Chapter 1252

"Heaven is long and earth is enduring.

The reason heaven and earth can be long and enduring is that they do not live for themselves, hence they can live long.

Therefore, the sage puts his own person last, and yet his person is found in the forefront; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet his person is preserved.

Is it not because he has no selfishness? Hence he is able to accomplish his selfishness."

These forty-nine characters came from the "Dao Jing" of the "Dao De Jing", but the characters in the Longevity Art were like a translation and annotation of these forty-nine characters, with the entire text revolving around these contents in its summary.

That was why Su Xuan said the Longevity Art was a bit like the "Dao De Jing", yet it seemed to be and yet not be.

Conversely, it was very likely that it was not the Longevity Art that was like the "Dao De Jing", but that the Dao Ancestor Lao Dan had referred to the Longevity Art when writing the "Dao De Jing", just as Zhuang Zhou had referred to the Qiuli Sword when writing the "Xiaoyao You" in the Qin world.

The more Su Xuan studied the Longevity Art, the more he sighed with emotion.

"This is a supreme method for refining essence into qi~~!"

Cultivating the Longevity Art, once one entered the gate, one could draw the power of heaven and earth into the body, using the power of heaven and earth to condense Innate True Qi. Such a technique was far superior to ordinary cultivation methods. But there was also a price to pay. The Longevity Art was a technique that Guang Chengzi had comprehended from the "God of War Record" while studying the Dao of Longevity. It did not contain the Dao of Shattering the Void; what it had were only means to teach people how to preserve their youthful appearance and how to live long.

And to live long and preserve one's youthful appearance, one needed to refine essence into qi and use qi to preserve one's youthful appearance. Therefore, the Innate Internal Qi condensed by the Longevity Art possessed various special characteristics, but it was not without its drawbacks. Because of the refining of essence into qi, those who cultivated the Longevity Art found it very difficult to bear children.

After finishing the characters on the Longevity Art, Su Xuan looked at the seven diagrams on the Longevity Art.

These seven diagrams were diagrams for guiding and circulating qi.

They corresponded to the powers of the seven attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin, and yang.

Among the seven diagrams, the last two were the most complex, simply because these two corresponded precisely to the powers of the yin and yang attributes. Yin and yang were like movement and stillness; it could be said that these two diagrams were the essence of the Longevity Art.

And the constitutions of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling happened to be one yin and one yang, and their personalities were also one movement and one stillness, which happened to match the attributes of these two diagrams on the Longevity Art. Coupled with the fact that they had no common knowledge of martial arts, they had successfully cultivated the Longevity Art by a stroke of luck.

Of course, while they were said to be yin and yang attributes, in reality, these two diagrams had you within me and me within you. As the saying goes, yin reaches its extreme and yang is born, yang reaches its extreme and yin is born. Kou Zhong cultivated the sixth diagram, which represented "yang" and was primarily based on movement, but the internal energy he cultivated turned out to be of a cold, yin attribute. Xu Ziling cultivated the seventh diagram, which represented "yin" and was primarily based on stillness, but the internal energy he cultivated turned out to be of a masculine, yang attribute.

"I can only say, as expected of protagonists. I am afraid that even Guang Chengzi, who wrote the Longevity Art, never imagined that there would be people in later generations who would cultivate the Longevity Art in this way!"

The last two diagrams were the most profound two diagrams in the Longevity Art. It could be said that the first five diagrams representing the five elements were all laying the foundation for these last two diagrams.

Yet Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling directly skipped these five diagrams and started practicing the last two diagrams from the very beginning, and yet they succeeded.

Su Xuan's current strength had long since approached that of an immortal, reaching the Mysterious Penetration Realm.

Even though only a fragment of his Primordial Spirit had come to this world, and his body was condensed from the wish-power and faith-power of the masses within the He's Jade, his vision still existed.

In the brief moment after obtaining the Longevity Art, he had grasped the secret of the Longevity Art.

In the end, besides his understanding of the plot, it was also because the height at which Su Xuan stood was high enough.

If it were the "God of War Record", he might not be able to fully understand it for a while, but the Longevity Art was different. Not to mention that Su Xuan recognized the majority of the oracle bone script upon it, the Longevity Art was a simplified version of the "God of War Record", but it had deleted the Dao of Shattering the Void, taking only the Dao of health preservation and longevity. This was likely a book written by this ancient imperial teacher to reply to the Yellow Emperor when the Yellow Emperor had sought the Dao of Longevity from Guang Chengzi in the past.

It was just unknown whether the Yellow Emperor of this world had died of old age or had ascended riding a dragon?

In this world, ascension was not an inconceivable thing.

According to the terminology of this world, it was called—Shattering the Void!

Although in the original novel, the most recent shatterers were the Heavenly Master Sun En and the Desolate Sword Yan Fei, from the scene where Yan Fei witnessed the merging of the Heaven, Earth, and Heart pendants to open the immortal gate, it could be seen that in even more ancient times, there were already people who had shattered the void. Because the Dao of Shattering the Void could only be understood and not spoken, the other party had left that power within the three pendants, waiting for later generations.

Yan Fei witnessed the strange scene of the three pendants merging, which was equivalent to seeing someone else shatter the void before his eyes. This was a perfect demonstration, which was why he was able to comprehend the Immortal Gate Sword Art and subsequently shatter the void.

"｀ 」What a pity!"

After understanding the secret of the Longevity Art, Su Xuan felt some regret.

Although the Longevity Art was profound and worthy of the name of one of the Four Great Strange Books, it was still impossible to use it to grasp the Dao of Shattering the Void.

Of the remaining three strange books, the "God of War Record" was ethereal and untraceable, and could only be found by seeking the Jingyan Palace. The final "Cihang Sword Canon" could only be practiced by women, and whether it could shatter the void was unclear to anyone. Therefore, for Su Xuan, the only remaining choice now was the "Dao Heart Planting Demon".