Volume 1 Uncle Nine's World Chapter 4: Refining Essence
Looking at the amulet in Jiale's hand, Simu couldn't help but cry out, and Jiale was somewhat happy to see Simu.
He handed the amulet to Simu and asked, "Master, do you think I succeeded?"
Simu took the amulet from Jiale's hand and was very sure that this was not one of the two amulets he had drawn. But how could this be possible? It only took him half a day to draw it. Could Jiale really be a genius that only appears once in a thousand years?
At this moment, Taoist Simu thought of the bitterness he experienced when he was learning Taoism, and actually felt a little frustrated.
Master once said that although your eldest brother has good talent, compared with a true genius, he is just average. When you meet a true genius, you will know what despair is.
Simu is now in despair. If Jiale knew that it took him a month to practice boxing until he became proficient, and a month to draw the amulet before he mastered its form, wouldn't he be greatly disappointed in him?
To be honest, teaching such an apprentice is really stressful.
However, no matter how great the pressure is, it is a happy thing to pick up a talented apprentice for free. Simu's heart was excited again. In his generation, he was not as good as his eldest brother Shi Jian, nor as good as his second brother Lin Fengjiao. However, he was lucky to have accepted a talented disciple. Since he could not compare with them, he would compete with his apprentice. This time, he would definitely win.
In the next half month, Taoist Simu no longer went out to drive corpses to make money, but instead calmed down and taught Jiale seriously.
Practice boxing in the morning and draw talismans in the afternoon.
After only two days of practicing boxing, Taoist Simu felt that there was nothing more he could teach, and he would replace the talismans he drew every two days, starting with the simplest one for protective protection, to the later ones such as the same body talisman, the talisman for seeing Yin, the talisman for exorcising evil spirits, the talisman for suppressing corpses, the talisman for suppressing ghosts, the talisman for suppressing demons, and the talisman for driving away corpses.
In just half a month, Jia Le had already mastered the drawing methods of eight kinds of talismans. Although mastering the talisman shape does not mean that Jia Le can draw talismans, it is really shocking that Jia Le completed the training task that Taoist Simu took a year or even two years to complete in just half a month.
And this morning.
Simu looked at Jiale who was practicing boxing in the yard and felt a little nervous. He could feel the spiritual energy around Jiale starting to float and even began to penetrate into Jiale's body. Having practiced Taoism for so long, Simu certainly knew what this meant.
This means that Jiale has achieved some success in practicing Maoshan Body Building Boxing and is about to condense his essence and break through to the next level.
How long did it take him to get to this point? One year or two years!
However, the process of breaking through to the Essence Refining Realm is generally not too fast. It took him a full day from the time he sensed the spiritual energy to the time he completed the breakthrough. Even his senior brother Shi Jian took a full two hours to complete the breakthrough.
I don’t know how long Jiale will last.
In the unknown space, Jiale felt as if he was in a lake, being nourished and surrounded by the lake water. The lake water was actually beginning to penetrate into his body. Thinking of Simu's previous teachings, Jiale was not panicked, knowing that this was the feeling of breaking through the Essence Refining Realm.
However, Simu also explained that this process would not be too fast, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is now very thin and difficult to absorb, which will make the breakthrough difficult. When breaking through, you may not be able to feel the existence of spiritual energy for a long time, and you will feel like being in a desert, looking for an oasis.
But his situation is a little different now. He doesn’t need to look for an oasis at all. The water of life has already come to him.
Could it be the credit of the unknown space?
Jiale thought of this possibility and stopped worrying about it. He focused his mind and body, and practiced the Maoshan Body-building Fist over and over again. At a certain moment, it seemed that a blessing came to his mind, or his body had reached a saturated state, and a cool substance began to appear in his body.
Could this be the essence?
Jiale was overjoyed. This was a success. Practicing boxing again, Jiale felt that his boxing style was completely different from before. Now he had a feeling that with one punch , even the cows in the village would be afraid of him.
Just when Jiale wanted to strike while the iron was hot and practice Maoshan Body Building Boxing a few more times, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
After exiting the unknown space, Jiale looked at the four stunned and waved his fist. He was completely different.
"Master, have I succeeded in breaking through?"
Simu came back to his senses after hearing that and nodded subconsciously. How long did it take? It seemed that it was not even the time of an incense stick. Back then, the master said that he also took three incense sticks, nearly an hour to succeed. Jiale was actually more talented than his master.
Maybe Jiale really has a chance to become a true disciple of their Maoshan!
At this moment, Simu seemed to have a little more hope.
Coming in front of Jiale, Simu gently stroked Jiale's shoulder and felt it carefully. As expected, he could feel the existence of essence in Jiale's body.
"Yes, it is indeed a success, just a little bit worse than what your master achieved at the beginning. However, the Refining Essence Realm is just the beginning. The eight realms are divided into early, middle, late and peak stages. To be specific, condensing one essence is the early stage of the Refining Essence Realm, condensing four essences is the middle stage of the Refining Essence Realm, condensing eight essences is the late stage of the Refining Essence Realm, and condensing twelve essences is the peak of the Refining Essence Realm.
The twelve essences fill the internal organs, making the body's essence sufficient, and then transform into Qi, which is the Qi transformation state. In fact, what one cultivates is the essence, energy and spirit. The so-called Nine-Turn Elixir is actually the essence, energy and spirit combined into one, transformed into a golden elixir, so that there is no distinction between essence, energy and spirit, and there is no risk of imbalance.
Now you have only condensed one essence, and you are still far from the 12th essence. However, after entering the realm of refining, you can practice the real way of talismans. That’s it for the morning. In the afternoon, I will teach you how to attach spirits. "
Jia Le was somewhat excited when he heard this. It had been twenty days since he came here. He finally had some ability to make a living and had entered the realm of cultivation. In other words, he was now also a cultivator?
In the afternoon, after learning the art of possessing spirits, he will be able to master the true art of talismans. Then, the talismans he draws will no longer be just for decoration. Will he be able to catch ghosts and get rid of monsters then?
Thinking of this, Jiale was a little distracted during lunch. After Simu saw it, he didn't say much. After all, he was not as good as Jiale in the beginning.
"To be honest, completing a talisman actually takes two steps. You have already completed the first step in the past half month. We call it 'talisman shape'. However, the talisman at this time only has a form without its spirit, and cannot be helped by divine power. Therefore, the second step is needed, which is what your master is about to teach you: attaching a spirit. The talisman is made by cultivators drawing on the power of heaven and earth. The medium is us cultivators. To be more specific, it is the essence and magic power in our bodies. Of course, there is also a little divine thought."
As Taoist Simu spoke, he had already picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write. An amulet took shape again, but this time Taoist Simu did not stop there. Instead, a surge of magic power surged in his body, and a point of spiritual light gathered in his hand, and then flowed through the talisman pen into the shape of the amulet.
A magical thing happened. After the amulet was infused with spiritual light, it flashed with golden light.
A complete amulet was formed, and Jiale seemed to understand something.
"How is it? Do you understand?"
Facing Simu's question, Jiale nodded. In fact, to put it simply, isn't it just inputting the essence or magic power in the body into the talisman to charge it?
Yes, it’s charging, just like the principle of guns and bullets, cannons and shells.
Jiale talked to Simu about guns and bullets. Simu was silent for a while. He had traveled all over the country after coming down the mountain, so he had naturally seen guns. It seemed that the principle of talismans was a bit rough, just like that, but it was also different.
"Jia Le, it's different. You'll know once you draw it."
Jia Le heard this and stopped thinking about it. No matter how much he said, it would not be as profound as drawing it himself. How could Jia Le not know this truth?
Jiale already knew everything about the amulet, and he finished it in one go as he picked up the pen. Then came the stage of attaching a spirit. Following Simu's example, Jiale began to mobilize the essence in his body.
However, this process is not as simple as Jiale thought. Although the essence is condensed by Jiale, whether it is obedient or not is not something Jiale can control in a short time. This requires practice.
After a while, Jiale was sweating profusely. At this moment, he finally understood the role of spiritual thoughts as mentioned by Simu. In order to mobilize the essence, he had to drive it with spiritual thoughts. In simple terms, it was to use the brain to control his body.
The first time Jiale mobilized his essence, it was very difficult for him. Fortunately, after unremitting efforts, he finally succeeded. With a little essence in his hand, Jiale transferred it to the amulet.
But the amulet did not emit any golden light.
Jiale looked at Simu in confusion, "Master, why is this happening? I'm obviously possessed by a spirit, why won't it dodge?"
