Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 456 - 209: Re-signing

Chen Feng and Chen Youjia's Divine Tao Qi Intent was entirely provided by special Memory Bodies, which were then connected through a belt to their Magic Foundations. A Memory Body itself is an external Magic Foundation, and plugging in a Memory Body is equivalent to embedding a new module into one's own Magic Foundation.

This was why Chen Feng and Chen Youjia, despite never having practiced Divine Tao, could display Divine Tao Qi Intent.

Wang Qi had initiated this external Magic Foundation system to experience the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage prematurely during his Qi Cultivation Stage. This was very beneficial for his Foundation Establishment, a fact somewhat evident from his hurried Foundation Establishment still achieving a top-grade Magic Foundation. However, the way Chen Feng figured out how to use it represented the true value of the system—using this, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could try to cultivate and experience any spell without worrying about damaging their fundamental Magic Foundation.

For researchers of Divine Tao, the greatest value of this system was precisely this.

Looking at the two Memory Bodies on the table, Wang Qi couldn't help but laugh and cry, "So that's how it is... I knew it, it wasn't possible that both of you had entered Divine Tao... Ahahaha..."

The reason I gave Youjia this 'Divine Tao Witch'... Memory Body, is because there's a mysterious resonance between Divine Spirits and Witches, which makes it convenient for her to protect me," Chen Feng said, looking at Chen Youjia. "Speaking of which, Youjia, where were you at the crucial moment?"

Chen Youjia quietly slurped her small bowl of noodles, "The noodles were ready."

Chen Feng held his forehead, "Won't you even look at me? I was struck by a sword."

"You won't die, thanks to the Life Flame," Chen Youjia said, indifferent.

Wang Qi schadenfreuded, "Boss, your choice of protector is really unreliable."

Chen Feng sighed, "True, but I couldn't find anyone else—this research method is slightly rule-bending, and if someone unfamiliar found out, they might report it to the Immortal Alliance right away."

Research also has its rules. Lab protocols and ethics in science are definitely not just buzzwords produced by arts students to limit the progress of science; their fundamental purpose is to ensure that experimental results are objective and credible, not influenced by the subjectivity of the researcher, and to ensure that research can continue in the long run.

Both Divine Tao and Demon Path research have their regulations, where researchers themselves are not allowed to incorporate them into their own cultivation. It is permissible to experience their cultivation techniques, but it must be abolished immediately after the research is completed.

Regarding this, Chen Feng shook his head, "Actually, this regulation is not wrong because both Divine Tao and Demon Path could potentially warp the mind of the cultivator. Putting one's life and future at risk for empirical evidence isn't worth promoting. But seeking Dao, you still have to conduct empirical tests, right? And you know, many cultivation methods don't reveal their uniqueness until Foundation Establishment or Core Formation; by the principle of 'practice and discard,' we can only experience Divine Tao research up to the Qi Cultivation mana. Ancient Method Practitioners emphasize 'understanding through intuition, not verbal instruction' and 'no established scriptures'; advanced Divine Tao cultivation methods are an epiphany, which requires personal cultivation to understand..."

Had it not been for a few days ago when Wang Qi discovered that the Ghost King Memory he had was contaminated by his student from the Demon Clan and had redesigned the Memory Body to be read-only, Chen Feng wouldn't even dare to use the Divine Tao Memory Body so freely.

Wang Qi murmured, "Wanting the horse to run well, but not wanting it to eat grass."

"Exactly, so I developed this special Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle," Chen Feng pointed to the Divine Tao Memory on the table. "The Holy Infant Sect is the greatest enemy on the rise of the Modern Immortal Path. Therefore, research on the Holy Infant Sect by the Modern Immortal Path is the most comprehensive, including research notes from Modern predecessors, seized Cultivation Techniques, and also a lot, cough cough, of cruel empirical evidence, deemed unethical by today's standards."

Wang Qi sighed, "You should have said so earlier, making me fight you... Boss, I'm also involved in the affairs of the Empirical Department, right?"

"Even Youjia only found out a few days ago," Chen Feng said. "I didn't want too many people to know about this matter until we achieved certain results. And the only person suitable and capable enough to help me was Youjia, who has reached the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"Speaking of which!" Chen Feng suddenly looked displeased. "Wang Qi."

"Hey!" Wang Qi responded in a cheekily annoying tone.

Chen Feng grabbed Wang Qi's collar, "Given our friendship and the salary I've paid you before, even if I really did fall into the Divine Tao, wouldn't you at least jump out and ask why?"

"Ahahaha, this..." Wang Qi's eyes darted around. "Well, you have the Life Flame, don't you? I can't kill you, right... It's safer for me to knock you down first before we talk..."

"I was just unlucky with the Life Flame today," Chen Feng lamented pretentiously, then continued asking, "How come you've reached Foundation Establishment?"

There was no need to rush Foundation Establishment just for a research.

Wang Qi shared his experiences, omitting the part where Feng Luoyi rescued him and the commission given by Sage Zhi Long. After finishing, he looked at Chen Feng, "I was really shocked by this matter, you know. I just fought a Divine Tao Witch of the Hongyuan Sect outside, and then I come home to find a Divine Spirit of the Holy Infant Sect here. Do you know how big my psychological shadow is?"

Chen Feng pondered, "I feel like your experience is somewhat absurd."

"Don't believe it?"

"It's hard to believe," Chen Feng said. "According to the principle that a Divine Tao God must surpass a witch by two orders, this Hongyuan God must at least be a Divine Separation Spirit, no way it could rise without the incense fire offerings of a hundred thousand people. And for a cult to silently grow to a hundred thousand people in Shenzhou without the Immortal Alliance knowing, only to become aware recently..."

With Earth's population density, a ten thousand member cult is already an international incident, let alone in Shenzhou which has a population smaller than Earth's. Besides, despite its feudal appearance, Shenzhou possesses Information Age technology, making news flow extremely quickly. Developing a hundred thousand member cult silently here? Impossible.

Wang Qi mused, "I actually suspect it's a Divine Spirit left from ancient times."

"Impossible. At its zenith, the Holy Infant Sect violently destroyed the Ancient Gods' Divine Sacrifices, cutting off their incense fire and annihilating their bodies. Any slightly famous Divine Spirit was killed," Chen Feng asserted emphatically. "The Holy Infant Sect is called the greatest Divine Tao ever, and its revered God was the first in history to break through to the Immortal Realm and stay in the mortal world. How could there be any existence in Shenzhou that could surpass Him?"

That is to say, either Hongyuan is far stronger than the Holy Infant, or Hongyuan has emerged in the two thousand years following the fall of the Holy Infant Sect and the rise of the Modern Era. Although Teacher Feng mentioned that Hongyuan's claim of exterminating the Ancient Demon Clan was just self-aggrandizement...

After discussing Wang Qi's experiences, Chen Feng said to Wang Qi, "You've established your Magic Foundation and advanced to Foundation Establishment, so we can renegotiate our contract, Wang Qi." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)