Chapter 58: Re-enlightening the Dao Scripture
“Creak.”
Pushing open the wooden door of his small courtyard, a gentle breeze swept through, rattling the copper bell by the window and producing a crisp "ding-dong" sound.
“In the blink of an eye, it’s been years since I last lived here. This place still brings the most peace.” Song Changsheng gazed at his small courtyard, his heart experiencing an unprecedented tranquility.
He had been through too much recently, his nerves constantly taut. Only now could he truly relax.
The small courtyard had been uninhabited for several years and had accumulated a thick layer of dust. Song Changsheng took it upon himself to clean the room inside and out.
After finishing, he sat cross-legged on his bed, beginning to contemplate his plans.
Currently, the most important task was naturally to find clues related to the Dragon Blood Orchid. Once found, he could begin attempting to cultivate the Inscribing Formations Upon the Body thod, which was his top priority.
Apart from that, his formation dao cultivation had already broken through to low-grade second rank, temporarily unable to progress further. His artifact refining skill still remained at top-grade first rank, always just a hair's breadth away from low-grade second rank.
He planned to apply to his family clan for a batch of artifact refining materials during this period to temper his refining skills, striving to break through the bottleneck as soon as possible and advance to the low-grade second rank level.
His own cultivation had also reached the critical point of the ninth layer of Qi Refinent, just a step away from grand perfection. He needed to cross this threshold as soon as possible.
This was because grand perfection of Qi Refinent was a very special stage. Cultivators at this stage had to condense their own unique Dao Foundation.
This was a prerequisite for breaking through to the Foundation Establishnt stage. Without a Dao Foundation, one didn't even have the qualification to try.
Condensing a Dao Foundation relied heavily on aptitude and was ti-consuming. Many cultivators with diocre aptitude might spend decades unable to complete this step, only to helplessly watch their vitality gradually decline, eventually turning into a handful of yellow earth.
Although Song Changsheng's aptitude was decent, he was unsure how much ti it would take to condense his Dao Foundation, so starting as early as possible was best.
“Although I've tried to avoid consuming pills all these years, my ridians and acupoints have still accumulated quite a bit of pill toxins and impurities.
I must clear them out before breaking through to the grand perfection of Qi Refinent. It seems I need to exchange for a Marrow Cleansing Pill. This would also be a good opportunity to post a mission for the Dragon Blood Orchid.”
Song Changsheng rose and headed to the Contribution Hall. First, he posted a mission to acquire the Dragon Blood Orchid for a price of five hundred spirit stones.
Then, after demonstrating his cultivation to the clan elder, he successfully exchanged for a Marrow Cleansing Pill as he wished.
Although the Marrow Cleansing Pill was only a high-grade first rank dicinal pill, it was exceptionally precious. The Marrow Cleansing Flower used to refine it had to be grown in superior spiritual fields and required daily irrigation with spiritual spring water.
It could only be used in dicine after a cultivation cycle of fifteen years. Even with the Song clan's resources, they could only refine a few batches a year.
It possessed effects such as cleansing ridians and marrow, dissolving pill toxins, and expelling impurities from the body. A cultivator could only consu three such pills in their lifeti, typically used when breaking through bottlenecks.
This single pill, if exchanged normally, would require at least three hundred contribution points. However, as a Purple Mansion seed of the family, Song Changsheng had an allowance to use one for free, which was one of the benefits of his status.
Upon returning to his courtyard, Song Changsheng sat cross-legged by the pond in the backyard, took out the Marrow Cleansing Pill and consud it.
The thumb-sized pill instantly transford into a sweet dicinal liquid upon entering his mouth, spreading through his esophagus to his limbs and bones. He quickly circulated his cultivation technique to refine the dicinal power.
In a short while, Song Changsheng felt a warm and extrely comfortable sensation throughout his body.
Half an hour later, the dicinal power of the Marrow Cleansing Pill was finally refined. His body was covered in a layer of greasy, foul-slling sweat, vaguely blackish.
These were the pill toxins and impurities expelled from his body. The sll was incredibly pungent, almost making Song Changsheng himself vomit.
He plunged into the nearby pond, ticulously washing himself several tis. He almost scrubbed off a layer of skin before finally coming ashore.
After evaporating the water from his body and dressing neatly, he once again sat cross-legged and took out the Blazing Sun Pill he had obtained earlier from the immortal's cave.
Consuming the Marrow Cleansing Pill had already opened his bottleneck. Now, he only needed to consu this pill to directly step into the grand perfection of Qi Refinent realm!
Upon consuming the crimson pill, Song Changsheng imdiately felt a surge of pure spiritual energy explode within his body. He quickly circulated his cultivation technique, fully refining this enormous energy.
After all, it was a low-grade second rank spiritual pill, and refining it was exceptionally difficult. This process lasted for a full day and night. As his Dantian Qi Sea expanded to a critical point, Song Changsheng successfully entered the grand perfection of Qi Refinent realm, now just one step away from Foundation Establishnt!
After slightly consolidating his cultivation, Song Changsheng, as usual, consud a large amount of spiritual wine, then held his breath and entered his Sea of Consciousness.
As he was only a Qi Refinent cultivator, his Sea of Consciousness was very vast and empty, with only a single jade slip suspended in mid-air, emitting a faint glow.
With an excited heart, Song Changsheng slowly unfolded the Dao Scripture and began to ditate and comprehend it.
Every ti he broke through a minor realm, comprehending the Dao Scripture would bring unexpected gains. From the Yin-Yang Mystical Essence Sutra to the Water-Fire Commanding Technique, all had provided Song Changsheng with great assistance.
Therefore, he was greatly anticipating what miraculous profound thod he would comprehend this ti.
This comprehension lasted for three days and two nights.
Just as Song Changsheng’s ntal strength, physical strength, and spiritual power reached their limits, a golden character, “瞳"(pupil), flew out from the Dao Scripture.
It gradually began to twist and evolve…
Several hours later, Song Changsheng opened his eyes, a brilliant smile appearing on his pale face. “I didn’t expect to gain a pupil technique this ti. It truly gives a surprise every ti.”
The pupil technique he obtained was called Delusion-Breaking Eye, also a secret art, possessing the ability to see through illusions and trace things back to their origin.
This pupil technique wasn't of great help in combat. Its main purpose was auxiliary. For example, when Song Changsheng needed to find the eye of an formation in the future while breaking it, activating this pupil technique would make it much easier.
There had been no news about the Dragon Blood Orchid. This waiting period, besides condensing his Dao Foundation, would be perfect for cultivating this pupil technique…
Cultivation knew no years, and in the mountains, one lost track of ti.
Ti flew by, and five months passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Song Changsheng continued to absorb the essence of the sun and moon daily without fail, using it to condense his Dao Foundation.
His ambition was not small. He didn't want to condense an attribute-less Dao Foundation or an attribute Dao Foundation; instead, his target was the Grand Dao.
An attribute-less Dao Foundation was purely condensed from spiritual energy, the most common type and rather unremarkable.
An attribute Dao Foundation was condensed from the spiritual energy corresponding to one's spiritual root, which was more difficult. However, once one broke through to Foundation Establishnt, they could comprehend the corresponding True aning.
A Grand Dao Foundation referred to the laws of the Grand Dao such as life and death, destruction, and slaughter. One had to absorb the corresponding power to condense it, and similarly, one could comprehend the corresponding True aning!
(Chapter End)
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