Chapter 78

As the white light fell upon him, Meng Qi felt the long sword in his right chest and the powerful crossbow on his back fall off, and his wounds rapidly healed. The dizziness from excessive blood loss and the difficulty in breathing due to lung injuries quickly disappeared.

His skin glowed with a dark gold, and the Golden Bell Shield, which had been broken by the last strike, was restored.

"Haha, no need for eighteen years, I'm a good man again!" This time, the harvest was abundant, and Meng Qi was in a good mood. He moved his limbs and laughed like a smug little man.

At this moment, the reincarnation square was empty except for himself, with no one else around.

"They haven't returned yet? Could it be that time is not synchronized?" Meng Qi looked around, suppressing the worry that they might all be dead, and walked to the central light column. He first took out the small jade Buddha and asked the Master of the Six Realms to evaluate its value.

"Jade Buddha statue, mysterious item, value unknown, purpose unknown, suspected to be a symbol, landmark, or key, can be forcibly decrypted for 50,000 good deeds." The Master of the Six Realms said without any emotional fluctuation.

50,000 good deeds... Meng Qi could only chuckle, then suppressed his doubts, put away the small jade Buddha, and generated an ancient secret manual based on the content of the "Illusory Transformation Great Technique" in his mind.

"'Illusory Transformation Great Technique,' a technique for the启蒙 period, can be exchanged for 200 good deeds."

Seeing no "pseudo" or "deficient" words, Meng Qi felt reassured. He glanced at the exchange and, based on the arrangement rules, quickly found the "Illusory Transformation Great Technique," discovering that it originally cost 400 good deeds. This meant that Duan Xiangfei had not cheated, and the secret manual was correct.

He thought for a moment, put the secret manual away, and did not directly exchange it for good deeds, planning to first ask Jiang Zhwei and others if they knew about the three major secret treasures.

"Little monk, you returned quite early." Just as he thought this, Meng Qi heard Jiang Zhwei's clear and pleasant voice, like that of a lark. He turned his head and saw a white light enveloping Jiang Zhwei, who seemed to be seriously injured, almost on the brink of death.

Meng Qi laughed and said, "I might have completed the task faster."

The white light dissipated, and Jiang Zhwei walked over, carrying a heavy copper-green scabbard. Her black hair was still simply tied up, looking graceful and bright, but her yellow dress had been changed to an ivory one—she seemed to prefer colors that were elegant yet warm.

"I didn't expect it to be a solo mission," Jiang Zhwei said with a smile. "I was a bit worried that you might lack experience for your first solo action."

In previous exchanges, Meng Qi, based on "experience," had told them his guess that there might be solo missions and team confrontation missions, so when it actually happened, Jiang Zhwei was not panicked.

"I have the Golden Bell Shield, so even if I lack experience and make mistakes, there's still a chance to recover," Meng Qi said, feeling quite fortunate that he had taken this path. After all, in the reincarnation mission, it was impossible to accumulate experience and grow step by step like a normal martial artist.

At this point, he paused and asked, "Jiang girl, what are you carrying on your back?"

Jiang Zhwei had a large dark blue package on her back.

Jiang Zhwei wrinkled her nose and said, "Little monk, we are life-and-death comrades, so calling me 'Jiang girl' all the time is too distant. Just call me Zhwei, or better yet, Zhwei sister, haha."

Meng Qi's face turned awkward, as he couldn't blame Jiang Zhwei for wanting to be called "sister" since his body was three to four years younger than hers.

"Alright, just Zhwei," he wiped away a non-existent cold sweat.

Jiang Zhwei smiled lightly, "I knew it. You always act mature and probably don't like being called sister."

She was open-minded and didn't dwell on the issue, pointing to the package on her back and smiling, "I had some free time during this mission and collected quite a few secret manuals, which should be worth about a hundred good deeds."

"I had the same plan, but couldn't spare the time," Meng Qi said with regret. Fortunately, he had obtained the "Illusory Transformation Great Technique." "So many secret manuals, it must have taken more than one person to collect them, right?"

"Exactly, I got help from many people, but they were all ordinary secret manuals, not high-level ones," Jiang Zhwei confirmed Meng Qi's guess.

Since the topic of secret manuals had come up, Meng Qi quickly asked, "Zhwei, do you know about the three major secret treasures?"

"No," Jiang Zhwei shook her head and pondered, "Perhaps the names are different. Can you be more specific?"

"It should refer to the lower dantian, middle dantian, and upper dantian. I'm not sure about the first two, but the last one involves cultivating the ancestral point between the eyebrows, which can open the mental secret treasure, interfering with the enemy's senses and causing hallucinations during battles," Meng Qi explained in detail.

Jiang Zhwei immediately smiled, "I understand. After the nine orifices are naturally opened, to achieve the convergence of internal and external realms, one must pass through the life and death gate and step onto the 'bridge of heaven and earth.' This step involves cultivating the ancestral point between the eyebrows. If successful, one can sense the heavens and trigger some celestial phenomena, known as 'half-step external realm.' Only then can the internal and external realms converge, advancing to the external realm."

"Duo Er Cha was at this level last time. You didn't fight him, so you might not know that under his mental invasion, we were always on the brink of a heavenly tribulation, with thunderbolts striking. If not for the eye orifice being opened, which can initially dispel illusions, I couldn't have injured him. Even so, I suffered significant losses."

"The so-called mental secret treasure should refer to the abode of the spirit, the life and death gate."

"As for the middle dantian and lower dantian, they are refined during the process of opening the nine orifices."

"You haven't seen techniques for the启蒙 period, so it's no wonder you don't understand."

Meng Qi didn't interrupt, listening carefully to Jiang Zhwei's explanation, which indeed matched his own guess.

After Jiang Zhwei finished, Meng Qi thought for a moment and said, "Zhwei, the world I experienced this time has a unique method that can refine the lower dantian and middle dantian and open the ancestral point between the eyebrows without opening the orifices."

Jiang Zhwei rarely showed surprise, "Is that so? The body would be unable to withstand the backlash of breaking through the life and death gate and stepping onto the bridge of heaven and earth, leading to collapse."

In the world she and Meng Qi belonged to, there had been Daoist patriarchs and Buddha ancestors, numerous immortals and deities, and many geniuses. Many of these great beings had tried to bypass the natural opening of the nine orifices and directly cultivate the ancestral point between the eyebrows—believing that the physical body would eventually decay, only the spirit and soul could endure, so why not discard the physical body and directly cultivate the spirit?

However, all such attempts failed, leaving behind only the warning, "Ten thousand calamities and yin spirits cannot become sages."

Before Meng Qi could respond, Jiang Zhwei frowned and asked, "Could it be that they use heavenly materials like qi, sha, ice crystals, and fire spirits to refine the body, making it withstand the backlash? But that would be too wasteful and cut off future cultivation paths."

This would turn the body into something like a divine weapon or treasure, making it impossible to follow the normal cultivation path. Of course, at the external realm, one would certainly refine heavenly materials to deepen the interaction and sensing of the heavens, enhancing the power of techniques, but this was a completely different approach and method.

"No, they directly cultivated," Meng Qi felt even more that the world of Duan Xiangfei and Cui Xu was quite peculiar.

Jiang Zhwei pursed her lips and said, "I can't figure out why. It's strange, strange."

"Anyway, they all seem to be alive and well, with no backlash," Meng Qi also found it puzzling. "Why don't you take a look at this technique and see what's going on?"

Compared to Jiang Zhwei, Meng Qi's understanding of the启蒙 period was quite shallow.

"Let me see? Then the good deeds you can exchange will be halved," Jiang Zhwei frowned.

If Meng Qi shared the "Illusory Transformation Great Technique" with someone, the good deeds he could exchange would be halved for each person, and the other person could not exchange the technique for good deeds or teach others unless they obtained it through another channel.

Meng Qi was about to say it was fine, but Jiang Zhwei suddenly smiled, "Anyway, I'm very interested in this method that can open the ancestral point between the eyebrows without cultivating the natural nine orifices. I'll make up for the good deeds you lose."

Seeing Meng Qi's humility, she quickly added, "Brothers should be clear about accounts. I don't want us to have a falling out over such matters in the future."

"Alright," facing the generous Jiang Zhwei, Meng Qi naturally couldn't refuse and handed over the "Illusory Transformation Great Technique."

Jiang Zhwei took the secret manual, smoothed her hair, and flipped through it roughly. After a while, she said with a mix of frustration and amusement, "So that's what it is!"

"Hmm?" Meng Qi waited for her explanation.

Jiang Zhwei smiled strangely, "Because it doesn't actually open the ancestral point between the eyebrows."

"Ah?" Meng Qi was greatly surprised.

Jiang Zhwei composed herself and smiled, "This technique only initially refines and stimulates the ancestral point, producing various wonders, but it doesn't truly open it. Therefore, there is no backlash. If one wants to directly open the gate, the body will suffer a backlash from the external realm, either leading to severe injuries that are hard to heal or direct annihilation, leaving only a trace of spirit or yin spirit."

In Meng Qi's world, unless one was a great being above the external realm, a normal person's spirit and soul would quickly return to the heavens after death, either disappearing completely or entering a mysterious hell, the details of which were unknown.

Of course, if the environment was special or there was a fortunate opportunity, it was not uncommon for ordinary people below the great being level to leave behind a yin spirit, which would have a new life, but the yin spirit was easily damaged and had a short lifespan. After another "death," it would completely vanish.

"In other words, initially refining the ancestral point between the eyebrows can bring the ability to interfere with the enemy's senses and create illusions?" Meng Qi was not disappointed but rather delighted.

Jiang Zhwei nodded, "Yes, if further stimulation and refinement occur without opening the gate, it might bring the ability to cause minor celestial phenomena within a small range, though far less powerful than Duo Er Cha's."

"Right, that world has such rumors!" Meng Qi was pleasantly surprised.

Jiang Zhwei smiled self-deprecatingly, "Indeed. For us, the sole purpose of cultivating the ancestral point between the eyebrows is to open the life and death gate, and all methods are designed for this. We never thought about just stimulating it, while they, perhaps never considering the life and death gate, explored a different path. This is what they call 'the lamp under the dark.'"

She paused and said, "This technique can be cultivated concurrently, not only bringing various wonders but also making it easier to open the life and death gate in the future."

"Right!" Meng Qi was delighted by this.

Before he finished speaking, two more milky white light columns appeared in the square. Meng Qi and Jiang Zhwei exchanged glances and simultaneously felt relieved.

"We can discuss what to exchange now," Jiang Zhwei said with a smile to Meng Qi.

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