Episode 68

  Insufficient to thoroughly understand the Eight Desolations Secret, I can only refer to the Taiyi Xuan Shen Secret. The Wan Jun Jian (Ten Thousand Army Sword) has no reference, and can only be compared to the immortal methods obtained from testing in the Apricot Forest. Every day, I wield the sword for ten thousand times to comprehend its techniques. The Eight Desolations Secret is always on my lips, and I diligently practice it at all times without stopping. This place is not suitable for a great person, there are no restrictions, and I am happy to be able to cultivate freely without worries. However, my work has been stagnant with no progress! Looking back, in just five more years, the insufficient (cultivator) will actually merge the Wan Jun Jian into the realm of spiritual consciousness, using spiritual consciousness to control the divine abilities of heaven and earth, and using the original force as a blade to strike within a hundred miles. What a wonderful technique! However, its boundary has not yet reached the level of gathering spiritual consciousness, and its power is only comparable to an ordinary slash of the immortal sword method.

  Chang'er comes to this meeting every month, borrowing excuses to meet. Looking at the insufficient cultivation of bitterness and persistence, although painful, also feels happy. Insufficiency is also a test of Chang'er's cultivation, blaming her for not being diligent, supervising her efforts. Or mutually exchanging what they have gained from their practice, benefiting each other.

  "Chang'er, I've noticed something unusual about your recent cultivation. What's going on?"

  One day is not enough, frowning said.

  "What's this? A cultivation technique?"

  "No, it's just that my spiritual world has suddenly expanded greatly, and inside, it seems as vast as a great ocean, with mountains, rivers, forests, grasslands, lakes and rivers coexisting, but all is quiet and silent. Only I, transformed into a spirit, wander alone within, so I often feel desolate and helpless, unsure whether to be joyful or worried."

  "Brother, this is a great joy! I heard that Master Guang once said that only when one's cultivation reaches the Small Circle of Completion can they perceive the spiritual realm as vast as mountains and rivers. But for those whose cultivation is not yet complete, to have a spiritual realm as vast as the ocean is extremely rare in history!"

  "Is this a case of being possessed by an evil spirit?"

  "Insufficient brother, cultivating divine powers cultivates two major gods, the yuan god and the shi god. Refining the Tao refines two small boundaries, the sea of consciousness and the dantian boundary. As for the cultivation of merit, it is actually the cultivation of one's mental state. A broad divine boundary can accommodate powerful gods, a narrow boundary cannot contain extensive methods! This is an ancient theory of cultivation, there is no mistake! Now, insufficient brother, your shi god boundary is vast, every day your shi god condenses into one, will you have the ability to shock heaven and earth?"

  "This, someone also knows, but only recognizes the spirit as such, all day dazed and confused, as if thinking of something, very suspicious in heart!"

  "Not enough, brother, this is a great virtue, there must be no doubt about it! However, this achievement may not be the power of just one move from the Eight Desolations Scripture or the Taiyi Mystical Spirit Scripture! This is quite strange, I'm afraid that in the future, we'll have to cultivate even more diligently!"

  "Yes, I have already combined these two techniques and practiced them diligently, increasing my power greatly. However, I still have this one question! Moreover, I have refined the Million Army Slashing Technique to perfection and incorporated its skills into the realm of spiritual awareness, condensing the power of spiritual awareness into a technique that can now be unleashed like a blade, striking from a hundred miles away!"

  "Not enough elder brother, but come and take a look."

  "Alright, go and pour it out in a secluded spot outside the stream where no one is around."

  Thus, the two of them walked out of the deep valley and mine shaft, to the broad and flat area at the back mountain, standing facing the sea. Insufficient Road said:

  " Chang Er, you can open your divine eyes and see who has come to cut us down!"

  Insufficient joy yet standing, slowly swallowing like misty fog, and then suddenly releasing the realm of consciousness, transmitting the sound:

  "The rock on this cliff is round at the top and people cannot stand on it. I will flatten it!"

  A hundred miles away, on a hill overlooking the sea, there was a huge boulder. Suddenly, with a loud noise, its top flew off into the sea, leaving only a flat stone platform on the cliff. Xiǎo ér's divine consciousness was all-encompassing and saw that the divine domain of the insufficient divine consciousness beside the cliff was suddenly greatly shaken. The four surrounding heavenly and earthly divine powers and primordial forces gathered together like blades, and with a gentle breeze blowing over the huge boulder, its top blew off into the sea, thunderously disappearing, while the stone on the cliff only retained a flat surface facing upwards, its surface clean and smooth as a mirror!

  "Insufficient brother, so formidable! Actually using martial skills to enter the Taoist path, although it can't be said that there's no one before or after, but indeed it's a great achievement!"

  "Alas! Chang'er, we have neither a great divine method to cultivate nor a powerful mentor to guide us. We can only blindly ponder on our own. Is it not difficult to continue our cultivation?"

  Sighed and said.

  "Inadequate brother, the Taoist kung fu was also created by our predecessors! However, this path is difficult to follow, harder than ascending to heaven!"

  "Hmm! Therefore, if there is an opportunity to obtain the Taoist secrets, I will definitely go all out. Otherwise, the cultivation journey will not be far and my life will be over!"

  "Yes! Insufficient brother, how is your martial arts training? I heard that the once-in-a-decade promotion trial will be held at the end of summer, and if you get first place, not only can you be promoted to the position of Cultivation Elder, but also become a disciple who will receive the full support of the sect, and even obtain the transmission of the four great Dao techniques!"

  "The Four Great Divine Beasts' Secret?"

  "Yes, one is the 'Yin Yang Secret', where male and female cultivate together, after achieving great success, they can break through the void and fly to the upper realm! There's also the 'Great Five Elements Way Secret', using the power of the five elements to move mountains and seas! The Heavenly Machine Array Diagram, this is not a Taoist secret, but its divine powers are astonishing and shocking to the world! It's said that by entering the array, one can also fly across the upper realm! The Mahayana Floating Pagoda Method, if you build a seven-level floating pagoda, you can fly and become a Buddha!"

  "Chang Er, although I've heard rumors, this place is quite remote and many things are unclear. What's the situation with the upcoming promotion exam? Do you know?"

  "Insufficient elder brother, all disciples under the age of 100, regardless of male or female, can participate in the door's condensed origin."

  "Can the Cultivation of Yuan also participate?"

  "Yes!"

  "This is going to be tough! Although the two of us have killed Condensed Origin Cultivators before, that was because we used a clever plan to seal off their divine abilities and managed to succeed by luck. If we were to meet them head-on, even now, the two of us would still have no chance of winning!"

  "Inferior brother, according to my careful comparison of the spiritual realm of cultivation, although it is said to be powerful, but in terms of subtlety, there are few who can match us two. We two can use our spiritual realm ability to evade Cong Yuan's cultivation, as for others, we two do not fear!"

  "Chang'er, isn't it a big test? How can you avoid him and the others?"

  "Oh! Insufficient brother, you don't know the truth! This time's competition with Hanglin is different. This promotion exam is to cross the 3,000-mile turbid waters and reach the Burial Demon Island, that's considered winning."

  "It's that simple!"

  "It's not that simple! Insufficient, brother. In this three-thousand-mile turbid sea of heaven and earth, there is a heavenly demon clan, plus various small heavenly and earthly spiritual clans. The danger is great, and compared to the Apricot Forest, it's just child's play!"

  "Are the Tianyao tribe just a group of barbarians born with the ability to cultivate demonic arts?"

  "Yes! The barbarian tribe is an ancient name for them. Their divine power is unmatched, their magical powers are extremely high, and they are more intelligent than humans! People in the same realm can't even compare to one of them after ten years of cultivation! Moreover, the good things they give to cultivators, such as precious artifacts and treasures, are extremely valuable! Those who encounter them must obtain them and be delighted! What attracts this demon the most is the cultivator's physical body, swallowing and refining it can greatly increase its powers, comparable to a divine elixir! Therefore, most disciples dare not try, those who participate are also the elite children of the sect, those who pass will become the core power of the sect, and will be nurtured with all one's might!"

  "Chang Er, you're so confident, are you going to participate in the Grand Competition? Hehehe!"

  "Inadequate brother, after seven or eight years of entering the door, living in a corner, without any divine skills to assist, and no good teacher to instruct, how can this kind of cultivation be successful? Although this big comparison is perilous, with sufficient preparation and being careful, there will be no great harm, it's also a good opportunity! Every time there's a trial comparison, regardless of the number of deaths or injuries, less than one in a hundred can pass through the Demon Burial Island!"

  "Hmm! Chang'er, this opportunity is also a good one. Let me think about it for a moment! Even if I can't become an elder, it's still a valuable experience. Besides, where do you get free gods?"

  He then thought of various dangers with Chang'er and designed several countermeasures. He bought some immortal materials, talismans, spiritual treasures and the like. Since he was young, he followed his ancestors to set up arrays, refine elixirs, cast instruments, and put in a lot of effort. After many years of study, his skills have made significant progress, and with the accumulation of several years, it is not difficult for him to use them to defeat the two of them. However, Chang'er repeatedly reminded him that he did not dare to use the technique of recognizing gods and striking.

  The end of summer is approaching, and Insufficient is only buried in hard work with Chang'er. Insufficient will make the pure practice of cutting off ten thousand armies, a handle of Xianjian Faqi, in his hand, as if it has the power of ten thousand armies, using it to come out, the momentum is like a rainbow, within hundreds of feet, the heaven and earth yuan force is disturbed, and there is a great deal of movement to move the yuan force to kill him. However, when the sword reaches its extreme, the heavenly god's ability yuan force moves first and then calms down, with no more waves!

  "This won't do, if the primordial force can't be mobilized, then the power to kill is no different from that of a mundane martial artist! How can we resist the strong ones? No good, I'll have to add another spell array to the Immortal Sword, using the array's restrictive power to mobilize the primordial force, and only then might we still have a chance to fight."

  Insufficiency had engraved a usable formation array on the sword - the Snake Swallowing Array. Then, using his own divine sense power to communicate with this array, he activated the yuan energy crystal placed at the hilt of the sword, and this crystal instantly released a massive amount of energy. With Insufficiency's cleverness in the realm of divine sense, it connected the heavenly and earthly divine energy sources, setting up a large-scale demon-slaying formation. Once those captured entered the array, they could trigger this large formation to kill them! The formation was successfully tested, its power not bad at all, and Insufficiency and Chang'er were both satisfied as they waited for the day of the grand competition.

  At the end of summer, when the big comparison was about to take place, I had already reported my name and surname, received the token, and then returned to the depths of the valley to settle down. After taking all the necessary items, I met up with Yue'er. As a result, I saw that around Yue'er were five or seven senior brothers, including Lin Jiang, Gao Wuyou, Kuang Weiyang, and several other elite members of the sect. Yue'er looked around in all directions, seeing me from afar, and hastily ran over to say:

  "Insufficient brother, annoying me to death!"

  Insufficient laughter said:

  "It's not their fault, but the reason for your mysterious and obscure body! Chang Er, at the beginning of the great comparison, you were also with them. They showed kindness to you because they wanted to obtain the power of yin and yang, so they wouldn't kill you. But when the trial reaches its final conclusion, you must be careful, for if someone with ill intentions can't obtain the power of yin and yang, they will definitely have the idea of destroying your mysterious and obscure body. Chang Er, that's when it will be the most dangerous time, you must be extremely cautious! I'll secretly follow behind them, and since they've opened a path ahead, although danger still exists, it won't be too great. Wait until the final conclusion is reached, then come and meet with me, combining our two powers, and there will be no more great worries!"

  "Hmm! Chang'er knows too!"