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Chapter 36: The Essence of Purity, the Foundation of Immortality
Chapter 36: The Essence of Purity, the Foundation of Immortality
Snowflakes fluttered like cranes descending, and a clear wind swirled into his sleeves.
In the Rain Listening Alley, there was no sound of rain, only the soft, gentle fall of snow.
Li Zhe's eyes burned with intensity, his heart pounding like a drum.
He raised his hand, and the divinity accumulated by the Immaculate Heart shimmered with a hazy white glow, distorting the wind and snow.
"Joy, anger, sorrow, thought, grief, fear, and shock—these are the seven emotions that form divinity. The divine arts are derived from these emotions, branching out into various schools to forge the foundation of divinity."
"But how can I use the immaculate divinity condensed by the Immaculate Heart to forge a divine foundation?"
"Immaculate and flawless, like a blank sheet of paper—could it be possible to draw anything on it, to evolve into any divine foundation? Or could it even forge a multi-divine foundation, instead of a single divine foundation?"
The moment the idea surfaced, his ambition flared like a wildfire, spreading rapidly!
But all of this...
was just speculation on Li Zhe's part.
He had only a rudimentary understanding of divinity, and he couldn't figure out how to make it work.
After giving it some thought, Li Zhe decided to let it go for now.
After all, he hadn't formally studied the divine arts yet. Once he had the opportunity to delve into them, he could analyze and perhaps even adapt a method to forge an immaculate divine foundation.
Of course, it would be difficult, but it was better than having no way to forge a divine foundation at all.
With this in mind, Li Zhe's mood lightened considerably.
"Nurturing my essence with the Immaculate Heart... that's what I need to focus on now."
Li Zhe stood up, his blood and qi swirling like an angry dragon, melting the snow and turning it into scalding steam.
His eyes gleamed with determination, his thoughts racing.
"Right... the Dragon Elephant Vajra can absorb divinity to speed up its progress. Could I use the divinity gathered by the Immaculate Heart to supply the Dragon Elephant Vajra?"
Mutual support among Dao Fruits?
It was a good idea, but if he used the divinity nurtured by the Immaculate Heart to enhance the Dragon Elephant Vajra, it would slow down the process of nurturing divinity, making it somewhat counterproductive...
"Thus, providing a boost during breakthroughs would be fine, but I should rely on the martial talents granted by the Dragon Elephant Vajra to slowly refine myself on a daily basis."
"If I can forge a divine foundation, I will undoubtedly be among the top-tier experts in the entire Thunderfly City, both inner and outer!"
Forging a divine foundation is crucial...
Because Xu You once told him something that Li Zhe had never forgotten.
A divine foundation is the beginning of immortality.
Stretching his limbs, his bones cracked, and Li Zhe felt extremely content.
After leaving the courtyard, he strolled down the long street, planning to buy some aged yellow wine and some sliced braised meat for the evening.
Old Chen and Xu You came over to drink and eat every day, so Li Zhe naturally had to prepare some appetizers.
...
...
Ten thousand feet in the sky, the snow and clouds drifted.
Thunderfly Outer City.
A simple carriage jolted through the wind and snow, entering the city.
"Old man, we've arrived at Thunderfly City."
The driver stopped the carriage by the roadside, rubbed his hands, and called out to the carriage.
The curtain lifted, and two figures stepped out.
An old man with a face full of deep wrinkles, like the bark of a centuries-old tree, wearing a thick coat, and with two long, drooping eyebrows.
Beside the old man was a five or six-year-old child, mischievous and lively, with two buns in his hair like Nezha.
The old man pulled out a few large Jing copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to the driver. The driver weighed them, glanced at the child beside the old man, and warned, "Old man, you'd better take good care of this little one. In Thunderfly City... it's easy to lose a child."
The old man smiled, bowed, and thanked him.
The driver said no more and drove the carriage away.
"Master, did we break the rules by coming to Thunderfly City a year early?"
The child looked up at the old man, asking doubtfully.
The old man stroked his beard and shook his head slightly. "Rules? The Great Jing is declining. What rules are we talking about now? Besides... on our journey here, I noticed the divine aura around Thunderfly City becoming increasingly intense and the demonic creatures growing more rampant. If we wait another year, we might not be able to enter the city at all."
The child was immediately startled. "Ah? Is it that serious?"
"This Thunderfly City, though small, is home to many noble families and a significant number of divine foundation cultivators... for it to fall in just one year seems a bit exaggerated, doesn't it?"
The old man glanced at the child and said, "Lu Chi, do you think your master would lie to you?"
"This temple outside the city, when observed with our sect’s ‘Insight Technique,’ is identified as a ‘Ten-City Mysterious Temple.’ In another year, it will ascend to the ‘Nine-Stars’ rank..."
"With the divine power of the cultivators in Feilei City, the current Ten-City Mysterious Temple can still be managed. However, once it ascends to the Nine-Stars rank, those who haven't reached the Divine Foundation level will have no chance of escape. Only those who have forged a Divine Foundation or are innate martial artists might stand a chance."
Lu Chi gasped, "But Feilei City has scarce divine power and a small population. How can a Mysterious Temple ascend to the Nine-Stars rank?"
The old man stroked his beard, "A temple is a place for sacrifices."
"Those who offer their lives, their essence, their spirits... will cause the Mysterious Temple to ascend."
"We’re here early to find a Spirit Child and bring them back to the sect. Don’t cause any unnecessary trouble."
The old man instructed the child.
"Master... are we just going to stand by and do nothing?" Lu Chi tilted his head, asking, "At the very least, shouldn’t we warn the city’s powerful individuals?"
The old man affectionately ruffled Lu Chi’s hair, "It’s not that simple..."
"Moreover, although I was ordered to come down the mountain, I had to avoid the eyes of the town’s temple officials. I left most of my divine power on the mountain and came down secretly... I can handle a Ten-City Mysterious Temple, but if it reaches the Nine-Stars rank and the temple spirit forms, my old bones won’t be enough to fight it."
"If I were to be contaminated by the temple spirit’s divine power... it would ruin my path to divine power."
"If even Dajing doesn’t intervene, why should we?"
"Before the disaster strikes, we will reveal our identities and guide the innocent people out of the city to safety."
The old man patted Lu Chi’s head.
"Alright, be quiet now. Let me use the ‘Insight Technique’ to see... how many divine Spirit Children are left in Feilei City."
The old man took Lu Chi’s hand, lifted his own, and pinched a snowflake, gently drawing it in front of his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, his pupils seemed to contain golden wheels, one after another, layered and stacked.
He looked up at the sky and saw four massive divine grinding wheels suspended, shrouded in a mist between heaven and earth.
"‘Wrathful Ghost Calming,’ ‘Terrifying Light Tracing,’ ‘Suspended Thought Flowing Sword,’ ‘Furious Maitreya’... this small Feilei City has quite a few Divine Foundation cultivators, and their Divine Foundations are quite varied."
The old man smiled faintly, examining carefully.
These were all common Divine Foundations, but those who could forge a Divine Foundation already had a significant presence.
After all, many divine power cultivators could cultivate a pool of divine power but never take that final step, or they would be overwhelmed by the divine power, driven mad, and ultimately fall to its backlash.
"Divine Foundation cultivators are already quite powerful. Don’t think that the difference between them and divine power is just a hair’s breadth. Sometimes, that hair’s breadth is a chasm!"
The golden wheels in the old man’s eyes circled again and again.
He looked toward the inner city and nodded slightly, "The noble families have accumulated quite a few Spirit Children, but their divine power seems to be lacking."
Then the golden wheels rotated, and his gaze fell on the outer city, specifically the Xu Family’s Woodcarving Shop, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
Under his ‘Insight Technique,’ it seemed as if a fiery blaze was rising, burning brightly and dyeing half the sky red.
"What a fierce and dominant divine power of wrath..."
"A Spirit Child with such divine power, and the noble families haven’t recruited them? Strange..."
The old man was astonished. He stroked his beard and calculated, "Oh, they’re only two years old... that explains it."
"It seems... this trip down the mountain will be quite fruitful."
The old man smiled, stroking his beard.
Just as he was about to dispel the golden wheels and end the Insight Technique, he paused.
He looked down the long street, at the carefree young man carrying roasted meat and a jar of wine, humming a cheerful tune.
And...
The young man’s body radiated a pure, brilliant, and flawless divine light!
(End of Chapter)
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