Refining Taoism and ascending to immortality

Zhou Qing sat upright, his soul, which had completely transformed and solidified, was rising up and down in the sea of ​​consciousness like an ice mirror.

Observe every detail clearly and see every detail.

Wherever it goes, tiny bits of light remain, each of which has six sides and corresponds to the six senses.

In the past, the six senses were like being separated by a thick layer of frosted glass, vague and hazy. But now, once the soul is complete and standing in the sea of ​​consciousness, the barriers are gone, and the light is cast in from the cracks, clearly. Clearly.

At this time, Zhou Qing had an idea. It was already late at night outside, and the moonlight was like water, condensing a layer of cold color on the window. Farther away, there are wind chimes under the eaves, shaking with the chill of the night.

Everything is reflected in the soul.

That kind of indescribable and unclear texture fills the sea of ​​​​consciousness, an unprecedented mastery that lingers.

People are afraid of the unknown.

After understanding this, relax.

Once you can understand it thoroughly, you will know it like the back of your hand and grasp it with your heart.

At this moment, Zhou Qing's feeling was that wherever his divine will came, his soul would shine through, which was the absolute mastery after thorough understanding.

Zhou Qing thought again, and a ray of consciousness swept out from his soul, and he was outside the quiet room in an instant.

The moonlight in the sky, the clear waves on the water, the flowers blooming under the cliff, and the fluttering wings of birds perched on the branches. Picture after picture, sounds after sounds, and wisps of fragrance are all reflected in the soul, like It's the same as seeing it with your own eyes.

Compared with using the six senses before, now that the spiritual consciousness comes out, the range of what can be seen, heard and smelled is ten times larger.

Any monk knows how much help having such a soul and consciousness can bring to one's body.

In practice, fine and subtle senses and subtle insights can help you practice Xuan Gong and Taoism, refine magic weapons, and burn elixirs; in fighting, once your spiritual consciousness is opened, you can control the surrounding area and help predict the enemy before the autumn wind moves.

From the realm of entering the orifice to the realm of concentration, it seems that it is just a small improvement in the realm of refining qi, but in fact, it is the sense of qi that generates the spirit, and it is the transformation of true qi into the divine soul, an all-round and multi-level improvement.

"Hey." Zhou Qing pointed with his hand, and on the top of the door, true energy rose, treasure flowers flew around, and two spiritual treasures, the Dragon Pattern Gold Medal and the Tianwen Yin Yang Dragon Pearl Pei, appeared, one on the left and one on the right, one in front and one behind. Between the swaying, power surges out.

Compared to the past, the flight between the two spiritual weapons was smooth and comfortable, turning back and forth from the heart.

Because in the past, the two spiritual weapons were controlled with true energy. But now, the soul is oriented and the true energy is exerting force, cooperating with each other and complementing each other.

There is spirituality in the spiritual weapon. When using the true energy to control it, it is inevitable that a little waste of natural resources will be used, and the full spirituality in the spiritual weapon cannot be exerted. Now I use my soul to sense the spirituality in the spiritual weapon, so that the spirituality in the spiritual weapon can show its full potential.

In fact, it was Zhou Qing himself who was responsible for "wasting natural resources" in the past.

Generally speaking, Xuanmen disciples, in the realm of Mingqi and Aperture, would be good if they can use magical weapons of the magical weapon level. Even if they practice to the Yin-Yang realm, the fourth smallest realm of Qi refining, they may not be able to get a spiritual weapon that suits them. Their realm cultivation is enough to control the magic weapons they can obtain.

Only Zhou Qing, who came from a big family like the Zhou family in Luochuan, had a spiritual weapon left behind by the previous generation when he first entered the Ming Qi realm.

Zhou Qing refined the dragon-patterned golden medallion and Tianwen Yin-Yang Dragon Pearl Pei with his soul, and re-incorporated them into the alchemy sea for warming and nourishing.

"magic weapon."

At this moment, he had an idea. The Dragon Pattern Gold Medal and the Tianwen Yin Yang Dragon Pearl Pei were both good, but he might have to refine one himself.

The "Yuanhuang Dragon Transformation Diagram", a true skill of the Biyou Palace, involves the refining of many magic weapons. The Dragon Pattern Golden Medal and the Tianwen Yin Yang Dragon Pearl Pei are two of them. However, there are two magic weapons in Xuan Gong that are very special.

One magic weapon is called "Fuyun Ten Thousand Scales Treasure Armor", and the other is called "Sea-Overturning Sky-Swallowing Gourd". If you want to refine these two magic weapons, you must practice "Yuanhuang Dragon Transformation Diagram" to reach the realm of soul condensation. , the soul is established, and the spirit can recognize it.

These two magic weapons are special compared with the Dragon Pattern Golden Medal and Tianwen Yin Yang Dragon Pearl Pei, because they can be used as the monk's natal magic weapon. They must be refined by the monks themselves. They are so powerful and mysterious. It is not comparable to other magic weapons.

Not to mention, as natal magic weapons, the upper limit of these two magic weapons is extremely high, and they can continue to grow and evolve gradually as the monk's cultivation level increases.

As long as the monks go far enough, it is possible that such a magic weapon can transform into a mysterious weapon or even a real weapon.

"Sea-Swallowing Sky-Swallowing Gourd." Zhou Qing paused and temporarily chose to refine this magic weapon as his own magic weapon.

Compared to the defense of the "Fuyun Ten Thousand Scales Treasure Armor", the Sea-Swallowing Sky-Swallowing Gourd can be said to be both offensive and defensive, and has more magical uses.

Of course, the difficulty of refining the Sea-Swallowing Sky-Swallowing Gourd is much higher than that of the Fuyun Ten Thousand Scales Armor.

Apart from anything else, refining the Sea-Swallowing Sky-Swallowing Gourd requires hundreds of materials.

Zhou Qing glanced at it and concluded that most of the hundreds of materials could be obtained through the sect and the Luochuan Zhou family behind them, but there were still more than a dozen that were difficult to handle.

"Xianglong Stone, Yunponi, Yuhua Lingkong." Zhou Qing frowned and read out three of the materials. He had never even heard of these three materials. He had read sect and family classics in the past. Never seen it before.

Qing temporarily let go of the matter of his natal magic weapon. He operated the visualization method of "Yuanhuang Transforms into a Dragon Picture". Above the top door, a colorful color that was difficult to see with the naked eye appeared, and countless light groups were flying. Every moment, , all have jumps.

Different from the state of Mingqi Ruqiao, in the state of Ninghun, the cultivator practices to control qi with spirit, with spirit above and qi below, so there is a special visualization method.

In the "Yuanhuang Hualongtu", the supreme true skill of Biyou Palace, the visualization method in the Ninghun state is called "Roaring Sea Full of Waves".

When practicing this method, visualize yourself in the deep sea, with icy air flowing through, cleansing the soul and strengthening it.

Zhou Qing familiarized himself with this visualization method back and forth, and then immediately started practicing. In the sea of ​​consciousness, above the soul, a wisp of deep water vapor fell down, straight like a wolf smoke, hanging down, and when it reached the soul, it suddenly unfolded, with a large amount of cold and quiet inside, making a whirring sound, like a tsunami rising from the deep sea, waves one after another, endless, coming one after another.

Amid the sound of waves, water drops kept falling in the sea of ​​consciousness, condensing but not dispersing, and scattering like stars in the sky, surrounding the soul in the center, shining with strange light.

In this process, the soul was filled with a trace of power and constantly improving. At the same time, the water spirit outside was constantly swallowing and spitting out from the already opened innate spiritual orifice, entering the body of Tao, and turning into true energy.

After being promoted to the soul condensation realm, the soul stood in the sea of ​​consciousness, sensing the world, and could more accurately identify the spirit of the world, judge the type and quality of the spirit of the world.

When practicing, you can accurately locate, use less time, less energy, and get more and better spiritual spirits for practice.

The feeling of changing a shotgun to a cannon is really intoxicating.

After an unknown period of time, Zhou Qing woke up from his practice. He opened his eyes, and in the quiet room, it seemed as if a thunderbolt had lit up, reflecting a crystal white color all around, and then slowly disappeared.

After being promoted to the Soul Condensation Realm, Zhou Qing felt as if he had opened up a new world during his first practice, which was completely different from the previous one.

Zhou Qing thought for a while and found that there was something imperfect about his practice.

After breaking through and being promoted to the Soul Condensation Realm, he found that his Sanluo Dao Body also rose with the tide and became more and more powerful. The stability and coordination of the Dao Body allowed the Dao Body to accommodate as much energy as possible.

In this way, there was a feeling that the speed and quantity of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth were not enough, and there were too few entrances to reach the limit of practice.

"Innate spiritual orifice." Zhou Qing's eyes flashed with a deep light. There were nine innate spiritual orifices in the human body. The more innate spiritual orifices that were opened, the faster the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could be absorbed.

He had already opened six innate spiritual orifices in the Entry Realm, which was unique in the same realm.

But now, in terms of the innate spiritual orifice, it is necessary to make more efforts and actively open the innate spiritual orifice.

The innate spiritual orifices in the human body that are in touch with the heaven and earth, except for the fontanelle orifice, are the same for all people. The location of other innate spiritual orifices varies from person to person.

It is hard to find the innate spiritual orifice in the human body and open it actively.

Therefore, for most cultivators, they do not take the initiative to open the spiritual orifice, but only focus on improving their realm. Because as the realm is improved, it will be reflected in the body, and the spiritual orifice will naturally open again. When reaching the Mingshen realm and refining the golden elixir, basically all nine orifices are opened.

But Zhou Qing is different. He has the experience of his previous life and knows the location of all the innate spiritual orifices in his body. In the past cultivation, he also took the initiative to open the orifices continuously and has rich experience. Now that the Tao body has been improved, it is time to take the initiative to open the innate spiritual orifice again.

Open the seventh, eighth, or even open all nine orifices at once?

"Wait a minute." Zhou Qing changed his mind and suppressed the idea of ​​taking the initiative to open the innate spiritual orifice now.

To take the initiative to open the innate spiritual orifice, it may not be completed in a short time. Counting the time, it has been nine days since I came back to practice in seclusion and strive for the Soul Condensation Realm. It is not good to stay in seclusion any longer.

After all, now is the critical moment for him to strive for the true disciple, and on the true disciple list, he is the last one because he often does not show up and does not make any big moves.

"Go out for a walk first." Thinking of this, Zhou Qing removed the restrictions of the quiet room, stood up, left this place, and went outside.

Unknowingly, the sky has dawned.

The golden sunlight fell from the sky, sprinkled under the eaves, cast on the steps, and diffused among the water waves, gorgeous and colorful.

"Master." A maid saw Zhou Qing coming out and hurried over to salute.

Zhou Qing took a look and casually ordered, "You find Deacon Huang, I'll wait for her in the hall."

"Yes." The maid agreed and immediately went to find someone.

Zhou Qing came to the hall and sat down. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Huang Yue came in from outside. She had her hair tied up in a bun and wore a peach-colored long dress. She had no makeup on her jade face, but her beautiful eyes were bright and she looked quite energetic.

Huang Yue came in with a smile on her face, but when her eyes passed over Zhou Qing, she was obviously startled, and even her smile seemed to freeze.

After a while, she reacted and spoke, her voice full of surprise, saying: "Master Qing, have you broken through?"

Although Huang Yue's Dan-forming level was not high, she was also a real Dan-forming cultivator. She could see at a glance that Zhou Qing in front of her had a divine consciousness sweeping around him, which was a trait that only appeared after breaking through to the Soul-Condensing stage.

"Just broke through." Zhou Qing had expected Huang Yue's surprise, and just smiled and said: "Just when I was in seclusion, I had the opportunity to condense my soul, so I broke through."

He did not mention the specific process of his breakthrough to Soul-Condensing, and the fact that he did not need the so-called opportunity at all.

"That's too fast." Huang Yue opened her mouth, and the shock in her beautiful eyes not only did not decrease, but increased.

It is normal to break through the Soul Condensation for twenty days or more than a month. When she herself broke through, it even took more than forty days. And now, the person in front of her took less than ten days.

In her memory, there are almost no people who can break through in such a short time.

"It is better to be fast than slow." Zhou Qing put away the smile on his face, sat on the chair, and said steadily: "Compared with other competitors, I am still behind, and I must catch up."

"Yes." Huang Yue came back to his senses, raised his eyebrows, thought about it, and immediately had an idea, saying: "Mr. Qing, you can go to the Tianxiang Academy in the sect after you break through to the Soul Condensation realm."

"Tianxiang Academy." Zhou Qing silently read it again, thinking about the status and function of this institution in the sect.

The Tianxiang Academy has special elders to assess the cultivation progress of disciples in the sect. If they fail, they will be reprimanded. If they fail many times, they will be punished according to the sect rules.

However, after I entered the sect with the Zhenyi Order, I was connected to the Luochuan Zhou family, a large and influential family in the Zhenyi Sect. I was also very competitive and even on the list of competing for true disciples, so there was no need for the Tianxiang Academy to assess me.

Huang Yue cleared his throat and said, "The Tianxiang Academy not only assesses the disciples in the sect and reprimands those who are unqualified, but also vigorously commends the geniuses in the sect and sets an example for outstanding disciples."

"Those who can be selected by the Tianxiang Academy are the best geniuses in the sect, the most talented people, and they will soon become famous in the sect."

"And the Tianxiang Academy will also support and reward the examples of outstanding disciples selected by it, which is very generous."

Zhou Qing nodded. He came out of seclusion and thought about this thing. He should go to the Tianxiang Academy.

The Tianxiang Academy has very high standards and strict standards for the selection and assessment of outstanding disciples in the sect. It has always been better to have nothing than to have something mediocre. If there is no suitable one and it does not meet their requirements, they would rather not choose it than to fill in the numbers with mediocre people.

After all, the entire sect is watching and scrutinizing the Tianxiang Academy's every move in this regard. If the selection is not appropriate, the Tianxiang Academy will lose face.

In the past, even if Zhou Qing made great progress in cultivation, he was not confident that he would definitely be on the list of Tianxiang Academy.

Now that he has broken through to the Soul Condensation Realm, he can give it a try.