Chapter 48

The true highest-level cultivation techniques are not passed down through writing.

What is known as cultivation techniques is more of a kind of enlightenment.

And this enlightenment, when expressed in words, even the most precise language will have some degree of error.

Therefore, the most supreme cultivation techniques are never recorded in writing but are instead inscribed on objects of inheritance by great powers, to be enlightened by the recipient.

Whether one can gain enlightenment depends on their individual destiny. So some people, in order to increase the chances of successful enlightenment, will diligently study the Daoist scriptures or cut off their emotions and desires, among other methods.

Just like the Eight Trigram Disk of the White Ghost, it is also not passed down through writing.

Although the Eight Trigram Disk records a lot of knowledge in writing, what is recorded in writing is certainly not the highest-level ghostly knowledge but only some common knowledge in the ghostly realm.

The tens of minutes passed quickly, but to Sengoku Fukuyuki, those tens of minutes felt as long as tens of years.

Finally, when the pain receded like a tide, Sengoku Fukuyuki felt much more relaxed, and at the same time, many pieces of information that she did not yet understand appeared in her mind.

Compared to the ease with which the White Ghost received the inheritance, Sengoku Fukuyuki's current disheveled state was entirely due to the special nature of the extremely domineering cultivation technique, "Yōmei Ketsu."

The cultivation technique that Seha knew to be most suitable for the killing heart was undoubtedly special.

"How are you feeling? Are you okay?" Seha bent down and extended her hand to Sengoku Fukuyuki.

"I'm fine now, thank you for your concern, Lord Seha." Looking at Seha's extended hand, Sengoku Fukuyuki's face turned slightly red, but she still reached out and held Seha's hand, standing up with her help.

"How much have you understood?" Seha asked again.

"Just a little bit." Sengoku Fukuyuki said with a somewhat stiff face.

"That's normal! It's a long process. As long as you can understand something now, that's already good." Seha comforted her and then asked, "So, have you understood the most basic part?"

"Yes, I have." Sengoku Fukuyuki nodded.

"Then let's start! I'm here now, so I can help you!" Seha nodded and said.

"Please guide me." Sengoku Fukuyuki bowed and said.

Then, Sengoku Fukuyuki sat cross-legged on the ground, while Seha squatted down and placed her hand on Sengoku Fukuyuki's lower abdomen.

Sengoku Fukuyuki's face turned red again, but it quickly returned to its usual serious expression as she closed her eyes and began her first cultivation.

To form the first thread of true qi in the body and achieve the goal of entering the Dao, one must first have a constitution that can adapt to and store true qi.

However, such a constitution is not possible by birth, unless one has a primordial spirit like Seha, using the power of the primordial spirit to forcibly transform one's body, making the body's constitution change in a short period of time.

Otherwise, to have a constitution that can adapt to and store true qi, one can only achieve it through hard training after birth.

This postnatal training also comes in different forms.

Like ordinary martial artists who train their bodies over a long period of time to forcibly change their constitution, this is known as external martial arts or external cultivation techniques.

On the other hand, using internal cultivation techniques, controlling breathing frequency, and other methods to absorb a small amount of energy from the universe to forge the body and improve the constitution, this is known as internal martial arts or internal cultivation techniques.

However, whether it is external cultivation techniques or internal cultivation techniques, to completely change the constitution to the point where the body can store the first thread of true qi, it would probably take several decades.

Among them, internal cultivation techniques are still better. External cultivation techniques do not have several decades to train the body, and people who practice external cultivation techniques generally enter a decline after their thirties or forties.

Therefore, historically, those who could complete the improvement of their constitution through internal cultivation techniques and successfully cultivate the first thread of true qi and enter the Dao, though few, do exist. But those who used external cultivation techniques to train their constitution to enter the Dao, except in ancient times, have not existed in the past thousand years.

And in modern times, with the advancement of science, the rise of firearms, and the decline of martial arts, even fewer people are willing to spend several decades training hard just to improve their constitution to cultivate the first thread of true qi.

The popularity of martial arts novels has also led modern people to misunderstand true qi, thinking that as long as they have cultivation techniques, true qi is easy to cultivate, without realizing the great perseverance and determination required to truly cultivate true qi.

Like the "Yi Jin Jing" in Shaolin Temple, which was once a coveted secret manual, though it still has a significant gap compared to the true highest-level cultivation techniques that are not passed down through writing, it is already a top-level secret manual in the mortal world.

And even such a secret manual can now be easily searched on the internet in modern society, but how many people can persist in training for decades just to produce the first thread of true qi? Even the most enthusiastic martial arts enthusiasts would at most train for ten to fifteen days, see that no true qi has been produced, and then give up, thinking that true qi is a fraud.

Therefore, the world has truly entered the Dharma-ending age.

Of course, besides the methods of external and internal cultivation techniques, there is clearly a better method, which is to use the most supreme cultivation techniques, like the "Yōmei Ketsu" that Sengoku Fukuyuki is practicing or the "Chunyang Shengxian Jue" that Seha herself practices, to absorb a large amount of energy from the universe, cleanse the body, and quickly change the constitution.

In this way, it usually takes only a few years to complete the improvement of the constitution and reach the level where the body can store true qi.

However, this most supreme cultivation technique is not something anyone can practice; it requires extremely strong talent and qualifications.

For example, the "Chunyang Shengxian Jue" that Seha practices can only be practiced by someone with a pure yang will.

This pure yang will is not physical but refers to the soul and consciousness.

Because these most supreme cultivation techniques are not passed down through writing but are directly transmitted through consciousness.

Therefore, those who practice such cultivation techniques must have a similar ideology to the creator of the technique.

It's like trying to explain the greatness of God or the Buddha to an atheist; they will not be convinced.

Or like trying to explain the beauty of flowers to someone who dislikes flowers; they will not understand.

As for the qualifications required for Sengoku Fukuyuki to practice the "Yōmei Ketsu," it is naturally the killing heart.