Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 137 The Lunar Moon
After leaving the Datongxing Guixu branch, Fang Jingxuan chose to leave the market directly.

Upon leaving, they summoned Tuoyuan, and the man and the tortoise quickly departed, heading towards an unknown deserted island.

To prevent anyone from following them, Fang Jingxuan also had Tuoyuan dive dozens of nautical miles underwater to avoid being noticed.

After all this commotion, even Fang Jingxuan himself didn't know where he was. Only when he felt that he was far away from Guixu Market did Fang Jingxuan randomly find a small island to stop on.

Instead of rushing to take out the jade slip to study it, he first set up an array to isolate divine sense.

It cannot be guaranteed that these three jade slips do not have any markings attached to them, so as to determine one's location.

The storage bag can block the mark, but as soon as it's taken out, the mark will send a message, so it's safer to block it with an array first.

After Fang Jingxuan took out the array plate and set up the Reverse Five Elements Reversal Array, he felt slightly relieved.

This magic array was purchased by Fang Jingxuan after he bought a house in Hongyefang. When he sold the house, he also took it with him and put it into a storage bag. It is now ready to be used.

With the formation taking effect and isolating the inside from the outside, Fang Jingxuan took the three jade slips out of his storage bag.

These three jade slips are respectively inscribed with "The Art of Sacrificing to Gods and Refining Souls", "The Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique", and "The True Explanation of the Profound Abyss".

When Fang Jingxuan was browsing the catalog, he immediately took a liking to these three martial arts techniques.

Among them, the "Sacrifice to Gods and Refine Soul Technique" is a low-grade Xuan-level refining technique. If Fang Jingxuan were to buy it in the market, he estimated it would be worth two or three thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea" is a water-based body-refining technique. Fang Jingxuan decided that he would be staying in the South China Sea for a long time, so he directly chose this body-refining technique.

In addition, among his three spiritual roots, the water spiritual root aptitude is slightly higher than the other two, so he can focus on water-based techniques and cultivate faster.

This body-refining technique is worth about four thousand low-grade spirit stones.

As for the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation," it cannot be obtained with low-grade spirit stones. This level of cultivation technique can be cultivated all the way to the Golden Core Realm.

Therefore, it is a top-tier resource that those cultivation families and Golden Core sects never pass on to outsiders.

The kind of cultivation method that requires not joining these forces and serving them like slaves for decades to prove one's loyalty is something one should never even dream of.

In other words, Shen Yuwan was subtly caught red-handed, so she used this common asset to make an exchange, ultimately benefiting herself.

In fact, Fang Jingxuan could also sense Shen Yuwan's high regard for the [Golden Disc and Jade Bone Plate], which indicated that this item was absolutely priceless.

However, not understanding its mysteries, this magical artifact would be useless in his hands, far less useful than the three cultivation techniques he has now acquired.

Therefore, Fang Jingxuan did not regret it. On the contrary, he felt fortunate. Otherwise, when would he have been able to obtain the true teachings of the Golden Core Sect?

Setting aside the cultivation methods for refining the spirit and body, Fang Jingxuan first examined the cultivation method.

After calming himself down, he slowly placed the jade slip of "Xuanyuan Zhenjie" on his forehead, and then a profound message flowed into his mind.

An hour later, Fang Jingxuan's face was somewhat pale. This "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation" was profound and complex, and even with his current soul power, he found it quite difficult to comprehend it.

However, Fang Jingxuan had a general understanding of the conditions required for cultivating the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation," the standards for each stage of cultivation, and the ultimate achievement of the Golden Core realm. It truly lived up to its reputation as a Golden Core-level cultivation method, far surpassing the "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique" he was currently cultivating.

Firstly, regarding the total amount of mana, for example, when cultivating the "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique", the total amount of mana at the first level of Qi Refining is one. With each level advancement, the mana increases by 30% in the early stage of Qi Refining, 50% in the middle stage, and 70% in the later stage.

When one cultivates in this way until the very end, at the Great Perfection of the Ninth Level of Qi Refining, the total amount of magical power within one's body is twenty-eight times that at the First Level of Qi Refining.

In the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation", the total amount of mana is also one when you are at the first level of Qi Refining. With each level you advance, the total amount of mana increases by 50% in the early stage of Qi Refining, doubles in the middle stage, and increases by 1.5 times in the late stage.

Based on this calculation, if I were to cultivate this technique and reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, my total magical power would be 281 times that of the first level of Qi Refining.

It is a full ten times greater than the difference between practicing the "Three Turns of the Wheel" method.

Both are at the ninth level of the late stage of Qi Refining, but their magical power differs by more than tenfold. Just thinking about this gap in combat power is enough to make one feel hopeless.

And this is only one part of the benefits of practicing "The True Explanation of the Profound Abyss".

If one cultivates the "True Explanation of the Profound Abyss," one can also develop corresponding supernatural powers.

This technique requires the dantian to be the eye of the sea. After establishing the foundation, one needs to condense seven streams of Xuanming True Qi. Each stream of True Qi needs to be combined with different kinds of strange water from heaven and earth, such as the Northern Dark Profound Yin True Water, the Nine Nether Yellow Spring True Water, and the Heavenly River Star Dew True Water.

Each stream of true qi, once integrated with the corresponding true water, can lead to the enlightenment of a divine power. The specific divine power depends on the type of true water it is integrated with.

Once all seven streams of Xuanming True Qi have been fused with the True Water, seven supernatural powers can be awakened. Then, these supernatural powers can be fused together to form the Golden Core Domain, which can produce a high-grade Golden Core.

Having established his own school and called himself the patriarch, it wouldn't be an exaggeration.

However, this technique, though good, has two drawbacks. Otherwise, the Golden Core sects that practiced this technique back then would not have been wiped out in one generation, and would have collapsed and disintegrated after their ancestor passed away.

Firstly, the sheer volume of magical power creates a barrier that is extremely difficult to overcome. In the later stages, a cultivator's physical body may not be able to withstand such immense magical power, leading to their body exploding and death.

When a Qi Refining cultivator advances to the Foundation Establishment stage, they need to overcome three obstacles: the Soul Barrier, the Blood and Qi Barrier, and the Mana Barrier.

This mana barrier requires one to liquefy all their mana within a certain time and convert it into true essence for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Many Qi Refining cultivators who practice the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation" fail at this step and cannot successfully establish their foundation.

Secondly, the seven streams of profound and mysterious true qi are difficult to condense, and the seven kinds of wondrous waters of heaven and earth are hard to find.

If one cannot condense a stream of profound true qi, one cannot break through to the Golden Core realm; if one cannot find a rare water of heaven and earth, one cannot awaken the corresponding supernatural power, and one still cannot break through.

Nowadays, every kind of rare water from heaven and earth is priceless, and even Golden Core cultivators regard it as a rare treasure. How could it be revealed to a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Moreover, some kinds of rare water from heaven and earth have already become extinct.

Despite its many flaws, Fang Jingxuan chose this technique without hesitation.

Compared to other cultivators, he had an advantage from the very beginning: he already knew the whereabouts of one of the rare waters of heaven and earth.

This wondrous water from heaven and earth is called: Taiyin Moon Essence True Water!

(End of this chapter)