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"Have you all learned the breathing technique?"
Inside a large hall, Xuanyuan Yan and a group of inner disciples sat on the ground, listening to the first lesson of cultivating immortals taught by the Elder Shenchujing himself!
Xuanyuan Yan, who was born into the Xuanyuan royal family, had been exposed to the practice of immortal arts as soon as he learned to read. Over the years, he had eaten all kinds of spiritual fruits and rare birds to strengthen his body and practiced diligently, but he had only reached the late stage of the Qi Refining Stage.
If you want to truly join the ranks of immortal cultivators, it will take at least two or three years, and you cannot make any mistakes during this time.
For the geniuses of the Jiuzhou Continent, they have already established their foundation at the age of twelve or thirteen, reached Danxia at the age of fifteen, and reached the peak of the three realms of fetus at around twenty years old, that is, the spiritual fetus realm, to prepare for entering the three realms of Tao.
Xiao Xiyue, the eldest senior sister of Xianyun Sect, broke through the third realm of fetus at the age of eighteen and reached the realm of god-level cultivation. She is already a rare genius in the world. It is only a matter of time before her mind is perfect and she achieves the Dao rhyme in the future.
"I have."
"I've learned a little."
"Uncle Master, I have already reached the Qi Refining Stage!"
"I'm in the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm."
A group of disciples whose spiritual roots were at least of the third grade, or whose backgrounds were similar to Xuanyuan Yan, and who had taken the Ascension Order to join the Xianyun Sect, spoke one after another, their words quite proud.
"very good."
The elder smiled and said, "You have good backgrounds and a solid foundation. You don't need to use medicinal food to polish your body like those disciples from humble backgrounds. You can practice directly, let your body contain spiritual energy, and absorb it into your own magic power!"
Everyone looked pleased.
"but."
The elder's tone changed: "Don't be proud and complacent."
The expressions of a group of newly-initiated inner disciples froze instantly.
"The road to becoming an immortal is a long one."
The elder said calmly, "For example, our Sect Leader's wife cultivated for eight hundred years before reaching the Dao Yun Realm, while the Sect Leader only took fifty years. Yet, both he and his wife remain in the mortal realm, effectively reaching the same realm. While there may be other reasons for this, it illustrates one thing: the path to immortality lies in persistence."
Everyone was speechless.
Although the sect leader Bai Hexian is in the tribulation period, this is not a state of mind. It simply means that the sect leader has reached a perfect state of mind and is fully prepared. There is no further progress to be made in the human world, and he can transcend the tribulation and become an immortal.
Theoretically, anyone in the Daoyun Realm can become an immortal, but the calamity of becoming an immortal...
"A hundred years is enough to change anyone in the world."
The elder sat upright on the futon, speaking without any sadness or joy, "I hope you will remember what you are thinking, wishing, and seeking at this moment as you officially embark on the path of cultivation today.
Always remember this moment. When you are troubled by inner demons, recalling what I have said to you today may help you strengthen your faith and break free from your inner demons."
The sound reached everyone's ears, and it was no less loud than the sound of a huge bell, shaking their minds and making them sweat coldly.
"What I think, what I want, what I seek..."
Xuanyuan Yan was shocked and instinctively wanted to say that she wanted to become a prince like her father, making her brothers and sisters who were fighting for the position of prince a laughing stock. She, Xuanyuan Yan, did not need the family title at all!
But suddenly, a scene from a few years ago emerged in her mind.
The Queen celebrated her 500th birthday and invited the five major sects to come and celebrate, including Fairy Xiyue and Xuanyuan Yan, who was still a minor at the time!
The sound of the Xiyue Fairy's piano was indeed beautiful, attracting countless fairy birds to dance with her, beasts to cry, and millions of people in the capital were moved to tears.
But the empress who sat on the dragon throne, wielding the Nine Provinces Divine Cauldron and was admired by hundreds of millions of people across the world, seemed to be her...
"No, what am I thinking!"
Xuanyuan Yan shook her head. The royal family had too many super geniuses with extraordinary gifts. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had reached the state of God at the age of twenty, had now reached the perfect state of Soul Enlightenment, but there was still no hope of him ascending to the throne. It seemed that the current Queen had not enjoyed enough of the luxuries of the world and had no intention of ascending to heaven.
Even if the members of the Xuanyuan royal family took turns to be emperor once a year, it would not be her Xuanyuan Yan's turn within a thousand years.
"Alright, you can remember it if you want. If you can't remember it, that's fine. If you can't become an immortal, you're just a piece of earth anyway."
The elder smiled carefree and continued, "The breathing methods below the Foundation Establishment Stage are similar. You can continue to practice your previous method, or switch to our Xianyun Sect's method. Before reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage or even the Danxia Stage, you need to do two things:
First, learn a wide range of subjects to lay a foundation for future cultivation, choosing a direction for practice, such as practicing Dharma, swordsmanship, spells, beast taming, instrument making, or even playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. It is also possible to follow the path of your eldest sister, who cultivated the Dao with the zither."
Xuanyuan Yan sighed in his heart, this is the foundation of the five major immortal sects, which almost covers all the paths of cultivation in the world. Each path has been explored by predecessors, and they have achieved enlightenment and become immortals. Later generations only need to follow the steps.
"Other paths of cultivation." The elder's tone changed, his gaze turning to Xuanyuan Yan. "To gather the faith of all living beings and become a god, this is the way of the gods. If you can achieve a first-rank official position, and your name goes down in history, and the people of the world praise you, then in the future you can ascend Mount Tai, worship heaven and earth, and directly ascend to immortality without the test of heavenly tribulation."
Everyone was shocked. It turned out that one could become an immortal without going through a heavenly tribulation?!
But it seems that it is difficult to achieve. There may not be more than three or five first-rank officials in a hundred years. As for what it takes to be recorded in history, there is no standard. It is still very difficult to ascend to the immortal position.
"Uncle Master, are there any other ways to achieve immortality?" a disciple asked curiously.
"Yes. But it's not cultivation, it's demonic possession."
The elder's tone turned cold. "The Six Paths Demon Sect has a reincarnation method. When you reach the state of spiritual transcendence, your spirit will be put into reincarnation. You will go through ten lives as a human, ten lives as an animal, ten lives as a demon, and ten lives as a ghost. Finally, all your memories will be awakened. If you can keep your spirit immortal, you will directly become a demon."
"Well..."
When they heard that it was the Six Paths Sect's method, everyone was so scared that they dared not speak.
Xuanyuan Yan's heart trembled. Was this truly worthy of the Six Paths Sect's magical cultivation method? Ten lives as a human, ten lives as an animal, ten lives as a demon, and finally, a wandering ghost, wandering the mortal world and the netherworld. By then, when all the memories of a thousand years had been awakened, would that person still be the same person they were a thousand years ago?
"Uncle Master," another disciple asked, "I heard that there was a method of cultivating Buddhism in the past that could lead to immortality. Is that true?"
"The Dharma has perished."
The elder said this casually and did not mention it again, turning to continue: "Before you reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, you must do a second thing: choose a mental method, temper your spirit, and prepare for the three realms of the Tao in the future."
The so-called spirit and soul are the power contained in the three souls and seven spirits of a person. It is an essential means to cast spells. With a thought, it can immediately activate the magic weapon and detect everything within a thousand meters. It can also split the spirit and soul to bring down strange and inexplicable curses, or combine with spiritual tools to form a natal magic weapon.
The soul has many functions. After entering the state of spiritual exit, the practitioner can travel in the void, come into contact with the underworld, and witness those vicious and mysterious ghosts and demons.
"The mind is the root of the spirit," the elder concluded. "The body is merely a repository for the spirit; the spirit is the essence of man. Therefore, cultivating the mind is the most important aspect of cultivation. Without it, you are like a child holding a broadsword, possessing power but unable to wield it."
Everyone took note carefully.
The elder continued, "The cultivation of mind skills is different from the cultivation of mana. The cultivation of mana is limited by the meridians of the physical body. The students who are taught in each technique are similar.
But the mental methods are different. Even if they are taught by the same master and learn the same mental method, the final results will be very different.
This is also the main reason why inner demons breed, causing an imbalance in magical power and leading to practitioners going astray!"
Xuanyuan Yan seemed to be lost in thought.
The mind method tempers the soul, and the soul is necessary to control the magic power of the physical body. With a thought, the practitioner can cast spells, activate magic weapons, and explore the surrounding environment, all relying on the power of the soul.
However, this kind of mental cultivation is extremely mysterious. If you think wrongly, it is very likely that inner demons will grow and you will become like the devil of the Six Paths Sect!
"Uncle Master." Xuanyuan Yan suddenly thought, "Since the mind method is related to a person's personality, then what path does the senior sister follow in her cultivation of the mind method?"
The disciples were also very curious.
The eldest sister is beautiful, but her personality is really cold and unparalleled. According to the senior brothers and sisters, they have never seen the eldest sister truly smile, and she always looks calm and composed.
Just like the strange image of her Moon Palace, cold and lonely, with only one shadow in her body.
"...Xiyue is practicing the "Supreme Forgetfulness"
The elder hesitated for a while before answering, and his words seemed to be quite worried about the eldest senior sister of Xianyun Sect, fearing that something might go wrong in her cultivation.
Xuanyuan Yan was a little confused. The senior sister was already aloof, so why was she practicing the Supreme Forgetfulness?
Although Tai Shang Wang Qing doesn't mean people are heartless in the general sense, but Senior Sister... you don't express much emotion anyway, so why don't you choose some mental methods like "Expressing Love", "Red Dust", "Flying Together", "Secret Fun in the Boudoir" and so on?
"Let's not talk about your eldest sister." The elder smiled. "She might be the reincarnation of the Moon Palace Fairy. Every step of her cultivation is supervised by the head, his wife, and a group of Daoyun Realm elders. Nothing will go wrong. Okay, now let's begin the first lesson in cultivation: spiritual energy and magic power!"
Xuanyuan Yan collected her thoughts and listened attentively.
After Xiao Xiyue revealed the strange phenomenon in the Moon Palace, it quickly spread throughout the world. People speculated that she was the fairy Chang'e of Guanghan Palace, or the reincarnation of Taiyin Star Lord. As this rumor spread further and further, it was said that even the fairy world was secretly paying attention to her.