Chapter 422: Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art

Myriad-Mile Wandering Dragon.

Sun Lingtong was in the dragon-head cabin, staring at the scene before him, activating his innate talent and widening his pair of spiritual pupils.

The Myriad-Mile Wandering Dragon was piercing through the void!

All around was almost dim, lightless darkness, with streaks of silver lines in the black curtain, straightly shuttling beside the Myriad-Mile Wandering Dragon.

The silver lines were sometimes sparse, sometimes dense, and occasionally, blocks condensed from silver light would appear.

This was the scene of a Nascent Soul cultivator escaping through the void; the Myriad-Mile Wandering Dragon was a Nascent Soul-level mechanism, and its primary function was long-distance travel.

However, without a Nascent Soul to drive it, this single activation of void-escaping ability would inevitably consume a massive amount of fire essence, coming at a very high cost.

For the financial situation of the two, Sun and Ning, this was nothing short of a heavy blow.

Sun Lingtong seized the opportunity, watching intently, wanting to fully experience the process of void-escaping.

"This is a privilege only Nascent Soul cultivators have. Experiencing it at the Foundation Establishment stage will be of great benefit to my future cultivation breakthrough."

"It's a pity that Xiao Zhuo is in such a rush to heal his mother that he couldn't come over."

Sun Lingtong felt regret for Ning Zhuo.

Ever since they had distanced themselves from the Myriad Medicine Sect, Ning Zhuo had been unable to wait to dive into the refining cabin to begin the fire-burial of the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff.

Ning Zhuo held the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff in his hand and observed it for a moment.

The Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff could expand or shrink; at this moment, it had shrunk to its smallest size, resembling a model, making it very light and portable in Ning Zhuo's hand.

It only functioned when restored to its true size, and its weight would also be restored.

Ning Zhuo did not need to restore it for this fire-burial, simply burning the small model would suffice.

"A good boat, a truly good boat." Ning Zhuo only took a rough glance at the small skiff in his hand before offering praise.

He saw that the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff resembled a covered boat, its hull meticulously carved from thousand-year spirit wood; the wood was thick and tough, emitting a faint spiritual aura.

The entire spirit skiff was streamlined, the hull slender, the bottom slightly upturned, and the stern somewhat rounded, full of an agile and leisurely air.

Both sides of the boat featured exquisite carvings, the patterns complex yet agile, depicting natural scenes like mountains, rivers, cranes, pines, and the sun, moon, and stars, symbolizing the essence of heaven and earth.

The boat's canopy was woven from soft spirit gauze, the top slightly arched, the fabric shimmering with a gentle luster.

Several small spirit lamps hung on either side of the canopy; the lamp flames appeared small and exquisite at this moment, emitting Daoist charm as they flickered.

Ning Zhuo could also see a portion of the interior of the boat cabin. The bottom of the cabin was covered with straw mats, and the four walls were painted with talismans. A tiny spirit jade wind chime hung from the top of the covered canopy, and one could faintly hear the crisp sound of bells.

"A pity, what a pity." Ning Zhuo felt a trace of regret.

Sun Lingtong had once advised Ning Zhuo to use it himself before burning it. As a heritage treasure of the Myriad Medicine Sect, this spirit skiff could help cultivators enter a state of fetal breath, rapidly increasing their essence-sea cultivation base.

This was equally applicable to Ning Zhuo.

But Ning Zhuo's heart was tied to healing his mother, so he did not adopt this suggestion.

Just as he had expressed to Zhu Xuanji—for the sake of saving his mother, he could sacrifice everything!

Fire-Burial Prajna Spirit-Releasing Scripture!

The flames burned fiercely, yet they were silent.

A tongue of flame swayed in the air, sometimes darting up rapidly, sometimes swaying gently, as if directed by an invisible hand. The dance of the flames was light and elegant, filled with Buddhist halos, emitting the profound mysteries between life and death.

As Ning Zhuo performed the Fire-Burial Prajna Spirit-Releasing Scripture this time, a sudden inspiration struck his heart, bringing a brand-new realization.

Following this inspiration, his fingers moved slightly.

Consequently, the flames became even gentler, the edges of the flames as light as gauze and as fluid as water.

Meanwhile, inside the flames, it became increasingly scorching and fierce.

This was because Ning Zhuo's fire-attribute cultivation realm had deepened, allowing his performance of the Fire-Burial Prajna Spirit-Releasing Scripture to gain much more profundity and power.

Although the Fire-Burial Prajna Spirit-Releasing Scripture was a Buddhist scripture, it also contained the Dao and principles of the fire attribute, thus receiving an amplification.

"Eh?!" Ning Zhuo's face revealed a look of astonishment.

Under the scorching of the flames, the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff remained completely unmoved!

Ning Zhuo looked closely and saw that the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff was placed within the flames, yet it was not being licked by the tongues of fire.

Instead, a thin, semi-transparent fetal membrane had appeared around the spirit skiff. This fetal membrane looked thin, yet it contained infinite power, as if it were a tough barrier, tightly wrapping the spirit skiff.

"I didn't infuse this magic treasure with magic power, and I'm certain there's no magic power left behind by others in the treasure, so how is this defense being activated?"

Ning Zhuo was greatly puzzled.

He increased the intensity of the burning, and the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff underwent another transformation.

He saw spiritual light emitting from the surface of the spirit skiff, projecting onto the fetal membrane, forming many characters.

Ning Zhuo identified them carefully and discovered that this was a cultivation technique titled "Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art."

"Fetal means to fetalize the spirit; breath means to rest the qi. Essence is like water, spirit is like the moon; the movement of the moon is due to the rippling of water, the shaking of the spirit is due to the pulling of essence. If the water is clear, the moon is bright; if the essence is settled, the spirit is wise. When spirit and essence embrace, one reaches the Great Stillness, and the inner elixir forms naturally; thus it is called fetal breath..."

"All living things possess essence, and life resides within the essence and blood. Those living things that possess perception and movement do so through the operation of essence and blood. Without essence, they cannot move and become dead objects. All living things contain spirit; spirit is the mind, and nature is hidden within the spirit. Without the spirit to master it, it is like wood or stone; if it is not dead, what is it? Thus, one knows that the reason for human life is essence and spirit..."

"When first learning to regulate breath, one must think of the qi, exiting from the navel, entering and extinguishing at the navel, regulating it to be extremely fine. Afterward, do not use the mouth or nose, but breathe through the navel, as if in the womb; thus it is called fetal breath. First, hold one breath, breathe through the navel, count to eighty-one or one hundred and twenty, then exhale through the mouth, making it extremely fine; place a goose feather over the mouth and nose, and exhale until the feather does not move. Gradually practice and increase the count; over time, one can reach a thousand. Then the old will become young, day by day returning to the beginning..."

After Ning Zhuo roughly read through the entire "Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art," he immediately understood why the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff could not be fire-buried.

"So it was that my burning with flames triggered the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff, causing it to exert its own Dharma prohibitions to the fullest in order to survive."

"These Dharma prohibitions are the entire 'Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art,' which caused the spirit skiff to enter a state of fetal breath, capable of drawing upon the essence of heaven and earth to nourish itself."

The natural essence was thin and wispy, only hidden by the light of the flames, but when looking closely at the fetal membrane formed by the gathering, it was colorful, shimmering, and contained the principles of heaven and earth.

Although the fetal membrane was only a thin layer, it had infinite potential; in this state, the spirit skiff coexisted with heaven and earth, treating the universe as a womb and itself as the fetus within the belly.

Ning Zhuo wanted to burn the spirit skiff, but heaven and earth, as the mother, would naturally intervene to save it, making fire-burial fundamentally impossible to succeed.

"What a Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff. It seems that because it has been used too much, it has developed a faint spirituality, capable of spontaneously seeking survival."

"Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art... even the Myriad Medicine Sect has not mastered this cultivation technique."

They obtained it long before Lin Bufan's rise and control, and had never glimpsed the "Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art" through the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff.

How could they ever have gone to burn their own heritage treasure!

Yet Ning Zhuo had done exactly that.

And the Fetal Breath Spirit Skiff happened to have developed a faint spirituality, transitioning from a magic treasure to a spirit treasure.

"If I want to thoroughly fire-bury this spirit treasure, I'm afraid I have to break this state of its."

"And to do that, I must master this 'Heaven-Born Earth-Nurtured Fetal Breath Great Art'!"

This counted as an unexpected gain.

Ning Zhuo studied this cultivation technique again, confirming that this unexpected gain was actually quite significant.

Although the level of this cultivation technique could not compare to the "Five Viscera Temple Spirit God Art," in the present day, it definitely counted as a first-class technique.