Hermit in the Mountains

When the diameter of the Spirit Rain Curse Seal exceeded twelve meters, Gu Changsheng frowned. His divine sense was being rapidly depleted, so he immediately stopped extending the seal.

The critical point is when the size of the curse seal is equal to the coverage area of ​​divine sense, and the rate at which divine sense power is consumed is within a controllable range.

As the various spiritual patterns on the 'Taiyin Spiritual Rain Seal' rotated, a vortex began to form three meters above the medicinal field, and an invisible force of attraction spread out in all directions.

The twelve-meter-diameter curse mark perfectly covered the entire medicinal herb field.

With a single thought, Gu Changsheng captured water particles and water spirit particles and injected them into the identification node. He then withdrew his divine sense power to activate the Spirit Rain Incantation Seal, which effectively reduced the consumption of divine sense power.

Within three minutes, a cloud of mist twelve meters in diameter enveloped the medicinal field three meters above it, with pale blue lines flashing within the mist.

Sparse raindrops pattered on the medicinal herb field, landing on the tender green shoots.

The raindrops shimmered with a pale blue hue when they fell in the sunlight.

The rain fell for a minute, and the soil in the medicinal field became moist. Gu Changsheng waved his right hand.

"Disperse—"

As soon as the word "scatter" was uttered, the spiritual rain incantation seal in the void instantly vanished into the world, and the spiritual rain abruptly stopped.

Standing on the edge of the field, Gu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. Using the "Spirit Rain Technique" for just one minute had consumed 30% of his spiritual power, which was even more of a drain on his spiritual power than using the "Spirit Gathering Technique".

It is still necessary to improve one's cultivation level as soon as possible and transform the power of decay and prosperity in one's sea of ​​consciousness into a power of decay and prosperity that can be released externally.

Using magical power as a medium to depict the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and using divine sense as control, this combination can minimize the consumption of divine sense.

Gu Changsheng also thought of talismans and magical artifacts. By using talismans and magical artifacts to cast spells, he could further reduce the consumption of mana and spiritual energy, and improve his endurance.

He glanced at the thriving herb seedlings in the medicinal field, then walked along the ridge to the vegetable garden ten meters away, skillfully raising his right hand and pointing to the sky.

"Gathering Rain Mark........."

"now--"

As the word "Appear" rang out, a spell seal with only two spiritual patterns appeared in the void three meters above the vegetable garden.

This spell was a new spell that Gu Changsheng had spontaneously deduced while walking. It can't really be called a new spell; it's just that he took two spirit patterns from the "Spirit Rain Technique" and reassembled them into a spell seal.

He attempted to disassemble and recombine the "Three Talents Water-Drawing Ring" and "High-Frequency Centrifugal Ring" runes from the "Spirit Rain Technique" into independent spell seals.

He didn't expect to succeed on the first try. The "Rain Gathering Seal" has a simple structure and function. It simply draws water particles in the air together and they collide in a high-frequency centrifugal ring to form raindrops. The Rain Gathering Technique is thus completed. It is simpler to cast and consumes less spiritual energy.

The "Rain Gathering Technique" is used for watering the land. You don't need to worry about the purity of the rainwater or whether the raindrops can maintain the same independent function as the "spiritual liquid".

Raindrops can be drizzle, sesame-sized raindrops, or glass-bead-sized raindrops. In the end, they are just used to water the ground, so there is no need to consider issues such as the fusion of spiritual energy, compression, and shaping.

The eye of the cyclone grew larger and larger until it covered an area of ​​twelve meters in radius, forming a cyclone with a diameter of twenty-four meters. The strong suction pulled water molecules in the surrounding air together.

Within a minute, a vortex cloud, thirty centimeters thick, gathered three meters above the vegetable garden.

Under sunlight, newly formed water droplets inside the clouds refract light to create colorful halos.

Raindrops pattered down on the soil and onto the vegetable leaves.

After three minutes of rain, and seeing that the vegetable garden was completely wet, Gu Changsheng dispelled the 'Rain Gathering Technique'.

He glanced at the vegetable patch; the water droplets hanging on the leaves shimmered white in the sunlight, like pearls dangling from the leaves.

Gu Changsheng put his hands behind his back, a sudden smile appeared on his lips, and he muttered to himself, "Not bad, not bad. In the future, we won't have to go down the mountain to fetch water to irrigate the fields. That will save us trouble."

The consumption of 20% of divine sense power is not a big problem. Moreover, the coverage area of ​​the "Rain Gathering Technique" reaches about 450 square meters at a time. Casting the spell two or three times a day and watering the saplings on the mountain every few days is more than enough.

The saplings don't need to be watered every day; once every three or four days or once a week is enough to prevent them from dying.

A few months later, the saplings grew up, their roots took hold, and their branches and leaves flourished. Their roots would find water on their own, and their leaves would absorb moisture from the air. They wouldn't die even if they weren't watered for a month or two. Otherwise, how would those trees on the mountain survive?

After watering the land, Gu Changsheng returned to the wooden house. In the living room, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and rested to recover his spiritual power.

In my spare time in the afternoon, I sit in front of the stove to study Taoist scriptures, occasionally go online to look up information, search for extreme weather events happening outside, and browse public videos and texts from various religious sects.

'Douyin short videos' and 'AI Doubao' are among his main channels for gathering information.

In today's technologically advanced society, the internet contains a vast amount of data and knowledge. The only thing to do is to have a discerning eye so that you can find the information you need in this sea of ​​true and false information.

Topics such as "spiritual revival," "cultivating immortality," and "cultivating the Tao" have remained popular for a long time, and articles about which immortals have ascended to heaven or where someone has transcended tribulations to become an immortal appear online from time to time.

With the maturity of AI technology, some outrageous videos have begun to circulate, such as people undergoing tribulations amidst lightning and thunder, people flying on swords, people learning lightning magic to blow up houses, and people filming themselves cultivating in the deep mountains...

Truth and falsehood are intertwined; what is true can also be false, and what is false can also be true.

Gu Changsheng wondered if there were other cultivators like him spying on the outside world through their phones, or if someone was posting videos or articles describing their cultivation achievements.

An ancient text says, "The lesser hermit hides in the wilderness, the middle hermit hides in the city, and the greater hermit hides in the court."

According to this theory, he is currently in a state of minor seclusion. Perhaps in the future he will go into the world to refine his mind, go to the temple to seek enlightenment, or perhaps he will spend his whole life in seclusion in the mountains.

This statement is more about describing the different environments in which one cultivates one's mind.

The mountains are far from the hustle and bustle, and the environment is quiet, making it easy for the mind to find peace. However, this kind of tranquility, which depends on the external environment, can easily lead to mental turmoil once you return to the noisy city.

Living in the city, amidst the comings and goings of people, facing noise, fame, fortune, and trivial matters, yet being able to keep one's heart undisturbed—this is using the world to refine one's heart.

The imperial court is the ultimate arena of the mortal world, where the most complex interplay of power, interests, responsibilities, and ideals is intertwined. Only those who can remain virtuous and untainted by the mire can be said to have completed the final cultivation of their hearts.

However, this kind of mental cultivation is useless for Gu Changsheng at the moment. His cultivation has only just begun, and the most fatal thing is that the complex energy field in the mortal world is like a sharp sword hanging over his head.

In Gu Changsheng's eyes, a city where people gather is a dangerous place, a place devoid of spiritual energy, where one's spiritual sense would feel extremely suppressed.

This perfectly illustrates the old saying: "The longer you live, the more afraid you become of death; the clearer you see, the more frightened you become; the more you know, the more dangerous it becomes."

Ordinary people living in cities are unaware of the existence of emotional fields, electrical fields, resentment fields, and faith fields.

However, in Gu Changsheng's eyes, these energy fields are real and will cause harm and pollution to his soul.

Gu Changsheng shook his head to shake off these negative emotions.

He frowned, thinking of the business card Yang Dashan had given him before.

"What's coming will come, but he didn't expect someone to target him so quickly."