Chapter 77

These matters were completely unknown to Hua Xiajiu, but this did not hinder his gratitude towards Yougui. In his view, this information was knowledge, knowledge that could be directly transformed into strength and realm, the most precious knowledge in the world, something that no amount of spirit stones or treasures could buy.

After Hua Xiajiu carefully organized and selected, there were two cultivation techniques for the Dantian Formation Realm: one was the top-tier technique "Yuming Divine Technique" passed down through generations of the Yuming lineage, and the other was the technique "Ming Shen Jue" that Yuming had obtained by chance.

However, "Ming Shen Jue" was only a fragment, containing only the cultivation techniques up to the Inquiry Realm, while "Yuming Divine Technique" was complete, and in the scripture hall of the Yuming lineage, one could also find the cultivation insights summarized by the predecessors of the Yuming lineage over ten thousand years.

For this reason, Yougui himself also switched to cultivating "Yuming Divine Technique" after advancing to the Inquiry Realm. Fortunately, the two techniques had similar attributes, so with the help of Yuming Zhenren, Yougui successfully changed his cultivation technique to "Yuming Divine Technique."

After carefully reading the contents of the two divine techniques, Hua Xiajiu began to ponder and make a decision. Yougui did not choose the technique for him but explained the relevant situations and let Hua Xiajiu decide for himself. Whether it was based on what Yougui said or Hua Xiajiu's own judgment, "Ming Shen Jue" was extremely profound and mysterious, even subtly surpassing "Yuming Divine Technique" in depth and breadth.

In the path of cultivation, the cultivation techniques used during the Spirit Condensation Realm generally showed little difference, with only the speed of absorbing spiritual energy varying, leading to different grades. However, above the Dantian Formation Realm, different techniques could result in significant differences in cultivation speed and the power of magical techniques and spells.

Moreover, it was relatively easy for cultivators to switch techniques during the Spirit Condensation Realm, but once they reached the Dantian Formation Realm, switching techniques was extremely difficult unless the attributes were the same. This was also why Hua Xiajiu, who had already reached the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm a few months ago, had not considered advancing to the Dantian Formation Realm. Similarly, sects like the Ziyou Sect only recruited low-level cultivators below the Dantian Formation Realm for this reason.

After not much consideration, Hua Xiajiu decided to switch to "Yuming Divine Technique." Even though "Ming Shen Jue" seemed more profound and mysterious, without a complete technique, he could only regretfully abandon it.

After making his decision, Hua Xiajiu immediately put it into action, closing his eyes and beginning his cultivation.

To switch techniques, the first step was to follow the essentials of "Yuming Divine Technique" and circulate the true essence in the True Essence Lake through the specific meridians of "Yuming Divine Technique" for nine major cycles. Only then could the nature of the true essence be transformed into the unique cold and yin nature of "Yuming Divine Technique."

It did not take long for Hua Xiajiu to fully understand the essentials of "Yuming Divine Technique," and he then entered a calm and tranquil state of meditation.

Hua Xiajiu's mind sank into his dantian, controlling and guiding the true essence to begin circulating through the specific meridians. This portion of true essence was the maximum amount that the meridians could accommodate without damage, but it was only a fraction of the true essence in the True Essence Lake.

Perhaps because his soul form was much stronger than that of cultivators at the same realm, Hua Xiajiu's mind could guide the true essence to circulate through the meridians much faster than other cultivators at the same realm. In one breath, it had already completed one cycle, and after nine breaths, it had completed nine full cycles.

This speed was already considered quite fast, but seeing that only a thousandth of the total true essence had turned from white to gray, Hua Xiajiu could not help but frown.

According to the content of "Yuming Divine Technique," the true essence cultivated was divided into three qualities: gray for the lowest, black for the middle, and purple for the highest. The lower the quality, the less dense the true essence; the higher the quality, the more refined and dense the true essence, and thus the greater its power.

The true essence that had been transformed was of the lowest quality, gray, which disappointed Hua Xiajiu.

Hua Xiajiu frowned and pondered, searching his mind for information on technique transformation and making calculations.

After half an incense stick's time, Hua Xiajiu's face showed a look of understanding.

When switching techniques, if the attributes of the two techniques did not conflict, it usually took only nine cycles of the original true essence in the specific meridians of the new technique to transform it. If the attributes conflicted, it might take eighteen cycles, or even thirty-six cycles or more.

Finding the reason, Hua Xiajiu's mind sank back into his dantian meridians, controlling the thousandth of the true essence that had already turned gray to continue circulating through the meridians.

After another nine breaths, this portion of true essence completed another nine cycles in the meridians, and the color of the thousandth of the true essence became noticeably darker, but it was still between gray and black, not yet turning black, let alone purple.

Seeing this, Hua Xiajiu did not give up. Without hesitation, he directly controlled the thousandth of the true essence to continue circulating.

After another eighteen breaths, this portion of true essence completed another eighteen cycles, adding up to thirty-six cycles in total. The thousandth of the true essence finally turned black, becoming middle quality.

Most of the inner disciples of Yuming Mountain had this middle-quality black true essence, but Hua Xiajiu was still unsatisfied. Without hesitation, he again controlled the thousandth of the black true essence to continue circulating.

After another thirty-six cycles, this portion of true essence became much darker, but there was no sign of it turning purple.

Hua Xiajiu did not give up and continued to control the true essence to circulate.

After an incense stick's time, Hua Xiajiu's face turned slightly pale, his mind having consumed a great deal. The thousandth of the black true essence had circulated nearly a thousand cycles, becoming extremely dark, but it still did not turn purple.

Although Hua Xiajiu was extremely reluctant, he had to stop cultivating and frown in thought.

"It seems impossible to transform all the true essence in my body into the highest-quality purple in one go. Even if it could be transformed into purple, at this rate, it would take an eternity. Think about it, it took me less than a month to cultivate from nothing to the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm. If I continue like this, it might be better to break the True Essence Lake and release all the true essence from 'Tianyi Forging Spirit Technique,' then start over with 'Yuming Divine Technique.' But that would be a pity for the true essence I have already cultivated with great effort." After a while, Hua Xiajiu's face turned somewhat ugly as he muttered to himself.

Just as Hua Xiajiu was about to dissipate the true essence from "Tianyi Forging Spirit Technique," a flash of inspiration suddenly came to him, and he remembered the cultivation method of "Ming Shen Jue."

"Absorb spiritual energy into the body, divide it into two, one part rises and one part sinks. One part enters the dantian to form the True Essence Lake, transforming into a true essence pill and cultivating the true spirit to leave the body and sense the great Dao of heaven and earth. The other part rises to the soul sea, forming a foundation, cultivating the Ming Shen Altar, and achieving the position of a true deity."

The cultivation method of "Ming Shen Jue" had a significant difference from other cultivation techniques: the spiritual energy absorbed and transformed into true essence was divided into two parts. One part entered the dantian to form the True Essence Lake, while the other part flowed into the mysterious and eerie soul sea through an unknown channel.

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