Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

Zhang Yao was silent, thinking rapidly in his mind, recalling the moment of the collision.

As soon as that wisp of turbid air entered his body, some inexplicable change seemed to have occurred, so that the magic power in his body went out of control and even his spiritual thoughts were affected by it.

In other words, his injuries were actually caused by himself.

"But why?"

Pure and turbid qi are incompatible with water and fire, Zhang Yao knows it well.

He also knew that although the origin of Zhuo Xiu was mysterious, it had existed for such a long time and more than one person must have tried the path of Qing Zhuo Xiu.

Past attempts must have failed, so that in today's world of immortal cultivation, there is no trace of the existence of pure and turbid methods.

But Zhang Yao is still a little bit lucky.

He thinks that his talent and talents are difficult to surpass those of the sages of the past, but he has his own two unique talents, and he may be able to find a new path.

But as soon as he set foot on this road, he was hit in the head, and he didn't even understand how he failed.

"Huh, huh..."

After Zhang Yao took a few deep breaths, he gradually regained his composure.

He recalled all the information he knew in the past, and after summarizing bit by bit, he finally concluded something.

First of all, the mutual incompatibility between pure and dirty air is more intense than he imagined - not only on the level of magic, but also on the material level.

His body has been cleansed by spiritual energy over and over again. It has long been no longer a mortal body. There are traces of spiritual energy deeply embedded in every inch of flesh and blood, not to mention that he is still half a body-refining monk.

But this fact conflicted with his personal experience.

He once went deep into the underground world and stayed in the Wujin tribe for more than ten years. There is spiritual energy in the underground world. Even if most of it is the spiritual energy of dark signs and the lifeless energy suppressed by the turbid energy, it is still real spiritual energy!

It can be seen that spiritual energy and turbid energy can coexist to a certain extent.

But this not only goes against the current mainstream views in the world of immortality, but is also incompatible with his experience - he just personally suffered the impact of the collision of pure and turbid energy.

This led to the second question - he suspected that there was something wrong with Mani's turbid air.

"Although I can't use the turbid air of the underground world, I can still feel its thickness, simplicity, and purity that embraces all things."

Zhang Yao frowned slightly, recalling the experience of going deep into the devil's cave:

"But the turbid Qi of Mani Kingdom gives people the feeling of being particularly violent and ferocious, like a wild beast that is going crazy all the time, trying desperately to attack and entangle all spiritual energy..."

Is there a possibility that these are two different kinds of turbid qi, or two forms of turbid qi?

When he first noticed the specious turbidity in Ancestor Ming Yuan's body in Da Mo, he once called it "variant turbidity".

But of the two kinds of turbidity, which one is the real source and which one is the variant?

Moreover, he had learned the truth about the good merit system from the mouth of Tongxing Arhat, and he had once suspected that there was something wrong with the source of the turbid energy in the Mani Kingdom.

If the turbid air in the Mani Kingdom is indeed as he guessed, and is not naturally generated by heaven and earth, then where does it come from? Could it be related to the underground world?

"This is a complete mess..."

Zhang Yao felt a little headache. The current clues were too messy and tangled together, just like a ball of yarn without a thread.

But the next moment he realized that he didn't 'feel' a headache, but actually had a headache.

"Fuck..."

Zhang Yao couldn't help but curse. Only then did he realize that the damage to his soul was still there, and even the damage to his internal organs was still difficult to repair.

After looking inside with his spiritual mind, he discovered that the 'Five Elements Containing Spirit Formation' and the 'Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation' engraved in the internal organs had been slightly shattered by the violent impact just now.

It was the internal formation that was the foundation of his cultivation that had a problem that caused the injury to be difficult to repair.

"I'm really asking for trouble!"

Zhang Yao sighed and could only collect his thoughts and go all out to repair the internal formation first.

The "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Jing", which seems to be comprehensive and has no shortcomings, has always had one of the most obvious weaknesses - the formation itself.

The strongest point is the weakest point.

The formation itself can bring huge power, but what maintains the formation is ultimately external objects.

In Zhang Yao's cultivation path, the gold, jade, rare treasures, spiritual objects, etc. that were used to engrave and strengthen the formations were not his own flesh and blood, soul, or magic power after all.

He can heal himself when he is injured, but he cannot heal himself after the passage of these foreign objects. His body cannot naturally generate these substances, so his two major talents cannot take effect on these foreign objects.

It can be said that once he suffered a particularly serious injury that caused the formation inside his body to collapse, it would be a hundred times more difficult for him to recover than other monks.

But the founder of the "Wanhua Du Zhen Jing" had long considered this issue.

At the expense of formations, rare treasures, magical powers and natal magic weapons, the purpose of making one's body as powerful as a body-refining monk is to protect this weakness, or even turn the weakness into a strength.

The body's body is so strong, and the formations are engraved inside the body, so it is difficult to be destroyed.

Zhang Yao has experienced hundreds of battles since he entered the immortal world but has rarely been injured. The few injuries he suffered, including the tragic battle with Yu Wentai, never damaged the basic formation. This is because of this.

The only two times his formation was damaged were due to his own internal reasons rather than being injured by external forces.

There is also a way to completely solve this hidden danger in the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", which is to use the power of the nine-color heavenly wheel to step into the realm of Yuanying, and solidify the power of all formations into Yuanying. From now on, there will be no fear The disaster of the formation's collapse.

But this is a dead end and a dead end. It is impossible for Zhang Yao to follow the script. The solution he has thought of is to follow the path of Qingzhuo fellow practitioners and use the Zhongxu method to resolve this hidden danger.

This is the real reason why he attaches so much importance to the path of Zhuoxiu.

But this road encountered major setbacks just at the beginning, which directly caused Zhang Yao's plan to be aborted.

"turbid air, turbid air..."

After Zhang Yao repaired the damage to his own formation, he used the 'Hanging God Idea' to repair his soul, and then he reconsidered his future path.

The path of Zhuoxiu cannot be given up. This is the most likely hope to find a new path in the lineage of Five Elements Heavenly Masters. However, due to practical reasons, he has to temporarily shelve this process.

It was like seeing a bright door, but he couldn't walk to the door now, let alone push it open.

"I'm afraid I need to find an opportunity to go into the underground world again."

Zhang Yao had a hunch that maybe when he understood the difference between the two kinds of turbidity in the underground world and Mani Kingdom, he would be able to find out the truth behind this failure.

But the current time is obviously not suitable and we can only wait for the future.

His journey as a Heavenly Master has not yet come to an end, and there are still too many things waiting for him to do in the surface world.

Therefore, fellow practitioner Qingzhuo can only put aside his assumptions for the time being, and wait until he has perfected the Golden Elixir in the "Wanhuadu Zhenzhen Sutra" before it is time to really consider this matter.

Just like when he decisively gave up studying the mystery of vitality and bloodline, it is not a good habit to dwell on the latest problems. Some problems are destined to be left to be solved in the future.

Fortunately, his time is endless and he has enough confidence to wait.

"Um?"

At this moment, Zhang Yao suddenly raised his eyebrows and noticed a familiar breath approaching.

"Fellow Taoist Qingxu."

A spiritual thought also came at the right time, it was the voice of Patriarch He Ze:

"I took the liberty of coming here. I haven't disturbed you, have I?"

“Friend Heze’s words are true.”

After Zhang Yao responded with his spiritual thoughts, he stood up and went outside Changle Palace to greet him. Soon, a ray of light fell from the sky.

"Fellow Taoist, please."

The two came to Changle Palace. After the guests and hosts took their seats, Zhang Yao looked at him a few times and showed a look of surprise:

"Fellow Daoist Heze...could this body of yours also be a puppet?"

He had seen Patriarch He Ze's puppet body, but he had also seen his true body.

He had dealt with the other party's 'real body' many times and had never found any abnormalities. It was not until they met again this time that his spiritual sense vaguely captured some traces.

This 'real body', which was in the late stage of the Golden Core and had a powerful aura, was actually a puppet, which really surprised him.

"hehe……"

Ancestor He Ze smiled slightly and admitted it:

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu has really improved greatly in strength, and his eyesight is not what it used to be."

"I once questioned the choice of passing Arhat, but looking at it now, the old monk's vision is indeed extraordinary!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but look at him deeply.

It is just a puppet Dharmakaya that is out and about, and it has the realm of the late Jindan. How powerful is the true body of Patriarch He Ze?

At this time, he suddenly remembered what the latter said about Patriarch Heze when he met Tongxing Arhat:

Old monk Tongxing said personally that Patriarch Heze was far more powerful than he imagined, and what he showed on the surface was just the tip of the iceberg.

Only today did he truly understand the meaning of these words.

"Fellow Taoist, you really hide your secrets!"

After Zhang Yao sighed from the bottom of his heart, he asked:

"Fellow Taoist, you came here today and you don't know why?"

Ancestor He Ze’s smile did not change and he said:

"I came to visit fellow Taoist monks today for two things."

"The first thing is to be entrusted by others..."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Zhang Yao, and gestured:

"Fellow Taoist Tianshuang completed his accumulation of good deeds more than ten years ago. After exchanging his favorite treasures on the good deeds list, he returned to Tianzhou."

"Before he left, he was quite worried about the safety of fellow Taoist. Please ask me to wait until the day when fellow Taoist returns and deliver this letter to fellow Taoist."

"I see."

Zhang Yao's expression softened a lot, he nodded and said:

"Thank you so much, fellow Taoist He Ze, I am very grateful."

After taking the letter in his hand, he put it away and asked:

"What about the second thing?"

"The second thing is a great thing for fellow Taoists."

The smile on Patriarch Heze’s face became even wider, and he said:

"I am here on behalf of Ziyao Tiangong..."