Dragon's Origin

Chapter 467: What Kind of Membrane Is This? (Part 1)

The Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra that Old Daoist Lingxu comprehended wasn't as simple as Wang Sheng integrating Taiji into the Yin-Yang Qi vortex. In fact, Old Daoist Lingxu had already achieved that long ago, so there was no need for him to seclude himself.

The true Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra was a terrifying heart sutra that Old Daoist Lingxu achieved through his centuries of cultivating the Daoist Canon Heart Sutra, using the concept of Taiji to cultivate both positively and negatively within his acupoints.

The reason it's indescribable is that Old Daoist Lingxu currently has no techniques to reference. He simply doesn't know how to define its power. Anyway, compared to the orthodox Daoist Canon Heart Sutra, according to Old Daoist Lingxu, the efficiency of condensing spiritual Qi has increased by at least four times.

Of course, this reverse cultivation isn't simply cultivating in reverse, but rather forming a symmetrical three-dimensional circulation route at the acupoint level. What was originally left becomes right. What originally required the upper left becomes the lower right, creating a symmetrical cultivation route at the acupoint level.

Previously, only one stream of spiritual Qi flowed from beginning to end in the acupoints. Now, there are two streams, divided into Yin and Yang. Just as one of the lines in the couplet Wang Sheng carved says, 'Bearing Yin and embracing Yang, Yin within Yang, Yang within Yin, you in me and me in you,' perfectly converting all the spiritual Qi into Yin-Yang spiritual Qi.

When Wang Sheng cultivates, the spiritual Qi rotates in the acupoints, also forming a spiral effect of Yin-Yang alternation. However, even so, the distinction is still clear. Yin is Yin, and Yang is Yang, far from the realm of Yin within Yang and Yang within Yin.

After Old Daoist Lingxu's modification, the original eighty-one acupoints of the Daoist Canon Heart Sutra were no longer sufficient. Fortunately, the old Daoist had enough acupoints, even more than Wang Sheng has now. He separated a portion to compensate for the parts of the cultivation route that couldn't form symmetry. The entire cultivation process required an additional thirty-six acupoints, bringing the total to one hundred and seventeen.

As a result, Old Daoist Lingxu couldn't cultivate Wang Sheng's Daoist Canon Tranquility Sutra. The Daoist Canon Tranquility Sutra also requires one hundred and seventeen acupoints, but it loses the purity of Daoism, far less attractive to Old Daoist Lingxu than the Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra.

In addition, Old Daoist Lingxu had actually completed the Daoist Canon Tranquility Sutra, and the initial and secondary enhancement effects of the Tranquility Sutra had also manifested. Continuing to cultivate it would probably take decades. Old Daoist Lingxu being able to integrate Taiji and the Daoist Canon Heart Sutra in just over twenty days is probably also due to the brainpower enhancement effect of the Tranquility Sutra.

"So, you plan to cultivate the Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra from now on?" Wang Sheng asked casually after hearing Old Daoist Lingxu's explanation. Actually, Wang Sheng knew that the question was superfluous. After the old Daoist said so much, was there any need to ask about his choice?

"Yes!" Old Daoist Lingxu answered without hesitation.

"Then how will you deal with the extra acupoints?" Wang Sheng asked again. "Will you still condense several acupoints into one acupoint cluster and count it as one acupoint for cultivation, like before?"

"Yes!" Old Daoist Lingxu nodded again, but this time it wasn't that simple: "When I make further progress and can develop acupoints again, I can add forty-nine acupoints to the original eighty-one, making it one hundred and thirty acupoints. That's exactly one more than I have now."

Wang Sheng gave Old Daoist Lingxu a thumbs up. The old Daoist was indeed a unique genius in cultivation. Just the fact that he could cultivate to the twelfth level without anyone's guidance absolutely proved that.

"Stay for a while longer. When those grandmasters can perform together, the spiritual Qi resonance effect will surely be better," Wang Sheng reminded Old Daoist Lingxu. "Using musical rhythm to guide cultivation is much easier than cultivating alone. You can try it. Also, Qingling and the others have discovered some fun things. You can ask them about it when you have time."

The fun things were, of course, the heaven-defying effect of people with similar cultivation levels sharing cultivation experiences. It was believed that after all the musicians were replaced with grandmasters, the effect would become even more remarkable.

Grand Master had already received the message, delivered by a Qing-generation old Daoist from Old Lord Temple at Wang Sheng's request. It was estimated that Grand Master was now selecting disciples suitable for learning music from Old Lord Temple, just waiting to send them to the Royal Academy of Arts.

Old Daoist Lingxu drew a very detailed diagram of the Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra's acupoint circulation route for Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng was his secular junior brother, so there was no problem in teaching him. Unfortunately, Wang Sheng's cultivation hadn't fully recovered yet, so only the combat consciousness could deduce it, while he himself couldn't cultivate it.

After a sleepless night, Wang Sheng and Old Daoist Lingxu took a nap during the day. Before they could take the initiative to find Master Yu and the band to perform in the small theater, Master Yu led a group of old men to their door.

Wang Sheng and Old Daoist Lingxu had spent the whole night discussing the Taiji Daoist Canon Heart Sutra, while Master Yu and the others had also been up all night experimenting.

They had tried all the membranes from the magical beasts in the Duke's mansion. Early in the morning, they were urging people to find bamboo membranes and reed membranes for them, even if the timing wasn't right, they would first find some similar substitutes to experiment with.

Wang Sheng had already told them where to drill holes and how the size of the holes would affect the flute's timbre. Master Yu was much more experienced in these things than Wang Sheng. In one night and one morning, they had already experimented with no less than a hundred kinds of materials.

"Your Grace, the bamboo membranes and reed membranes you mentioned are hard to find. Although they can improve the timbre, they have a fatal flaw," Master Yu and the others began to chatter when they saw Wang Sheng.

"What flaw?" Wang Sheng was stunned. All he knew about were bamboo membranes, reed membranes, and some artificial materials. If bamboo membranes and reed membranes didn't work, where could he find them artificial materials now?

"You can't infuse spiritual Qi when playing," Master Yu said with a bitter face. "Once you input spiritual Qi, no matter what kind of plant the membrane is made of, it will crack."

Wang Sheng was stunned. The flute players on Earth didn't have spiritual Qi and wouldn't use it. Ordinary people's breath was enough for bamboo membranes and reed membranes, but with the addition of spiritual Qi, these plant membranes couldn't withstand it. Wang Sheng hadn't thought about this problem.

"What should we do then?" Wang Sheng himself was helpless. Composite materials were definitely not a simple matter and couldn't be created. But seeing these old men so eager, where could Wang Sheng find them a substitute?

"Later, we tried using animal tendons and membranes." Seeing that Wang Sheng seemed to have no solution, Master Yu and Master Shan squeezed out even more smiles on their faces: "We spent the whole morning trying, and we found something good. We invited Your Grace over to let you hear how the modified flute sounds."