Chapter 236: Deduction of the Great Five Elements Spirit Transformation Method
In the center of the huge and magnificent white jade hall of the Canglong Temple, Taoist Huang Longzi and Lu Cheng sat opposite each other, deducing Taoism together. Although one of them was old and the other was young, their brows revealed a kind of detached immortal temperament. Either of these master and disciple could be regarded as a great master in this world.

Precious incense was burning in the purple copper incense burner, and the air was filled with the aroma that could calm the mind and spirit. Curls of green smoke swirled around the two of them, as if adding a bit of mystery to this extremely profound Taoist deduction.

Huang Longzi held a white whisk with a silver handle in his hand, waving it gently from time to time. With every word he uttered, streams of magic power were emitted, complementing Lu Cheng’s five elements magic formula.

As the deduction continued, Huang Longzi’s expression gradually became solemn, his brows furrowed, and a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.

After a long while, the old Taoist sighed deeply, then shook his head and said, “This method of cultivation is too dangerous and not feasible.” His voice was full of helplessness but also determination.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was savoring what had just happened, but in the end he just nodded silently.

“It is true that although this technique is extremely powerful, it puts too much of a burden on the cultivator’s spirit, soul and body. Although after the five elements circulate, the qi can control each other to achieve balance, so it seems feasible, but that is only in theory. In fact, no one can practice without making any mistakes. I can’t practice qigong perfectly.”

After practicing to the Jindan Zhenren realm, it was not a low achievement in ancient times. One must have his own understanding and realization of Taoism. From this realm, the cultivator can try to create his own exercises and sword techniques. If he fails, he can trace back to the roots to lay a solid foundation for Taoism. If he succeeds, it will definitely be of great benefit to his own path.

Although there have always been more failures than successes in creating one’s own martial arts and sword techniques since ancient times, there are few outstanding people in each generation who are willing to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors for the rest of their lives. Moreover, in terms of the achievement of Taoism in this world, there is no way forward for Huang Longzi.

The Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method, also known as the Five Elements Transformation Method, was created by Lu Cheng based on his own experience in Taoist practice. It is the main Taoist technique that is most suitable for his own cultivation.

Master Huang Longzi chose to major in the Huanglong Dharmakaya. This path is more stable and solid, and it is certain that the future potential will not be weak.

Lu Cheng chose to use fire to create earth and obtain the five elements of true blood, turning it into a five-element cycle: the first true blood is of course the ancient fire dragon’s true blood, and the second true blood is also the Sun-Swallowing Fire Ape’s true blood in his hand. Although the latter has the word “fire” in it, the Sun-Swallowing Fire Ape is essentially an earth-element true spirit.

Fire creates earth (Flame Dragon), earth condenses gold (Fire Ape), gold falls into water (Golden Roc), water nourishes wood, and wood creates fire. If this Taoist secret can really be deduced and cultivated, it will not only perfectly inherit the previously accumulated Taoist achievements, but also be extremely powerful. However, the master and disciple have been deducing for more than ten years and have come to the conclusion that it is too oppressive on the spirit, energy and spirit of human cultivators, making it impossible to cultivate. Even if one has cultivated the three treasures of spirit, energy and spirit to the first level of golden elixir, it is difficult to practice this skill.

“Old Nine, a few days ago you said you wanted to go to the East China Sea again to obtain the Golden Boat for Deliverance from the Ancient Heavenly Buddha Sect. I calculated for you, and the hexagrams show that this journey will be full of dangers, and the results are unclear… You might as well wait another ten years, and maybe things will change.”

“Thank you, Master, for your hard work on my behalf.”

Lu Cheng showed his respect with a serious look. His identity was different now. If it was in the past, Huang Longzi would not have used his divine powers to calculate the secrets of heaven for a disciple.

Only a son-in-law and closed disciple like Lu Cheng can have such dignity. Given Taoist Huang Longzi’s temperament, although he dotes on his two daughters, if his two daughters marry sons-in-law he doesn’t like, their relationship will become weaker.

Some monks and nuns, having achieved immortality, believe that their children are ghosts who come to collect debts, and are unwilling to have children easily. Of course, such extreme people are a minority among monks and nuns.

“During this time, you should go to Huangquan Valley. Lin Chong left many tricks in his past. With your current magical powers, you should be able to use them all for your own benefit.”

“Thank you, Master, for your guidance.”

After reaching the ninth level of Jindan, it is difficult to make rapid progress. Each level of mana growth may take a hundred years. Of course, this is the case for most Jindan cultivators. The speed of Jindan Zhenren’s mana cultivation is much faster.

If one is a pure Taoist practitioner with a solid foundation and has mastered the authentic Taoist techniques, the higher the level of his magic power, the faster he will progress.

This does not mean that the speed of Jindan mana cultivation is faster than that of Ningsha Liangang mana cultivation, but the speed of mana cultivation in the Jindan realm is far beyond the speed of mana cultivation in the ordinary Jindan realm, and relatively speaking, the more you practice, the faster it is.

Take Lu Cheng as an example. Most of the Jindan Grandmasters and some Jindan True Immortals do not have the ability to cultivate to the peak of the ninth level before their lifespan ends and prepare for the transformation into the Nascent Soul through hard practice. Therefore, they must seek elixirs and various methods to increase the growth rate of their own elixirs. However, Lu Cheng only needs to concentrate on cultivating Taoism in Guizang Mountain for 400 years. He does not need to use swords to circulate qi, encounters, sudden enlightenment, or elixirs. He will definitely cultivate to the peak of the ninth level of Jindan, and he still has more than 200 years to impact the Nascent Soul.

Compared with ordinary cultivators of the same realm, the cultivation speed is nearly twice as fast. This is the difference caused by the different foundations of Taoism. Moreover, most cultivators cannot spend all their time on cultivating mana, seeking pleasure, practicing sword techniques, refining magic weapons, and cultivating and healing. These things are probably not exempted for gods, let alone immortal cultivators.

During these fourteen years, Lu Cheng still had magical powers at the Golden Core level, but his magical powers were purer and deeper. Huang Longzi already praised him for his extraordinary hard work.

Deep in the underground cave of Guizang Mountain, dark red magma flows slowly through the stone paths of the cave like the blood of the earth, releasing a high-temperature and scorching breath.

A young Taoist priest sat cross-legged on a protruding rock, manipulating the magic formulas with his hands, using the innate five elements seal method to circulate the magic power in his body. At the same time, he absorbed the power of the earth fire around him, mixed the magic power to form a powerful repair force, and revive the ancient fire dragon blood in his body.

The hot air waves emanating from his body matched the surrounding magma, as if he was also becoming a part of it, dancing with the lava in this underground cave.

As time passed, a dark red dragon gradually began to coil and cling to Lu Cheng’s body. The air was filled with the smell of sulfur and burnt things. That was the primordial breath brought by magma, and it was also the breath that the ancient fire dragon loved. If it weren’t for the earth fire spiritual vein resources of Guizang Mountain, Lu Cheng’s internal injuries wouldn’t have recovered so quickly, and even his magic power wouldn’t have been able to improve further.

As the image of the Fire Dragon emerged, Lu Cheng’s breathing became deeper and more powerful. Every time he inhaled, it seemed to cause the molten lava and fire in the surrounding environment to surge, and every time he exhaled, it seemed to dissipate all the internal injuries in his body.

Beside him, a faint beam of light coming in from the top of the cave brought a touch of cool comfort to this world of fire. As he practiced more and more, Lu Cheng felt that the injuries in his body were gradually healing. The dull pain had begun to ease, and was replaced by a warm and comfortable feeling, as if he was surrounded by the vitality of the magma.

His state of mind also calmed down completely, as if he had found a kind of tranquility that transcended the world in the baptism of lava and flames. In this underground cave, Lu Cheng seemed to be isolated from the whole world, leaving only him to talk and merge with his inner self.

When the last trace of pain dissipated, Lu Cheng slowly opened his eyes. A big sun faintly appeared in his eyes, and disappeared the next moment.

Everything in the underground cave remained the same, but Lu Cheng was different. He felt an unprecedented warm vitality flowing in his body. He had basically started fighting with other cultivators since he was promoted to the Golden Core stage, and had accumulated hidden injuries. Now, all of them had finally been broken and his vitality had been restored.

“After cultivating to the Golden Core Realm, it is difficult to improve your magical power for a while, but you can use the help of external methods to enhance your power to protect the Dao.”

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng took out his Qiankun bag, pointed at the air, and the bag opened naturally, with several streams of light flying out of it:
The Seven Sacred Magic Lamps, the Golden Branch of Falling Treasures, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, the Statue of the Red-Hearted God, and the Five Elements Flying Sword that Lu Cheng did not sacrifice.

Needless to say, the Seven Sacred Magic Lamps are fifth-level top-level magic weapons, and Lu Cheng is still far from unleashing their full power.

The Five Elements Flying Sword, a fifth-rank mid-grade flying sword, should have been a fifth-rank lower-grade flying sword. However, Lu Cheng had integrated too much high-grade sword-refining minerals into it. Coupled with his own strong foundation, his natal magic weapon became higher in rank than that of the cultivators.

The five swords combined into an invisible sword. The sword enters the five elements and disappears into the void, with astonishing killing power.

The remaining three magic weapons are interesting: the fifth-grade lower-grade Golden Branch of Falling Treasures, the fourth-grade lower-grade Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and the fifth-grade intermediate-grade Statue of the Red Heart God.

In recent years, a strange thing happened in the Li Tang Dynasty. For the first time in history, a female emperor ascended to the throne and stabilized the government, enjoying peace and prosperity in the country.

At the same time, they intend to promote the belief in the Red Heart God. Now the belief in the Red Heart God has become the mainstream in the southern part of the Tang Dynasty. Even many Taoist sects in the mortal world, with the attitude of joining if they can’t beat them, have begun to recognize the Red Heart God as the Taoist guardian god.

Even though he was thousands of miles away, Lu Cheng could still vaguely sense the strong power of incense and vows through the statue of the God of Red Heart and the mysterious divine nature inside the statue.

However, as Lu Cheng’s own Taoism and magic power increased day by day, his use of the power of the Red Heart God improved, but it was not as good as the improvement of his realm. Otherwise, the statue of the Red Heart God would have been a fifth-grade top-grade divine magic weapon at this time.

“What I did back then was somewhat like a Taoist guardian. Now, I am far away in the Western Regions practicing Taoism, and I am naturally drifting further and further away from the way of the gods. I am afraid that I will have to give up the Red Lord’s godhood to someone else in the future. If I forcibly occupy it, even if my Taoist power is deep and I am not afraid of disasters, it will also damage my merits.”

(End of this chapter)