Chapter 659: Chapter 646: Hu Ji Yin Yang Fish (Part 4)
She had sensed Lin Xiaosu’s cultivation level and indeed detected the peak-level Seer Realm, not yet in the Enlightenment Realm.
However, since sensing his Primordial Spirit, she naturally regarded it all as a disguise.
After all, there are many marvelous techniques in this world that can prevent others from seeing through one’s physical cultivation.
But there is an ironclad rule: with a Primordial Spirit, one is naturally above Enlightenment of God.
He has a Primordial Spirit, so he should be above Enlightenment of God.
However, now, he was earnestly asking her for guidance on how to enter the Enlightenment Realm.
"Cousin, were you misled by my Primordial Spirit? My Primordial Spirit is from a different opportunity; my real cultivation level is indeed just a broken Seer Realm," Lin Xiaosu said honestly.
Hu Ji gently exhaled: "When I arrived just now, you were fighting in the sky with someone at the Enlightenment Realm."
"That wasn’t a fight; it was me being beaten one-sidedly..." Lin Xiaosu said, "Cousin, I really want to enter the Enlightenment Realm; I don’t want to trouble you to rush to and fro every day."
Hu Ji was bewildered by his repeated use of ’cousin’.
Spoke about the path to the Enlightenment Realm.
The Enlightenment Realm is actually quite straightforward.
The True Qi within the body is continuously compressed until it is compressed into True Yuan (scientifically speaking, it’s compressing gas into liquid).
It sounds like there is no technique to it at all.
But the knowledge within is vast.
If the Dantian is likened to a container for compressed air, the reasoning becomes apparent.
A small Dantian is easy to compress.
However, the total amount of liquid produced after compression will be small.
The resulting implication is that such an Enlightenment Body Realm would be quite weak.
Thus, cultivators all hope to have a large Dantian with broad meridians.
However, a new problem arises: if your Dantian is too large and meridians too wide, the resources needed to compress it all into True Yuan are immense.
In the cultivation world, it’s not just a competition of foundations; it’s also a competition of resources.
Some at the Heavenly Pride Level have exceptionally solid foundations, but their cultivation consumes resources a hundred or a thousand times that of others. Instances of a Heavenly Pride emptying a sect are common, and many say that the Han family cannot produce a Heavenly Pride because they can’t afford the cost!
Lin Xiaosu nodded gently after hearing this: "It seems many principles are interconnected. Ah, I have a thought, and I’d like your opinion on it."
"Go ahead!"
Lin Xiaosu said: "You’ve been saying that the Dantian is like a cauldron; if we look on a larger scale, isn’t the entire human body a cauldron?"
"Indeed!" Hu Ji replied.
"Then what if every cell in the body undergoes True Yuan compression?"
"Every cell in the body? What is a cell?"
"...," Lin Xiaosu’s eyes shifted slightly, "You could understand it as the body’s... Minor Meridians."
Hu Ji laughed: "You really do have some wild ideas. There are two answers, both unsolvable. The first answer is that the True Qi circuit is connected only starting from the Observing Human Realm; no one can connect the whole body’s Minor Meridians at that stage, and without True Qi in the Minor Meridians, how can you talk about compression? That’s one; the second is that even if there’s a Heavenly Prodigy Cultivation Technique that allows a prodigious child to use special laws to connect all the Minor Meridians early on, by the True Yuan compression stage, their flesh can’t withstand the impact, and they’ll explode. I mentioned that True Qi must be compressed into True Yuan within the Dantian because the Lunhai Wall of the Dantian is essentially an extension of the Blood Tower, capable of shielding from such turbulent forces."
"Is there no exception?" Lin Xiaosu asked.
"There is!" Hu Ji said, "For example, the Divine Magic practiced by your Ancient Sect focuses on strengthening the body. Once the body is strengthened, it might withstand the True Qi transforming into True Yuan; however, there’s still a paradox."
"Paradox?"
"Yes, Divine Magic is a standard Outer Sect Divine Skill. When practiced to the extreme, one becomes an Ancient God and Demon, immune to all techniques, comparable to the end of Holding the Way. Anything Inner Family cultivation can achieve, it can, too. So why bother breaking into the Enlightenment Realm?" Hu Ji said, "I think I understand now. What you’re really asking isn’t how to enter the Enlightenment Realm, but which path to choose in the future."
She knew that Lin Xiaosu was from the Ancient Sect, which itself was representative of Divine Magic.
His path seemed to have deviated, moving toward cultivation.
The two are entirely different directions.
Divine Magic is the method of refining the body. When practiced to the highest realm, the body becomes sacred, immune to all techniques.
The cultivation path is about understanding rules and ultimately mastering them.
Now, he was questioning his choice of path.
So he sought her to dispel his doubts.
Lin Xiaosu said, "Can’t I choose both?"