His gains were still plentiful. He needed to make a detailed plan for his next cultivation. He couldn't eat everything in one go. There had to be a sequence of priorities.
If a few months ago, he was lucky enough to step onto the path of cultivation because of the white sand worm's stinging, then this time, he had switched from a small path to the main road. If his name wasn't right, then his words weren't right. If his Dao wasn't right, then his cultivation wouldn't be true. Now, it was time to put aside his scruples and stride forward.
As for the gold and jewels, he would find an opportunity to give the gold to Aunt Cai Huan to deal with. However, the jewels couldn't be done. They could be stolen goods, so he needed to be careful. There would be people in Lou Province who would be happy to use stolen goods.
He put away the items that he wouldn't use for the time being into his storage ring. The first thing he had to face now was the problem of the order of use of the ten jade slips. This would run through the next few years, or even decades, of his cultivation.
What he had obtained, he had to forget as soon as possible. He couldn't immerse himself in it until he couldn't extricate himself.
At dusk, before cultivating at five, Lou Xiaoyi picked up the Jade Clear Middle Peace Imperial Decree and placed it on his forehead.
The first time he cultivated this decree, he chose to operate the spiritual opportunity of heaven and earth. This was because this was the purest form of spiritual opportunity that contained Dao intent. No matter what methods he used, whether it was pills or red thread worms, it would all return to the spiritual opportunity of heaven and earth at five and five. This was also the point that every cultivation summary emphasized. It was the time set by the heavens.
The jade slips were placed on his forehead. A pure and gentle spiritual opportunity flowed down from the top of his head. It slowly but firmly flowed along the meridians of his body. Wherever it passed, it was very different from the original Middle Parallel Qi Technique. There were almost twice as many flowing paths.
However, Lou Xiaoyi could also feel that the Middle Parallel Qi Technique was the work of a certain superior cultivator in the cultivation world. It perfectly simplified the cultivation methods of cultivators to the point that even mortals could barely cultivate. Although it was simple, there was a true meaning to it.
This was also the key to him being able to use the Middle Parallel Qi Technique to enter the Dao.
The spiritual opportunity slowly flowed through his meridians three times, forming a preliminary meridian memory. Only then did it gradually disappear … Lou Xiaoyi didn't dare to be negligent. He immediately stimulated his spiritual energy and followed this path. He didn't seek speed, only stability.
After circulating for a few cycles and resonating with the Spiritual Opportunity of Heaven and Earth, the speed gradually increased.
After two hours, the hour of the evening had already passed. The spiritual vigor of heaven and earth returned to its inertia, and only then did he stop cultivating. Just this cultivation alone made him feel that it was very different from his previous cultivation. His perception was sharper, and he could dig out his own potential more thoroughly. The transformation of his body was more comprehensive, and there was a faint Tao state in it.
This was the true art of cultivation, breaking away from the shackles of the ordinary. It was like after drinking a few cups of wine, one would become intoxicated and become immortal. It was intoxicating.
It was no wonder that so many people abandoned their wives and children and left the rich lives of their families to pursue the illusory cultivation. Just a belief and immortality could not explain it. There was always a need for something more practical to allow them to endure the current poor and boring life.
The process of cultivation itself was such a process! It was to use spiritual power to numb oneself, allowing oneself to fuse with nature to a certain extent. As one's cultivation level increased, this kind of fusion would become deeper and deeper, until one felt that one was nature, the Heavenly Dao, and everything!
When this kind of self-numbing and overlooking the common people penetrated deep into one's bone marrow, blood, and consciousness, one would naturally be inseparable from cultivation.
Lou Xiaoyi thought, if he had come into contact with this kind of true cultivation from the beginning, and if he had wanted to die during cultivation, then would he still be calm enough to give up some things for his family and for his mother?
There must be someone who could do this! Although it was an extremely small number! They would not cultivate for the sake of cultivating, but they would still be able to adhere to certain bottom lines during cultivation.
No matter what method he used, Lou Xiaoyi had at least achieved it now!
No matter how intoxicating cultivation was, he would not give up on the words he had once said to his mother!
After a short rest, Lou Xiaoyi took out the second jade slip, Small Dao Body!
This was the orthodox Daoist technique of cleansing the marrow and meridians. Its core was to use a vast amount of spiritual power to do the most meticulous combing, transformation, optimization, and improvement of a cultivator's body.
It was a body art that almost every Daoist cultivator would cultivate. It was so subtle that every cell, every drop of blood, every organ, every pore, and every hair follicle … It didn't carry any special effects to the body, and it didn't deliberately increase strength, agility, or reaction time. Instead, it imperceptibly and quietly changed all of these. The ultimate goal was to complete a qualitative leap in the body when one sensed Foundation Establishment!
Everyone knew that once a cultivator sensed Foundation Establishment, there would be a fundamental difference between them and mortals. All kinds of miracles and all kinds of inconceivable things would occur here!
However, was this kind of qualitative leap something that could be accomplished in an instant when sensing Foundation Establishment? Was it usually muddle-headed, but one day a flash of inspiration would complete this qualitative change?
How was this possible?! Without a solid foundation, how could one build a tall building?
What the Small Dao Body did was to provide the early quantitative change for the final qualitative change! It allowed the cultivator's body to complete all the preparations before Foundation Establishment! Only then would one be able to achieve the final leap of a carp!
Without this kind of preparation, when one finally leapt up, the body would collapse because it was unable to withstand this world-shaking change. Simply speaking, Foundation Establishment was bound to fail!
If the Main Cultivation Technique failed, there was still a chance to try again. However, if the Main Cultivation Technique succeeded, but the body was unable to keep up, unable to cope with this kind of huge change, then what awaited one was only death!
Therefore, the cultivation of Qi eating cultivators was divided into two aspects. One was the Main Cultivation Technique. In Lou Xiaoyi's case, it was the Jade Clear Middle Peace Imperial Decree. It cultivated spiritual power, the dantian, and the interior!
The other aspect was the body, which was the Small Dao Body. It carried out a comprehensive improvement of the body without any blind spots. It was not to improve a certain aspect, but to build a whole, coordinated, and systematic framework, waiting for the qualitative change to cause a huge impact to the body!
In the Daoist system, the Jade Clear Middle Peace Imperial Decree was one of the most basic Qi eating Cultivation Techniques, and the Small Dao Body was one of the most basic Daoist body techniques. If one truly did not have any special opportunities, then one could choose these two. Perhaps it would not allow one to stand out from the crowd, but it would absolutely not delay one's progress!
These were all things that Lou Xiaoyi had learned in the ten days in Xian Lai Town. They were also things that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years. Daoists might hide the core Cultivation Techniques that led directly to the Great Dao, requiring them to be taught to specific people. However, in terms of basic Cultivation Techniques, they had always been very Dafa, because only this way could Daoists maintain their competitiveness!
The glory of any Dao tradition had to be established on the enormous power of the grassroots. In this aspect, if one were to be selfish, then they would be courting death!
In fact, it was not difficult to obtain these. Even for a rogue cultivator, the reason Lou Xiaoyi had taken a detour was because he had always been wandering outside the cultivation world!
What he had now spent a Herculean effort to obtain were only the most ordinary things in the cultivation world. However, he did not care. As long as it was orthodox, it was fine. He had an instinctive rejection of the unorthodox path. He only wanted a hundred and eighty years of lifespan, and the mood to set off fireworks to entertain himself. He did not want to become an immortal, nor did he want to dominate the universe. What special and unique Cultivation Techniques did he need?
The most practical significance of cultivating the Small Dao Body was that it could consume the spiritual power in the body at the fastest speed. This was also the prerequisite for the final absorption of the red thread worm tonight.
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