A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 515 Tempering and Melting

Duan Rong walked around in the darkness, groping his way along the edge of the Wanxiang Cave.

After returning to the place where he was initially hit, he stood there, looking at the dark Wanxiang Cave in front of him with flickering eyes.

According to his estimation after walking around, the Wanxiang Cave is only about four or five meters square, which is not very big.

In this space of four or five meters square, the ghost eye spots of light were densely distributed on the dark sky, flickering unsteadily.

Duan Rong looked at the ghost eyes flashing in the darkness.

This space of four or five meters is divided into areas. In each area, corresponding ghost eye spots are arranged. Generally, there are two to three ghost eye spots in an area. There are also single ghost eye spot areas, but the number is very small.

Duan Rong moved his eyes and estimated the route he had taken when he ran wildly and hit the edge.

After making the estimate, his brows couldn't help but frown.

His luck is really not that good!
After Duan Rong felt around the edge, he already had a rough idea of the overall space of the Wanxiang Cave in his mind.

The place where he fainted before was not in the center of Wanxiang Cave.

There was actually an edge not far from where he was unconscious, but he ran in the opposite direction.

This triggered an attack of densely packed and endless ghost eye light spots, which shattered the clear glass body in his spiritual sea of consciousness.

Duan Rong suspected that if he had not tempered a clear glass body, but was just the blurry gray shadow with a face, he might not be able to withstand the long-term strangulation of murderous intent in his sea of consciousness, and he would faint again before he ran to the edge of the Wanxiang Cave.

It must be said that Xiao Qiwu hit him six times with the Divine Whip, and although he had no good intentions, with the interweaving and repairing of the Soul Silk Grass and the Green Light Silk, the six hits of the Divine Whip tempered the clear and pure glass body that was the origin of his soul, which was indeed a great benefit to him.

Duan Rong's eyes flashed deeply.

If he wanted to further understand the operating rules of the Wanxiang Cave, he might as well stay on the edge forever.

Although it is safe here, the main operating force of Wanxiang Cave is those ghost eye spots.

He must be more clear about the attack rules of the ghost eye light spot.

At this time, Duan Rong had a general understanding of the overall space of the Wanxiang Cave, so he no longer had to run around in the dark like before.

He clearly planned out three routes, all of which were short and near the edge of Wanxiang Cave.

Duan Rong decided to explore from the shallow to the deep.

After thinking it over, Duan Rong started running along the first route.

As soon as he ran into the Wanxiang Cave, he attracted those flashing ghost eyes, which opened wide in an instant and stared at him.

In the sea of consciousness, the murderous intent surged again.

However, Duan Rong was not so nervous this time. The previous route was so long, and it crossed the center of Wanxiang Cave and went to the edge. He had endured such a powerful attack.

He knew very well that this new route, only one-third of the previous one in length and closer to the edge, would not be able to injure him seriously.

Duan Rong did not run very fast this time. He ran while feeling the detailed changes in the ghost eye light attacks.

When he returned to the edge again, the murderous light and shadow in his sea of consciousness disappeared instantly.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged, and saw a clear glass body sitting cross-legged in the center of the sky within his sea of spiritual consciousness. There were only a dozen tiny cracks on its body, and there was almost no damage.

Duan Rong was slightly surprised, as the damage was lower than he had estimated.

Then he figured it out. After being ravaged by the thousands of lights and murderous intentions last time, the repaired clear glass body seemed to have a better luster than before.

In other words, the ghost eye light spot in the Wanxiang Cave can also refine the essence of his soul.

That’s right… Otherwise, why would Lu Yinlin let him enter the Wanxiang Cave?

Duan Rong urged his mind, and the Taizang Sutra's skills began to work. Those green light threads floated away again, and this time after just a few breaths, more than ten tiny cracks on the clear glass body were repaired.

Duan Rong stood up and ran towards the second planned route.

After finishing the second route and making some minor repairs, I ran the third route.

After finishing the third route, Duan Rong sat cross-legged there, repairing his work while recalling the situation just now.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes in the darkness and stared at somewhere in the darkness. In a certain area there, there was only a ghost eye flashing there alone.

That area is somewhere in the middle of the third route.

For some reason, Duan Rong felt that the ghost eye light spot did not attack him just now?

why?
There must be a reason! ?
Duan Rong stood up and stepped into the Wanxiang Cave. This time he walked through each area step by step.

In each area, there were two or three ghost eye spots attacking him, but after several times of endless murderous intent in his sea of consciousness, the attacks of these single area ghost eye spots were like tickling to him, and could not leave any trace on the clear glass body in his sea of consciousness.

Soon, Duan Rong arrived at the area in the middle of the third route where there was only one ghost eye light spot.

The moment he stepped into this area, Duan Rong's eyes froze.

Just like entering other areas, as soon as he stepped in, the ghost eye light spot was staring at him with its eyes wide open, but the difference was that this ghost eye light spot did not attack him.

Moreover, at the moment when the ghost eye stared at him, Duan Rong was clearly moved, and a very weak spiritual connection was established between him and the ghost eye.

The moment the connection was established, Duan Rong had a feeling that he could control the ghost eye light spot.

how so?!
Duan Rong was confused, but he still tried to give the ghost eye light an order to attack himself.

The next moment, the ghost eye light that had not originally attacked him suddenly became murderous and poured into his sea of consciousness.

Several knife shadows slashed wildly at the clear glass body in the sea of consciousness, and then retreated.

Duan Rong stood there, looking at the wide-open ghost eyes above his head that were staring at him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Duan Rong suddenly took a step back and stood in another area.

As soon as he stepped into another area, the two ghost eye spots in that area attacked him.

After the attack subsided, Duan Rong stood there, sensing the spiritual connection with the ghost eye light spot that did not attack him. He found that even though he was standing in this area, the spiritual connection with the ghost eye light spot still existed.

Duan Rong suddenly stood in this area and gave an order to the ghost eye light spot to attack himself.

Duan Rong stood at the edge of the area, looking at the ghost eye light, which flickered and moved around in the area, but was unable to attack him.

Duan Rong's eyes moved and he suddenly stepped into that area.

The moment he stepped into that area, the ghost eye stared at him and then attacked him.

He was in another area, giving the Ghost Eye Light Spot the command. Although there was an area between them, the Ghost Eye Light Spot was obviously able to receive his command, so it was flickering around in the area, but it couldn't find the target.

As soon as he suddenly stepped in, the ghost eye light spot immediately attacked him.

Duan Rong had some enlightenment in his mind.

For some reason, he established a weak spiritual connection with this ghost eye light spot.

Because of the weak connection with the soul, he can control the ghost eye light spot to a certain extent. But there is a premise, that is, it cannot violate the operating rules of the Wanxiang Cave itself.

For example, he ordered the ghost eye light spot to attack himself. The ghost eye light spot obviously received the order and was also looking for himself, wanting to attack, but it could only attack targets within the area where it was located and could not attack across areas.

This shows that the rules of Wanxiang Cave itself are greater than his instructions.

But why could he establish a spiritual connection with this ghost eye light spot, while the ghost eye light spots in other areas did not have this phenomenon?

The only unique thing about this ghost eye light spot on this third route is that there is only one ghost eye light spot in this area. The other areas on the third route all have two or three ghost eye light spots.

But why could a ghost eye light spot establish a weak spiritual connection with him?
Duan Rong suddenly thought that among the three routes he planned, there seemed to be areas with single ghost eye spots in the first and second routes, but the ghost eye spots there did not attack him, nor did they establish a weak spiritual connection with him.

"eccentric?!"

Duan Rong stroked his chin and pondered for a while, and suddenly he decided to go to the single ghost eye light spot area on the second route to take a look.

He wanted to see what the difference was between the single ghost eye spots on the two sides.
Why could one of them establish a weak spiritual connection with him, but the other one couldn't?
Duan Rong slowly stepped into the area of the single ghost eye light within the second route.

The moment he stepped in, he was filled with shock.

He saw that the ghost eye in the area was also wide open, staring at him, but it did not attack him. What was even more strange was that the weak spiritual connection also appeared.

Duan Rong, who was standing here now, could sense that he had established a weak spiritual connection with the two ghost eye spots.

Moreover, the spiritual connection with the second ghost eye light spot obviously appeared suddenly the moment he stepped into this area.

why?
In the end what happened?
Duan Rong calmed down and began to analyze the matter carefully.

The spiritual connection with the second ghost eye light spot was established when he stepped into this area. That is to say, when he ran the second route for the first time and passed through this area, he did not establish a spiritual connection with this ghost eye light spot. If he remembered correctly, the ghost eye light spot attacked him when he passed through this area.

However, when he stepped into this area again, why did the ghost eye light spot no longer attack him, but instead established a weak spiritual connection with him?
First of all, something must have changed that led to a change in circumstances?

"So...what changed?"

There are only two situations. One is that I myself have changed, and the other is that the ghost eye light spot has changed.

Duan Rong immediately overturned the second situation, believing that the ghost eye light spot was an illusion of the talisman array and would not change.

The only reason, then, for the change in circumstances is that some change has occurred in himself.

It was some kind of change in him that caused the single ghost eye light spot to stop attacking him, and also established a weak spiritual connection with him.

"I've changed! Then...what on earth has changed about me?!"

Duan Rong focused all his attention on himself. It had only been half an incense stick of time since he first passed through this area and now stepped into it again.

What changes have taken place in me?
Duan Rong's eyes suddenly lit up!
He got it!

It's not that he has changed, it's the origin of his soul in his sea of consciousness that has changed!

If there was any difference between the first time he passed through this area and stepping into it again now, it was that the clear glass body in his sea of consciousness had been tempered and repaired twice.

The clear glass body in the sea of consciousness will become more translucent and warmer every time it is tempered and repaired.

This shows that the clear and pure glass body within the sea of consciousness is becoming stronger little by little!

In other words, what caused the single ghost eye light spot to stop attacking him and also established a weak spiritual connection with him was the origin of his soul, that is, the clear glass body, which became stronger bit by bit and suddenly reached a critical value.

Once a certain critical value is reached, the single ghost eye light spot will no longer attack him, but will establish a weak spiritual connection with him.

In order to verify his inference, Duan Rong once again came to the area with the single ghost eye light spot in the first route.

He slowly stepped into the area, staring blankly at the wide-open ghost eye.

The moment he stepped in, the spiritual connection with the third ghost eye light spot was instantly established.

Duan Rong stood there, his eyes deep and shining.

His guess was correct. It was because the origin of his soul was becoming stronger and stronger. When it reached a certain critical value, the single ghost eye light spot would no longer attack him, but would also establish a soul connection with him.

So, what is this?

In other words, is this phenomenon part of the operating rules of the Wanxiang Cave, or is it a bug in the design of the Wanxiang Cave's talisman array?
Duan Rong suddenly thought of another point, that is, because he devoured the weapon spirit, there were hundreds of mixed artistic conceptions in his soul. Moreover, these artistic conception light films, after being tempered by six divine whips, formed a clear glass body in the sea of consciousness.

This phenomenon is probably unique in this world.

Because no one can comprehend hundreds of complex artistic conceptions by relying on one's own comprehension alone.

Duan Rong felt that the reason why the single ghost eye light spot no longer attacked him was because after his spiritual essence became strong enough to a certain critical value, the attack of the single ghost eye light spot could no longer cause any harm to him, so the attack would not occur.

As for the reason why a weak connection between the soul and spirit was established, Duan Rong suspected that it was related to the hundreds of complex artistic conceptions contained in his soul. Because his own artistic conception was complex, there must be some parts in the artistic conception that could echo the artistic conception contained in the ghost eye light spot.

Because of the echo of this artistic conception, a weak spiritual connection was established.

In other words, after the attack is no longer launched, another function of the ghost eye light spot is evoked, that is, the echo of artistic conception.

It was similar to how he looked at Gu Daoling’s calligraphy.

Attack is a kind of tempering, while the resonance of artistic conception is a kind of fusion.

Thinking of this, Duan Rong suddenly felt that this phenomenon was both a bug in the design of the Wanxiang Cave Talisman Array, but also not a bug.

The reason why it is not a BUG is that this is originally one of the functions of the Wanxiang Cave. The first is quenching, and the second is melting.

It is called a BUG. Because the ancestors of all generations probably could not have imagined that one day, a person with hundreds of mixed artistic conceptions in his soul would enter the Wanxiang Cave.

In other words, as long as Duan Rong's soul is strong enough, the area with two ghost eyes and the area with three ghost eyes will no longer attack him.

If it were an ordinary practitioner, no matter how powerful his soul was, he would stop here. They stopped attacking because the ancestors felt that your soul was so powerful that it no longer needed to be tempered.

But Duan Rong is different, because his soul contains hundreds of complex artistic conceptions, that is to say, he can establish a soul connection with almost all the ghost eye spots in the Wanxiang Cave.

What does that mean?

That means that he can control the entire Wanxiang Cave to a certain extent!

These are definitely not something that the ancestors of all generations could have thought of, so it is a BUG.

This is because, no matter how powerful a practitioner's soul is, he can generally only comprehend one state of mind, and constantly shape, mature, and deepen the state of mind he has comprehended.

Therefore, even if he was in the Wanxiang Cave and his soul was strong and there were no ghost eye spots attacking him, the ghost eye spots that he could establish a soul connection with were only those that could resonate with his artistic conception. There might even be only one, or even none at all.

Perhaps the artistic conception you comprehend is too unique and remote, and even in the Wanxiang Cave, it is not truly all-encompassing.

But Duan Rong is different. His soul contains hundreds of complex artistic conceptions, and he can establish a soul connection with a large number of ghost eye spots.

However, there is a prerequisite, these ghost eye spots must be switched from being refined for attack to being refined for a mood-matching purpose.

There is only one condition for this switch, that is, the origin of the soul is strong enough, so strong that attacks can no longer temper it, then the switch will happen automatically.

(End of this chapter)