Chapter 87

Zhu Lingwu had thoroughly subdued these Xuanming Ghost Heads, originally intending to use them to help him cultivate his qi. However, he suddenly thought of a problem: the innate spiritual energy condensed within these Xuanming Ghost Heads had the wrong attributes. They were all negative, yin-type energies. If he used them to guide the earth and sky's spiritual energy for cultivation, would there be any issues with the innate spiritual energy they provided?

"This is wrong. If they help me cultivate, will I still end up with pure yang spiritual energy of the five elements? Or will it turn into pure yin spiritual energy of the five elements! However, if that's the case, it could also allow me to use many of the Xuanming Sect's spells! But, using the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra, a cultivation method for pure yang spiritual energy, to cultivate pure yin spiritual energy, won't there be any problems? Unfortunately, I can't find anyone to ask right now! The lack of a master's guidance is truly a headache!"

Zhu Lingwu couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated as he pondered. To ensure that his inferior innate spiritual meridians could have a normal cultivation speed, he had to work hard.

Actually, the Zhu family had a dedicated Transmission Academy responsible for teaching the family's children cultivation techniques. If the family's children encountered any problems during cultivation, they could consult the Transmission Academy for guidance.

However, the issue now was that Zhu Lingwu was not cultivating the Zhu family's techniques but the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra, which Meng Yishi had stolen. If he went to the Transmission Academy to ask, how would he explain the origin of this technique? It might even reveal the existence of Meng Yishi's spatial storage bag.

To show his intention to cultivate, before Zhu Lingwu officially began his cultivation, he went through the family's procedures to formally request a set of cultivation techniques from the Transmission Academy.

Although Zhu Lingwu's innate spiritual meridians were not a secret in the family, his request was not met with any difficulties. The Transmission Academy simply registered it and gave him a set of low-grade cultivation techniques.

This set of cultivation techniques, called the Five Elements Transforming Essence Technique, was specifically chosen based on Zhu Lingwu's innate five-element spiritual meridians. Unfortunately, as a low-grade cultivation technique, it could not compare to the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra that Zhu Lingwu possessed.

If Zhu Lingwu truly cultivated using the Five Elements Transforming Essence Technique, the efficiency would be so low that he might not even feel any progress. However, if he encountered any problems while cultivating this technique, he could seek guidance from the family's Transmission Elders.

Low-grade cultivation techniques and high-grade cultivation techniques were not comparable. Even the most basic issues could highlight the differences.

The distinction in the quality of cultivation techniques mainly lay in the techniques' methods. As a high-grade cultivation technique, the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra would guide Zhu Lingwu to condense innate spiritual energy points in his body according to the natural five-element attributes of the human body. Then, it would introduce the earth and sky's spiritual energy through these innate spiritual energy points to help Zhu Lingwu digest the spiritual energy.

As a low-grade technique, the Five Elements Transforming Essence Technique only taught Zhu Lingwu how to control the innate spiritual energy in his body to guide the earth and sky's spiritual energy into his body. It was like plowing a field, forcibly circulating the earth and sky's spiritual energy within his body and gradually digesting it with his innate spiritual energy.

Although both techniques ultimately cultivated pure yang spiritual energy, the difference in cultivation methods was significant. The Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra was like a high-speed maglev train, while the Five Elements Transforming Essence Technique was like a bicycle.

Generally, as long as your innate spiritual meridians included all five elements, the innate spiritual energy you could cultivate would be pure yang energy. This is because the five elements are balanced without any special attributes, so the resulting energy is pure yang.

Like sunlight, which is composed of seven colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—but appears as pure white light unless observed through a prism.

If your innate spiritual meridians were specialized, such as fire or water meridians, you could use different cultivation techniques to cultivate innate fire or water spiritual energy.

Of course, this refers to orthodox cultivation techniques. If you were in a sect like the Xuanming Sect, where yin-type innate five-element spiritual meridians are cultivated, you would end up with pure yin spiritual energy of the five elements.

Without further ado, if Zhu Lingwu were to ask about the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra, it would be quite interesting.

Although not all the Transmission Elders were patriarchs who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, some were high-level cultivators. They spent their days studying cultivation techniques and frequently answering the family's children's questions, making them very sensitive to issues related to cultivation techniques.

You shouldn't think that by breaking down your questions, you can hide them from their experience. That would only cause you more trouble.

But now, Zhu Lingwu couldn't explain the origin of the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Heart Sutra. How could he ask the Transmission Academy's elders?

Moreover, his adoptive mother was only at the fourth level of cultivation, and her understanding of cultivation was limited. Asking her would be futile.

Furthermore, women's mouths are hard to keep secrets. If his adoptive mother let something slip, it could cause significant problems.

Zhu Lingwu thought and thought but couldn't come up with a good solution. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Then, he steeled his resolve, "No matter what, I still have the acquired electric spiritual energy I condensed in my heart. Even if I now cultivate pure yin spiritual energy from pure yang spiritual energy, at least I will have made some progress in cultivation!"

Zhu Lingwu felt a bit disorganized in his mind. He had finally found a way to cultivate despite his inferior innate spiritual meridians, but he encountered this issue. He felt that things were not going smoothly.

But the biggest problem was that he couldn't solve it for now. He could only take it one step at a time.

However, this was just what he said for now. When it came to what he should really do, Zhu Lingwu would still think carefully. After all, this body was hard to come by.

Zhu Lingwu temporarily put aside his chaotic thoughts. No matter what, his immediate goal was to make those five Xuanming Ghost Heads his own.

So, he released the remaining four Xuanming Ghost Heads one by one. Soon, these five Xuanming Ghost Heads became his "skeleton soldiers" under his control.

Looking at the five Xuanming Ghost Heads flying around him and sensing the five-element spiritual energy they condensed, Zhu Lingwu couldn't help but console himself, "Wait, maybe I'm overthinking it. Perhaps I only need to use them to help me absorb innate spiritual energy and not use their own five-element spiritual energy. The spiritual energy they provide should be different from their own. Yes, this won't cause any interference, and they can cultivate alongside me!"

No matter what, Zhu Lingwu finally decided to give it a try. So, he issued a command to the sub-souls controlling the five-element spiritual energy within the five Xuanming Ghost Heads...

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