Chapter 18: Chapter 18: The So-called Water Mirror and Solar Corona_1

This completely dumbfounded Chen Chang’an.

"Junior Sister, let’s get to the point, my meaning is that you shouldn’t go to the waterfall for cultivation in the future."

"Ah? Senior Brother, why?" Mao Ruxue asked in confusion.

"What else could it be for, other than the fact that those words were nonsense from Emperor Song!"

Chen Chang’an’s mouth twitched.

What half sun halo, half water mirror, these were indeed all nonsense he came up with back then.

Unable to do anything about it, some people questioned him too viciously, and he couldn’t justify it without making up an excuse.

The truth was, he was lying by the water mirror window on the second floor of the scripture repository, enjoying the warm sun halo, while reading books.

Then, a few days later, after finishing the book, he got divine skills.

What sunlight, what waterfall, those were all nonsense!

Then, once when he was short of money, he wrote down all the nonsense he had spewed over the years, compiled it into a book - ’Anecdotes of the Song Emperor’.

He took it to a publishing house for sale.

The result...

The sales were surprisingly good,

Just a few days after it went on sale, it spread like wildfire across the entire Wuxiang realm.

That’s not the most outrageous part!

The most outrageous part is that

Chen Chang’an found that many things in that book, which were clearly made-up nonsense by him, were not only reasonable, some didn’t even make sense.

However, the more outrageous it was, the more people believed it!

The contents that he wrote seriously, not many people were willing to believe in them.

Even when he later held a public meeting to clarify the matter, no one believed him.

This is simply unbelievable!

After a long time of this, Chen Chang’an eventually let it go.

He didn’t bother, whoever wanted to believe it could believe it.

At least he wasn’t like Saitama, saying it was due to doing push-ups and sprinting.

He had been as kind as he could be.

But, Chen Chang’an originally thought this matter had been settled.

But now it seems like it hasn’t, his foolish junior sister seems to have been poisoned by that book as well.

What the hell.

The feeling of shooting himself in the foot, it’s quite profound.

Does this cultivation method have any effect?

Yes!

If it can help cultivators relieve their cold and runny nose, then this would be its effect.

Otherwise, nothing else has been found yet.

"Senior Brother, this is not right,"

"Emperor Song can’t be wrong, look, I have his exact words here."

Upon hearing Chen Chang’an’s words, Mao Ruxue did not believe him.

The next moment, she took out a worn-out book from her chest.

’Anecdotes of the Song Emperor’!

Then.

She turned to one of the pages and pointed at the words on it, speaking to Chen Chang’an.

This book was Mao Ruxue’s greatest confidence!

You must know.

This book was exchanged for half a year of her hard-earned wages!

It cost her two whole Dao Source Stones!

That price, so steep that it still hurts her to this day.

"Although it was indeed written like that."

"But, Junior Sister, do you know...

Why your senior brother has turned out like this?"

Chen Chang’an asked a rhetorical question.

"Why?" Mao Ruxue was puzzled.

Chen Chang’an didn’t say anything this time, he just stared at the book in Mao Ruxue’s hand.

"???"

"Senior Brother, are you saying you became a waste because you practiced this??"

Mao Ruxue was suddenly startled.

"Buddha said, it cannot be spoken."

Chen Chang’an didn’t give much further explanation.

Seeing that Mao Ruxue was shaken, he then avoided the topic.

Afterwards, Chen Chang’an reached into his chest, pulling out a book from within.

"Take this book,"

"It records some manuscripts I wrote on a whim while reading books over the years."

"Take it and read it when you have time, it might be of some help to your cultivation."

"Alright, that’s it for now, go ahead, I’m going to take a nap."

Once he finished speaking, Chen Chang’an turned around and left.

"Oh, Senior Brother."

With doubt, Mao Ruxue put the book into her chest, and then walked away with quick steps.

In the evening, the moon was bright while the stars were sparse!

The moon tonight was exceptionally round.

The bright moonlight sprinkled over the earth, making the ground appear bright and vast.

It was like a silver-clad world!

In the disciples’ quarters of the Daocang Mountain, Mao Ruxue quickly tidied up everything.

Sitting on her bed with crossed legs, she began to prepare for her cultivation.

Mao Ruxue didn’t choose the "Yin Yang Secret Canon" or "Life and Death in Bliss and Suffering".

Instead, she practiced the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture" and the "Bodhi Rebirth Sutra".

The "Purple Sun Heart Scripture" is a Fifth Realm cultivation technique, while the "Bodhi Rebirth Sutra" is a Fourth Realm divine skill.

These two.

One corresponds to the Daoist Gate!

The other to Buddhism!

With Daoism as the main focus.

And Buddhism as the auxiliary.

Cultivating both Daoism and Buddhism!

Practicing both Daoism and Buddhism has always been the main direction of practice for the cultivators of Tianshui Sect.

However, the prerequisite for this approach is.

Having to first learn the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture".

Even though "Purple Sun Heart Scripture" is just a Daoist method of the Fifth Realm.

Its inclusivity is very strong!

The Ziyang True Qi engendered from the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture".

Can automatically harmonize the different divine skill energies within a cultivator’s body.

Enabling them to coexist peacefully!

But.

The requirement is that the quality of the harmonized divine skills cannot exceed the level of the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture" being practiced.

Otherwise,

You cannot cultivate it!

Putt plainly, it’s like this.

Assuming you have cultivated the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture" to the Third Realm.

You can then choose to practice a Buddhist divine skill of the Second Realm alongside it.

The sky is the limit!

Of course, this is theoretically possible.

As for whether you can successfully cultivate, it depends on personal opportunities.

Being a disciple of the Tianshui Sect, Mao Ruxue naturally knew these rules.

However,

She had no plans to methodically cultivate the "Purple Sun Heart Scripture".

Her cultivation is currently at the Second Realm, if she were to cultivate methodically, it would take too much time.

If she cultivates both simultaneously, she would save a great amount of time.

The only risk is that there’s a high probability of failure.

She may waste years, unable to even get started!

However, this possibility didn’t seem to concern Mao Ruxue.

She was not like the other disciples of the Tianshui Sect, she had her own secret skills when it came to cultivation.

Therefore, without hesitation, Mao Ruxue decided to use this cultivation method.

No sooner said than done, she quickly opened both scriptures.

One on the left!

One on the right!

Multitasking!

Murmuring the incantations, she started her cultivation with crossed legs.

"Emptying the spirit, embracing the origin, the soul travels beyond the heavens, guiding the spirit into the body...."

"Neither polluted nor pure, with form or without, everything returns to nothingness, the realm born from the mind...."

It went smoothly at the beginning of the cultivation.

Mao Ruxue was quickly able to guide the spirit into her body and transform the spiritual energy by reciting the verses as described in the cultivation technique.

Not even a quarter of an hour had passed.

A hint of pure Daoist and Buddhist rhyme had begun to appear on her body!

With the blessings of the Daoist and Buddhist rhymes.

Mao Ruxue seemed like a celestial being descended from the heavens.

Her aura was unparalleled!

She just sat there, merging with heaven and earth.

She was extraordinarily mystical!

What’s more,

This mystical air became more evident as her cultivation deepened.

In the blink of an eye, Mao Ruxue was completely enveloped by these two kinds of energy.

She truly seemed like a celestial being landed on earth!

One can’t help but wonder – if she continues to cultivate like this,

Will she ascend to immortality in the next moment?

"Crack~!"

However, clearly that’s not going to happen!

Because things came to a halt here!

The next moment,

When the Daoist and Buddhist rhymes,

And the two dissimilar energies, reached a critical point.

An anomaly.

Occurred!

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