Volume 1 Linglong Case Chapter 73: The Secret of Possession
After Zhou Quanhai explained in detail the details of the practice of the Unity Realm, Lin Qianxing expressed his sincere gratitude.
Then, he asked a question that he had always been puzzled about. He said, "Brother Zhou, there is actually one thing I don't understand. Since you are reborn in a borrowed body, why don't you choose to live alone, but completely accept the relationship with your previous life, and even regard yourself as him?"
Zhou Quanhai shook his head and asked Lin Qianxing: "Do you know about taking over a body?"
"I know a thing or two." Lin Qianxing nodded.
In this world, when the soul of a powerful person leaves the body and takes over the body of another person, it is called possession of another person's body. This behavior is not uncommon in the world of cultivation, and can even be said to be numerous.
"Then do you know what kind of body the possessor usually chooses?" Zhou Quanhai asked.
"I don't know about that." Lin Qianxing shook his head.
"The possessor will usually choose a younger body that has just died. This way, he won't have to fight with the original body's soul and waste his energy, nor will he have to bear too much karma. He can also obtain a body with higher development potential and recover his strength faster." Zhou Quanhai explained: "Cause and effect are the most critical part here."
"Cause and effect?" Lin Qianxing asked puzzledly.
"Every living being in the world has karma. You took my things, so you have karma with me. You owe me a favor, and you will need to repay it one day. If you don't pay it back, the rules of heaven and earth will operate, and sooner or later you will be in trouble, and you will have to make up for the favor you owe." Zhou Quanhai said, "This is karma."
Lin Qianxing suddenly realized, isn’t this the law of nature, retribution?
He looked at Zhou Quanhai and said, "So, Brother Zhou, you are reborn by borrowing the body of your original body, so you have to pay for his karma in this life?"
Zhou Quanhai shook his head and said, "That's part of the reason, but not entirely. We are anchors thrown out by the world's heavenly way, and heavenly way generally selects some bodies with less karma for us to occupy. So even if I choose not to bear the karma of my previous life, I may not encounter any big disasters in the future. The reason why I stay here and choose to live as my previous life is just because I want to see more of the scenery in this world."
After hearing this, Lin Qianxing seemed to understand something.
Is Zhou Quanhai's mentality similar to that of the immortal emperors returning to the city or the great masters reborn into the mortal world as described in the novels he read in his previous life? Is this a mentality that belongs to the world of gaming?
"By the way, I got a pill before, but I don't know what its effects are. I hope Brother Zhou can help me take a look." Lin Qianxing said.
As he spoke, he took out the jade box containing the Shen Rong Pill from his storage bracelet and handed it to Zhou Quanhai.
Zhou Quanhai smiled bitterly and said, "You really treat me like a god. You ask me about everything you don't understand."
Having said that, he still took the jade box.
"Among the cultivators I know, you, Brother Zhou, have the broadest knowledge. Please, I count on you." Lin Qianxing bowed.
Zhou Quanhai had no choice but to reach out and open the jade box, then look at the Shen Rong Pill inside.
Then he looked at it carefully, fanned some of the scent with his palm and brought it to his nose to smell it, and finally stretched out his index finger to touch it, put it in his mouth and sucked gently for a while.
“It has elixir patterns and a strong elixir fragrance. It is not a low-level elixir. It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It has the effect of refreshing the mind and benefiting the soul. It seems to be able to promote the fusion of the soul and the body. What a coincidence. You are now at the peak of spiritual refining, and the next practice of the unity realm will just be of use to you. It can at least save you several years of hard work.” Zhou Quanhai said.
Hearing this, Lin Qianxing's eyes changed slightly when he looked at Zhou Quanhai. Although he had been asking , he never mentioned his current cultivation level, and the cultivation knowledge he asked about was all haphazard, with no pattern to follow.
Logically speaking, Zhou Quanhai shouldn't be able to guess his level of cultivation.
And judging from the methods he had deliberately demonstrated before, he might not even be a martial artist.
However, Zhou Quanhai had already seen that he was at the peak of spiritual cultivation and was about to break through to the state of unity.
Lin Qianxing was secretly alert. He realized that he should not underestimate this old monster who had lived for who knows how many years.
"If that's true, that's great." Lin Qianxing took the Rong Shen Pill from Zhou Quanhai and said, "Brother Zhou has taken a lot of trouble to help me solve my doubts this time. I don't know how to thank you. Here are two pills that may be helpful to your cultivation. I hope you won't refuse."
As he spoke, Lin Qianxing also handed Zhou Quanhai a marrow cleansing pill and a blood exchange pill that he had obtained from the Monster Catching Bureau.
Zhou Quanhai did not refuse. He took the pill, took a quick look at it and roughly analyzed its effect. Then he said, "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse it."
Lin Qianxing smiled. He knew about the importance of reciprocity.
Only by exchanging benefits can a relationship become strong.
A relationship that is always about taking will sooner or later fall apart, and may even backfire on you.
Therefore, even though Lin Qianxing's cultivation is higher than Zhou Quanhai's now, he did not rely on his cultivation to deliberately force Zhou Quanhai to explain to him the knowledge of cultivation or even the secret methods of mysterious skills.
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That night.
Lin Qianxing sat cross-legged in the cave. At the entrance of the cave was the cat demon Mei'er who was guarding him and carefully surveying the surrounding situation.
At this time, Lin Qianxing was trying to open up the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.
According to Zhou Quanhai, the Purple Palace Sea of Consciousness has existed from the beginning. Opening it up is actually about finding it and opening a door so that you can use it.
Lin Qianxing also has his own understanding of this.
The opening up definitely exists, but what is opened up is not the sea of consciousness, but the door.
The sea of consciousness is extremely chaotic, hidden deep in the soul, and usually not visible to the outside world.
Therefore, opening a door to connect it with the outside world is the key to opening up the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.
This is just like a martial artist who opens up the eyebrow acupoint that represents the bridge between heaven and earth, allowing the energy of heaven and earth to enter the body.
But the difference is that one is the physical body and the other is the soul.
At this moment, Lin Qianxing's mind was completely free of external objects, and all his senses were almost blocked. He felt that he was completely immersed in a chaotic and gloomy world.
This is his sea of consciousness. At this moment, what he needs to do is to open up a portal in it that connects to the outside world.
Lin Qianxing's mind moved, his mental power was mobilized, and he suddenly rushed towards a place in this dark world.
Boom~!
Countless dark and chaotic air waves surged in the sea of consciousness, but there was no change in the place where Lin Qianxing crashed.
However, Lin Qianxing was not surprised by this. He directly mobilized his mental power and launched an attack on that place again.
According to the description in “The True Art of Practicing Qi”, the process of opening up the sea of consciousness may take decades for those with poor talent , and even for those with excellent talent it may take several years.
Of course, for a martial artist like him who has already achieved great success in spiritual cultivation and has a strong soul, he can succeed in ten days or half a month at most.
So this is also the reason why the path of Qigong practitioners and the path of martial arts practitioners complement each other.
Although the two paths do not intersect, they complement each other in many places. If one has enough talent to practice both paths at the same time, then the advantages gained in the later stages will be infinitely expanded, breakthroughs will be easier, and the upper limit will be higher.
Let's get back to the point. After being blessed with three character templates, Lin Qianxing's spirit was already powerful. With the use of treasures like Linglong Yudan, his upper limit was constantly being raised. Now, the strength of his soul is definitely far beyond that of ordinary peak spirit-refining warriors.
Therefore, the ten days or half a month that it takes for ordinary peak-level spirit-refining warriors will be shortened for Lin Qianxing.
To what extent can it be shortened?
Boom~!
After another attack by Lin Qianxing, the solid barrier was finally broken.
A portal is formed here.
Some spiritual energy passed through his body and slowly seeped into his sea of consciousness through the door.
These spiritual energies combined with the chaotic and dark energy in the sea of consciousness to form a small puddle of water.
This puddle is a more advanced energy than spiritual energy, and it is the magical power formed by the combination of spiritual energy and consciousness.
Compared to spiritual energy which requires one to guide oneself, mana is easier to use.
Because it is combined with consciousness, magic power seems to have its own ideas. With just a thought, magic power can change into various forms according to your ideas.
And because magic power is more condensed than spiritual energy, the spells cast are also more powerful.
Lin Qianxing is now considered a foundation-building cultivator.
Of course, he is still in the first small realm of foundation building, "inspiration".
The foundation-building realm of a Qigong practitioner is divided into three realms: inspiration, transcendence from the ordinary, and divine consciousness.
The inspiration is to open up the purple palace sea of consciousness and give birth to magic power, which is Lin Qianxing's current realm.
To shed his mortal form, he would need to refine enough magic power to fill up his sea of consciousness, and at the same time use the magic power to cleanse his body and shed his mortal form.
The final divine thought is to integrate one's own magic power into the soul, so that the mental power can be transformed into divine thought.
One thing I want to say here is that after Lin Qianxing chose the path of martial arts, the step of integrating mana into the soul will be somewhat different, because in the state of unity, the soul and the body are integrated into one, so the point where mana is filled into the soul will become integrated into the body.
At that time, Lin Qianxing's body will undergo further changes.
To put it simply in game terms, when he attacks, he will cause both physical damage, magical damage, and mental damage control effects.
So this is also the reason why the paths of Qigong practitioners and martial artists are complementary.
After successfully building the foundation, Lin Qianxing did not stop practicing, but instead began to practice the state of unity.
He had already mastered the tempering of his body and the refining of his spirit. Now, as long as he could successfully guide the fusion of his spirit and body, he would be able to enter the state of unity.
Lin Qianxing took out the Shen Rong Pill and threw it directly into his mouth.
There is no need to refine it. Once it comes into contact with water, the Rongshen Pill will melt and then be absorbed by Lin Qianxing.
Immediately, he felt his soul being enveloped by a strange energy, which constantly nourished his soul and at the same time acted like a glue, shortening the distance between his soul and body and making them more compatible.
"Reach the utmost emptiness, maintain the deepest stillness, sink your mind into your spirit, and blend your soul into your body..."
Lin Qianxing silently recited Professor Zhou Quanhai's key points, calmed his mind, and allowed his soul to merge into his body.
With the help of the Rong Shen Pill, Lin Qianxing's process went extremely smoothly and he quickly found the trick.
During this process, the meager magic power that Lin Qianxing had just cultivated was actually involved, acting as a lubricant and allowing Lin Qianxing's soul to integrate more smoothly.
Click~!
Just like mortise and tenon structures inlaid together, Lin Qianxing's body began to lock with his soul, becoming a whole, no longer separable.
