flstandardbreds Chapter 152: Timeless practice
Chapter 152: Timeless practice
"I once read a Buddhist scripture that said that every living being who comes to this world will suffer, and the suffering they endure is generally the same. The only difference is that some people suffer at this time, some suffer at that time, and some people suffer on behalf of others. I agree with this statement."
"If I don't suffer now, I will suffer then. I would rather suffer now, at least the suffering now is within my tolerance. If I don't want to suffer now or then, then someone will suffer for me. I naturally don't want to see someone who is willing to suffer for me suffer, so I would rather suffer myself."
"I know Master will understand what I mean. I also know Master will feel sorry for me and even be willing to sacrifice himself for me. But if Master really does that, Master will suffer physically and I will suffer mentally. Master and I will both suffer, and it will not be worth it for both of us to lose."
After these words were spoken, what else could Xu Weichen say?
He really wished he could take his place and endure all the suffering in Liu Yishu's life so that he would never have to endure hardship again. However, he was obviously not qualified to make such a promise now. He was still too weak.
Even though he has become the strongest person in Suzaku Continent, he is still as small as dust in the eyes of heaven and earth.
Just like his name.
He longed for power, power that was above heaven and earth. Only in this way could he protect the people he wanted to protect!
The sprouting of Jianmu is his only chance.
Without Jianmu connecting heaven and earth, he couldn't even become an immortal, let alone transcend heaven and earth.
"How can Jianmu grow? Will spiritual energy turning into rain be useful to it?" When Liu Yishu was tempering his body, Xu Weichen often stared at the young shoots of Jianmu in a daze.
According to his observation, even with the spiritual veins of the entire continent providing nourishment, Jianmu did not change at all, and remained so slender that it seemed as if it could be pinched off with a single move.
"It's just a drop in the bucket, but it's better than nothing. But one thing, Master, you'd better not stare at it for too long. It has consciousness and will feel afraid. If it is frightened every day, it will grow slower." Liu Yishu joked as he tried to temper his body with the power of thunder and lightning.
He could feel that under Xu Weichen's gaze, the Jianmu seedlings were trembling.
Even though Xu Weichen at this moment was just a clone of the original body, and even though the newborn Jianmu only had a vague consciousness, it was still subconsciously afraid of the only powerful existence in the world that could hurt it.
Are you so timid?
Xu Weichen couldn't believe it, but he never looked at the Jianmu seedlings at close range for a long time again. Although he wished he could turn into the farmer who forced the seedlings to grow faster, he could only restrain the instinct to pluck a handful of them. Every now and then, he would use the Water Spirit Pearl to purify the spiritual energy, turn the spiritual energy into rain, and nourish the Jianmu.
It took Liu Yishu almost a year to slowly digest the power of thunder in his body. The thunder spirit root in his body grew much stronger, and after his body was recast, it finally transformed from a fake spirit root into a real thunder spirit root.
Liu Yishu's body finally got rid of the weak state where he had to gasp for air after every step, and reached the strength that the body of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator should have.
But this was far from enough for him.
After squeezing out all the power from the thunder, Liu Yishu set his sights on ordinary lightning.
This is where the lightning rod comes in handy.
Of course, the lightning rod is not really just a needle, but a very long pillar refined by Liu Yishu according to the same principle. It is much more useful than the lightning-inducing technique used by immortal cultivators and has zero consumption itself.
Whenever there was a thunderstorm, Liu Yishu would find a high mountain and erect a lightning rod on the top of the mountain. He would then sit next to the lightning rod and wait for the lightning to strike.
The first time Liu Yishu did this, he did not hide it from Xu Weichen. In fact, even if he wanted to, he couldn't hide it. They were together day and night, and were together all the time. No matter what little tricks he did, he could not avoid Xu Weichen.
When Xu Weichen learned that he had actually taken the initiative to seek to be struck by lightning, he was silent for a long time, but did not stop him. He only required that he must be present.
Liu Yishu determined a safe range through experiments and agreed to let Xu Weichen stand outside the safe range to protect him.
Compared with the thunder, the ordinary power of thunder and lightning is much weaker. Although Liu Yishu will still be injured, he will not vomit blood at every turn.
Such a result naturally made Liu Yishu not very satisfied, but it was also a good result as it prevented Xu Weichen from worrying too much.
Furthermore, since the power of a bolt of lightning is not enough, he could just build a lightning pool to store lightning and use quantitative change to cause qualitative change.
When he was experimenting with minerals before, he not only tested minerals with strong conductivity, but also paid attention to those minerals that were completely non-conductive, and collected a lot of them as well, which just happened to come in handy.
Bathed in thunder and lightning, Liu Yishu's body was tempered and became stronger and stronger.
There is no time in practice, and time passes quickly during the practice of the two.
The secluded place gathers the spiritual energy of all the spiritual veins of the Suzaku Continent. The spiritual energy is even richer than that of the original Baiyujing. In such an environment, the cultivation of the two people is steadily increasing.
In addition to practicing, Xu Weichen developed a habit. Whenever his body was full of spiritual energy, he would perform the art of turning spiritual energy into rain to consume all the spiritual energy in his body.
Because they are often bathed in spiritual rain, the grass and trees in the secluded place grow wildly, and many of them show a tendency to develop spiritual intelligence. The small animals are also very spiritual.
Even the plants, birds and animals elsewhere in the Tianzong Mountains have benefited from this and are now full of vitality and spirituality.
Such changes naturally attracted the attention of the monks, and then they discovered that the Tianzong Mountains would actually have rain made of spiritual energy, which was regarded as a miracle for a while, attracting many monks to come and bathe in the miracle. As a result, the Tianzong Mountains became more lively than before.
Occasionally, the two of them would go back to Xiaoyue Peak to take a look. After all, there was still a group of ancient species there. Xu Weichen would go there from time to time to bring them a rain in exchange for some wood essence.
In addition to the prehistoric species that received special care, Xu Weichen also took good care of the plants and animals on Xiaoyue Peak.
Thanks to Xu Weichen's contribution, both the Tianzong Mountains and Xiaoyue Peak have undergone great changes. The most intuitive manifestation is that the spiritual energy has become much richer.
If any disciple sets foot on Xiaoyue Peak, he will find that Xiaoyue Peak, which originally had the thinnest spiritual energy, now has richer spiritual energy than the main peak of Taicang Mountain and is more suitable for cultivation.
Unfortunately, after Ye Yunhan became the sect leader, he directly listed Xiaoyue Peak as a forbidden area and strictly forbade the disciples of Taicang Mountain to set foot on Xiaoyue Peak. As a result, no one knew this secret.
As for the Tianzong Mountains, due to its vast area, the changes are not particularly obvious yet, but in time, it will surely return to its appearance when the spiritual vein still exists, and it may even be more vibrant than before.