hotmtlnovel Chapter 14 My Destiny is Mengji 2
Chapter 14 My Destiny is Mengji 2
Born with a strong aura, Cai Fei, being a leopard by birth, naturally gains the approval of the leopard pack. No wonder a pack of leopards protected him on the day he was abandoned.
On the other hand, the dream world is bizarre, mysterious, and difficult to understand. As one of the very few beasts related to dreams and the only known natal beast that can enter the Ruins of Return, Mengji's preciousness is self-evident.
Unfortunately, this thing began to weaken after Cai Fei died in his previous life. After traversing a long period of time and space, it underwent a period of differentiation and disintegration after entering the Ruins of Return, resulting in severe damage to the whole thing. Now it has become incomplete.
Aside from its mottled skin and disgusting appearance, the little guy's overall appearance is still intact. What has degenerated is its seven orifices—in fact, only three of the seven orifices remain, and even those three remaining orifices are quite abnormal.
It is missing an ear, leaving only its right ear, which is still incomplete; its left eye is blind, but its right eye can see, though its vision is blurry; it has a nose, but cannot smell—the only thing that is useful is its mouth.
Fortunately, its senses were still quite sharp. Under Cai Fei's divine sense, amidst the still, tender green, the Mengji Beast suddenly raised its head, its single eye looking in the direction of Cai Fei's divine sense. Its small head swayed from side to side a few times, as if greeting Cai Fei.
"The day one enters the path of cultivation, the day one's innate destiny awakens."
For no apparent reason, Cai Fei entered a state of great joy, as if all the pores on his body had opened up at once, cheering and jumping for joy, feeling carefree and blissful, with boundless celebration and endless happiness.
"All nine spirits are present... a body of nine miscellaneous elements." Seeing his natal energy awaken and witnessing several extremely rare spiritual energies enter his dantian, Li Zhu sighed deeply. "A body of nine miscellaneous elements, that's a bit difficult..."
Cai Fei didn't hear clearly; he only sensed that someone was saying something in the distance.
"That's fine."
Li Zhu was somewhat disappointed with Cai Fei's dantian attribute, but being the person he was, he quickly calmed himself down and decided to proceed as planned, beginning to teach Cai Fei non-techniques. However, Cai Fei remained immersed in a state of blissful bliss and showed no reaction.
As Cai Fei entered the Dao, a spiritual pressure suddenly arose not far away. This was because Xu Ping'an had been alerted. It was estimated that he would soon come to check on Cai Fei's dantian and sea of consciousness. We had to stop him!
"Hmph!" Left with no other choice, Li Zhu shouted sharply.
The sound was like a spear piercing a drum. Cai Fei felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow. The innate fire in his dantian was like being hit by a gale. The flames flickered violently and almost went out. It took a while before it stood up again, gradually stabilized, and swayed gracefully, regaining its brilliance.
Is this a sign of going mad?
Cai Fei was filled with doubt and uncertainty when he heard Li Zhu say, "Even if this little bit of spiritual energy causes you to go into a qi deviation, it won't matter. You have already entered the Dao, and the old mountain master will soon come to check your dantian and sea of consciousness. We have no suitable reason to stop you, so I have to leave. There is a spell that must be laid at the beginning of entering the Dao, and the incomplete life force must also be healed, which is why I woke you up. Please calm down a bit and slowly listen to my instructions."
Okay, you're the master, you're in charge!
Cai Fei calmed himself and listened quietly as Li Zhu explained the magic.
"First, let's get to know the types of spiritual energy. Those with a slightly yellowish hue and slow movement are earth spirits. Try using your divine sense to command them to float to the Qian position... Divine sense is intention. Currently, your divine sense is still very weak, but it's enough to command this amount of spiritual energy. Give it a try. Whatever you want 'it' to do, 'it' will do."
As Li Zhu had instructed, Cai Fei focused his attention on the small wisps of air and "commanded" them to move to the Bagua positions around the Creation Furnace.
Sure enough, as if someone was pushing them, several clusters of spiritual energy slowly drifted towards the Qian position.
Is this divine consciousness?
Cai Fei was both surprised and delighted. It was so wonderful. No wonder cultivators had the skill of controlling swords and could retrieve objects from a distance.
"Sword control and telekinesis are both Foundation Establishment stage spells." Li Zhu poured cold water on him, "During the Qi Refining stage, the divine sense cannot leave the body; it can only command the spiritual energy that enters the body."
Okay, I'll take it slow. I'll be able to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage someday.
Following Li Zhu's command, several clusters of spiritual energy entered the cave near the dantian and arranged themselves into a Three Talents Formation on the cave wall, sealing off the entrance to the acupoint and leaving only a sliver of space for external spiritual energy and solar energy to flow in extremely slowly.
At the same time, several other clusters of spiritual energy squeezed into the space between the upper and lower layers of the dantian. Between the upper and lower layers is an extremely tough membrane called the dan membrane. In the center of the membrane is a small hole called the spiritual aperture, which connects the upper and lower parts and is the most crucial part.
There was a slight gap around the spiritual aperture, and several clusters of spiritual energy squeezed in, all following the same three-elemental position. Wherever their thoughts went, the formation naturally activated, obscuring the spiritual aperture and leaving only a sliver of space.
The primordial fire, deprived of its nourishment, rapidly shrank until it was reduced to a tiny, almost invisible dot.
"It's done. The spiritual fire needs the essence blood from the Crescent Moon Pool to burn, so the spiritual apertures cannot be completely sealed, at least not before the fourth level. After the fourth level, they can be sealed for a short time in critical moments, and the spiritual fire can last for a few minutes without any problem." Li Zhu then explained the Concealing Breath Technique in detail.
This technique is a secret technique invented by Emperor Yan. The formation is simple and easy to learn, but the threshold for learning it is very high - one must have a destined person and must set up the formation at the beginning of one's cultivation!
The key to this technique is setting up an array around the spiritual aperture, which is located between the upper and lower furnaces of the dantian. It is related to the refining of spiritual energy and the improvement of one's realm. Its position is extremely critical. After a cultivator enters the Dao, the spiritual aperture will quickly take shape, and once it is formed, it is both tight and solid, and cannot be opened without force.
Therefore, it is only possible to set up the formation at the very beginning of one's cultivation, while the spiritual aperture has not yet fully developed. Considering that the person setting up the formation has just entered the cultivation at this time, the formation must be simple.
But even something as simple as 1+1 is beyond the reach of most cultivators, because they cannot see into their inner vision!
Only those who possess a natal chart can internally visualize their dantian upon entering the Dao, accurately guiding individual clusters of spiritual energy into the gaps of their spiritual apertures to form an array.
Once this formation is set up, spiritual energy can be completely contained. In principle, once Cai Fei seals the acupoints and closes the spiritual apertures, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal cannot see through Cai Fei.
However, once a cultivator begins to cultivate, their body will naturally undergo some changes, so it is impossible to completely hide it. But it is very easy to make others misjudge your cultivation level.
"So simple?" Cai Fei was surprised.
"It's not simple. The key to this technique is that it's unpredictable! As far as I know, throughout history, including you, only three people have mastered this technique," Li Zhu said. "As your cultivation improves and your acupoints open more often, this formation must also evolve in sync. I'll teach you again when I have the chance. The old mountain lord is coming. You can slightly open your spiritual apertures. He will assume that you are in the consolidation period after entering the Dao and will not come to disturb you."
Cai Fei opened his eyes, his whole being snapping out of his warm and joyful state. Although the east was filled with the boundless scenery of sunrise and colorful clouds, and the air around him smelled fresh grass and earth, he still felt a sense of unreality for a moment.
Xu Pingan had silently walked to within ten meters of Xiao Caifei, but he dared not take another step forward.
Upon closer inspection, a faint flow of spiritual energy could still be seen around the child. Although it was barely perceptible, the presence of this energy indicated that the inner fire within the child had not yet extinguished.
This is waiting for that spark of innate fire to gradually stabilize!
There's someone to take over Wujialing!
A strong sense of joy filled the old man's chest. He had fled here with more than ten members of the Xu family when he was in his forties. Now he was over seventy years old and had taken in more than a hundred mountain people over the past thirty years. The Xu family population had also grown to more than thirty people.
Given the ratio of one cultivator for every three hundred teenagers, it would be difficult to expect a single cultivator from this population within a few decades. As he watched himself grow older day by day, the thought that "there will be no cultivators to follow in my family's footsteps" had become his biggest worry.
If Xiao Cai were to enter the Dao, it would mean that our ridge would be worry-free for a hundred years. With a hundred years to go, it would be entirely possible for the population of the ridge to grow to several thousand, and the descendants would have a promising future. Why should he be so unhappy about this?