After looking at the chicken raised by the holy monk, the gray-robed monk finally brought the silent Lu Qingshan and Qin Yitian to the flat ground behind the Chicken Soup Temple.
It was a huge platform.
Morning bells and evening drums sounded, and clouds were puffed out.
Because of the terrain, the sky was clearly visible.
Hundreds of bare-chested monks sat cross-legged on the platform. Some were bare-chested, revealing their bronze skin, while others were dressed in light clothes.
None of the monks interrupted their cultivation and opened their eyes because of Lu Qingshan and Qin Yitian's arrival.
"This is the place where the martial monks of the Chicken Soup Temple cultivate," the gray-robed monk introduced.
Qin Yitian was curious. "But I don't see them breathing in Spiritual Qi. What kind of cultivation is this?"
Indeed, none of the hundred monks were circulating their techniques to breathe in Spiritual Qi. They were just sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed like dry stones. It was completely different from how ordinary people imagined cultivation to be.
"The cultivation of the Dragon-Elephant branch focuses on the integration of Zen and martial arts."
The gray-robed monk didn't mind and explained, "Zen and martial arts come from the same source. Zen is the master of martial arts, and martial arts are used for Zen. Therefore, the monks of our temple usually spend a year comprehending Zen and cultivating.
"That's how it is to comprehend Zen. Let the wind blow and the sun shine, stay close to heaven and earth, and comprehend heaven and earth."
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and didn't say much.
Saying that it was comprehending Zen was a bit too profound. Only Buddhists would say that. According to the most common explanation, it was cultivating the Primordial Spirit.
This was a special technique of the Dragon-Elephant branch. It refined the Primordial Spirit in the form of comprehending Zen.
Yes, the Dragon-Elephant cultivators who walked the path of body cultivators actually viewed refining the Primordial Spirit as important as refining the body.
Of course, this was in line with the principles of cultivation.
Body cultivators were known as the "hardest" people in the cultivation world. Naturally, they couldn't just be rotten on the inside.
If they only cultivated the body but not the spirit, their Primordial Spirit would shatter at the slightest touch before an attack. Wouldn't that be like a silver candle?
The toughness of the Dragon Elephant Physique Cultivator was not only the indestructible corporeal body, but also the indestructible Primordial Spirit. It was a kind of toughness that was almost flawless from top to bottom, from outside to inside.
Lu Qingshan looked around the huge square and found that there were many sunken holes on the hard rock ground.
The grey-robed monk also noticed Lu Qingshan's gaze and said proudly, "This is the mark left behind by the high monks of the temple. Because of their success in cultivation, their marrow is like frost and their blood is like mercury. Their bodies have reached the end of the world and weigh tens of thousands of pounds. Sitting here to meditate, even the ground can't bear their weight, so it caved in."
As far as the eye could see, there were quite a number of such potholes on the flat ground.
Each pothole represented a powerful cultivator of the Chicken Soup Temple who had achieved great success in cultivation.
No wonder the gray-robed monk was so proud.
"Little Master, did you get the Abbot's permission to bring my Young Master to your temple's cultivation grounds? Aren't you afraid that your secret will be revealed to my Young Master? "Qin Yitian asked charmingly.
"Of course. How can my Dragon Elephant Physique, which has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, be seen through with just a few glances?
Moreover, which sect in the Seven Great Dao Sects would hide their methods?
Our Dragon Elephant Physique is said to be indestructible. Outsiders have seen it for so many years, but so what? They can only suffer in front of our Diamond Physique.
It's the same for the other sects. For example, the cultivators of the Sword Sect have fast and sharp flying swords. Who in the world doesn't know these two characteristics? But under their flying swords, those who deserve to die will still die. " The grey-robed monk, who had always been very polite, showed a rare bit of pride when he mentioned his sect.
It was obvious that he was proud of his sect.
This was normal. The most basic thing of a strong sect was the unity of its disciples. The disciples would be proud of their sect.
If the disciples were full of resentment when talking about their sect, then the sect wouldn't be able to survive for long.
Interestingly, as far as Lu Qingshan knew, the best sect in the world in this aspect was … his own sect?
It was so good that it was overdone.
Even Haoran Sword, who had the most gentlemanly character, when he mentioned Sword Sect, his words hid the meaning of Sword Sect being the best in the world.
After seeing the Chicken Soup Temple's cultivation grounds, Lu Qingshan didn't wander around anymore. He thanked the gray-robed monk and returned to his meditation room.
…
The Chicken Soup Holy Monk didn't mind how long Lu Qingshan stayed in the temple. The great Chicken Soup Temple could still afford a guest from the Sword Sect.
That being said, he naturally couldn't stay in the temple for too long.
The most important thing for him right now was to rebuild his Dao foundation.
Lu Qingshan opened the panel. Two lines of glowing text kept flashing.
It was a prompt about the experience gained from killing the mountain ghost.
Lu Qingshan didn't know what realm the mountain ghost's original body was at.
However, the Thunder Treasure Tree clone that the mountain ghost transformed into was only at the peak of the Fifth Stage.
Killing the mountain ghost's Thunder Treasure Tree clone, including the cross-realm reward, gave him 600,000 experience points.
In addition to the 460,000 experience points that he originally stored, Lu Qingshan's current total experience points was 1.06 million.
These experience points were only enough for him to cultivate until the Golden Elixir.
Another line of glowing text:
"Concept comprehension! … Slaughter Sword Intent has been upgraded to perfection! "
"Ability upgrade! … Your Essence Spirit has been upgraded! (+ 150) "
After the Slaughter Sword Intent reached perfection, his Essence Spirit had unknowingly broken through the late stage of the Condensation Realm and was heading towards the perfection stage.
This was a blessing.
Unfortunately, there was only a pitiful 0 on the Spiritual Energy Value column.
Although it showed that he was still at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, and although he was in the Chicken Soup Temple, Lu Qingshan felt that his life was not in his hands.
This made Lu Qingshan, who was used to dealing with all situations with the sword in his hand, feel a little uneasy.
He didn't think too much about it. He opened the Dragon Elephant Mystic Technique and decided to give himself a sense of security first.
The first Qi Refinement Path, cultivation, was done.
"Dragon Elephant Mystic Technique (Qi Refinement) upgraded to Lvl 1, Spiritual Energy Value + 40!"
"Dragon Elephant Mystic Technique (Qi Refinement) upgraded to Lvl 2, Spiritual Energy Value + 40!"
.....
"Dragon Elephant Mystic Technique (Qi Refinement) upgraded to Lvl 10, Spiritual Energy Value + 40!"
"Dragon Elephant Mystic Technique (Qi Refinement) upgraded to the highest level, Spiritual Energy Value + 200!"
"The Dragon Elephant Mystic Skill (Qi Refinement Chapter) has been upgraded to the highest level. You've obtained the Divine Ability: Unbreakable!"
[Unbreakable]
Current Divinized Origin Aperture: 0/9
Current Realm: First Heaven (Incomplete)
Current Realm: Experience Points Required to Deify Origin Apertures: 0/500
Looking at the information on the interface, Lu Qingshan raised his eyebrows.
No wonder the Holy Monk of Chicken Soup said that there were many cultivators in the Chicken Soup Temple who delayed their cultivation because they were obsessed with enlightening their apertures.
It was just the First Heaven. Deifying one origin aperture required 500 experience points.
Divinizing nine Primordial Apertures would require 4500 experience points.
From his perspective, 4,500 experience points were nothing. But that was because he was a Nascent Soul cultivator not long ago. He couldn't be lumped together.
One had to know that when he cultivated the Qi Drawing Technique to the maximum level, he only spent 5,500 experience points.
With 4500 experience points, he would be able to cultivate 《Qi Drawing Technique》 from the beginning once again.
Excluding special circumstances like his, if an ordinary cultivator wanted to open the First Heaven of Unbreakable, it was equivalent to spending double the effort of cultivating other ordinary cultivation methods.
And that was just the First Heaven.
What about the Second Heaven, the Third Heaven, and the Perfect Fourth Heaven?
How much energy and time would it take to do that?
How could an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator afford it?
Unfortunately, this multiple-choice question that troubled countless Dragon Elephant cultivators was just a freebie question for Lu Qingshan.
In the meditation room, there was complete silence.
Lu Qingshan operated his Mysterious Art and silently chanted the Acupoint Seeking Heart Mantra.
"The bone behind the ear protrudes out, entering the hair four parts below the eye level."
"The upper ear enters the hair one and a half inches, above the horn is the head of the valley."
.....
"Then divide the two acupoints into three parts, below the hair and above the skull."
The experience points turned into Spiritual Power and flowed out.
If the Holy Monk of Chicken Soup, who said that Lu Qingshan's cultivation was like a graceful stream, could see the situation in Lu Qingshan's body, he would definitely be speechless.
At this moment, pure and majestic Spiritual Power gushed out from Lu Qingshan's body, surging like the rolling Yellow River!
All of his meridians were already surrounded by a layer of divine light, with thousands of rays of auspicious light.
That enormous Spiritual Power all gathered towards the Wanguu Acupoint behind his ear.
This acupoint was originally dark, as if there was a layer of membrane covering it.
Under the convergence of Spiritual Power, that layer of membrane was constantly being worn down, becoming thinner and thinner.
A moment later, under the impact of the enormous Spiritual Power, with a bang, that layer of membrane quietly shattered and disappeared.
The Spiritual Power hurriedly took advantage of the situation to enter, filling up that acupoint in a short while.
After the Spiritual Power in the Wanguu Acupoint reached saturation, it actually turned into a flickering dot of light.
This was the sign of complete deification.
A wave of understanding rose in Lu Qingshan's heart.
At this moment, he could clearly understand the nature and ability of this Wanguu Acupoint.
It's over, completely, completely.
Bones and kidneys control the water.
The Wanguu Acupoint is the body's Qi and blood in the gallbladder meridian, where it completely drops to the earth's liquid.
Lu Qingshan looked at the three hundred and sixty Origin Acupoints in his body and discovered that when these Origin Acupoints were combined, it was like a star map.
But at this moment, the other stars were all dim and unrelated.
Only this Wanguu Acupoint was as bright as a lamp, shining brightly.
And around the Wanguu Acupoint, there were eight dim dots revolving around it.
After lighting up these eight dots, the First Heavenly Layer of [Seeing God Unbreakable] would be completed.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved slightly, and his Experience Points decreased by another thousand.
Cultivation proceeded in an orderly manner, and the Origin Acupoints were also slowly opening one by one.
As time passed, the surface of Lu Qingshan's body gradually emitted a sparkling and translucent light, causing his skin to look almost transparent.
One could even faintly see that there was a Qi and blood divine flame burning in his body.
After a long while, the flickering light outside his body completely retracted into his body.
Lu Qingshan opened his eyes, and within his pitch-black pupils, a jade light flashed.
At this moment, he had already opened all nine Origin Acupoints of the First Heavenly Layer.
Between the nine Deified Origin Acupoints, there seemed to be a line that connected them together.
Of course, he could not see that line clearly, but he could faintly sense it.
[Seeing God Unbreakable]
Current Deified Origin Acupoints: 936
Current Realm: First Heavenly Layer (Completed), Second Heavenly Layer (Incomplete)
Current Realm Required Experience Points for Deified Origin Acupoints: 0/600
The Experience Points for opening the Origin Acupoints of the Second Heavenly Layer increased, increasing to 600 points.
Without hesitation, Lu Qingshan pointed at the Experience Points. Surging spiritual energy once again appeared in his meridians, rushing towards the next Origin Acupoint.
Deified Origin Acupoints were not like cultivation techniques, where one could learn it with just a little bit.
It required a process of wearing down the membrane. Although Lu Qingshan had compressed this process into an extremely short period of time, but it still required some time.
Two hours later.
The twenty-seven Origin Acupoints of the Second Heavenly Layer were finally completely opened.
[Seeing God Unbreakable]
Current Deified Origin Acupoints: 3672
Current Realm: First Heavenly Layer (Completed), Second Heavenly Layer (Completed), Third Heavenly Layer (Incomplete)
Current Realm Required Experience Points for Deified Origin Acupoints: 0/800
The Experience Points for Deified Origin Acupoints of the Third Heavenly Layer was 800 points.
Lu Qingshan continued.
Thirty thousand Experience Points were needed to cultivate the Third Heavenly Layer of the Seeing God Unbreakable.
Among cultivators, even those with exceptionally gifted spiritual roots would need a year to cultivate from the First Heavenly Layer of the Qi Refining stage to the Tenth Heavenly Layer of the Qi Refining stage.
Thirty thousand Experience Points was close to re-cultivating the entire Qi Refining stage six times.
Of course, the speed of absorbing and refining spiritual energy at the Tenth Heavenly Layer of the Qi Refining stage would naturally be much faster than at the First Heavenly Layer of the Qi Refining stage.
But no matter what, if one were to make a rough estimate, even a cultivation genius would need an additional four or five years of time and effort to cultivate the Third Heavenly Layer of the Seeing God Unbreakable.
For those without exceptional talent, it would take more than ten years.
Only for Lu Qingshan … it would take four hours.
[Seeing God Unbreakable]
Current Deified Origin Acupoints: 72360
Current Realm: … Third Heavenly Layer (Completed), Fourth Heavenly Layer (Incomplete)
Current Realm Required Experience Points for Deified Origin Acupoints: 01000
The Experience Points for Deified Origin Acupoints of the Fourth Heavenly Layer increased again, increasing to 1000 points.
A total of 288,000 Experience Points were needed to cultivate the Seeing Unbreakable to Perfection.
What kind of concept was this?
Lu Qingshan's Foundation Establishment cultivation method [Ultimate Scripture] required a total of 460,000 Experience Points to cultivate it to Perfection.
Moreover, the 460,000 Experience Points for the Foundation Establishment stage and the 460,000 Experience Points for the Qi Refining stage were the same, but they were obviously two different matters.
Lu Qingshan now understood that the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Seeing God Unbreakable was, in most cases, only an idea. There was simply no cultivator who could cultivate it successfully.
His heart stirred slightly, and he suddenly remembered a saying from his previous life.
What was a top student?
A true top student was not only able to reach the pinnacle in his own field, but could also crush you in your own field.
It seemed that he was going to be a top student today, and crush the Dragon Elephant cultivators ruthlessly. He was going to do something that no one in the Dragon Elephant Temple could do — cultivate the Seeing God Unbreakable to Perfection.
Lu Qingshan thought somewhat mischievously.
His Experience Points began to decrease rapidly.
Spiritual energy was like the surging Yangtze River, and also like the surging Yellow River, rumbling within his body.
The membrane of the Primordial Aperture, in front of this enormous torrent of Spiritual energy, was like a shoddy dam, collapsing in a short while.
After breaking through the membrane, Spiritual energy poured in without restraint, occupying the space of the Primordial Aperture.
One after another, sparkling spots of light lit up on the star map.
One day later.
The last star on the star map was finally lit up.
In the blink of an eye, a dazzling Star Path suddenly appeared between these dazzling stars.
This star path presented a beautiful color, and there was a mysterious aura that was emitted from the three hundred and sixty stars. Then, through the star path, they were connected as one, growing and multiplying endlessly.
It was also at this time that Lu Qingshan discovered a subtle change in his body.
In a daze, he could feel the power in his blood, and could see the countless tiny particles in his body. He could feel the expansion of every meridian, and the contraction of every inch of muscle.
In addition, he could hear the thumping of his heart, and the slight trembling of his internal organs …
Most importantly, he could even faintly touch the fate wheel hidden deep within his body.
It seemed that the complete Introspective Convalescence realm did not even need to wait until the high realm to show its initial signs of being extraordinary.
This was a miraculous process of "knowing who I am". For the first time, Lu Qingshan discovered that there were so many unknown mysteries in his body.
Today, he broke through the void and broke free from his shackles.
When he succeeded in his cultivation, he would definitely reach the Introspective Convalescence realm!
Overjoyed, Lu Qingshan opened his eyes abruptly. The moment he stood up, he felt his body become inexplicably lighter.
"Sir, you're done with your cultivation?" Qin Yitian, who was standing guard at the side, asked happily when she saw Lu Qingshan stand up.
Lu Qingshan nodded. "It's almost time for us to leave."
It was already publicly acknowledged that he was a genius cultivator.
However, if he stayed in Chicken Soup Temple for a few more days, the Holy Monk of Chicken Soup might see the miracle of the Three Days Golden Elixir.
He did not intend to do so.
Also, there was something else that was very damaging.
Although he had lost all his cultivation, his realm was still there.
In other words, in terms of experience points, he would be treated as an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
As for Nascent Soul cultivators, killing enemies below the Nascent Soul realm would result in experience points penalties.
Therefore, before his cultivation recovered, his path of gaining experience points was basically blocked.
The problem was that all his experience points, even with the addition of spirit crystals, were not enough for him to cultivate back to the early-stage Nascent Soul realm.
Fortunately, there was a place that could solve all his problems.
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