From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 8 The Spiritual Realm is about to begin
"Thank you for your courtesy, Carp Spirit God. I have come here on the orders of the City God to give you something."

Everyone likes to hear nice words. The little carp was so polite, which made the Night Wanderer have a better impression of him.

He even tried to open his mouth, revealing an ugly but gentle smile.

"From mid-August, the Fengshui River, stretching from Changning County in the east to Yuanling Mountain in the west, will be closed. The City God will open the [Canglang Small Spiritual Realm] to allow disciples of the Immortal Sect to capture the essence of the Mysterious Water."

"The Spirit Realm will be open for half a month. If you have some free time, you can go into the Spirit Realm and see what's happening."

Yeyoushen told Youming what had happened.

You Ming had only been a priest for half a year, so he didn't know about these things. He just didn't expect that the relationship between Shinto and Immortal in this world was so harmonious. Was this a copy opened by Shinto for Immortal?

"You may not know that every time this small spiritual realm opens, it is the busiest time in Changning County. Many immortal sects and temples from the three prefectures and eleven counties near Bingzhou will have cultivators coming here. After all, the essence of the mysterious water produced in our small spiritual realm can not only be refined into treasures, but can also be used to hone the mysterious light."

"It's a hot commodity among the immortals."

"To be honest, every time we see those hypocritical disciples of the immortal sect getting beaten to a pulp in the Small Spirit Realm, we feel really happy."

This night wanderer seemed to be a mischievous person, and after getting familiar with You Ming, he relaxed.

"What's going on? Is fighting forbidden in the Small Spirit Realm? If someone dies from a fight, then a happy event will turn into a tragedy."

You Ming followed up on the other party's question.

"Your words are quite interesting. We certainly can't let a happy event turn into a sad one. This small spiritual realm is maintained by the power of our divine way. It's like an illusory world. Even if you are beaten to death in it, at most you will escape from this place, and you won't actually lose your life."

"It's been a long time. People who have grudges usually come here to settle them."

"Anyway, there won't be any damage in the end, even if it's a fight to the death. On the contrary, those who can stay in the spiritual realm in the end can earn more Mysterious Water Essence."

The Night Wanderer laughed and began to explain.

You Ming found it interesting. It seemed that this was not just a dungeon, but also integrated the functions of an arena, where the amount of resources was determined through PK.

"I don't know... Is it convenient for our people to participate in capturing the Mysterious Water Essence?"

An idea came to the little carp's mind, so he asked tentatively.

The Night Wanderer was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look the little carp up and down, and then he laughed.

"I didn't notice that the Carp Spirit God also practices the way of immortality. This is quite unusual."

"Hey, what's the problem? The small spiritual realm belongs to us, the immortal sect disciples who want to come in have to use resources and spirit stones to exchange for a place to enter. If our people are willing to go in and play, the City God will be happy to let us in."

"But you have to be mentally prepared. Every time the Small Spiritual Realm opens, almost no one from the Shinto sect will enter. If someone fights with you for it, I'm afraid no one will come to your aid."

Shintoism has always been unwilling to get involved in these fighting and killing activities.

Shinto is noble and most of the local gods regard themselves as officials who assist in managing the mountains and rivers. Those rough and crude fighting jobs are naturally done by ghost messengers and divine soldiers. They only need to dispatch troops and give remote commands.

The gods of the water god series are capable of fighting, and most of them are deified from alien species, similar to You Ming's situation, but those gods all follow the path of monsters and beasts, constantly purifying their own ancestral blood, strengthening their bodies, and acquiring magical powers. They are not on the same path as immortals, and they will not interfere in the affairs of immortals.

Therefore, over the years, it is extremely rare to find someone like Little Carp who is willing to participate in the Small Spiritual Realm.

"Hey, this is so strange, there's actually a new person who loves to make trouble in our Shinto sect."

The Night Wanderer carried a lantern and floated away from Yuanling Mountain.

… “I don’t have any bottlenecks in my cultivation now. As long as I have the resources and subsequent techniques, I can continue my cultivation.”

You Ming returned to the spirit pond, and this sudden incident also made him feel more energetic.

He has now reached the stage of enlightenment. If he wants to reach the late stage of enlightenment or even perfection, he just needs to enter the cheat code a few more times in the console.

However, the biggest hurdle from [Awakening] to [Mysterious Light] is to obtain enough evil spirits, combine one's own magic power with the evil spirits to temper them, and finally form a condensed mysterious light.

Once the mysterious light is formed, it will cover the sky when it is scattered and condense into silk when it is gathered. It will be indestructible when it is hard and flexible when it is soft, which is extremely mysterious.

Only at this stage can the cultivator truly develop combat power.

If he wanted to purchase an ordinary evil spirit, he would probably have to spend a hundred divine powers, which is equivalent to his salary saved for a year without eating or drinking.

Now the essence of the mysterious water in this small spiritual realm can also be used to refine the mysterious light, and it is also of the water attribute. It is like having a pillow when you feel sleepy.

Of course the little carp would not miss this opportunity.

However, as Night Wanderer said, obtaining the essence of Xuanshui from the Small Spirit Realm is not easy. With so many disciples from the Immortal Sect, it's not easy to deal with them.

Now the problem is very clear in front of him, he needs to quickly improve his strength in a very short period of time.

There are only two ways: break through the realm or practice powerful magic.

However, due to a lack of evil spirit, he was unable to break through to the Mysterious Light Realm. Furthermore, the [River and Sea Tide Treasure Book] was obscure and difficult to understand, making it difficult to transfer and cultivate, let alone practice the three accompanying techniques.

You Ming planned to wait until the first and fifteenth day of every month to find the chief clerk of the Collection Department to learn the Heavenly Book Insect Seal to see if he could make a breakthrough.

So for now, both of these paths to improving strength are blocked.

However, in You Ming's mind, there is a third way.

But this road only exists in his imagination, and it is not clear whether it can be taken.

You Ming took out two books he had copied.

One is called [Flowing Cloud Body Washing Method], and the other is called [Cold Pond Bone Strengthening Method].

Both books are Dharma-level exercises, which are methods specifically used to train the body and improve physical strength.

But the key to whether this third path can be successful lies in this [Flowing Cloud Body Washing Method].

"The method is like a cloud, gentle and invisible, flowing in a circular motion, allowing Qi and blood to flow freely and allowing the muscles and bones to stretch. The practitioner achieves unity of inner and outer nature, a clear mind, and strength that permeates every limb..."

This is a method of strengthening the body.

But unlike ordinary body training from the outside to the inside, this body training method is from the inside to the outside.

By practicing this method, practitioners can cultivate magical powers and use their own magical powers as medicine to strengthen their bodies.

This method is extremely rare and unpopular, with very few practitioners, because it takes too long to cultivate mana and then strengthen the body. In comparison, other body-building methods use various external objects, which are more effective and more powerful.

But this method is not completely useless, because the [Flowing Cloud Body Cleansing Method] does not require external objects, and the body tempered by it is purer. Even if practiced for a long time, it may strengthen one's aptitude and bones to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)