Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 251 Inventory of Gains

Chapter 251: Chapter 251 Inventory of Gains

Shen Siyuan returned home, only to find nothing to do.

Opening his computer, he didn’t even feel like playing games.

The reason people enjoy games is that they’re a form of spiritual sanctuary, where what can’t be accomplished or obtained in reality can easily be achieved in games, giving a sense of achievement.

But now, what can be achieved in games, Shen Siyuan could achieve in reality as well, which made him lose interest in gaming.

Dou Dou was nowhere to be found, Duoduo was at home, and Xiao Yue hadn’t come back either.

So Shen Siyuan habitually submerged his consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness, and saw several strands of golden light floating above the Sea of Consciousness, which were the Merit Golden Light.

At this moment, he possessed a total of nine strands of merit.

Originally he had five strands, but by helping Zhao Ru Jin fulfill his wish, he gained two strands. Although Zhao stayed in Ruijin to accompany his mother and grandmother, and didn’t return to the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, he definitely couldn’t escape, so the two strands of merit were not missed.

The other two strands came from Le Yao; with the help of the Special Affairs Bureau, Grandma Xia was well placed. Although Grandma Xia had a pelvic fracture and had broken several ribs on her left chest, Song Meixian arranged for someone to take care of her, so she didn’t need to worry at all, and thus she didn’t need to accompany Grandma Xia anymore.

Even Song Meixian assured her that she would re-investigate the matter of her being framed and getting addicted to drugs in the past, but Le Yao actually didn’t care much anymore. So much time had passed, and even if the perpetrator was caught, what difference would it make? She was already dead, she had completely let go, moreover, the perpetrator was likely also addicted to drugs, and their life was probably not much better than hers.

However, she did not refuse Song Meixian’s kindness and only asked to inform Shen Siyuan of this matter before she returned to Bin Hai to see Duoduo one last time and then serenely entered the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

And now, he had two unfulfilled wishes.

One was Zhao Xuerong; Xiao Yue had left with her yesterday, and he didn’t know how she was now, whether she had resolved her wish.

The other was Cui Junhui, who had his life controlled by his mother. His wish was for Shen Siyuan to help him plant three trees by the Zhu River bank, and to mail out some letters for him.

Since Cui Junhui’s home was not in Bin Hai but in Anxi Town, although both are in Qionghai, the distance was still not short, so Shen Siyuan could only go there either by taking a leave or waiting for a rest day.

There was also Sister Mei Qi, Dou Dou’s good friend, who had visited him several times with Dou Dou, always seeming to want to speak but hesitating, ultimately not revealing her wish to Shen Siyuan. He didn’t rush her; since it was a matter of wishes, they can’t be forced.

As Shen Siyuan’s thoughts moved, a rosy light emerged from the deepest part of the Sea of Consciousness.

The Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword emerged from the "surface of the water", shining brilliantly in his Sea of Consciousness, his current most powerful offensive technique.

Regrettably, both the hilt and blade of the sword were not very solidified, giving a sense of illusion rather than being like a real, sharp Divine Sword, so he still needed to spend a lot of time to continue refining it.

The potential of the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword was very high and also very practical, so initially, Shen Siyuan would focus mainly on this Magic Skill, with simple practice, and it also included a few derived Escape Skills, enough for Shen Siyuan to use in the early stages.

The Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword, like a fish, shuttled back and forth in Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness, leaving behind trails of splendid light, illuminating the entire Sea of Consciousness.

Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness was not clear to the bottom but was in a semi-murky state. Below the surface, shadows flashed by from time to time, some like enormous whales, others as fierce as demons, and some like Fierce Ghosts lurking at the bottom of the sea, peering at the surface...

These were the incarnations of Shen Siyuan’s malevolent thoughts, commonly referred to as Heart Demons.

No one can have a completely pure mind, not even a virtuous monk, let alone an ordinary person like Shen Siyuan who has struggled and scrambled through the secular world.

However, none of that mattered as Shen Siyuan’s mind stirred, and a Sky-reaching Banner surfaced from the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, suppressing all malevolent thoughts and Heart Demons.

Although it was damaged, within the Sea of Consciousness, it penetrated heaven and earth, stirring up colossal waves the moment it appeared.

The malevolent thoughts and Heart Demons lurking at the bottom of the water vanished without a trace, leaving Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness crystal clear. As the waves dissipated, it was like a mirror, reflecting all thoughts within Shen Siyuan’s Divine Sense.

At Shen Siyuan’s will, four strands of Merit fell onto the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, but this time, they did not land on the banner’s surface, but on the staff instead. Golden threads coursed up the staff following a celestial crack, coiling like a Golden Dragon around it.

Far from ruining the original beauty, it added a measure of majesty.

It seemed that because the staff was somewhat repaired, the flag fluttered more audibly, with billows of black smoke rising from its surface into the sky, stirring up monumental waves again in the Sea of Consciousness. The devils born from evil and malevolent thoughts hidden in the deepest recesses of the consciousness fled in terror.

In that moment, Shen Siyuan was emotionally stirred, yet his mind was strikingly clear.

Fortune favors the mind; Shen Siyuan’s form emerged atop the surface of the sea within his Sea of Consciousness, assuming the posture of the third phase second layer of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms.

Ever since abstaining from the use of Merit, Shen Siyuan had mastered the first layer of the third phase, but had made no further progress, being stuck at the second layer.

The Great Arhat Eighteen Forms is initially for new disciples to temper their physical bodies, but eventually, most would shift to Inner Cultivation.

However, that doesn’t mean the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms is ineffective. Carrying the name of the great Arhat, its potential couldn’t be low; it’s just that the skill is easy to learn but hard to master. Many Cultivators spend their lives practicing but, even at the end of their days, still find achievement elusive.

This is somewhat similar to the Dragon Elephant Wisdom in the novel "The Return of the Condor Heroes."

Shen Siyuan didn’t want to practice such a time-consuming Cultivation Technique, but with no spiritual energy in this realm, he had to choose a technique to temper his physical body. Hence, it was natural to choose one with high potential.

Fortunately, he had the shortcut of using Merit, unlike the Cultivators in the Great Wilderness who had to rely on painstaking effort to slowly refine themselves. After all, Merit is extremely hard to come by in the Great Wilderness, and no one would waste it on physical tempering techniques.

In the Great Wilderness, the path of Outer Cultivation is divided into Whole Strength, Muscle Building, Refining Muscles, Bone Forging, Marrow Cleansing, Blood Exchange, Tong Qiao, and Immortal.

Ordinary Cultivators must proceed step by step, strengthening their physical bodies. They cannot reverse the order, or else their bodies might easily collapse. But the strength of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms lies in the ability to simultaneously cultivate in the initial stages of Whole Strength, Muscle Building, Refining Muscles, and Bone Forging.

Of course, this also means the time spent practicing increases exponentially.

So, if you asked Shen Siyuan what realm he was currently in, he actually couldn’t give you a clear answer.

However, once he reaches the sixteenth phase and sixth layer of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms, he can unapologetically claim to have perfected Bone Forging, also known as the Buddhist Vajra Body.

This is not comparable to the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill in novels, but a true Timeless, Vajra Unbreakable existence.

And within the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms, the seventeenth phase corresponds to Marrow Cleansing, and the Eighteenth Forms corresponds to Blood Exchange.

As for the subsequent stages of Tong Qiao and Immortal, they are beyond the reach of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms, which has its limits there.

But don’t underestimate this Cultivation Technique; if one can practice to the sixth layer of the eighteenth phase, then below Immortal, all can be dominated, the power is absolutely brutal and fierce.

And as Shen Siyuan began to move, the second layer of the third phase of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms finally began to loosen, slowly advancing...