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Not only did the duration of one retreat become much longer, but the negative energy accumulated in the body also increased by about three times compared to before.

To completely release these negative energies and empty the body again, the time it takes is about three times as long as before.

The more obvious changes are reflected in the progress of cultivation.

In the several retreats just before this one, as the cultivation stabilized after the seventh level of alchemy, one retreat increased the cultivation progress by 160 points.

But this time, the increased cultivation progress was 600 points, which was nearly a fourfold increase.

Although Meng Zhou had long expected that with this cultivation method called soul refining, which is actually the integration of "essence, energy and spirit", it would bring considerable changes to himself after completely completing the three-pole cycle, but the benefits would also be It can't be that big.

In the end, through a deeper understanding and combined with past experience, Meng Zhou finally figured out the logic behind it.

As the three-pole cycle of energy, energy, and spirit evolves, the limit of "negative energy" he can bear will continue to increase.

The reflection in reality is that he can practice in retreat for longer periods of time at a time.

And in order to release this more negative energy, it will take longer.

Under this influence, his period of retreat became longer.

Such a change has actually already occurred once.

From being able to practice in retreat for only a few hours a day, to being able to practice in retreat for several days a month.

But this time, as Meng Zhou completed the last vacancy in the cycle of three levels of energy, energy and spirit, such a change happened again.

It went from monthly retreats to once every three months, that is, quarterly retreats.

The duration of a continuous retreat has also become much longer.

Such changes will naturally lead to corresponding changes in the progress of cultivation.

But that's not all.

If there is only this one change, the progress of cultivation will be increased three times, and the income from one retreat will change from 160 points to 480 points instead of 600 points.

That's because there's another factor at play.

Such a change has also occurred once.

When Meng Zhou understood the true skill of Black Turtle Carrying the Monument and integrated it into the core system of his cultivation, becoming a power core of the three-pole cycle of essence, energy and spirit, his cultivation progress increased by 1.5 times on the original basis.

After the black turtle's true skill of bearing the monument reached perfection, the gain was further increased, from 1.5 times to 2 times.

But now, as Meng Zhou embeds the last of the three poles of energy, energy and spirit into a suitable power core, the gain has been increased from two times to two and a half times.

This is the reason why he gained 600 points of cultivation progress during this retreat.

[Cultivation progress +600, seventh level of elixir formation 1250/10,000]

In addition to the gains in cultivation, Meng Zhou was most concerned about this newly created technique.

In the corresponding information column, Meng Zhou was not surprised to see a series of question marks.

Meng Zhou wondered in his mind what a more appropriate name should be given to this new technique.

This is a concept of soul refining, but it is not a simple concept of soul refining.

Although this technique is still very rough at present, it has achieved his original intention of creating this technique - to use one technique to unify the three elements of essence, energy and spirit under one framework.

Not only the essence, energy, and spirit are integrated, but even the more elusive and uncertain "heart" is also integrated under this system.

In addition, this is a practice method that has both external and internal aspects.

In the spiritual world, the "inner world" is a world of pure images. Personal thoughts, cognitions, experiences, etc. constitute everything in this world.

Now, all of this is integrated under the more specific image of the "giant turtle carrying the sun".

In addition, the "deductive world" composed of massive information also exists on this layer.

The difference is that the "giant turtle carrying the sun" is the idea, cognition, and experience itself, the ontology. Unless it is broken and reshaped, it will always exist with such a mentality.

The "deduction world" is just a huge piece of information. He can freely turn it on or off according to his own thoughts, or perform some more complex operations.

Correspondingly, everything in the sea of ​​consciousness is the "surface world" of the spiritual world.

The giant tortoise carrying the bright moon, and even the entire Soul Pond Consciousness Sea, and the various changes that have occurred in the Soul Pond are all concrete manifestations of this skill in the "external world".

——Of course, this division is not absolute. If we regard the entire spiritual world that belongs to an individual as the "inner world", there is nothing wrong with viewing the real world as the "surface world".

Connecting the inner and outer worlds also forms the core foundation of this new technique. It is undoubtedly the giant tortoise that carries the sun in the "inner world" and bears the moon in the "outer world".

At the beginning, when Meng Zhou created the image of this giant turtle based on the true skill of the black turtle carrying the stele, he drew inspiration and nutrients from the memories of his previous life.

He even hesitated between two roadmaps.

One route is from Xuangui to Xuanwu, and in the future from Xuanwu to Zhenwu. The route is clear and the future is promising.

Water dominates the five elements and is the god of life, symbolizing longevity and immortality.

These are particularly consistent with Meng Zhou's path.

The second route is from Black Turtle to Ba Xia, and in the future from Ba Xia to True Dragon. This route is equally clear and the future is equally promising.

But after a period of hesitation, Meng Zhou gave up on both routes.

Because in actual practice, Meng Zhou realized that for him, setting an overly ambitious goal would not be of much benefit.

The two routes looked beautiful, but apart from satisfying some of his own inner thoughts, they were just artificial limitations and added some unnecessary trouble to himself.

Gradually, a point of view became clear in Meng Zhou’s mind:

“As long as it achieves its purpose, the simpler, the better.”

What does he need?

A foundation for the practice that can penetrate both the inner and outer worlds and is solid and stable enough.

this is all.

That being the case, is it really necessary to add so many gorgeous “decorations”?

"Don't add entities if it's not necessary, that's probably what I mean."

Based on this idea, Meng Zhou did not perform any major surgery on the "giant turtle". It was basically based on the black turtle that he had mastered to perfection in the "Xuan Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill".

This saved Meng Zhou a lot of time and effort.

As it turns out, the results are pretty good too.

But Meng Zhou did not abandon all the memories of his previous life.

With the breathing of the sun-carrying giant turtle in the "inner world", it is reflected in the "outer world", which is the sea-eye vortex deep in the soul pool and around the bright moon.

This is a specific way to connect the inner and outer worlds.

These whirlpools exist in the bottomless place of the soul pool, swallowing and swallowing the soul pool.

It is both a place where the soul pond water gathers and a place of annihilation.

It is both the root of the "outward world" and connected to the "inner world" of pure imagery.

It is both the place of ending and the place of beginning.

Meng Zhou called these whirlpools "guixu" because this was the source of his inspiration.

It is precisely because of the existence of "Guixu" that it is possible to completely revitalize the soul pond and "turn the pond into the sea".

Usually, the image of "sea" is boundless and vast, which is also a major goal pursued by Meng Zhou.

But if this is the case, the current Soul Pond is far from qualified to be called a "sea".

But in Meng Zhou's mind, in addition to its boundless vastness, "sea" also has the image of "the origin of life".

This kind of understanding is deeply ingrained in his heart and is indestructible.

This is highly consistent with Meng Zhou's path, and is also Meng Zhou's ideal development direction.

After possessing these basic cognitions, the complete method can be formed.

Only such a "sea" has the foundation for the birth of blue lotus pods and green lotus seeds.

From beginning to end, the idea of ​​this new technique is very clear.

From the beginning of the third-level Spring Water Sutra to the present, Meng Zhou does not seem to have invested much time and energy in this technique.

However, if the third-level Spring Water Sutra and the Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill are regarded as its preparation period from entry to perfection, then the time and effort consumed by this skill is undoubtedly the highest among all methods.

Its complexity can also be regarded as the crown of all methods.

Although this new technique is still just a rough idea and far from his ideal of "melting all his achievements into one pot" as he expected, the big framework has already been set up.

Even though it hasn't been "melted together" yet, he has already reserved the interface in advance.

When this technique continues to be improved in the future, it will surely become richer and more perfect as he expected.

This is not like creating a new skill, but rather like creating a new world that may seem rough now, but extremely malleable, and redefining a set of training rules that are exclusive to him.

"But, what is a suitable name?" Meng Zhou was in trouble.

Meng Zhou really wanted to choose only three or five words to pinpoint this skill.

But he thought a lot in his mind, but there was no suitable one.

"Carrying the sun and the moon to the vast sea to return to the true picture?"

Meng Zhou thought about it and felt that the name was a bit too crazy. The so-called "sun" and "moon" were all just his own thoughts. He could just say it himself. He still felt a little bit uncomfortable about naming it as the name of the exercise. "Unworthy".

You know, when the name is decided, it will be "included" in the world archives.

"Let's call it the True Picture of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea."

In the end, Meng Zhou decided to keep it simple. If it can't be completely summarized, it can't be completely summarized. Anyway, he knows what's going on.

With this thought settled, the series of question marks finally turned into accurate information.

[Hanhai Mingyue Real Picture Experience +10,800, initial success 800/20,000]

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In addition, something else is worth mentioning.

Although this retreat lasted for ten full days, the amount of Qinglian Sword Marrow that could be harvested was still only sixty drops.

This made Meng Zhou feel a little bit shortchanged.

In the past, even though this retreat at the beginning of the first month lasted only four days or less, sixty drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow were harvested.

It's as if this is really the limit he can reach now, and there won't be any more.

The only good thing is that the Qinglian Sword Marrow harvested now is of third-level top quality.

Meng Zhou took the opportunity to take inventory of the inventory in the Linghu space.

As of the end of July last year, before Meng Zhou's cultivation broke through to the seventh level of Dan Jie, Meng Zhou had accumulated a total of 1,780 drops of third-level mid-grade Green Lotus Sword Essence.

Starting from August, the cultivation level has reached the seventh level of pill formation, and the quality of the Green Lotus Sword Essence condensed in the dantian has also improved to a higher level, but the quantity has become twenty-four drops per month.

As of now, I have accumulated 180 drops of the third-level high-grade Qinglian Sword Marrow.

After leaving the seclusion, Meng Zhou did not distract him, and still devoted all his time and energy to understanding and sorting out the new skill of "The True Picture of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea".

Because I gained so much experience during my first retreat, I directly completed the accumulation of the introductory stage and advanced to the state of initial success, thus gaining more experience and insights.

Meng Zhou needs to take time to fully understand these gains.

In the blink of an eye, spring ended and early summer approached, and Meng Zhou began a new round of retreat.

On the tenth day of April, late at night.

Meng Zhou ended this retreat, opened his eyes and slowly woke up.

Cultivation progress +600, seventh level of elixir formation 1850/10,000;

The real picture of Hanhai Mingyue +10,800, with an initial score of 11,600/20,000.

…

After coming out of seclusion, it took Meng Zhou a lot of time to absorb all the gains he had gained during this retreat.

Then, Meng Zhou started a new attempt.

Meng Zhou's consciousness spread outside his body, and his body was covered with a thin layer of gauze.

In the eyes of others, this is the natural emission of his own life breath.

Even under the inspection with spiritual consciousness, nothing unusual can be seen.

Only Meng Zhou himself knew how deadly this thin layer of "gauze clothing" was.

This is the natal living poison that Meng Zhou refined when he was building the foundation. Its power has already exceeded the expectations of the creator of this secret method.

The root of the existence of the natal living poison is the person who sacrifices the living poison himself.

From the perspective of the natal poison, the sacrificer is a huge petri dish. The strength of the qi, blood, body, and vitality of the sacrificer will have a direct impact on the natal poison.

As the cultivator's cultivation improves, his natal living poison will directly benefit and grow together.

As Meng Zhou's cultivation continues to improve, the power of his natal living poison also continues to increase, and as long as he is willing, he can continuously produce it.

Meng Zhou also discovered that, whether it was because his own vitality was too strong, or because the two had been together for too long, the "poisonous" side of his life was slowly disappearing, and the two sides became a kind of poison. A more pure symbiotic relationship.

However, its toxicity to other beings besides him has only increased.

But even so, because of the fierce power of the object itself, Meng Zhou still paid great attention to it in daily contact. He would not let it enter the body unless it was under the control of his mind.

As for the Consciousness Sea, it has always been an absolute restricted area for this object.

Now, Meng Zhou took the initiative to ingest the life poison as big as a needle tip and slowly brought it into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Meng Zhou carefully observed Shi Hai's reaction.

"Nothing unusual." Meng Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he injected this bit of natal poison into the soul pool.

At this moment, Meng Zhou's heart was high, and his soul-healing technique was ready to be used at any time.

Once any abnormality occurs, he will take action immediately.

As it turns out, none of this happened.

On the contrary, as this bit of live poison blended into the soul pool, it was like a fish out of water entering the water, showing far greater activity than before.

They quickly dispersed in the soul pool, and then fell silent, as if they were sleeping.

During this process, Meng Zhou clearly felt that these living poisons were slowly being infiltrated and assimilated by the soul pool. (End of chapter)