Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 11 The Great Brightness Technique! (Please vote!)

In the room, Zhu Ziyang felt completely refreshed after his shower. He lazily lay on the bed, not wanting to move at all. He squinted his eyes, contemplating his future plans and arrangements.

The evolution of his martial soul into a dual attribute of light and death was an unexpected and delightful development. This presented him with a decision: whether to continue strengthening the death attribute or to stick to his initial plan and strengthen the light attribute.

He was lost in thought.

While the death attribute is powerful, it also has many problems.

First of all, soul beasts with the death attribute are at least high-level soul beasts, and are generally powerful and difficult to hunt. With Zhu Ziyang's current background and strength, hunting a soul beast with the death attribute that is less than a thousand years old may not be difficult, but once it exceeds a thousand years, it will be difficult, after all, his father's combat power is not strong.

Secondly, death-attribute soul beasts are extremely rare, both in terms of species and quantity. He was incredibly lucky to encounter even a White Bone Scythe Demon. According to Zhu Ziyang's knowledge, there were no death-attribute soul beasts in the soul beast gathering areas near Anyang City.

Finally, and most importantly, if he specializes in the death attribute, he is easily mistaken by other soul masters as an evil soul master!

If someone is identified as an evil spirit master, that would be very bad.

After the end of the Church era, the nobility ushered in a golden age, and so did the evil spirit masters. Without the suppression of the Spirit Hall, the evil spirit masters on the continent became extremely rampant. It is said that after ten thousand years of development, the evil spirit masters even established a sect, which shows their arrogance and audacity.

So, did the various countries on the continent not take any measures against evil spirit masters? Zhu Ziyang of the Sun Moon Empire was unaware that the three great empires' attitude towards evil spirit masters was "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!"

However, the empire's leaders could only offer their stance. There was only one organization on the continent that explicitly condemned evil spirit masters: Shrek Academy!

As the top academy on the continent, Shrek Academy remains resolute in its attitude and actions when facing evil spirit masters.

Zhu Ziyang still wanted to get into Shrek Academy and didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of his martial soul.

In contrast, the Light attribute is different. The Light attribute is just as powerful as the Death attribute, but compared to the rarity of the Death attribute, the Light attribute is much more common. Therefore, there are far more Light attribute soul beasts than Death attribute soul beasts, and they are not a challenge for Zhu Changhe in terms of strength. Most importantly, there are Light attribute soul beasts near Anyang City!

The presence of suitable spirit beasts nearby is the greatest blessing for a spirit master. It means that he does not need to travel long distances to other regions to hunt for spirit rings, which is very cost-effective in terms of both time and space.

Ultimately, Zhu Ziyang decided to focus on the Light attribute and supplement it with the Death attribute.

"Sigh! This is the only way!" Zhu Ziyang made his decision, but couldn't help but sigh.

Ultimately, it all comes down to a lack of ability!

"Sigh!" He sighed again, then shook his head and muttered to himself, "Forget it, I'm only level 11. I'm a long way from level 20. I'll think about it later. Right now, the most important thing is to improve my strength! Cultivate!"

With this in mind, Zhu Ziyang quickly cleared away all the entanglements and hesitations in his heart, sat up cross-legged, and began his cultivation without any distractions.

Zhu Ziyang was really looking forward to his first cultivation session after absorbing the spirit ring.

He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and prepared to enter meditation. However, the next second, he began practicing the Lesser Brightness Breathing Technique. Zhu Ziyang was taken aback, but did not stop him. Since his martial soul awakened, the Lesser Brightness Breathing Technique seemed to have completely degenerated into an ordinary breathing method, and there was no movement at all in the wisp of energy in his Tanzhong acupoint.

Zhu Ziyang has given up on further exploring it.

However, the Little Brightness Breathing Method seemed to have realized Zhu Ziyang's thoughts, so this time, when Zhu Ziyang practiced the Little Brightness Breathing Method again, the wisp of energy in the Tanzhong acupoint, which had been dormant for seven days, stirred again!

Zhu Ziyang was startled, his consciousness instantly drawn to this wisp of energy, and he became curious.

Soon, the Little Brightness Breathing Technique was completed. According to past practice, the wisp of energy should return to Zhu Ziyang's Tanzhong acupoint.

However, this time, it didn't obediently return to the Tanzhong acupoint; it continued to move. Zhu Ziyang, who had been watching it closely, instantly noticed this change. He looked at the still-moving wisp of energy with surprise and disbelief, watching it rush straight up to his brow, to the Niwan acupoint, known as the upper dantian!

The Niwan acupoint, also known as the Sea of ​​Consciousness or the Sea of ​​Spirit, is where a Soul Master stores their spiritual power, corresponding to the lower dantian where Soul Power is stored. Generally speaking, Soul Masters other than those specializing in spiritual energy will only open their Sea of ​​Consciousness and begin cultivating their spiritual power once they reach the Soul Venerable level.

Zhu Ziyang was shocked to discover that the wisp of energy had entered his Niwan Palace (a point on the back of his head) without any hindrance. He had no time to think and could only control his consciousness to enter his sea of ​​consciousness as well. He then realized that his sea of ​​consciousness seemed to have already been opened. After his consciousness entered, his spiritual power instantly poured out from it, sweeping over his body and giving him an extremely pleasant, ethereal feeling—a sensation akin to ascending to heaven.

However, he quickly calmed down and manipulated his consciousness to examine his sea of ​​consciousness, trying to see what that wisp of energy was and what it wanted to do!

Within Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea, a desolate scene unfolded. Apart from a small, blue pond of average size, there was only the mysterious aura floating on the lake; the rest of the area was shrouded in a gray haze.

"Is this my sea of ​​consciousness? It's so desolate!" Zhu Ziyang muttered to himself as he observed. "Is this small pond my spiritual energy? How can there be so much of it? Sure enough, my sea of ​​consciousness opened long ago without my knowledge. A newly opened sea of ​​consciousness couldn't possibly contain a spiritual sea of ​​this size!"

His gaze finally settled on that wisp of energy, filled with scrutiny and doubt. "What exactly are you?"

There was no response, and Zhu Ziyang was somewhat discouraged.

The next second, his eyes widened in shock and fear. Under Zhu Ziyang's gaze, that wisp of energy suddenly exploded with a "bang," turning into countless golden powders that instantly filled his sea of ​​consciousness. Immediately afterward, Zhu Ziyang felt a sharp pain in his brain, his vision gradually blurred, and he finally fainted.

I don't know how much time passed.

Inside the room, Zhu Ziyang slowly opened his eyes, his face filled with shock and joy. He murmured, "I never expected this! I really never expected this! The Lesser Brightness Breathing Technique, heh! The Greater Brightness Technique, heh!"

It turns out that the true origin of the Little Brightness Breathing Method is the basic operating method of a martial art.

This technique is the Great Brightness Technique!

That wisp of energy was the very thing that carried the complete inheritance of the Great Brightness Technique. Only by cultivating this wisp of energy could one possibly obtain the Great Brightness Technique. After Zhu Ziyang's soul power cultivation reached level 11, fulfilling the conditions for inheritance, the scene of the inherited energy rushing into his sea of ​​consciousness and exploding there unfolded. Its purpose was simple: to impart the Great Brightness Technique to him.

Now, he has obtained the Great Brightness Technique.

"This practice must be a cultivation method quite similar to meditation," Zhu Ziyang thought.

The Great Brightness Technique is a mysteriously originating cultivation method. He has no related memories from his past life, indicating that he did not obtain it in his previous existence. Zhu Ziyang is unclear about the specific effects of the Great Brightness Technique, as the inherited manual contains nothing but the incantation and acupoint diagrams. To understand the effects of this mysterious technique, he needs to experiment with it himself!

After a moment of silence, Zhu Ziyang decided to experience it for himself!

He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.

He began circulating his soul power according to the Great Brightness Technique's pathway. The soul power flowed in a way completely different from meditation, initially appearing somewhat clumsy and slow. However, after completing one cycle, he gradually became more proficient, and the speed naturally increased. During cultivation, Zhu Ziyang was surprised to discover that his soul power, after leaving his dantian, would become tainted with the power of light. This light-tainted soul power would then slowly seep into his bloodstream, eventually being completely absorbed until it entered his Tanzhong acupoint. The remaining light-tainted soul power, after leaving the Tanzhong acupoint, would revert to pure soul power and continue circulating.

When Zhu Ziyang finished his cultivation, the expression on his face was one of surprise, excitement, and exhilaration!

He already knew the effects of the Great Brightness Technique.

If the meditation methods popular on the mainland are merely ways to circulate soul power, then the Great Brightness Technique is a far more advanced way to circulate soul power, bloodline power, and spiritual power! Zhu Ziyang understood; the Great Brightness Technique has at least four layers of effect. The first layer is naturally cultivating soul power, the second layer is cultivating spiritual power, the third layer is cultivating physique, and the fourth layer is enhancing his affinity for the element of light!

After a night of cultivation, Zhu Ziyang deeply felt that his mental strength had increased, his physique had been tempered, and most importantly, the light attribute of the Radiant Scythe seemed to have become stronger!

This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Zhu Ziyang, who had already decided to focus on the Path of Light!

(End of this chapter)