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Chapter 319 The Great Dao has three thousand paths, and the unorthodox ones have eight hundred (23)

"The Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Staring blankly at the silver pill, Seventh Brother fell into deep thought.

Seventh Brother certainly knew about the Primordial Spirit Pill, and he learned of its existence from Li Jingshu.

Just as practicing the "Breathing Method" can accelerate the process of "refining essence into qi" by swallowing qi and blood pills.

Li Boyang had been thinking for a long time: couldn't the "Perception Method" take a shortcut?

This led to the creation of the so-called "Primordial Spirit Formula".

There is no need to cultivate the "Perception Method" to a certain extreme so that the primordial spirit will naturally manifest.

It is possible to awaken the primordial spirit and the conscious spirit ahead of time through certain fixed rules and specific conditions.

However, this involves unorthodox and demonic methods.

Under normal circumstances, Li Boyang does not recommend that talented people copy the "Primordial Spirit Formula".

After all, the gains and future achievements of calculating the answer according to the formula and deriving the formula with one's own talent are incomparable.

Even so, Li Boyang still helplessly discovered that not everyone could understand the Yuan Shen formula.

If the "Breathing Method" only requires physical strength and willpower.

So the "Perception Method" requires both intelligence and mental fortitude.

Under the current circumstances, even though Li Boyang vigorously promotes and popularizes basic education in the mountains and rivers of Baidi, there are not many people qualified to practice the "Perception Method".

Not to mention cultivating the "Perception Method" to a certain level and then awakening the primordial spirit and consciousness spirit according to the primordial spirit formula deduced by Li Boyang.

Therefore, under these circumstances, the Primordial Spirit Pill, which was refined based on the Primordial Spirit Formula, was naturally born.

If the Primordial Spirit Formula merely lowers the threshold for cultivating the Primordial Spirit...

So the Yuan Shen Dan (Primordial Spirit Pill) is like throwing the answer directly in the face of the cultivator.

Once a cultivator swallows the Yuan Shen Pill, their physical body will enter a near-death state of tortoise-like breathing, maximizing their spiritual awareness.

Immediately afterwards, the life energy within the cultivator's body will spontaneously open the "bridge between heaven and earth," resonating with the external energy of heaven and earth.

In this way, cultivators can sense the existence of the primordial energy of heaven and earth before manifesting their primordial spirit.

Then the Yuan Shen Dan will operate naturally, using specific Yuan Qi of heaven and earth to continuously stimulate and awaken the latent spirituality of the human body.

From this perspective, this is actually Li Boyang artificially simulating the birth process of a primordial god by using alchemy.

Of course, if that were all there was to it...

Silver Horn wouldn't even let Seventh Brother properly consider whether he should choose to swallow the Primordial Spirit Pill.

The Primordial Spirit Pill is a shortcut even more direct than the Primordial Spirit Formula, but its costs and side effects are naturally greater.

First, after consuming the Yuan Shen Dan (Primordial Spirit Pill).

The type of primordial spirit a cultivator develops depends entirely on fate; they have no control or choice over it.

Afterwards, if one wants to cultivate into a Yin God or a Yang God, the difficulty is comparable to ascending to heaven.

Secondly, after the "bridge between heaven and earth" is opened, the resonance between the life force and the energy of heaven and earth is also random.

The cost may not be apparent in the short term.

It might even awaken some strange and supernatural powers as a result.

However, in the long run, if practitioners want to follow the path of "Nine Revolutions of Elixir Accomplishment," it will be more effective.

The difficulty of transforming life energy into one's own unique energy also increases significantly.

Obviously, in Silver Horn's eyes, Seventh Brother had no need to cut off his future path prematurely because of a temporary bottleneck.

"Give me the elixir!"

After a moment's thought, Seventh Brother made up his mind.

"But... Uncle Seven..."

He clutched the pill tightly, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Before Silver Horn could say anything, Seventh Brother had already started laughing.

"Silver Horn, I understand what you mean."

“But I’m different from your master and your uncle.” “I don’t have Bu Ku’er’s talent and wisdom, nor do I have Da Ya’s perseverance and vision…”

"For me, it is a miracle that I have achieved what I have today."

"I've been studying just one method of perception for over a year and I still haven't even gotten the hang of it..."

"If you make me learn those divination methods, energy combinations, and primordial spirit formulas again, my brain will explode."

Reaching out to touch the single horn on Silver Horn's head, Seventh Brother took a deep breath and continued speaking.

"Most importantly, your seventh uncle is just a mortal, and both his lifespan and energy have limits."

“I have many things to do, and I can’t be as carefree as you, only thinking about cultivation.”

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Feilai Peak, the backyard of the Mountain God Temple.

"Are you so sure that Seventh Brother will swallow the Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Just like all felines, Xiluo lay lazily on the tree.

It only wags its tail occasionally when talking to Li Boyang, showing its attention to him.

"Because I know Seventh Brother, he is not the kind of person who can calm down and retreat into seclusion to cultivate himself."

While rotating the Taiji diagram on the Prison Soul Cauldron, he also diverted his attention to talk with Xi Luo.

Li Boyang is undoubtedly refining elixirs right now.

However, this time he was not refining the Primordial Spirit Pill, but was trying out a new kind of pill and a new formula.

For Li Boyang now, this is considered part of his daily routine.

"That's true. It's already quite surprising that the kid was able to stay in Yunmengze for a year."

Xi Luo nodded knowingly. Having listened to the old village chief's nagging for many years, she naturally had some understanding of the personalities of the troublemakers in Li Family Village.

"What a waste of that guy's talent in 'breathing techniques'..."

“Once he chooses to take the shortcut with the Yuan Shen Pill, it will be almost impossible for him to achieve the same ‘Nine Revolutions of Pill’ as you in the future.”

Upon hearing this, Li Boyang simply smiled faintly.

"Everyone has their own choices, and there is never just one path to take in this world."

"The way to advance one's life essence is to refine one's own unique essence by using the essence of heaven and earth..."

"The advanced form of the primordial spirit is to merge with the conscious spirit, achieving a balance of yin and yang, and constructing a yang spirit independent of the physical body..."

"As for the physical aspect?"

Looking down at his own reddish skin, Li Boyang clenched his fist and said.

"Whether it's ever-changing or indestructible, once the path is determined, all routes lead to the same destination."

"Moreover, I have recently had a new realization: the ultimate physical state may not be as complicated as I thought, but rather a rather pure and primal life force."

"The physical body is the symbol of life, the material vessel through which all living beings walk in this world..."

"The ability to change in countless ways and the indestructibility of a diamond are essentially both leading to an end point called 'immortality'."

"However, this does not mean that the three paths I am now exploring are the only correct ones."

Seeing Xi Luo's confused expression, Li Boyang spoke even more bluntly.

"First, one refines essence into qi, then one refines qi into spirit..."

"As long as the minimum requirements for essence, qi, and spirit are met, Seventh Brother may be able to achieve the state of refining spirit and returning to emptiness simply by having 'perfected qi', just like Wu Yi."

"If all else fails, does that mean we can't reach the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm without pursuing perfection in any of the three paths?"

"Heaven, Earth, Man, Gods, Ghosts, Ying, Scaled, Feathered, and Insect..."

"There are three thousand great paths and eight hundred unorthodox ones, and every one of them can lead to enlightenment."

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