The disciple in blue had a tall figure, fair skin, and two sharp sword-shaped eyebrows that were calm and intimidating. He was very conspicuous among the disciples in light-colored robes. It was only because he was blocked by the crowd that Zhao Lin didn't notice it.
"Sword cultivators have always been outstanding, and he should be the one."
Zhao Lin intuitively judged that this person was a sword cultivator. He used his qi-watching technique and stared at the disciple in blue.
"one two three four!"
When a monk enters the Qi Refining Realm, the spiritual energy in his body naturally dissipates and condenses into white air pillars around his body. One air pillar represents a level of cultivation.
There are four air pillars above the shoulders of the disciple in blue, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with a pointed top, like an unsheathed sword.
"As expected, he is a sword cultivator and is at the fourth level of Qi refining."
Zhao Lin looked at this person carefully, and rumors about sword cultivators came to his mind.
Sword cultivators have outstanding combat prowess and are free and unrestrained, but not just any Dharma cultivator can practice this way. They must have two important qualifications.
First of all, the purer the spiritual root, the better, and a single spiritual root is better.
Sword cultivators specialize in sword intent and do not need to practice too many spells. The purer the spiritual root, the more beneficial it is to practice sword intent.
The second qualification is not in the body, but in the temperament.
If you want to become a sword cultivator, you must be upright and courageous, have an indomitable character, be gentle and courteous, or be lazy and lazy. Such people will definitely not be able to become a sword cultivator.
Only when the above two conditions are met, it is possible to condense the sword intention and embark on a unique path of cultivation.
The disciple in blue has a special temperament that makes people around him unconsciously keep a certain distance from him.
Zhao Lin glanced at the long sword on his waist and thought to himself: "At the fourth level of Qi Refining, he probably hasn't mastered his natal flying sword yet. I don't know if this sword is a decoration or a combat weapon."
After finding the sword cultivator, the next goal is naturally the physical cultivator.
There are about one hundred and fifty disciples in Xiniuzhou. They are physically strong and physically strong. Naturally, they are not weak and thin, and they cannot be women.
Zhao Lin roughly screened the disciples and found that there were less than ten disciples whose appearance might be that of a physical cultivator. He looked at them one by one with the Qi-gazing Technique and quickly found the physical cultivator.
"It's him!"
Somewhat unexpectedly, Ti Xiu is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and strong, with a tiger-like jaw and a hint of childishness on his face.
The external appearance of physical cultivation is different from that of legal cultivation. The spiritual energy is integrated into the flesh and blood, and only the strong essence energy is condensed into a ball on the shoulders. One air ball corresponds to one level of cultivation.
There are four air balls on the young man's shoulders, and there is a mighty aura in his movements.
Zhao Lin's eyes narrowed and he thought to himself: "Physical practitioners in the muscle training period are also powerful opponents!"
The body-tempering realm of physical training is divided into nine levels: meat training, skin training, bone training, tendon training, membrane training, viscera training, organ training, blood training, and marrow training.
In the fourth level of body-tempering realm, the muscles and bones can be stretched and contracted at will, and the explosive power is fierce. Climbing mountains and jumping over streams is like walking on flat ground. There is a qualitative leap in strength.
When Zhao Lin first heard about physical training, he felt that it had many similarities with martial arts. After a deeper understanding, he realized that this was not a coincidence, but intentional.
The world of cultivating immortals originally did not have physical training, but it was inspired by the self-condensing spiritual roots of mortal martial arts and found a way to practice physical training.
At the beginning of their practice, monks take the Pulse Opening Pill. When they enter the realm of Qi refining, most of them can open several acupuncture points at once.
Earth Spiritual Roots like Lin Chaoran can directly open fourteen acupoints and enter the second level of Qi Refining. A monk with upper, middle or lower third-grade spiritual roots can also open anywhere from two to three to seven or eight acupoints.
But for Fanlinggen monks, opening the meridians is a hurdle in itself, and it is almost impossible to open the acupoints at the same time.
If you practice according to the method of Dharma cultivation, you will never be able to build a foundation, and you will have little hope of even entering the later stages of Qi refining.
There are many people with great intelligence among ordinary spiritual roots. I thought that since ordinary people can condense spiritual roots, and I am a monk after all, why not follow the same example and condense a middle-grade spiritual root?
Based on this idea, many monks with spiritual roots stepped forward and gradually perfected the path of physical cultivation.
Training the flesh, training the skin, training the bones...these training steps are all copied from martial arts.
Of course, it is impossible to copy it completely. After all, there is spiritual energy in the world of immortality, so it is natural to take advantage of such good conditions.
Physical cultivation relies on spiritual energy to temper the physical body, which leads to the first major realm of martial arts: body tempering.
It is equivalent to completing the three martial arts realms of force realm, qi realm, and blood realm, and is much stronger than ordinary warriors.
The second realm of physical cultivation is building the Yuan.
Imitating the two realms of martial arts, Yuanjing and Xiantian, finally condensed the middle-grade spiritual root.
At the third great realm, physical cultivation can truly drive a large amount of mana and fly in the air. This realm is called "Lingkong", which is where it comes from.
The fourth great realm of physical cultivation is the golden body.
Because physical cultivation follows an outside-in cultivation method, it is no longer possible to return to legal cultivation and continue to cultivate the physical body.
However, when it comes to the Golden Body realm, its strength is comparable to that of the Golden Pill, but there are only a few people who can achieve it.
It can be seen from this that sword cultivation is an active choice, while body cultivation is somewhat forced.
Legal cultivation can release spells and fly to the sky and escape from the earth, while physical cultivation is extremely difficult. Most monks are not willing to choose physical cultivation unless they have to.
Therefore, most of the physical cultivators are monks with ordinary spiritual roots and low-grade spiritual roots with poor qualifications.
But on the other hand, physical training requires extremely high physical talent, and your temperament must be perseverant and endure hardships.
Because of these two reasons, body cultivation also belongs to a small group of monks in the world of immortal cultivation.
Seeing that Zhao Lin was a little distracted, Dong Lingcheng asked in a low voice: "Junior Brother Zhao, what are you looking at?"
"I found the two sword cultivators and body cultivators."
Zhao Lin signaled with his eyes.
"Sword cultivation, physical cultivation, and martial arts cultivation are all interesting! Tomorrow's competition will be interesting."
Dong Lingcheng squinted and looked over, raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"I have heard a saying that sword cultivation overcomes physical cultivation, physical cultivation overcomes martial cultivation, and martial cultivation overcomes sword cultivation."
"How to say?"
This was the first time Zhao Lin heard this statement, and he was stunned.
"It's just hearsay."
Dong Lingcheng pondered for a while and said: "Sword cultivator overcomes physical cultivator because physical cultivator has a strong body and is not afraid of spells and magic weapons. He can often gain the upper hand in battles with fa cultivator."
"But the sword cultivator's flying sword is extremely sharp, and the physical cultivator cannot withstand it. The strong body has no use for it, so it is restrained."
"It makes sense."
Zhao Lin thought for a while and then asked: "What about physical training versus martial arts?"
"Well, both are good at close combat, but the physical cultivation of the body and the fusion of spiritual power make them stronger than the martial arts cultivation, so they have an advantage. That's why I say this."
"As for martial arts cultivators overcoming sword cultivators, because martial arts cultivators are proficient in various body techniques, sword cultivators can't do anything with their flying swords. Once they get close, sword cultivators will be at a disadvantage."
After Dong Lingcheng finished speaking, he added, "This thing is not accurate, so just listen to it. Just like among the five elements, metal can defeat wood, but if the wood spell is used well, it can also defeat the metal spell."
Zhao Lin nodded, "That's the truth. I understand."
(End of chapter)
