Destiny is ashes

Chapter 57 Taibai Evil Spirit
Inside An Jing's body, the activated spiritual roots faintly resonated with the spiritual sword evil, swallowing up the purified metal evil energy in big gulps and turning it into his own use.

Because the Xuanyuan Qi in the 'reverberation' was strengthened, after such a great circulation through the spiritual roots, An Jing's control over these sword evil spirits and golden evil spirits was strengthened and became more agile.

The moment the silver-grey evil spirit flowed into his dantian, he began to control the evil spirit in his body and the spiritual energy of the jade under Fu Xie's instruction, condensing and weaving them into the 'forbidden seed'.

Extremely subtle spiritual energy and evil spirit were drawn out and interwoven into an extremely complex and subtle structure in the Dantian. This structure contained the basic structure of all future Taibai Divine Prohibitions.

It is not a system, but like a toolkit. When needed, An Jing can mobilize the corresponding structure from it to form a restriction and form a rune formation-like structure in the body.

Planting is prohibited.

This is the forbidden planting of Taibai.

A complex octahedral silver-gray forbidden seed was located in the center of An Jing's dantian. Strands of power began to spread, following the flow of blood, the frequency of breathing, and the spread of thoughts, which in turn affected the whole body.

“It’s so effective!”

An Jing sighed. He felt that the meridians in his body were strengthened from the inside out, making his internal breath flow more smoothly and his endurance stronger.

This was just a forbidden cultivation. If he could really cultivate it, he couldn't imagine to what extent his body would be strengthened!
"This is the beginning of the spiritual root system, 'opening the spirit', also known as 'entering the Tao' and 'nourishing the meridians', but they are all about the same thing."

The sword spirit said softly: "Use appropriate cultivation methods, movements and mental states, supplemented by high-purity spiritual energy to stimulate the innate Qi in the body, so that the originally dormant power can gradually be transformed into essence."

"In martial arts, this is 'inner breath'. It is the first step on the path of practice."

"An Jing, you are already an internal breath warrior. If you open your spirit again, you should have a different feeling."

"indeed."

An Jing slowly opened his eyes, he looked at his hands, and felt that his control over his 'inner breath' had become more refined.

Not only that, he raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat surprised: "My internal energy has grown a little stronger - the innate energy in my body... has been tapped out again?"

An Jing's treatment in Xuanming Manor is absolutely first-class, and is not much different from those core disciples of large martial arts halls and even Dachen Martial Arts Academy. He often has monster meat and snacks to eat, and his body is full of innate Qi.

When he broke through his internal energy, it immediately became as strong as a river, which was enough to show his profound foundation.

However, his inner energy, which was like a river, had not yet fully developed all of An Jing's accumulation, and was still waiting for him to slowly practice and develop it.

But this time, the awakening of his spirit allowed An Jing to further transform the innate Qi in his body, tapping into the potential in An Jing's body at a faster rate, allowing his internal energy to take a step forward from a small river towards the realm of a large river.

Moreover, his soul has become more stable - the space in his sea of ​​consciousness has become a little larger, and there are crystal-clear spots of light flickering in it, circling around the broken sword!

It’s not just because of the echo, but also because after breaking through the inner breath, he got a second chance to grow!
The art of refining Qi is better than martial arts in nurturing the spirit and soul.

"really."

The Fuxie Sword Spirit seemed to have anticipated this: "Martial Arts is a branch of Qi Refining. Even if they have grown independently, the source is the same."

"Essence and internal energy are one and the same, and their cultivation methods complement each other and can make up for each other."

"With the martial arts destiny and the help of spiritual roots, you, An Jing, can digest all kinds of natural treasures and realize your potential twice as fast as ordinary cultivators. In the past, there were cultivators who awakened their destiny in the Qi Refining Dao. Most of them made rapid progress. It seems that this is the reason."

At this point, the sword spirit also said frankly: "But if that's the case, why doesn't Huaixu practice martial arts and refine qi? It is precisely because I considered that there might be other hidden reasons behind this that I only taught you Taibai Haoling Divine Prohibition, a practice that does not require external help and does not require real 'refining qi'. Even if there are really hidden dangers, the worst that can happen is that we won't practice it."

"This is very suitable for me who is in urgent need of improving my strength now."

An Jing nodded slightly. He sensed it and found that the essence transformed by the spiritual root was exactly the same as the internal breath he transformed using the "Yin Yang Movement and Stillness Method": "This essence and internal breath..."

"For you, it's all the same." Fu Xie said: "The first step of cultivation is the same. Whether it's essence or inner breath, you need to go through three stages."

"Like silk, like a river, like a tide."

"The innate Qi is the seed of cultivation. Only by strengthening the innate Qi can we transform it into internal energy and begin the subsequent cultivation. This is the essence and energy like silk. This step is difficult to use in combat and can only strengthen the body."

"Only when you reach a state where your vital energy is like a river, and the vital energy is fed back, can you unleash divine power, just like you are now. You can easily burst out with hundreds or even thousands of pounds of force, and even release your internal energy to form a sword energy that splits the air."

"Only when the essence and energy are like a tide and fill the body can you refine the essence into Qi. Using the essence and energy in the body as the source, you can refine the many strange spirits and evil spirits in the world and begin the real 'Qi Refining'."

Hearing this, An Jing couldn't help but wonder, "Only when the vital energy is like a tide can one truly refine the energy? But didn't I just refine your sword evil, Fu Xie?"

But he quickly reacted, somewhat suddenly realizing, "The Taibai Haoling Divine Forbidden Zone requires refined iron and the gathering of the five metal evil spirits... Is this skipping the growth of the essence and directly starting with the refining of qi?"

"Yes." Fu Xie Sword Spirit said with a smile: "This practice can directly merge the essence and 'the Qi of Heaven and Earth' through external objects, allowing you to skip the steps of essence and 'the river and tide' and directly start 'refining Qi'."

"Because this method is a method used by ancient sword immortals to quickly replenish their physical strength after they have achieved success, so the practice is complicated and difficult to get started, but it does not pay much attention to the original foundation of the practitioner. It is just right for you who have innate wisdom, and you can immediately form combat power."

"When you cultivate the first trace of 'Taibai Sha Qi', you will have power comparable to those strong martial artists."

"However, the cultivation of vital energy is still very important. It is the foundation of all cultivation methods. Even the Taibai Haoling Divine Forbidden Law should be cultivated after the vital energy is flowing. However, you and I are in urgent need of combat power now, so we can only force the cultivation a little bit."

"I understand." An Jing closed his eyes and sensed the Taibai forbidden seed in his body again.

As the foundation of An Jing's practice, it is entangled with the spiritual roots, slowly releasing strands of essence and energy, building a grid-like structure within its body.

But the speed is very slow. After all, it takes ten days or half a month to build a grid with just a little bit of energy.

If one wants to condense a trace of Taibai evil spirit, one needs at least several months of hard training.

But if there is assistance from external metal energy... it can catalyze and accelerate!
"This is the 'Taibai Gold Devouring Divine Forbidden'... It is indeed a gold-devouring beast!"

Feeling the power of Taibai Haoling's Divine Forbidden Technique, An Jing couldn't help but smile - the cultivation of essence and energy is a slow and steady process. Even with his talent, he has to slowly polish the basics, enhance his innate qi, and then slowly transform it into essence and energy.

If he wants to perfectly advance to the state of Vital Energy, he will need at least a year of practice and accumulation.

But practicing Qigong at the same time can double the speed of his transformation of his foundation, and it only takes half a year for him to reach the state of internal energy like a tide. The Taibai Divine Prohibition can also allow him to obtain some of the combat power of the 'Inner Strength' realm in advance!
The only price is to search for more hardware.

“This is the advanced practice.”

An Jing couldn't help but think of the 'Huang Tian Fa' of his own martial arts department, and the 'Hou Tu Fa' that he hadn't yet obtained: "In comparison, Xuanming Manor's cultivation method is indeed inferior, and my family's martial arts classics are even more ordinary."

"It may be okay to use it now, but I'm afraid it won't be able to keep up with Taibai Haoling Divine Prohibition in the future."

"I feel like I still need to find some advanced martial arts training methods..."

——I just don't know what level the Tianyi Sect's 'Son of Heaven's Law' is... I found this series of martial arts cultivation method quite smooth. I don't expect it to be comparable to Taibai Haoling's Divine Prohibition, but I hope it's still advanced.

Lost in his daydreams, An Jing temporarily put aside his worries about the future.

But now, no matter how happy he is, he can no longer continue to practice.

Because he is hungry.

(End of this chapter)