Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 263 Alarmism
After Xu Feng connected his cultivation techniques with the evolution of the Devouring Fruit, he began to devote most of his energy and time to cultivation.

The path of cultivation lies in refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit... The core aid of the Swallow Fruit in cultivation is to greatly accelerate the speed of refining essence into qi. Even consuming large quantities of ordinary food can greatly accelerate the growth of internal energy and true essence.

In terms of refining Qi into spirit, the aid provided by the Swallow Fruit is much less significant.

The core auxiliary point is to absorb the unique substances in rare and precious materials that nourish the spirit and will. In addition, it is to provide enough essence and qi during the cultivation of the spirit so that the cultivation method is not too restricted by the environment.

Therefore.

Xu Feng's current cultivation is divided into two stages.

When refining essence into qi, the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" is still used, which focuses on cultivating the physical body. This skill is very efficient at this stage and is very compatible with the digestive and absorption capabilities of the Swallow Fruit.

When refining Qi into Spirit, one cultivates the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill"—the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill has no techniques for this stage.

Besides.

He also spends several hours each day using the Anuttarayoga Tantra to aid his practice.

After receiving the initiation of the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill", Xu Feng had seen through the "Highest Yoga Tantra" practice.

While the core of this practice is indeed Buddhism, it has drawn upon elements of heretical and demonic practices. Those with insufficient mental fortitude are easily led astray.

Unfortunately.

Both he and Renbang went to the wrong place.

The difference is that Xu Feng never felt that this technique was serious, and he never cared whether it was a Buddhist technique or a demonic technique. He only cared whether the technique was useful.

Renbang seems to genuinely believe he is 'saving all living beings'.

Back then, this monk gave a long analysis, saying that ordinary people should be able to cultivate this kind of technique... But the truth is, ordinary people with insufficient mental capacity are really not worthy of cultivating this technique, unless they receive initiation from the main god.

Xu Feng is still practicing this almost demonic technique, partly to accelerate the process of refining essence into qi, and partly to assist Tifa and Leone in their cultivation.

While diligently cultivating inner strength.

Xu Feng also devoted a lot of time to practicing the "Buddha's Palm" technique.

Through his understanding of the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill," he finally grasped the core issue that had been troubling him for a long time.

The essence of the Tathagata Palm is a move based on the mind!
From childhood, Xu Feng firmly believed that the world was 'materialistic'. Therefore, even though he realized the key to his inability to learn this skill, he was unable to solve the problem.

But after strengthening the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill", reality told him that the "power of the mind" objectively exists.

Since it 'objectively exists,' then there is naturally no problem for him to 'believe' in it and to cultivate it.

Buddhism speaks of the "five roots" and the "five powers".

From the roots of faith, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom arise the five powers of faith, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom, all of which are essentially mental forces.

The palm force generated by internal energy or true energy driving the "Buddha's Palm" is only the surface. The core of the first move of this palm technique, "Buddha's Light Appears", is the condensation of five kinds of mental energy into the light of Buddha's power.

The next five forms, from 'Golden Lamp on Buddha's Crown' to the sixth form 'Boundless Dharma', simply strengthen the light of Buddha's power from various angles.

As for the last three moves, 'Salvation of All Beings', 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage', and 'I Alone Am Supreme', Xu Feng thought they were somewhat like the method of entering the microscopic realm, first precisely controlling each force, and then condensing a large-scale Buddhist power attack into a single point.

In this context, the "ten thousand" in "ten thousand Buddhas pay homage to the ancestral temple" is a figurative expression, referring to the "sentient beings" in the previous phrase "universal salvation of all sentient beings".

From point to surface, and then from surface back to point, this is the entirety of the nine forms of the "Buddha's Palm".

The five realms of the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill" will increase the five roots and generate the five powers from different emphases.

Xu Feng's "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill" currently has three and a half levels.

Supported by the Buddha's power in this state, he learned the first six forms of the Tathagata Palm after more than three months of study. However, he had only learned the basics. To be specific, he still needed to adjust his mindset, practice beforehand, and slowly build up his strength before he could use the palm. He could only barely use it when he was perfectly prepared.

The seventh and eighth styles can actually be used, but they require the Imperial Arms 'God's Hand' to enhance control, and the success rate is extremely low, sometimes less than once in ten attempts.

As for mastering this palm technique thoroughly and using it freely in actual combat, that requires him to study and practice diligently.

One morning.

Leone opened her sleepy eyes.

Suddenly, she sensed something was wrong. After touching her ear, she muttered, "This feeling... I didn't deactivate the Imperial Arms? I played too wildly yesterday and forgot to deactivate Beast King before going to sleep!"

Thinking about yesterday's experience, her face flushed slightly.

Although she and Xu Feng had been together for several months and should have been an old married couple, Xu Feng had just too many tricks up his sleeve.

Just as Leone got used to it, he switched to a different way of playing.

Just as Leone was about to deactivate her Teigu, she suddenly froze, rushed to the mirror, and stared wide-eyed at herself.

I saw.

No matter how hard she tried, she maintained her cat-eared girl form from when she was fused with the Teigu.

The ears on its head, the tail behind its back... none of them can be retracted!

"Unable to be deactivated, the Imperial Arm... has gone out of control?" Night raid on the Imperial Capital base.

Xu Feng returned here with the dejected, busty older sister.

—The name of this base has now been changed to 'Imperial Third Dangerous Breeding Base'.

As for why it's number three?
The first and second breeding bases are managed by two Imperial Arms users who can control land-type and flight-type dangerous species, respectively.

Therefore, the location where Akame and Hill worked became Number Three.

From the moment Xu Feng returned to this world, the battle ceased to exist.

All sorts of ambitious individuals, schemers, and mad killers... are being forcibly controlled and transformed into producers, shining brightly in different professions.

The more bad deeds a person has, the more difficult the job they will be assigned.

The worst of the guys were all mining in the mines... Xu Feng found the Orichalcum mining area of ​​the Empire a thousand years ago in the records of the Imperial Arms World Book. According to the records of that Imperial Arm, the mine had long been exhausted by the First Emperor, and even a certain emperor who revived the Empire had never mined a single bit of Orichalcum there.

But Xu Feng felt that digging further down would only make those heinous criminals suffer more.

If you gain something, it's a pleasant surprise; if you don't, it doesn't matter. Why not?
On the surface, the whole world is getting better.

Therefore, professional assassin squads like Night Raid lose their purpose.

Under Xu Feng's deliberate arrangement, most of the unemployed Night Raid squad members found new jobs. For example, Akame and Hill worked at the "Empire's Third Dangerous Species Breeding Base," cleaning up out-of-control dangerous species and, incidentally... tasting them.

The main purpose is to test the quality of various dangerous species' flesh and blood, and to collect data for cultivating dangerous species' flesh and blood rich in the energy of heaven and earth.

Akame originally planned to travel around the world after the war ended.

But after seeing this job, I didn't want to leave...

Because of the excellent conditions of this job, and because this base was originally the base of the Night Raid Team, it became a place where the old Night Raid Team often gathered.

This time, Xu Feng brought Leone here, bringing the disbanded Night Raid team back together.

"The Imperial Arms have hidden dangers..."

Xu Feng looked at the room full of Imperial Arms users and said with a serious expression, "Most Imperial Arms contain the consciousness of Dangerous Species. If an Imperial Arm is used too many times and reaches a certain threshold, it may cause the Dangerous Species to revive within the user."

He sighed: "That's exactly what happened to Leone. She used her Imperial Arms far too many times while cooperating with my experiments, and now it's completely out of control!"

Leone's lips twitched... The reason she used the Imperial Arms so many times wasn't to cooperate with the experiment.

"Does the consequence of going out of control mean that the Imperial Arms can never be unleashed?" Najenda looked at Leone in her cat-girl form and didn't think the side effect was that serious.

This is clearly a good thing!
"No... this is just the beginning of the erosion. The degree of erosion will continue to deepen in the future. If a way to restrain the erosion cannot be found, Leone will gradually become a dangerous species of lion that creates Imperial Arms." Xu Feng stated the objective facts.

He did not lie.

Theoretically, if Leone were to allow her Teigu to corrupt her, this situation could indeed occur.

However, he had already developed several ways to counter corruption based on his experience in the Claymore world.

"The materials used in the Beast King Transformation Imperial Arm are of average strength, so finding a way to stop its continued erosion shouldn't be too difficult. But the other two Imperial Arms are a different story!"

Xu Feng said alarmingly, "Once the evil spirits and Murasame begin to corrupt, there is no way to stop it!"

"The Dangerous type of these two Imperial Arms is too powerful!"

Akame raised her katana, Murasame, and tilted her head, asking, "Are there dangerous species among swords?"

Because of Leone's real-life example, the Night Raid group did not doubt Xu Feng's alarmist claims.

It's normal for a dangerous species' consciousness to exist within a demon-possessed being. It was created by the super dangerous species Tyrande, and even Brand, the user of this Imperial Arm, could vaguely sense that this Imperial Arm was actually still alive.

But Murasame is just a knife.

Xu Feng smiled and said, "I think you should have felt its will. In the hands of someone who is not suited to it, this Imperial Arm will rebel! En ​​no Kakuzu, this is Murasame's secret technique; it is also the source of the dangerous species or demons within this Imperial Arm!"

Akame recalled for a moment, then nodded seriously: "That's right."

"So... does that mean we can no longer use Imperial Arms?" asked the bespectacled girl, Hill.

Holding her large pair of scissors, she said, "Xiaohun seems to be very well-behaved."

Xu Feng closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then his expression became somewhat strange.

The dangerous species consciousness within the Imperial Arms, the All-Encompassing Severance, is a... panda!
The effect of these scissors cutting everything in two is produced by the conflict between two completely opposite forces, one black and one white.

"This Dangerous type of Imperial Arms... is probably rather lazy?"

"But overall, I still suggest that everyone stop using Imperial Arms. We've entered a period of peace now, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem even without the power of Imperial Arms."

He revealed his true intentions: "Actually, I hope everyone can hand over their Imperial Arms to me first, so that I can develop a way to limit Leone's beast transformation. Among them, the two Imperial Arms, Demon Possession and Murasame, are the most important. Demon Possession can be used to attack through erosion, while Murasame can be used to develop skills that simply kill the consciousness of a dangerous species after fusion, rather than human consciousness."

"If possible, I hope that Akame, as the master of Murasame, will also assist in this treatment."

(End of this chapter)