Hermit in the Mountains

In the afternoon, Gu Changsheng stood barefoot in the middle of the vegetable field. He closed his eyes to rest, as if he had transformed into a tree to comprehend the Dao of rooting.

The blue ox lay on the edge of the field, with a large yellow dog sitting on its back.

Every day, Gu Changsheng would cleanse and refine the marrow of his two pets, making them increasingly intelligent, to the point where they possessed the intelligence of a seven or eight-year-old child.

The most significant changes are in their size and fur.

The blue ox was full of energy and spirit, its eyes were shining brightly, and the color of its skin and hair was changing towards a light blue. Its skin and hair became much smoother and no longer had the roughness it had before.

Big Yellow grew increasingly robust, its fur gleaming faintly with gold in the sunlight. It sat perched on the broad back of the blue ox, resembling a golden dog's head.

It's a pity no outsiders saw such a strange combination, otherwise they would have thought they encountered animals that had come to life.

The dog and the cow were both surprisingly focused on Gu Changsheng, who was standing in the vegetable patch.

As Gu Changsheng activated the Rooting Technique, he also sensed the changes within the 'Seed of Withering and Flourishing'.

He compared his morning techniques of "Gathering Qi" and "Rooting" to absorb earth energy, and "Tao Seed" to actively absorb spiritual energy. He discovered that his "Gathering Qi" technique could not be called a magic method; it was merely a forced compression of spiritual energy particles of heaven and earth using divine sense.

The "Rooting Technique" absorbs earth energy, and the "Tao Seed" actively absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; essentially, both are the result of a special pattern.

The "withered and flourishing armor" inside the body also has similar special patterns.

He thought of the arrangement and combination of elements within matter, and how different arrangements and combinations of elements would give rise to different substances.

In this way, special patterns are also an alternative way of arranging and combining elements.

Unfortunately, with his current abilities, he is not able to observe the underlying arrangement and combination of special patterns; he can only see the superficial results.

The "Withered Armor" is an invisible wall or energy shield that protects the skin, flesh, bones, and other organs inside his body.

The "Rooting Technique" is like a spider web, using his feet to sense the underground environment. The drawback is that he can only sense his own kind, that is, plants.

The legacy left by his spirit, namely "perception" and "traction," is like a spider web perceiving the surrounding environment. "Perception" is the web, and "traction" is the spider silk. His mind is the spider, and perception, attraction, and control are the three elements that constitute the legendary "power of divine consciousness."

Why couldn't the "Gathering Qi Technique" he deduced this morning be considered a magic technique? It was just an addition of a compression action to the control process.

An independent spell should be an independent system of spiritual energy circulation.

He called this independent system of spiritual energy circulation a "spell model".

Once the 'spell model' is built, all that's left is to provide the necessary power and turn it on.

In cultivation novels, "incantations" and "mantras" are similar to "language codes" or the process of charging mana during the operation of a "spell model".

The reason why techniques are divided into beginner, minor, major, perfect, and ultimate levels is probably related to the speed of energy recharge.

As long as a cultivator's mind is strong enough, they can instantly cast spells by silently reciting them.

The process by which cultivators comprehend magic involves observing, learning, and constructing the corresponding energy structure of magic, which is called a "magic model".

If you are quick to learn, you will learn fast; if you are not quick to learn, you will learn slowly.

The "spell model" should also have different attributes. Only when the corresponding spiritual energy attribute operates within the "spell model" can safety be guaranteed and the corresponding spell be cast.

If fire-attribute spiritual energy is used within a water-attribute spell model, the attributes are incompatible. The fire-attribute spiritual energy and the water-attribute spell model might clash and explode, causing a backlash from the technique. Isn't that how one goes into qi deviation?

In an instant, Gu Changsheng had a sudden realization, and his mind was enlightened. He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing the sky, fingers slightly spread, his right palm holding a bowl, like a blooming flower.

His divine sense was converging in the void within his right palm, constructing a 'spell model' with the ability to gather energy.

It's unclear how long Gu Changsheng stood in the field; his brows were furrowed, and sweat trickled down his face.

A tiny vortex appeared out of thin air in Gu Changsheng's right palm. As the vortex slowly rotated, his brows furrowed more and more.

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred: the small vortex in Gu Changsheng's right palm exploded and disappeared.

"boom--"

At the moment the cyclone exploded, a faint "clinking" metallic sound emanated from Gu Changsheng's right palm, accompanied by a tiny spark that flashed by.

Gu Changsheng's straight body trembled, his eyes snapped open, and his right hand rose and was placed in front of his eyes.

There were many tiny white dots on the skin of my palms, but these dots disappeared quickly, and my skin returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

All of this happened in milliseconds, but it was all revealed to Gu Changsheng through his divine sense, and he also discovered the reason for his failure.

The 'spell model' he constructed was not the problem; the error lay in the fact that the model attracted spiritual energy of all attributes without any identification function, leading to spiritual energy conflicts and causing an explosion.

Gu Changsheng was not discouraged by the failure. Knowing where the problem lay, he instead smiled.

His guess about the direction of the 'spell model' is correct; perhaps next time he will be able to deduce real spells.

Looking up at the bright sun overhead, Gu Changsheng walked towards the wooden house.

As night deepened and the bright white moon hung high in the sky, Gu Changsheng sat cross-legged in the wooden house, his eyes slightly closed, his hands embracing his lower dantian in a gesture that resembled two bowls upside down or a closed lotus flower.

Gu Changsheng simulated the 'Dao Seed' absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to begin constructing a 'technique model' capable of gathering spiritual energy.

An invisible 'spell model' is being constructed in the void.

The Three Talents Qi-Gathering Rings consist of three opposing rotating rings that generate a pulling force, drawing surrounding spiritual energy into the rings.

The transparent nodes on the aura ring shimmered with cyan light; these transparent nodes were the spiritual energy attribute recognition system set up by Gu Changsheng.

The shimmering cyan light spots on the nodes are the wood elemental energy derived from the 'Power of Glory' within Gu Changsheng's body.

Moving towards the center of the aura ring, there are three layers of hexagonal spiritual patterns stacked together in a compression layer. The concentration of spiritual energy doubles with each layer of compression.

At the very innermost part is a pure white energy cavity, which Gu Changsheng calls the "Taiyin Cold Cavity". It will simulate the "Extreme Cold Singularity". When gaseous spiritual energy or particulate spiritual energy enters, it will be instantly cooled to the dew point by the Taiyin power inside, producing liquid spiritual liquid.

The entire process of the Spirit Gathering "Spell Model" is as follows: the outer layer identifies and absorbs, the middle layer compresses multiple times, the inner layer cools, and finally the spiritual liquid condenses in the palm of the hand.

The moment the 'spell model' was activated, a tiny vortex appeared in the center of Gu Changsheng's hands, and an invisible ripple spread outward from the center of the vortex.

The wood-elemental energy particles within a forty-meter radius were gathered in Gu Changsheng's palm, forming faint blue light spots that connected end to end to form visible light blue threads.

The pale blue threads grew longer and longer, converging towards the center, like yarn being rolled up, while the pale blue light spot in the center grew larger and larger.