abnabooks Chapter 1262 Cultivation, An Unexpected Surprise
Chapter 1262 Cultivation, An Unexpected Surprise
The platform was not tall, only about two meters high, but to the eyes of the people there it seemed like a towering mountain, a majestic peak that inspired a sense of awe and reverence.
This is due to the Taoist aura flowing from the Taoist platform.
The Xuanhuang Ancestor meditated on the Dao platform for many years, leaving permanent traces of the Dao, which would then emanate Daoist energy.
The Great Dao of the Xuanhuang Ancestor is comparable to the Heavenly Dao, reaching the same height as the heavens, thus inspiring a sense of awe and reverence.
If one can cultivate while sitting on the platform, one can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
"This little platform looks pretty nice. Can I go up and sit for a bit and experience it?" Wu Yan'er asked Chen Yang playfully.
The Taoist aura emanating from above was drawing her in.
"If you can go up, feel free to do so," Chen Yang said with a faint smile, without stopping him.
"No need to try. The pressure from this platform is too heavy; you can't get up there. Even your grandpa could only climb two steps. The Golden Armored Corpse King is a bit stronger than me; he can climb three steps," Wu Shanhe said with a wry smile.
He had climbed this nine-tiered platform more than once, but even at full power, he could only ascend two steps, not even one more.
He guessed that this platform might be related to cultivation level; the higher the cultivation level, the more steps one could ascend.
"Grandpa, if you can only climb two steps, you're really no good. Watch me, I'll definitely reach the top and show you," Wu Yan'er teased her grandfather, believing herself to be exceptionally talented.
Although it was a bit strenuous, she stepped onto the first step with ease.
boom!
The footsteps were heavy, as if they were filled with lead.
Immediately afterwards, her delicate body trembled violently, unleashing even greater power, and she ascended the second step.
On the second step, she felt an immense, mountain-like pressure, her legs trembled, and her back bent under the weight.
The sound of their footsteps was like the resounding tolling of a great bell.
If it were an ordinary person, they would have collapsed long ago.
But Wu Yan'er didn't; her eyes were wide and round, and she struggled to stay upright.
"Again!" Wu Yan'er roared, her delicate body trembling once more. This time, she used every ounce of strength she had, unleashing all the energy and blood in her body.
Boom!
Finally, she took another step and reached the third step.
At this point, she was almost completely exhausted, having used up all her strength.
"No way? You can climb the third step?" Wu Shanhe was stunned and asked in disbelief.
“What’s impossible? How high you can climb on this platform depends not only on your cultivation level, but also on your talent. Your two granddaughters are both more talented than you. If Xue’er and Yan’er climb together, they can definitely reach an even higher level. As their grandfather, you’re not jealous of your granddaughters’ talent, are you?” Chen Yang said.
"No, no, not at all. The more talented Xue'er and Yan'er are, the happier I, as their grandfather, will be. There's no reason for me to be jealous. It's called the student surpassing the master," Wu Shanhe quickly said.
He does not mean that.
After hearing what Chen Yang said, Wu Xue'er and Wu Yan'er actually gave it a try.
They are twin holy bodies of Yin and Yang. If the two of them come out together, their power will be greater than the sum of its parts.
First level, second level, third level...
The two used all their strength, even activating their bloodline power, forming a yin-yang tai chi circle, and finally arrived at the sixth level of the steps.
Even Miss White Fox was shocked this time, because this sixth step was at her level.
The fact that the two young girls are not as skilled as her means that their talent surpasses hers.
"What a pity, we were just three steps away from the top."
Back on the ground, Wu Yan'er put her hands on her hips and said angrily.
Suddenly, her eyes became incredibly determined, and she continued, "One day, I will stand at the top of the steps!"
“I also believe we can do it,” Wu Xueer said.
Looking at the determined eyes of his two granddaughters, Wu Shanhe felt greatly gratified.
The Wu family has a successor; even if he dies, he can rest in peace.
"Alright, each of you find a place to cultivate diligently. I need to go into seclusion and meditate for a few days. Don't disturb me," Chen Yang said to everyone.
After speaking, he climbed the steps of the nine-story platform step by step.
What was a staircase more difficult than the Shu Road for others was like flat ground for him. He reached the top of the platform in one breath, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate earnestly.
Wow!
Above his head, a massive earth vein spewed earth-elemental energy from its mouth, pouring it down onto Chen Yang's head.
The thick earth bears the weight of the land, and this earth elemental energy is also the energy of the thick earth. Every strand of it weighs more than ten thousand pounds, which ordinary people simply cannot bear. But for Chen Yang, it was no problem at all.
Since refining that Earth Vein Dragon Pearl, he has possessed the talent of earth element, and can even use earth escape techniques, earth walls, and other earth-based supernatural abilities with ease.
"Wow, Master is so amazing! No wonder he's Master. He can go up to this platform just like that." Wu Yan'er was full of admiration, her eyes sparkling.
Only those who have climbed this platform know how difficult it is to reach the ninth level.
"It's better to weave a net than to stand by the water and envy the fish. Cultivate diligently, and one day you can do it too," Wu Shanhe said to his two granddaughters.
"Grandpa, you should also cultivate diligently and strive to reach the ninth level of the Dao Platform as soon as possible." Wu Yan'er also encouraged her grandfather.
……
Soon, everyone found a place and began to cultivate diligently.
Miss White Fox sat on the stone bed, surrounded by a red gauze curtain, looking very mysterious.
With so many outsiders around, he didn't dare to act recklessly and could only cultivate honestly.
The golden-armored corpse king found the most inconspicuous corner and sat cross-legged in a very proper manner, breathing deeply.
Over the past two years of cultivation, through absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he has undergone considerable changes. The corpse energy on his body has weakened, and instead, he has gained a touch of life.
If he continues to cultivate like this, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, perhaps one day the Golden Armored Corpse King will be able to live a second life, becoming a proper human being with flesh and blood and human emotions.
Wu Shanhe was also cultivating in a corner.
Wu Xueer and Wu Yan'er insisted on cultivating below the platform, wanting to be closer to Chen Yang so that whenever they were tired or exhausted from cultivation, they could admire their master's heroic figure.
On the Dao platform, Chen Yang focused his cultivation on refining the Yin-Yang Twin Innate Yuan Yin.
The two primordial Yin and Yang, one Yin and one Yang, are like a Yin fish and a Yang fish, embracing each other to form a Tai Chi pattern.
This Tai Chi pattern can even rotate on its own, emanating the energy of the Great Dao.
Chen Yang silently circulated the method, drawing upon the two innate Yin and Yang primordial energies, ultimately guiding them into his dantian, where they were immersed in the rich and pure Xuanhuang true energy.
Within the dantian, two streams of primordial yin energy embraced each other, forming a tai chi symbol.
Buzz!
As the two streams of innate Yin energy rotated, the Xuanhuang True Qi in Chen Yang's dantian also began to rotate.
This scene is like a typhoon suddenly blowing in the ocean, stirring up a vast expanse of water and forming a huge whirlpool.
Moreover, the Yin-Yang pattern rotated faster and faster, eventually affecting all the true essence in Chen Yang's dantian, stirring it all up. The entire dantian seemed to boil, emitting a booming sound.
Chen Yang remained unmoved, detached from worldly concerns, entering a profound state where only the Tai Chi pattern in his dantian and the surging true energy were visible.
He wanted to see what changes this yin and yang innate primordial yin would bring to his body.
Buzz!
The earth vein dragon above his head was activated, causing more earth elemental energy to fall down, covering Chen Yang's entire body, with some of the earth elemental energy flowing into his body.
First, the earth vein dragon burst out of his body, and then the Vermilion Bird Xiao Li also rushed out. The dragon and the phoenix circled the platform, occasionally emitting dragon roars and phoenix cries.
"what?"
Suddenly, Chen Yang noticed something was wrong. The Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle in his dantian, as it spun rapidly, began to devour the true energy in his dantian.
It's as if the Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle is a black hole, and beneath the black hole is a huge dimensional space that, as it rotates, continuously devours the true energy in Chen Yang's dantian.
This discovery greatly shocked Chen Yang.
At first, he was a little flustered, afraid that something might go wrong, such as going into qi deviation, or his true qi going berserk.
But gradually, he calmed down.
Although he was a cultivator, he also believed that energy was conserved.
The Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle can absorb the true essence in the dantian, but it cannot truly engulf it; it cannot simply absorb without releasing it. If this phenomenon is not a disaster, it must be some kind of opportunity.
He believed it was more of a stroke of luck.
It wasn't just because he was a good person, and good people are rewarded, nor because he was a chosen one who always had great fortune, but rather a pure intuition.
He believed that the Yin-Yang Tai Chi circle would not harm him.
Tai Chi, with its yin and yang, seems simple, yet it contains the principles of the universe. To understand Tai Chi is to understand the universe.
The true essence in Chen Yang's dantian is so vast that if it were all released, it would be enough to fill a large lake in the real world.
The reason why the small dantian can contain so much true energy is that the dantian is essentially a space from another dimension. This space is very strange. It is neither tissue nor organ. You can't find it even if you dissect a person, but it really exists.
Buzz!
Buzz!
Such a massive amount of true essence was completely devoured by the Yin-Yang Taiji Circle, just like a black hole with endless devouring power that could never be filled.
As this true essence was devoured, Chen Yang's aura plummeted, as if he had lost all his power.
"Swallow it all, just swallow it all. I don't believe you can just swallow it all and not spit it out. I want to see what kind of trouble you'll cause." Chen Yang also secretly started to compete with him.
It's unclear how much time has passed, but Chen Yang's dantian is now completely empty. The massive amount of true essence has vanished, swallowed up entirely by the Yin-Yang Taiji Circle.
Not only the dantian, but also the true essence in the meridians vanished completely, dissolved entirely, swallowed up by the Yin-Yang Taiji circle.
With his true qi and true essence completely lost, Chen Yang's magical power also vanished, leaving only the power of his physical body.
Within the dantian, only a solitary Taiji diagram remained.
The Tai Chi symbol looked like it had become a fat man, its body much larger, and it shone with golden light.
Even more surprisingly, the Tai Chi diagram burst out of his body, transforming into a Tai Chi sphere that enveloped Chen Yang within it.
"Hey, why is there a Tai Chi circle on Master's body too? It looks just like the Tai Chi circle on our bodies!"
Wu Xue'er and Wu Yan'er, who were below the platform, were suddenly startled.
When the two sisters cultivated, their yin and yang energies merged, and a golden tai chi sphere appeared on their bodies. One of them occupied the yin part, and the other occupied the yang part.
The two women were extremely surprised to see that Chen Yang also had a Tai Chi sphere on his body.
Crucially, the Tai Chi sphere on Chen Yang's body was much larger and brighter than theirs, like a golden sun.
boom!
Just then, Chen Yang's dantian suddenly trembled.
A wisp of true energy, like the sprouting of life, burst forth from within the Yin-Yang Taiji circle.
This newly generated vital energy is even more vibrant and lively, like the rising sun, radiant with light and boundless vitality.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
With this first wisp of new true energy, the Yin-Yang Taiji circle burst forth like a floodgate being opened, releasing even more true energy. All the bursting true energy, like the first wisp, was incredibly vibrant and lively, radiating countless rays of light and brimming with boundless life force.
In the end, all the true qi and essence that the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram had absorbed should have been expelled, and Chen Yang's dried-up dantian and meridians were once again filled with true qi and essence.
As the newly generated true essence filled his entire body, Chen Yang intuitively felt that the power of his physical body had increased several times over.
He did nothing but absorb the Yin-Yang Taiji circle within his true essence and then expel it.
This newly generated true essence has clearly undergone a complete sublimation, becoming more refined, purer, and of a higher grade. Moreover, the newly generated true energy not only possesses the attributes of Xuanhuang, but also the attributes of thunder, wood, earth, and fire, among others.
Previously, the true essence in Chen Yang's dantian was mixed, with the Xuanhuang true essence as the main component, and also the thunder true essence, fire true essence, wood true essence, and so on.
These different types of true essence are incompatible with each other in the dantian, each occupying its own space, allowing him to unleash different kinds of divine abilities. For example, the thunder true essence can unleash thunder-type divine abilities, the fire true essence can unleash fire-type divine abilities, and the wood true essence can unleash wood-type divine abilities...
These different types of true essence repel each other. This doesn't cause any problems at the Divine Realm and below, but at the Golden Core Realm, a choice must be made.
Because one can only attain enlightenment with one Golden Elixir, and it can only have one attribute.
In other words, of the many types of true essence in Chen Yang's dantian, he can only choose one type to condense into a Yuan Dan, such as a Xuanhuang Yuan Dan, a Thunder Yuan Dan, a Fire Yuan Dan, or a Wood Yuan Dan...
In this way, the true essence of other attributes will be wasted, and consequently, the supernatural powers of other attributes will not be able to be used.
The attainment of different attributes of the Golden Core is equivalent to choosing a major path to cultivate.
This will involve a major trade-off.
As the saying goes, both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh, and choosing either one will hurt.
Just like studying, from undergraduate to master's to doctoral studies, the research objects become more and more specialized, and the research fields become narrower and narrower.