Mo Zi Chen couldn't help but feel speechless, just as Ou Ran came running over with a branch in his mouth, on which there were green fruits that seemed to have an even more intense fragrance than before, and handed it to Mo Zi Chen, looking up at her with a smile.
Mo Zi Chen hummed and pulled down the fruit, throwing them all into her mouth, no longer giving him a single share.
The man seemed to be in a state of closed meditation, and once he entered this state, seven days passed without him drinking or eating. It wasn't until the seventh day at noon that he opened his eyes. Mo Zi Chen looked at him with some surprise, feeling that he was somehow different from before. The cold and aloof aura on his body seemed to have intensified.
He stood up, and the wooden box had disappeared at some point. He glanced at Mo Zi Chen, stretched out his hand to grab a piece of stone from the stone wall, and rubbed it in his palm to turn it into a thin stone board as thin as paper. His fingers moved quickly on it, and golden characters appeared continuously. Then he threw it to Mo Zi Chen and said: "You have not yet entered the door, and you cannot mobilize the spiritual energy. I am too busy to teach you, so study the introductory exercises on this according to the above method. After seven days, the text will disappear automatically. Then you can practice quietly here until you can introduce the heavenly and earthly yuanqi into your body. You can go up, and the jade symbol will have instructions on the way. When you arrive at the place, show it, and someone will lead you in. It may take a year or half a year, and I will come back myself."
After saying these words, he closed his mouth, as if he didn't want to say another word. He turned around and walked away with big strides. When he reached the entrance of the cave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and with a casual toss, threw an object into Mo Zi Chen's hands. "This is your spirit stone, I've absorbed all its spiritual energy, leaving only this behind. One day, I'll send you another artifact as compensation!"
After speaking, he strode out of the cave and disappeared into thin air, leaving Mo Zi Chen standing there in a daze.
Above her head was a vast expanse of blue sky, with white clouds drifting lazily by. Mo Zi Chen felt that everything that had happened in the past few days was like a dream. She looked at the stone slab in her hand, and indeed, it had the formula for cultivating internal energy as well as the route of true energy circulation, which was truly the most basic of skills.
Mo Zi Chen was originally very intelligent, and had internal family skills as a foundation. These introductory skills were not difficult for her, she followed the above records, cultivated for seven days, and the words on the surface indeed disappeared automatically.
For seven days, she sat at the top of the mountain every day at midnight, using the twelve regular meridians in her body as a cycle to mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth. In the meridians of her body, a small universe was formed on its own. Until the seventh day, when the moon was high in the sky, she suddenly felt a thread of cool air slowly seeping into her brow, like being pricked by a needle, which made her quickly wake up from her meditation. After that, she felt countless fine energies, like cow hair, flowing into her body through the orifices, making her feel so comfortable that she almost moaned out loud. Her body seemed to be floating lightly, as if it had merged with the surrounding air currents.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that she suddenly woke up, feeling as if she had entered a new realm. She felt much lighter all over her body, as if she had transcended to a new state.
At this time she suddenly cried out and jumped up.
On her body, a lot of mud and dirt appeared, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and emitted a stinky smell. She quickly jumped down the mountain, feeling as light as a swallow, much better than usual.
As she rinsed and calmed down, she found that in her lower abdomen, there was already a faint trickle of energy, although extremely subtle, but it could be clearly felt.
Following the instructions on that jade slab, this is "drawing energy into the body", which is also the first step for a cultivator to enter the door. If the spiritual root is really unbearable, then drawing energy into the body cannot be completed, and it is impossible to step into the threshold of cultivation. Some people are stuck in this step, exhausting their entire life's effort, but still unable to enter the realm of cultivation, and can only die helplessly in the end.
Mo Zi Chen spent only seven days and successfully guided the Qi into his body, at least he could be considered a "Medium Rank" cultivator.
On that jade slab, apart from the introductory cultivation techniques, two simple spells were recorded. One was to manipulate the spiritual energy to bring out the contents of the jade slip, and the other was to trigger the seal of the storage treasure. They were all the most basic introductory techniques.
Mo Zi Chen followed the prompt and began to read the contents of the Jade Tablet.
At first glance, she was deeply impressed, indeed it was a divine family's skill, all of which were beyond her knowledge. Just this one jade slip alone, the information stored in it, was enough to rival thousands of books. Moreover, once she had achieved success in her cultivation, she could even engrave content into the jade slip herself.
This jade slip seems to be a must-have for the disciples of the sect, like an encyclopedia, explaining some common sense in the cultivation world, as well as the origin and source of our sect.
Through this jade slip, Mo Zi Chen finally understood that the world she was in was vast and boundless, and the continent she was on was just a corner of the nine states.
The world is vast, divided into four seas and nine states, with countless tribes. All those who possess spiritual roots and can cultivate energy within their bodies are called cultivators of immortality, also known as practitioners of the Tao. They mostly reside in famous mountains and great rivers, or in caves built in mid-air. High above, they rarely associate with ordinary people and will not get involved in worldly disputes. This is also why there are many legends about immortals in the world, but few people have seen them with their own eyes.
The realm of the cultivator is divided into Lianqi, Zhugui, Jindan, and Yuanying. On the Jade Slate, beginners who have just entered the door, after guiding the energy into their body, are considered to be at the first level of Lianqi. Lianqi is divided into twelve levels, and when it is fully cultivated, one can begin to lay the foundation. Once the foundation is established, one is considered to have stepped into the threshold of cultivation.
The jade slip inside, for the twelve realms of the Qi Refining stage, is written in great detail, but later on, there are few mentions. Mo Zi Chen doesn't know if there are more beyond these four realms. It seems that what's mentioned on this jade slip is just the introductory method. She has only just started practicing and doesn't understand much about the later stages. In comparison, she is quite interested in the common knowledge of the immortal cultivation world recorded on the jade slip.
This person as a master is really unqualified, just leaving this thing behind and walking away, forcing oneself to grope around from the beginning, not knowing if one will go crazy.
It wasn't until then that Mo Zi Chen suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask for his name. He didn't even know what the other person was called, and yet he had gone to find him like this - would the other person not receive him?
According to the records on Jade Strip, the sect that the man belonged to was called Jiuhua Xianzong, a very famous large sect in the cultivation world. The sect was divided into nine branches, and the one he had joined was called "Taihua".