ATPnovel #411 - New Cultivation Formula
#411 - New Cultivation Formula
Chapter 408: New Immortal Cultivation Incantation
“What is this old fellow thinking? With a powerful enemy at hand, instead of thinking about how to deal with them, what is he doing outside my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation?” Zhang Chen was puzzled and secretly on guard. If this old fellow really wanted to use his Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to do something bad, Zhang Chen would never allow it.
Ancestor Changsheng stared at the formation for a long time, then narrowed his eyes and turned away.
Zhang Chen used earth遁術 to return to his small courtyard, pondering Ancestor Changsheng's expression today. He felt that this old fellow had set his sights on his Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.
Time passed little by little, and Zhang Chen's life was peaceful. Every day, besides comprehending supernatural powers and pondering the reversal of yin and yang, he had no worries.
Three days later, Xiu Liu arrived again.
Zhang Chen was closing his eyes and resting in the courtyard when he saw Xiu Liu's figure emerge from the void, bowing to Zhang Chen: "Young Master, the matter has been settled."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen opened his eyes and saw Xiu Liu holding a stack of books. The books were about a meter high, tied together with rope.
“All the cultivation techniques of the world have been brought to you by this humble one. I don’t know if there are any cultivation techniques you want.” Xiu Liu said respectfully.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen sat up, took the books from Xiu Liu, and opened them one by one to read. The first book described martial arts, the Great Dao of Bloodlines, and the secret methods of measuring acupoints. Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw this technique. This cultivation incantation seemed to have been passed down from the Earth Age, bearing some resemblance to measuring acupoints in the real world. However, this book explained it more comprehensively. After martial arts cultivation reached the stage of measuring acupoints, one had to find and refine mysterious objects into the acupoints to gain incredible power and possess the ability to pluck stars and seize the moon.
When successful, if one refines mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars into the acupoints, every move of the martial artist will have the power to shake the heavens and the earth.
The second book was a heretical method, talking about grafting mysterious things like demon beasts and plants to gain incredible power.
The third book described breathing in the flames between heaven and earth, constantly refining various flames into the body, and finally transforming into a god of fire. The more types of flames integrated, the stronger the cultivation.
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Zhang Chen kept flipping through the books, and his brows gradually furrowed. Although these books could lead to some achievements after cultivation, all the books described the cultivation of 'techniques,' similar to the heretical supernatural powers that could be cultivated, such as commanding horses by calling their names.
Until he flipped to the last book, Zhang Chen looked at the blue-covered book, and his eyes moved slightly. The title of the book had four words: Shangqing Orthodox Method.
“Shangqing?” Zhang Chen thought of the Shangqing Talisman Method he had obtained before, and the two words Shangqing were very sensitive in themselves.
Shangqing, Lord Tongtian! Immortal Slaughtering Sword!
All of this made people's minds wander.
Zhang Chen opened the book and read it carefully. The dense small characters in the introduction shocked him:
‘A word or half a sentence will lead to profoundness, why use thousands of volumes of elixir books? If people are not burdened by form, what is before their eyes is the Great Luo Heaven.’
Just after reading one sentence, Zhang Chen was pleasantly surprised: “This is the right feeling!”
Then he quickly lowered his head and continued to recite:
“If you want to refine form and refine spirit, you must know how to return to the root and restore life. Therefore, it is said: Returning to the root has its own Returning to the Root Acupoint, restoring life must also seek the Restoring Life Gate…”
(Ziqing Zhixuan Collection - Written by Song Bai Yuchan)
Zhang Chen studied it carefully, becoming more energetic as he read, and the more he looked, the more it suited his taste: “It’s the right flavor!”
However, by the time he finished reading the Qi Refining chapter, the book had reached its last page.
“It’s gone?” Zhang Chen flipped through the last page of the book, and couldn’t help but be stunned. Only the Qi Refining chapter? What use did he have for the Qi Refining chapter? He had already cultivated to the realm of Jade Liquid Returning the Elixir, and this Qi Refining chapter was just a chicken rib to him.
“Where did this Shangqing Orthodox Method come from?” Zhang Chen closed the Shangqing Orthodox Method without showing any emotion, and his eyes turned to Xiu Liu.
“It comes from the Taiping Dao.” Xiu Liu’s eyes fell on the 《Shangqing Orthodox Method》 in Zhang Chen’s hand, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes: ‘A Qi Refining incantation that can make this old fellow Zhang Chen so attentive is no simple matter. There must be a big secret in it.’
“Taiping Dao? Is it the Taiping Dao that is at odds with Ancestor Changsheng?” Zhang Chen asked.
“That’s right.” Xiu Liu said.
“I want the complete version of the Shangqing Orthodox Method.” Zhang Chen replied.
Hearing this, Xiu Liu hesitated, Zhang Chen noticed the strangeness in Xiu Liu's expression, and then asked: "What's wrong? Is it difficult to do?"
“As far as this subordinate knows, no one in the entire Taiping Dao has successfully cultivated this cultivation incantation.” Xiu Liu said with a strange expression.
“How could that be?” Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, his eyes full of disbelief. This was a genuine Golden Elixir Great Dao, how could no one have successfully cultivated it?
“What does the Taiping Dao cultivate?” Zhang Chen was puzzled.
Xiu Liu said: “The same path as Wuzhuang Temple.”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Chen was puzzled. Wasn’t Wuzhuang Temple cultivating the Great Dao of Qi Refiners? If the Taiping Dao and Wuzhuang Temple were cultivating the same path, how could they not be able to cultivate the Qi Refining incantation?
Xiu Liu explained: “It seems that there is a lack of some kind of spiritual opportunity between heaven and earth, and this Qi Refining incantation cannot be cultivated at all. Therefore, the cultivators of Wuzhuang Temple replace the spiritual opportunity of heaven and earth with the Qi of the earth veins. And that Taiping Dao cultivates various natal talismans, using the natal talismans as the root to replenish the missing spiritual opportunity.”
Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and various thoughts flashed in his mind: “It shouldn’t be! If it is said that in the material world, it is because of the great changes in the world that no one can successfully cultivate immortality, but now it is the spiritual world, how can no one have successfully cultivated it?”
“Lack of spiritual opportunity? What kind of spiritual opportunity is lacking?” Countless thoughts kept flashing in Zhang Chen’s mind, and his head was buzzing: “Could it be my Light of True Divinity? That’s right, my Light of True Divinity is that missing spiritual opportunity!”
If according to Xiu Liu's statement, then the Qi Refining technique of Wuzhuang Temple seems to be wrong? No wonder Ancestor Changsheng and others are trapped in a corner.
Zhenyuanzi cultivated the Great Dao of Earth Immortals and became the ancestor of Earth Immortals, but he was never heard of being trapped in Longevity Mountain.
But what do the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, the Ginseng Fruit, and the secret methods named after Shangqing represent? What do they reflect?
Zhang Chen rubbed his head, feeling a little confused. If he knew that he was not in the second heaven of the spiritual world, but in the Primordial Era, he didn't know if his head would explode directly.
“That’s not right! There are also immortals! Is that immortal really the true immortal I imagined?”
“It shouldn’t be! It shouldn’t be! Where exactly is the problem?” Zhang Chen’s head was buzzing, and he didn’t know what to do.
“I want all the techniques of the Taiping Dao!” Zhang Chen looked at Xiu Liu, fearing that Xiu Liu would misunderstand, and quickly corrected: “It’s the genuine original techniques.”
Hearing this, Xiu Liu got up and left, leaving only Zhang Chen in the courtyard in a daze. It turned out that the Qi Refining technique cultivated by Ancestor Changsheng was wrong, no wonder he was trapped in Mount Qingcheng, sharing weal and woe with Mount Qingcheng.
“What exactly went wrong that immortals are not allowed to be born in the world? Even the immortals that are born are only pseudo-immortals?” Zhang Chen scratched his head, unable to figure out the key for a while.
“What about the Herb Returning Elixir Wonderful Technique cultivated by Xu Erniu? What does it count as?” Zhang Chen thought of Xu Erniu again, this was the most important thing, he would not allow Xu Erniu to have the slightest accident.
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Chen said: “It should be counted as a technique! A strange technique like calling a name and a horse falling down!”
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen began to worry secretly again, Xu Erniu cultivated a strange technique, I'm afraid it will ruin herself.
So he got up to look for Xu Erniu, wanting to see if there were any drawbacks in the technique Xu Erniu was cultivating, and whether it could be improved.
Zhang Chen walked all the way to Xu Erniu's house, and from afar he smelled a herbal fragrance. Zhang Chen was not polite and directly pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Xu Erniu sitting upright in front of a two-story-high pill furnace, meditating and cultivating.
Sensing Zhang Chen walking in, Xu Erniu put away her technique and turned to look at Zhang Chen: “Why are you here?”
Zhang Chen looked around, seeing that there was nothing strange in Xu Erniu's room, then he looked at Xu Erniu with a serious expression and asked: “Do you believe me?”
“Of course I believe you!” Xu Erniu nodded.
“Then I want to see your Herb Returning Elixir cultivation incantation, can you show it to me?” Zhang Chen said.
Hearing this, Xu Erniu hesitated: “This is the secret incantation passed down by the ancestor, if I pass it on to you, it will definitely harm you. If the ancestor discovers any traces, I am afraid your life…”
“You don’t have to worry about the ancestor, you just need to tell me the incantation.” Zhang Chen said.
“Zhang Chen, I know that your cultivation is slow, and you have not made any progress in more than ten years, but don’t worry, I will definitely refine a heaven-defying elixir to change your fate!” Xu Erniu thought that Zhang Chen could not bear the slow cultivation and wanted to take a shortcut, so she comforted him.
“But now I just want to see the incantation of the Herb Returning Elixir, will you give it or not?” Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu.
Xu Erniu and Zhang Chen looked at each other, and finally sighed softly: “I can teach you the Herb Returning Elixir, but you have to promise me one condition.”
“What condition?” Zhang Chen asked.
“If one day you are caught by the ancestor, you must put all the responsibility on me, and say that I took the liberty to teach you the incantation, and you yourself did not know that the incantation you were cultivating was the incantation of the Herb Returning Elixir.” Xu Erniu looked at Zhang Chen stubbornly: “If you promise me, I will teach you the incantation! If you don’t promise, I can’t teach you a single sentence of this incantation.”
Looking at Xu Erniu in front of him, Zhang Chen was greatly moved. It was worth spending so much effort for this little girl.