Along the way, there are empty valleys, secluded orchids, exotic grasses and flowers, occasional pavilions, jade tiles and blue bricks. From time to time, fairy birds fly over the sky. It is quiet and peaceful. Compared with Fulai Village, this place is like a fairyland.
Cui Yan led Gu Xiaoxing along the way and explained many things along the way, which made Gu Xiaoxing have a deeper and deeper understanding of the sect, cultivation, and soul-eating insects.
Cui Yan finally believed Gu Xiaoxing's words and thought that this was Elder Bai's unfortunate nephew, so he spoke kindly and told everything he knew. He took Gu Xiaoxing to the general store to get some daily necessities, including some. A storage bag, five spiritual stones, and a practice book.
The storage bag and practice skills are naturally assigned by the sect, but the five spiritual stones are taken care of by Cui Yan. You must know that ordinary disciples only have one spiritual stone when they first enter the sect.
"Junior Brother Gu, your residence is just ahead. I have already explained what needs to be explained. Although I don't know what Master Bai meant by arranging you here, I think it is to train you, so I don't dare to say more."
Cui Yan looked ahead, then at such a thin Gu Xiaoxing, and suddenly there was a hint of sympathy in his eyes. If Master Bai hadn't explicitly stated that he wanted to place Gu Xiaoxing here, he would not have brought him here.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Cui!"
Gu Xiaoxing sincerely thanked him. He saw the strangeness in Cui Yan's eyes, but he thought it was no big deal. What kind of terrifying creature had he not seen along the way? How come this is also inside the Soul-Eating Sect, so it can be haunted?
"Keep the door closed after dark, don't go out, remember!" Cui Yan finally reminded him, and then left.
"Huh?" Gu Xiaoxing blinked, feeling a little guilty.
Appearing in front of Gu Xiaoxing was a small lumberyard. Apart from a few houses and scattered logs, there were only a few axes standing on wooden piles. It looked a bit desolate and extremely quiet.
But the strange thing is that there is a yellow talisman paper stuck on the door of every house, which makes people feel panicked.
"Senior Brother Du! Are you there?" Gu Xiaoxing shouted tentatively.
According to Cui Yan, there is a senior brother named Du here, but Gu Xiaoxing's call did not receive a response, and the surroundings were quiet.
"It's not really haunted, is it? It's a little too quiet!"
This made Gu Xiaoxing feel even more guilty, and he immediately emboldened himself, "No way, how can it be haunted in broad daylight!"
Gu Xiaoxing quickly chose a house, slipped in, closed the door tightly, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
After tidying up for a while, Gu Xiaoxing sat down, took out an elixir, held it in his hand and looked at it, then took it orally. The elixir melted in the mouth and seemed to turn into a warmth flowing through the intestines and stomach. , the hunger disappeared immediately, and the body became warm.
"Is a small ball really so magical?" Gu Xiaoxing was a little surprised. Naturally, he got this Bigu Pill from the sundries.
Then he took out another book, not the exercise book, but a book called "Miscellaneous Talks on Cultivation", which told what cultivation was and some basic knowledge about cultivation. He was about to come into contact with the field of spiritual practice. It would be false to say that he was not excited, but Gu Xiaoxing did not dare to be careless. This was a life-saving matter, not a child's play. He read it carefully, analyzed every word, and studied it carefully, gradually gaining a better understanding of spiritual practice. Deep understanding.
An hour passed...
Sometimes Gu Xiaoxing frowned and pondered; sometimes exclaimed and sighed; sometimes he looked at himself, as if there was information about the body recorded in the book, and he was confirming it.
"It turns out that there are three Dantians in the human body..." Gu Xiaoxing touched his lower abdomen, "This is the lower Dantian. When practicing, we use this as the foundation to condense the Qi into a sea, which is also called the Qi Sea."
After a moment, Gu Xiaoxing touched the center of his eyebrows again and frowned slightly, "This is the Upper Dantian, where the gods are hidden. It is also called the Niwan Palace, but it is now occupied by soul-eating insects."
Another hour passed, and Gu Xiaoxing finally finished reading "Miscellaneous Talks on Cultivation". He did not start practicing immediately. Instead, he picked up the book called "Yingling Jue" and started reading. Finally, he closed his eyes and meditated for a long time. , after taking a long breath, I had some enlightenment.
"I have no wisdom root, and I am not the material for cultivation. I cannot condense the sea of qi. However, I was parasitized by the soul-eating worm and became one with it. Therefore... the soul-eating worm became a special 'sea of qi'."
After sorting out all this, Gu Xiaoxing felt that he had almost digested it, and then he looked at the spirit stone. His eyes were shining and he was full of expectations. He came to the Soul Devouring Sect just for this moment.
"Some people practice to become immortal, and some people practice to become powerful. I, Gu Xiaoxing, don't seek immortality, nor do I seek to be strong. I just want to live. If I can live forever, if I can be strong, that's fine! But I won't do it for The so-called immortality means that one will not put himself into a dead end just for the sake of becoming stronger."
"I am afraid of death, but everyone is afraid of death, and death will eventually come. When the time comes, fight if you can and leave no regrets!"
Gu Xiaoxing murmured to himself, but in fact it could be summed up in just two words - afraid of death!
Because I'm afraid of death, I don't want to die.
Because I'm afraid of death, I have to fight for my life to survive!
This is extremely contradictory, but many things in this world are often contradictory in themselves.
He left the village to look for immortals, knowing that his hope was slim, but it was better than waiting to die, and the facts proved that he had achieved it!
Live to die!
"Spirit Control Technique" is indeed very strange. Only people who are parasitized by soul-devouring insects can practice it. The key method is to use the soul-eating insects as the core and use spiritual stones to induce them so that they no longer absorb human flesh and blood, but instead absorb The spiritual energy is then run and controlled by the Spirit Control Technique, and the spiritual power is turned into one's own use.
Generally speaking, mortals without wisdom cannot sense their own Dantian, and naturally cannot condense spiritual energy. The parasitism of the Soul-eating Insect is like turning into the Dantian, absorbing spiritual energy, and condensing it into the body of the Soul-eating Insect. Use the Spirit Control Technique to control it to achieve the purpose of practice.
Therefore, it is also called the spirit eater.
Most of the disciples in Shiling Peak have this kind of special physique. They were found and brought here by the sect, and they belong to the outer disciples of the Spirit-Eating Sect.
Gu Xiaoxing already understood all of this, so he no longer hesitated. He picked up a spirit stone and put it between his eyebrows. He clearly felt that the soul-eating insect suddenly trembled, and then the spirit stone was melted by the soul-eating insect. He sucked in every bit of it and turned it into spiritual energy that filled it, making his whole forehead feel warm.
Gu Xiaoxing reacted quickly and immediately took the posture according to the records in the Soul Controlling Art. He did not know how to draw Qi, but as he took on various postures and pinches in the Spirit Controlling Art, the soul-eating insects absorbed The spiritual energy will naturally flow into the body from the center of the eyebrows and travel through the meridians.
Gradually, Gu Xiaoxing began to sweat on his forehead, and his whole body became hot. Wherever the spiritual energy traveled, it felt as if boiling water had passed through it, and it was very hot. But he knew he could not stop, so he gritted his teeth and continued to guide.
When the spiritual energy travels from the meridians of the body for a week, it returns to the body of the soul-eating insect between the eyebrows, and finally turns into spiritual power that can be used by itself. This is just the beginning. He must turn all the spiritual energy contained in the entire spiritual stone into spiritual power to be successful in attracting energy.
As time went by, Gu Xiaoxing gradually felt that the spiritual energy traveling through the meridians did not seem so "hot". It seemed that the meridians had been nourished and tempered by the spiritual energy, and instead felt warm, and even made him like it. Got this feeling.
Two hours later, when the last trace of spiritual energy returned to the center of his eyebrows, Gu Xiaoxing opened his eyes and felt refreshed and very comfortable. The previous feeling of weakness and weakness disappeared, although he was not so strong that he could not use up all his energy. However, he could clearly feel that everything in his body was changing for the better. He was convinced that he was saved, and he even felt as if he had gained some weight in his joy.
"Could it be true that practicing spiritual practice can make you gain weight?"
Gu Xiaoxing was excited. He had now succeeded in attracting energy and could sense the ethereal spiritual energy in the world. Even if he did not rely on spirit stones, he could continue to practice, but after all, it was not as fast as relying on spirit stones to practice. He hurriedly Take a spiritual stone and print it towards the center of your eyebrows.
It was already dark now, and when there was a glimmer of light in the sky again, the last spirit stone was finally refined and absorbed. When I opened my eyes, there was a flash of light in my eyes. I was full of strength, and I felt even lighter when I stood up. Incomparably, it seems that I was stuck in the mire before, but now I have broken out of the mire, truly standing between heaven and earth, living at ease.
"I...I really gained weight!"
Gu Xiaoxing looked at himself in exclaim. Although he still looked very thin, he was no longer skinny. He patted his thighs, squeezed his arms, and rubbed his cheeks. The real touch made him excited, and he was subconsciously happy. I patted my belly, but it was empty. It was still dry, and I suddenly felt that my journey to realize my dream was still very long.
"According to the records in "Yingling Jue", I am only at the first level of Qi Condensation now. If I practice to the fifth level, or even the final ninth level of Qi Condensation, wouldn't it be..." Gu Xiaoxing's eyes shined, since there is If you take the first step and keep going step by step, your dream will always come true, and you can’t help but look forward to it.
Only when you reach the first level of Qi Condensation can you truly transcend the ordinary world and step into the threshold of a cultivator. Otherwise, even if you have spiritual power, you can only be regarded as a warrior if you do not reach the first level of Qi Condensation.
For an ordinary person to reach the level of Qi Condensation, it would take months or even years for an unparalleled genius to reach the level of Qi Condensation. For a dull person, it would take even decades. But the spirit-eating insect is different, because the spirit-eating insect is originally an extraordinary creature, and strictly speaking, this cannot be regarded as the parasite's own cultivation.
This is the cultivation level of the soul-devouring insect!
It's just controlled by the Spirit Control Technique.
This is also why Gu Xiaoxing can reach the first level of Qi Condensation overnight with five spirit stones. Spirit stones are originally used by extraordinary people. Mortals, even warriors, cannot absorb and refine the spirit stones. With this unique method of spiritual art, ordinary people are parasitized by the soul-eating insects, and they can only be sucked into human beings, and eventually end up dying together with the soul-eating insects.
Gu Xiaoxing is lucky. At the same time, he also knows that although the spirit-devouring body can make people quickly become a practitioner, it is only at the Qi Condensation stage. Once it reaches the foundation-building level, the cultivation speed will be several times slower than that of ordinary monks, or even Even building a foundation is several times more difficult. There are millions of paths to practice, but none of them can lead to reaching the sky in one step. Fortunately, his dream has never been to become stronger.
"If we can reach the ninth level of Qi Condensation, wouldn't we be able to regain the glory of the past? Even... one step closer! The male leader is within easy reach!" Looking forward to the future, Gu Xiaoxing smiled happily.
Just when Gu Xiaoxing was still looking forward to the future, there was a "bang" and the door was opened.
