The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 23 Teaching the Dharma
"Okay, I know you have some questions, but don't worry. Although you digested the peach, it still damaged your meridians. Take a few days to rest and regulate your meridians. I'll come back in five days."

Yang Chan said.

Ding Lin nodded.

……

at night.

Ding Lin continued to breathe in and out towards the moon as usual.

The moonlight slowly took in the body, and the foul air slowly exhaled.

……

The same night.

In the palace, Yang Chan sat cross-legged on a cushion.

With eyes closed, the soul scans ten lines at a glance, searching the collection.

After a while, Yang Chan opened her eyes and opened her palms. A burst of spiritual light appeared and then dissipated.

There were two more thread-bound ancient books in her hands.

Yang Chan spread out the two ancient books.

The words "Qi Na Fa" and "Black Water Sutra" were clearly written on the cover.

Yang Chan's eyes lingered on "Qi Intake Method" for a moment.

The palm flicked again.

The only thing left in front of him was the Black Water Sutra.

Yang Chan closed her eyes again and began to meditate.

……

One night of practice.

At dawn.

Ding Lin examined the results of his practice and found that his growth had stagnated again.

Ding Lin recalled what Yang Chan said yesterday, that his body was too weak. It seemed that these three hundred and three years would be the new bearing limit of his body.

Yang Chan also said that it was fortunate that she had practiced Taoism for three hundred years.

What kind of statement is this?

Ding Lin thought about it for a while, and then stopped thinking about it. He looked up at the eastern sky.

Just as the sun rises, the sky is filled with brilliant rays of light.

Radiant.

This time, Ding Lin only needs to wait patiently for five days.

……

Five days later.

It's still early morning.

After practicing, Ding Lin swallowed a mouthful of lotus leaf, chewed it, and floated on the water waiting.

After a short while.

Yang Chan came as she was told.

Ding Lin swam to the edge of the pool, poked his head out of the water, and stood straight.

If he were a human at this moment, the phrase "sitting upright" would probably be appropriate.

And seeing Ding Lin like this.

Yang Chan's eyebrows curved slightly, she sat down in a small stall by the pool, and without saying much, she started talking about cultivation.

"Fish, do you know how many kinds and categories there are of all things in this world?"

Ding Lin shook his head.

"As numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges River, countless, this is the result of hundreds of millions of years and countless epochs."

Yang Chan continued speaking.

"At the beginning of the creation of the world, there were only innate gods and demons. Therefore, any living being in this world, as long as you trace back, the source of the bloodline must be an innate god or demon."

"The initial essence of demon cultivation is to constantly purify blood. Your original body, the carp, belongs to the dragon type."

"There are five types of dragons: carp, snake, python, dragon and dragon. A snake can become a python after 1,200 years, a python can become a dragon after 12,000 years, and a dragon needs 120,000 years to finally become a dragon." "Just talking about snakes, to become a python, you need 1,200 levels of cultivation, but generally speaking, the cultivation level that a snake's demon body can accommodate can only reach 300 years at most."

"Although the 1,200 here is just an imaginary number, it should generally be at least 1,000 years old."

"Eight hundred years is the minimum limit for becoming a python."

It suddenly increased from three hundred years to at least eight hundred years.

How difficult it is.

Ding Lin's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

"From snake to dragon, one step at a time is a ladder."

"Carp are quite special. Although their blood is thin, it is purer than snakes or pythons. The best of them can even be compared to dragons."

"This means that as long as they practice enough, carp can even transform into dragons directly."

"Of course, this situation only happened in the ancient times. At that time, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant. Although the chaos was dangerous, there were also many opportunities."

"It is from this that the legend of the carp leaping over the dragon gate has been passed down."

"Now, times have changed. It is impossible to transform from a carp into a dragon in one step. But there is still a little hope of skipping the snake and python and directly transforming into a dragon."

Ding Lin understood a little.

Applying the games of the previous life, snakes and pythons are fixed templates that can only evolve step by step according to the rules. Carp, however, is a universal template. Although it is difficult to level up at the beginning, it is possible to reach the top in one step.

Using the panel from the previous life game, as long as snakes continue to strengthen their bodies and reach 1,200 years of cultivation, or at least 800 years of cultivation, they may evolve into pythons. "

"You have the body of a carp, and your bloodline has been nourished to the point where it can be compared to an ordinary dragon. Therefore, the requirements for your body can be lower."

"The body has contained three hundred years of cultivation, and is comparable to the most talented snake."

"I have looked up the classics. The minimum initial cultivation level for a carp to transform directly into a dragon is also three hundred years."

"You don't have to worry too much. Compared to pythons, carp-transforming dragons actually have more advantages. After all, carp already meets the bloodline requirements. All they need is to improve their physical strength."

Having said this, Yang Chan stopped.

Let Ding Lin digest it himself.

There was silence for a while.

“So how do we improve it?”

Ding Lin asked.

"Heavenly materials and earthly treasures, panaceas."

Yang Chan said.

Ding Lin listened quietly, waiting for what was to come.

Can the lotus leaves of the Precious Lotus Lantern and the fruits of the Purple-Striped Peach be considered as natural treasures? Those thirty-seven Body Purification Pills can be considered as panaceas, but even with so many benefits, the physical body can only be improved to three hundred years.

"Besides that, it's about practicing the technique."

"Open up the Dantian in the demon body, inhale and exhale spiritual energy, and then use the energy to nourish the body and feed back to the demon body. If you do this for many years, you may succeed."

"Dantian is divided into upper, middle and lower. The lower Dantian stores Qi, which is called Dantian. The middle Dantian stores essence, which is called Tanzhong. The upper Dantian nourishes the spirit, which is called Niwan."

"Kung Fu can also be divided into techniques and sutras."

"For magicians, most of them are small practical methods, and a very small part of them can be used for cultivation."

"To practice with the technique, you only need to cultivate the lower Dantian, gather Qi and refine Qi, which can be used as an aid to strengthen the demon body, and eventually a demon pill can be formed in the Dantian."

"However, if you cultivate the art without cultivating your life, you can only stay in the ordinary realm."

"For monsters, except for a very few species, their lifespan can only reach a thousand years, and they can only enjoy temporary freedom."

"Fa refers to a more advanced method. In addition to some means of killing and protecting the way, there are more methods created specifically for cultivation."

"For practitioners, the two Dantians can be cultivated together, and their essence and energy can complement each other. With the support of these two, it is possible to transcend the limits of the physical body. The monster body can be transformed into a huge and strange shape, such as a snake turning into a python, and a lizard turning into a crocodile."

“Those who practice the law, when they reach the highest depths, can harmonize their essence and energy, and even have a glimmer of hope of transforming into a primordial spirit.”

"The primordial spirit is stored in the Niwan, and its lifespan can reach ten thousand years. It can follow the mind and travel a thousand miles with a single thought."

“When you reach this level, you can already be called a great demon. However, since your primordial spirit has never been cultivated in the Niwan Palace before, once your primordial spirit is raised high, it will immediately damage the Niwan Palace and cut off your path to immortality, unless you have another great opportunity.”

"Although ten thousand years are long, they are fleeting and will eventually end. In the end, it is only a lifetime of freedom."

“However, those who have achieved the primordial spirit can also turn to the divine path after their life span ends. However, although this can be regarded as immortality, but…”

(End of this chapter)