Xianyang Palace is peaceful and quiet at night, with only the midsummer insects singing and dancing, and their cries rising and falling.
Zhao Huaizhong walked slowly into the stone hall of the ancestral temple.
The giant pillars of the Immortal Platform in the hall and the stone walls on all sides are all illuminated by the magic light, and are brightly lit.
The monster in the wall found Zhao Huaizhong and immediately spoke: "Human, you really came as promised."
Zhao Huaizhong ignored him and came to the foot of the Immortal Platform Pillar. After a slight adjustment, he found a position, closed his eyes and concentrated, and began to push the power in his body.
The stone hall was silent.
The monster observes silently inside the stone wall.
When Zhao Huaizhong closed his eyes and began to practice, there was a faint thunderous sound around his body, which was deep and deafening, and it was like the roaring of the Yangtze River.
This sound became louder and louder as Zhao Huaizhong's practice time extended, echoing in the stone hall.
"How long has this human being practiced cultivation before his breath can make such a powerful sound?
Listening to the sound, the breath inside is continuous and passes through all the acupuncture points without any stagnation. There will be no obstacles for him in his early practice. No wonder he can pass a level in a few days.
Could it be that this human being is the bastard left behind by the Emperor of Heaven who had an affair with a certain woman in the human world? Otherwise, how could he have such qualifications..."
The monster in the wall threw dirty water on the Emperor of Heaven and Zhao Huaizhong, both of whom he could not afford to offend. The monster felt very happy to be able to connect the two people together and complain.
He continued to observe and saw ripples gradually forming in the void beside Zhao Huaizhong.
He seemed to have formed some kind of wonderful connection with the void, and his breath was rising steadily.
When his own strength reached the critical point, Zhao Huaizhong's body roared, he broke through the barrier in one fell swoop, and successfully jumped to a new level, just like a fish leaping through a dragon's gate.
During Zhao Huaizhong's practice, his spiritual consciousness visualized the body and was unaware of changes in the outside world.
It was two hours later when his consciousness gradually became clearer and transferred from the body to the outside world.
Outside the stone hall, it was getting late.
Zhao Huaizhong stood up and tried the power of the seventh-level star-catching realm. He felt that the power in his body had obviously entered a new level, operating freely and the control was more subtle than before.
"Human, congratulations on your breakthrough in spiritual practice."
The monster in the stone wall is going to say a few auspicious words, and then ask for more yin energy to strengthen itself.
Zhao Huaizhong looked at the stone wall: "Last time you said you knew some secrets of the Xiantai Pillar. Do you know where the things that disappeared after being sacrificed on this ancient altar went?"
The monster said: "I only have a residual memory left, and the relevant memory has been lost long ago. I don't know.
But I still remember that in order to unlock the secret of this ancient altar, there were creatures who sacrificed themselves and boarded the altar. They wanted to teleport to the other side to see what was there, but they failed. During the teleportation, they failed.
Instantly strangled by the power of space.
And that is a powerful being at the near-immortal level."
"Then do you know what kind of sacrifices this altar likes to receive?"
"There are no rules. Since ancient times, countless people have tried to figure out the rules of sacrifice, but they have all ended in failure." said the monster.
Zhao Huaizhong nodded, thoughtfully.
The monster suddenly said: "I know several cultivation methods that I can teach you. How about you give me more Yin Qi?"
Zhao Huaizhong: "Tell me what the technique is first, and I'll hear if it's valuable."
The monster talked eloquently: "You are the prince of the human kingdom, and you must have a lot of power in your hands. You can capture some people who also have strong cultivation and devour their hearts. The heart is the place where qi and blood gather."
I teach you a secret technique, and you can absorb the power in your heart and use it for yourself.
With your qualifications, if you practice this technique, your breakthrough speed will increase.
If you don’t want to devour your own kind, capturing some powerful beasts will have the same effect.”
Zhao Huaizhong's face darkened: "This evil technique must have strong side effects or dependence. If you learn this technique, you will definitely be asked for advanced techniques or ways to alleviate the side effects."
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At that time, you can take the opportunity to blackmail or even control me."
"This kind of calculation has been discovered. What should I do?"
A group of monsters panicked and refused to admit it: "I do it out of good intentions and have no other plans."
Every time he came up with a strategy and thought he could trick Zhao Huaizhong and even the game, he would be seen through immediately and never fall into the trap. The monster felt a deep sense of frustration.
"You just said there are several methods of cultivation, go on." Zhao Huaizhong sneered.
The monster no longer dared to continue speaking easily, and decided to play it safe first:
"After all, I have been sealed in the stone wall for a long time. I don't know the specific changes in the outside world. Why don't you tell me what the outside world looks like now and what systems of practice are divided into, and we can discuss it."
Zhao Huaizhong pondered for a moment and nodded.
The origin of this monster is obviously unusual, and its knowledge can be used as a reference in practice.
So Zhao Huaizhong briefly introduced the forms of the world, as well as the three religions, nine streams, and the types of practice of various schools of thought.
The monster was shocked after hearing this: "You said that the land of Middle-earth is now dominated by humans, and humans are divided into seven countries and divided up all the regions. Where have all the monsters and ancient creatures gone?
how so?"
Maybe they are all dead, and even if there are some, they are hiding in no corner... Zhao Huai thought to himself.
The monster was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was lower than ever before: "The hundreds of schools of thought you mentioned are obviously the path to attain immortality, and among them, the three religions and nine streams are the most likely to be successful, ranking among the immortals and demons.
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"You mean, how many categories of three religions and nine streams can you practice to become an immortal?"
"Well, the ultimate goal is to become an immortal, but practicing as a human being has a difficult road and is not that easy."
The monster said listlessly: "When I heard you introduce the directions and techniques of these categories, I can see that they contain the hope of becoming immortals, but I don't know if they can be achieved.
Do you know what heights humans have reached now and what kind of power they have with these categories?"
The monster explained and asked questions at the same time, starting his first discussion on spiritual practice with Zhao Huaizhong.
The person Zhao Huaizhong has seen with the highest achievements in spiritual practice is undoubtedly Lu Buwei.
But he had only seen Lu Buwei take action once, and he did not use all his strength. He recalled the situation at that time:
"I have seen people who can float in the air with their own power, mobilize magic power with words, guide and even tamper with the changes in things."
Zhao Huaizhong was talking about the scene when Zonghengshu and Zajia Lu Buwei dealt with Xia Si and Shan Kui that day.
He thought of the Feige dropped by Wang Jian from the air at that time, and said: "There are still people who can drive weapons, break through the air at least several miles away, and attack the enemy like meteors."
"These are all minor ways. They are not very powerful spells. In ancient times, they were barely included in the list of vertical spells."
The monster sounded disdainful, but in fact he was beating the drum in his heart:
"Although the power level mentioned by this treacherous human being is not high, in ancient times he was also a person who has touched the true level of mana. According to what he means, there are not a few such human beings in the outside world today?
There are so many monks in the human race, it’s really amazing.”
"Three religions and nine streams, that is, more than ten paths to immortality, not including other categories such as various schools of thought... This world has a much higher value of force than I imagined." Zhao Huaizhong was also thinking.
"Human, after listening to the cultivation methods you mentioned, I think I can teach you a body-protecting technique.
Once this technique is accomplished, it can make the body close to immortality. When the sun and moon set, I will not be damaged, and I will be with the heaven and the earth."
The monster discovered that humanity was now prosperous, so he changed his mind and tried to brag again, trying to reflect his own value.
Zhao Huaizhong rolled his eyes. He had gained a lot today and walked out of the hall: "Your body protection spell is so powerful, where is your body?"
The monster will be caught blind immediately. If you want to brag or not, we can discuss it later. The key point is that humans, you have to leave and leave your Yin Qi to me.
At this moment, a vial was pushed by Zhao Huaizhong's power and floated to the foot of the stone wall from the direction he left.
"The Yin Qi in the bottle can prolong your life for five days." Zhao Huaizhong disappeared outside the hall.
The next day, Zhao Huaizhong stayed behind closed doors to warm up the new breakthrough power in his body.