In the blink of an eye, six years had passed.
Halfway up Jade Spring Peak, in a cave by a stream, a handsome young man sat cross-legged. His eyes were closed, and his breathing was long and even.
Wisps of blue aura came from his mouth, nose, skin, and other parts of his body, gradually converging into his twelve main meridians, then through his eight extraordinary meridians, entering the Guanyuan point three inches below his navel.
The Guanyuan point was also known as the dantian, and was the foundation of a cultivator.
Half an hour later, a burst of aura erupted from his body, spreading in all directions. At this moment, the young man had already opened his eyes. His face was full of joy as he muttered to himself: "Hard work pays off. I've finally broken through to the fourth level of Qi Disciple."
The young man was Wang Daoyuan. He was sixteen years old, and his cultivation had just broken through to the fourth level of Qi Disciple. Thanks to the "rush", he could be considered above average among his peers.
After breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Disciple, he could begin to cultivate his divine sense.
The so-called divine sense was the power of the soul. The power of the divine sense was innate, and the strength of the divine sense was closely related to the strength of the soul. Cultivating the divine sense was also a process of strengthening the soul.
For cultivators, even if they didn't deliberately cultivate their divine sense, as their cultivation level increased, their divine sense cultivation would also gradually increase. Of course, with the cultivation method, the cultivation of the divine sense would increase even faster.
The relationship between the cultivation of the divine sense and the soul was like the relationship between the cultivation of spiritual energy and the physical body.
Wang Daoyuan grew up on Jade Spring Peak. For more than ten years, what he learned and saw was all about cultivation, so he naturally knew the importance of the divine sense. Thus, after consolidating his cultivation a little, he hurriedly rushed to the Hidden Scripture Tower.
The Hidden Scripture Tower was on the west side of Jade Dragon Spring, and Jade Dragon Spring was the spiritual eye of Jade Spring Peak's spiritual vein. Jade Spring Peak's name also came from Jade Dragon Spring.
Beside Jade Dragon Spring, there was a thousand-year-old pine. The Hidden Scripture Tower was under this pine.
In front of the Hidden Scripture Tower, there was an old man with white hair and beard. He was currently lying on a deck chair, pretending to be asleep.
The old man's name was Wang Jize. He was Wang Daoyuan's great grandfather, the Wang family's grand elder, and the only remaining member of the "Ji" generation.
The Wang family's "Ji" generation, one generation every fifty years. Even the youngest member of the Successor Generation was over 120 years old and had long passed away.
The lifespan of an ordinary person is no more than a hundred years. Qi Disciple stage cultivators have unobstructed meridians and powerful qi and blood, so they won't fall sick. Thus, their lifespan is slightly longer than that of an ordinary person, 120 years. Foundation Establishment cultivators 240 years, Zifu Disciples 500 years, Jindan cultivators 1000 years …
Wang Jize's situation was special. It was said that he used to be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. When he went out, he was plotted against and was almost crippled. He desperately fled back to his family with serious injuries and eventually saved his life. However, his Cultivator fell to the peak of Qi Disciple and could not make any further progress.
Although he didn't have the strength of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator. His lifespan was longer than that of a Qi Refinement cultivator, so he was still alive.
However, this Taigong's complexion was ruddy, his eyes were bright, and his breath was calm and long. He did not look like he was seriously injured at all.
After Wang Jize's cultivation realm fell, he had been guarding the Tripitaka Block and did not care about worldly affairs.
Clan cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, would only greet each other according to their age.
Facing an elder of the Great Grandfather's generation, Wang Daoyuan naturally did not dare to slight him. Tidying up his clothes, he walked in front of Wang Jize and bowed respectfully, saying, "I am Wang Daoyuan. Greetings, Taigong."
"It's you, little fellow." Wang Jize opened his eyes and said amiably, "Not bad, you've broken through to Qi Disciple Level 4. Although your breath has just stabilized, there is no sense of emptiness. Your foundation is very solid. Looks like you've put in a lot of hard work.
On the path of cultivation, if you have good talent, it's just that the path is easier to walk. How far you can walk depends on your perseverance and luck. Although your talent is not good, if you work hard, it's not necessarily impossible for you to achieve something. "
Wang Daoyuan bowed once more, "Thank you for your teachings, Taigong!"
Wang Jize waved his hand, saying, "There's no need to be so formal. You've just broken through to Qi Disciple Level 4. You're here to find a way to cultivate your Divine Sense, right?
Our Wang family is a small family and we don't have any powerful techniques. There's only one way to cultivate your Divine Sense, and it's with me. Write it down and go back to cultivate. Remember, don't spread it.
Learning this method requires 100 clan contribution points. You're not of age yet, so don't bother. "
Finishing, he took out a jade slip and handed it to Wang Daoyuan.
Clan contribution points are the currency used within the Wang family. They are given out according to the clan members' contributions to the family. They can also be exchanged with spirit stones. One spirit stone can be exchanged for one contribution point.
Wang Daoyuan placed the jade slip between his eyebrows. A moment later, a scripture appeared in his mind. It's called 《Soul Forging Art》.
Holding the jade slip with both hands, he handed it back to Wang Jize. He bowed again, saying, "I've remembered it."
Wang Jize put away the jade slip, saying, "You're learning the path of talismans. For you, your Divine Sense is more important. The strength of your Divine Sense directly affects the success rate of talisman crafting. Go back and cultivate well. If you have any questions, you can come here and ask me. "
After the Wang family's disciples reach the age of 14, they have to learn the Hundred Arts of Cultivation without affecting their cultivation.
Clan members like Wang Daoyuan have no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment. Most of them put their energy into the Hundred Arts of Cultivation to earn resources and prepare for the next generation.
Wang Daoyuan is no exception. At the age of 14, he started to learn the Hundred Arts of Cultivation from the clan's elders.
After learning a few crafts, Wang Daoyuan's talent in alchemy, talisman crafting, planting and so on are all pretty good. However, a person's energy is limited. It's impossible to learn more than one craft.
After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Daoyuan finally chose to learn talisman crafting. The benefits of talisman crafting are far less than alchemy, but talismans can directly increase one's fighting strength.
He knows that with his talent, if he wants to qualify for Foundation Establishment, he can only do his best to increase his cultivation. He doesn't have much time to cultivate spells. His own fighting strength won't be too high. He can only make up for it with external help.
Talismans are the only method that can directly increase one's fighting strength without relying on one's own cultivation. Using talismans only requires a bit of spiritual power or spiritual power. Even a Qi Refining cultivator can easily use a second rank talisman with power comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Moreover, the cost of talisman crafting is much lower than alchemy and tool crafting. It's suitable for a poor person like Wang Daoyuan.
After making his choice, Wang Daoyuan follows the clan's elder who is good at talisman crafting — Ninth Uncle Wang Zhide — to learn talisman crafting.
In the past two years, he learned to craft talisman paper with several kinds of spiritual herbs, spirit ink with demon beast blood essence or cinnabar, recognize all kinds of common first rank talismans, and practice drawing talismans.
Of course, he only practiced drawing talismans with mortal brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. Talisman paper and spirit ink can be sold for money. Naturally, it's impossible to let an apprentice squander them.
Wang Daoyuan is not an obedient child. After a year of learning, he learned how to craft talisman paper and spirit ink, and basically mastered common first rank talismans. He also asked a clan member who went out to do business to buy a poor quality talisman brush and officially started to craft talismans.
Maybe it's because he learned talisman crafting from the old Daoist in his previous life, but Wang Daoyuan's talent in talisman crafting was much stronger than imagined. In only three days, he successfully crafted a first rank low grade talisman …
Wang Daoyuan returned to his cave and immediately started to comprehend the [Soul Forging Art]. After all, it's related to how far he can go on the path of talisman crafting in the future. He can't ignore it.
The content recorded in the jade slip is not much, only about five thousand words. The first one thousand words describes some basic knowledge and usage skills of divine sense. The next one thousand words is the main text, recording the specific method of cultivating the soul. The last three thousand words are the cultivation experiences of the clan's elders.
This is also a reflection of the clan's foundation. With these experiences, cultivators will take fewer detours.
After browsing, Wang Daoyuan restrained his mind and started to practice the first step of divine sense cultivation — introspection.
A person's soul is hidden in the Niwan Palace between the eyebrows, which is also called the sea of consciousness. Divine sense cultivation is carried out in the sea of consciousness.
Therefore, before cultivating divine sense, one must first look into the sea of consciousness and find a place to cultivate.
According to the method recorded in the [Soul Forging Art], he restrained his mind and focused on the Niwan Palace.
In just a moment, Wang Daoyuan saw a gray world. Looking in all directions, it was gray everywhere, as if there was no end. This is the legendary sea of consciousness.
Looking up, he suddenly discovered that the bead passed down by the clan in his previous life is actually in his sea of consciousness.
Using his divine sense to explore the bead, he actually entered the interior of the bead, which unexpectedly formed a space of its own.
This is a hemispherical space, the ground is about ten mu of land, and there is a thin amount of spirit energy in the space.
Outside the space, there is a gray fog everywhere.
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