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Chapter 45 The Way of Cultivation
Li Ming calmed himself down and then opened his character panel.

Name: Chang Qing

Age: 19
Life span: 104
Health: 530/530
Stamina: 530/530
Spirit: 12
Constitution: 53
Luck: 5
Perception: 19
Root bone: 10
词条：【武道之祖：悟性+10】、【百艺皆通：根骨+5】、【文武双全：悟性+3、体质+3】、【民心所向：福源+1】

[Evaluation: A warlock with extraordinary skills.]

That's right, at this moment Li Ming's physical fitness has reached 53 points. After being accepted as a disciple by Fuyouzi, Li Ming comprehended the Tianyantu and understood that the Taoism of the Tongxuan lineage is different. So in addition to practicing the "Thousands of Years" he understood in the Tianyantu, he also continued to practice martial arts.

Fuyouzi had no objection to this. Li Ming, who was practicing again, was really familiar with it. In addition, Fuyouzi had the supply from the He family, and Li Ming also had a constant supply of medicinal soup, so at the age of only nineteen, he had already broken through to the late stage of the acquired realm where Qi was condensed like mercury.

As for "Chronicles of the Ages", that was the name Li Ming gave himself, and his practice was quite effective.

Here we have to mention the cultivation system of this world.

Taoism is divided into two paths: self-cultivation and spiritual cultivation.

Those who cultivate themselves can withstand thousands of mountains and are indestructible. Those who cultivate the spirit hide their skills in their souls and their Taoism is profound.

The highest achievement for those who cultivate themselves is to become a god in the flesh, one step into the heavenly gate. Those who cultivate their souls can achieve the great perfection of their primordial spirit and ascend to heaven.

In Li Ming's understanding, this is obviously the difference between a warrior and a magician. Perhaps when the spiritual energy is abundant, self-cultivation can also have all kinds of magical powers, and refining the spirit can also nourish the body to be as strong as that of humans.

But in this age approaching the end of the Dharma, it’s already difficult to even get started, let alone take care of everything else? That’s even more difficult than ascending to heaven!
Fortunately, Li Ming had both civil and military proficiency, which brought him direct blessings. He came into contact with a lot of new knowledge in this world, and all of it was assimilated into the category of [Civil].

Therefore, it provided great help in the aspect of [Martial Arts], so that Li Ming could now reach the late stage of the acquired realm while taking into account the practice of "Thousands of Years".

The method of self-cultivation is somewhat similar to the martial arts practice in Li Mingzhu's world. It strengthens the physical body. The specific practice is to train the skin, fascia, qi and blood, and even to change the marrow through the Yijing and be reborn.

Refining the spirit is a pure practice of the soul. The practice method that Li Ming comprehended when he was making bamboo in his previous life cannot be said to be exquisite, it can only be said to be a misguided path.

Except for the first step of visualization which was correct, the rest were completely wrong and the root of the mistake was the Guanyin Bodhisattva he visualized.

When concentrating and visualizing, one should start with the mind method and then construct the true god of one's destiny.

The god here does not refer to the sacred immortals and Buddhas that we worship on a daily basis, but your spirit. In other words, it is the embodiment of your spirit. This god is born from the law, but is formed by the soul.

In other words, although there are different levels of martial arts, the ultimate level of achievement depends on the person!
Of course, the "gods" that are cultivated are also different. Some people will cultivate a statue of god, some will cultivate themselves, some will cultivate tools, some will cultivate animals or plants, and so on.

Li Ming's "Chronicle of the Ages" culminated in a flame, which he called the Fire of Civilization. It condensed the history of the ages into an inextinguishable flame, within which lay the light of civilization. If Qingzhu continued to practice his visualization method, he would gradually transform his mind into that clay and stone sculpture of Guanyin, ultimately killing himself.

This also made Li Ming secretly shocked when he found out. Fortunately, he was always very cautious about the real world and never practiced randomly. Otherwise, if he really trained himself into a dead end, no amount of cheats would be able to save him.

To cultivate the spirit, you must first nourish the soul!
Only when one is full of energy and spirit can one have the capital to practice. This step requires reciting scriptures every day to nourish the soul. This is why Fuyouzi asked them to memorize books for three years before they entered the sect. It can be regarded as laying the foundation in a sense.

Then comes the strong soul!

The step of strengthening the soul is complicated and varied. Various sects have many ways for you to choose from. Of course, the effects are also different. There are cruel methods such as evil ways, swallowing souls to strengthen themselves, or blood sacrifices and killing. Some sects take another way and take the five extreme flavors of the world to stimulate people's taste buds and improve their endurance, thereby achieving the effect of training the soul. However, the most upright method of natural alchemy to strengthen the soul is to use spiritual materials and wonderful medicines, which are naturally magical.

Of course, in this era of declining spiritual energy, there are naturally very few panaceas, and Fuyouzi is helpless. Fortunately, both of them have good qualifications. Even if they don’t take shortcuts, they have completed this step by hard work day and night.

After the soul is strengthened, it is time to travel in spirit.

At this stage, the characteristics of the spirit refining technique are revealed, that is, the soul leaves the body. This state is divided into two states: day travel and night travel. It is very difficult to leave the body at the beginning, and one cannot bear the light of the sun, moon, stars, and the cold wind. Later, one does not avoid the moonlight or the sun, and even uses the light to practice. The soul becomes stronger and stronger. The strongest person in this state can travel thousands of miles without leaving home.

Li Ming has just mastered the art of night travel and can travel a hundred miles in one night. Chang Miao, on the other hand, has just made a breakthrough in night travel and has difficulty even going down a mountain, let alone traveling a thousand miles in a day.

In addition, spells in the Wandering Realm can basically be cast without the use of magic tools. The spell can be cast by thinking the mantra and printing it out, which is much more convenient. However, in the Soul Nourishing and Strengthening Realm, in order to cast spells, one needs to bathe, change clothes, observe the weather, check the terrain, and prepare for a long time in advance, and even then, success is not guaranteed.

If someone disturbs you while you are performing the ritual, the best case scenario is that the technique will fail, and the worst case scenario is that you will lose your life.

So, God Refining is really a tough late-stage profession. Now, after the version update, the server upper limit is locked at level 40, and God Refining before level 20 = level 1. Who would want to practice this kind of profession?

I heard that the character level cap will be lowered in the next version. Listen to me, stop playing as a mage and join the glorious evolution.

Li Ming kept complaining in his mind, but when he really sat cross-legged and entered a state of concentration and began to practice, all these distracting thoughts disappeared.

Above the spiritual platform, a ball of warm firelight danced, and the words of "Eternal Chronicle" flowed through his mind one by one.

The scene of the creation of the world in the chaos emerged again, and the evolution process of millions of years was slowly being perfected. This was Li Ming's way of practice.

The ball of natal fire became increasingly active in Li Ming's visualization, as if countless secrets were hidden in the flames.

(End of this chapter)