Do not die

Meng Zhou's fingers slid over the knots, and through the spiritual changes in them, Meng Zhou truly felt the changes in his thoughts during that period of time that he could not recall.

Only then did he suddenly realize that he was not really obsessed with it at that time.

However, the changes in those thoughts are too abstract and obscure to be expressed in any language.

His so-called recollection is not a restoration of the situation at that time, but an information image that has been concretely processed by language and words.

Once the information image exceeds the limit that language and words can express, he "cannot remember" it.

This is so similar to human dreams.

In dreams, there are all kinds of real and unforgettable feelings, but when you wake up from the dream, you immediately recall them, only to find that the more you recall them, the faster those traces disappear.

In the end, at best, you can have a vague and general feeling. In more cases, it is empty and you can't think of anything.

Was that really forgotten?

It's just that I'm short of words, it's beyond the cognitive foundation built by language and characters, and I can't express it.

“Everything in the world we know is formed from definitions and concepts composed of certain language and characters.

This is the basis for us to know and understand everything.

Not only to understand the world, but also to look inside ourselves, to recognize and understand, we cannot break away from the shackles of conceptual definitions, because this is the foundation.

Without this foundation, the world becomes incomprehensible and bizarre. "

“And real thinking activities are like the ups and downs of water, like the gathering and dispersing of smoke and clouds, which are both silky and smooth, yet ever-changing.

No matter how accurate the definition of a concept is, no matter how exquisite the language is, there are blind spots that cannot be touched.

When we get used to this deductive world composed of language, words, and conceptual definitions, this ‘blind spot’ becomes beyond the reach of our cognition. "

"The limit of language is the limit of cognition."

“Whatever cannot be expressed in words cannot be understood.”

What surprised and novelized Meng Zhou was that the knot method provided a brand new way of thinking.

There is no language or writing in the knots in his hands, only the gathering and dispersing changes of spirit.

When he touches it with his fingers, he imprints these spiritual gatherings, dispersions and changes into his heart. He does not need to translate them into language information to understand, but can directly feel the flow of information contained in them.

It embodies subtle thoughts that are difficult to express in words.

If that's the case, it doesn't seem to be worth the fuss.

Because there are many ways to achieve similar effects.

Such as painting, such as music, such as some weird performance art.

The same thing is that there is a very high threshold to decipher the codes contained in it.

What really amazed Meng Zhou was that in this way, everything, from the universe to all phenomena, as small as particles of dust, as bright as the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and as subtle as the thoughts of the human heart, were all unified by a rope, and It’s all related to practice.

Perhaps, the knotting method cannot exhaust all expressions and still has its limits, but this ability to integrate all the myriad things into one system is really...

"marvelous!"

Meng Zhou couldn't help but admire in his heart.

This is similar to the concepts of "everything is number" and "everything is wave".

“Everything can be knotted.”

The more he thought about it, the more Meng Zhou realized the great value of this method.

Thinking in his mind, Meng Zhou took the rope spirit and shook it gently to loosen all the existing knots.

Try to recreate the feeling just now.

At first, it was a little difficult, but soon, Meng Zhou, who had mastered the knotting method to the point where it was integrated into his instinct, found the feeling.

His brain is in a semi-empty state and he does not consciously control his hands. Just like when a person walks and encounters a turn, he does not consciously tell the body "it's time to turn", but the body automatically Complete the most appropriate turning maneuver.

At this moment, he was tying the rope with his hands in the same way.

After eliminating the interference caused by his subjective consciousness, his hands and the rope seemed to form an external accessory brain, manifesting certain thoughts in his subconscious through the knots, and each knot naturally and smoothly Born in his hands.

It's like a special output device, full of wonderful rhythms.

When Meng Zhou regained consciousness and experienced that wonderful state, he also discovered that a brand new skill appeared in the skill bar again.

[Introduction to the All-In-One Knotting Technique 20/1000]

Seeing this brand new "All Things Knot Technique", Meng Zhou had many associations in his mind.

According to his past experience, if it is a brand new skill, then when it is included in the information list, its name will not be displayed, but only a string of question marks.

It is not until he, the creator, completes the naming that the question mark disappears and becomes a naming completed by himself.

Therefore, now the name "Wanxiang Jie Method" pops up without him naming it. This can only mean one thing, that is, although his mastery of this method relies entirely on his own understanding, it is not He was the first.

Before this, such a method already existed in the world of spiritual practice.

Meng Zhou then thought about some of the legends Yaya had revealed about the Knot Master.

It is said that some knotters can "read history".

Before, Meng Zhou didn't understand the principle behind it, but now, he understood it.

Mastering the "All Things Knotting Technique" is a necessary prerequisite!

Then, another thought came to Meng Zhou's mind.

"No wonder, no wonder the knot master's inheritance only has one knot and a hundred techniques, and there is nothing behind it."

The high threshold, difficulty in learning and difficulty in mastering are certainly one of the reasons. The more important reason is that this "all-encompassing knot method" really cannot be taught. It cannot be taught and can only be understood by the knot master himself.

Even more specific hints may become new obstacles and increase the difficulty of understanding.

It is like a puff of smoke, real and unmistakable.

But any attempt to describe it is like grabbing it with your hands. Not only will you fail to grasp it, but it will destroy its original appearance.

…

From this day on, Meng Zhou began to focus on the practice of "Wanxiang Jie Technique".

After understanding the mystery of the Wanxiang Jie method, practicing and upgrading has become a simple matter.

There is no set method or formula, just do whatever you want, just tie everything in the world into a knot.

After only one day of practice, Meng Zhou discovered that this skill was more difficult to practice than he had imagined.

Practicing this method does not consume mana, blood, or soul, but it only consumes a lot of mental energy.

It is precisely for this reason that Meng Zhou only spends nearly half a day every day practicing the "Wanxiang Jie Technique" and gaining 1,000 experience points.

The remaining time was spent elsewhere.

If he is willing to spend all his time on this, and whenever he is mentally exhausted, he will fall into deep sleep and cooperate with the thunder sound of Bai Qiao to speed up the recovery of his mental power, which can increase his daily experience gain to more than 2,000 points.

But in this way, he really had no time to distract himself at all.

After thinking for a while, Meng Zhou rejected this choice in his heart.

It is precisely for this reason that Meng Zhou, who had already understood this skill on the fifth day of May, was still at the master level by the end of May.

"Master of Wanxiang Knotting Technique 8000/16000"

On the contrary, he successfully learned the two spells, "Light Yao Technique" and "Black Barrier Technique", which he had acquired in the last black market, in his spare time.

Then, in his spare time, he would focus on the practice of Light Yao Technique, and take the first step in the Wanxiang Formation Technique to complete the accumulation of master level and advance to the grand master level.

"Master of Light Art 11000/24000"

…

The fifth day of June.

late at night.

When Meng Zhou's consciousness returned and he finished his practice, the circulation of essence, energy and spirit in his body also slowed down.

It can be clearly seen that the three-pole cycle becomes more silky and smooth.

This is because, in this retreat, Xuangui's true skill of bearing the stele successfully completed the accumulation of the master level and once again reached perfection.

The body refining achievements that had already reached the second level limit have been improved to a certain extent.

The limit range of the Qi and Blood Domain has also been increased to within a radius of ten miles.

The strength in all aspects has been improved to varying degrees with the true perfection of the second-level body training.

Perhaps, because he has not experienced the baptism of heavenly tribulation, there is still some gap between him and the real third level, but Meng Zhou believes that with his comprehensiveness in all three aspects of his spirit, energy and spirit being developed to the limit, he will be able to face the monks in the early stage of forming pills head-on. It won't be much inferior.

As the Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill, the physical training method, was cultivated to the second level of perfection, Meng Zhou once again gained a unique innate ability.

This new talent shows another question mark, indicating that before this, the same talent did not appear in the practice world.

This is a rare passive talent.

Once he encounters danger, whether it is a magical strike, a physical strike, or a spiritual strike, a huge shadow of a giant monument will be automatically stimulated from his blood and body, suppressing and protecting him in the shadow.

This giant monument has a very strong defensive power.

The ability to defend against spells and physical attacks is very strong. Although the ability to defend against divine soul attacks cannot be compared with the first two, the effect is not worse than ordinary soul protection techniques.

"With this talent, my path to seeking the truth will become smoother."

With this in mind, Meng Zhou named this talent "Tao Protector Monument".

In addition, because body refining is perfect and reaches the same level as qi and soul refining, the cycle of the three poles of essence, energy, and spirit becomes smoother, and the efficiency of practice is improved to a certain extent.

From the previous increase of 40 points of progress for each retreat, it became an increase of 45 points of progress.

Although the improvement is not big, it is still something worth being happy about.

[Cultivation progress +45, foundation building ninth floor 310/1000]

After coming out of seclusion, Meng Zhou practiced the Wanxiang Jie method as usual. After gaining a thousand experience points, Meng Zhou temporarily stopped.

At this moment, the time was approaching noon in the morning. Meng Zhou, who had exhausted a lot of energy, made himself a pot of spiritual tea and took a nap in the elegant house.

At this moment, Meng Zhou's heart moved and he raised his head to look at the sky in the distance.

Not long after Zhicheng Qianzhi Tian sent him a reminder, several figures flew towards him in the direction he was looking at.

When they crossed the boundary marker of Zhuang Tianzhuang, these people did not stop, but a figure accelerated toward the courtyard.

But this was none other than Kan Yue.

Meng Zhou thought for a while, and instead of opening the formation to let him in, he took the initiative to welcome him out.

When he came to Kan Yue, Meng Zhou just nodded to him and looked at the other people in the distance.

Those people did not continue to approach Meng Zhou. Except for one of them who glanced at the three of them curiously, the others did not even look here. They regarded his master as if he did not exist and went about their own business. Entering the sky above Ten Thousand Mu of Spiritual Field, and circled around Ten Thousand Mu of Spiritual Field.

Meng Zhou didn't have any negative emotions about this. Instead, he said to Kan Yue:

"You are so efficient. I thought I would have to wait at least next month."

Kan Yue smiled and said: "Originally, it would indeed take a while, but isn't it because Qingxuanzong has become impatient and started to push.

The City Lord's Mansion did not dare to continue the stalemate and took the initiative to give in. "

Meng Zhou asked curiously: "Did they accept it?"

Kan Yue nodded and said, "I accept it."

Meng Zhou nodded.

While he was concentrating on meditation, Meng Zhou would not ignore the rapid changes in the Sanchuan Plain.

With a strong enough foundation, the three allies, the Sanchuan Society, the Blue Blood Army, and the Professionals Association, solved the opponent of the Jade Lake City Lord's Mansion on the negotiation table.

However, when it came to the specific distribution of benefits, the progress was stuck.

Qingxuanzong was the first to express their stance. This time, they would only provide technology.

It's not like Jade Lake, where in addition to a full set of technologies, it also has to arrange for strong men to form the core and provide many precious resources.

For this reason, Qingxuanzong, who invested in technology, only took 15% of the equity.

Following Qingxuanzong's statement, the three allies, the Sanchuan Society, the Blue Blood Army, and the Professionals Association, immediately came up with a "pie-sharing plan" that they had already prepared.

Among them, the Sanchuan Society and the Professionals Association will be in line with Qingxuanzong, each taking 15% of the equity.

The Jade Blood Army and the Lord's Mansion of Jade Lake City each took 10% of the equity.

This leaves 65%, and of the remaining 35%, 15% will be used for other "small" forces to compete for.

This "small force" refers to those forces that have fake elixir monks in charge, but have not yet gotten too much oil from this feast in Sanchuan Plain.

If they don't get any oily smell, Sanchuan Plain will never be quiet.

The 1.5% of shares reserved for them in advance are the "bones" prepared to appease them.

As for the other 20%, they follow the practices of Emerald Lake Fairy City. This is the "living water" reserved for the powerful pill-forming masters who may rise in the future.

This plan was drawn up by the three allies of the Sanchuan Society, the Blue Blood Army, and the Professionals Association. Naturally, they had no objections, but the Lord's Palace of Jade Lake City had great objections.

Their bottom line requirement is to be on an equal footing with the Sanchuan Association and the Professionals Association.

But since the tripartite alliance has launched this plan, it naturally has sufficient considerations, and it is impossible to give in just because the Lord's Palace of Jade Lake City does not approve it.

The matter is at a stalemate at this point. According to Meng Zhou's understanding, all parties have been wrangling over this issue for nearly two months.

However, with Qingxuanzong's urging, the main palace of Cuiyuhu City was still unable to support itself and agreed to this plan.

Moreover, according to Kan Yue's introduction, a lot of rare resources are needed to deploy a third-level formation covering hundreds of miles.

Although the Sanchuan Society and the Blue Blood Army both have strong financial resources, due to their previous levels, Tier 3 resources are seriously insufficient and they simply cannot gather such a large amount in a short period of time.

In order not to delay the deployment of the large array, they will borrow some precious materials from the wealthy Jade Lake City Lord's Mansion and the Professionals Association to temporarily fill in the hole and pay it back slowly later.

In the distance, those people had already circled the ten thousand acres of spiritual fields.

Then, under the command of one of them, five huge deep pits were dug at five locations below.

Before digging the pit, they also deliberately removed the top layer of soil and all the spiritual plants growing on it.

After the deep pit is dug, a piece of something that looks like a stone lock but exudes strong spirituality is put into it. Then the soil is filled in. Finally, the spiritual plant land that has been removed as a whole is covered in its original position. .

Meng Zhou could sense that the foreign objects buried in the deep pit and filled with rich spiritual energy were quickly integrating with the surrounding earth vein aura.

With these five nodes as the core, the surrounding earth vein aura is undergoing a slow and continuous transformation.

After they are integrated with the earth's spiritual energy, it will no longer be possible to damage it unless the entire spiritual field, including its underground part, is scraped away.

To destroy them is to destroy the entire Sanchuan Plain spiritual vein.

It is impossible to do it quietly, and the difficulty is also very huge.

After these people finished all this, they turned around and fled to the farm next door.

Kan Yue also hurriedly said goodbye to Meng Zhou and left quickly after these people.

…

After this incident, Meng Zhou continued to devote himself to the practice of "All Forms Formation Technique" and "Light Yao Technique".

In mid-June, Guangyao Shu completed the accumulation of master level and advanced to perfection.

Because of the perfection of this spell, a new area was added to the "reality" that Meng Zhou could see.

The reason why he valued this spell was because he was inspired by the unknown spirit master.

The other party used a small teleportation charm in the teahouse to disappear instantly. When he disappeared, a bright light came into the room, which instantly cleared away the strange smell in the room.

Meng Zhou didn't know what kind of spell the bright light he cast was, and he couldn't find the answer from his storage collection.

But this "Lightshine Technique" carefully selected from the black market has the same ability.

And this ability is only part of its effect.

The real effect of this spell is to "blind" and "break evil".

"Blinding" is not only blinding of the naked eye, but also the kind of blinding that can "brighten the blindness" together with the induction of spiritual consciousness.

For eccentric monks like the Lihen Sect, the "evil-destroying" ability of the Light Yao technique is much more lethal than other powerful attack spells.

And cleaning up the strange smell in the area illuminated by the light can only be regarded as a side effect of this spell.

After perfecting the Light Yao Technique, Meng Zhou immediately began to practice the Black Barrier Technique.

By the end of June, when Meng Zhou suspended all practice and entered the quiet room to start his routine retreat, this black barrier technique had also completed all the accumulation from entry to master level and advanced to the grand master level.

"Master of Black Barrier 1000/24000"

At the same time, the Wanxiang Jie method also completed the master level accumulation and advanced to the grand master level.

"Grand Master of All-Seeing Jie Dharma 17000/32000"

…

July 20, noon.

Black Barrier Technique has completed the accumulation of master level and advanced to perfection.

Contrary to the light beam spell, the black barrier spell brings darkness to the enemy.

Not only can the eyes be unable to see, but even the consciousness will be temporarily disabled, and he will become blind in an instant.

Although the source is completely opposite, the effect it causes is very similar to the light ray technique.

One is blindingly bright, and the other is blindingly dark.

It makes the enemy temporarily lose their perception of the outside world. If the strength gap is large, it can even cause permanent trauma to the enemy.

…

And on the same day, late at night.

The Wanxiang Jie method also completed the accumulation of the master level and advanced to perfection.

From the beginning of the Wanxiang Knotting Technique, every time the level is improved, in addition to becoming more proficient and efficient in use, the biggest change is that Meng Zhou can incorporate all things into knots more freely and freely.

After he had perfected the Wanxiang Knot technique, Meng Zhou felt that his hands and a rope in his hands had completely turned into a brain that could operate independently.

Completely uninterrupted by his subjective consciousness.

As long as he can think of anything, he can naturally present it in the form of knots without the need for him to deliberately design it.

Even he didn't expect that whether he was distracted or all kinds of wild and divergent thoughts, he could clearly record them on a piece of rope in the form of knots.

Once he has mastered this ability, he will never again "suddenly have an idea in his mind and come up with a brilliant idea, but when he goes back to recall it, he can no longer find the feeling he had at that time."

As long as he wants, he can reproduce the fleeting inspiration at any time through knotting.

As the Vientiane Knotting Technique reaches perfection, the knot master who has reached "Second Level 990/1000" will gain another 10 points of progress and take the final step forward, reaching the second level limit.

Since then, after more than half a year of hard work, Meng Zhou has trained the three professions of Rope Knot Master, Spirit Master, and Medicine Spirit Master to the second level limit.

…

Although the knot master had reached the second level limit by perfecting the skill of the All-Seeing Knotting Technique, Meng Zhou felt that he was still unfulfilled.

It was like I had just finished my warm-up and was suddenly reminded that I had reached the finish line.

But he had no intention of stopping.

The Wanxiang Formation Technique that he had just perfected was like an extremely sharp sword.

Now, he is equivalent to getting such a sword.

But with the sharp weapon in hand, how could he be content with just getting it?

If you can't use this sharp weapon to do anything, what's the difference between a sword and a fire stick?

With this thought in his mind, Meng Zhou began to think about where would be the most appropriate direction for this "first sword" to strike.

It didn't take long for Meng Zhou to have a general idea in his mind.

His eyes fell on the three soul arts of Qi-gazing, Retrospective Circle Light, and Heart of Sincerity.

As Meng Zhou thought about it, all kinds of information about these three perfect skills were presented in the form of knots.

Meng Zhou's fingers slid back and forth on these knots. Through the manifestation of such knots, Meng Zhou discovered that all the changes and details of this skill were presented in a clear, accurate, and intuitive form.

Of course, this "intuition" is for him, a knot master who has mastered all kinds of knot techniques.

For other practitioners, facing such a string of knots, they can only be confused.

“These three skills have many differences, and it is these differences that create their very different characteristics.

One looks back on the past, one vaguely predicts the future, and one accurately presents the present. "

"However, there are still many things in common."

Meng Zhou divided these common points into three parts based on his own understanding.

"capture", "analyze", "deduct";

They are equivalent to processing chips for three skills. Because the needs of the skills are different, their emphasis on these four points is also different.

Qi reading technique focuses more on “capturing” and “analyzing” current information.

The retrospection of Yuan Guang and the sincerity of heart add to the "deduction" on top of the "capture" and "analysis" of current information.

With Meng Zhou's inspection and analysis, all the knots with huge differences were untied, leaving only the knots related to "capture", "analysis" and "deduction".

In an instant, the knot information that originally recorded the three perfect skills suddenly changed beyond recognition.

At this point, things suddenly became interesting and entered the part that interested him the most.

Meng Zhou's mathematics was not very good, and his understanding of many concepts was chaotic.

But when he was very young, he just learned a mathematical tool called "prime factor decomposition". One of his favorite games was to make up a large number by himself, and then continue to decompose it.

At this moment, the knot in his eyes turned into another form of "large number" - one that could be decomposed.

Meng Zhou retained only one of those knots with the same nature and deleted all others;

Those that have great similarities, Meng Zhou merged them into a brand new knot that can represent them all...

In this way, through continuous streamlining and refining, Meng Zhou compressed them to the limit.

Similarly, under his operation, the "broken limbs" that were originally intercepted from the three skills were smelted into a brand new thing.

Meng Zhou stretched out his hand and slid over these knots, feeling the spiritual changes in them and obtaining all kinds of information.

Soon, Meng Zhou gently shook his head with satisfaction and regret.

"not enough."

Meng Zhou turned his attention to other perfection skills.

Following the same pattern, he also recorded other skill information on the knot through the Vientiane Knot method.

Meng Zhou found that those power-attack skills basically didn't have what he wanted.

On the contrary, it was the skills such as "clues", "breath tracing", "roaring winds", "various changes" and "floating phantoms" that greatly surprised Meng Zhou.

They provided him with a lot of "nutrients", and he absorbed them all, and finally got a string of complex and beautiful knots in his feelings.

When his fingers slipped over these knots, the spiritual gathering and dispersion changes in each knot naturally became a brand new skill in his mind.

With the emergence of this skill, Meng Zhou's personal information has undergone tremendous changes.

In the skill column, a brand new skill appeared. Because this skill was completely invented by him, it had no name, only a string of question marks.

This is not special. What is really special is that this skill has a prefix.

【Level 3】.

This is a third-level skill.

And as he used the knot method to create a brand new third-level skill, the knot master who had just reached the second-level limit took a step forward and became a third-level knot master.

[Tier 3 Knot Master 500/10000]

Meng Zhou's attention stayed on this information for a moment, and then returned to this brand new third-level skill.

This third-level skill was refined from a large number of perfect second-level skills.

His abilities are very special and will only come into play when he tries to learn to master or create some new skills.

This skill will more accurately capture, refine, analyze and deduce the information that he has already mastered but is too complex.

Make his learning efficiency more efficient.

On the surface, this effect is similar to increasing his understanding, but in fact, it just gives him a special "calculator".

It saves a lot of meaningless but time-consuming links.

"In this case, this skill is called Vientiane Deduction."

As Meng Zhou's thoughts were confirmed, the information that was originally a question mark became clear.

[Introduction to Vientiane Interpretation 0/7500]

Meng Zhou took out the jade slip inherited from the spirit master.

He focused all his attention on the refining of the third-order low-grade spirit puppet.

Meng Zhou discovered that when he focused on each key point, he could easily compare his current mastery and understanding of the relevant key points after cultivating the spirit master profession to the second extreme level. Accurately presented in front of him.

Then, he discovered that these knowledge points were not difficult for him at all.

They are all levels that he can reach with just a little bit of tiptoeing.

When Meng Zhou woke up from his deep state of study and understanding, he suddenly realized that three days had passed.

And he was already 70% to 80% sure about refining a third-level low-grade spirit puppet.

Of course, feeling confident and actually successfully getting started are two different things.

But this at least shows that he has basically completed the step of "knowing it with his brain". Next, he only needs to "know it with his hands".

That's it.

It was so simple that Meng Zhou himself couldn't believe it.

He then looked at the changes in the skill "Vientiane Deduction". With three days of in-depth learning and use, this skill provided him with a total of 1,500 experience points.

It looks like a lot, and you get 500 experience points every day, but for Wanxiang Deduction, which requires a full 7,500 experience points to complete the entry-level accumulation, this gain seems to be a drop in the bucket.

Without the help of Wanxiang Deduction, Meng Zhou is confident that he can still master the refining method of a third-level low-grade spirit puppet within two or three months, and use this to break through and become a third-level spirit control master.

Because his accumulation at the second-level Spirit Controller level far exceeds that of a normal second-level high-grade Spirit Controller.

Under normal circumstances, after a professional reaches the first-level high-level, or the second-level high-level, and is confident that he has mastered this level well enough, he will try to learn higher-level skills and complete the improvement of his professional level.

They will not deliberately pursue the first-order limit or the second-order limit.

From this perspective, his accumulation is already enough.

Therefore, it is just a little difficult for him to break through to the next professional level, not that it is impossible.

But without all-encompassing interpretation, it is conceivable that he would have spent more time and effort. (End of chapter)