The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 447

Chapter 447: Chapter 443: The Art of Nurturing Spirits with Ghosts Chapter 447: Chapter 443: The Art of Nurturing Spirits with Ghosts “Nonsense, this is Chang'an City, what monster dares to cause trouble here without fearing death.” The boat captain glared at the burly fisherman and huffed.

“Then what's going on?” The burly fisherman, slightly calmed, asked again.

“Judging by the situation, there must have been an Immortal Master using magic underwater just now.” The captain took a deep puff of his dry tobacco, and amidst the cloud of smoke, he slowly explained.

“An Immortal Master! Is he still here? Let's go and meet him. Maybe we could get some life-extending immortal pills.” The eyes of the big fisherman brightened as he looked around the boat.

The other fishermen were doing the same thing.

Although there were many cultivators in Chang'an City, they could only be approached by some superior people. They were all poor and common people, and they still held high hopes for cultivators.

“Stop messing around, start the boat!” The boat captain stared sternly at the burly fisherman and commanded to start the boat in a subdued voice.

The big fisherman shut his mouth in silence.

The others also dared not say anything and slowly started the boat. They traveled several miles ahead before the boat captain ordered them to stop.

“Captain, why didn't you let me call out to the Immortal Master?” The big fisherman protested.

The other men were equally baffled.

“You people actually think all Immortal Masters are kind and charitable?” The captain sneered.

“Aren't they?” The big fisherman asked.

“You lot, you know too little about Immortal Masters. As far as I know, there are both good and evil among them. The good ones are indeed kind to us common folks, but the evil ones would kill without batting an eye. They are far more terrifying than bandits and monsters. We don't know whether the Immortal Master underwater just now was good or evil. If you all carelessly approach him, you might die without knowing how.” The captain warned with a cold huff.

Upon hearing this, the fishermen were shocked but also enlightened.

Ten yards below the vortex area that had just appeared, a figure was sitting cross-legged. It was Shen Luo.

He interlocked his hands in front of his chest, forming a hand seal. A faint crystal light twinkled in the center of his forehead, and his entire body was enveloped in a blue light, forming a sphere several yards in diameter, with countless phantom waves in blue bouncing within it.

The surrounding river water was kept completely out, leaving his clothes dry and clean, without a drop of water on them.

“So it isn't working after all…” Exhaled Shen Luo, releasing his hand seal as the crystal light on his forehead quickly faded.

After six months of harsh cultivation, he successfully elevated his cultivation level to the peak of the Grain Avoidance Stage, relying on the power of Dual-element True Water. The process went smoothly.

He had also consumed the eight Meridian Expansion Spiritual Pills, which had increased his mana by almost half.

With the experience of his breakthrough to the Soul Condensation Stage in Dreamland, as well as his greatly boosted mana, Shen Luo attempted to break through again. Unfortunately, he still ended up in failure.

The principle of advancing to the Soul Condensation Stage is actually very simple. The cultivator operates all his mana, vital energy, and life force to infuse into a mysterious checkpoint known as the Heavenly Gate located deep in his head.

The Heavenly Gate is not an acupoint, but an extremely elusive location. It connects the human body and divine soul, and only those who reached the peak of the Grain Avoidance Stage can sense it.

Simply breaking open this gate would draw in mana and life force to stimulate the brain, strengthen the soul power in the sea of consciousness, fully condense a human-shaped divine soul, and thus advance to the Soul Condensation Stage.

While advancing to the Soul Condensation Stage might seem as simple as opening only one acupoint, the difficulty overcoming this step is insurmountable for many.

The Essence Element Point is located deep within the brain, and utmost caution is needed during its opening. A slight mishap could damage the brain, resulting in idiocy.

Moreover, taking this step not only allows the formation of divine soul but also significantly enhances the connection between a Cultivator and the Heaven and Earth, guiding Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi into the marrow, so that the body of the Cultivator undergoes a rebirth and extends their lifespan.

In Dreamland, Shen Luo's aptitude was top-notch, having opened up twenty meridians inside his body, with unparalleled mana. Without much difficulty, he successfully opened the Essence Element Point and refined his divine soul.

However, his attempt to advance to the Soul Condensation Stage in reality was a vastly different situation.

He only had three meridians in his body. Even after ingesting the Meridian Expansion Pill to expand his meridians, his mana was still too weak. Even with the experience gleaned from the Dreamland, it was insufficient.

“It seems like external force is still necessary,” Shen Luo thought to himself.

He was not disheartened. In this attempt to advance to the Soul Condensation Stage, he hadn't held high hopes in the first place. He had only recklessly tried it once.

If it didn't work, he planned to implement the second plan.

In the Pure Yang Sword Canon, there was a record of a secret technique that nurtured the soul with ghosts, which could assist in advancing the Soul Condensation Stage.

The key to the Soul Condensation Stage is to cultivate the soul with essence. As ghosts are similar to soul entities, this secret technique leverages the Ghostly Qi to stimulate the Heavenly Gate in the brain, accelerating the cultivation of the soul power.

However, to perform this secret technique, it is necessary to catch a Fierce Ghost. The higher the cultivation of the ghost, the greater the chance of success.

“When I was at the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, my master went to Ma Family at the Baihe Town to exorcise the ghost. It seemed that he captured that fierce female ghost and nurtured it. Could it be preparations for the breakthrough to the Soul Condensation Stage?” Shen Luo abruptly remembered an incident from a long time ago.

Upon considering this, he couldn't help but recall his time at the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, Daoist Luo, Tian Tiesheng, Bai Xiaotian…

What a pity that except for Bai Xiaotian, the whereabouts of others are unknown. To reunite with them seems as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Shen Luo quickly pulled himself out of his thoughts, not indulging in futile sentimentality any longer. He got up, activated the Water-control Technique, and slipped back into the small courtyard through the waterway.

After emerging from the well, he started considering where to catch the ghost.

Although Shen Luo had stayed in Chang'an City for a period of time, he was still clueless about the locations of powerful ghost entities in the city. Among the cultivators he knew in Chang'an City, after racking his brains, he could only think of Ma Xiuxiu, Lu Huaming, and Xie Yuxin.

At the moment, he didn't wish to reach out to Ma Xiuxiu. Regardless of whether Xie Yuxin had returned, given her low cultivation level and standard social circle with many scattered cultivators, odds were low that she knew about powerful ghost entities.

Considering all these factors, the best person to make inquiries of was only Lu Huaming left.

After pondering for a while, Shen Luo kneaded his face. There was a sound similar to the popping of beans as his bones moved. He then approached the edge of the well and looked at his reflection in the water. Nodding his head in satisfaction, he admired his handiwork.

He had transformed into a simple-minded young man with a long face. Be it his appearance or demeanor, nothing resembled his former self, to the degree that even his closest family would unlikely recognize him.

Over the past half a year, he occasionally studied the “Body Refining Secret Text” during his breaks from cultivation, which led him to gain a deeper understanding of his body. The Secret Manual contained changes to body structure, which was somewhat similar to the Bone Pinching Disguise Technique.

Now, his application of the Bone Pinching Disguise Technique has become more exquisite and longer-lasting, unlike before when it would only last for a brief while.

Shen Luo carefully inspected his body once again to ensure that no details would give him away, before leaving the small courtyard.