Rapidnovel #129 - The first ray of mana
#129 - The first ray of mana
Zhang Chen looked at the words, his eyes filled with confusion, his mind full of question marks.
The idea was good, but really deciphering it was not easy at all.
“The most important thing is to understand the meaning of each word.” Zhang Chen looked at the pinyin and finally realized its flaws.
If it were everyday language, using pinyin to spell it out would naturally not be a problem, because after spelling it out, everyone would naturally understand its meaning. But this is the mysterious Qi refining language, very obscure. After spelling it out, who can know its meaning?
Zhang Chen stopped writing directly, and then looked at the words marked with pinyin, feeling that this job was impossible.
This is a Qi refining technique. A single wrong word could lead to a completely different path, directly crippling someone. How could he dare to muddle through like this?
But if you asked him to spend time learning the words, it would take three to five years, and he couldn't wait that long.
“This is difficult! Are you saying I have to wait another three to five years?” Zhang Chen looked at the book, a hint of contemplation in his eyes. He didn't have three to five years to wait.
“If I could explode this Qi refining technique into a skill, it would be a matter of overnight success for me.” Zhang Chen stroked the scripture, remembering the Light of the Righteous God that exploded from the Xisheng Sutra.
“But the Xisheng Sutra exploded the Light of the Righteous God because there was an original golden book. I have attended morning classes with everyone for the past month. I have listened to the Huangting Sutra dozens of times, but still have gained nothing. It seems that if I want to explode the scriptures into skills, I must have the original version.” Zhang Chen thought to himself.
“What to do?”
This was what Zhang Chen was having a headache about. Did he have to steal the original golden book of the Huangting Sutra?
Then he would have to know where the golden book was hidden!
If he wanted to know where the golden book was hidden, he would have to climb to the higher levels of the Huangtian Dao before he had a chance to find out the news.
Zhang Chen was silent for a while, then picked up the scriptures, sat in front of the lamp, and began to recite them. At this time, Zhang Chen also had an idea in his mind: "If I read the book a hundred times, its meaning will become clear. If I read it a few more times, maybe I can find a way to decipher it."
Zhang Chen took the scriptures and, by the light of the lamp, stumbling over the pinyin, began to recite.
This was the only way he could think of at the moment. If he read the book a hundred times, its meaning would become clear. He really had no other choice.
The first time was stumbling.
The second time was slightly smoother.
The third time still had typos.
The fifth time, there were very few typos.
The sixth time...
The seventh time...
… …
Zhang Chen recited until late at night, then stopped reciting and went to the bed to meditate and study the mysterious world. But after studying all night, he still couldn't find a way to break through the barrier.
The next morning, the shouts of Little Bean Ding woke Zhang Chen up. Then, Zhang Chen, with a strong sleepiness, got up to wash, and the two went to morning class together.
“This is for you.” On the way to the square, Little Bean Ding suddenly stuffed an object into Zhang Chen's hand.
Zhang Chen took it and saw that it was a palm-sized cloth bag, embroidered with two crooked little figures, one large and one small, holding hands. It looked very ugly.
At this time, Little Bean Ding took out a similar bag from his arms, opened it, and it was filled with snacks. He showed off to Zhang Chen: "When I was sewing the bag last night, I thought you didn't even have a purse to hold things, so I sewed one for you."
As he spoke, he took out a snack from the cloth bag and stuffed it into his mouth, his face full of pride: "How is it? The one I sewed is pretty good, right?"
Zhang Chen touched the cloth bag, the corners of his mouth raised in a smile. For a five-year-old child, the handwork was indeed impeccable.
“Not bad, I like it very much. I'll bring you more snacks next time.” Zhang Chen said with a smile.
As he spoke, Little Bean Ding stuffed the snacks into his waist, and then said to Zhang Chen: "Where did you get these delicious things? Take me with you next time? I've searched Huangli Temple all over, but I didn't find these good things."
Zhang Chen stroked Little Bean Ding's head and casually agreed: "We'll go together later."
Morning was still morning exercises, and everyone practiced martial arts together. Only, Zhang Chen gradually discovered that something was wrong with the Taoist temple. The disciples in these Taoist temples were somewhat fanatical, like crazy believers, worshiping the Great God Huangtian and even more worshiping the Great Celestial Master as if he were a god.
Normally, it would be fine to chat normally, but once the Great Celestial Master was mentioned, he would definitely be like a god in the world. If anyone dared to say a bad word about the Great Celestial Master, they would definitely wave their fists and turn against each other in a life-and-death struggle, like a mortal enemy.
This scene made Zhang Chen feel a chill in his heart. He only felt that the Huangtian Dao indeed had some methods in brainwashing people, turning the three thousand martial arts disciples into crazy believers. If they went down the mountain to cause trouble in the future, who knew how much trouble they would cause.
Today's breakfast was halved. There were no steamed buns, and even the vegetable porridge was only half a portion.
The Law Enforcement Elder led seven hunting dogs to sniff around everyone, but gained nothing.
Zhang Chen looked at the half bucket of porridge in his hand, his mind flashing: "The Huangtian Dao is also having a hard time. If the drought doesn't ease, I'm afraid the entire Northern Land will be in chaos."
Back in the house, Zhang Chen gave the rice porridge to Little Bean Ding to drink. He was not lacking food and drink now. He had eaten and drank heartily at his Shiniang's house last night, and had not digested it all night.
Morning class, work, and then all the remaining time was spent practicing writing, martial arts, and reciting scriptures.
Zhang Chen also understood that even if he figured out the Qi refining formula in the future, he would have to memorize it, so he might as well memorize it now.
The sixth night.
Zhang Chen held the scriptures in his hand. He had recited them hundreds of times in the past seven days. At this time, Zhang Chen recited not only very fluently, but also rarely made mistakes, almost forming an instinctive muscle memory.
It was night.
All was silent. Zhang Chen sat under the moonlight. The bright moonlight sprinkled down, absorbed by Zhang Chen, nourishing Zhang Chen's spirit, making Zhang Chen's perception more acute, his thinking more agile, and his brain clear. At this time, reciting the chapters of the scriptures was like being helped by God. It seemed to be blessed in the dark. Not only was there no mistake in this recitation, but there was also no pause. He actually recited it all in one breath.
Along with Zhang Chen's recitation, vibrating sounds echoed in his body. The complete recitation tone seemed to provoke the Light of the Righteous God in his body. The vibrating tone formed a strange frequency, directly sensing the Light of the Righteous God in Zhang Chen's body. Then, a wisp of Zhang Chen's Light of the Righteous God actually separated out, vibrating according to that frequency, like a spiritual snake, wandering through the meridians of Zhang Chen's body.
As Zhang Chen finished reciting, the wisp of the Light of the Righteous God flashed slightly, as if some change had occurred. The wisp of the Light of the Righteous God did not return to the main force of the Light of the Righteous God, but came all the way to Zhang Chen's upper dantian. In an instant, there was a loud bang in the ancestral aperture of the upper dantian's brow, like the creation of the world, splitting open from a state of turbidity with that light.
The ancestral aperture of the brow was filled with righteousness and light, evolving into a zhang of void, with only that unique golden light transforming into the only one.
However, these changes were not over yet. The golden light rooted in the upper dantian twisted and transformed into countless fine runes. There were a total of one thousand two hundred runes, arranged according to a unique pattern, transforming into a illusory azure lotus.
The lotus was illusory, still in the state of a bud, and seemed to be surrounded by endless mysteries.
And at this moment, a series of inexplicable chanting sounds came from the lotus:
“The medicine pearl is rich within, the flying gold behind the elbow, compassion penetrates inversion, pure chanting outside of objects. Dispersing and transforming into the five forms transforms into myriad gods, 甲乙庚辛, 丙丁壬癸, myriad transformations of divine power, the five forms gather. Nine yangs return and revolve, seven returns communicate spiritually, the night light appears, startling the spirit. The divine-covered child is born of purple marriage, purple mist and red light, forming a canopy, divine power is trance-like, the form is indestructible. It is said that the jade book can be studied carefully. Exhausting myriad scriptures, mastering the jade secrets, the way of nature, the virtue of true merit…”
Along with the sound of chanting, Zhang Chen naturally understood the meaning of it. The words that could only be read clumsily with the help of pinyin were now instantly understood.
At this moment, his golden finger interface changed for a while:
【7 Skills (Entry): Qi Refining First Level (0/1000)】
“I've entered the door?” Zhang Chen looked at the illusory lotus in his upper dantian, a look of disbelief in his eyes.
He actually entered the door like this.
And at this time, he also understood that although the content of this scripture was important, the frequency of its chanting was also very important.
Most importantly, what exactly was the light of the True God in his lower dantian? How could it be related to the Qi Refining Technique? After the inexplicable transformation of that frequency, it actually turned into the power of Qi Refining?
Zhang Chen 'looked at' the lotus in his upper dantian. A wisp of golden airflow in the lotus bud condensed into substance, with one thousand two hundred faint runes flashing within. He had a near-instinctive intuition in his heart: Mana! That was his mana!
Mana that belonged to him!
“The most crucial thing for my successful cultivation is that I first possessed the light of the True God. The light of the True God is drawn by the frequency of my chanting, and naturally runs the cycle, only then can it form mana.” Zhang Chen was thoughtful at this time. Since he stepped into the realm of forgetting the form, it was as if he had opened his mind, and many things became clear in his heart.
“A bit interesting.” Zhang Chen muttered to himself: “The origin of my light of the True God must be incredible. From this, it can be seen how mysterious the origin of that page of the Western Ascension Scripture is.”
At this time, Zhang Chen carefully sensed that strand of mana, and countless information surged into his mind.
“Mana is a kind of Qi, a very peculiar kind of Qi. Mana itself has no effect, it is just an energy that provides power for supernatural powers. If I want to make mana work, I must first possess the incantation of supernatural powers or spells.” Zhang Chen understood in his heart.
After he cultivated the first strand of mana, all kinds of understanding naturally appeared in his heart.
Just ask him to find spells? Supernatural powers? Where would he find them? Go dig up big tombs? Go grave robbing?
Then Zhang Chen looked at his golden finger interface:
【Name: Zhang Chen】
【1 Skill (Fourth Order): Light of the True God -\u003e Automatic Cruise (0/200000)】
【2 Skill (Second Order): Dragon Qi (0/200000)】
【3 Skill (First Order): Transform Blood Bat (0/1000000)】
【4 Skill (Second Order): Water Control Technique + Weak Water (0/100000)】 Dragon Ball doubles the increase, one hundred meters. Freezing increases by one meter - two meters.
【5 Skill (First Order): Soul Hooking Chain (0/1000000)】
【6 Skill (Ultimate): Forget the Form (0/400000)】
【7 Skill (Entry): Qi Refining First Level (0/1000)】
【Points: 5562】
“My skills, according to some logic, should also belong to the category of supernatural powers, right?” Zhang Chen looked at his skills, a bright light in his eyes, and directly began to try.
The next moment, the mana in the upper dantian lotus directly activated, and then Zhang Chen thought in his heart, the Beast Control Technique was actually stimulated with the urging of mana, but the scope of control was very small, only about a meter.
“Mana can really stimulate skills?” Zhang Chen was overjoyed at this time, his heart full of surprises.
Although the mana was very weak, it couldn't stand the lack of restrictions! Moreover, with mana, many supernatural powers would no longer have a limit on the number of times.
Most importantly, if he had spells in the future, he could also learn them himself, instead of simply relying on the golden finger to master them.
“Add points! Add points!” Zhang Chen also realized the weakness of his mana, and quickly directly began to add points.
The next moment, the points directly evaporated, and Zhang Chen's seven skills changed and flickered:
【7 Skills (Entry): Qi Refining Second Level (0/2000)】
At this time, there was a transformation in his lotus, and wisps of mana appeared out of thin air in the azure lotus.
“The skill points consumed are a bit too much.” Zhang Chen looked at the points after the Qi Refining Technique was upgraded to the second level, and his gaze fell on the points. Upgrading to the second level of Qi Refining actually required two thousand points. Calculated in this way, upgrading to the third level of Qi Refining requires four thousand points. Upgrading to the fourth level of Qi Refining requires eight thousand points. Upgrading to the fifth level of Qi Refining requires sixteen thousand points. Upgrading to the sixth level of Qi Refining would require thirty-two thousand points…
“It's simply a gold-devouring beast, who can withstand this? If this is upgraded to the twelfth level, there is no need to talk about the upgrades in between, even the simple twelfth level would require two million forty-eight thousand points! Adding up the points from each level upgrade, this is definitely a gold-devouring behemoth! Who can withstand this?”
Zhang Chen smacked his lips secretly: “Unless I dig open the tomb of the Emperor's Daughter! And with so many points, I'm afraid my skills would have been upgraded to an incredible level, and the twelfth-order skill ability could almost be ground out, right?”
Zhang Chen was caught in a dilemma at this time, whether to quickly upgrade his skills and upgrade them to the twelfth level, or choose to upgrade the Qi Refining Technique?
Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Qi Refining skill, a look of entanglement in his eyes.
What to do?
No matter how much mana is accumulated, if there are no supernatural powers to exert its effect, then it is just useless.
“Trade-offs!” Zhang Chen took a breath, then slowly closed his eyes, lay on the bed and pondered. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't sort out his thoughts, and began to ponder the scriptures again. At this time, the words of the scriptures were pearls of wisdom, appearing in his mind.
“No!” Suddenly, at a certain moment, Zhang Chen suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and sat up in the dark night: “This Yellow Court Scripture is incomplete, it's just the opening state, only the Qi Refining entry chapter, there are chapters behind!”
This Yellow Court Scripture was actually an incomplete version, with only the Qi Refining chapter. What about after the Qi Refining chapter?
What will I do after my Qi Refining is complete?
Or is it that the Immortal Dao originally only had the Qi Refining chapter, and there were no later realms? Can one become an immortal after Qi Refining is complete?