SWDnovel Chapter 55 The Method of Opening Up Spiritual Fields
Chapter 55 The Method of Opening Up Spiritual Fields
Huang Yuanji paused, then emphasized his words.
"Foundation building is not a breakthrough in the ordinary sense; it is the starting point for transforming the mortal body into a spiritual body."
"The physical body, meridians, and dantian all undergo a complete transformation during the foundation-building process. What drives this process is the understanding of the Dao and its principles. Spiritual energy is merely the fuel; one's own understanding of the Dao and its principles is the spark that ignites the fuel."
"The Dao Foundation is the product of this creation from nothingness. Using your own spiritual energy as fuel, the Dao and reason as fire, and combining the attributes of your spiritual root, you condense a Dao Foundation that belongs only to you in your dantian."
"The better the foundation of one's Dao, the higher the probability of forming a core in the future. The purpose of the Foundation Building Pill is to provide an opportunity for those with insufficient foundation and comprehension to make up for their shortcomings."
"Foundation Building Pills are made from rare and precious materials, which is why they can replace the spiritual energy or insights you lack. But you must remember that pills are ultimately external things. What truly determines how far you can go is your own foundation and character."
"You must not take chances in this foundation building process. The quality of your foundation has a profound impact, but as long as you can successfully build it, you will transcend the mortal realm and enter the spiritual realm, embarking on the right path of cultivation."
"Once the foundation of the Dao is established, the upper dantian and Niwan Palace will open, and the soul will undergo a transformation, thus giving birth to divine consciousness. From then on, immortals and mortals will be different and cannot be compared."
After Huang Yuanji finished speaking, he took out a small sandalwood box from his bosom and placed it in front of Huang Dehou's knees.
"You should calmly enter into meditation, and your father will protect you here until you have successfully established your foundation."
Huang Dehou took a deep breath and picked up the sandalwood box with both hands.
The pill in the box, about the size of a longan, was pale gold with a shimmering luster.
He didn't rush to take it, but placed the box beside his knees, closed his eyes, and continued to meditate.
His breathing gradually became long and steady, and the spiritual energy in his dantian began to slowly rotate. Following the Huang family's ancestral mental cultivation method, he gradually pushed his state towards a certain critical point.
Huang Yuanji looked at his son's profile as he entered meditation, slowly closed his eyes, and spread his divine sense, enveloping the entire secret room.
After Zhou Bo's figure disappeared into the mountains and forests, Shen Qing turned and walked towards the sect.
The early morning air was already a bit chilly as winter approached, and Shen Qing wrapped his Taoist robe tighter around himself.
In the days that followed, Shen Qing deliberately slowed down his pace of life, no longer going to the academy to teach every day, no longer inquiring about the children's studies, and even no longer appearing in the dining hall.
Most of the time he stayed in his quiet room and never went out. Even when he went out to relax, he would just stroll alone in the back mountain and glance at Qinghe County below.
Or perhaps they would have a brief "chance encounter" with Li You, who was patrolling the mountain, at the entrance of the academy. These subtle changes would naturally not escape Li You's notice, and this was exactly what Shen Qing wanted him to see.
Shen Qing returned to the quiet room and sat down cross-legged.
The spiritual mist in his dantian had liquefied by 45%, and he could extract more than 70 strands of spiritual energy each day. With the help of mid-grade spirit stones and high-quality Qi-gathering pills, the progress was faster than expected.
However, this progress is still far from reaching the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and only one mid-grade spirit stone remains, while only fourteen high-grade Qi Gathering Pills are left.
There isn't enough time or resources.
Shen Qing's gaze involuntarily fell on the "Method for Opening Up Spiritual Fields".
In the days when he was unable to cultivate, he repeatedly studied this blueprint.
The core principle of the Spirit Field Development Method is to use formations to mobilize the earth's vein energy and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather in ordinary fields, and through long-term immersion, upgrade ordinary fields into spirit fields.
Shen Qing's idea was that if the human body were likened to a field, with the meridians as the channels of the earth's veins and the dantian as the eye of the spirit-gathering array, could the principle of this array be applied to his own body?
Once the thought pops into my head, I can't suppress it anymore.
Next, Shen Qing deduced the feasibility and risks of the formation during the day, and then used the system to compress the spiritual mist to impact the twelfth level of Qi Refining in the early morning.
When the last spirit stone turned to dust in his palm, the spiritual mist in his dantian had finally liquefied by more than 50%, but it was still far from perfection.
Shen Qing gently blew away the spirit stone powder in his palm and looked out the window at the gradually brightening sky.
He had exhausted his spirit stones, and his cultivation speed would only slow down further; he couldn't wait any longer.
Before dawn, Shen Qing left the quiet room and headed towards the path behind the mountain.
Shen Qing avoided the sentry posts around the academy, circled around the back mountain path, and finally stopped in front of a rocky slope that was rarely visited by people.
The soil and rocks here are mixed together, and there are pebbles everywhere. Even the wild rabbits on the mountain are too lazy to dig burrows here.
For Shen Qing, this place had only one advantage: it was secluded enough.
Shen Qing put down the tools he was carrying. He didn't have any supernatural powers or magic, so he could only dig with his hands and carry them on his shoulders.
Digging, moving stones, clearing roots—every step was solid and real. If it weren't for the fact that my muscles, bones, and skin had become much tougher after practicing martial arts, I wouldn't be invulnerable to swords and spears.
If one is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a single sweep of their divine sense will reveal where there are stones and soil on the ground, and a single spell will be enough to blast open a large crater.
In this world, the Qi Refining stage is about building a foundation. Without a solidified dantian and the development of spiritual consciousness, one cannot even use a decent supernatural power.
The aerial maneuvering technique he used when he went down the mountain to take on disciples was merely the most basic method of using spiritual energy. It involved releasing spiritual energy into the air to briefly form a step, which he then stepped on to pretend to be someone else.
When the Taoist priest Fushan taught him, he said that this was called "magic trick," and that this was the kind of trick that swindlers used to fool ordinary people.
True supernatural powers and spells require the assistance of divine sense to be cast. How can one cast them without divine sense during the Qi Refining stage?
Shen Qing wiped his sweat and continued digging.
Stones, tree roots, and compacted loess—everything tested his patience.
They dug from the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) to the hour of Mao (5-7 AM), and from the hour of Mao to the hour of Chen (7-9 AM). The sun rose from the eastern mountain, illuminating the rocky slope brightly.
He finally dug a pit that was waist-deep, just big enough for one person to stand in.
Shen Qing plopped down in the shade of a tree by the pit, panting heavily, and took out some dry food and water, silently starting to eat.
At this moment, Shen Qing couldn't help but recall the benefits that the Taoist Fushan had told him about after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, one could abstain from grains for a month at a time. As one's cultivation deepened, one could truly feed on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and not eat human food.
After establishing one's foundation and gaining divine consciousness, one can cultivate true supernatural powers. It is said that those with great supernatural powers can fly through the sky and escape into the earth, which is something to be envied.
If he had continued his cultivation step by step, he would have been able to reach the threshold of the twelfth level in a month or two. At that time, he might have had a chance to force his way through the level by using the spiritual energy crowdfunded by the system.
But two months is too much of a luxury for him now. Shen Qing doesn't think Huang Yuanji will give him time to develop in a sneaky way.
Shen Qing cursed the Huang family ancestors in his heart, threw away the dry food, stood up, took off his shoes and socks, jumped barefoot into the pit, filled in the loose soil next to him, and buried himself in the soil from the waist down.
Shen Qing closed his eyes and began to sense the earth's veins according to the method of opening up spiritual fields.
The first step is to focus your mind on the Yongquan point on the soles of your feet, empty your mind, and let yourself become one with the earth beneath your feet.
At first, Shen Qing felt nothing, only the slight coolness and dampness of the soil beneath her feet.
As he adjusted his breathing rhythm and continued to sense, about fifteen minutes later, Shen Qing felt a slight warmth under his feet, a faint warmth coming from deep underground and slowly rising along the inside of his legs.
The vital energy of the earth's veins at the root of the mountain!