Can Scientific Cultivators Penetrate into the Second Dimension

"...Master Yuanxin? I haven't heard of it, so you don't have to be surprised. The river Guizong is the only one in the south of Daxi, but it doesn't mean that there is only one Heguizong. The small sect doesn't know how many people there are, and they don't Maybe a monk came out of them and just met."

Sipping the tea in his cup, Mr. Qian narrowed his eyes in satisfaction: "The Suxin Sect old man you mentioned has a little impression. It is not a sect led by Xinan, but a sect led by Ximian Qingyuan. Judging from the size of the sect and the strength of the sect, it is not much different from He Guizong."

Only then did Lin Xiu understand. After all, the female cultivator at that time reacted too calmly when she heard He Guizong, so that Lin Xiu, who was used to those random cultivators reacting with surprise and quick response, felt a little strange for a while. It's normal for a member of a big sect to have this kind of reaction, and he is still an inner disciple, so he is still higher than himself, an outer disciple.

After clearing up a doubt, Lin Xiu filled the teacup and asked, "Old Qian, do you know the five spirit bowl?"

"I've never heard of the Five Spirit Bowl, but from what you said, the effect of the Five Spirit Bowl is somewhat similar to a spell called 'Five Ghost Transport' that the old man knows."

Lin Xiu was taken aback: "Five ghosts move?"

There seems to be a big difference between the five spirits and the five ghosts...

"But some trivial things, you will see more in the future, you won't come to ask the old man about everything, right?"

Seeing Mr. Qian blowing his eyes and staring, even Lin Xiu, who knew he was pretending, changed the subject and discussed the existence of "ghosts".

"The so-called ghosts are nothing more than the three souls and seven souls that remain in the world after death. Most of the ghosts formed by mortals will dissipate within seven days. Only the ghosts of monks can stay in the world for a long time. It is not the right way to fall into the evil way and become a disaster.”

"Then there are no ghosts that don't fall into the devil's way?"

"Of course there are. Such ghosts cannot be called 'ghosts', but 'spirits'. For example, the five spirit bowls you mentioned existed like this when the five spirit boys were not defiled."

Hearing this, Lin Xiu's heart was about to move: "Mr. Qian, is there a possibility, I mean maybe—"

Qian Lao, who was still alive last second, suddenly became excited, but he couldn't stop Lin Xiu's next question.

"What would happen if I found a 'spirit' and sent her into the puppet?"

Eyelids twitched, Qian Lao said after a while: "Although I don't know what you want to do with your puppet, judging from your previous question, what you want is not a 'servant'. Puppets are."

"See you, Mr. Qian!"

"Hmph, if you want to compliment the old man, it's better to ask less weird questions...Since what you want is not a 'servant' or a 'puppet', then don't even think about it, whether it's a ghost or a soul boy, it's all from the three souls." The seven souls are transformed, and they carry a part of their memories. If you really implant your precious puppet, it will only make it a stranger you don't know. If you just want a servant puppet, you can restrain it with mana. Its behavior can make your ideas impossible to realize."

Hearing this, Lin Xiu was not disappointed.

Today, turning "ying" into a real Ying is no longer just Lin Xiu's hobby, but has gradually become an obsession under constant getting along. Thought to find a way to make "Ying" gain self-awareness, now it seems that I still think too much.

Seeing Lin Xiu's gloomy expression, Qian Lao changed his tone: "However, it's not impossible for your idea to come true."

"—!"

"Spiritual consciousness, do you know what it is?"

Lin Xiu nodded first and then shook his head: "Occasionally I heard it in the lectures of the elders of the Foundation Establishment Period, but I don't know the specifics."

"It's normal if you don't know, because the spiritual consciousness only exists in the monks who have mastered Qi training and stepped into the foundation."

Later, through Mr. Qian's description, Lin Xiu learned that "spiritual consciousness" is a concept that only exists in a very small number of monks who have completed their Qi training and are above the Foundation Establishment Stage.

From a metaphysical point of view, the so-called spiritual consciousness is the mind and consciousness of all living beings. According to Lin Xiu's own understanding, the spiritual consciousness is more like a "idea" that can exist without the human body.

In terms of nature, spiritual consciousness is similar to the power of mind in superpowers, but in the case of insufficient realm, there is no way to affect the outside world like mental power alone. In contrast, "spiritual consciousness" is sensing , Observation, insight... and many other non-direct intervention fields have effects far beyond the power of thought.

Take the release of spells as an example. For monks without spiritual consciousness, a spell is thrown out as soon as it is thrown. Whether it can hit depends entirely on the direction you aim at the beginning, the speed of the spell's movement, and the various possibilities of the opponent's evasion.

But with the blessing of spiritual consciousness, the monk can continue to apply guidance after the spell is released, changing from monotonous linear motion to irregular motion, and the hit rate is greatly increased.

The existence of a sword cultivator is based on divine consciousness. Otherwise, two monks would attack each other at a distance of tens or hundreds of miles. By the time your flying sword flies in front of someone, the other party will have already fled to nowhere.

In addition, spiritual consciousness can also affect the effect of external aura to a certain extent to increase the effect of spells. It may be miraculously effective after a high level of cultivation, but that is not something that Mr. Qian can know.

Even so, the information of Mr. Qian still brought great help to Lin Xiu. Although he knew in the past that there was a decisive difference between the monks in the foundation building period and the monks in the refining period, Lin Xiu had always maintained a kind of awareness that he knew it but didn't know why. Now that I know the existence of "spiritual consciousness", I can finally distinguish the Qi refining period from the foundation building period.

Of course, the current division may not be clear enough, but as long as the initial framework can be built and supplemented slowly, it will be fine.

"Mr. Qian, does it have anything to do with what you said about giving the wooden puppet self-awareness by the divine sense?"

"Don't worry, the next thing to say is what you want to know the most..."

As a kind of idea that can be separated from the body, the spiritual consciousness usually exists attached to the monks. Through certain special mysterious methods, the monks can cut and differentiate the spiritual consciousness and shape it into another independent consciousness.

And it is different from the "ghost" and "soul" with self-thought, because it comes from the monk himself, so the monk can completely control it when cutting off this spiritual consciousness.

"In other words, at that time, you can take whatever shape you want it to take, it's up to you to decide."

25. Four Passes in the Qi Training Period

After learning about the existence of the art of splitting the mind from Mr. Qian, Lin Xiu has another reason to practice hard. After all, as an old Two-dimensional, who doesn't want to move his favorite figure?

Now, not only can Lin Xiu make the figurine life-sized and move, but he even has the opportunity to go one step further: let her come back to life, how could he not be excited about it?

So, with enthusiasm, Lin Xiu received the elixir and rented a D-level stove, and quickly threw himself into a new round of cultivation.

For the group of immortal cultivators, time seems to be the most lacking thing, and time is also the most indispensable thing.

They are always working hard to cultivate and improve their cultivation level to gain more time, but in turn, they easily continue to invest the hard-won time in endless cultivation, a year and a half Don't be too normal in retreat. When you reach the realm of cultivation, there will be a lot of people who have retreated for tens or hundreds of years. Perhaps only those cultivators who have really reached the stage of "heaven and earth live together, live forever and see forever" can really stop. come down.

However, the purpose of Lin Xiu's cultivation is not so "simple". He does have a yearning for longevity, but if it is necessary to cut off all things other than cultivation from his life, then it is unnecessary, at least at this stage , compared to the indefinite longevity, Lin Xiu hopes to turn the "wooden puppet" in front of him into a living "girl" through this kind of practice.

"Fifth level of Qi training, complete."

Concentrating the aura, feeling the spiritual power vortex in his body that was much stronger than half a year ago, Lin Xiu showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Another half a year has passed since returning from the sect mission for the second time. In the past six months, Lin Xiu, like before, went out to complete the sect's external affairs mission every three months, and then rushed back to He Guizong to start a new practice.

During this period, apart from the one in Qingquan Town, the next two external missions of the sect did not have any problems, but they were successfully completed after collecting mission materials or expelling the disturbing monsters.

Up to now, Lin Xiu, who has completed four external missions of the sect in succession, can also be regarded as a qualified disciple of the sect's external affairs. The cultivation base has also changed from entering the fifth level of Qi training half a year ago to the current fifth level of Qi training, and is waiting to break through the barrier and step into the sixth level of Qi training.

Today is the end of Lin Xiu's retreat and he is preparing to accept the fifth foreign affairs mission of the sect. Lin Xiu, who has already had several experiences, is familiar with the road. First, he left the ground stove and returned to the station to rest for a day. The one who arrived was Senior Brother Zhao from the Foreign Affairs Hall who took over the hospitality job half a year ago.

"I just said that it's almost time for Junior Brother Lin to leave the customs. You can't see this coming."

Seeing Senior Brother Zhao's reaction, Lin Xiu was a little puzzled and said, "Senior Brother Zhao, did you need me for something?"

"It's not a big deal, but didn't the junior brother ask the senior three months ago if there is such a long-term task that requires time?"

Lin Xiu also remembered this matter under the reminder of Senior Brother Zhao.

I remember that three months ago, Lin Xiu thought that he would step into the sixth level of Qi training in the near future, and once he successfully stepped into the sixth level of Qi training, he would encounter a major hurdle for every monk in the Qi training period, that is, starting from the middle stage of Qi training. A breakthrough towards the late stage of Qi training.

Today's Lin Xiu is no longer the rookie cultivating immortals at the beginning. With He Guizong's huge sect background, he also knows a lot about the cultivation knowledge that can be passed down as a secret for casual cultivators.

Generally speaking, monks will encounter four cultivation hurdles during the qi refining period. One is to "introduce qi into the body" from zero to some. As long as you have spiritual root aptitude, you can pass this hurdle smoothly, but the time spent is different. However, considering the disparity in the proportion of monks with spiritual roots and ordinary people without spiritual roots in the world of immortal cultivation, it may be that "introducing energy into the body" is the most difficult pass to pass in a sense.

The second training pass is the transition from the third level of Qi training to the fourth level of Qi training. This is why He Guizong set up a three-year period. The amplitude increased, and some spells that were difficult to cast in the past, or had little effect after being cast, could also officially exert their effects.

Unlike the early stage of Qi training, which can only blindly refine spiritual energy, the monks in the middle stage of Qi training have been able to exert power beyond the ordinary, such as Ying's specialty "swordsmanship" and Lin Xiu's spirit ball, which are undoubtedly beyond the control of ordinary people strength.

Lin Xiu didn't feel much about this pass. At that time, he passed the "Hidden Sword Jue", which was modified beyond recognition by himself, but it was not the case for ordinary disciples. This point has changed from more than [-]% a year ago It can be seen in the disciples expelled by the sect.

Afterwards, the third hurdle is the breakthrough from the sixth level of Qi training to the seventh level of Qi training. What is the biggest difference between the mid-stage of Qi training and the late stage of Qi training? Apart from being able to control the magic weapon for a short period of time, Lin Xiu will be able to control it if he doesn’t do it. Magic weapon flying is one aspect, since you can control magic weapon to fly, then it is completely logical to control magic weapon to attack and defend.

Just like the mortal in Qingquan Town who picked up the five-spirit bowl, controlled one of the five-spirit bowls with his mortal body, and easily did things that even a monk in the middle stage of qi training could not do. Of course, he had to sacrifice his own flesh and blood As a price factor, the blessing of a spiritual weapon to the holder is still beyond doubt.

Based on the existence of this situation, Lin Xiu does not have much hope that he can easily pass this hurdle like the previous three to four levels of Qi training, so it is absolutely necessary to make more preparations in advance. Much better to be annoyed later.

As for the last fourth pass... because it involves the secret of foundation establishment, Lin Xiu doesn't know much about it in detail. He just heard from Mr. Qian that passing through the fourth pass has something to do with Qi training from the ninth floor to the completion of Qi training. , and this realm is somewhat special, and its realm is not fixed.

The fourth pass is still some time away from Lin Xiu. Now Lin Xiu is thinking about how to prepare for passing the third pass. Of course, the time part is the most important part. If a sect mission suddenly comes halfway through the breakthrough …so leaving plenty of time for a breakthrough is inevitable.

For this reason, Lin Xiu asked the brothers in the Foreign Affairs Hall to pay attention to those long-term missions three months ago, but he did not expect to have clues so soon.

26. Three Talismans

Brother Zhao from the Foreign Affairs Hall introduced a sect mission that tends to be tracking.

In the territory of Xinguo on the southern border of the southern province of Xin, news about evil cultivators came out today. Usually, tasks of this level are at least completed by monks in the late stage of Qi training. The problem is that the brothers and sisters in the Qi training stage I dislike the fact that the mission location is too far away—starting from Heguizong, even traveling day and night to get to Xinanling would take no less than a month. In the case of encountering mountains and surrounding mountains and encountering rivers and rivers.

For disciples in the qi refining period who cannot fly, the traveling time has to be extended by two to three times on this basis. As for the traveling method of mortals, it is even more exaggerated. New country to go.

However, the disciples who have completed Qi training are worshiped in the inner sect, and they are too busy trying to find ways to build a foundation. How could they waste time on such "small things", let alone the foundation-building monks who are above this, this level Their mission was not so high that they didn't pay attention to it, so that no one cared about it after it was thrown to the Foreign Affairs Hall, until today it was recommended to Lin Xiu by Senior Brother Zhao.

"I just happened to hear the request from the junior brother, otherwise the senior brother would not recommend this task to the junior brother."

While observing Lin Xiu's slightly embarrassed expression, Senior Brother Zhao gritted his teeth, took out three palm-sized talismans from his cuff, and said with a painful face: "It is really difficult to complete this task with the current cultivation level of Junior Brother. It's not a small difficulty, so the elder Ma who assigned the task specially told the disciples who take this task to take these three talismans as a help, in case of accidents."

Only then did Lin Xiu suddenly realize that this task, which was clearly beyond the level of the middle stage of Qi training, was recommended to him. It was only one aspect of meeting his own needs. Prepared in advance.

But...if he really foolishly led the mission and left, would Senior Brother Zhao just pocket the three talismans as if he had forgotten about it?

Looking at the pained expression on Senior Brother Zhao's face, Lin Xiu reckoned that this possibility was extremely high.Immediately, he reached out and took the three aura-filled talismans and stuffed them into the Qiankun bag with his backhand. He burst into tears of gratitude to Senior Brother Zhao, then turned and left.

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Watching Junior Brother Lin leave, the pained expression on Senior Brother Zhao's face quickly faded: "Finally, I've handed over this damn task."

Thinking of the two precious talismans personally refined by the monks of the Foundation Establishment period left behind, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

According to Lin Xiu's request, the duration of Xinguo's sect foreign affairs mission lasted for a full year, which perfectly met Lin Xiu's needs.

"Run back and forth as much as possible to compress the time, try to control it within four months, and find the clues of the evil cultivator... one month, it's not that I want to defeat or eliminate the opponent, as long as I find clues that can prove the existence or non-existence of the opponent, after all I'm just a weak, pitiful and helpless mid-qi training monk, don't you think so?"

The following words were addressed to Ying, who was silent on one side. Of course, she would not respond. After all, Lin Xiu is still a relatively long distance away from the foundation establishment period. Only the method of knowing will do.

As long as this task is successfully completed, Lin Xiu will be able to get seven months of training time at once, and it will not be a problem to step into the sixth level of Qi training in one go.

After packing up his things, he took the spirit tea and ran to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. After staying for a morning with Qian Lao's seemingly indifferent but caring attitude, he set off at noon.

The fifth sect mission officially started.

……

Compared with the countries that Lin Xiu had passed through in the past several sect missions, Xinguo was significantly different in terms of the distance from Heguizong, the size of the country, and the duration of the founding of the country.

As a small border country located on the west side of the south of the river, Xinguo has only been established for ten years, and its land area is only one-third of that of Qingguo, and it is mostly steep mountains. No matter how you look at it, it is difficult Not suitable for large populations.

This is indeed the case. From the perspective of population alone, the number of households in Xinguo is only 20, which is not even one-tenth that of Qingguo. Although there are elements of troubled times and peace, the harsh environment of Xinguo itself is also a major factor. incentive.

Not to mention the steep mountains, the few plains that are suitable for farming and building cities are also full of miasma, and there are only a few short months for people to survive throughout the year. The reason is that the strong deterrent power of the Zongmen has not been able to radiate to this remote small country well, so that monsters and beasts are rampant in the territory of the new country, and evil cultivators appear from time to time.

Just like Lin Xiu's mission this time, as long as it can be confirmed that there are really evil cultivators haunting this area, it will not be the outer disciples like Lin Xiu who will come later, but the elite disciples of He Guizong who have started from the inner sect and reached the true level. .

Flipping through the information about Xinguo on the way, Lin Xiu had a better understanding of the difficulty of this mission.

Of course, the threat of evil cultivators cannot be ignored, but in addition to evil cultivators, the territory of Xinguo itself also has certain dangers, such as the robbers left over from the war and occupying the mountains as kings; ; and the miasma that spreads according to the seasons, combined with the complex terrain of Xinguo, is quite a headache even for immortal cultivators.

Fortunately, the three talismans Lin Xiu received were precisely for this situation.

"A talisman to avoid miasma."