Chapter 246: Divine Suppression, Invisible Barrier
"I really didn't mean to pretend to be like this..."
Xu Chong was at the intersection of five-colored light, feeling helpless.
Half a day ago, after countless attempts, he perfectly deduced the technique of condensing strength into five kinds of divine texts at the same time.
Surprisingly, the posture of this exercise was simpler than any other awakening exercise he had ever seen.
——Sit upright, lift your left foot to the base of your right thigh, pull your right foot to the base of your left thigh, spread your hands out and place them naturally on your legs.
To put it simply, it means five hearts facing heaven.
The five hearts are the palms of your hands, the soles of your feet, and the center of the top of your head.
Compared with the entry-level posture of Zheng Yang Jin, the only more difficult part is to have no distracting thoughts and achieve true concentration.
Because only when the mind is empty and free of distractions, the five elements within will become active. At the moment of enlightenment, the strength will imitate the five elements and condense five kinds of sacred texts in the acupoints.
It has to be said that this requirement, to a certain extent, raises the threshold a lot compared to the normal Tianxuan Realm exercises.
Entering into a state of concentration is not as simple as just quieting the mind.
Meditation is to calm the mind. No matter what you think about, you must remain calm.
Entering into a state of meditation means having no thoughts or ideas and completely emptying yourself.
This is by no means that easy.
After all, how complicated are people’s minds, and how confusing are their thoughts?
Even for Xu Chong today, he cannot enter into a state of meditation just because he wants to.
For those who have just started practicing, no matter how talented they are, they still need frequent practice and long periods of attempts to achieve success.
But it's a mixed bag.
Although the threshold has been slightly raised, for people with truly excellent character, it only requires a little more effort to get started, and they will surely become more and more proficient and it will become easier and easier in the future.
But for those who have bad character, are eager for quick success and instant benefits, and are easily angered and irritable, it is like an insurmountable chasm.
Invisibly, practitioners are screened according to their character.
Once this technique is widely promoted and covers the original systems of the two worlds, character will become a factor that determines a person's upper limit more than aptitude.
Although this has nothing to do with good and evil, people with good character are destined not to be as extreme as the Eternal Heavenly Emperor.
In this way, the situation in the two worlds will become increasingly stable and enter a virtuous cycle.
In the long run, it may be possible to restore the glory of the sky.
Anyway, generally speaking, the fusion of the martial arts was a great success.
The only thing that happened afterwards was something Xu Chong had not expected.
When the moment of breaking through the first level of enlightenment was successfully simulated, the power of the five elements rules communicated by the five elements divine texts in the eighty acupoints suddenly spread wildly to other acupoints.
In one breath, all the acupoints were opened and the meridians were broken through.
In one more breath, all the meridians were connected and broke through to the body washing.
Because his real body had reached perfection without any impurities and was beyond cleansing, as soon as he broke through to the stage of body cleansing, the five elements rules that were still spreading began to swarm towards the center of the eyebrows, the heart, and the abdomen.
Obviously, this is a spontaneous act of cultivation.
And because he no longer had the three great Dao seeds, the power of the five elements had nowhere to vent, and it actually spread through the original locations of the three great Dao seeds and reached his essence of nothingness!
That is, at the moment when reality and nothingness are passively connected, strange phenomena occur in the Five Spirits Realm.
Xu Chong was completely unable to control himself, and his entire body rose into the air, flying high into the center of the Five Spirits Realm.
The distance was hundreds of thousands of miles, but he arrived at the destination at a speed almost faster than he could using his spatial authority. It was truly unbelievable.
And the even more incredible things are yet to come.
As soon as Xu Chong reached the center of the Five Spirit Realm, the light rising from the five mountains suddenly turned downward and extended towards his position.
Then there was the scene that Jin Donglai and others saw - a figure appeared and disappeared in the center of the light.
In fact, this appearance and disappearance has nothing to do with the five-colored light... It is the manifestation of Xu Chong switching back and forth between the real and the virtual state.
He himself couldn't control this either.
As for the benefits…
A large number of five elements rules are gathered together and are stacking rapidly.
After just a short while, Xu Chong clearly felt the compatibility between himself and the Five Elements rules.
Although it has not yet grown to the point of solidifying into authority, if it continues like this, it won’t be long before the column of authority on the panel will have two more words, Five Elements.
However, Xu Chong was not at all excited. Instead, he felt a little anxious as time passed.
Because, there are five beings of the same third-class status as him, rushing here at a rapid speed.
Among them, there is no need to worry about Jin Donglai and Huo Bufan, represented by the white and red flowing light. After all, the distance is too far. Even if the speed is fast, it will take at least more than a day to arrive.
What really made Xu Chong feel urgent was the position directly below.
His current position is in the exact center of the entire Five Spirits Realm, and vertically below is the exact center of the land of the Five Spirits Realm.
That is the forbidden bamboo forest where the boundary gate is located.
Looking down from Xu Chong's position, three tiny black dots were rapidly climbing in height.
There is no doubt that these are the three supreme elders Shui Yunzi, Tu Sanshan, and Mu Fangfang who are in charge of the boundary gate.
Jin Donglai and the other two were still far away from here, but these three were not far away.
It won't be long before the three of them arrive.
If I still can't control myself by then, and continue to switch back and forth between reality and nothingness...
Although I don't know what the attitude of the Five Spirits Realm will be towards the virtual and real entities, but with the "pearls and jade" of the Eternal Heavenly Emperor in front of me, I don't expect it to be very good.
"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time. There is really no other way. We can only go our separate ways."
Xu Chong shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, the three black spots suddenly shrank a little.
"Well……"
Xu Chong thought it was an illusion and couldn't help but blinking and looking more carefully.
As he watched, the three black backgrounds began to enlarge again.
However, not long after, it suddenly shrank again, just like before.
"It's not an illusion..."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes.
His current location is about 20,000 miles from the ground.
Shui Yunzi and the other two were blocked ten thousand miles away.
It seemed as if there was an invisible barrier that stretched thousands of miles above the ground. Anything that wanted to cross this height would be bounced back.
To be honest, this doesn't make sense.
Xu Chongneng could understand that the fusion of the two systems would cause strange phenomena.
One can also understand that this vision is so vast that it covers the entire Five Spirits Realm.
Just like the first time he cultivated the Dao in the Tianxuan Realm and the subsequent breakthrough, various strange phenomena occurred.
The Five Spirits Realm is at a higher level than the Tianxuan Realm, with more abundant spiritual energy, and is naturally more likely to cause strange phenomena.
But a barrier that appeared out of nowhere really didn't seem like something that was produced naturally.
Because the barrier was too far away from him.
If it was just to protect him from getting hurt in this state, there was no need to cover such a large area.
Not to mention that in the Five Spirits Realm, he doesn't need to be protected at all.
It can be seen from this that the barrier is not used to protect him, but to prevent others from spying.
It's a full ten thousand miles, and the perception of the third level is not enough to see everything after crossing such a long distance.
At most, he could see the clothes and face clearly and recognized that it was Xu Chong, but he definitely could not sense the fluctuations that belonged to nothingness.
"so……"
A name flashed through Xu Chong's mind, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
Apart from a first-class being, he couldn't think of any other existence that could leave behind such a work after such a long time.
And it just so happens that in the history of the Five Spirits Realm, there existed such a being of first-class status.
Five Elements Emperor.
"If it's really him, then he must be much stronger than I thought, and much stronger... If there's a chance, I'll ask Fellow Daoist Shui for more information."
Xu Chong sighed, put his mind at ease and immersed himself in the understanding of the five elements rules.
In any case, at least at this moment, the appearance of the barrier was beneficial to him and harmless.
As for the deeper meaning behind it, blindly pursuing it is just asking for trouble; it will naturally surface when the time comes.
…
…
Thousands of miles high above the bamboo forest.
"You two, please wait."
Tu Sanshan raised his hand and stopped Shui Yunzi and Mu Fangfang who wanted to continue going up. "If we couldn't get through the first time, we could say it was because we were not prepared. But the second time we tried our best and still couldn't get through. If we continue to try, we might get hurt."
"Okay."
Shui Yunzi nodded.
"I know you are on good terms with Jiang Wang, but what good is your relationship? Are we just going to watch him steal the Five Elements Rules?"
Mu Fangfang's face was slightly gloomy. "Don't forget, you are first the Grand Elder of the Five Spirit Realm, and then Jiang Wang's fellow Taoist."
"That being said, there's really no way to get through."
Tu Sanshan shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Think back, in the two attempts, were your innate divine texts suppressed ?"
“That’s… indeed.”
Shui Yunzi thought for a moment and said, "The first time was okay, but the second time I lost all my cultivation for a split second. If I hadn't recovered quickly, I would have fallen and died."
"That's true, but it doesn't mean we can't get through it."
Mu Fangfang's expression was slightly stern. "No matter how strong Jiang Wang is, he is only of the third rank. We are also of the third rank. If we work together, we may be able to break through his tricks."
"It's really hard to get over it..."
Tu Sanshan pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly, raised his hand and pointed upwards: "If my guess is correct, it is not Jiang Wang's method that suppresses our innate divine text, but the five elements rule itself."
"impossible!"
Mu Fangfang refuted without even thinking, "We are creatures born and raised in the Five Spirit Realm, and we have been practicing the Five Elements Divine Text since childhood. We are the closest to the Five Elements Rules in the entire Daxu. If the Five Elements Rules want to stop us, they should stop people from the outside world, not us!"
"Everyone says that Fellow Daoist Huo is reckless, but I think you are the most reckless one, and you are not just reckless."
Tu Sanshan's expression suddenly turned cold, "You are old, but as childish as a three-year-old child."
"you!!"
Mu Fangfang was furious and clenched her fists tightly, looking like she was ready to attack at any time.
"Shut up!"
Shui Yunzi glanced at Mu Fangfang coldly and said, "If you want to fight, wait until Fellow Daoist Tu finishes speaking before you fight."
“…”
Mu Fangfang gritted her teeth and unclenched her fist after a moment, "Okay, let me see how you can excuse Jiang Wang."
"absolve?"
Tu Sanshan sneered, "Why should I make excuses for anyone? Just think about the circumstances under which the innate divine text would be completely suppressed and you will understand."
After saying this, Tu Sanshan started to fall towards the bamboo forest below without looking back.
"Completely suppress..."
Shui Yunzi was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized: "Yes, the only thing that can suppress my natal divine text is the five elements rule, and it happens to be the one that restrains my divine text."
“…”
Mu Fangfang's whole body suddenly stiffened.
Shui Yunzi was still muttering to himself: "My Water Divine Text was suppressed, so I must have encountered the rules of the Earth Element. Fellow Daoist Tu encountered the rules of the Wood Element. As for you, it is naturally the rules of the Gold Element..."
In fact, Mu Fangfang had already accepted this conclusion before Shui Yunzi finished speaking.
Metal, water, wood, fire and earth rotate to generate each other, and metal, wood, earth, water and fire rotate to restrain each other. This is the law of the Five Elements.
Whether it is her, Shui Yunzi, or anyone who practices the Five Elements Divine Text, they are destined to abide by this law.
To put it bluntly, the only power that can suppress the innate divine text to the point of complete ineffectiveness is the rule in the law of mutual restraint that corresponds to the innate divine text.
Any other force can only defeat or kill, but can never achieve the innate suppression.
Thinking of this, Mu Fangfang's resentment was magnified exponentially, and she asked, "Do you know what the Five Elements Authority means?"
"Yes, and much more clearly than you."
Shui Yunzi's expression gradually calmed down, and he raised his head to look at Xu Chong who was still vaguely visible above him. "The full name of the Five Elements Rule is the Five Elements Rotation, but in fact, it can also be subdivided into five rules."
"From the Five Elements Heaven to the current Five Spirit Realm, there are many people who have successfully stolen a single rule. There are even many people who have condensed authority with a single rule. There are also many who have stolen five rules to form a small five-element rotation, such as Fellow Daoist Tu."
"But there has only been one person who has truly combined the five rules to condense authority, and that is the ancestor of the Five-Colored Divine Bird Clan, the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor."
" Compared to other authorities, the Five Elements Authority may not have a very strong combat capability. Even if it is in the Great Ruins, it will be restricted everywhere due to the barren environment. It is far less magical than the Space Authority."
"Its real strength lies in the fact that it has an inherently huge suppression effect on those who also cultivate the power of the five elements... It is an absolute suppression of you, me, and the entire Five Spirit Realm."
As he spoke, Shui Yunzi sighed with a complicated expression: "But what can we do?"
"Even if the Five Elements Rules are blocking us, it doesn't matter. With the combined strength of the entire world, we may be able to break through."
Mu Fangfang persuaded again.
"There's something you may not know."
Shui Yunzi smiled broadly.
"What?"
Mu Fangfang raised her eyebrows.
“Even without the authority of the Five Elements, with Fellow Daoist Jiang’s strength, he is not afraid of the Five Spirit Realm.”
Shui Yunzi said lightly.
"How is this possible?!"
Mu Fangfang was shocked.
“Nothing is impossible.”
Shui Yunzi glanced at Mu Fangfang and said, "Friend Tu's wisdom has been beyond doubt for many years. His judgment has never been wrong so far."
“…”
Mu Fangfang's face was completely frozen.
It was true that she had just had some unpleasantness with Tu Sanshan, but this was the only unpleasantness that happened, and she could only say that she was distracted.
In fact, in the past many years, she only respected Shui Yunzi and Jin Donglai, because the Five-Colored Divine Bird Clan was the descendant of the bloodline of the Emperor of Heaven.
The only person he respected and admired was Tu Sanshan.
If Jiang Wang's strength was inferred by Tu Sanshan, then there seems to be no need to question anything.
"You should be thankful that you have not come into contact with Daoist Fellow Jiang so far, otherwise..."
Shui Yunzi smiled faintly, then shook his head and changed his words: "That's not right. With Daoist Jiang's character and outstanding qualifications, the entire Five Spirit Realm should be thankful."