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Chapter 236: The Prideful Celestial's Stagnation
Chapter 236: The Prideful Celestial's Stagnation
The seemingly unassuming attic was filled with radiant treasures.
The space wasn't particularly large, accommodating only five or six people standing shoulder to shoulder.
On both sides were redwood racks, neatly displaying various jade slips, from which the radiant treasure emanated.
Yin Shen, holding the skull, stood behind Shen Yi and explained, "The right side contains the Golden Body techniques, while the left side holds knowledge about the Hunyuan martial arts."
This place was evidently where the Great Qian Dynasty stored all their advanced martial arts techniques.
Not only were these techniques rare, but they also included the Hunyuan realm martial arts and the even higher-level Golden Body techniques that belonged to the Baby Transformation realm, placed side by side... What Jiang Qiuluan had said might have been true—the Martial Temple likely didn't possess the means to reach the Dao Infant Transformation stage.
Shen Yi glanced at the racks briefly.
He noticed that there were neither too few nor too many jade slips on the right rack, exactly twenty-three in total. However, many of them were incomplete, with bloodstain-like spots on their smooth surfaces.
"These were all collected by various generations of Baby Transformation cultivators from the outside world, so it's normal for some to be damaged," Zhu Shi explained as he carefully placed the skull in a corner and adjusted the skull's position before turning back to hand a jade slip to Shen Yi. "There are twenty-three Golden Body techniques, but only thirteen are complete."
"Among them, twelve can condense a three-zhang Golden Body manifestation."
"Only the remaining Arhat Golden Body technique can achieve a six-zhang Golden Body."
Shen Yi took the jade slip and touched it with his spiritual sense.
Soon, a line of words appeared on the panel.
【Baby Transformation . Red-faced Lion Camel Manifestation: Uninitiated】
Without rushing to activate his life source, Shen Yi closed the panel and asked thoughtfully, "The larger the form, the stronger the power?"
Having experienced numerous battles, he had discovered that stronger demons didn't necessarily have larger forms. For instance, Qinghua Furen's true body was only around thirty zhang long, which was minuscule compared to the two- to three-hundred-zhang-long flood dragon he had encountered at Yangchun River.
However, the disparity in their strengths was inversely related to their sizes.
Qinghua Furen could probably crush that old flood dragon with a single stomp.
"The Golden Body manifestations are condensed from incense aspiration power, and in most cases, a larger form indicates a deeper foundation," Zhu Shi explained without a hint of arrogance or condescension.
The passage of time had humbled him. He now fully recognized one truth.
In the face of true Baby Transformation realm experts, all cultivators were equal. They were like people walking on a precarious suspension bridge; some might have steadier strides and move faster, leaving their peers far behind.
But...
If that bridge had no end...
The speed at which one walked became meaningless.
"I want to see the Arhat Golden Body technique." Shen Yi glanced at the rack.
"Of course."
Zhu Shi didn't find this strange at all. Every Upper Realm Martial Immortal who came here wanted to see this Golden Body technique without exception.
He floated up and gently took the jade slip placed at the highest point on the rack, handing it to Shen Yi. Then, he offered a reminder, "Actually, when it comes to Golden Body techniques, you don't necessarily have to choose the most powerful one. Instead, it's better to select the one that suits you best."
"Suits me?"
Shen Yi scanned the jade slip with his spiritual sense.
【Baby Transformation . Arhat Golden Body Manifestation: Uninitiated】
"The most crucial step for Yin Spirit cultivators like us to break through to the Baby Transformation realm is to understand what those white mists you casually dispersed in the Martial Immortal realm truly are," Zhu Shi explained, casually plucking a wisp of white mist from the air and twirling it with his fingertip. "Want to give it a try?
Suddenly, a bothersome, buzzing noise filled his ears, like a swarm of flies.
"..."
Shen Yi closed his eyes instinctively. Despite his powerful divine sense, it took him a long while to discern what the noise was.
It was the low murmurs of thousands of people, each whispering different things and pouring out contrasting emotions.
Greed, anger, and evil. Joy, anger, and sorrow.
"The sword light we casually wave and the palm winds we clap are all formed by the convergence of their thoughts."
"Treating the incense aspiration power as the breath of the world and using it to empower oneself is what martial artists call a shortcut, allowing one to enjoy an endless supply of breath while sitting at home, naturally comfortable and pleasant."
Zhu Shi's voice was gentle as he explained, "Shortcuts... always come at a cost. If you use these things to condense a new body, then these thoughts become your own."
"The first hurdle of the Golden Body technique is to choose a way to digest these stray thoughts so they don't turn into heart demons."
He pointed to the jade slip in Shen Yi's left hand, "The Lion Camel technique chooses to guard—guarding their homes, guarding the country's gates, and guarding the lives of the common folk. This is their vow."
He then pointed to the jade slip in Shen Yi's right hand, "The Arhat Golden Body technique chooses to suppress, but what exactly it suppresses... I'm not too clear about. All I know is that the old ancestor chose to suppress the common folk, so when his Yin Spirit was damaged, he suffered backlash."
"Hoo."
Shen Yi finally digested the wisp of white mist, feeling slightly mentally exhausted.
After hearing Zhu Shi's words, he finally understood why the old ancestor on the offering table in the Martial Temple had seemed like a senile old man... Being constantly subjected to this annoying noise, how could he have remained lucid?
"I examined all twenty-three methods, but found that not a single path suited me."
Zhu Shi floated over to the rack, caressing each jade slip.
A strange smile appeared on his face, "I thought about it for a long time before I realized that my talent was too high. I traveled this path quickly and steadily, never encountering any obstacles. Everyone praised me, and demons feared me. And so... I couldn't understand the stray thoughts within this incense aspiration power."
"In my heart, there was only my path to becoming a Transformed God."
"Now, at the end of my journey, I find that out of these twenty-three doors, not a single one is willing to open for me."
"I traveled the four directions, wanting to relive the path of an ordinary person, but as the highest-cultivated martial immortal of the Great Qian Dynasty, how could I regain such thoughts?"
"I was once weary and sleepless, vowing to protect the Great Qian Dynasty and prove the Lion Camel Golden Body... I could deceive everyone else, but I couldn't deceive myself, nor could I deceive this boundless incense aspiration power."
He was a heaven-defying genius, a forty-year-old Upper Realm Martial Immortal.
In his eyes, the mortal world's common folk were nothing but ants, unable to enter his heart. Whether it was guarding or suppressing, even if he silently recited it a million times, it would still be a lie.
"Junior Brother."
Zhu Shi paused and turned, a bitter smile on his face, "I vaguely heard them say that you're also a heaven-defying genius?"
"..."
Shen Yi pondered for a moment before gently shaking his head, "I'm fine."
Back then, in the Demon Subduing Division of Qingzhou.
A sturdy young man had blocked the door and asked, "If you're not a genius, then why don't you have any arrogance?"
His response at the time was... of course not.
(End of Chapter)
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