Chapter 440: Same Goal, Different Paths

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

The Stone Casting Earth Treasure supernatural power was obtained after it swallowed a fragment of the Treasure-Dividing Rock and practiced for a long time to achieve such a positive result.

This was extremely difficult!

Such existences as earth essences and fire essences are even more difficult to enter the Dao compared to demon beasts and spiritual plants.

Their own accumulation must be at least ten thousand years to have the possibility of entering the Dao.

For example, the ten-thousand-year-old fire essence in Fire Persimmon Mountain absorbed the spirituality that dissipated after cultivators fell, which barely touched the edge of cultivation. And such an opportunity is very rare for normal earth essences and fire essences.

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,

Inside hides treasure qi shining in all directions.

Hundreds of millions of merits are deeply accumulated,

Thick accumulation and thin hair respond to heavenly auspiciousness.

The Old Monster in the Stone broke through the bottleneck with the Nascent Soul stage, attempting to promote to a Transformation God-level cultivator.

Its breakthrough failed, 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 could only stare blankly and could not grasp it.

Only those whose earth-element realm reaches a certain standard 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 illness and gained huge inspiration from Zhang Zhongyi's hands.

Since Zhang Zhongyi could use silver needles and silk threads to carry out pulse-taking, to build a bridge to help Ning Zhuo, an outsider, perceive the principle of petrification.

Then, Ning Zhuo could naturally use the supernatural power Life-Thread and his own mechanism staff heads to achieve the same effect.

Compared to medical skills, Ning Zhuo is more proficient in mechanism arts. These staff heads can be seen as silver needles, just thicker than silver needles.

And his supernatural power Life-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 supernatural power related to Stone Casting Earth Treasure was gradually taking shape.

Unlike the lotus form of the Life-Thread, the form of Stone Casting Earth Treasure is a stone ball.

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

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

Ning Zhuo had a vague 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 Life-Thread supernatural power by exploring the Lava Immortal Palace many times and constantly accumulating it."

"This time, by chance, it is very likely that I will succeed in one go and completely master 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 was not just learning, he was also using it while learning.

With the help of the mechanism staff heads and the Life-Thread, he injected magic power, consumed spirit, and constantly pried 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 use of iron picks to chisel the stone ball was violently smashing the outer shell of the treasure chest.

The defense of the inner layer cannot be broken violently, unless the level of Sun and Ning's attacks 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 set up an array in advance to cover it up, and this series of actions was very troublesome.

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

As Ning Zhuo gradually mastered the Stone Casting Earth Treasure supernatural power, the impact caused by the key he configured became more obvious.

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

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

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

The pick in his hand swung 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 fiercely for a while and soon became exhausted and panting.

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

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

He could not help but feel: "It's useful, it's useful."

"Little Zhuo is becoming more and more excellent under my cultivation."

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

Sun Lingtong could not help but imagine the future.

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

"My brother and I join forces, 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 it was very exciting.

Ning Zhuo finally did not succeed at once. He had to stop halfway.

A strong sense of exhaustion shrouded 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 the Life-Thread.

Ning Zhuo drilled into the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

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

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

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

The final Mirror Platform Psychic Art was the key.

Ning Zhuo took out the Meditation Bell, and 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 generated rapidly.

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

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

Ning Zhuo still felt it was not enough.

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

South Bean Kingdom, Ten Thousand Medicine Valley.

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

Under the willow tree, Hua Guzi, who was bending over to fertilize, straightened up suspiciously and looked at the Spirit-Hiding Willow.

She activated a spell to investigate, but did not find anything suspicious.

"But just now, the Spirit-Hiding Willow did indeed tremble. What's going on?"

Just then, the magic array was opened, and a young 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 saw Lin Shanshan, her face sank, and the heavy hostility did not want to cover up at all, directly overflowing.

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

Hua Guzi sneered: "You just want to see the object and think of the person, humph, Young Master Ning Zhuo told me before he left to let me take care of the Spirit-Hiding Willow. You go aside!"

"No wonder the Spirit-Hiding Willow trembled just now, it must not like you at all."

Hua Guzi came to the side of the earth spring again.

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

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

"You come less in the future!"

Lin Shanshan showed more smiles.

She immediately heard the overtones of Hua Guzi's words, meaning—the Spirit-Hiding Willow and the ten-thousand-year-old water essence are all Ning Zhuo's, and have nothing to do with Lin Shanshan, which is derived—Ning Zhuo also has nothing to do with Lin Shanshan.

Lin Shanshan's heart was on fire, and the next moment she said words that made Hua Guzi gnash her teeth: "Young Master Ning Zhuo and I are close friends, practicing martial arts together, so I will naturally take care of his things."

Hua Guzi sneered: "Practicing martial arts? How amazing, I have also sparred 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 turn."

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

Lin Shanshan smiled even more, her words carrying cold wind: "What if I make you cry, what should I do?"

"Gu gu gu..." Hua Guzi looked up, laughing in anger.

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

The two female cultivators immediately left the valley's heavy ground and walked to the martial arts field angrily.

Thousand Peaks Forest.

Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

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

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 difficulty of mining increases as you go back, and it is almost impossible to chisel. 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, which is very amazing."

Ning Zhuo had no color of pride: "Sigh, if only I had a high-level realm in body cultivation."

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

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

"Fetal Breath Art, on the surface, is not breathing with the mouth and nose, as if in the womb. The mouth and nose are just the gateway to breathing, and the dantian is the source of qi, the place where the sage starts, and the place where the true one is collected, 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, not moving or shaking, not worrying or fearing, not thinking or wanting, like an infant in the mother's womb."

"Breath, settle, stop; spirit and qi return to the root and stop thoughts, the heart does not move, no coming or going, no going out or in, naturally constant. The heart and nature dwell without moving, which is Fetal Breath."

Sun Lingtong talked about petrification.

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

"It is precisely because the petrified physical body happens to fit the state of Tai Ding, not moving or shaking, not worrying or fearing, not thinking or wanting, no going out or in."

"The Stone Casting Earth Treasure supernatural power is to use the earth to nurture treasures. The Fetal Breath Great Art is to let the cultivator himself return to the fetus and get nourishment from heaven and earth. The two seem different, but in fact, they have the same goal and different paths."

"Therefore, when matched together, it produced a wonderful reaction."

Sun Lingtong's comprehension is not under Ning Zhuo's.

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 Art."

As a result, this action for the sake of 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 Art" was far above him.

Clearly Sun Lingtong is not a body cultivator.

But after thinking about it, Ning Zhuo understood.

Sun Lingtong comes from the Empty Gate and possesses 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 Art. Spirit and qi return to the root and stop thoughts, the heart does not move, no coming or going, no going out or in, can also be roughly understood as emptying thoughts.

Ning Zhuo: "Boss, I still have to ask you for advice on this scripture."

Sun Lingtong: "Hey, the two of us brothers say this, it's estranged. After I comprehend it completely and confirm there are no mistakes, 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 looser.

He dug very vigorously.

Gradually, he felt that he could not 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 to himself: "It seems that the more complete the supernatural power mastered, the more it is accompanied by the increase in learning difficulty!"

"However, this definitely can't stump Little Zhuo." Sun Lingtong has far more confidence in Ning Zhuo than Ning Zhuo himself.

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

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

Sun Lingtong laughed and didn't care.

With a successful treatment method, these Dao injuries are instead the resources for his physical foundation to grow!

Seeing the stone skin on his body, Sun Lingtong suddenly froze, and a bold idea popped into his little brain.

Unlike Ning Zhuo, who always considers repeatedly and constantly reviews his thinking habits, Sun Lingtong does it as soon as he thinks of it.

He laughed and moved the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat directly out of the mechanism wandering dragon.

He stuck the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat on the surface of the stone ball, and then lay into the Spirit Boat himself.

The stone skin gradually condensed and quickly covered the boat.

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

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

Sun Lingtong benefited from this, and the essence of heaven and earth poured into his body, and his physical fitness climbed step by step!

Such an evil way of using it, the efficiency is explosive. It is hundreds of times more effective than the orthodox way!

"Cool, so cool."

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

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

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

Scenes and memories reached Sun Lingtong's heart.

He froze for a moment.

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

"I used his corpse to perform Fetal Breath. He died and the Dao disappeared, and the stone ball returned to being a part of heaven and earth."

"I got the stone skin and the nourishment of 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-old earth essence really let him have a good look at the novelty.

At the same time.

Outside the Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood, 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 are no mistakes." 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 shuttle are strictly prohibited. If the Old Monster in the Stone agrees to come out of the mountain, count him as knowing the current affairs."

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

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

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

The Nascent Soul-level Old Monster in the Stone is a native of the Thousand Peaks Forest and a natural ally, so how can he stay out of it? ===== CHAPTER 441 =====