Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Compared to the caution he exercised when setting out, Chen Yushu moved much faster during the observation and inspection and the return trip.

The soul wandered at night, and it was truly reaching its peak.

In just the time it takes for two or three incense sticks to burn, Qinghe County was already in sight.

Then, in another flash, they rushed into the county town, saw the location of their house, and sensed their physical body.

Without hesitation, his soul flickered and he rushed into the room, returning to his physical body.

In an instant, the weariness and endless chill left by his long stay outside were enveloped by a warm current, making him feel comfortable.

Deep within my soul, I felt a sense of joy and growth.

The human body is like a lone boat in an endless sea of ​​suffering, carrying the soul across the sea of ​​suffering.

The soul leaving the body may be okay for a short time, but problems will inevitably arise in the long run.

Even the most powerful experts would never abandon their physical bodies to cultivate the path of ghost immortals unless absolutely necessary.

Only the physical body can enable cultivators to truly cross the boundless sea of ​​suffering and attain immortality.

……

Slowly, he opened his eyes.

Chen Yushu, however, was also silently experiencing this night tour.

have to say.

It was indeed a very novel experience.

It was also much more enjoyable and comfortable than before.

In particular, after several attempts to kill evil spirits, I felt that my own merits had increased considerably.

It is worth mentioning that although the concept of merit is somewhat abstract, it is actually real. The more merit one accumulates, the smoother things will go, whether in spiritual practice or in doing things. There will be an unseen force that helps one to progress and grow.

For example, if one encounters a bottleneck during spiritual practice, one can often overcome it smoothly if one has accumulated sufficient merit.

However, if one's merits are meager, it is extremely difficult to break through. One may remain stuck in the same place for three to five years, ten to twenty years, or even a lifetime.

As for where the merit comes from.

Subduing demons and monsters, slaying ghosts and spirits, and doing things that benefit the people can all increase one's merit, which is called human merit.

For cultivators of the Zhenyin Division, in addition to their corresponding imperial salary, the chances of obtaining human merit are much greater.

And this is why it is easy to cultivate oneself in public service.

If one can prevent natural disasters and slay extraterrestrial demons, one can obtain heavenly merit.

Although both human and heavenly merits seem somewhat ethereal and cannot be truly felt.

However, the higher one's cultivation level, the more one can feel the influence of these things on oneself.

If someone is born with deep sins that cause great suffering to all living beings, such as someone whose sins of bloodlust have reached their extreme, they may even attract heavenly tribulations.

Of course, if you're really unlucky, let alone a heavenly tribulation, the probability of being struck by lightning on a rainy day is countless times greater than that of an ordinary person.

Those struck by lightning, whether demons or evil cultivators, would suffer severe injuries or even be killed outright, with very few surviving.

Closer to home.

Chen Yushu frowned slightly as he thought about how he had destroyed the magic array set up by Xu Qing during his trip. Although this could slow down the 'attack' of the Azure Dragon to some extent, it did not solve the problem at its root.

"And to solve it at its root."

Then we have no choice but to address the root cause.

That means attacking that Earth God Xu Qing…

Chen Yushu didn't care about Xu Qing; with his strength, he had nothing to worry about.

After all, the other party was only at the mid-stage of the Spirit level on the surface, while he personally suppressed the King of Yelang, who had reached the late stage of the Spirit level and was a powerful figure among the late-stage Spirit level experts.

For him, attacking a mid-stage Ghost Spirit was nothing at all.

The only thing that made him wary was that the other party always stayed in his own temple.

As is well known, all deities and spirits can unleash power far exceeding their own strength by using their own temples.

Evil spirits can unleash power comparable to scourge-level spirits. Xu Qing, the Earth God, is a true mid-stage scourge-level spirit, so in the temple, he can often unleash power comparable to the early or even mid-stage calamity-level spirits.

He was still somewhat wary of beings at the disaster level or above.

"Perhaps, only when my strength and realm truly advance to the second stage of the Dao Entry Realm, the Night Wanderer Realm, will I be able to exchange blows with such beings?"

Chen Yushu sighed slightly.

Moreover, it is clear that even without the local earth god Xu Qing, there is still Chen He.

It's just that the other party is hiding it better.

And they had been silently waiting, waiting for Xu Qing to make a move.

Undoubtedly, since he dared to target Xu Qing and even wanted to snatch food from the tiger's mouth from Qinglong, he must have other means.

Otherwise, what gave him the right to contact him and another cultivator to plot against each other?

After pondering silently for a while, Chen Yushu finally came to his senses and began to recover from the exhaustion of his nighttime stroll.

Then, he began his daily routine of cultivation.

The place for cultivation is naturally the underworld.

Although he could still practice magic in the wild after his nighttime wanderings, such as the Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique, he was still free to do so.

Practicing in the wilderness makes little difference.

However, none of these are as enjoyable, comfortable, and safe as being in the underworld.

After all, in the underworld, there are evil spirits and other ghosts guarding the area, and there is no need to worry about being disturbed in such a vast space.

If it's carved in the wild, you need to guard against all kinds of possible threats.

Furthermore, one must be mindful of the risk of being intercepted by others due to the weakening of one's spirit after cultivation.

After all, once his soul leaves his body, he needs his soul to 'fly' back to his physical body to be considered safe.

However, in the underworld, he only needs to use the technique of communicating with the underworld to return instantly, which is much easier and more convenient.

Silent all night.

The next day, the sky cleared up.

Chen Yushu finally resumed his routine practice of the Nine Transformations Yang Technique.

Even though it had already "sent its soul out of the yang realm" at this point, it could be considered that it had achieved initial success in cultivating the Nine Transformations Yang Technique.

But that's not his goal.

Only those with a pure soul, free from any trace of yin energy, can achieve daytime travel.

The realm of pure Yang in spirit and soul is yet another cultivation level.

At this point, he was only at the 'out of yang' stage, far from having a soul free of yin energy and able to travel during the day, let alone having a soul of pure yang, free and transcendent.

Also.

After several nighttime outings, Chen Yushu also realized his shortcomings at this point.

That is, each time it takes a night flight, its flight altitude is relatively low.

It's not that I can't fly high, it's that I don't dare.

Whether you're exploring at night or during the day, the high altitudes hold immense terror.

Beneath the dense, dark clouds, there is a high probability of hidden wisps of lightning, not to mention various sinister, violent, dark, and destructive auras. High in the sky.

It possesses immense terror for any spirit.

With his current spiritual strength, if he were to encounter such an event, he would be in danger of being baptized by thunder, struck by the aura of destruction, and affected by invisible light.

All of this could potentially cause enormous damage and harm to his soul.

They may even suffer serious injuries or have their souls scattered as a result.

This is something that many spiritual practitioners have experienced and constantly admonished upon.

Although he had no mentors to guide him, whenever he reached a certain altitude, he would feel a strong sense of crisis, making him feel as if he were walking on thin ice, and his soul would tremble slightly.

He knew these were all warning signs of impending danger.

Once it remains at high altitude for an extended period, it will inevitably encounter unpredictable risks.

This is why most ghosts only drift at low altitudes and dare not fly at high altitudes.

It's not that they can't fly, but that they dare not fly.

Only when the yin energy in a cultivator's soul dissipates can they truly achieve the ability to traverse freely in relatively high altitudes.

Between Yin and Yang, there are certain rules and boundaries.

"Fortunately, as time goes by, my progress in cultivating the Nine Transformations Yang Technique is also constantly improving."

Currently, I am at the Lesser Completion stage (102/400). Based on my current cultivation progress, I should be able to advance to the Greater Completion stage in another three to five days.

At that time, cultivation efficiency will inevitably increase significantly once again on the existing basis.

Chen Yushu was very satisfied with this.

He was very clear that his soul was his very foundation.

Once one's soul is cultivated to a state of purity and flawlessness, devoid of even a trace of yin energy, then one will be able to travel during the day.

Even if one's cultivation level hasn't reached the true level of daytime travel, one can still achieve a brief daytime travel, just like this brief nighttime travel.

Although his specific methods may differ from those of a true night-roaming cultivator, his underlying strength is by no means weaker.

The sun shines down.

Chen Yushu quickly entered a state of cultivation.

Endless true sunlight surged into his body as he cultivated, constantly refining and dissipating the yin energy, transforming it into wisps of yang-attribute soul power.

It's a slow process.

But Chen Yushu was already very familiar with it.

When he entered a state of deep meditation, the true light of the sun within a radius of several dozen feet around him seemed to be drawn towards him by a powerful force.

So much so that many residents in the surrounding area, looking at the scorching sun overhead, couldn't help but wonder: why is it so hot around us despite the blazing sun?

On the contrary, as the breeze blew, I felt a refreshing coolness, which was very comfortable.

In a short time, a group of people gathered there, enjoying the cool shade under the sun, chatting about this and that...

Chen Yushu was naturally unaware of this.

Of course, even if I knew, I wouldn't care.

He simply kept practicing the Nine Transformations of Yang Technique, absorbing the true light of the sun into his body.

The scorching heat flowed continuously through his body, gradually drawing out the yin energy from his soul.

One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...

Up on the horizon, a white cloud just happened to block out the sunlight.

Chen Yushu also stopped.

I slowly got up and felt the changes in my body.

His gaze fell upon the attribute panel.

Nine Transformations of Yang Technique: Minor Success (174/400)

"I'm almost halfway through my experience."

Moreover, I can also feel that the yang energy above my soul is becoming deeper and deeper.

Perhaps when the Nine Transformations of Yang Technique is perfected, my soul will also change, and who knows?

Chen Yushu was also looking forward to it.

Xiao Yun, who was prepared in advance, quickly came up and said respectfully, "Master, lunch has been prepared long ago."

Also, someone from the Liu family's pharmacy came today, saying that the medicinal herbs you ordered last time have arrived. They'd like to ask when you'd be free to receive them so they can arrange for delivery.

"Hmm, medicinal herbs from the Liu family's pharmacy?"

"Have someone notify them that it will be delivered this afternoon."

Chen Yushu was taken aback, then spoke.

He knew in his heart that these were the medicinal herbs he had ordered beforehand, and they had arrived.

These medicinal herbs were precisely the spiritual materials he needed to practice alchemy.

Although he had already mastered the recipe for the Yuanqi Pill, he could only refine low-grade spiritual pills at most. While these pills could improve the cultivation of low-level cultivators, they did not help his own cultivation much.

Therefore, he must master as many pill formulas as possible and refine as many elixirs as possible in order to improve his alchemy skills and refine high-quality elixirs that can help him cultivate.

Otherwise, should we cultivate step by step?
Even though its cultivation efficiency is extremely high, the environment is the most important factor for immortal cultivators.

Even if he attains a stable Dao and his cultivation technique reaches a high level, and can quickly absorb the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) with each cultivation session, the surrounding天地元气 is still limited.

No matter how efficient one's cultivation is, there is nothing that can be done once the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) has been completely absorbed.

They could only wait silently for the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) to recover before they could continue cultivating and improving.

At this point, Chen Yushu was beginning to feel this trouble.

In reality, needless to say, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is relatively thin, so after one cultivation session, he would be unable to continue cultivating for about one or two hours.

In the Netherworld, although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is much more abundant, his cultivation efficiency is terrifying, so he gradually felt the thinning of spiritual energy while cultivating.

Even when he deliberately sought out places where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was relatively abundant, the result was still the same.

Previously, his stay in the Netherworld was relatively short, so the effects were not obvious. However, as he has spent more time in the Netherworld, he has gradually come to feel the insufficiency of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This is why he spends more time practicing magic.

The truth is, the amount of spiritual energy in the surrounding world that could be provided for his cultivation was limited, and even with continued cultivation, he could not further enhance his Dao energy.

Even if it increases experience in operating the technique, what's the point?
Therefore, what he is more eager for now is to refine enough elixirs until he can refine enough for his own cultivation.

Dao Yuan Dan!
Second-grade elixir.

Chen Yushu estimated that he would need to improve his alchemy skills to the level of proficiency before he could refine it.

After all, this elixir not only requires a large number of materials, but also involves a wide variety of steps and techniques, all of which are quite complex and sophisticated.

With his current rudimentary alchemy skills, he has absolutely no chance of mastering them.

Fortunately, I now have plenty of materials.

That should be enough to improve my alchemy skills.

With the help of the attribute panel, I should be able to raise my alchemy skills to the proficiency level very quickly..."

Chen Yushu was quite confident about this. (End of Chapter)