Chapter 285

Among Shi Xuan's innate divine ability, the Golden Dragon Armor Incantation was a body protection technique. When used, golden dragon scales would appear all over his body. At the ninth rank, there would even be adult golden dragon scales appearing. Whether it was physical or soul attacks, it had a very strong defensive effect. Compared to the Earth Absorption Armor Technique, it was many times more brilliant.

Thinking of this, Shi Xuan was a bit confused. Why was the Golden Dragon Armor Incantation stronger than the Earth Absorption Armor Technique? Could it be that there was a difference in level between spells? For example, the Invisibility Technique was more brilliant than the Invisibility Technique? It was just that the Treasure Record and the other two secret manuals didn't mention it. Perhaps it wasn't important.

Suddenly, Shi Xuan understood why Lao Dao Xu only left him four types of talismans. Moreover, these four talismans were several times more powerful than the ones he drew. Presumably, these were Xu Lao Dao's four innate divine abilities. It seemed like they had all been cultivated to the third rank or above. As for the other talismans, although Lao Dao Xu's cultivation was higher than his, the talismans he drew were at most five to six times more powerful than his own. There was no need to leave them behind.

After understanding this matter, Shi Xuan knew that cultivation had an impact on the power of spells, but it was far less important than the rank of the spell. Therefore, he still had to focus on cultivating the minor divine abilities. As for the other spells, he couldn't neglect them. Although the power might not be great, there were all kinds of wonderful spells that were much more effective than his minor divine abilities under certain circumstances. For example, the Wall Passing Technique, the Water Evasion Technique, the Fire Evasion Technique, and all kinds of illusion techniques.

There was no need to talk about the Invisibility Technique of Shi Xuan's other three minor divine abilities. The Golden Blade Divine Wind Slash was the pale white wind blade used by the Double-headed Tiger. However, why did the Double-headed Tiger just break through and didn't have the time to cultivate the divine ability, but that pale white wind blade was already above the third rank?

Actually, this was something Shi Xuan didn't know. Clouds followed dragons, and wind followed tigers. The Double-headed Tiger's soul was born with this talent. When it first connected with the laws of heaven and earth, the inscription pattern formed was already at the third rank. Moreover, its cultivation speed was several times faster than ordinary people.

Shi Xuan carefully studied the last minor divine ability, Shang Qing's Pivotal Thunder. This was a thunder spell that could be compared to the Taiyi Heaven Blasting Thunder. It was just that it wasn't at such a high rank right now. It mobilized the power of the five viscera and combined the Qi of the five elements. With a shake of the palm, gold and iron would collide. It was invincible. Furthermore, it had the innate divine effect of killing ghosts and evil beings.

In the process of studying the Shang Qing's Pivotal Thunder, Shi Xuan was pleasantly surprised to find that this minor divine ability was innately a second rank spell. What an unexpected surprise. Shi Xuan somewhat understood why the Double-headed Tiger's Golden Blade Divine Wind Slash was above the third rank.

After examining the minor divine ability, Shi Xuan excitedly prepared to walk out of the window. He wanted to see what was outside from the perspective of the soul. However, the moment he left the area of effect of the sandalwood incense, he felt a faint cold wind that had the effect of blowing away the soul. Shi Xuan could only immediately visualize the bright moon to nourish his soul. Only then did he stabilize his body.

Looking at the world with the soul, the biggest difference was that he could keenly feel all kinds of spiritual qi in the air. Even the power of the bright moon and stars in the sky could be reflected in Shi Xuan's soul in a semi-intuitive way.

Therefore, one of the main functions of this realm was to break through the barrier of the physical body and directly feel the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. As for the idea of directly absorbing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to strengthen the soul, it was absolutely impossible. The spiritual qi of heaven and earth looked docile, but it was only relative to the heaven and earth. To the soul, it was violent and dangerous. Even if it was just absorbing a trace of it, the soul would be directly destroyed.

Shi Xuan tried a few times and found that he still couldn't leave his physical body more than five feet. It was probably because his soul wasn't strong enough. After all, Lao Dao Xu's soul could travel a few miles.

Because it was the first time his soul had left his body, Shi Xuan was filled with novelty. However, when his soul felt a little tired, he still decisively returned to his physical body from his Baihui acupoint.

Shi Xuan opened his eyes, shook his hands, and stomped his feet. The feeling of the physical body was very different from the feeling of the soul. After that, Shi Xuan didn't cultivate anymore. He used a deep sleep to recover his physical body and soul.

When he woke up in the morning, the sky outside the window was white. Snowflakes were actually floating in the middle of the mountain. The fluttering white flowers gently landed on Shi Xuan's hand and slowly melted into water. Shi Xuan stood behind the window, his heart filled with joy. It was because of his breakthrough and the rare snow. One had to know that in normal years, it would only snow at the peak of Mt. Tongxuan. As a southerner in his previous life, Shi Xuan had basically never seen snow.

He didn't worry about money and wasn't busy with life. Shi Xuan looked at the white snow outside the window and felt peaceful and happy. He felt a sense of freedom.

In the next few days, Shi Xuan consolidated the realm of his soul. From the initial range of movement of five feet to the current range of nearly ten feet, it was sufficient to show that his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. However, after reaching ten feet, the growth of his soul cultivation slowed down.

However, Shi Xuan understood that this was normal, so he didn't feel annoyed. At the same time, he understood that it was abnormal for him to reach the realm of his soul in just two years. Firstly, it was due to the tempering of his physical body. Secondly, it was because he had a supreme technique. Thirdly, it was because he had the prescription of the supreme technique. Now that his realm had surpassed his original physical body, he didn't have a suitable prescription. Although he had the supreme technique, his cultivation speed would definitely be much slower than before. He had to be mentally prepared that it would take more than ten years or even decades to break through.

Because his realm had been consolidated, Shi Xuan began to explain the problems that Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde had encountered. After he finished explaining, Shi Xuan was preparing to return to his room. He planned to start cultivating the minor mystiques that night when he saw Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde look at each other. Then, they took a few steps back and suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan understood what they meant, but he still followed the routine and asked, "Why are the two of you kowtowing?"

The two of them said in unison, "Master, please accept us as disciples." Then, they kowtowed again.

Shi Xuan originally intended to teach the Scripture of Returning Nature to a few more people, so that the Xu Lao Dao's orthodoxy wouldn't be lost. During this period of time, he saw that the two of them had good potential. After going through the trials and tribulations together, he secretly observed them. They weren't people who would bite the hand that fed them. They weren't people with bad character, so he was prepared to accept them and teach them the Scripture of Returning Nature. However, this kind of thing couldn't be asked by Shi Xuan first. The two of them had to ask for it themselves and show their sincerity. Only then would the Scripture of Returning Nature appear precious and rare.

Shi Xuan organized his words and said slowly, "From what happened before and during this period of time, I can see that the two of you have good character. If the two of you want to enter my Gui Zhen Sect, you have to sincerely follow the rules of my sect. If you violate it, don't blame I for being cruel. You have to think carefully."

"Since you've entered the sect, you have to follow the rules of the sect first." They replied in unison again. It seemed like the two of them had discussed this more than once.

"First, listen to I. There are only five rules in the sect. First, do not privately teach martial arts. Second, do not deceive your master and ancestors. Third, do not kill people of the same sect. Fourth, do not kill the innocent. Fifth, do not do evil. Can you abide by it? "Shi Shuan recalled the novels he had read before and managed to gather five rules by the skin of his teeth.

Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde didn't expect that there were only five rules in the sect. They couldn't help but be stunned. In their minds, this sect should have a book of rules, such as not marrying a wife, not enjoying the riches of the world, and so on. But the two of them immediately reacted and kowtowed, "If you violate these five rules, the heavens will strike you with lightning and your soul will be destroyed!"

Shi Xuan nodded his head in satisfaction, "However, martial arts are precious. It is difficult to enter the sect. Today, I will only accept the two of you as apprentices. I will only teach you the first half of the book. In the future, if you have a breakthrough and abide by the rules of the sect, then I will officially accept you as my apprentices. Are you willing?"

Shi Xuan was still cautious. He would first teach them the first half of the Gui Zhen Scripture, which was the first three states: Training Body, Cultivating Qi, and Astral Projection. When he found the sect and returned, he would see what they had done in the past few years. It wouldn't be too late to teach them the second half of the book.

Seeing that they could learn the martial arts, they didn't care about anything else. They kowtowed three times, "Thank you, Master!"

"I have received Senior Brother's kindness. Today, thinking that there is no one to inherit Senior Brother's teachings, I feel sad. Why don't I accept disciples on behalf of Senior Brother? In the future, the two of you can also inherit Senior Brother's teachings. Are you willing?" Shi Xuan didn't want to accept him as a disciple. He still had to find the sect, and after he found one, he would have to cultivate for a long time. As an Uncle-Master, it would be enough to give him some pointers. As a Master, it would be too troublesome. Moreover, he had taken this body and helped Du Bai find someone to inherit his teachings.

Yan Jujian and Ding Mingde didn't expect this. Yan Jujian was experienced. Seeing Shi Xuan's faint smile, he quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Uncle-Master. I am willing to inherit Uncle-Master's teachings!" Seeing this, Ding Mingde kowtowed and replied.

Only then did Shi Xuan let the two of them get up. He then found an incense burner and made Du Bai's spirit tablet. The two of them kowtowed nine times in front of the spirit tablet and burned three sticks of incense. This was considered the completion of the initiation ceremony.

Although the two of them felt that the initiation ceremony was so simple and crude, when Shi Xuan took out the Scripture of Returning Truth, the two of them were a little excited.

Shi Xuan used the Inscription Technique to copy the contents of the Scripture of Returning Truth onto the white paper that the two of them brought. At the same time, the two of them saw that there was indeed more than half of the contents that hadn't been copied. This was to let the two of them know that Uncle-Master wasn't coaxing them. Although Uncle-Master's current cultivation level wasn't high, the Scripture of Returning Truth did indeed have contents of a higher realm.

That night, after instructing the two of them to go back to their room and familiarize themselves with the Daoist book, Shi Xuan himself began to prepare the contents that he had arranged. He skillfully entered the state of visualization. After visualizing the wind, the moon, and the five thunder gods, Shi Xuan began to visualize the second stage of the Wind Escape Talisman. This was information obtained directly from the inscription patterns. Therefore, the innate divine ability was the only technique that could be cultivated by itself and didn't need to find the Daoist book.