To put it bluntly, cultivation is ultimately about accumulation. Which of those high-level monks has not accumulated strength that has been slowly accumulated over hundreds of years? If we don't consider fundamental issues, wouldn't taking drugs make our cultivation skyrocket? Is every alchemy master a person with a high level of cultivation?
Therefore, it is indeed very satisfying to have your cultivation level skyrocketed, but the side effect is that your foundation will be weak due to too rapid improvement.
This is not empty talk, but a top priority that Shen Hao needs to solve immediately.
For four days in a row, Shen Hao spent all his time except eating, drinking and having sex, focusing on consolidating his foundation and cultivating his energy. Little by little, he stabilized his deluded Taoist foundation. After a period of slow adjustment, he could Completely eliminate this hidden danger.
Tang Qingyuan gave him a total of seven days of rest. Counting the day used for the previous breakthrough, Shen Hao could still rest for two days.
After removing the defensive array, Shen Hao officially ended his retreat.
"Master! You are finally out of seclusion!"
"Well, is there hot water? Fetch water and I'll take a hot bath. By the way, I'll get some more hand-made noodles and braised pig's trotters. I'll eat them after I take a bath."
"Okay master, don't worry, hot water and food are always ready for you!"
Xia Nu happily went to the kitchen to get hot water for Shen Hao. She had been preparing bath water and food for the past few days. She knew that the master would definitely shout after he came out of seclusion, and as expected. But Xia Nu ran away in a hurry, but she was muttering in her heart: Why does the master look better than before? The smell on my body has also become better!
Xia Nu didn't know that Shen Hao's entire life foundation had been sublimated after entering the God Gathering Realm. To put it bluntly, he became a bit fairy-like.
But why doesn't Tang Qingyuan, who is also in the God-Gathering realm, have such obvious changes as Shen Hao? Even Tang Qingyuan was still at the eighth level of the God Gathering Realm.
Shen Hao himself has thought about this problem. His judgment was that when he concentrated his energy and broke his energy, his meridians had already expanded to the limit with the blessing of the tattoo on his chest. In other words, the intensity of his meridians at the breakthrough point was more than ten times that of a normal Qi Refining Realm monk. When the strength of the meridians increases, the amount of true energy that can be contained in them is also the same multiple as under normal conditions, and the resulting foundation building effect and the thickness and width of the "sea of consciousness" after the soul "comes out" are also the same multiples as under normal conditions.
That's the difference, that's why there is such an obvious difference.
Of course, these are Shen Hao's own understanding. Shen Hao himself can't figure out whether this is the case.
While Xia Nu went to take a bath, Shen Hao sneaked into the dam in the backyard, pulled out the Yanji knife, then stared at a stone lock weighing more than 100 kilograms about two feet in front of him, and slashed it with a sharp knife.
An invisible blade slashed along the edge of the Yanji Blade and flew out. With Shen Hao's current eyesight, he couldn't catch its trajectory at all. In an instant, he crossed the distance of two feet and cut the stone lock into two pieces like cutting tofu. There is more than a foot of ground!
In the past, the sword's light could only dissipate a few feet away from the edge, but now it can still achieve the power of cutting iron like mud from a distance of two feet! This kind of improvement made Shen Hao himself a little stunned.
However, the improvement of the great realm is not just a sword light.
The "gods" in the God Gathering Realm are souls. Now that they are participating in the daily movement of practice, they are not just spectators. The extra "sea of consciousness" in the daily movement is not just for fun.
"The Great Five Elements Zhenqi" describes it this way: when the energy is broken, the spirit is carried, and when the spirit emerges, the magic is accomplished!
Among them, the word "skill" is the biggest difference between the God-gathering realm and the Qi-refining realm.
The Qi Refining Realm only refines Qi, and "Qi" is true qi. The function of true qi is to make people run faster, react faster, be more resistant to fighting, have better recovery capabilities, etc. Once you practice it to a deep level, you can pass magic weapons. Produces an effect like "knife light". That's all. It seems that the actual difference from ordinary people is still within the acceptable range. It was the same with Shen Hao before.
In the God Gathering Realm, you not only continue to refine your Qi but also your God, which is to cultivate your soul. What's more important is that after the soul officially joins the practice, the use of true energy will become broader, and it can even be used to activate the energy of heaven and earth under specific conditions or means. This method is called: technique.
The description of "shu" is also found in "The Great Five Elements Zhenqi Lu": Shu is the support of living beings. It can change the fate of the gods, and it can also pick up the stars and the moon.
Although the words are exaggerated, they at least show how important "skill" occupies on the path of spiritual practice.
Now that Shen Hao has officially entered the God Gathering Realm, he can consider studying the "skills" part of the "Great Five Elements Zhenqi".
However, because "The Great Five Elements Zhenqi Lun" is a yellow-level skill, there are no powerful "techniques" on it, and some are just "Great Five Elements Techniques" that are popular in the market. It also sounds very powerful, but in fact it is just a basic spell related to the Five Elements. However, it is precisely because they are all popular goods that the number of spells recorded in the "Great Five Elements Zhenqi Lun" is very large, a total of thirty kinds.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five elements. Each of the six techniques is recorded in the "Great Five Elements Zhen Qi Lun".
But not all thirty types can be learned.
Generally speaking, if you reach the ninth level of the God Gathering Realm, you can practice one more technique for every three additional levels. For example, you can learn one technique from the first to third levels, you can learn two types from the fourth to the sixth levels, and you can learn three types from the seventh to the ninth levels.
This is determined based on the strength of an average person’s soul and meridians at the stage of cultivation. Because each technique practiced will put a certain burden on the soul and meridians. If you want to learn more techniques, you should increase the strength of the soul and meridians.
Then it's time to show off your talent.
Some people are gifted and have stronger meridians or souls, which will give them an advantage in learning spells. For example, it is not uncommon for some people to be able to learn two spells at the second level of the God-Gathering Realm, and even some geniuses who are at the first level of the God-Gathering Realm.
Before Shen Hao retreated into seclusion, he had planned his first spell after the God Gathering Realm.
Among the "Big Five Elements Techniques", Shen Hao's first choice is "Escape Technique". There are five types of escape techniques, which correspond to the five elements, namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. What Shen Hao is eyeing is "Tu Escape".
Having narrowly escaped death countless times before, Shen Hao has always believed that his biggest shortcoming is "movement". Escape can just make up for this shortcoming of his, and Earth Escape is the most widely used escape technique. For him, Very practical.
But there is no rush in this, just relax for a while.
Xia Nu's forehead was sweating, and she poured hot water and told Shen Hao to go back and take a shower. She also diligently massaged Shen Hao's shoulders, and at the same time chattered about trivial things as before.
For Xia Nu, her master is the most important part of her life now. What's more, this owner is not bad and treats her very well except for pulling her ears from time to time.
"Master, tomorrow I want to go to the East Market with Sister Xin'er. I heard that a new boot shop has opened there. The workmanship is the best from the Imperial City. Your boots They’re all old, so I’ll show you two pairs back.”
"Yeah. Go ahead. Look at two pairs for Aunt Zhang and Housekeeper Hu. You can decide the price yourself. Also, buy whatever you want to buy yourself. Spend the money as you should, as long as you don't spend it arbitrarily, it's not enough. Let’s go find Mr. Hu’s family.”
Xia Nu happily agreed, pressing her hand so hard that Shen Hao closed his eyes in comfort.
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