Demons or immortals, sober

Chapter 19

Three days later

"The spiritual mist comes from Baiyun Mountain, and today I finally know who I truly am!"

With a loud shout that resounded throughout Baiyun Mountain, the momentum of frantically absorbing spiritual energy that had lasted for three days suddenly stopped. An instant later, a powerful imposing pressure flashed by and disappeared.

"Is this the Golden Core Formation Realm?"

In the side room, Li Changmeng felt that fleeting imposing pressure and was shocked in his heart.

When that imposing pressure swept over, he couldn't even move. The power of a Golden Core Formation expert was terrifying.

"Good disciple, come out quickly!"

The voice of Taoist Baiyun came, and the joy in his tone was hard to hide.

Thinking that he would soon be able to change to a righteous cultivation method that had no negative impact on himself, Li Changmeng picked up the Immortal Ganoderma Longevity Brew and ran out.

"Congratulations, Master, on breaking through to the Golden Core Formation Realm. You now have hope for eternal life. This is the spiritual wine presented to you by your disciple. I hope you will like it," Li Changmeng said.

As soon as the Immortal Ganoderma Longevity Brew was taken out, a smile appeared on Taoist Baiyun's face. The rich aroma of the wine made it difficult for him, who had always liked drinking ordinary wine, to resist.

He took the wine jar in one hand, unscrewed it, and cast a spell seal. The wine inside formed a thin stream on its own and flowed into Taoist Baiyun's mouth.

"Hiss – Good wine!"

As the Immortal Ganoderma Longevity Brew went down his throat, he, who had been drinking ordinary wine for years, now felt extremely comfortable all over his body after drinking this wine brewed with spiritual power.

"You've really put your heart into it. Today, my cultivation has increased again, and I've reached the Half Step into the Golden Core Formation Realm. Next, as long as I keep working at it steadily, I'll be able to reach the Golden Core Formation Realm. All of this is thanks to you," Taoist Baiyun said.

Upon hearing this, Li Changmeng waved his hand and denied it. "If it weren't for Master leading me to the path of cultivation, I would still be a wild child in the mountains. It's all due to your blessing, Master."

Taoist Baiyun smiled slightly and was quite pleased with Li Changmeng's words. He waved his whisk and said, "I haven't forgotten what I promised you that day. Follow me."

Li Changmeng followed Taoist Baiyun and came to the courtyard.

At this moment, the spiritual energy in the courtyard was so dense that it almost formed a misty state, looking green, ethereal, and just like a fairyland.

"Have you really thought about changing your cultivation method? You should know that changing a cultivation method is no joke. Not only will it waste time, but it will also consume your origin."

Changing a cultivation method, even for a Qi Refining realm cultivator who hasn't established the foundation of the Tao, will still have a certain impact on their meridians, soul, and other aspects.

"Sigh, Master, if it weren't for the great impact this cultivation method has on me, why would I want to change it? Master, you've also seen it. With these tentacles on my back and these eyes on my hands, how can I still be considered human?"

Li Changmeng smiled bitterly. He knew very well that changing the cultivation method had many negative impacts on his cultivation path.

In the cultivation world, the situation of changing the cultivation method generally only occurs when changing to a better cultivation method or a cultivation method that is more suitable for oneself.

The situation like Li Changmeng's, where the upper limit of the cultivation method to be changed is not as high as the original cultivation method, is extremely rare.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Baiyun pondered for a while.

"The path of the Incense cultivation method will indeed cause many changes to the cultivator's own body. It's just a piece of cake for me to bestow the cultivation method of Baiyun Temple on you now. However, you should think carefully about your own cultivation path."

"Master, I..."

From Taoist Baiyun's words, Li Changmeng seemed to sense that these changes in himself seemed insignificant to the other party.

Why? Even though he had grown tentacles and many eyes, in Taoist Baiyun's eyes, these were just normal changes in the path of the Incense cultivation method?

Was it because his own vision was too narrow and he didn't have much knowledge that he was making a fuss?

Being said like this by Taoist Baiyun, Li Changmeng began to hesitate.

"What is the most important thing in cultivation?"

Just as Li Changmeng was hesitating, Taoist Baiyun spoke again.

This question was exactly the one that Taoist Baiyun had asked him when he was examining Li Changmeng before bestowing the cultivation method on him.

At that time, Li Changmeng's answer was - Life and Soul!

The soul is the spiritual essence of the body, and the life is the physical body.

The path to eternal life is long, and only by protecting both the soul and the body can one reach it.

Li Changmeng was not a dull-witted person. On the contrary, he had a powerful soul and extremely high comprehension. Since he started cultivating, he had never been troubled by spells and talismans.

At this moment, in his confusion, a glimmer of understanding gradually emerged in his heart.

The power of the incense wishes is emitted from the soul, and after being transformed by the spiritual embryo, it acts in reverse on the physical body.

Thus, supernatural powers are generated.

The reason why supernatural powers can change one's external appearance is that for cultivators of the Incense cultivation method, their supernatural powers are formed because, through the power of the incense wishes, they reverse the influence of the soul and thus cause changes in the physical body.

To gather the spiritual essence and become an immortal, the mystery of immortality is that it has no form or substance. Its appearance changes according to one's will. The spirit hangs outside the sky, and the will is projected into the universe. All living beings cannot see its body, hear its name, or understand its intention. They make random speculations and project these onto the body.

The first sentence of the Mysterious Technique of Building the Spirit and Changing the Embryo emerged in Li Changmeng's mind. He once thought that it just described the concept of the cultivation method.

Now, thinking about it again, this passage contained a deeper meaning.

To gather the spiritual essence and become an immortal, the "spiritual essence" in the cultivation method of the Incense Path does not refer to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but to the living spiritual beings.

This spiritual essence is naturally the incense wishes of all living beings.

To achieve the path of immortality with the power of the incense wishes.

Without form or substance, the appearance changes according to one's will. The spirit hangs outside the sky, and the will is projected into the universe.

Li Changmeng understood it all!

The confusion he cared about had actually been answered in the first sentence of the cultivation method.

All living beings cannot see its body, hear its name, or understand its intention. They make random speculations and project these onto the body.

The changes he had seen were not the images he had spread.

Why? How could a god look so similar to a human?

In the hearts of ordinary people, they revere gods and ghosts. The spiritual embryo he created originally intended to prevent himself from having a strange appearance, but it turned out to be counterproductive.

The more ordinary the appearance you create, the more ordinary people will speculate that there is a true body that is not revealed.

This so-called random speculation had troubled him for a long time.

But these changes were actually just superficial. His inner core had already been determined when the spiritual embryo was formed.

This was the true intention of the Mysterious Technique of Building the Spirit and Changing the Embryo!

Building the spirit and changing the embryo means using the spiritual embryo to bear the power of the incense, and using the mortal body to bear the supernatural powers. The mortal body is the external appearance and the will, and the spiritual embryo is the image of the god and the will of the god.

The spiritual embryo exists outside the universe, and the mortal body also exists outside the universe.

However, now Li Changmeng's cultivation level was too low to truly demonstrate the mysteriousness of this cultivation method.

One thing was certain for Li Changmeng. No matter how much he changed, he was still himself.

The spiritual embryo was his anchor point, his true essence. Even if he gave up this body, as long as the power of the incense still existed and the spiritual embryo still existed, he would still be there.

"No matter how much I change, I am an immortal, and there is a world of difference between me and ordinary living beings. The immortal body is born from the hearts of ordinary people. The understanding of immortals by ordinary people has caused many changes in my supernatural powers. The condensation of supernatural powers? In fact, it is the formation of the immortal body!"

The confusion in Li Changmeng's heart dissipated like the ebbing tide, and a clear look flashed in his eyes.

"Thank you, Master, for your enlightenment. Disciple has already understood. I am walking on the grand path of immortality and cultivating the supreme immortal body. Why should I give up the essential and pursue the trivial and cultivate other cultivation methods?"

"Hmm...?"

There was a slight fluctuation in the realm that Taoist Baiyun had just broken through. What did he just hear?

The path of immortality, the supreme immortal body?

Was the cultivation method he gave to Li Changmeng really that powerful? He had also read the Qi Refining part of it. Its concept was indeed a bit different from other cultivation methods of the Incense Path, but it wasn't that extraordinary either.

Where did this "supreme immortal body" come from?

Could it be referring to those supernatural powers that made his body look like that of a demon?