Chapter 151: Resurfacing the Sitting Mountain Technique
Chapter 150 – Resurfacing the Sitting Mountain Skill
Not choosing to immediately leave the gate, Li Fan returned to the stone room at the bottom of the lake and immediately began his first cultivation after Foundation Establishment.
The one that was practiced was the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Thousand Opportunities Jade Huan Gold Chapter.
However, after many hours, he frowned and stopped.
Because, during the cultivation process, he vaguely felt a slight sense of stagnation in the operation of his aura.
Although it was only an extremely slight hint, and would not be noticed at all without paying attention.
But it was always there.
After thinking about it, Li Fan stopped, but turned his head and practiced the Sea Setting Divine Sword.
Since Zhang Haobo’s death, this technique was already uncultivated.
As soon as he put his hands on it, Li Fan clearly detected the difference from when he practiced the Thousand Mechanisms Jade Huan Gold Chapter.
Even with Li Fan’s qualifications, the cultivation was incomparably smooth.
It was as if there was an Enlightened Spirit Plus, and in a matter of moments, the Spirit Qi easily broke through to the middle stage of Qi Refinement after only a few weeks of running in the body according to the lines of the gong method.
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“By the way, you are now in the late stage of Qi Refining. When picking a Foundation Establishment Stage gong method, if you are in a position to do so, remember to pick one that is compatible with your own Foundation Establishment Qi. In this way, not only will you be able to cultivate in the future with half the effort. There will also be more other benefits.”
He Zhenghao’s words from back then suddenly surfaced in his mind, and Li Fan pondered.
“Is the phases compatible, so that’s how it is.”
With a thought, a blue water sword instantly took shape in his dantian.
With a light wave of his hand, the water sword flew out in an instant, easily piercing a small hole in the boulder.
“The power of the art moves has also increased by a certain margin.”
Li Fan retrieved the Sea Fixing Sword and secretly pondered.
“If it were an unusual cultivator who had both YuanYing gongfu and Jindan gongfu in his hands, even if the Jindan gongfu was faster to cultivate together, he would definitely be the one who chose to cultivate the YuanYing gongfu.”
“But I’m different, [Returning Truth] can bring the cultivation realm back to the next life. Therefore, the most suitable for me is instead the gong method that raises the current realm the fastest.”
“In the past, there was no choice, and there was only one discipline, the Thousand Mechanisms Jade Huan Gold Chapter, to cultivate. Now that there are more choices, there’s no need to have to hold onto it.”
Li Fan surveyed the column of gong methods on his [Returning Truth] panel.
Before, when there were fewer merit laws cultivated, he did not pay much attention to it.
Now that there were as many as six merit laws practiced at the same time, he was able to see some clues in the ordering.
Xuanhuang Refining Mantra, Cloud Water Illusion Dream Technique, Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun Technique, Thousand Mechanisms Jade Huanjin Chapter, Intentional Spirit Illusion Technique, and Shadow Followers Decision.
It seemed to be ordered according to the value of the gongfu, from highest to lowest.
“So it seems that the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra is actually above the Cloud Water Illusory Dream?”
The Cloud Water Illusory Dream Technique was personally transmitted by Qin Tang, and it was not a system at all like today’s techniques.
Regardless of the cultivation realm, as long as the previous layer of cultivation was complete and the advancement conditions were met, one could cultivate the next layer on their own.
The seven layers of Cloud Water Illusory Dream corresponded to Mortal, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Jindan, Yuanying, Transformation of God, and Harmonization of the Dao.
Its degree of cherishing could be imagined.
Even so, in [Returning Truth]’s opinion, the grade of this Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra was even higher than the Cloud Water Illusory Dream Technique.
The implication contained in this made Li Fan fall into deep thought.
However, Li Fan himself was also confused as to how he had comprehended the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra in the first place.
So it was destined that Li Fan couldn’t think of anything.
Currently, the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Incantation was already running like a breathing instinct, not stopping for a moment.
But the progress of cultivation had become very slow.
Twenty-eight years had passed in this world, yet there was still no noticeable change.
However, Li Fan was in no hurry. He had plenty of time anyway.
Thoughts returned to choosing the technique to be practiced next.
Li Fan, however, could not help but think of the Sitting Mountain Technique that He Zhenghao had practiced during his lifetime.
From He Zhenghao’s description between the lines, this technique was able to infinitely magnify the advantage of foresight brought about by [Returning Truth].
However, the so-called “Sitting on the mountain to enjoy its success”, exactly how effective it could be, had to be specifically tried out.
Li Fan pondered for a moment and took out a bunch of remnants from his storage ring that could not be seen in its original form.
It was the remains of a group of cultivators that he had previously obtained from the Tianyang Cave.
The bilocation had died, and it was time to reconstitute a new bilocation.
A brilliant light flashed in Li Fan’s eyes. “The first thing to do is to find out the part that belongs to Daoist He.”
After thinking for a moment, Li Fan had an idea.
He set up a rudimentary version of the “Peripheral Heavenly Star Dipper Formation”, and then poured the pile of residue into it.
Only to see some of the residue suddenly like the stars in the sky, floating around the center of the rotation.
Li Fan then increased the output frequency of the formation.
The residue rotated faster and faster.
Soon, the residues formed their own distinct trajectories, clearly separated from each other.
Li Fan carefully distinguished He Zhenghao’s aura.
It was still mixed with some other residue.
Li Fan patiently repeated the above steps.
After most of the day, the remains of He Zhenghao were finally separated.
Extremely Superior Bone, Heavenly Spirit Milk, Broken Bone Treasure Tendon, Heavenly Crystal Spirit Sand ……
Li Fan took out the materials that he had prepared before one by one.
The refining began.
“According to the instructions on the Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun Technique, when depriving a deceased cultivator, certain memories from the previous life will be sensed along with it.”
“Generally speaking, the greater the value for the cultivator’s life, the lower the probability of it appearing.”
“So exactly what can be stripped, luck takes up a large part of the degree.”
“He Zhenghao was planning to change his technique during his lifetime, so he obviously didn’t place too much value on this ‘Sitting Mountain Technique’.”
“The probability of me successfully reproducing it is still quite high.”
Li Fan thought as he began to condense his detachment.
Bones, organs, skin, hair ……
slowly took shape.
In the end, the face was still fabricated in the same manner as the previous doppelganger.
Li Fan nodded with satisfaction and pointed towards the top of the doppelganger’s head.
“Chop!”
Unlike before, this time, after the consciousness connected to the bilocation.
Many yellowish images suddenly surfaced in Li Fan’s mind.
Like paintings that had been treasured for a long time.
Some of them were just a little bit older, while others were speckled and tattered.
But it’s all a flash in the pan.
Li Fan concentrated all his spirit and carefully distinguished the parts that had the presence of the Sitting Mountain Technique.
The number of images that appeared became fewer and fewer, and they began to tremble violently.
Li Fan was unmoved in his mind.
He was not the one who did not want the Sitting Mountain Technique.
Finally, he was allowed to have a burst of luck.
In the moment before all the images were about to disappear, Li Fan saw it.
The scene of the young He Zhenghao holding a jade slip with a delighted face after exploring the cave.
Li Fan’s eyes flashed with a brilliant light.
“That’s you!”
Thoughts were like wild beasts waiting for their prey for a long time, devouring the yellowed, tattered image violently.
Countless information appeared in Li Fan’s mind like running water.
Li Fan slowly digested it.
After a long time, Li Fan opened up, his eyes showing a strange color.
“This Sitting Mountain Skill, it turns out that it is not a human cultivation technique!”
(End of chapter)