I was going to escape death!
As if seeing Luo Xuan's doubts, Lin Chen chuckled:
"I really don't know. Because this technique was created by me, I am sure I can step into it, but I don't know if it will work and to what extent it will work."
"Oh, it turns out it was a grassroots creation, so I don't know what the problem is..." Hearing this, Luo Xuanchang breathed a sigh of relief, which really shocked him.
But the next moment, he suddenly realized something.
"Wait?! What did you just say?! Grass creation?!!!"
Luo Xuan was stunned for a moment.
What I just heard from the other party was so clear-cut and inspiring, and even explained it clearly from the theory, foundation, purpose, and future possibilities.
He almost thought that the other party was an old antique from the world of immortality. This was some kind of secret left over from ancient times, a peerless magical power that could attract countless powerful people to fight for it as soon as it was born.
In the end, you told me that this technique is a primitive one? ? ? ! ! !
Are you fucking playing with me? ! ! !
"That's right! It's naturally created, and the creator is me!" Lin Chen said with a smile, "You don't really think this is some top ancient skill, do you?"
"Leave aside the fact that today is different from the past. Ancient techniques may not necessarily be applicable to the contemporary era. Even if they are indeed adapted, there really is a way for mortals to become immortals. So how could there not be an Immortal Alliance with millions of years of inheritance?"
"So this technique can only be a rough creation!"
Having said this, Luo Xuan understood instantly:
"So this is the price you mentioned. Are you using me as a test of your skills to finally discover the real way for mortals to become immortals?!"
"That's right." Lin Chen said calmly, without any concealment in his words, "I'm just using you as a test subject. If you don't want to, you can refuse."
After hearing this, Luo Xuan couldn't help but be silent for a while, and then asked with a complicated expression:
"Why didn't you hide this? If you go by what you said before and the abilities you showed, I wouldn't doubt it even if you didn't say it."
"Conceal it? Why conceal it?" Lin Chen couldn't help but sneered after hearing this.
"Only the weak need to pretend to be mysterious and mysterious, so that others can believe what they say!
"And I have given you the opportunity. Whether you can seize it or not is up to you!"
As soon as these words came out, Luo Xuan suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling.
The person in his mind was probably the kind of terrifying being who could dominate the world by saying the same thing.
Because the other party's words all revealed a kind of self-confidence, a kind of self-confidence that belongs to the strong.
This kind of self-confidence gave him the feeling that he was not like the kind of magic stick in the world who pretends to be mysterious and sophisticated, letting others try their best to imagine and imagine, so he feels fear and admiration, thinking that what he says is true.
On the contrary, it is like those monks on the island facing mortals, standing high and overlooking everything.
This is because they have strength and longevity that far exceed that of ordinary people, so much so that their life levels are not on the same level.
So there is no need to cover up your speech, no need to hide it, no need to be as mysterious as a magic stick, and no need to understand the reason, and there is no need to consider the feelings of weak people like you, but if you don't obey me, you will die!
Achieve life and death in the true sense!
As for giving you something, it is a gift and an opportunity. If you fail to grasp it, it will be your loss!
Even the person in his mind gave him a more unique feeling than those monks.
That kind of aloof and unabashed attitude is not like the pride of ordinary monks, nor is it even arrogance.
On the contrary, it seems that I have experienced wonders that the world cannot see, difficulties that cannot be dealt with, and even everything that is unimaginable, so my mentality has long been above that of all living beings, so that I don't care in the true sense, and I dominate others with the general situation!
If Luo Xuan describes it in Luo Xuan's words, the other party is like the original island owner of the legendary Lingyuan Island.
According to legend, after the island was opened, Lingyuan Island was attacked by several demons and monsters, and was in a critical and critical situation.
But even if there are sea monsters attacking, the enemy is approaching, and there are people on the island with treacherous hearts and demons causing chaos, the situation of Lingyuan Island is in danger.
But for the owner of Kaidao, this is just a matter of turning clouds into rain and cleaning up the old mountains and rivers again!
Even if the whole world rebels, I can suppress it with my own strength!
What the other party revealed was this kind of confidence and courage!
And this kind of self-confidence and courage cannot be possessed by those without great perseverance and great achievers!
"Huh——" Luo Xuan took a long breath.
He remembered that the founder of his family's golden elixir made a huge gamble with his status a hundred years ago, and successfully discovered the demons that had sneaked into the island. He was rewarded by the Immortal Alliance Yuanying Zhenjun, so he won the hundred-year cultivation of immortality in one fell swoop. Prominent family.
So today, why can't he take a gamble?
How do you say that?
A hundred years of life is just a quick gamble!
The other party's confidence, courage, and knowledge are worth risking his life as a mortal!
Thinking of this, he breathed out gently, tidied his clothes respectfully, and then bowed deeply to the front:
"Disciple Luo Xuan, please ask the immortal to teach you."
(End of chapter)
