Zhang Yan had never carefully felt "vitality" before, which in his opinion was an external manifestation.
As long as it is a living thing, even grass, trees and flying insects have vitality on the surface. Just like trees have roots, stems and leaves, people have eyes, ears, mouth and nose, the same appearance.
Is this anything worth paying attention to?
Now Zhang Yan knows that it is worthy of attention! At least now he understands that the foundation of living things is these seemingly ordinary "vitals". Although he has become an immortal now, he still belongs to the category of living beings, but he is not a mortal living being. He is still based on the most fundamental thing of "vitality".
When the first streak of Hongmeng purple energy began to affect the Tao elixir in his lower Dantian, Zhang Yan felt a "vitality" independent of himself from his Tao elixir slowly emerge from the Tao elixir. It was still unclear at that time, and there was no intention of spilling out from around Dao Dan.
It wasn't until the second streak of Hongmeng Purple Qi entered the body that the independent "vitality" on the Dao Pill began to expand its influence, and as soon as it came out, Zhang Yan's originally gradual pace of practice improved by several orders of magnitude.
Later, when the third Hongmeng Purple Qi entered the body again, the "vitality" independent of the Dao Dan increased even more. At the same time, the influence that spilled into Zhang Yan's body also continued to soar.
The most direct feeling is the physical body.
Zhang Yan's current physical body has long since become the body of a fairy. Every bit of flesh, blood, bones, and every inch of meridians and soul have long been different from ordinary people and have entered a higher level of life. But this is not the end, but a new starting point.
The upward step is to comprehend the "principles" between heaven and earth, and the downward step is to further evolve one's own physical body, thereby progressively improving one's cultivation.
Now with the gain of "vitality", the active evolution from bottom to top has led Zhang Yan's immortal body to sprint towards the limit of human immortality at an unprecedented speed.
The reason why Zhang Yan went into seclusion was because his fairy body evolved so fast that it gave him a frightening "unstable" feeling. We can only find the safest place to calm down and recuperate, and at the same time seize the time to sink our consciousness to the "world level" to understand the deeper "principles", and try to make the evolution progress of the top level keep up with the progress of the lower level.
If there are other people present at this time, they will see Zhang Yan's skin exposed outside his robe flashing and extinguishing like fluorescence with his breathing, and the surface of the skin will have a luster similar to mutton-fat jade, even under the skin. The blood vessels are looming, giving people an inhuman sense of sight, accompanied by an inexplicable pressure that is gradually increasing.
This is just an abnormality on the surface. If you follow Zhang Yan's inner vision and look inside the body, you will find more wonderful and even subversive changes.
First of all, the muscles all over the body. When Zhang Yan achieved the immortal body before, he was still a flesh and blood body, but the composition of the flesh and blood has changed. It is mixed with many golden light spots, which is because of the penetration of the immortal essence into the physical body, and also The difference between the immortal and the mortal.
But now Zhang Yan's body is completely distanced from the word "flesh and blood". Because crystal-like particles were appearing all over his body.
Just like the frost flowers on the grass in the cold winter.
These crystals appeared bit by bit at a seemingly slow but actually fast speed, and began to connect with each other to form small layouts, and then the layouts were connected to each other to form a large piece that eventually spread all over the body.
After these crystallized frost flowers appeared, the original basic structure of Zhang Yan's body was completely cut open, like particles packed into tiny grids, waiting for the final transformation.
Also changing are the meridians that are invisible to the naked eye but clear to the inner eye. These structures, which are the transmission pathways for energy in Zhang Yan's body, were previously "thick" and "tough".
Strong meridians can withstand the transmission of greater spiritual energy and immortal energy, and can support powerful spells and guide stronger rules.
Tenacity can improve the ability of the meridians to withstand energy blows, and it can also prevent oneself from being injured when using some explosive methods.
But now Zhang Yan's meridians are also being completely smashed and recast.
The previous structure of the two meridians of Ren and Du plus the eight meridians of Qi meridians was completely fragmented, chopped into shreds and then integrated into the crystallized frost flowers of the physical body.
In other words, today's Zhang Yan's body is gradually losing the "veins" of meridians, turning into a state where his whole body is full of meridians.
The advantage is also obvious, that is, any method can call on all these fragmented meridians to work together, and is no longer limited by the "meridian tolerance". Moreover, once the damage is received, it is shared throughout the whole body, greatly increasing the upper limit of the force received. And even if you are injured, you will not be in a state where "the meridians are damaged and it is difficult to survive". As long as there is still a breath left, the function of the meridians will not be completely interrupted due to injury.
certainly. These changes are still in progress.
Including the flesh and blood that have not been completely reconstructed after being torn apart like a crystalline frost flower grid. And although the meridians are fragmented, several large nodes have not been completely opened. These are the difficulties, or thresholds, that Zhang Yan feels.
Zhang Yan tried to attack those difficult points and wanted to complete the evolution of his physical body in one go. Unfortunately, he failed after several attempts. It can even be said that there is no progress.
In the end, Zhang Yan suddenly realized that perhaps these nodes were not levels that could be overcome by evolving on their own, but required the help of external forces. Now he is just speeding up the process.
With what external force?
Naturally, it is the Forty-nine Heavenly Tribulations. Just like when he achieved the immortal body before, the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation played a key role in allowing Zhang Yan's physical body to complete the leap from mortal to immortal.
However, compared to the "no need to worry" about the active evolution of the physical body, the level of soul and consciousness made Zhang Yan feel even more difficult.
The key to enlightenment lies in the word "enlightenment". And "enlightenment" is a very elusive thing, and there is no definite number in terms of income or effort.
Maybe you have been struggling for a hundred years to achieve nothing, but in an inadvertent moment, you have an idea. And if the enlightenment is originally in the heart of Tao, then enlightenment will get twice the result with half the effort. Otherwise, there will be no explanation and it will all depend on luck and time.
Of course, the level of personal understanding will also show a big difference at this time.
Zhang Yan has a very high level of understanding, and he has never felt any difficulty in this aspect. But what makes him different from others is that even though he has reached the threshold of the Earthly Immortal Realm, he still has not found his Taoist heart.
This also resulted in Zhang Yan having no focus at all that could reduce the difficulty of enlightenment.
But similarly, Zhang Yan does not have any fixed path to enlightenment. He can learn anything that interests him at will.
This relieves Zhang Yan from many constraints when using the "world perspective" to understand Taoism.
