Chapter 94 Cultivation Theory

  "Hiss!" Guo Fei's Xuan Iron Sword swooped up, and a lightning-fast sword stroke flashed out. A white sword aura burst forth from the sword body, shooting towards the person's head like a bolt of lightning. The person's movements were extremely swift, dodging to the left, and the sword aura sliced across their arm, leaving a trail of blood in an instant.

  This man did not dare to fight, turned his head and ran quickly. Very swift, in the blink of an eye he fled tens of feet away, indeed having a way to surpass others.

  "Slash!" Guo Fei closed his eyes to probe, locked onto the person's position, and with a burst of speed, he leapt into the air. His long sword swung out in a wide arc, unleashing a white light that shot forth like a blade, directly beheading the man.

  "What a pity!" Guo Fei walked over to take a look, and as the person died, his body was exposed. Originally, this person had the cultivation of a high-level Qi Refiner, and he wanted to turn him into an undead soldier, but now his head had been cut off, rendering it useless.

  This slash once again made Guo Fei appreciate the power of "Sword Tip Slash". From then on, he took back the beast skin bag from the person's waist and opened it to find that inside were indeed the twelve jade slips. Guo Fei carefully examined them and found that they were exactly the records of the Six Ding Six Jia Phantom Kill Array that he had seen at the auction.

  Guo Fei learned from the book that storing crystal can store spells, but those stored in crystal are all one-time use, often a single transmission of an ultimate skill, which disappears after use. The "Golden Flame Technique" stored in Guo Fei's Symbol Space belongs to this type.

  However, the jade slips can be learned and memorized multiple times, but there is a limit. Once the information recorded on the jade slips fades away, it needs to be reinforced with mental energy. This is not something that someone of Guo Fei's cultivation level can inscribe.

  Reading the jade slip was simple, it was just a matter of sensing it with one's mind. However, Guo Fei didn't have time to take a closer look and put it away in his token space, quickly leaving the place.

  Three months later, Guo Fei immersed himself in reading and studying. After Guo Fei entered the Black Tower Bookstore to read for ten days, Leng Dao, Lin Zhen, Lin Shan, and the other six selected candidates also came here to consult books. However, after ten days, they all left and never came back to read again, only Leng Dao persisted in reading with Guo Fei until the end.

  The Black Tower Book House made up for Guo Fei's lack of basic knowledge and solved many of his doubts, even though it didn't have any advanced martial arts techniques.

  First, Guo Fei figured out the problem of martial arts levels. According to the book's introduction, the law of the cyclical changes of yin and yang and the five elements is the most fundamental reference for creating martial arts, as it is said that man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. Therefore, martial arts are divided into human level, earth level, heavenly level, and Taoist level.

  Each level of martial arts is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. Human-level martial arts do not require oral or written transmission, but can be taught through verbal instruction and books, such as Guo Fei's Flowing Light Sword Technique and Fierce Wind Gun Technique. Martial arts above the earthly level are called "absolute techniques", which cannot be transmitted through verbal instruction or books because they are extremely complex, requiring a specific meridian pathway for the circulation of yuanqi, as well as an understanding of the operating rules of the five elements of heaven and earth. With this understanding, one can combine the meridian pathways to perform absolute techniques. Therefore, when performing absolute techniques, different understandings, different levels of yuanqi cultivation, and different powers are displayed.

  The formation of troops is also a kind of understanding of the cycle of heaven and earth, the rotation of yin and yang. It's a powerful technique that can deliver a crushing blow. The formation of troops, especially those at the heavenly level, are extremely coveted by large empires, major powers, and influential families because acquiring one can rapidly propel a major power to rise.

  However, the current great empires all have their own killer aces in military formations, which is the absolute strong advantage that allows them to stand among the powerful countries. Human power can be exhausted at times, and a strong person can dominate the continent, but they absolutely cannot support a large force on their own. This is precisely the preciousness of military formations.

  Apart from martial arts, the greatest reliance of humans is on magic. Magic, like martial arts, is divided into Human Rank, Earth Rank, Heaven Rank and Dao Rank. Among them, first to third rank magic are Human Rank magic, which can be cast by magicians or magic masters; fourth to sixth rank magic are Earth Rank magic; seventh to ninth rank magic are Heaven Rank magic, and tenth to twelfth rank magic are Dao Rank magic.

  The technique not only requires a deep understanding of the natural world's five elements and yin-yang cycles, but also utilizes intricate hand seals and mental focus to mobilize one's internal energy. This energy is then channeled into specific talismans that take on an attacking form. These talismans are extremely complex and cannot be off by even a hair, so practitioners must spend a great deal of time meditating and contemplating.

  In addition to these, Guo Fei also seriously read a lot of geographical and natural knowledge about the mainland, recognizing many species and mythical creatures.

  Guo Fei was also concerned about the records of the four ethnic groups. Through reading these knowledge, Guo Fei inferred that after the big guys and corpse soldiers evolved into ghost generals, their bodies became almost indistinguishable from normal people because they opened up the "ghost pulse" in their bodies. If a ghost tribe cultivator is a purely earthly soul body, it is difficult to improve his cultivation, only by merging with a corpse puppet can he make greater progress.

  The most difficult part of the fusion process is to open up the meridians of the corpse, forming a ghost pulse. Opening up some of the ghost pulses is a sign of entering the realm of the ghost generals. Once the ghost pulse is opened, one can display ghostly martial arts and techniques, forming a powerful attacking force.

  However, Guo Fei also learned some information that although the body of the earth soul is difficult to upgrade, once the body of the earth soul is cultivated to the ghost king, it can condense the soul with yuanqi and become extremely powerful. Some individual powerful existences in the ghost tribe are such terrifying existences.

  The demon tribe, unlike the ghost tribe and human tribe, can also cast spells and martial arts after cultivating into a human body. However, most demons do not cultivate martial arts and spells, they only focus on cultivating their own beastly aura, forming their powerful attacking power, which is also their advantage and weakness. Most of the beastly aura comes from inheritance, so they are the favorites of heaven and earth, but at the same time, it's also a pity. Because they focus on cultivating their own beastly aura and neglect the cultivation of martial arts and spells, the demon tribe, although born strong, is not a good opponent for the human tribe who is good at sensing the heavenly way, and has been pushed to the edge of the continent.

  As for the demon tribe, it is rarely mentioned in this black tower book house, as if the demon tribe is a taboo existence. The spirit tribe is also rarely mentioned, but every time it is mentioned, it is extremely revered, and many books call it the holy tribe.

  After understanding these knowledge, Guo Fei focused on solving the problem of not understanding "Jin Dao Lung Jing". Through searching for a large number of books to understand, Guo Fei gradually grasped the content.

  But the book also repeatedly emphasizes that it is necessary to cultivate and match one's own zang-fu organs. One must determine their own five-element attribute, otherwise it will be very dangerous.

  After all, whether he was a gold attribute or not, Guo Fei didn't have full confidence. According to Wen Shu's speculation, he had a good feeling about the sword and should be a gold attribute, but Guo Fei knew that it was because he had transformed into a sword soldier that he felt this way, so whether he was actually a gold attribute or not was hard to say.

  However, testing attributes is not possible in Heishi County. From the book, it is known that human attributes are determined by the soul, so "soul crystal" must be used to determine human attributes, but the soul crystal is only available at the Xiu Shi Fu in Zhao Guo, and can only be tested when selected Xiu Shi enter school.

  Guo Fei had actually been thinking of leaving for a long time. He didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters of Zhao's country, and this feeling of relying on others made Guo Fei feel very uncomfortable. Guo Fei liked living freely and struggling.

  However, Guo Fei knew that the life he liked was just a fantasy without sufficient strength. In the face of cruel reality, Guo Fei had to resort to any means necessary to enhance his power, even enduring humiliation and pretending to be weak, bearing with the life he disliked for so many days, which made him feel deeply exhausted.

  "The Master's Mansion tests the soul body attribute, I still have to go." Guo Fei thought for a moment and solidified his own conviction. The Soul Testing Crystal is a core thing of a country, wanting to enter the core part of a kingdom again is difficult, not something that can be achieved in one or two months, so Guo Fei decided to go to the Imperial Capital, confirm his attribute, if he himself is gold attribute, he can safely take the Bao Yuan Dan, start cultivating the Golden Path Lung Meridian, as long as he opens up the source boundary, uses yuan energy to temper his body, he can upgrade his martial arts energy without any worries.