Yefutidaolu

Chapter 157 No need to...enlighten?
Bored, Shu Jian huddled in the gap between a pile of boxes, watching all kinds of things happening in Jinyouzhai.

There were people doing renovations upstairs, a bunch of cicadas working hard, some selling their bodies, some becoming monks, and some walking back and forth, not knowing what they were doing.

Watching these, time passed slowly, and finally, he saw Gao Jian.

Just, a little weird.

Great idea, the fourth realm?

The aura in his body had not yet calmed down. Although he tried his best to suppress that feeling, it was obvious that he had already reached the fourth realm, and there was still a faint sense of oppression emanating from the divine gate.

Different acupoints give different feelings to those around them when they are used.

The acupoints of the divine gate will have a mental impact, causing people to have hallucinations, or abnormal emotions, become excited or fearful. For example, when a warrior displays his divine power, he will often cause emotional oppression to the people around him.

The Jingguan will manifest itself in the physical body, such as the most typical 'Qi and Blood Smoke Signal', which is the most typical feature after the three orifices of the Jingguan are activated.

The characteristics of Qi Guan are something like "special effects", such as sword Qi, knife Qi, or various "Qi" controlled by the practitioner surrounding the body, which represents that he is activating the three acupoints of Qi Guan. For example, the group of beasts surrounding Zou Shu when he swung the sword, and the second-level trash who had attacked the laborers, he also opened the Qi Guan, and there was horn wind surrounding him.

Through these characteristics, one can actually judge which level's acupoint the other party is using at the moment. By observing some methods and having sufficient knowledge, one can even pinpoint which acupoint it is.

However, Gao Jian’s situation is a bit strange.

The other person was emitting a divine influence, and the people around him seemed to feel a little dizzy.

However, no acupoints can be seen.

Ok……

Never mind all that, just go and ask first.

So Shu Jian crawled out again like a cricket pupa, climbed up Gao Jian's trouser legs to the top of Gao Jian's head, and patted Gao Jian.

It can be seen that Gao Jian jumped up and down in shock, with his hair almost standing on end: "Fuck - I...you...Hey, Elder Shu, can you make some noise next time..."

"I didn't hide my breath!" Shu Jian was furious and started pulling his hair.

Gao Jian quickly pulled him off his head. He was afraid that if he sat on his head like this for a month or so, he would become bald.

"What's wrong with you? You look confused. And how did you make a breakthrough? You sent me away just now because you were going to have a breakthrough? Breakthrough is a good thing, why are you not happy?" Shu Jian was held by Gao Jian with both hands. He felt at ease being held like this, and asked Gao Jian with some doubts.

Gao Jian placed Shu Jian on his shoulder and sighed, "Yes, I have made a breakthrough... But, I don't know how to put it, Elder Shu, please don't ask."

Shu Jian looked at Gao Jian and chose not to ask.

Why bother asking? Everyone has secrets, and he hasn't told Gao Jian everything about himself.

Everyone is just joining forces temporarily because they can't stand the Zuo family, and they all have relationships with Shangshu Li Zuofang.

At this moment, seeing Shu Jian, Gao Jian finally felt a little relieved.

He rubbed his temples out of habit, closed his eyes to calm down, and then opened his eyes.

After opening his eyes, Gao Jian couldn't help but recall the charm he saw half an hour ago.

How would I describe what I saw at that time?

Let’s put it this way, Gao Jian had indeed reached the fourth realm, but what he opened was not an acupoint, but... a spiritual gate.

That's right, although Gao Jian had only opened one of the three divine gates, the Niwan, but he... had already opened the divine gate and possessed an extremely weak 'divine will' that was so weak that it was not even sure if it could be called 'divine will'.

This is what the charm of the token revealed to Gao Jian.

That divine charm records a method to open the divine gate.

Moreover, this method does not require any special skills.

It's simply unbelievable!
Gao Jian had the Song of the Great Dao of Xuanhua Tongmen in his hand, so he knew the division of cultivation methods of the Divine Dynasty within the four realms, and also knew the significance of opening up the orifices for passing the levels.

The purpose of opening the orifices is to accumulate sufficient foundation. Every time an orifice is opened, it is an all-round improvement for the practitioner, and then the different orifices are given corresponding effects.

Through the acupoints of similar nature, when the three acupoints reach "commonality", you can use this commonality to "break through the levels", open one of the three levels, and completely release a certain power of the inner world.

But what if... you were told this commonality from the beginning?

Then, doesn't it mean that to open the divine gate, there is no need to open the orifice?
Words cannot describe how surprised Gao Jian was at that time!

The Divine Dynasty's cultivation system is wrong? !
You don't need to be smart to pass the level! ! ?
But if you think about it carefully, enlightenment doesn't seem to be a necessary condition for passing the level...

In that case, maybe I can give that thing in Shen Yun a try.

So Gao Jian tried it.

Then, he succeeded.

He opened the divine gate when only one of the three divine gates was left.

He is still confused now, as this has completely overturned his understanding of the cultivation system.

Although, Gao Jian himself knew that the so-called "cultivation system" was actually summarized by humans.

In Gao Jian's opinion, the Divine Dynasty's cultivation system is actually quite scientific... Although it is not very scientific in essence, the way of summarizing it is indeed very mature.

Personal power transcends everything, and one's own might is everything. This kind of thing is a joke unless your individual wisdom can crush the entire civilization and reach the level of "my thinking is superior to everything else."

Unless such a person has no opponent, he will not develop, research and utilize his power as scientifically as possible to improve his power. Sooner or later, he will be replaced by a more scientific power system. The methods of martial arts, the use of qi, the improvement of efficiency, the structure of mechanisms, the composition of talismans - these can all be accurately incorporated into the process of research and optimization.

The Divine Dynasty has a serious monopoly on knowledge. All the noble families and sects are extremely stingy with their own unique skills, which limits the dissemination of many knowledge channels. However, within the noble families and sects, they still achieve specialization and eliteness to a limited extent, and constantly optimize their techniques and cultivation methods, allowing practitioners to become stronger from generation to generation. If a strong emperor intervenes, it will cost a huge price to even create a method such as "Song of the Great Dao of Xuanhua Tongmen" which can be called a "masterpiece".

This is the power behind the system.

Even if one person is chosen by God, he cannot compare to thousands or tens of thousands of elites and smart people working together to develop and research.

In this situation, aristocratic families would specifically hire various talented people and train talented young people in their own family to do these jobs for them.

Therefore, the event of "breaking through the cultivation system" is not impossible, but... it is still a little difficult to accept.

Where did this thing come from?

Who developed this thing? Moreover, Gao Jian felt that this matter must be kept strictly confidential.

If this kind of thing were to be leaked out now, I'm afraid that would not end well for me.

Besides, the mystery of the opened divine gate, as well as Gao Jian's own "divine will", all seemed to be still in a vague state.

To be honest, Gao Jian didn't even know what his divine will was...even though he had sensed that he really had one.

According to the divine record on the gold medal, this situation is normal. According to the record, people need to find their own divine will and find ways to improve, but opening the divine gate in advance can speed up the process and make the mysterious power of "divine will" more controllable.

This method... is completely opposite to the Divine Dynasty's practice method.

The Divine Dynasty is growing slowly, and your divine will has actually been in the Divine Gate for a long time, just waiting for you to have enough strength to lift the lid and obtain the power within. However, you cannot control the divine will cultivated in this way. For example, Bai Xingzhi's "Withering and Flourishing" is a very useless divine will, but this kind of divine will can absolutely fit with the individual. After all, this is the divine will condensed from the warrior's entire life experience.

However, the door in this gold medal will help you open it first, and then you can cultivate it slowly. It is more malleable and is cultivated by you deliberately. The specific situation depends entirely on you.

This also resulted in that, although Gao Jian had already reached the fourth realm of cultivation, it seemed that... there was no special improvement brought by the awakening of his mind, and even his divine will itself was still vague and ineffective. This resulted in Gao Jian's basic values being weaker than those of a normal breakthrough to the fourth realm.

However, it is not without its benefits.

That is, this realm is completely given as a gift. He is in the genuine fourth realm, but just lacks the power of acupoints.

Originally Gao Jian was planning to open Dazhui, and his progress on Dazhui was not delayed at all!

Once you break through, you will directly reach the fifth realm!

Although this divine gate does not have the special effect of opening up the orifices, nor does it have divine will or supernatural powers, according to Gao Jian's current understanding, once he opens the three orifices of the divine gate normally and nourishes the divine will, this level skipping will only make his practice faster.

After all, for others, Gao Jian is truly a leap forward! Even without the power of divine will and acupoints, this realm is a real improvement in the overall level of cultivation!

Just one question…

Who researched this gold medal?

Obviously, this is a cultivation system that is completely different from the current one in the Divine Dynasty.

This practice system does not even involve any reference to the body or Qi. It neither practices the physical body nor uses the power of Qi itself.

In simple terms, it means not cultivating the gates of essence and qi.

Completely focused on the divine gate itself, without even having any divine powers, just focusing on the divine will.

He is seriously unbalanced in his studies. According to the Divine Dynasty's cultivation system, the upper limit is only the fourth realm.

But... from what Gao Jian saw, the power displayed by the other party was more than just the fourth realm.

This means that although there are similarities, it is very likely that this practice that comes from dreams has a completely different soil from the Divine Dynasty and was born from a different environment.

It's just like the 'customs' we discussed before.

Wind is air, and custom is habit. The air of the land and water springs has slow and fast speeds, and the sound has high and low, which is called wind; people living in this place become accustomed to it, which is called custom.

The customs are either thick or thin, and the habits are either pure or corrupt. The wise king should change the customs to make them elegant and change the habits to make them correct. The influence of the above on the lower is also called customs; the people's habits and practices are also called customs.

Cangzhou is a frontier area and has refused to submit to the king since ancient times. Even though it has been conquered and left behind ancient battlefields, the people there still like to worship witches and pray for blessings from ghosts and gods.

The same is true in other places. The customs of Chu and Yue are brave, and they do not care about death. The customs of Zheng and Wei are lewd, and they are frivolous and forget to go home. Jin has the legacy of Yu, and its customs are frugal and thrifty. Qi has the legacy of Jing, and its customs are extravagant and show off.

To the extent that some monsters in Yan land believed that guests were more important than the harem, they would let their wives and concubines serve the guests without feeling humiliated.

These are all the good customs and practices that people have become accustomed to.

Different customs, different cultural backgrounds, and different civilizations will naturally give rise to different cultivation systems and technology trees.

The gold medal in front of us is most likely the product of a completely different culture.

The dream world... is real, but this reality may be different from what Gao Jian imagined.

Gao Jian slapped his face.

These are all superfluous words.

Don’t worry about these for now. Anyway, there won’t be any connection for a while. The most urgent thing is to deal with the Zuo family.

Now that civil strife has broken out in the Zuo family, the next step is to participate in the Imperial Academy selection.

Taking part in the Imperial College selection is much more fun than playing tricks with Zuo An.

You know, the first creed of a master of political strategy is to never get easily involved in a political struggle.

Didn’t a strong team like Zuo’an also fall into a ditch?

As for this special method of practice... Gao Jian felt that it needed to be verified by other things, such as heavenly beings.

Gao Jian has realized it.

The celestial beings, those bald men with gold or blue skin who came from the "heavens", seemed to have a different cultivation system from that of the Divine Dynasty.

Just when Gao Jian couldn't help thinking about these things, Shu Jian, who was sitting on Gao Jian's shoulder, couldn't help it anymore.

He stretched out his little paw, grabbed Gao Jian's earlobe, and pulled it down hard: "Hey, hey, hey! What are you daydreaming about!? So what exactly do you want me to do in Jinyouzhai? And you still haven't told me, what are your plans for New Year's Eve?"

Gao Jian's ear was pulled, and he quickly grabbed Shu Jian again because of the pain: "Elder Shu, could you please stop pulling me for no reason..."

"Then answer my question. What are you going to do?" Shu Jian put his little paws on his front teeth, stared at Gao Jian, waiting for him to answer.

"Then let's go inside and talk." Gao Jian had no choice but to put the other person on his shoulder again and walk towards a secret room prepared for guests.

There are many people who come to Jinyouzhai to discuss business, so there is a rigid demand for things like secret rooms. In addition, Jinyouzhai itself has a very good reputation, so when many people discuss business or plot something, they will not even choose to discuss it at home, but will come here.

Of course, the fee is not cheap, one gold coin per hour.

In Jinyouzhai, the only free thing there is water.

"The Zuo family is in turmoil now." Gao Jian said: "Cangzhou will definitely be in a mess during the New Year's Eve festival at the end of the year."

(End of this chapter)