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Chapter 56: Enlightenment Boost, Continue to Soar!
Chapter 56: Enlightenment Boost, Continue to Soar!
Soon, Lei Jun's palms glowed, and the red and blue lights disappeared.
He could feel the searing heat and icy coldness coursing through his meridians, distinct yet intertwined.
The hot and cold streams flowed together onto Lei Jun's Dao foundation.
The red and blue lights vanished, replaced by a reappearance of golden and silver lights, swirling together to form the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish, continuing to rotate.
In addition to the familiar fiery Yang Fish, Lei Jun also felt a surge of coldness rushing to his head.
This chill cleared his mind, and his thoughts seemed to become clearer and more transparent at this moment.
"So this is the Water Marrow Yin Fish, the counterpart to the Fire Marrow Yang Fish..."
Lei Jun gazed at the seemingly inconspicuous cold spring before him and took a deep breath. "Compared to our sect's Xuanyang Cave, this place is indeed humble. It's impressive that Senior Sister was able to find it."
Yuan Mobai nodded. "Indeed, the world is vast and expansive. It's in these unassuming places that spiritual treasures are often brewed, making them difficult to find. To stumble upon one is truly serendipitous."
As Lei Jun took away the Water Marrow Yin Fish, the cold air from the spring began to dissipate gradually.
Yuan Mobai led Lei Jun in offering incense and paying respects to the mountains and rivers, praying to the spirits of heaven and earth, before the pair left.
Upon returning to Qingxiao View, Lei Jun immediately began preparing to refine the Yin-Yang Double Fish.
He sat cross-legged in a meditation room, first placing the Wujing Cauldron in front of him.
Then, he held the Jiji Stone close to his chest with both hands.
A pattern of a golden and silver intertwined Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish appeared on his palms, emitting a soft glow.
Under the influence of the Yin-Yang Double Fish, the Jiji Stone between his palms began to transform.
The Jiji Stone gradually lost its physical form and turned into a ethereal blob of energy.
Within the blob, there seemed to be flames and flowing water, cycling endlessly—water above and fire below, forming the Jiji hexagram.
Lei Jun slowly lowered his hands, and the blob of energy between his palms fell into the Wujing Pot in front of him.
Steam rose from the pot, and it even trembled on its own, its spirituality stimulated by the energy blob that had been the Jiji Stone.
Two seemingly opposing spiritualities connected, flowing endlessly.
Lei Jun silently channeled his Xuan Gong, and under the influence of his spiritual power, the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish in his palms vanished, replaced by a red and a blue stream of light.
The two streams of light, rich with spirituality, flowed simultaneously into the small medicine pot.
Four different types of spiritual energy, mutually repulsive yet intimately bonded, coexisted in the pot.
Under Lei Jun's control, they gradually blended, communicating and merging as one.
Yuan Mobai remained silent and motionless, merely observing with a smile on his face.
Finally, only a cloud-like mist, neither cloud nor fog, remained floating in the pot.
The mist was half-black and half-white, resembling the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish.
Lei Jun breathed deeply and inhaled the mist into his body.
The next moment, Lei Jun's body trembled, and he felt the black and white mist divide into two within him.
One half rose, and the other sank.
Lei Jun's soul seemed to soar with the rising half, escaping his physical shell.
He remained calm and silently recited the Taoist scriptures.
The Tian Shi Manor cultivated both body and soul, giving them equal importance.
Although it was not like the pure Yang Palace of the Dan Ding sect, where they practiced refining the Yang Shen for distant journeys, the Fu Lu sect had its own techniques for soul transformation.
Lei Jun channeled his Xuan Gong, and his soul, freed from its shell, hovered above his physical body, neither dispersing nor wandering.
He could still sense all the changes in his physical form.
After the black and white mist divided, the rising half carried his soul upward, while the descending half fell onto his Dao foundation.
At this moment, his Dao foundation altar shone brightly, reflecting both water and fire, with Yin and Yang harmoniously balanced.
Above Lei Jun's floating soul, strands of light continued to rise, weaving a black and white Tai Chi diagram in the sky.
As the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish rotated, Lei Jun felt his soul's thoughts become clearer and more agile than ever before.
He opened his mouth and chanted in a deep, sonorous voice:
"The righteous path is undivided, and truth reaches its utmost purity.
"With the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish in motion, Lei Jun's divine soul descended once more, returning to his physical shell.
Soul and body united, in perfect harmony.
In the instant they made contact, Lei Jun's mind seemed to be illuminated by a divine light.
The light shone upon his soul, illuminating his inner and outer self with crystal clarity.
Without Master Yuan Mobai needing to say a word, Lei Jun knew that he had succeeded.
His enlightenment had surpassed the previous level of 'upper-quality' and leaped beyond the exceptional, reaching a level above it.
[Clarity].
In this moment, the ambiguities he had during his past cultivation became crystal clear.
Not only that, but the convergence of the four spiritual treasures not only elevated Lei Jun's spiritual soul, but also had an effect on his physical body.
Within Lei Jun's Dao foundation altar, the illusory radiance on the law altar solidified into a physical form.
Lei Jun's law altar suddenly transformed into a two-layered structure.
On the lowest layer of the square altar, a new eight-sided altar was added as the second layer.
With this achievement, Lei Jun's enlightenment level not only improved, but his cultivation base also advanced to the second layer of the law altar!
"The combination of four spiritual treasures is indeed far superior to three. It was worth the long wait."
Lei Jun slowly concluded his cultivation and exhaled deeply.
If he had only obtained the Fire Marrow Yang Fish, the Unfulfilled Pot, and the Water Marrow Yin Fish, the result would have still elevated his enlightenment from 'upper-quality' to the 'exceptional' level, but it would have fallen short of reaching the 'clarity' level.
It would have been impossible for it to propel Lei Jun's cultivation base from the first layer of the law altar to the second.
"Indeed, the effort and patience were well worth it."
Yuan Mobai smiled and said, "It is a rare opportunity to gather four mutually beneficial spiritual treasures by chance."
He stood up and walked to Lei Jun's side. "According to your previous upper-quality enlightenment and spiritual root bone, I initially estimated that you would need about twenty years to complete the path of the law altar realm. Now, it seems that everything has been greatly accelerated."
Lei Jun said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master, and Senior Sister's assistance."
According to previous estimates, without any other special factors, it would take him about seven years to advance from the first layer of the law altar to the second.
And from the second layer to the third would require about twelve years.
Not considering the difficulty of breaking through the Four Heavy Tribulations, the total time required would be about twenty years.
But now, with the help of the four spiritual treasures enhancing his enlightenment, although it did not directly improve his root bone, it propelled Lei Jun to the second layer of the law altar, greatly reducing the time needed for his future cultivation.
Moreover, with his enlightenment leaping from 'upper-quality' to 'clarity', his future cultivation would undoubtedly benefit immensely.
The time required to advance from the second layer to the third layer of the law altar would also be reduced by more than half!
"Exceptional enlightenment is also known as 'one point to clarity', where a single insight leads to profound understanding," Yuan Mobai explained with a smile. "With clarity of enlightenment, one can 'grasp the essence and apply it broadly', understanding related concepts with ease.
Throughout the history of our sect, most improvements and innovations in our daoist techniques, talismans, and scriptures have been achieved by those with 'clarity' enlightenment or above.
Now that you've reached this level, feel free to experiment with your new insights into spell techniques."
Lei Jun smiled and said, "I intend to do just that."
After breaking through to the Triple Heaven of the law altar realm, Lei Jun did not rush to cultivate his third innate technique.
It wasn't due to indecisiveness, but because he had some ideas he wanted to test.
For Fu Lu sect cultivators at the Double Heaven and Triple Heaven levels, using spiritual talismans, regardless of their type, usually meant employing them one by one.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to control them with one's spiritual power or mental strength.
Talismans connect with the heavens and the earth, harnessing the power of nature.
When offering a talisman, one is essentially communicating with the spiritual energy of the world, and a divided focus will only lead to failure.
Learning how to select and utilize appropriate talismans at the right moments, as well as combining multiple talismans of the same or different types to create synergistic effects, is one of the essential battle techniques that Fu Lu sect cultivators must master.
While there have been predecessors with ingenious ideas and sufficient creativity who attempted to activate multiple talismans simultaneously, their approaches were relatively orthodox.
Lei Jun, however, wanted to explore some unconventional methods.
(End of Chapter)
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