"Sigh! I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for this kid to be targeted by such a terrifying existence. "
The King of Nightmares looked at Ding Ning, who was in a deep state of enlightenment, and sighed. He merged back into his arm and turned back into a tattoo, as if he had never appeared.
An hour later, Wu Xiang was the first to wake up. Looking at Ding Ning, who was still in a deep state of meditation, he quietly closed the door and left. He specially told the others not to disturb him.
Although he saw the "Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture" left by the old monk, he acted as if he had not seen it. He knew that everyone had their own fate, and what suited Ding Ning might not suit him.
He had already found his own path. If an attentive person looked carefully, they would be shocked to find that his strength did not rise, but fell to the Human Martial Arts Realm.
Yes, under the guidance of the old monk, he looked at himself as if he had been enlightened. He found that his foundation was not solid, and there were many loopholes.
Therefore, he resolutely severed his own cultivation, built his foundation again, and started all over again step by step.
After an unknown period of time, Ding Ning woke up from a deep state of meditation. When he opened his eyes, golden light shot out of them, looking extremely frightening.
After a while, the golden light slowly dissipated, and what replaced it was a mysterious talisman in the depths of his eyes.
Ding Ning stood up and clenched his fists slightly, and there was a faint sound of thunder. He could not help but reveal a satisfied smile and murmured softly, "I didn't expect this epiphany to be so rewarding. Senior Nameless is right. I was too superficial before and didn't know what true power was. If I were to encounter Hui Eighteen now, I wouldn't be as embarrassed as I was before, without the slightest ability to fight back."
Previously, he had always thought that he was a peak Demigod, and that he had reached the peak of the Demigod Realm. There was no more room for improvement, and he only needed to participate in the Battle of Providence to officially break through to Demigod.
But it was not until he was enlightened by the old monk that he realized how shallow and childish he was. He had great power, but did not know how to use it. He could only rely on his second personality and several times of demonization to forcibly increase his strength.
People's comprehension and encounters were different, so their realizations would naturally be different.
Wu Xiang thought that his foundation was not solid enough, so he chose to cut off his cultivation and re-cultivate. But Ding Ning's foundation was not a problem. It could be said that since ancient times, there was no one who had such a solid and flawless foundation like him.
However, just as the old monk had said, he had yet to comprehend the true meaning of power. He had treasures but was unaware of it. He had not made full use of the advantages he had.
Take the Curse Inheritance for example. Previously, he had always felt that it was too evil, but he only had a general understanding of it. He had never studied it in depth.
It was only when the old monk talked about the nature of power that he woke up from his dream, making him realize his narrow-mindedness.
In this world, there was an absolute distinction between good and evil, right and wrong. It was only because humans had given them attributes that there was a concept of good and evil, right and wrong.
Since the curse could be recorded in the golden foil, how could it be simply defined by good and evil?
This made him suddenly realize the true meaning of power. Power itself was not right or wrong. It only depended on the attribute of the user.
If it was used to uphold justice, power would naturally be righteous; if it was used to commit crimes, it would naturally be evil.
Therefore, power itself did not have the so-called righteousness or evil. But he stubbornly regarded the curse as something evil and abandoned it. This was a stupid prejudice in itself.
At this moment, after he understood the nature of power, he immersed himself in the study of the curse again. Only then did he truly feel the charm of the curse.
Yes, the casting method of the curse seemed to be very evil, but in fact, it was not so. It played an important role in the entire Curse Inheritance.
As mentioned earlier, the concept of curse was very broad. It was subdivided into four aspects: curse, contract, seal, and prohibition. Perhaps it was because of his preconceived notions that Ding Ning had always regarded the curse as a curse, and because it was too evil, he abandoned it.
But this time, after he understood the nature of power, he carefully studied it again and found that the curse was not only a curse, but also a source of power.
In ancient times, curse meant to pray to God to bring disaster to others. In modern times, it referred to cursing in general.
Curse, curse. Curse was actually just a means. Curse was the ultimate goal and source of power of the curse.
In Ding Ning's view, curse was actually a way to use the power of the soul. Through the negative emotions of hatred, resentment, hatred, and evil, it communicated with the Way of Heaven to bring disaster and inflict punishment on the target it hated.
To put it bluntly, this was similar to the Way of Seven Emotions and Six Desires that the Devil Race cultivated. But without the curse as the source of power, the curse was actually ineffective as a means of punishment.
There was a reason why the curse seemed so evil and often required the caster to pay the price of blood essence, soul, broken limbs, and even the lives of blood relatives.
Just as the old monk said, no matter what power it was, it had to be based on science. The law of conservation of power was an eternal truth.
So was the curse. Under the condition that the overall quality was unchanged, why would the Way of Heaven, which had always been the most ruthless but actually the fairest, help the caster to punish the cursed?
Therefore, the caster of the curse must pay a price that satisfied the Way of Heaven in order to successfully cast the curse.
Although Ding Ning still did not know what standard the Way of Heaven used to make a deal with the caster of the curse, he was very clear that the curse was just a special means of communicating with the Way of Heaven. It was definitely not a simple evil means of harming people.
It sounded incredible, but in fact, it was not strange. Just like the contract itself, wasn't it a means of transaction in social groups to ensure fairness and justice?
It was just that ordinary people used the law as a guarantee to carry out fair and just contractual behavior, while the contract curse used the Way of Heaven to replace the law to sign a transaction contract.
The two actually had the same principle, but the Way of Heaven was far more effective and binding than the law. After all, the punishment for violating the contract of the Way of Heaven was very heavy.
Therefore, Ding Ning believed that the curse was actually a means to maintain the order of the Way of Heaven. It was even a kind of order power that was very similar to the illusory supreme laws of karma and fate.
This greatly interested him, and at the same time, he entered into a deeper level of research. He believed that the inheritance that could be recorded in the gold foil paper would not be so simple.
Sure enough, after he immersed himself in deep understanding and research, he finally discovered the secret of the way of the curse.
The curse was a means and also a media-like existence. Although it did not have much power by itself, when combined with other things, it would produce a magical chemical reaction.
Ding Ning tried to combine it with the rune, and it produced a magical change. The rune, which was originally relatively simple in nature, was endowed with the ability of the curse.
In other words, if Ding Ning attacked the enemy with a weapon inscribed with the rune, it would injure the enemy and increase the effect of the curse, so that the power of the talisman would increase by at least 30%.
Of course, it depended on what kind of talisman was used. If it was a powerful high-level talisman, the power of the curse would increase correspondingly.
This discovery made him very excited, and at the same time, a bolder idea sprouted in his mind. Since the curse could be combined with the rune, could it also be combined with other inheritances?
Therefore, he carried out another experiment. The result was as he expected. Whether the curse was combined with the rune, with the seal or with the forbidden, it would produce a magical chemical reaction.
The contract curse would make the contract of the Way of Heaven more binding. Once the contract was violated, the person would suffer a greater backlash from the Way of Heaven, and even the betrayer's blood relatives would be harmed.
The seal curse could add a layer of the power of the curse to the Way of Heaven, so that the power of the seal would be increased to a higher level. For example, if the person could not be killed immediately, he could only be sealed and slowly erased over a long period of time. After the seal curse was added to the curse, the demonic nature would be constantly cursed, so that the time of erasure would be greatly shortened.
As for the forbidden curse, it was even more exaggerated. Unlike the curse, the seal curse, and the contract curse, the forbidden technique was a powerful combat method with terrifying lethality. Even the gods and Buddhas were extremely afraid of it, so they classified it as a forbidden technique, making it have the same restrictions as the curse, and the person who used the forbidden technique would have to pay an extremely heavy price.
However, after the forbidden technique was combined with the curse, the restriction still existed, but the price needed to be paid was much lighter. For example, the forbidden technique that needed to pay the price of one's life would not only be more powerful after being formed into a forbidden spell, but the side effect would also not be life-threatening, only the loss of one's cultivation.
However, this price was still too heavy in Ding Ning's eyes. Unwilling to give up, he made countless calculations, and finally, inspired by the Random Transfer Scroll, figured out a way to use the forbidden spell without paying any price.
That was to fuse the three inheritances of the talisman, forbidden technique, and curse, and then use the sealing technique to seal it on a scroll made from Dragon-taming Wood, turning it into a one-time consumable — the forbidden spell scroll.
This method was very clever, but it was also an alternative way to deceive the Heavenly Dao. Once the scroll was thrown, the enemy would be reduced to ashes, and when the Heavenly Dao sensed the aura of the forbidden technique, how would it be able to lock onto the person who used the forbidden spell?
What could the Heavenly Dao do? It could only pinch its nose and accept it. After all, it couldn't let the scroll that had already been reduced to ashes suffer the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, right?
The production of this forbidden spell scroll was extremely expensive, and it required a large amount of Dragon-taming Wood. However, compared to its destructive power, Ding Ning felt that it was worth it, and it was definitely worth it.
At the very least, as long as he could create the forbidden spell scroll, he would be able to participate in the Battle of Providence without any worries.
What? The three Shrines, the fake Human Emperor, the Open Door, and Hellfire would take this opportunity to cause trouble?
Hehe, there was no need to worry. While talking and laughing, he would throw the scroll, and the boat would be reduced to ashes!
Once he thought of that scene, Ding Ning couldn't stop smiling. He picked up the "Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture" and opened it. When he saw an ancient scripture in it, he couldn't help but reveal a look of realization. Then, he solemnly bowed in the direction of the old monk.
Although the path he had taken had somewhat exceeded the original intentions of the old monk, in his opinion, the essence of power was not only about one's physical strength.
Even luck was a part of one's strength, and external objects could also be a part of one's strength.
Of course, to forge iron, one had to be strong. The forbidden spell scroll was just an unexpected gain for him. It was his magic weapon to kill his enemies, and his physical strength still had to be improved in time.
And the "Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture" was the key to improving his physical strength. No wonder the old monk said that even if he cultivated the "Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture" handwritten by Formless, it would be of no use.
It turned out that the premise of practicing Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture was the same as that of Devil Heart Sutra. Only by practicing Heart Sutra of Bodhi as the main cultivation method would the miraculous effect be produced.
Of course, this sort of miraculous effect wasn't that obvious to ordinary people. Only body refiners would be able to maximize its effects because the Body Refinement Scripture was originally created for body refiners that specialized in cultivating the body.
The old monk did not know that Ding Ning had already practiced the Heart Sutra of Bodhi, so he specially put a copy of the Heart Sutra of Bodhi in the Muscle-bone Strengthening Scripture and gave it to him.
Even though he had done useless work, Ding Ning had to accept this kindness.
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