Volume 9: Star Cave Chapter 128 Immortal
The green smoke on the other side of the human body also slightly changed its shape at this moment, and then pushed its intestines and internal organs back.
After laughing, the half-man looked at Lu Bai carefully, as if he saw something, but also as if he saw nothing, and then he said: "Maybe you really are from outside the world, but you don't come from a good place."
"We, the people of Xuanmen, cultivate immortality for longevity, but we need to constantly discard various things in the process of becoming immortal. We become less and less like humans, but we are required to become more and more like humans."
“This is hell!”
"There is no such situation in hell. In most cases, hell is very peaceful." The hell in the other party's words refers to the place after death. Lu Bai was able to confirm this through the mental power exuding from the words.
In the eyes of people in this world, the Land of Death is a place where all living beings suffer. This cultural aspect is slightly different from that of Earth.
Therefore, people in this world are more afraid of death. Of course, even if there is no such culture, people are still afraid of death.
"Really?" Half of the person seemed to be recalling something, and the muscles on half of his face kept twitching. The memories of the past did not seem so friendly.
"That's great." The half-man shook his head and said seriously, "Since my fellow Taoist has come to this world, I must naturally show my hospitality as a host."
"Because of many rules, I cannot pass on to you the cultivation methods of this world and the essence of several methods of my Xuanyi Sect. However, I can pass on to you the other methods that I have developed myself and the methods that I have collected from others over the years."
"In addition, I have three villas outside the city, which can also be handed over to you for handling." Qingyan's body on the other side of the half-man slowly condensed a hand and clenched it: "After all, my current state is not suitable for appearing in front of others."
"These ghosts and gods will also follow you and show you the secrets and rules of this world." As he spoke, the ghosts and gods who had carried the sedan chair before also appeared beside Lu Bai, holding scrolls of scriptures in their hands and bowing to Lu Bai respectfully.
"So what do you hope to get from me, fellow Daoist?" Lu Bai looked at the three great gifts presented to him upon meeting him, and did not take them rashly. Instead, he asked the man on the side.
"I hope that fellow Taoist will use "Huanzhen Dao" as his own origin when he travels in this world, and then find a reincarnated person for me and try to lead her into Taoism." The green smoke around the half-human was floating continuously at this moment, and the body on the human side also showed a look of pain at this moment.
"A person who has been reincarnated?" Lu Bai frowned, then looked around slightly.
"Based on my observations during this period, there should be no possibility of reincarnation in this world." Everything in the world is under the suppression of the "outlier". Anything inhuman will be banned, and once it is done, it will be "struck down".
"So, fellow Daoist, once you find the person who has reincarnated, that will be the person I want to find." The half-man did not deny this, but said this with a little pain.
As the topic came to an end, the emotions on his face gradually calmed down.
Obviously, he was subject to great restrictions, and even though he had become an immortal, at least at the Moon Level according to the outside world's standards, that restriction still penetrated deep into his body and could not be removed.
"Then let's agree to your request." Lu Bai nodded and took the scriptures and land deeds handed to him by the ghosts and gods next to him.
"Then I wish you a long and prosperous path!" said the half-man, as the green smoke around him floated more and more fiercely.
Then the space became unstable, and Lu Bai appeared at the edge of the cemetery again. All the ghosts and gods turned into smoke, attached to Lu Bai's clothes, and formed some patterns.
Lu Bai looked at the half-human portrait on the tombstone, then raised his head to the sky thoughtfully.
After a while, as Lu Bai asked, the ghost whispered in his ear, telling him the location of the three villa properties and the nearest one.
Lu Bai was also not vague. He picked up a scroll of scriptures given by Banbian and headed towards the residence.
Lu Bai continued to read and gained a certain understanding of the cultivation methods in this world.
That is the practice method of this world, which may be deeply related to Tianya, but it is not just Tianya.
Lu Bai has also witnessed some of the dimensional pollution in Tianya. The core of it is metamorphosis. The so-called metamorphosis is to transcend one's current state and achieve transformation between life and death.
Combining his previous understanding of Quiet Forest and Green Forest, Sanctuary and Criticality, Lu Bai felt that the end of the world might also be about "change".
One is eternal, the other is change.
It seems that part of the opposing real dimensions has this opposition.
The practice method in Lu Bai's hands is a method called "Xuanyuan Mingsha Sutra".
The highest level of practice with this kind of skill can lead to becoming an immortal.
The first step of this technique is not the usual one, as he needs to "kill" himself in the first step.
It is not killing in the sense of life, but killing oneself in the " social " sense.
This kind of social death is not just a simple loss of face.
Instead, you need to arrange a murder and kill your past identity, including but not limited to disguising your own body with another person's corpse, and die in an "accident" in public. In short, you need society to confirm your death.
After bidding farewell to the public and discarding his past identity in this way, he gave himself a Taoist name, wrote it on a wooden plaque, and wrote down his own date of birth on it.
Then he placed the wooden sign into the mountain spring, and then continued to cultivate his mind and concentrate among the mountains and forests.
When the wooden sign is continuously washed by running water and rots, magic power will be generated naturally, which is considered as the beginning of foundation building.
"What we cultivate is life force!" Through these complicated rituals, Lu Bai grasped the essence of practice - life force.
This life force is not just the force of life, but life span.
Lu Bai had known about lifespan before.
Lifespan refers to the experience of life and life-related activities.
After Lu Bai understood the origin, this understanding was further advanced.
The original is a driving force that pushes life forward. On the time scale of life, the original driving force causes life to change constantly.
And when this driving force reaches a certain level, your life will end and your life span will end.
Therefore, life span is actually the destiny that life should experience under the driving force.
The Xuanyuan Mingsha Sutra is about making the past self die in some way, then separating from the masses and creating a new self.
It doesn’t matter whether the wooden sign decays in the flowing water. What is important is that during this period of time, you experience the difference between yourself and the past.
And use the difference between my past self and my present self to intercept the power of life, complete the foundation, and transform the life force into magic power.
As for why life force can be retained in this way, it is because this world is a relatively special place that limits the existence of human beings. Newborn people must also have a new life.
Therefore, the people in this world and their lives are actually protected by power.
This practice cleverly borrows the rules that outliers have set for this world.
The conflict between the original push and the life force will make the life force become agitated and thus become "materialized" and can be intercepted, collected, and refined.
After confirming this, he has already established his foundation. However, his magic power is limited at this time, and he cannot fight with others at will, so he needs the second level of practice.
It requires life force to form a life soul.
In the second volume, there are relatively fewer rituals. They are all a kind of knowledge about building a soul, and they have told many people what kind of soul is an excellent soul.
Constructing the soul is actually somewhat similar to the Dyson sphere, which is a reaction device formed by life force. It wraps the soul and can continuously convert the various driving forces of the soul into magic power.
At this stage, mana becomes a recoverable regenerative force. As long as there is no problem with the soul, mana can be regenerated to a certain extent.
However, this kind of practice also has various taboos. It requires calculating the birth date and fate taboos, and formulating various rules to avoid the collapse of one's own soul.
Although there are various taboos, this practitioner is already able to unleash the power of heaven and earth. He has many means at his disposal, and as long as he is well prepared, it is not impossible for him to destroy an army alone.
The strength is already equivalent to the level of a town or an army.
Then comes the third level of cultivation - condensing the earth soul.
The so-called earth soul is a kind of power of ghosts and gods.
Although one's own mana is a renewable resource, it is still very precious.
In this case, we still have to save what we can, so we need to turn the external force into a tool, and our own magic power into a triggering force that just drives the tool.
Therefore, at the earth soul stage, one basically has the power to control ghosts and gods.
At the cost of some people with special destinies, after their death, they will be refined into special individuals with various powers.
There are many different ways to refine ghosts and gods, and different refining methods have different power properties.
For example, the ghosts and gods that half of the people gave to Lu Bai were condensed using a method called "Three Incense Remembering Method".
It has the ability to turn into smoke and float between heaven and earth. It has the ability to confuse people's minds, enter people's dreams, and control people's bodies.
The special thing about this ability is that they can deal with ordinary people.
Extraordinary abilities are difficult to take effect on ordinary people, but on the contrary, there are not so many restrictions for other people who are also extraordinary.
It can only be said that the special rules of this world allow ordinary people to stay away from the persecution of supernatural powers to the greatest extent.
Even immortals would be restrained when facing ordinary people, and in many cases they are not as useful as a knife.
The beauty of the Three Incense Method is that it borrows the power of ordinary people's incense. Although it still has many limitations when facing ordinary people, it can at least allow ordinary people to taste the horror of extraordinary power.
In this world, exerting power is really troublesome.
