Chapter 2

**The Great Sun Golden Bell Cover**

Xiaoming stood at the classroom door, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the secret letter given to him by his mother.

In the sea of consciousness, after reciting the entire text, Jiang Tai, following the teachings of Jiang Fentian, condensed the 108,000 characters with his mental energy.

"Good, you've memorized it in half a day. That's excellent, that's excellent. This is actually a cultivation method for refining the spirit. With your memory from your previous life, your starting point is naturally higher than others, which is greatly beneficial to you!" Jiang Fentian said with satisfaction.

"Master, what is a spirit-refining cultivation method?" Jiang Tai asked, puzzled.

"Humans have upper, middle, and lower dantians. The lower dantian refines essence, the middle dantian cultivates qi, and the upper dantian refines the spirit. The spiritual sea we are in now is your upper dantian. Each dantian has its own wonders, but refining the spirit in the upper dantian is the most difficult. The methods for refining the spirit are always kept secret, so don't let anyone know about the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover. Otherwise, it will surely bring great disaster! As for how to cultivate, I don't have time to explain much. You'll have to find the answers yourself after you are born," Jiang Fentian said.

"Yes!" Jiang Tai nodded.

"When the amniotic sac breaks, the heavens and earth will bestow a thread of innate qi to all newborns. However, most infants don't know how to cultivate, so they cry out at birth, releasing this innate qi. I will now teach you how to refine this first thread of innate qi bestowed by heaven!" Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

"Master, you said most infants don't know how to cultivate. What do you mean? Don't all infants lack the ability to cultivate?" Jiang Tai asked, puzzled.

"Since you can be reborn with your memories, why can't others? When great masters are nearing the end of their lives, do they just wait to die?" Jiang Fentian explained.

"Oh? Master, are you saying there are others like me in the world?" Jiang Tai asked, surprised.

"Or what did you think? Those who can be reborn are very few, but almost all of them are great beings. Those who are born with extraordinary phenomena, with auspicious clouds and radiant qi, do you really think it's a celebration by the heavens? No, those are just the great beings dispersing the power accumulated from their previous lives, with energy overflowing and shining through the heavens. They discard their past lives and are reborn, being different from ordinary people from birth because of their past lives' accumulation. However, reincarnation can only occur within the same surname. You are special because of me. If you weren't surnamed Jiang, I would have erased your consciousness to prevent you from defiling the Jiang clan's legacy!" Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

Jiang Tai sighed.

"Master, if that's the case, those great beings can already cultivate in the womb?" Jiang Tai asked, a bit regretful.

"No, only on the day before birth can an infant's soul be born or be reincarnated. The true spirit only appears at that time. How can one cultivate in the womb?" Jiang Fentian shook his head.

"Oh!"

"So don't underestimate the people of the world. There are too many geniuses. However, being a genius isn't always useful. You have the first thread of innate qi. If you use it to refine essence, you can cultivate a treasure body much earlier than others; if you use it to cultivate qi, you can form a qi sea much earlier than others; if you use it to refine the spirit, you can cultivate supernatural abilities much earlier than others. Moreover, you already have the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover. Although refining the spirit may not make you stand out early, in the long run, the benefits will outweigh the drawbacks. Therefore, I suggest you use it to refine the spirit and the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover!" Jiang Fentian analyzed.

"Leave it to you, Master!" Jiang Tai responded.

Since he knew nothing about cultivation, he wouldn't make blind decisions. Moreover, he could feel his master's care, so he naturally had no objections.

"That's good. I will now teach you the method of refining qi into spirit. Remember, the innate qi is a rare opportunity for you!" Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

"Yes, Master!" Jiang Tai said with great seriousness.

After another three hours, Jiang Tai finally learned everything.

"Remember, when the amniotic sac breaks, the innate qi will enter your body. At the moment of birth, you must not open your mouth, or the innate qi will be released, and all your efforts will be in vain!" Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

"I will remember, Master!" Jiang Tai looked at Jiang Fentian with gratitude.

"It's almost time. There's less than an hour left, Jiang Tai. Take care of yourself!" Jiang Fentian said with a hint of sadness.

In the spiritual sea, Jiang Tai faintly condensed a blurry figure. Looking at the withered state of Jiang Fentian, Jiang Tai felt a wave of sadness.

Although they had known each other for less than a day, no words of gratitude could express his feelings at that moment.

"Master, your disciple Jiang Tai swears to avenge you!" Jiang Tai said with determination.

Then, the blurry figure knelt down and bowed nine times to Jiang Fentian.

Jiang Fentian looked at his disciple, feeling deeply moved, and finally gave a faint smile.

"I was meant to scatter with the wind and become dust in the world. But with you, I have no regrets. My remaining consciousness will scatter, but I will help you one last time. My remaining soul can bring you to this life because it contains a drop of cursed blood. The cursed blood cannot be integrated into your body, or it would harm you. It is the source blood born from my self-curse, also known as zombie blood. It is the key to me becoming a withered being. Although it cannot enter your body, it can fuse with your true spirit, giving you a body outside your body!" Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

"Zombie blood?" Jiang Tai asked, surprised.

"Buzz!"

Jiang Fentian's figure suddenly became blurry, and a drop of fiery red blood appeared in his palm. As the blood drop emerged, it seemed as if divine chants were coming from it, with a grand and vast sound. The blood drop was covered in countless runes that flickered, captivating the mind and drawing one deeply into it.

"Awake!" Jiang Fentian shouted.

"Buzz!" Jiang Tai suddenly woke up, looking at the drop of blood in surprise.

"This drop of zombie blood is also very high-grade, or you can call it the blood of a zombie king," Jiang Fentian said solemnly.

"Oh? Is zombie blood graded?"

"Yes, the higher the grade of the blood, the stronger the zombie. You will understand this in the future. Zombies are ultimately just demonic beings. The human body is the vessel of the Dao. Zombies actually destroy the Dao body, so there's nothing to envy. Therefore, for your body outside your body, it's best to find an animal to integrate its soul and cultivate it as a demon. However, you can only choose the most ordinary animals, or you won't be able to bear it!" Jiang Fentian explained.

"Yes!" Jiang Tai nodded.

"Good, there's less than an hour left. I will teach you how to refine my remaining soul!" Jiang Fentian smiled.

"Master!" Jiang Tai frowned, feeling reluctant.

"When the amniotic sac breaks, I will be destroyed. Don't be sentimental. If you remember my kindness, avenge me in the future. Don't let that dog thief kill you. Hurry!" Jiang Fentian shouted.

"Yes!" Jiang Tai said, feeling sad.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Fentian disappeared, replaced by another spiritual body of Jiang Tai. Inside this spiritual body, a drop of fresh red blood was now in his heart.

Jiang Tai looked at his body outside his body, a bitter expression in his eyes.

"Master, although I died because of you, I also received great kindness from you. This body outside my body, though weak, is an independent soul. It is not integrated with my soul but shares my true spirit and consciousness. He is me, and I am him. Master, rest in peace! Your name will be honored in the three realms in the future!"

The two Jiang Tais knelt down and bowed three more times.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a loud sound echoed, like a divine sound, making Jiang Tai's heart tremble.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, a surge of purple-golden qi appeared and quickly entered the body of the infant Jiang Tai.

"Hmm?" Jiang Tai's expression changed, and he quickly stood up, following Jiang Fentian's teachings to integrate the qi into his body.

The rolling purple-golden qi entered his body, bringing a warm current that made Jiang Tai feel an urge to moan in comfort.

"Innate qi?" Jiang Tai suddenly realized something.

He quickly followed Jiang Fentian's method to absorb the innate qi, refining it into spirit and qi.

As Jiang Tai rapidly refined the innate qi, a series of chaotic sounds came from outside.

"Ah, the amniotic sac has broken, the amniotic sac has broken! Hurry, the young lady is about to give birth!"

"Hurry, hurry, midwife, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Is the water boiling?"

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A chaotic noise filled the air, with men, women, maids, and midwives all in a panic.

Outside a small room, a group of servants stood guard.

A middle-aged man in a gray robe, with bulging muscles and a scar on his right cheek, stood at the front, his sleeves rolled up, waiting with a frown.

"Sir Man, is the young lady about to give birth?" a servant asked nervously.

"I'm here. You guard the four directions. We have the two best midwives in the area, so the young master will definitely be born. Nothing must go wrong at this moment!" the gray-robed Man said coldly.

"Yes, but this young master...!" a servant frowned.

"This is not your concern. Regardless of who the young master's mother is, he is the lord's biological son. If anything happens, all of you will be buried with him. Put away your thoughts!" Man said coldly.

"Yes!" the servants shuddered.

"It's a boy, it's a boy!" a midwife called out excitedly.

On the large bed, a very beautiful but weak woman looked at the infant in the midwife's arms, as if all the world's beauty was concentrated in this child.

"Why isn't the baby crying?" the midwife suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"Crying?"

Jiang Tai kept his mouth tightly shut, continuously refining the innate qi bestowed by heaven. If he cried now, all his efforts would be in vain. He had to refine it quickly.

"Yes, hurry, hurry, Old Wang, the baby isn't crying, it must be because the qi isn't flowing properly. Turn it over and slap its bottom to get the qi flowing!" another midwife called out.

"Okay!"

"Slap!"

A slap landed on Jiang Tai's small bottom, making his mouth tremble, almost releasing the innate qi.

"Slap you, I'm cultivating, I can't open my mouth!" Jiang Tai shouted in his mind.

"Hurry, slap again!"

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

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His bottom was slapped repeatedly, and Jiang Tai felt like crying but couldn't. How did he end up with these two demons right after being born? He was about to lose his innate qi because of them.