Chapter 165 165. A blessing accumulated over several lifetimes
Speaking of the Mystic Cultivation Manual, Liao Yaxing excitedly shared with his sister about deciphering the "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll," even showing off the "Mystic Cultivation Manual" filled with characters.
Liao Qe flipped through the papers and burst into laughter, "Ha, with this, there are no more secrets to Spirit Refining Cultivation~"
Liao Ya's beautiful eyes fixated on Lu Yao with continuous amazement, "It's all thanks to junior brother's clothing that we were able to withstand the book's tricky methods. Truly miraculous~"
Lu Yao laughed, "Senior sister's protective spells were also crucial. If I were alone, I wouldn't have dared."
The two looked at each other and laughed, clearly in sync.
Liao Qe privately wondered, "Did they make up in just one day? They seem even closer now…"
At this moment, Lu Yao said to her, "We've left you a few pages of text to temper your mind force."
Afterward, Liao Qe also donned the bulky Tri-Protective Suit, and under the watchful care of Lu Yao and her sister, she read the "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll."
Her efficiency was much slower, able to read only 80 characters at a time. Keep in mind, Lu Yao was nearing 150, while Liao Ya also had 100 characters.
Fortunately, they had the Liao Family's ancestral Sleep Cultivation, which allowed for rapid energy recovery.
In the days that followed, the three paid no mind to the outside world's turmoil, focusing their efforts on deciphering the core remaining parts of the "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll"—the Out-of-Body Realm.
The Spirit Refining "Out-of-Body Realm" permits one's mind force to extend beyond the body, attaching to objects.
In ancient times, sword immortals could fly swords to take someone's head from eight hundred miles away, and now mind force could attach to cannonballs to achieve "strikes from ten thousand paces," truly a myriad of wondrous uses.
Therefore, knowledge related to the Out-of-Body Realm is valuable beyond measure, and such advanced cultivation techniques could only be exchanged with the highest-level cultivation resources.
Besides acquiring the precious secret manual, they were also tempering their mind force, a truly rare and splendid opportunity! The family of three was quite invigorated, dedicating twelve portions of energy to the task.
After many continuous days of refinement, their mind forces grew even stronger, allowing them to read more than twenty percent more text at once; Lu Yao even progressed by thirty percent.
Until they reached the final two pages!
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Upon reaching these two pages, the persistent whispers became like fingernails scratching on a blackboard, resounding directly within one's mind, the noise alone unbearable.
At the same time, the sound spread further, requiring anyone standing by as protection to wear the "Tri-Protective Suit"; otherwise, they would be affected, their consciousness gradually blurring, which was incredibly dangerous.
Although both sisters tried repeatedly, even wearing the Tri-Protective Suit, they were no longer able to read the characters on the page.
Only Lu Yao managed to endure and read for a while, but after only three to fifty characters, he couldn't bear it, as if needles were drilling into his brain, causing excruciating pain along with dizziness and blurred vision.
But no matter how difficult, it was only two pages in the end, and after another week, the entire "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll" was finally deciphered.
Once deciphered, the "Sigh of the World's Inaction Scroll" turned into an ordinary book, void of those odd symbols and voices.
Subsequently, it slowly disintegrated into dust, disappearing into the air.
Fortunately, the contents had already been transcribed.
Lu Yao had those contents etched into his mind, able to recite them from memory with ease.
There was a little regret, though. It seemed the leader of the Great Vehicle Teaching grew hasty towards the end, not as thorough as before, and he did not include the techniques for Divine Manifestation during the Out-of-Body state.
Nevertheless, Liao Ya was extremely content. Holding the papers filled with text, she happily twirled in place, nearly soaring with joy.
Then, grabbing Lu Yao's hand, she said with unrestrained delight, "Junior brother, I owe it all to you that in this life, I could witness the Spirit Refining Method of the Out-of-Body Realm! Truly a blessing accumulated over several lifetimes!"
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Lu Yao was equally thrilled, "Ha, this is everyone's achievement~" He had exerted the most effort, and his Mind Force had increased the most.
"Ahem!" Liao Qe gave a couple of discreet coughs and stepped forward to separate the two, saying, "Sister, shall we jot down the contents and then burn it?"
Such cultivation techniques are usually passed down orally to prevent leakage. Liao Ya nodded seriously, "Good!"
The sisters quickly scanned the material, memorized it in no time, and then burned the paper.
Enhanced memory was one of the benefits of increased Mind Force. One might not understand the content at first, but it could easily be committed to memory.
After sensing for a while, Liao Ya confidently stated, "I will be able to enter the state of Tranquility very soon! With the support of the Tranquility state, 'moving as one wishes' combined with exquisite control over Inner Breath, the cultivation will also become more efficient and effective!"
After speaking, she stole a covert glance at Lu Yao, her eyes gleaming with triumph, as if to say, "Don't even dream of surpassing me by two major realms in this lifetime~"
With calm yet courteous demeanor, Lu Yao smiled and said, "What a coincidence, my Mind Force has also increased quite a bit, and I can almost start considering the matter of Fetal Breath."
After the increase in Mind Force, Spirit Refining Cultivation seemed to transition from running to riding on a rocket.
And Spirit Refinement had a tremendous boost on the progression of Martial Path. Lu Yao's message was clear: you won't be able to escape.
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[Not needing to breathe with mouth and nose, as if in the womb, is Fetal Breath. Fetal Breath is the primal state of life, nurturing the fundamental mysteries of life's essence.]
These were the original words from the "Tome of Worldly Resignation".
With a substantial increase in Mind Force, Lu Yao naturally wanted to attempt advancing to the Fetal Breath Realm.
Hong Renkun's books were all written in plain language, easy to understand:
[The essence of Mind Force is essentially a kind of "wave." 50 years ago, an Einheit scholar "Beck" named it "brainwave"]
[The Fetal Breath Realm is about "nurturing the Divine Soul with Fetal Breath", strengthening the "brainwave", allowing it to sink into the body, and leveraging the Mind Force to stimulate the body's potential, where the Divine Soul nourishes the physical body, thus preserving life indefinitely and unblemished.]
Reading this, Lu Yao leaned forward, engrossed with interest.
In the Nine Realms of Martial Path and Spirit Refinement, "Bone Marrow Cleansing" corresponded precisely to "Fetal Breath."
Interestingly, the Marrow Cleansing involved refining the marrow throughout the body, including the Spinal Cord and Brain Marrow, allowing for "nourishing the Divine Soul with the physical body"; while according to the book, the Fetal Breath was about "the Divine Soul nourishing the physical body."
These two realms complemented each other, echoing the perpetual nature of the Yin-Yang Fish.
"Just as Zhou He, the Taoist elder, said, neither the Martial Path nor Spirit Refinement can be neglected."
While absorbed in his reading, a gunboat approached on the Su River 2 kilometers away, bearing foreigners dressed in a variety of strange attires.
Some were in tattered armor, others merely clad in filthy clothes; each was armed and making raucous noise, drinking heavily aboard the ship.
"Are these the foreign mercenaries who have come to crusade against the Great Vehicle Sect?"
Lu Yao frowned; ships like these had been sailing inland for days.
The stronghold of the Great Vehicle Sect in Jinling was less than 300 kilometers from Yunzhou, and they were connected by waterways; one could reach it in a day.
Lu Yao paid them no mind; after all, the Su River was not his to guard.
Yet the vessel seemingly took a turn of its own volition and steered toward the dock of the garden.
Lu Yao took the initiative to meet them head-on.