Eternal Life (永生) Ch. 24

As of this chapter, Map of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring has been changed to Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring. Sorry for having it wrong all this time. Enjoy!

Primary Spiritual Technique

“So it was like this. Listening to senior sister disciple Mo’s analysis, it must truly be as you have said. Can we determine what Fang Qing Xue wants Fang Han to do?” an inner court disciple asked, hurriedly agreeing with senior sister disciple Mo.

“This most certainly involves a conflict between true disciples, and thus we currently cannot interfere.”

Senior sister disciple Mo’s eyes became tranquil, but cold, “In the Yu’hua School, in order to truly become part of the core power struggle, one must become a true disciple. Otherwise, our efforts are just an unnecessary struggle. Also, if we inner court disciples interfere in a conflict between true disciples, nothing good will come out of it.”

“Then does it mean that my ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ will just be taken from me?” The inner court disciple’s words let off a little bit of dense killing intent.

“I will think of a solution for this matter. A ling’qi is something very precious, something that is worth even more than a city of a hundred thousand people. Of course we cannot let it land in the hands of someone else. This time, we planned to behead of those evil ‘Pink Princes’, and began practicing flying sword formations since long ago. We must recover your ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ in order to use what we have practiced. How can we give up on the last step?”

Mo looked around as she spoke, her eyes gradually becoming calm, as if she had come up with a good idea.

“Of course. This time, if we can behead a ‘Pink Prince’, senior sister disciple Mo will definitely have a ‘Yin Yang Longevity Pellet’ bestowed upon her. Upon using it, she will break through the Mortal Realm bottleneck, and enter the Divine Realm, becoming a true disciple,” said an inner court disciple in high spirits.

“That is correct. Although I have trained to the level of Godly Transformation of the Mortal Realm, my spirit still hasn’t reached the level of being able to forget what I want to forget, and is still far from the level needed to break through. If I can receive a ‘Yin Yang Longevity Pellet’, then I can make up for this deficit, my flesh rising to another level, and my spirit expanding pass the limit, opening the Divine Gate, and allowing me to enter the Divine Realm!” said Mo in a dignified manner. “As for the matter of your ‘Spirit Wind Sword’, I will definitely take it back from Fang Han, while also taking his Mo’qi! The Mo’qi he holds must be very, very precious. If it falls into our hands, then our ability to behead a ‘Pink Prince’ will greatly increase. As of today, just train to your peak physical and mental state. I will be going somewhere first.”

“Senior sister disciple Mo, where are you going?”

“Jade Fire Peak. The conflict between Purple Lightning Peak’s Fang Qing Xue and Jade Fire Peak’s Jin Shi Tai is no small matter. This time, I am going to Jade Fire Peak to have a chat about some annoyances, while also borrowing a few cranes so that we can quickly reach the Han’hai Desert. Even though we have a couple fa’qi, they are nowhere near as fast as cranes.”

Mo stood up.

Outer court disciples and inner court disciples were not allowed to breed and raise spirit beasts.

Only true disciples, upon being bestowed with a mountain peak, were able to breed and raise spirit beasts, as well as train disciples, starting their own sect within the school. Being able to train disciples and raise spirit beasts gave them power beyond belief, like the princes of various countries.

Only by becoming a true disciple, was one truly a disciple of the Yu’hua School, becoming able to participate in higher level decision making.

A ling’qi is too precious, that senior sister disciple Mo and her group definitely won’t let the matter go away so easily. There is also the matter of the ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’ that is on my body. Now that the secret has been slightly leaked, what should I do? Should I leave the Yu’hua School? No, I need to train to the Divine Realm. While leaving the Yu’hua School is okay, if I leave right now, would I be able to endure the killing attempts of the people that chase me?

Outside the Yu’hua Mountain, among the long stretch of barren hills, in a hidden valley, Fang Han was holding the ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’, looking at it over and over again.

Right now, he wasn’t at the Purple Lightning Peak. Earlier, he had Crane Fairy fly him out, flying a couple thousand li away from the Yu’hua School before landing on an unknown, barren hill.

As for Crane Fairy, she, tight-lipped, only said some of the secrets of the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’ and some training exercises before flying away. Right now was the time for Fang Han to analyze and ponder over the ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’.
This legendary picture of the Yellow Spring Emperor which was currently on Fang Han’s body could be thought of as a hot potato. It was something that definitely couldn’t be thrown away, but to keep it right now was very dangerous.

Actually, on this picture, amid its quiet Yellow Spring River, other than the ‘Sky Wolf Seven Evil Spirits Smoke’ that had been sealed last time, a flying sword appeared. This flying sword had no handle, and was a strip of iron and ice crystals. Atop it, one could see numerous strips of what seemed to be symbols, but was actually strip after strip of wind. This wind formed various symbols that compiled to form an essay, and finally, an array. The wind flowed, just like how the sun rises and sets, never-endingly.

After studying ‘The World’, Fang Han had learned a bit about magic treasures.

The wind symbols atop this ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ were magic, forming an array. It was truly only the fact that magic was condensed into such a large array that caused this sword to have such great powers.

How can I take it out? Even if I take it out, since it is already blood-bound, I cannot blood-bind it again unless I become a Divine Realm expert and use my own magic to cleanse the current blood-binding.

Fang Han touched the picture, but still, it seemed that the ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’ was just an ordinary picture.

He knew that even if he took out the ‘Spirit Wind Sword’, he wouldn’t be able to blood bind it unless he begged Fang Qing Xue to use her magic to cleanse the blood-binding.

Right after being made, all fa’qi and ling’qi, after being refined by fire and imbued with magic, were all very pure and without thought, just a lump of innocent power. Whoever dripped their blood on it would be able to control its power.

“Might as well train in the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’ first!”

After thinking for half a day, Fang Han decided to train in the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’ that had been told to him by Crane Fairy.
He sat cross-legged, one hand pressed against the ‘Heavenly Gate’ on top of his head to adjust his spirit. A person’s spirit was all contained in the head’s ‘Heavenly Gate’.

“Son desires immortality by cultivating Heavenly Gate!”

[TL: So the writer took this from a Taoist saying, “Son desires immortality by cultivating Kunlun”]

Slowly, he cultivated his spirit according to the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’. First, he imagined his mind’s ‘Heavenly Gate’ to be a dark void.

This kind of thought expressed one’s understanding of the darkness in one’s mind.

Afterwards, he imagined his body’s blood, bones, organs, and muscles turning into a white color, as white as a crane’s feathers. Basic qi and refined qi slowly rose up, reaching the insides of the ‘Heavenly Gate’.

This represented the usage of the body’s refined qi to disperse the darkness of the mind, and to become self-conscious.

The meanings of the imagination were very profound.

In his own imagination, Fang Han clearly felt his own body, as if he was emptying it step by step. His body’s qi, blood, and spirit were covered in brightness, illuminating his mind.

His body became like a void.

Cultivating one’s spirit and training one’s mind’s potential for divine magic required a massive amount of physical support. He finally understood this concept.

Thankfully, his body was many times sturdier than regular Godly Courage level practitioners. Especially due to the power of the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ in his bone marrow, his refined qi was even more powerful.

Gradually, the dark void in his ‘Heavenly Gate’ was illuminated by the pure white refined qi. Gradually, the darkness was dispersed. From within the depths of the darkness, Fang Han could vaguely see a simple, heavy, seemingly round yet seemingly square stone door. The veins on the great door were rich and delicate, one after another, similar to the veins on the brain.

This entire brain-looking thing was actually a divine gate.

“This, this is a divine gate! Breaking through this divine gate, I can reach the Divine Realm!” Fang Han thought in his heart, doing his utmost to use his refined qi and blood like a bright light and illuminate his ‘Heavenly Gate’ in his mind.

However, no matter how he shined, the dark fog in his mind’s ‘Heavenly Gate’ only increased. Even the divine gate could no longer be clearly seen, much less the secrets hidden in his mind.

“Hu hu! Hu hu!”

Finally, feeling that his body’s refined qi was exhausted, he felt like sleeping. Hurriedly, Fang Han sobered himself up, constantly thinking about clearing everything within his mind.

“So weak! No wonder why those who have lovesickness become thinner every day. Spiritual consumption is so much stronger than physical consumption.”

After cultivating based on the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’, Fang Han felt as if his spirit was wilted. Only after resting for a while did he feel recovered.

However, after recovering, he felt as if his ears were clear and eyes were bright, his mind a lot more agile than before, as if he could imagine the brain in his mind.

“Let’s drip a drop of blood and try it out. Since this place is just barren wilderness, there is no need to be afraid of any weird effects from binding the picture.”

While cultivating the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’ had resulted in some results, Fang Han was still far away from entering the Spiritual Expert level. However, he had gained a greater understanding towards one’s spirit and flesh.

“Hai!”

He bit open one of his fingers, and immediately blood flowed out, dripping onto the ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’.

A strange thing happened.

This picture, like cotton, absorbed Fang Han’s blood, drip after drip. Fang Han could clearly see that amid the picture’s Yellow Spring River, slight waves began to roil.

At the same time, his soul seemingly felt as if his flesh and blood had bound with the picture.

Suddenly, Fang Han felt a strand of his spirit fall into the picture’s Yellow Spring River, completely surrounded by the brownish yellow waves. His spirit swam in the river, suddenly seeing the ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ in the river.

Thus, using his spirit, Fang Han grabbed the sword.

“Hua’la!”

With a flash, the ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ actually came out from within the picture’s Yellow Spring River, falling into Fang Han’s hand, cutting open Fang Han’s palm, and becoming soaked in blood. Immediately, Fang Han felt the connection between flesh and blood again, the feeling transferring to his heart.

“This ‘Spirit Wind Sword’ has been blood-bound by me? No way, it was already bound to someone else. It would require an expert of the Divine Realm to cleanse the blood-binding. Could it be, could it be this ‘Picture of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’, other than sealing the magic treasures of others, also have the effect of cleansing the blood-bindings of others? If it is like this, then I have struck rich!”

Fang Han thought in his heart, his spirit moved, hua’la!

The ‘Spirit Wind Sword’s array spun. With a blast, it flew around, surrounded in sword qi, cleanly slicing apart a thick tree a thousand steps away from Fang Han.

In his heart, Fang Han felt ecstasy!