Chapter 440: Same Goal by Different Routes

The Old Monster in the Stone was born from a ten-thousand-year Earth Essence and did not possess any supernatural powers itself.

The "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" supernatural power was obtained only after it swallowed a fragment of the Treasure-Dividing Rock and practiced for a long time.

This was extremely difficult!

Such existences as Earth Essence and Fire Essence are even harder to enter the Dao compared to demon beasts and spiritual plants.

They themselves must have at least ten thousand years of accumulation to have the possibility of entering the Dao.

For example, the ten-thousand-year Fire Essence in Fire Persimmon Mountain absorbed the spiritual nature dissipated after the fall of cultivators, which just barely touched the edge of cultivation. And such an opportunity is very rare for normal Earth Essence and Fire Essence.

The Treasure-Dividing Rock is one of the legendary Earth-element merit treasures.

There is a poem that proves it:

Gray-white rock seems to have no light,

Hidden treasure energy shines in all directions.

Billions of merits deeply accumulated,

Thick accumulation and thin hair respond to heaven's auspiciousness.

The Old Monster in the Stone broke through the bottleneck with the Nascent Soul stage, attempting to advance to the Soul Transformation level.

It failed to break through, causing the "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" supernatural power to continue to take effect, which was a relatively unexpected situation.

However, precisely because the "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" supernatural power continuously emitted power, it was like a teacher constantly practicing his most proud means.

This gave Ning Zhuo a very precious opportunity to observe and learn.

Most cultivators facing this opportunity can only stare and cannot grasp it.

Only when the Earth-element realm reaches a certain standard can one have the possibility.

Ning Zhuo's five-element realm is quite high, so he has the qualification to learn.

And before this, he treated Sun Lingtong's wounds and received huge inspiration from Zhang Zhongyi's hands.

Since Zhang Zhongyi could rely on silver needles and silk threads to carry out hanging-thread pulse diagnosis, to build a bridge to help Ning Zhuo, an outsider, perceive the principles of petrification.

Then, Ning Zhuo could naturally achieve the same effect with the help of the supernatural power "Human Life Hanging by a Thread" and his own mechanical staff heads.

Compared to medical skills, Ning Zhuo is better at mechanical arts. These staff heads can be seen as silver needles, just thicker than silver needles.

And his supernatural power "Human Life Hanging by a Thread" can establish a very mysterious connection, which is much better than the silk threads condensed by Zhang Zhongyi's magic power.

It must be said that Ning Zhuo is quite good at learning.

He grasped this opportunity and learned a new supernatural power.

"Just as I expected!"

"Since I can see through the vast majority of enlightenment maps related to the five elements in the world, I can naturally comprehend supernatural powers related to the five elements."

In Ning Zhuo's spirit sea dantian, the prototype of the supernatural power "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" was gradually taking shape.

Unlike the lotus form of "Human Life Hanging by a Thread", the form of "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" is a stone ball.

The stone ball is simple and unadorned, and the current form of the Old Monster in the Stone is quite similar.

As Ning Zhuo mastered this supernatural power more deeply, the stone ball was gradually growing.

Ning Zhuo had a faint realization—when the supernatural power "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" was completely mastered by him, the complete form of the supernatural power would be a round and ancient stone ball.

Joy arose spontaneously.

"I mastered the 'Human Life Hanging by a Thread' supernatural power by exploring the Lava Immortal Palace many times and accumulating constantly."

"This time, by chance, it is likely to be achieved in one step, completely mastering the supernatural power 'Stone Casting Earth Treasure'!"

Ning Zhuo's thoughts sank constantly, immersed in the various principles contained in the "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" supernatural power.

"Earth, deep burial, foundation, accumulation, quantitative change, qualitative change, the carving of time... precipitation, constant precipitation."

Ning Zhuo not only learned, he was also using it while learning.

With the help of mechanical staff heads and "Human Life Hanging by a Thread", he injected magic power, consumed spirit, and constantly pried open the tight defense of the Old Monster in the Stone's remains.

If the stone ball is compared to a multi-layered treasure chest with a lock, then Sun and Ning's previous violent chiseling of the stone ball was violently smashing the outer shell of the treasure chest.

The defense of the inner layer cannot be violently cracked, unless Sun and Ning's attack level reaches the Nascent Soul level.

Even if Ning Zhuo did not hesitate to bear the backlash and used the Great Snake Sickle, the movement of violent cracking would definitely be very huge.

Sun and Ning had to arrange the array in advance to cover it up, and this series of actions was very troublesome.

Ning Zhuo's current action is like studying the structure of the keyhole and then specifically preparing a key.

Ning Zhuo gradually mastered the "Stone Casting Earth Treasure" supernatural power, and the influence caused by the key he prepared became more and more obvious.

Finally, at a certain moment, a qualitative change occurred.

Sun Lingtong smashed down with a pick and successfully smashed open the inner layer of the stone ball.

"Success, we did it!" Sun Lingtong felt very excited.

The pick in his hand danced continuously, and the speed was so fast that it almost formed a virtual shadow.

A large number of treasures were chiseled down by him and then directly stuffed into his arms.

Sun Lingtong worked hard for a while and soon became exhausted.

The difficulty of mining was still very high, and his magic power, divine sense, and physical strength were consumed in large quantities. The technique Sun Lingtong practiced mainly cultivated the upper dantian, and the improvement in physique was not great.

During the rest, Sun Lingtong looked back at Ning Zhuo.

He couldn't help but feel: "It's useful, it's useful."

"Under my cultivation, Little Zhuo is becoming more and more excellent."

"In the future, he will definitely become even more powerful!"

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but imagine the future.

With the help of Ning Zhuo's high five-element realm, most of the five-element obstacles in this world would be cracked by Ning Zhuo.

"Little Zhuo and I, the two brothers, join hands, and in the future, we will steal together, maybe we can become famous in the world."

"Wow! The future is really worth looking forward to."

Sun Lingtong thought about it and felt very exciting.

Ning Zhuo finally failed to succeed at once. He had to stop midway.

A strong sense of fatigue enveloped his body and mind, and his state declined extremely seriously.

In his spirit sea upper dantian, the dense, mirror-like mirror thoughts were almost dissipated.

The essence blood in the lower dantian was also consumed a lot, after all, it had to maintain the operation of the brain.

The magic power in the middle dantian was consumed the least. Although Ning Zhuo had been continuously injecting magic power through "Human Life Hanging by a Thread".

Ning Zhuo drilled into the Ten Thousand Mile Swimming Dragon.

He came to the cultivation cabin, took out the futon, and sat down.

He took out large handfuls of spiritual food, stuffed them into his mouth, and practiced to supplement his state.

First, he pulled up the reserve of essence blood, and then used the Five-Element Qi Law Art to supplement magic power.

The final Mirror Platform Psychic Art was the key.

Ning Zhuo took out the Meditation Bell, accompanied by the light ringing of the bell, Ning Zhuo immediately fell into a state of deep meditation.

In his spirit sea, a large number of mirror thoughts were produced rapidly.

At this moment, the Mirror Platform Psychic Art showed the value of a top-level technique!

Only top-level spirit sea techniques can create specific thoughts so rapidly.

Ning Zhuo still felt it was not enough.

"If the Spirit Hidden Willow was by my side, my comprehension of the 'Stone Casting Earth Treasure' supernatural power would definitely be easier and faster."

Nandou Kingdom, Ten Thousand Medicine Valley.

In the forbidden area of the valley, many willow branches of the Spirit Hidden Willow suddenly shook.

Under the willow tree, Hua Guzi, who was bending over to apply fertilizer, straightened up suspiciously and looked at the Spirit Hidden Willow.

She activated the spell to investigate, but did not find anything tricky.

"But just now, I did feel the Spirit Hidden Willow tremble. What's going on?"

Just then, the magic array was opened, and a girl in a tender yellow dress walked in.

It was Lin Shanshan, the eldest lady of the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect.

"Why are you here again?" Hua Guzi's face sank when she saw Lin Shanshan, and the heavy hostility did not even think about covering it up, directly overflowing.

Lin Shanshan smiled: "This is my sect's important place, of course I have to inspect it from time to time."

Hua Guzi sneered: "You just want to see things and think of people, hum, Young Master Ning Zhuo told me before he left to take care of the Spirit Hidden Willow. Go away!"

"No wonder the Spirit Hidden Willow trembled just now, it must not like you."

Hua Guzi came to the spring on the side again.

The ten-thousand-year water essence that turned into a swimming fish in the pond was frightened, and immediately dissipated, merging with the spring water.

Hua Guzi pointed at the spring water: "These two ten-thousand-year water essences are also Young Master Ning Zhuo's, look, they were also scared apart by you."

"Don't come here in the future!"

Lin Shanshan showed more smiles.

She immediately heard the overtones of Hua Guzi's words, which meant—the Spirit Hidden Willow and the ten-thousand-year water essence were Ning Zhuo's, and had nothing to do with Lin Shanshan, which also derived—Ning Zhuo also had nothing to do with Lin Shanshan.

Lin Shanshan's heart was on fire, and the next moment she said words that made Hua Guzi grit her teeth: "I am a close friend of Young Master Ning Zhuo, we practice together, and I will naturally take care of his things."

Hua Guzi sneered: "Practice together? How amazing, I have also exchanged pointers with Young Master Ning Zhuo."

Lin Shanshan smiled: "But I started first, even Hanzhou is behind me. If I hadn't been grounded and temporarily lost my freedom to help Young Master Ning Zhuo, how could it be your turn and Hanzhou's?"

Hua Guzi's face was as heavy as water, gritting her teeth: "It seems that Miss Lin is very good at practicing, do you want to exchange pointers between us?"

Lin Shanshan's smile deepened, her words carried cold wind: "What if I beat you to tears, what should I do?"

"Gu gu gu..." Hua Guzi looked up and laughed in anger.

She stopped laughing abruptly and stared at Lin Shanshan: "Come, go to the practice field now!"

The two female cultivators immediately left the important place in the valley and walked angrily to the practice field.

Thousand Peaks Forest.

Ten Thousand Mile Swimming Dragon.

Ning Zhuo recovered quickly and immediately flew out to see the stone ball again.

Sun Lingtong had been chiseling, already covered in sweat.

He harvested countless treasures, and the value was incalculable. Sun Lingtong worked harder and harder, the more tired he was, the more he felt it was worth it!

Sun Lingtong saw Ning Zhuo come out and immediately asked: "Little Zhuo, the more you mine, the higher the difficulty, and you can't chisel at all. How long will it take for you to completely solve this defense?"

Ning Zhuo replied: "Boss, I have mastered 30% of the 'Stone Casting Earth Treasure' supernatural power. Next time, I should be able to push it to 60%."

Sun Lingtong laughed and nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad! This progress exceeds my estimate, very amazing."

Ning Zhuo had no color of pride: "Sigh, if only I had high attainments in physical cultivation."

"In this way, the 'Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Method' would not stump me."

Sun Lingtong said: "I have gained some insights from practicing this technique these days."

"Fetal breath technique, on the surface, is not breathing with the mouth and nose, as if in the womb. The mouth and nose are just the doors of breathing, the dantian is the source of qi, the place where the sage starts, and the place where the true one resides, so it is called fetal breath."

"But in fact, fetal breath is to reach the state of no thought and no action of heart and life."

"Fetal, root, beginning; Tai Ding, immovable, not worried, not afraid, not thinking, not wanting, like an infant in the mother's womb."

"Breath, peace, stop; spirit and qi return to the root and stop thoughts, the heart does not move, no coming, no going, no out, no in, naturally resident. The heart and nature reside and do not move, which is fetal breath."

Sun Lingtong talked about petrification.

"Why did I have a divine effect of body refining after petrification with the help of the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat?"

"It is because the petrified physical body happens to fit the state of Tai Ding, immovable, not worried, not afraid, not thinking, not wanting, no out, no in."

"The 'Stone Casting Earth Treasure' supernatural power uses the earth to nurture treasures. The Fetal Breath Great Method is to let the cultivator return to the fetus and get nourishment from heaven and earth. The two seem different, but they are actually the same goal by different routes."

"Therefore, when matched together, they produce a wonderful response."

Sun Lingtong's comprehension is not under Ning Zhuo.

These days, in order to help Ning Zhuo burn the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat faster, he has been fully comprehending the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Method".

As a result, this action for others, unexpectedly, helped him and greatly improved his physical foundation.

Ning Zhuo heard Sun Lingtong's insights and immediately understood that Sun Lingtong's comprehension of the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Method" was far above him.

Obviously, Sun Lingtong is not a physical cultivator.

But after thinking about it, Ning Zhuo understood.

Sun Lingtong came from the Empty Gate and possessed the Empty Empty Seal. His understanding of the Dao of Emptiness is very deep, which is very similar to the state in the Fetal Breath Great Method. Spirit and qi return to the root and stop thoughts, the heart does not move, no coming, no going, no out, no in, can also be roughly understood as letting go of thoughts.

Ning Zhuo: "Boss, I still need to ask you more about this scripture."

Sun Lingtong: "Hey, our brothers say this, it's strange. After I fully comprehend it and confirm there is no mistake, I will teach it all to you!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued to work.

With Ning Zhuo's help, Sun Lingtong felt that the stone ball's defense was much crispier.

He dug very hard.

Gradually, he felt that he couldn't dig anymore.

Sun Lingtong looked back at Ning Zhuo and found that the latter had his eyes closed and his brows slightly wrinkled.

Sun Lingtong thought: "It seems that the more complete the supernatural power mastered, the higher the learning difficulty!"

"However, this definitely can't stump Little Zhuo." Sun Lingtong had much more confidence than Ning Zhuo himself.

But for a while, Sun Lingtong was in a state of having nothing to do.

The medicinal paste he applied on his body gradually dried, and the exposed skin petrified rapidly, much faster than what he had encountered before.

Sun Lingtong laughed and didn't care.

With a successful treatment method, these Dao wounds are the nourishment for his physical foundation!

Seeing the stone skin on his body, Sun Lingtong suddenly froze, and a bold idea popped up in his little head.

Unlike Ning Zhuo, who always thinks twice and constantly reviews, Sun Lingtong does it as soon as he thinks of it.

He laughed, moved the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat directly from the mechanical swimming dragon, and stuck it on the surface of the stone ball, and then lay into the spirit boat himself.

The stone skin gradually condensed and quickly covered the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat.

The boat body trembled for a while, revealing the full text of the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Method".

Just like Ning Zhuo burned it with fire before, this time, the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat also stimulated its full power to protect itself and entered the state of fetal breath.

Sun Lingtong benefited from this, heaven and earth essence poured into his body, and his physique climbed step by step!

Such an evil method is explosive in efficiency. It is hundreds of times more effective than the orthodox one!

"Cool, so cool."

"If this continues, I can play a physical cultivator, ha ha ha."

Sun Lingtong comprehended a lot of the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Method", immediately suppressed his joy, and entered the state of empty thoughts.

In this way, it is more in line with the Fetal Breath Great Method, and the heaven and earth essence poured in is like opening the gate to release water!

Scenes after scenes, memories after memories reached Sun Lingtong's heart.

He was stunned.

These scenes and memories all came from the Old Monster in the Stone!

"I use his corpse to perform fetal breath. He died and the Dao disappeared, and the stone ball also returned to a part of heaven and earth."

"I got the stone skin and nourishment from heaven and earth, so I also harvested the memory remains of the Old Monster in the Stone."

Sun Lingtong thought about it and immediately understood the origin.

"Interesting, interesting!"

The cultivation perspective of the ten-thousand-year Earth Essence really let him see a novelty.

At the same time.

Outside the Heavenly Pillar Giant Tree, several figures gradually emerged.

Demon Heart Cave Master, Blood Shadow Cave Master, and Ink Abyss Cave Master!

"Great Cave Master, the formation has been probed, ensuring there is no mistake." Demon Heart Cave Master was respectful.

Ink Abyss Cave Master Lu Hongtu is the Great Cave Master of the Six Caves Sect and the highest leader.

"Once this formation is opened, Earth Escape and Void Travel are strictly prohibited. If the Old Monster in the Stone agrees to come out of the mountain, he is sensible."

"If he doesn't agree, let him suffer."

Lu Hongtu's aura was magnificent, his face was serious, and his expression was firm.

A great war is imminent, and he needs to win over all combat power to fight against the Liangzhu Kingdom's crusade army.

The Nascent Soul-level Old Monster in the Stone is a native of the Thousand Peaks Forest and is a natural ally, how can he stay out of it?

The Nascent Soul-level Old Monster in the Stone is practically a native of the Thousand Peaks Forest and a natural ally; how could he possibly stay out of this?