Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 280 Consciousness Fusion
The air at Qingxin Xiaozhu is filled with the faint fragrance of peach blossoms. It seems that the peach branches of Taoyao have suddenly blossomed with peach flowers, creating a dreamlike scene.

Under the peach tree, Jiang Chen sipped his tea while observing Huang Laojiu.

"It really has the possibility of cultivation. Although the skin-wearing technique allows ordinary people to also master the power of cultivation, it is essentially a special magic tool. Ordinary people can only borrow this power. Although ordinary people can sense the existence of spiritual energy in heaven and earth through the demon skin, they cannot draw spiritual energy into their bodies at all."

"This one step makes all the difference, and I never expected that Lao Huang would actually take this almost impossible step."

With his divine sense reflecting the changes in Old Huang, Jiang Chen felt a slight ripple in his heart.

At this moment, wisps of spiritual energy were swirling around Old Huang, giving him an ethereal and pure aura—a sign that he had embarked on the path of cultivation.

In fact, the cultivation world is never short of rare treasures. It also has spiritual objects that can give mortals spiritual apertures. There are even rumors that in ancient times, there were immortal treasures that appeared in the world. They have the power of creation. Those with great fortune who obtain them can develop immortal bodies and ascend to heaven in broad daylight.

However, whether they are celestial treasures or spiritual objects, all such treasures that allow mortals to embark on the path of cultivation have one thing in common: they are all very rare and of high quality, as if there is some kind of restriction in the dark.

Compared to these treasures, the demon skins of the Taiping Sect were far too cheap, especially the one on Huang Laojiu's body, which belonged to a mere Spiritual Realm demon with a relatively weak bloodline.

Standing silently to the side, feeling Jiang Chen's gaze, Huang Laojiu felt somewhat uneasy and flustered.

Although he was an old hand who had followed Jiang Chen for a long time, as Jiang Chen's cultivation level became more and more profound, his opportunities to come into contact with Jiang Chen actually became less and less. Most importantly, he could not perceive how powerful Jiang Chen was before, but now, standing in front of Jiang Chen, he felt as if he had seen a flood or a ferocious beast, and felt a fear from the instinct of life.

"How do you feel now?"

Noticing Lao Huang's unease, Jiang Chen put down his teacup.

"It feels, it feels great."

Unable to articulate his feelings, Old Huang could only describe his experience as "very good" in the face of Jiang Chen's gaze. He truly felt great, completely relaxed, and as if he had become several years younger.

Jiang Chen remained unmoved as he looked at Huang Laojiu.

"Ordinary martial artists can only borrow the power of demons when they put on demon skins, but you have now completely turned the power of demons into your own. Can you tell me how you did this?"

With a gentle expression, Jiang Chen showed a hint of curiosity.

As someone who has truly mastered the Skin-Clad Technique, no one in the Taiping Sect understands the power of this spell better than him. The achievements Old Huang Jiu has made now clearly transcend the scope of the Skin-Clad Technique, which cannot be explained by mere magical power.

Upon hearing this, Old Huang's face was filled with a conflicted expression.

"Sect Master, I don't know why this is happening. I do nothing but farm every day. I didn't do anything special. After seeing the transformation of the Radiant Rice, I inexplicably fell asleep. When I woke up, I found that I could draw spiritual energy from heaven and earth into my body, just like I had a spiritual aperture."

"The only thing that's special is that after I finish farming, I seem to be able to faintly feel the closeness of the Qinglin Deer's lingering will."

With a sincere expression and without any concealment, Lao Huang poured out all his feelings, but he really didn't know what to say.

As an elder of the Taiping Sect, he was not actually unfamiliar with cultivation, but even so, he was still completely baffled by the changes in his own body.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen carefully observed Lao Huang's changes again with his divine sense, and seemed to understand something. In the process of refining demon skin, the residual will of the demon is indeed a key factor. After obtaining demon skin, ordinary people should resist and suppress the demon's will, and no one would ever think of getting close to the demon's will.

In fact, even if someone wanted to do this, it would be very difficult to do so. There is a high probability that the demon's will would take this opportunity to corrupt them, since humans and demons are on different paths.

Seeing Jiang Chen remain silent, Old Huang didn't know what to say and could only wait quietly.

And so, time slipped away silently.

After a moment, Jiang Chen finally snapped out of his thoughts.

"Now that you have completely refined the demon skin, you can be considered to have a different kind of spiritual aperture, and you can truly begin your cultivation. This is the token of the Transmission Pavilion. You can go there to choose a few suitable methods."

With a calm tone, Jiang Chen gave a jade pendant to Old Huang.

As a sect, although it was founded relatively recently, the Taiping Sect also has its own Transmission Pavilion. Although it does not have Dao Foundation inheritance, it has a lot of Qi Refining inheritance, far exceeding any other force in Qingyuan County. These were all collected by Jiang Chen from various places, and his enemies contributed the most.

Upon hearing this, and looking at the jade token in his hand, Old Huang understood Jiang Chen's meaning and quickly bowed in agreement.

"The fusion of the cultivator's consciousness and the demon's consciousness may be the key reason why Old Huang completed his transformation, but it's probably not the only one. The most important factor is still Old Huang himself..."

Watching Lao Huang's departing figure, Jiang Chen was still pondering how to truly integrate the demon skin with the cultivator. After all, once this secret was uncovered, cultivation might no longer be a difficult task for ordinary people.

However, after some observation, Jiang Chen realized that this was not an easy task to accomplish. He thoroughly investigated Lao Huang, but still could not find the core secret. Lao Huang's transformation was more like a miracle.

"Old Huang's transformation is related to Xiaguang Rice, and it may also involve the true meaning of change."

"I can study it properly when I have time, but there's no rush. This can't be rushed. For me, the most important thing right now is still my own self-cultivation."

A thought suddenly occurred to Jiang Chen, and he temporarily withdrew his thoughts.

In the next instant, he looked inward and saw his own soul.

Observing the transformation of the rice grains and capturing the changes in water and fire, his soul was somewhat affected.

At this moment, his consciousness condensed within his soul, transforming into a blurry human figure, sitting cross-legged on a third-grade azure lotus platform. Water and fire energies rose around him, sometimes intertwining, sometimes colliding, which was quite mysterious.

"Upon reaching the second stage, my previous methods for tempering my soul were no longer sufficient. The power of water and fire transformation is quite profound, yet it subtly has the effect of tempering the soul. Perhaps I can use this as a basis to develop a new method for tempering the soul."

As thoughts collided and he observed the changes in water and fire, Jiang Chen had an idea in his mind.

While Jiang Chen was immersed in the changes of water and fire, Tao Yao sprinkled out strands of pure spiritual energy, silently protecting his cultivation.

(End of this chapter)