Above the Great Dao
Chapter 388 - 192: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole

Chapter 388: Chapter 192: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole

"The lifespan limit mentioned here refers to the limit of the Golden Core. It means that after four hundred and eighty-seven years, the cultivator’s Golden Core begins to disintegrate. Once the Golden Core disintegrates, the cultivator’s physical body will decay and eventually die."

Stone Rock Lady said, "If the Golden Core does not disintegrate, one can continue to live. However, the limit of the Golden Core is only five hundred years. If one cannot achieve Nascent Soul, one can only live up to five hundred years at most. The fact that you can foresee dying after four hundred and eighty-seven years shows that your Golden Core is well cultivated."

She was quite approving, as most cultivators who cultivate the Golden Core do not live up to five hundred years, some die at two hundred, some at three hundred, and being able to reach over four hundred years is already considered being an expert in the Golden Core Realm.

Chen Shi is twelve years old this year; adding four hundred and eighty-seven years, he would account for a lifespan of four hundred ninety-nine years.

Cultivating to the Golden Core Fifth Transition is nearly reaching its limit, indicating that Chen Shi’s cultivation of the Golden Core is extremely solid, and continuing to cultivate, he will surely reach the five hundred-year limit.

Chen Shi was still lost in thought, and after a long time, he suddenly said, "My grandfather faked his death to deceive the soul collector, hoping to live a few more years to see me grow up. Zen Master Ku confined his vital energies and soul with his golden body, preventing the soul collector from approaching him. All these powerful beings just wanted to live longer. But even Zen Master Ku only lived to be a little over one hundred and thirty years and caused the demon transformation, an act condemned by both heaven and men."

He thought again; by cultivating the Golden Core, he would have nearly a five hundred years lifespan, and if these people knew, it would probably shatter their Dao hearts.

"Having a lifespan of five hundred years with the Golden Core is quite normal."

Stone Rock Lady said, "The purpose of a cultivator’s cultivation is to achieve eternal freedom. If you cannot achieve eternal freedom, why cultivate immortality? The purpose of cultivating Buddhism is also for liberation from life and death, to transcend reincarnation. Otherwise, why cultivate Buddhism?"

Chen Shi was lost in thought.

But since the True King Era ended, everyone has been cultivating this way.

Even those who cultivated to the Mahayana Realm only had a lifespan of about a hundred years at most.

From the end of the True King Era to the present, where exactly has the problem occurred that caused the realm of cultivators to improve but not their lifespans?

Is there a problem with the cultivation technique?

"Tianqing! Tianqing!"

Chen Shi immediately got up, found Li Tianqing, and hurriedly said, "I’ll transmit a cultivation technique to you. Cultivate it first. Once you achieve a little success, you can see how many years of lifespan you have left!"

Li Tianqing had been tired from alchemy, and at the moment he was washing clothes by the well. Upon hearing this, he said, "I already have a cultivation technique. The Six Yin Jade Wheel from my Li Family is the foundation. Once reaching the Golden Core Realm, I then start cultivating from the ’South City Zongyi Collection.’ The clan leader said that I am exceptionally talented, so he transmitted to me the ’South City Zongyi Collection.’"

The "South City Zongyi Collection" is a cultivation technique left by the ancestor of the Li Family, Li Zongyi, profound and unfathomable, exclusively passed down within the lineage of the sect master. The fact that it was transmitted to Li Tianqing shows how much the Li Family values him.

Chen Shi handed him the memorized Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter and said, "Take a look at this first."

Li Tianqing wiped the water off his hands and took the book, flipping through a few pages before uttering a slight sound of surprise.

The beginning of the Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter was a cultivation technique starting from the Golden Core Realm, lacking prior techniques, highly condensed. But looking at the Golden Core Ninth Transition from this technique, the cultivation of the Golden Core achieved seemed to be much more profound than what was recorded in the ’South City Zongyi Collection’!

Li Tianqing had recently attended an Independent gathering, reaping substantial benefits and deepening his understanding of the Golden Core Realm. He even realized the shortcomings in the Li Family’s technique and planned to make some adjustments. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

However, the Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter that Chen Shi had brought out made him realize that no matter how he cultivated, he could never elevate the ’South City Zongyi Collection’ to a comparable level!

"Where did you get this from?" Li Tianqing continued to flip through, not even looking up as he asked.

"Don’t ask, just try cultivating it!" Chen Shi said.

Li Tianqing kept reading, and after seeing that this technique can be cultivated to Nascent Soul Perfection, the technique suddenly stopped, and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of loss, saying, "Unfortunately, it’s an incomplete version."

Even though it was incomplete, it made him realize that this technique far surpassed the Li Family’s secret teachings.

If cultivated, his Golden Core and Nascent Soul would have an extremely solid foundation!

A stable foundation would allow one to go further!

As he pondered over the content of the technique while washing clothes, once he finished washing and drying the clothes, Li Tianqing had already thoroughly understood the technique and immediately began to cultivate.

Chen Shi waited a few days, and Li Tianqing had made some achievements in cultivating the Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter. Astonished, he said, "It’s true that I can see the lifespan!"

Chen Shi quickly asked, "How many years have you got?"

"In eighty-four years, my Golden Core will disintegrate, and I will die a natural death," Li Tianqing said.

Chen Shi’s eyes widened, and he stood there, stunned.

Eighty-four years, which meant that even after Li Tianqing cultivated the Golden Core, he could only live for a little over ninety years!

While Chen Shi’s was four hundred and eighty-seven years.

The difference was over four hundred years!

"There must be something wrong here..."

Chen Shi’s thoughts were racing fast in his mind. Was there a problem with the cultivation technique Li Tianqing used during Foundation Establishment?

The cultivation techniques that Li Tianqing could have practised were either the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique or Li Family’s Foundation Establishment Technique, similar to what other cultivators practiced.

However, Chen Shi had practiced the Three Light Righteous Qi Technique during his Foundation Establishment.

Could the problem lie there?

Very likely!

But then, Chen Shi had studied the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique. This technique, created by his grandfather for Foundation Establishment, definitely had no issues!

His grandfather wouldn’t have intentionally left flaws in the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique to prevent cultivators from extending their lifespan. Moreover, his own grandfather didn’t live very long.

Moreover, venerable powers such as the Thirteen Families and Great Baoguo Temple also had experts who lived no more than a hundred years!

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