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Mo Hua didn't even blink, and said it seriously.

Yu Canghai nodded, "So that's it..."

He thought about the problem, and only used common sense. He never thought that the extremely precious Water Prison Forbidden Box, which he didn't even dare to dream of, was now in Mo Hua's hands.

He also never thought that Mo Hua, who was in the middle stage of foundation building, could actually "snatch" the supreme inheritance of the Water Prison Sect from the cunning and vicious Water Yama...

Mo Hua was afraid that Elder Yu would think too much, so he quickly asked him another question:

"Does the fact that Water Yama knows pupil skills mean that although he doesn't know how to raise positive evil, he has more or less known the method of visualizing the Jade Box Daoyu Diagram?"

Yu Canghai's expression was condensed, and he was indeed attracted by this question.

He pondered for a moment and nodded: "It is very likely that since he can use the pupil skills, it means that he has more or less found a certain way."

"Then once his pupil skills are perfected, won't he be very powerful?" Mo Hua said.

"He can't become a master." Yu Canghai shook his head.

"Why?" Mo Hua was puzzled.

Yu Canghai looked solemn and sighed:

"The pupil technique is not that simple. The pupil technique inheritance in the cultivation world is already very rare. Except for some pupil techniques that require a certain kind of powerful bloodline to practice, other inherited pupil techniques are all related to the soul without exception."

"The way of the soul is strange and unpredictable."

"Since it is related to the soul, it cannot be understood by just looking at the picture."

"The pupil technique of Shui Yanluo may be powerful, but it is just a form. In the final analysis, it is still It is a side path, and it is completely different from the true pupil technique inheritance of Shuiyu Sect. "

Mo Hua asked: "Is it related to the soul or the consciousness?"

"The soul."

"What's the difference?"

"This..." Elder Yu was stuck again, and said with embarrassment, "The tradition of my Shuiyu Sect has already declined. I only know that there is a difference between the soul and the consciousness, but I can't explain it clearly..."

Mo Hua stared at Elder Yu and found that his eyes were bitter. Obviously, he didn't lie, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After pondering for a moment, Mo Hua asked another question:

"There is a Taoist prison map on the Water Prison Forbidden Box, which contains the practice method of forbidden techniques... What's inside the forbidden box?"

"Since it is called 'Forbidden Box', it should be openable, right?"

"What's inside the box?"

Yu Canghai still smiled bitterly, "The master's forbidden box can only be opened by the master. I don't know what's inside the forbidden box, but I guess it should be some superior Taoist inheritance that only the master of the Water Prison Sect can learn."

"For example, the Water Prison Technique you mentioned?" Mo Hua said.

"It's possible." Yu Canghai nodded.

"Besides that?" Mo Hua asked again.

Yu Canghai shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Mo Hua said again: "Then how to open this box..."

The whole box was like a whole piece of jade, without locks or keys, and there was no gap at all...

The words just came to his lips, and were swallowed back by Mo Hua.

The Water Prison Forbidden Box was not in his hands. If he said so, it would probably arouse Elder Yu's suspicion.

Yu Canghai pondered and said, "The conditions for opening the box are very harsh. You have to learn the pupil technique and feed it with the essence and blood of the head of the sect. But as an elder, I don't know the specific methods."

Mo Hua glanced at Yu Canghai and sighed in his heart.

This Elder Yu, after talking about it, always fails to get to the point. It's all superficial. He doesn't know the core issues at all.

If the Taoist tradition of the Water Prison Sect is cut off, it is really not unfair at all.

I don't know if he really doesn't know or is pretending not to know.

Mo Hua shook his head.

There was nothing more to be learned after asking further, so Mo Hua stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, he remembered something and asked Yu Canghai:

"By the way, what is the name of the pupil technique of the Water Prison Sect?"

Yu Canghai hesitated for a long time before slowly speaking: "According to the records of the sect, this pupil technique is called... Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil."

"Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil?"

Mo Hua nodded, wrote down the name, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yu Canghai.

"Little brother..."

Yu Canghai looked worried, and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Can this forbidden box be recovered?"

"Don't worry," Mo Hua comforted him, "I will ask Uncle Gu to catch Shui Yanluo as soon as possible. As long as he is caught, we can get him back."

Yu Canghai felt a little comforted and bowed, saying: "Thank you, little brother."

After leaving Yu Canghai, Mo Hua thought to himself:

Should I return this forbidden box to Elder Yu?

Since it is the supreme inheritance of the Water Prison Sect, it is natural that the item should be returned to the original owner, and I am embarrassed to secretly embezzle it.

But there is no rush now, wait until I understand it first.

Moreover, Elder Yu is in such a state now, living under someone else's roof, and his life is in danger. If I give it to him, it may bring him disaster.

Wait until he is more stable, and then give it to him secretly.

This is also for his own good!

Mo Hua righteously found an excuse for his little thoughts.

At present, this forbidden box is the safest in his own hands!

After that, Mo Hua went to see Aunt Wan, had a meal, and then returned to Taixu Sect, and continued to study the Water Prison Forbidden Box in the center of the disciples.

"There must be something in the box..." Mo Hua thought.

But it can't be opened now, and even if it is opened, it must be filled with superior Taoism, which I can't learn.

Even if I learn it, with my spiritual power that is not as good as the best but better than the worst, I can't use it at all.

So, there is no need to open the box in a hurry, as long as you can learn the pupil technique.

Mo Hua felt that this pupil technique might be more suitable for him than those precious and superior water-based Taoist techniques in the Water Prison Sect that only the head of the sect could pass on.

It does not use spiritual power, is concealed, and can deceive people.

Moreover, generally speaking, with the strength of his spiritual consciousness, he should not be afraid of any backlash.

But the problem is, how to learn it?

Mo Hua carefully pondered the conversation with Elder Yu for a moment and roughly summarized a few points:

The method of practicing the pupil technique is hidden in the Taoist Prison Diagram.

To learn this pupil technique, you need to cultivate "positive evil".

The secret of this pupil technique is also related to the "soul".

This pupil technique is called the Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil.

Seven souls...

Mo Hua looked at the jade box in his hand again, "But the prisons, criminals, and punishments on the map are all eight?"

What does the seven souls mean?

Besides, the seven souls may be related to the soul, so what is the connection between the soul and the consciousness?

Mo Hua sighed.

"It's a bit troublesome..."

Any word is a difficulty.

These unconventional ways of cultivation are really difficult and obscure, making people puzzled.

"According to Elder Yu, pupil skills are related to the soul. The word 'soul' may be the key to understanding the 'Seven Souls Blood Prison Diagram', and it is also the key to practicing the Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil..."

"Soul, how to understand it? What knowledge does it contain?"

A good cook cannot cook without rice.

There are too few clues, and Mo Hua can't guess it just by a name.

Although he is on the path of spiritual consciousness to prove the Tao, after all, he has only started to cultivate, and his master is gone. The rest of the road can only be explored by himself.

"Soul..."

Mo Hua began to count the heads in his mind, counting all the people he knew, to see who is better to ask.

First of all, Mr. Xun must know.

But the old man seems to be worried about something recently, and he is busy, so it is not convenient to disturb him.

Huang Shanjun should also know that it is a mountain god after all. Although it is no longer the same as before, it still has some knowledge.

But it is a little far away.

After thinking about it, Mo Hua decided to ask Elder Xun Zixian.

Elder Xun Zixian is a third-grade formation master in the late Jindan period. He has a deep attainment in formation and is also very interested in the way of spiritual consciousness.

The most important thing is that he and Elder Xun Zixian can talk very well.

Elder Xun Zixian is also very kind and has no airs. As long as he can say something, he will tell him.

Mo Hua took the time to go to the elders' residence and visit Elder Xun Zixian.

It was his first time to visit Elder Xun Zixian's elders' residence. All he saw were formations, jade slips and classics lined up in rows. Apart from these, there was nothing else. Just one look and you can tell that Elder Xun Zixian is knowledgeable.

After entering the door, a boy greeted him.

These boys were all from big families. They were sent to the elders of the clan at a young age to serve tea and water to the elders to enhance their friendship.

At the same time, they lived with the elders with profound cultivation day and night, and were subtly influenced by the Taoism, which could also lay the foundation for future cultivation.

Although they were just boys, many people fought for this position.

Those who could be boys had extraordinary origins.

Mo Hua explained his purpose, and the boy went to report to Elder Zixian.

Xun Zixian was drawing the formation. When he heard that Mo Hua was coming, he only thought about it for a while, then stopped writing, invited Mo Hua in, and ordered the boy to serve tea.

The boy who served tea said "yes" respectfully, but he was a little surprised in his heart.

Uncle Zixian had a high attainment in formation and was highly valued by the sect, but he was eccentric and never treated people so politely.

Normally, if someone disturbed him from drawing formations, he would be very angry. Why is he so nice today?

The boy muttered in his heart. After serving tea, he couldn't help but secretly look at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua drank tea while chatting with Elder Xun Zixian.

"Soul?"

"Yes," Mo Hua said, "I met an elder from another sect recently. When he mentioned the matter of 'soul', I was a little confused for a while. I couldn't figure it out myself, so I came to ask you for advice..."

Xun Zixian took a sip of tea and looked at Mo Hua deeply, "Some things can't be learned randomly."

Mo Hua smiled awkwardly, "I'm just curious."

Xun Zixian said calmly: "Tell me the origin of cause and effect, and I'll decide whether to tell you."

Mo Hua sighed in his heart.

Elder Xun Zixian is indeed knowledgeable and sharp-minded.

He is worthy of being a formation master like himself.

But the matter of the water prison forbidden box is not easy to say.

Seeing Mo Hua hesitate, Xun Zixian said, "Just tell me briefly, no need to be too specific, I just need to know the answer, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to the ancestor."

Mo Hua pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay!"

He sorted out his words in his mind, and said, "I'm doing a little favor for the Dao Ting Division. I went to investigate a case and met a criminal who knew a strange pupil technique..."

Xun Zixian raised his eyebrows, "Pupil technique?"

"Yes," Mo Hua said, "This pupil technique can capture people's minds and is very tricky. It is said that it can only be cultivated by visualizing a picture."

"I asked an elder who knew about it, and he said that this visualization method is related to the soul, but he is not proficient in the way of consciousness, and he can't explain the specific doorway in it, so I came to ask you..."

"Pupil technique, soul, visualization..."

Xun Zixian pondered silently in his mind for a moment, nodded and said, "I know."

"Then..."

"I can tell you about the soul."

Mo Hua was overjoyed, "Thank you, Elder Xun!"

"But, let me say this in advance," Xun Zixian said to Mo Hua with a solemn expression, "Spiritual power and flesh are tangible, but the mind is intangible. Therefore, the way of consciousness, including the knowledge of the soul, is inferred by cultivators based on experience, and may not be very accurate."

"What I told you is just the knowledge of cultivation that I have heard, learned, or studied for hundreds of years."

"I feel that this knowledge is not too wrong, but if there is a mistake, it is not impossible. So when you listen, pay attention to yourself, you must believe it, but you can't believe it completely. Only you can grasp the degree of it."

Xun Zixian said very rigorously.

Mo Hua nodded seriously.

Xun Zixian saw Mo Hua's serious look and knew that he understood what he meant. He nodded slightly, "First of all, there is a difference between the soul and the consciousness."

"Low-end cultivators only know the consciousness and hardly touch the 'soul' level. Even if they occasionally talk about souls and spirits, most of them don't know what they are."

"In fact, it's not just low-end cultivators. Most cultivators, even when they reach the golden elixir stage or even the immortal stage, may still know nothing about the way of the soul."

"Because the existing cultivation system only targets spiritual power and the physical body, the consciousness has always been only auxiliary. Except for a very small number of cultivators who do not follow the ordinary path, almost no one goes to focus on the consciousness..."

Xun Zixian looked at Mo Hua meaningfully, and then stretched out his slender fingers and tapped his forehead.

"The sea of ​​consciousness of a person is home to three souls and seven spirits."

"The three souls are the heavenly soul, the earthly soul, and the life soul."

"The seven spirits are the corpse dog, the hidden arrow, the sparrow's vagina, the swallowing thief, the non-poison, the removal of filth, and the smelly lung."

"Among the three souls, the heavenly soul and the earthly soul are free from the body of the cultivator and live in the world. They are elusive and difficult to describe. Only the life soul stays in the body and is related to life."

"The life soul is the root, and on the life soul, there are seven spirits. The spirit cannot live without life, and life cannot prosper without the spirit."

"These three souls and seven spirits are collectively called the spirit soul."

"The spirit soul is the foundation of the cultivator's mind, and the mind power derived from it is called 'spiritual consciousness'."

"Only with a soul can there be thoughts and consciousness."

Mo Hua's eyes were shocked and he suddenly realized.

Elder Xun's words made him know more secrets of the way of spiritual consciousness, but the more he knew, the more confused he was.

"Spiritual consciousness is not the root of the sea of ​​consciousness, but only a derived telekinesis?"

Xun Zixian nodded and explained:

"You are a formation master, you should have a deep understanding..."

"Spiritual consciousness will be restored every time it is consumed."

"If spiritual consciousness itself is the root, once it is used up, the spiritual consciousness will be cut off from the root, how can it be restored?"

"Because spiritual consciousness is derived from the soul, as long as the soul is still there, after the spiritual consciousness is consumed, it will naturally be derived from the soul again."

Xun Zixian gave an example: "The soul is like a tree trunk, and spiritual consciousness is just the branches and leaves on the trunk. The branches break and the leaves fall, but as long as the roots of the tree are still there, the branches and leaves can still grow again."

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, "I understand, just like leeks, as long as the roots are still there, you can cut one crop and there will be another crop!"

Xun Zixian was silent for a moment.

He felt that Mo Hua's statement was a bit strange, but when he thought about it carefully, it was still quite appropriate.

"I guess so..."

"Then what is the relationship between this soul and pupil technique? Does pupil technique need to rely on the soul?" Mo Hua asked.

Xun Zixian nodded and said, "Yes. You have to know that the consciousness itself is passive and has no lethality."

Mo Hua was stunned.

Elder Xun's statement was a bit counterintuitive.

Because he has always relied on the consciousness to kill people in the sea of ​​consciousness.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems to be right.

He killed people by relying on the incarnation of the consciousness and the power of the consciousness catalyzed by the incarnation of the consciousness, not the consciousness itself.

Pure consciousness is the pure power of thought that those evil spirits who have entered their sea of ​​consciousness are salivating and want to swallow.

Xun Zixian nodded slightly when he saw that Mo Hua understood, and continued:

"You should be familiar with the release of spiritual consciousness. But the release of spiritual consciousness is not release in essence, but a kind of 'sensation'."

"Just like when you look at things, it is not you who 'look', but the light and shadow of the world merge into your eyes, giving you a feeling of 'looking'."

"Looking is essentially passive. The release of spiritual consciousness is the same, it is a passive induction."

"The release of spiritual consciousness has no power."

"Whether it is the Qi Refining Realm, the Foundation Building Realm, or even the Golden Core Realm, the spiritual consciousness is also released, but the spiritual consciousness will not hurt each other, at most it can sense each other-if you can sense it."

"And if you want to condense the spiritual consciousness and make it have the power to kill, confuse, shock, etc., then you must condense the soul in the spiritual consciousness."

"Only with the soul can the spiritual consciousness have the power to kill!"

"Only with the soul can the spiritual consciousness have the power to kill..." Mo Hua was stunned and muttered silently.

He recalled all his experiences of fighting with his spirits, pondered over them seriously, and gradually came to some realization.

According to Elder Xun Zixian, all the spirits he had seen so far did contain two levels:

Soul and thought.

Ghosts have ghost souls, corpses have corpse souls, and demons have demon souls.

This "soul" sounds complicated, but to put it simply, it is equivalent to the "self-will" of the evil spirit.

With this kind of self-will, the evil spirit can kill and eat people.

Once it is wiped out, the evil spirit will only have pure telekinesis.

In other words, the evil spirit can hurt people because it has a greedy and evil "evil soul".

Once this soul is wiped out, the evil spirit will no longer exist, and what remains is just pure "telekinesis".

This telekinesis has no killing power and can be "eaten" by itself.

Mo Hua's thoughts gradually became smooth, and he said slowly:

"The reason why the spiritual consciousness of the cultivator has no killing power is because... the spiritual consciousness released is just pure "telekinesis", which does not contain the soul, that is, it does not contain a special "will", so it cannot hurt people."

"Then on the other hand, if you want to kill with the spiritual consciousness itself, you must condense part of the "soul" in the released spiritual consciousness and inject some "will"?"

"Yes." Xun Zixian said with relief.

"But can the soul be released?" Mo Hua asked again.

Xun Zixian shook his head, "It's not called outward release. There is a special term for this in the way of spiritual consciousness, called..."

Xun Zixian's eyes were slightly solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "The soul is out of the body!"

The soul is out of the body? !

Mo Hua's heart suddenly jumped.

So, the Taoist prison picture on the water prison forbidden box is essentially a method to practice "soul out of the body"?

Soul out of the body...

In Mo Hua's mind, all kinds of thoughts were floating up and down, and he was still a little confused for a while, but he felt that a powerful door to the divine way was gradually opening to him.

The sword transformed by his divine consciousness seemed to be about to be "unsheathed"...