A life of clearness

Chapter 96 Dao Monument
From Qi training to spirit transformation is the first stage. Because the cultivators at this stage have never comprehended the rhythm of Tao, they only know how to use magic in a clumsy way.

The Spiritualization is a new stage where a fish leaps into a dragon. Because they can not only perceive the rhythm of the Tao, but also truly understand what the Tao is, and step into the door of the law. Even if they are just getting started, they are already far different from the cultivators below the Spiritualization. They begin to experience the communication with the laws of heaven and earth during the process of performing magic, and how the myriad ways manifest some traces in their hands. At this time, when they look back on the past, they will sigh that below the Spiritualization, they are all small fights.

Although Shen Zhanyan was unfamiliar with the Dao revealed on the stone tablet, she was already a Divine Transformation cultivator and had already entered the door. Rong Qing still needed to start from the Dao rhyme to experience the seemingly true feeling, and finally truly learn how to observe the true law in her mind. Every step could not be skipped, and even every step could waste her hundreds of years.

This is also the reason why Shen Zhanyan is so confident. Even if it is a Dao Monument that is unfamiliar to both of them, her speed of understanding is much faster than Rong Qing.

"Faster...faster!" At this moment, Rong Qing and Shen Zhanyan had the same idea.

In just half an hour, this good fortune will be gone.

Rong Qing had never entered the Dao, and this was her first time experiencing the Dao. This feeling was strange, but also vaguely familiar. This familiarity was because she had seen similar descriptions in the Daoist Canon many times before. She could not imagine it in the past, but now that she had experienced it in person, she found that the description was correct.

Getting closer and closer to entering the Tao!
Suppressing her joy, Rong Qing began to use the method of observation for the first time.

Observe the traces revealed by that rule into your mind. Since what appears on the stone tablet is light, observe the traces of light.

There are innumerable traces of light in the stone tablet. Rong Qing can only choose one of them now and imagine herself as the light itself. The light in the stone tablet will move and change in the same way as the light simulated in her mind.

It lives, I live.

If it dies, I die.

"In the past, when I saw the method of observation described in the Taoist Canon, I felt it was extremely mysterious. What about observing mountains and rocks, observing flowing water, observing floating clouds, etc.... Isn't this just studying things to death? What can you see?" Rong Qing recalled the records in the Taoist Canon, "And now that I have seen this stele, I know that the real purpose of the method of observation is here. It is this stele that has turned the extremely difficult method of observation, which requires extremely high understanding, into possibility and reality!"

Rong Qing was using the method of observation almost madly.

It has to be fast.

She seemed to hear the sound of time rushing past her ears.

All the whispers that were originally hidden in the fog have been completely ignored due to Rong Qing's extreme concentration.

"The second ray of light..."

Next to the light that was wandering and changing freely in Rong Qing's mind, a second ray of light appeared faintly.

When observing two rays of light at the same time, the requirements for spiritual awareness increase dramatically.

The sea of ​​consciousness grew to the height of the first floor, and the faint second ray of light became solid.

"I have to reach the first level of spiritual awareness to successfully observe the second ray of light." Rong Qing knew that she didn't have much time left. "Originally, my normal spiritual awareness strength can only observe one ray of light. At the first level, it is not difficult to observe two rays of light at the same time. However, I can't do three rays at the same time."

Rong Qing certainly felt it was a pity. However, even if he observed two rays of light at the same time, the changes it brought were enough for Rong Qing to analyze his memory.

In the light cocoon, although Shen Zhanyan only had half of her soul left, her spiritual realm was at the fourth level! And she had also had experience in entering the Dao.

Faced with this Dao monument that almost dissected the essence of the Dao for cultivators to see, her speed was actually far greater than Rong Qing's.

I saw an illusory flower slowly appearing in her clear eyes.

This flower is divine!

The flowers bloom in a flash, and then fade in a flash.

Shen Zhanyan did not observe a few independent rays of light, but chose a mimicry that she could resonate with the most. There were five rays of light that made up this flower, and she used all her mind to successfully observe the entire process of the flower blooming and falling.

And now, most of Shen Zhanyan's mind was spent on repeated observation, leaving only a small amount of mind to continue watching the changes on the monument, verifying each other.

"The Dao principle carried on this Dao monument is exactly the Dao of Light." Shen Zhanyan gradually came to an understanding, "I originally thought that these rays of light were just manifestations of traces of the law. I wanted to comprehend the changes from them and understand the Dao principle. But in fact, I was wrong about them."

“It’s not that other great ways are manifesting through them, but they are just expressing themselves.”

"They are light, and nature has exhausted all the changes of light in this monument."

"In terms of the combination and variation, the variations brought about by these randomly interlaced and parallel different lights are infinite. Even as subtle as the light itself, the changes in the process from its appearance to its disappearance are infinite."

"So, I want to turn the infinite into the finite." Shen Zhanyan was very rational. She understood that... this half an hour would only allow her to comprehend a small part of the Tao. "I will completely contemplate this flower in my mind. Turn it into my Tao seed!"

Once Shen Zhanyan fully contemplates this flower, even if the monument leaves, it will remain in her mind forever. This is Shen Zhanyan's perception, known as the Tao Seed.

Having a Tao seed is like having a seed, which is the embodiment of truly entering into the Tao. Even if everyone has different opportunities in the future, most people cannot reach the ultimate Tao. But the significance of the Tao seed is that its existence itself represents infinite possibilities.

Only when you have the seed of Tao can you truly walk on the Tao.

There are many cultivators who, even after obtaining the Tao Seed, have made no further progress. However, with the help of the Tao Seed, they can see the big picture from the small details and create their own unique magic.

Rong Qing had not thought about such a long-term thing at the moment. The knowledge after the transformation into a spirit was beyond her cognition.

"The time has come..."

The Dao monument gradually withdrew from the limit of her spiritual observation.

But, there is still a little bit missing... Rong Qing's eyes sharpened.

“No wonder all the people who come here to gain fortune are Divine Transformation cultivators. With my ability, I can only view this stele for half an hour. If other Divine Transformation cultivators encounter this stele, then the time will naturally be greatly extended.”

She had such an opportunity, but had regrets because of her own ability problems. How could she not be anxious?

It was only possible to observe two rays of light at the same time, which was still a little bit off. Rong Qing could feel it.

And in the cocoon of light, the flowers in Shen Zhanyan's eyes were no longer illusory, but seemed to have substance, and even bloomed and withered according to her wishes.

The seeds of Tao are about to form...

At this moment, the light cocoon trembled violently, and Shen Zhanyan's eyes went dark. For a full moment, she completely lost consciousness.

The light cocoon instantly broke open a small hole. Even a small hole was almost fatal to Shen Zhanyan's soul. In the outside world, after Rong Qing extracted the extremely rich soul breath, the range of her spiritual awareness expanded briefly.

The time gained is only ten breaths.

In the ninth breath, Shen Zhanyan woke up.

In the eighth breath, two consciousnesses in one body raced against time to observe everything they could observe.

……

On the third breath, Rong Qing seemed to have sensed something, and a third ray of light barely appeared in her mind.

In the second breath, the third ray of light became dim and almost collapsed and dissipated in the next moment.

With the last breath, the third ray of light finally appeared completely in Rong Qing's mind.

……

Rong Qing stared at the front for a long time. There was a lead-gray color there that seemed to have never changed. The fog changed from thick to thin, and then from thin to thick.

The light that was originally right in front of her disappeared without a trace, just as it had come, without giving Rong Qing any chance to refuse.

"It's over." A long sigh. "Just one step closer."

A little bit off means everything is off.

Rong Qing sat cross-legged on the ground.

She had intended to try her best to observe the third ray of light, as what she could perceive from just two rays of light was not enough.

"Perhaps some people only need one ray of light to comprehend the Dao. But I can't. I must obtain the third ray. After absorbing the breath of the primordial spirit, I barely touched the threshold of observing the third ray of light, but it was too late."

It is just observing the shape of the third ray of light. There is no change, no understanding, which is equivalent to being useless.

The failure to form a Tao seed means that everything Rong Qing observed in that half hour will gradually dissipate over time.

Rong Qing meditated on the spot, trying his best to preserve the three rays of light he observed. In Shen Zhanyan's view, it was just a fight of a trapped beast.

"It's a pity." Shen Zhanyan's eyes were filled with ecstasy of surviving a disaster, "I have formed the Tao seed. And you, even if you have the opportunity, you can't grasp it."

There was a flower blossoming in her eyes, extremely beautiful and bright.

Although Shen Zhanyan only had a head left in the light cocoon, she seemed to see hope. "The Shen family has a long heritage, but there are only a few people who can possess two Dao seeds at the same time. The ancestor is one of them who is still alive. Now, I am included. After returning, the ancestor may take out treasures to help me rebuild my Dao foundation. After all, the path of cultivation is to realize the Dao."

Shen Zhanyan entered the stage of transformation by relying on the Dao Seed of the Wood Dao. The Dao of the Five Elements is closest to the cultivators because of their spiritual roots. More than 99% of the cultivators who have reached the stage of transformation have comprehended the Dao of the Five Elements.

As for comprehending a second Tao seed, it is too difficult.

Only in a place of good fortune like the Forest of All Laws Stele would there be such an opportunity for cultivators to directly experience the Dao, or even the Dao of Light! An extremely special Dao.

Even in the vast Xuanfeng Realm, Shen Zhanyan is probably the only one who can produce seeds of light.

……

A year had passed since Rong Qing had been sitting cross-legged in meditation. Half of the three-year quota had already been used up.

"As for the principles of Tao, it turns out that we can only rely on observation, rather than on our own imagination." Rong Qing smiled bitterly.

The third ray of light only observed the shape, so it was the first to dissipate in Rong Qing's mind. During this year, Rong Qing tried his best to observe the two remaining rays of light in his mind, constantly feeling the trajectory and changes that had appeared before.

Imagination is beyond imagination.

Rong Qing could only try her best to comprehend, until... the two rays of light completely dissipated, leaving no trace in her mind.

"I am only a little bit away from entering the Dao." Rong Qing took a deep breath, "Get up and move forward to see if there are any opportunities."

Rong Qing understood that it was impossible for everything to go as she wished. In the process of cultivation, she had to understand this principle, so as not to have mental obstacles, which would cast a shadow on any opportunity she encountered.

She stood up, patted her clothes, and walked slowly forward.

She walked in a random direction for more than a month, until the tip of her shoe suddenly kicked something.

Ok?
Rong Qing lowered her head quickly. At such a slow speed, even if she tripped over something, it would not cause her to lose her balance.

"This... is also a monument?" she wondered.

After all, compared with the extremely grand monument that carries the Principle of Light, this monument is really a bit simple.

The height was only up to Rong Qing's ankles. It was too small and not delicate enough. If Rong Qing hadn't kicked it, she wouldn't have noticed it in the thick fog.

"Nameless stele?" Rong Qing looked at it with her naked eyes. This tiny stele was just a simple stone stele without any words engraved on it. "But since it appeared in a place of good fortune like the Forest of All Laws Steles, it must be extraordinary."

Rong Qing's spiritual consciousness seeped into the stone tablet.

At the same time, in her sea of ​​consciousness, the stone tablet slowly emerged above the empty spiritual platform.

As if it had always been there.

"This is..." Shen Zhanyan could also see it, and it was because of this that she felt it was incredible. It was as if thunder rumbled in her mind, "Is she the child of heaven? This destiny is too weird!!"

For the first time, there was fear in Shen Zhanyan's eyes when she looked at Rong Qing.

(End of this chapter)