SFS Chapter 117 Opening Eyes
Chapter 117 Opening Eyes
night.
As usual, Yang Silang brought wine and meat into the Five Elements Fist House, then sat cross-legged and waited quietly.
Before long, the image of Granny Tianjing materialized on the top of the round stone and smiled at him.
"Child... I thought you were just going to leave after dropping off your things today?"
"Is it difficult to take the step of 'dotting the dragon's eyes'?"
"Grandma will teach you a lesson, and show you how to do it..."
Yang Silang waved his hand in refusal.
"Grandma, there's no need to rush. I have already fully visualized the true form of Ruyi Tianzun, with all five features present. He is just waiting to open his eyes."
"I'm confident I'll see the light tonight!"
He spoke with absolute certainty, clearly without the slightest hesitation.
Grandma Tianjing was horrified.
"Child, you're not lying to me, are you?"
"real?"
What she demonstrated that day was a real memory from her mind, something that happened more than two hundred years ago.
Judging from his spiritual strength, Yang Silang thought that the Taoist was also a novice and had no idea that he was a proper Taoist priest who guarded the tower.
His cultivation level was extremely high, but after finding this method, he made a great decision to disperse his cultivation and switch to other methods, which caused his spiritual strength to drop drastically.
However, even though he had extensive Taoist skills, his transition to Taoist practices was extremely difficult.
After several attempts and more than a month of work, the dragon eye was finally successfully identified.
Of course, this does not mean that he is not capable, but rather that because he has too much knowledge, he naturally has a cognitive bias. The more he knows, the harder it is to change his mind.
Putting everything else aside, the very act of denying gods and demons almost cost him half his life.
This also illustrates the difficulty of the Ruyi Tianzun Taoist practice.
Yang Silang obtained the method to apply the dragon's eye to his eyes, and in just two nights, including tonight, which is the third night, he actually succeeded in applying the dragon's eye to his eyes.
Grandma didn't know that Yang Silang was trying to play it safe; otherwise, he could have finished a day earlier.
"Is Grandma isolated and ignorant, or is there truly a peerless genius in this world?"
Grandma Tianjing was inwardly worried, but she stubbornly refused to admit it.
"Hmm, three nights' work, that's quite fast, faster than Grandma expected."
Yang Silang could tell that his grandmother was not being sincere, but he did not call her out on it.
Perhaps my speed is considered fast; with the apron attached to me, it's normal to be faster.
If one cannot break through the mental barrier, then one can only say that one has slipped through the net of education. What is an insurmountable obstacle for others can be easily overcome for him.
"Grandma, it's not actually that fast..." Yang Silang counted on his fingers, "Look, it takes me one night to calm my mind and generate my spirit, and three nights to open my eyes and contemplate the spirit. It takes four sticks of calming incense."
"I have three incense sticks left to calm my mind. I need to finish cultivating the Out-of-Body technique and strive to reach the Wandering Spirit Realm..."
"There's not much incense left, I have to keep going..."
Grandma Tianjing remained silent.
She thought to herself, "Look at what you're saying, kid!"
Grandma, I did say that if you add one ounce of tuna oil to seven sticks of calming incense, you might be lucky enough to cultivate to the Wandering Soul Realm. But at that time, I thought you could find an ordinary Taoist book.
You actually think you can reach the Wandering Spirit Realm by using the Seven Candles of Mind-Stabilizing Incense to cultivate such a supreme technique as the Ruyi Tianzun Method...
This is infuriating!
"Then try your best..."
"Don't force it; it's normal if it can't be repaired."
Grandma Tianjing was too embarrassed to change her words, so she could only try to smooth things over with tactful remarks.
Then, Yang Silang and Granny Tianjing stared at each other, and suddenly the atmosphere became awkward.
Grandma Tianjing felt that the usual wine and meat no longer tasted good and could no longer whet her appetite.
It was only after Yang Silang took the initiative to invite her that she conjured up a mouth and swallowed all the wine and meat. She found that the wine and meat, which were usually delicious, tasted like bland water and were like dry firewood. She had never eaten anything so bad before.
After Yang Silang and his grandmother finished eating the wine and meat, they packed up the jars and food boxes, then turned and left the Wujing Pagoda.
"I have a feeling Grandma's acting strange today..." he muttered. "Yeah, Grandma's a good demon, and she loves to teach others."
"By passing on my great teachings, you clearly intend to offer some guidance."
"If I know everything, what's the point of being a teacher?"
"Looks like I'll have to play dumb next time... I'll pretend to be less intelligent and let Grandma give me some pointers, then she'll be happy."
"When she's happy, she reveals more secrets, and I can learn more."
Having made up his mind, Yang Silang returned to the house.
As usual, we first practice stances, then martial arts.
He assumed the Five Elements Stance, activating the Qi and blood throughout his body. When his body became scorching hot, the true Qi in his Dantian suddenly rose, then emerged from the Dantian, splitting into five streams, simultaneously flowing through the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, and Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, passing through the meridians and acupoints.
In the past, he relied on his senses to judge the strength of the five meridians' true qi and made minor adjustments to try to balance the five qi, so as to best strengthen the true qi.
After cultivating one's divine soul, one can briefly introspect, but not for long, and has never fully experienced a full cycle of the universe.
But after absorbing the calming incense all night, my spirit has grown stronger, and today I was able to maintain a full cycle of true energy circulation.
“Eh…”
"When the five streams of true energy emerged from the dantian, they were still about the same amount."
"After flowing through the five internal organs and five meridians, the amount of energy returning to the dantian varies, which in turn affects the quality of the unity of the five energies, and a considerable portion of the true energy is consumed."
"The other four meridians can still expel true qi, so they are basically not much worse."
"But the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian releases the strongest true qi... Hiss, so I really do have a powerful kidney? Or is it that isolated yang cannot last, and I've been holding it in for too long and too intensely?"
"Before I could see inwards, I couldn't perceive these subtle changes. Perhaps a Grandmaster of Mercury Blood could, but I can't at my current level. It's true that cultivating the Dao is also very helpful to martial arts."
"Why not try again? When the five energies are divided in the dantian, reduce the amount of true qi entering the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian accordingly and see how it goes."
Yang Silang made up his mind to continue to draw his true energy into his dantian and complete a full cycle.
After a long time.
He had practiced stance training several times, during which he used the Rejuvenation Divine Power to restore his spirit and soul. He then looked inward again and confirmed that it was not a coincidence. Each time he circulated the Five Elements Power, the amount of true qi entering the five meridians was the same, but the amount of true qi coming out of the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian was indeed far greater than that of the other four meridians.
Yang Silang adjusted his body and mind, and restored his supernatural powers to their peak condition.
He then practiced the Five Elements Stance Exercise.
The true qi surged out of his dantian and split into five. He then made slight adjustments to reduce the flow of true qi to the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. After one cycle, the five qi returned to the dantian like birds returning to their nest.
After special adjustments, the true qi flowing from the five meridians was significantly stronger than the original technique. After the five qi merged and returned to their home, they gathered into a blue true qi ball, which was significantly stronger than the usual cultivation result, with a deeper color, and it seemed that even the quality of the true qi had improved.
"Not bad, not bad!"
Yang Silang was overjoyed.
The inscription system is not omnipotent. It can determine whether you have mastered martial arts and then permanently verify your mastery of the techniques and skills, preventing you from becoming rusty or regressing.
But what if what you have in your grasp is flawed from the start?
Perhaps this isn't a flaw in my own practice, but rather an inherent defect in the skill itself.
The Five Elements Power Technique was recorded in a collection of notes left by predecessors. It is said that people with a natural balance of the five elements are more likely to practice this technique.
But how many people in the world are born with a balance of the five elements?
Yang Silang himself certainly doesn't count, but through internal vision, he can completely balance the five elements, thereby more efficiently strengthening his true energy.
When he first learned the Five Elements Force, he estimated that it would take him about two years to reach the Mercury Blood Grandmaster level. If he used the Divine Soul Inner Vision Method as an aid, this time might be shorter, perhaps even reduced to a year and a half.
The Daoist arts are currently weak in their early stages; one must rely on one's own fists to kill or protect oneself.
But if Taoist magic can assist in the advancement of martial arts in this way, it is worthwhile even if it has no other wonderful uses.
He used the internal visualization method of the soul in conjunction with the Five Elements Stance for several weeks, and used the Rejuvenation Divine Power several times in between, before stopping to rest for a while.
Supernatural powers can indeed restore him to his perfect state, but time doesn't lie, and he still needs to rest.
When he felt everything was ready, Yang Silang pushed open the door and went out of the house, using his grass-flying skills to circle around.
Very good. The night is deep and quiet, the moon is bright and the stars are few outside, with only a gentle breeze. It's a perfect day.
There was no noise from people around, no crowing of roosters or howling of dogs; the location and the people were all in harmony.
Tonight, I should personally select the dragon's eye!
Back inside, I lit some calming incense. Soon, a milky white mist condensed and lingered in the air, making me feel as if I were in a sea of clouds.
Yang Silang struck a pose with his five hearts facing the sky.
The Niwan Palace shone brightly, and the divine soul manifested as the closed-eyed Ruyi Tianzun deity statue.
With a heavy sword in hand and a river of blood beneath his feet, the roars of demons and monsters in the river could not cause the slightest impact on his strengthened soul.
Yang Silang was truly multitasking at this moment.
Recalling the details of the Taoist's contemplation of the gods in his mind, he manifested his divine soul and simultaneously performed numerous hand seals, his breathing like thunder, sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, with its own rhythm and cadence.
The body breathed rapidly through its nostrils, drawing in large gusts of milky white fragrance from the room.
Yang Silang was so focused on his practice that he didn't notice that in that short time, the calming incense seemed to be attracted by his breathing and burned very quickly, more than half of it had burned down!
Inside the Niwan Palace, the Ruyi Tianzun, whose divine soul had manifested, kept his eyes tightly closed. His eyelids twitched slightly and then vibrated violently, with specks of blue light shooting out.
At a certain moment.
Yang Silang suddenly realized that the time was right, right now!
"open!"
Body and soul utter words in unison!
Swish!
The eyes of the Ruyi Celestial Venerable are wide open, showing a fierce and glaring expression. Beneath his eyelids are two vividly lifelike pupils, black with white irises!
Yang Silang successfully located the dragon's eye in just one attempt!
Looking at the face of the Ruyi Tianzun statue, it is exactly the same as his.
The Celestial Venerable opened his eyes, and his divine soul was immediately filled with a sacred and majestic aura. The halo behind his head vibrated, and the ribbons wrapped around his arms danced wildly. A shrill sound also rang out from the heavy sword he was holding. The lotus platform trembled, and the blood river below it surged with monstrous waves, as if countless demons and monsters were howling and shouting, trying to overturn the lotus platform!
Simply put, before his eyes were opened, Ruyi Tianzun was merely a figurehead, still essentially Yang Silang himself; after his eyes were opened, Yang Silang's soul successfully evolved into the powerful and majestic Ruyi Tianzun.
This Ruyi Tianzun has come back to life!
Of course, the process of "dotting the dragon's eyes" is not the end. Right now, the blood river beneath the lotus platform is shaking, and the demons are rebelling, almost overturning the lotus platform and overthrowing the Heavenly Venerable.
Yang Silang instinctively knew how to deal with it.
"town!"
Ruyi Tianzun roared like thunder, his voice echoing throughout the entire Niwan Palace!
Yang Silang instinctively knew how to deal with it.
"town!"
Ruyi Tianzun roared like thunder, his voice echoing throughout the entire Niwan Palace!