Chapter 36: The Art of Observing Nature, the Foundation of Immortality
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Snowflakes fall like cranes, and the clear wind rushes into the sleeves.
Rain Listening Lane, no sound of rain, only the soft rustle of snow, gentle and continuous.
Li Che's gaze was intense, his heart pounding like a drum.
He raised his hand, and the Divine Essence accumulated from the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit shimmered with a faint white glow in his palm, hazy and distorting the wind and snow.
"Joy, anger, sorrow, thought, grief, fear, and surprise—these are the seven emotions of Divine Essence. The art of Divine Essence is derived from these emotions, branching out from the major categories to form the Divine Foundation."
"Then, how can I forge a Divine Foundation with the pure and flawless Divine Essence condensed from the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit?"
"Is it possible to paint on a blank sheet of paper, evolving into any Divine Foundation? Or can it... forge a Divine Foundation with multiple Divine Essences, rather than a single one?"
As soon as the idea emerged, his ambition flared like a wildfire, spreading rapidly!
But all of this...
was just Li Che's speculation.
He had only a basic understanding of Divine Essence and couldn't figure out how to proceed.
Unable to figure it out, Li Che stopped thinking about it.
After all, he hadn't yet formally studied the art of Divine Essence. Once he had the opportunity to delve into it, he could analyze it slowly or try to adapt it to create a method for forging a pure Divine Foundation.
Of course, it would be difficult, but no matter how hard... it would still be better than having no way to forge a Divine Foundation at all.
With this thought, Li Che's mood instantly lightened.
"Cultivating the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit to refine one's nature... this is what I need to focus on now."
Li Che stood up, his qi and blood flowing like a roaring dragon, melting the snow into a steaming mist.
His eyes were bright, his thoughts racing.
"Right... the Dragon-Elephant Vajra can absorb Divine Essence to speed up its progress. Can the Divine Essence I gather from the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit be used to nourish the Dragon-Elephant Vajra?"
Mutual support between Dao Fruits?
It was a good idea, but if he used the Divine Essence gathered from the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit to enhance the Dragon-Elephant Vajra, it would slow down the process of nurturing Divine Essence, making it somewhat counterproductive...
"Therefore, assisting during a breakthrough is fine, but on a daily basis, I should rely on the martial talent granted by the Dragon-Elephant Vajra and slowly refine it."
"If I can forge a Divine Foundation, I will be among the top-tier experts in all of Feilei City, regardless of the inner or outer city!"
Forging a Divine Foundation is extremely important...
Because Xu You once told him a phrase that Li Che had deeply engraved in his heart.
A Divine Foundation is the beginning of immortality.
Stretching lazily, his bones crackling, Li Che felt extremely good.
After leaving the courtyard, he strolled down the long street, planning to buy some Old Yellow Wine and some Braised Meat for the evening.
Old Chen and Xu You came over to drink and eat every day, so Li Che naturally had to prepare some dishes to go with the wine.
...
...
Ten thousand feet above, the clouds and snow drifted.
Feilei Outer City.
A simple carriage swayed and crashed through the wind and snow, entering the city.
"Old man, we've arrived at Feilei City."
The coachman stopped the carriage by the roadside, rubbed his hands, and called out to the carriage.
The curtain was lifted, and two figures emerged.
An old man, his face full of deep wrinkles like the bark of a centuries-old tree, wearing a thick coat, with two long eyebrows hanging down.
Beside the old man was a five or six-year-old child, mischievous and lively, with two pigtails like Nezha.
The old man shook a few Dajing copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to the coachman. The coachman weighed them, glanced at the child beside the old man, and warned, "Old man, you must take good care of this child. In Feilei City... it's easy to lose a child."
The old man smiled and bowed.
The coachman said no more and drove the carriage away.
"Master, did we break the rules by coming to Feilei City a year early?"
The child looked up at the old man, puzzled.
The old man stroked his beard and shook his head slightly, "Rules? Dajing is in decline. What rules are there to speak of now? Besides... on the way here, I observed that the Divine Essence in the strange temples outside Feilei City is becoming increasingly intense, and the demonic creatures are rampant. If we come back a year later... we might not even be able to enter the city."
The child was startled, "Ah? Is it that serious?"
"Feilei City, though a small city, has many noble families and Divine Foundation cultivators... to fall in a year seems a bit exaggerated, doesn't it?"
The old man glanced at the child, "Lv Chi, do you think your master would lie to you?"
"The strange temple outside the city, observed with the 'Divinity Insight Technique' from our sect, is the 'Ten Capital Strange Temple.' In another year, it will advance to the 'Nine Luminaries' stage..."
"With the strength of Divine Essence cultivators in Feilei City, the current Ten Capital Strange Temple can still be handled. Once it advances to the Nine Luminaries stage, Divine Foundation cultivators and innate martial artists might escape, but those below the Divine Foundation level will not."
Lv Chi gasped, "This Feilei City... has thin Divine Essence and a small population. How can the strange temple advance to the Nine Luminaries stage?"
The old man stroked his beard, "Temples are for sacrifice and worship."
"When people sacrifice their lives, their nature, and their spirits... the strange temple will naturally advance."
"We came early to find a spiritual child and bring them back to the sect, without causing any trouble."
The old man instructed the child.
"Master... are we going to leave them to their fate?" Lv Chi tilted his head, asking, "At least, we should warn the strong people in the city, right?"
The old man lovingly rubbed Lv Chi's head, "This is not as simple as you think..."
"Moreover, although I came down the mountain on orders, to avoid the eyes of the Dajing Temple Guard Bureau, I left most of my Divine Essence on the mountain and came down secretly... The Ten Capital Strange Temple's outbreak can still be handled, but once the temple god of the Nine Luminaries forms, my old bones won't be enough to fight it."
"If I am infected by the temple god's Divine Essence... it will ruin my path of Divine Essence."
"Dajing doesn't care, why should we?"
"Before the disaster strikes, we will reveal our identities and guide the innocent people to evacuate the city."
The old man patted Lv Chi's head.
"Alright, be quiet. Let me use the 'Divinity Insight Technique' to see... how many spiritual children with Divine Essence are left in Feilei City."
The old man took Lv Chi's hand.
He raised his hand, pinched a snowflake, and gently swiped it in front of his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, his pupils seemed to have golden wheels, layer upon layer.
He looked up at the sky and saw four huge Divine Essence mills hanging high, shrouded in the heavens and earth.
"Wrathful Crying Ghost-Taming, Fear-Inducing Light Tracing, Suspended Thought Flowing Sword, Wrathful Maitreya... this small Feilei City has quite a few Divine Foundation cultivators, and their Divine Foundations are quite diverse."
The old man smiled faintly, examining closely.
These were all ordinary Divine Foundations, but those who could forge a Divine Foundation already had a great deal of charisma.
After all, many Divine Essence cultivators nurture a pool of Divine Essence but never take that one step, or are overwhelmed by the Divine Essence, going mad or perishing from the backlash.
"Divine Foundation cultivators are already quite powerful. Don't think that being just a hair's breadth away from Divine Essence is insignificant. 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 spiritual children, but unfortunately, their Divine Essence seems to be lacking."
Then the golden wheels rolled, and his gaze fell on the outer city, toward the Xu family's wood carving shop, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
Under his 'Divinity Insight Technique,' it seemed as if a fiery flame was burning, illuminating half the sky.
"What a fierce and powerful Divine Essence of anger..."
"A spiritual child with such Divine Essence, the noble families haven't recruited? Strange..."
The old man was amazed. He stroked his beard and calculated, "Oh, only two years old... no wonder."
"It seems... this trip down the mountain will be very fruitful."
The old man stroked his beard and smiled.
Just as he was about to disperse the golden wheels in his eyes and end the Divinity Insight Technique...
He paused.
He looked down the long street at the carefree young man carrying Braised Meat and a jar of wine, humming a tune.
And...
The pure, brilliant, and flawless Divine Essence radiating from the young man's body!
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