"A blood core as big as a duck egg, that was left by the Westerner nad Luo Xiaoquan."
Liao Ya handed a ruby to the family's alchemist.
Lu Yao casually stuffed it in his pocket, poking the ground with a stick at the to "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll".
This thing was originally kept in a lead box, and the strange reactions of Yang Qing while reading it had been witnessed by everyone, it was eerily abnormal.
Liao Qe had already brought over the lead box, and Lu Yao used two sticks like chopsticks to clamp the secret manual into the box.
"Let's go ho first, we're creating quite the scene here."
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Back ho, the three of them studied the sect-protecting divine skill of the widely known Guiyi Church in Jiangnan, the "To of Worldly Resignation".
Lu Yao, holding a stick, said, "Let read it, and you two protect ."
The two sisters nodded and said in their sweet voices, "Understood!"
Lu Yao used the stick to flip through the pages of the book, and the opening line read: All people suffer, longing for redemption.
Following that were the normal techniques of Spirit Refining thod, starting with Focused Spirit, progressing to ditation, deep ditation, and self-forgetfulness, explained in a simple and understandable manner.
Lu Yao benefited greatly and was so engrossed that he couldn't help but praise, "It's really well-written! It's like holding soone's hand through the process of spirit refinent. As long as one can read, they can use this book to progressively cultivate and beco a Spirit Refining Expert!"
He continued reading, and next it spoke of the "Fetal Breath" realm. The book stated: To hold the heart's breath and return to the origin is taphorically called the fetal breath; it is a state where the heart is not disturbed by thoughts, without coming or going, a realm of focused heart and spirit.
Lu Yao was carefully pondering over this sentence. But just then, he faintly heard a very small voice echoing in his ear:
[The bodies and minds of mortals are dirty and filthy, why not surrender to the embrace of God and beco one with God? You are God, and God is you, no longer needing to taste the sufferings of the world nor toil in cultivation, beco God in one step, and all things return to one.]
This voice was as faint as a trembling hair or a falling strand of hair on the ground, making one believe it was their own thought...
Moreover, it was extrely fast, speaking in just a second, yet it could transmit clearly into the depths of one's mind.
After listening hundreds of tis, Lu Yao felt sothing was off and stopped reading. But the voice continued to whisper in his ear, and it was getting faster.
The next second, Lu Yao was abruptly pushed to the ground.
This fall completely woke him. Turning his head, he saw it was Liao Ya and Liao Qe who had done it.
Full of concern, Liao Qe said, "Lu Yao, are you okay? Your expression beca more and more disturbing as you read, and you seed crazed...and there were faint whispers around us. My sister and I forcefully interrupted..."
"I'm fine, you did the right thing!" Lu Yao wiped off the cold sweat: "There's sothing wrong with this book! You both heard that voice too?"
Liao Ya replied, "We faintly heard sothing, but couldn't make it out." Liao Qe also nodded in agreent.
Lu Yao looked back at the pages, and saw that where he had just been reading, there weren't any words at all, just densely packed symbols of "eyes within triangles"!
The symbols were distorted as if soone had drawn them with a blood-soaked finger.
Countless eyes seed to move on their own, staring straight at you no matter which direction you looked from, which was quite hair-raising.
Furthermore, Lu Yao was very familiar with these symbols; they were the emblem of the Western Religion "Pantheism Church", and also the pattern of his own golden finger!
This item was in his own mind, ready to open the Dinsional Door to traverse between two worlds at any ti!
"We lost the trail at Zhang Xin's place, and I thought to investigate slowly later, but now it seems this matter should be moved up... This thing is too sinister!"
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Seeing Lu Yao deep in thought, the two won quietly didn't disturb him, even putting the secret manual back into the lead box.
After a while, Lu Yao suddenly took out paper and pen, and silently transcribed the content he had just read.
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After entering a state of "sitting in oblivion," as long as I saw content, I was certain to rember it. I might not understand it, but I could write it out just like a photocopier.
After writing it down, I had Liao Ya check it, with Liao Qe acting as protector.
This ti there were no surprises. Liao Ya quickly finished reading the short text of over a thousand words and joyfully said with a look of excitent:
"This is a systematic Spirit Refining thod that only high-ranking sects possess! Such things are never recorded in text; they are traditionally passed down verbally. In a sect, no more than three people would know of this!"
Liao Qe also crowded over to look and cheerfully said, "Now, our Liao Family Fist has it too! Ah, it's written in such detail. If I had seen it earlier, I wouldn't have been stuck at the Focused Spirit stage for so long!"
The Spirit Refining thod had long been subject to a joint blockade by the Imperial Court, Aristocratic Clans, and Sectarian Groups, making it extrely precious knowledge.
Lu Yao, rubbing his brow, said, "This 'To of Worldly Resignation' is indeed a profound Spirit Refining thod, but as you read on, you are brainwashed by a very disgusting 'demonic sound.' I was just about to learn about Fetal Breath... I can't accept this! Let's try again!"
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The higher-level Spirit Refining thods such as Fetal Breath, Astral Projection, and even Divine Manifestation were right in front of , yet they were unattainable, which was truly frustrating.
Following this, Lu Yao tried various thods with the two sisters.
Such as reading with ears plugged, reading while singing, reading in front of a mirror... invariably, at the description of the "Fetal Breath Realm," that eerie voice could be heard.
Once heard, one would fall into its clutches, and the more one listened, the more reasonable it seed, as if these were one's own deep-seated beliefs!
"Great Mighty Dragon, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Prajna Paramita!" Lu Yao chanted resolutely to bring himself back to lucidity.
He was determined and accustod to struggling free on his own without external interference after a while.
Lu Yao took a deep breath, unwilling to give up, and said, "It seems ordinary thods are useless; I need to think of other tactics!"
Liao Ya advised, "Junior Brother, don't be greedy. This thing is so evil, let's think of other thods. You could ask Taoist Zhou He about the subsequent Spirit Refinent techniques."
Liao Qe nodded in agreent repeatedly, not wishing to see her beloved take risks. "Lu Yao, you could even trade food with the Commandery Princess if you need to."
"We must have our own trump cards and not be at the rcy of others."
Still not giving up, Lu Yao glanced at the lead box, contemplating whether to return to Blue Star to get a nuclear radiation protective suit to try wearing.
Moreover, after struggling against the voice for a while, although my spirit suffered substantial drain, it was also superbly tempered!
Not only did the book contain precious knowledge, it was also an excellent "spiritual fitness equipnt"; it was essential to make good use of it.
Just then, a shout ca from the entrance of the garden: "Friend Lu, old Taoist Zhou has co calling! Prepare the silver quickly, Old Fu has been injured again!"
When the three of them went out to look, they saw Li Pei, Zhou He, and others, whom they had just ntioned, at the door.
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Zhou He supported Fu Fangsheng, who was riddled with bullet holes and laid him onto the round table.
A substance like thick ink flowed continuously from the bullet holes, Withering Bullets again.
Next, Zhou He extracted the bullets while Lu Yao applied silver to the wounds, another familiar and similar scene unfolding.
Fu Fangsheng's handso face was filled with anger: "Damn it! Why do these bastards keep shooting at !"
"Who else should they shoot if not you? You're just at the Focused Spirit stage and can't dodge bullets," retorted Zhou He.
Zhou He and Lu Yao worked in tacit understanding, and in no ti, extracted all the Withering Bullets.
Lu Yao inquired, "Was your ambush successful?"
Li Pei nodded and said, "It was a success, we caught the rebel Yan King—Qin Gang."
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