Chapter 103: Formless Contemplation Diagram, Formless Energy

Chapter 103: Formless Contemplation Diagram, Formless Energy

According to Zhou Zhongda's suggestion, Ji Jingqiu is already considered a "celebrity" within the upper echelons of the Four Guardians Star.

His every move would attract attention, and they had to be extremely cautious when meeting privately, lest Ji Jingqiu's identity as an agent of the Administration is revealed.

Through the Administration's private communication channels, he conveyed to Ji Jingqiu certain events that had transpired during the recent meeting.

【I guess my mission is considered completed, right?】

【What about my reimbursement?】

Upon seeing Ji Jingqiu's message, Zhou Zhongda was stunned for a moment.

Wasn't the Cold Blade mission canceled by that kid? He even took advantage of the situation and robbed him of a significant amount of merit, using it to help the kid exchange for the 【Formless Dao Body】...

Zhou Zhongda was tempted to reject him outright, but recalling Ji Jingqiu's substantial contributions in this matter, he had no choice but to acknowledge it and planned to pass it on to Chen Laosi later, to see if he would accept it!

After some thought, Zhou Zhongda sent Ji Jingqiu another message, reminding him to be cautious of unidentified individuals recently, as many underground organizations had been unusually active.

Additionally, the Contemplation Diagram of the 【Formless Dao Body】 had been delivered to the Star Division through the Administration's secret channels, and he should remember to sign for it.

...

Ji Jingqiu realized that these major powers seemed to enjoy setting up their own courier companies to send packages to their personnel.

The Supreme Buddha Sect and the Administration both did this.

One day, when he reaches the upper echelons of the Administration and holds great power, he will thoroughly investigate all federally registered interplanetary courier companies!

"Li Family... Wood Virtue Bodhimanda..."

Ji Jingqiu noted down these two names, especially the latter.

At the same time, he also remembered the White Deer Daoist from the Dragon Tiger Bodhimanda and Mo Worker from the Heavenly Craft Workshop, who had stood up for him and fiercely refuted the Wood Virtue Bodhimanda.

With that matter settled, Ji Jingqiu stood up and looked around the training room where he had stayed for a week.

The heavy rain outside had stopped, and the morning sunlight, after passing through numerous obstacles, shone through the window, casting the first light patch on the floor inside the room.

Ji Jingqiu left the training room, walking through the deep alley with the morning glow enveloping him.

Looking at the still-deserted street around him, he suddenly remembered something.

Would it still be possible to acquire these shops at the lowest price?

...

Upon returning to the Star Division, Ji Jingqiu first located the address on the package sent by Zhou Zhongda, obtained the Contemplation Diagram of the 【Formless Dao Body】, and quickly headed towards the training ground.

He had longed for an exceptional cultivation body for too long!

On his way, Ji Jingqiu encountered Zhang Yaode, whose eyes lit up, and he greeted him enthusiastically:

"Brother Ji, I've been looking for you for a long time. Someone at the company headquarters wants to meet you. Do you have time now?"

Ji Jingqiu immediately declined without hesitation.

He shook his head, holding up the metal box made of special material in his hand, and said:

"I need to return and study the Contemplation Diagram. I aim to cultivate the cultivation body within three months. I'll talk to you when I have time later."

Cultivating a cultivation body within three months, starting from the Contemplation Diagram?

Is this an exceptional cultivation body?

Even the shrewd Zhang Yaode was left dumbfounded.

However, Ji Jingqiu didn't elaborate further and strode away, heading straight for the training room.

Upon entering the training room, Ji Jingqiu hung up a "Do Not Disturb" sign and sat in the center of the room, opening the special box containing the 【Formless Contemplation Diagram】.

He didn't rush to look at the diagram but first opened the 【Formless Dao Body】's main outline placed on top.

The first sentence was:

"The Dao is formless, and its essence is like the light of the deer."

There was also a footnote, saving Ji Jingqiu the trouble of searching.

In essence, although the Dao is formless and transcends the concepts of matter, space, and time, it is omnipresent and exists within everyone's heart, closely intertwined with the world.

Ji Jingqiu carefully studied the main outline with the footnote.

"Formlessness is also the myriad forms. The myriad forms are like a forest, nurtured by the two primordial forces; various laws converge, not surpassing the realm of heaven and earth..."

"The Dao is formless, so internally, it is not confined by existence. True nature is non-action, so externally, it does not give rise to thoughts..."

After reading the main outline, Ji Jingqiu felt a sense of uncertainty.

Reading the first half, he thought that the "formlessness" referred to the Taoist concept of formlessness from his previous life. However, upon reading the second half, he discovered that it also incorporated certain Buddhist teachings about formlessness from his previous life.

This cultivation method emphasized not being attached to any form or even the Dao itself. Instead, it required finding one's own unique Dao with form within the formless Dao, which was the true intention of this method.

By the end of his reading, Ji Jingqiu had a realization.

This cultivation method, named Formless, didn't aim for formlessness but required one to first achieve myriad forms and then transcend from the myriad forms to formlessness. This was the true formlessness.

Upon reaching this step, one would enter the realm of the Great Formless, becoming perfectly harmonious and complete, clear and whole, penetrating the heavens and the earth, and filling the ten directions.

Of course, such a conceptual idea was too abstract.

As a strength-focused cultivator, Ji Jingqiu turned his attention to the more tangible aspect of strength.

Cultivating the Formless Dao Body would allow him to nurture his original energy into the Primordial Mixed Yuan Energy, which was one of the most notable changes of an exceptional cultivation body.

The Primordial Mixed Yuan Energy's most remarkable characteristic, apart from leaving no trace and being omnipresent, was its ability to mimic any energy it came into contact with or observed.

Due to the uniqueness of the Formless Dao Body, its power would not be weaker than the original, and might even be stronger, depending on the cultivator.

This description immediately reminded Ji Jingqiu of the "Minor Formlessness Technique."

Additionally, the Formless Dao Body, in theory, could cultivate three divine abilities, and solely based on the number of divine abilities, it could rank among the top exceptional cultivation bodies.

Generally, possessing one divine ability was enough to be considered an exceptional cultivation body.

Divine abilities were a manifestation of the laws.

Consequently, this also made the Formless Dao Body much more challenging to cultivate than other exceptional cultivation bodies, as it required engraving more laws within the body and accommodating more "forbidden knowledge."

But the rewards were proportional to the effort.

With a 95.8% compatibility rate, Ji Jingqiu could theoretically cultivate all three divine abilities.

After finishing the main outline, Ji Jingqiu carefully examined the accompanying 《Exceptional Cultivation Body Handbook》.

The so-called exceptional cultivation bodies were, in essence, using the secret technique of the mind as a knife to engrave the heavenly laws within the body, and finally filling the gaps with one's divine intention.

Yang, the manual's Long Hu Zhi Shen (Dragon Tiger divine.form), actually refers to the divine forms of the True dragon and white tiger, corresponding to the Dao principles of heaven and earth.

Once the casting is completed, the warrior can practice the advanced combat techniques associated with the corresponding dao principles.

It is said that during the planetary age, the warriors' physical bodies were frail, and to break through, they had to be mindful of every aspect of the human body, for a single misstep could lead to death. Thus, there was an ancient saying: "Daoism in a snail shell."

Today's advanced powerbodies have taken this saying to theextreme.

Preparations complete, Ji Jingqiu directly unfurled the【Xun Xiang Tu】(Formless Contemplation Diagram).

This was the first advanced contemplation diagram he had encountered.

Guided by a sliver of divine intent, Ji Jingqiu quicklyimmersed himself in a profound, formless realm, comprehending thetrue essence of the diagram.

In this state, he soon forgot about the worldoutside, fully immersed in the contemplation diagram.

In the inner world, under the clear light of the Bodhi Tree, Ji Jingqiu slowly opened his eyes, as if he had gained some enlightenment. He extended his hands, and a formless, clear wind began to swirl around his fingers.

Under his guidance, the clear windtransformed into the shape of a dragon, several feet in length, with antlers like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, and a belly like a clam.

As Ji Jingqiu's intent swirled in the air, the wind and thunder followed, ascending to the ninth heaven and descending to the deep sea.

The fat tiger beside him stared with wide eyes, dropped the Eternal Blade, and hopped over, becoming a small white tiger cub, which nestled on Ji Jingqiu's shoulder, its small ears pressed against its head, licking its pink nose with its tongue, looking curiously at the fat tiger below it.

The fat tiger hugged Ji Jingqiu's thigh, excitedly jumping around.

Ji Jingqiu smiled silently.

He picked up the white cub, placed it on the ground, the fat tiger, amazed, circled around, carefully reaching out with its paws.

Suddenly, the white cub dispersed into a gust of clear wind, blowing past the fat tiger's ears, formless and invisible.

The fat tiger looked around, puzzled, unable to find its new playmate.

Ji Jingqiu contemplated the enlightenment he had gained.

He had mastered the【Xun XiangTu】(Formless ContemplationDiagram).

The Formlesscontemplationdiagram had succeeded, giving birth to the “Formless energy,” capable of transforming into myriad phenomena, truly remarkable!

Not to mention the speed of honing his blade, which would now double.

With the contemplationdiagram complete, the next step would be to incorporate the forbidden knowledge.

The so-called forbidden knowledge refers to the dao principles of advanced powerbodes, but not the dao principles of their world, rather those extracted from the heartland wilderness.

In the current grand universe, the underlying rules are stable, and even if one tried to replicate the dao principles, they would not be able to sense them.

Thus, the forbidden knowledge came into being.

Compared to extracting a dao principle from the grand universe and infusing it into a true seed realm warrior, the cost of forbidden knowledge was much lower.

This was a shortcut, but it also came with high risk, testing the mental cultivation and contemplation skill of the warrior.

Of course, this threshold was no barrier for Ji Jingqiu, given his mental cultivation far surpassed others.

He reflected and prepared tocontact Dao Ge through the Dao field, Dao Ge promised to bring the forbidden knowledge over in the next two days.

Ji Jingqiu studied the formless energy in the innerworld, then continued his blade practice.

His blade technique was no longer stiff and mechanical, but had the style of a master.

As Elderpredecessor Zhuang once said, in the art of Martial, he had completed the firststep of【Shen YiZhiShi】—integratingvarious blade techniques into his body, blending them seamlessly, and developing a unique style.

One step away, he could reach the next level.

In the meantime, Ji Jing Qiu received an invitation from the Dragon Tiger Bodhimanda.

【XuanZhen】: Master Ji, the White Deer Elder wants you to come to the Dao field, to teach the junior disciples, givingthem a tasteof theHeavenlyHumanSixth Limit. Are you available?

The invitation to teach the juniors?

Ji Jing Qiu hesitated, intending todecline, but seeing the“White deer elder” changed his mind.

Besides, Shi hadhelped him with the “Inviting theDivineinto theGodtemple,” so he agreed.

He quickly left, arriving at theDragonTiger Bodhimanda, where he met the elder and began preparing for the lesson.

On the top floor training room, GongChen watched with deep eyes.

He had heard yesterday that Ji Jingqiu claimed he would complete the body in three months, but today, he was already Leaving again.

Seems he underestimated JiJingqiu, even for a genius,threemonths is not enough to fully comprehend acontemplationdiagram.

Just returned home, he needs to adjusthis schedule.

(Chapter End)

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