Chapter 733: What soul-searching technique can you understand?

"Boss, help me!" Ning Zhuo used the Human Life Suspended Thread to convey the message.

"Coming." Sun Lingtong had been hiding in the Shu Yu Study, painstakingly studying the Water Vortex Array, trying his best to get the Luoshu book page into his hands as soon as possible.

Facing Ning Zhuo's request for help, he responded without a word, using his Spirit Eye talent to penetrate the array and see the main body of the Luoshu book page.

Sun Lingtong was influenced by the Daoist artifact, and although it had happened many times, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "What a powerful Daoist artifact this is!"

Through the Human Life Suspended Thread, Ning Zhuo's expression also changed slightly, feeling that he was also under the influence of the Luoshu book page.

The bitter ink had been ground properly.

The jade slip recording the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art was placed horizontally on the desk.

Under the jade slip, a sheet of rice paper was spread out.

Ning Zhuo held the Meeting Pen in his right hand and a wooden awl in his left hand.

Beside him, there was also a hemp rope.

Ning Zhuo mobilized his divine sense and infused magic power, immediately causing the hemp rope to react, rising vertically, one end wrapping around his hair, and the other end wrapping toward an infinite beam.

At the same time, the wooden awl in Ning Zhuo's hand slowly pierced into the inner side of his thigh.

Hanging his head from the beam, stabbing his thigh with an awl!

Luoshu book page, Meeting Pen, bitter ink, and hanging his head from the beam, stabbing his thigh with an awl, finally absorbing the literary wind around him, Ning Zhuo officially entered the state of learning.

He began to copy the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art.

This spell was obtained from Tian Shuang, the jade slip style was ancient, and it shouldn't be an object of this era.

The beginning was not the main text, but the admonitions left by the sages.

"Burn his soul, cross the sea of desire, obtain thousands of skills, steal the mystery of creation. However, what the soul boat carries is not just treasures, but the life of others sinking. When the boat is finished and the fire is extinguished, the one who burns the firewood is no longer me, and the one who picks up the leftovers in the ashes is also not me. Burning the boat to cross the soul is actually inviting fire to burn oneself, using oneself as a sacrifice. Be cautious! Fear it! Those who are not seeking life in death, or obsessed with madness, do not touch this taboo!"

Ning Zhuo tried to copy this paragraph, and the result made his eyes light up.

Strands of meaning gathered from the tip of the pen into his spirit sea.

"This jade slip is indeed an ancient object, and it is very likely the creator of this cultivation method?"

After all, the Soul-Devouring Sect is a super sect with a long history.

In short, the meaning contained in this jade slip was very full. Unlike the cultivation method jade slips Ning Zhuo made himself, which had almost no copying value.

He began to learn the true content of the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art.

This spell was divided into four parts.

The first part was the Root of Tribulation Fire.

The first sentence of the opening was a question: "Offering soul paste to the tribulation fire, using wisdom soul to save the sea of suffering, those who abandon the raft to land, how can they know the raft is actually bones?"

The second part was the Ghost Crossing of the Sea of Suffering.

Ning Zhuo copied the whole passage, and the most impressive sentence was: "Thousands of years of joys and sorrows are all journeys, ten thousand feet of red dust are all tribulation waves. Once the primordial spirit enters the boat, it falls into the infinite illusion." He reached the third part, Returning to Truth from the Sea.

After Ning Zhuo copied it, his expression became grave, and his gaze condensed on one sentence: "The place where the boat ends is not the other shore, only seeing the tribulation ashes sinking into the star raft."

The fourth part was the Five Calamities Entangling Truth.

It listed five types of calamities, but any cultivation or use of this Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art might bring about five types of serious sequelae.

One is Name Death, two is Consciousness Ash, three is Boat Trace, four is Karma Burning, five is Lost Navigation.

Name Death is forgetting one's own name, then forgetting others', eventually losing all interpersonal connections.

Consciousness Ash is that whenever divine sense is produced in the spirit sea or lower dantian, it will burn without fire, burning until it becomes ashes.

Boat Trace is the manifestation of the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art eroding the physical body. Some scorch marks appear on the brow, some scorch marks are on the chest,

back, etc. Once the scorch marks intersect, forming the shape of a lonely boat. The cultivator's soul will also be ignited, as if hit by the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art, eventually burning out.

The Karma Burning 【technique】 ignites the Red Lotus Karma Fire, scorching the cultivator. When weak, it emits green flames that burn the meridians and destroy the collaterals; when intense, the five viscera erupt in flames, cooking the self into ashes!

It can be seen that this spell violated taboos and was too harmful to heaven and harmony.

The last item, Lost Navigation, is that the cultivator completely sinks into the memories of others, unable to extricate themselves, their self-cognition is seriously confused, and there is no pattern, constantly changing.

Ning Zhuo learned it for the first time, and saw the rice paper full of words.

Every stroke was like carving, as Ning Zhuo was using all his strength to chisel open the mystery.

One of his thighs was already bloody and blurred, his scalp was tight, and his essence, energy, and spirit were consuming rapidly under the Luoshu.

Ning Zhuo learned it for the first time and saw the sharpness of this technique.

"Burning soul into a boat, forcibly seizing creation. Walking in danger and falling into the abyss, exhausting the cultivation of others' lives!"

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

The power of this spell was really too great, too extreme, making Ning Zhuo's heart move.

After catching his breath, Ning Zhuo began to learn it for the second time.

It was still copying from the beginning.

The hemp rope was pulled straight, making a creaking sound, and many broken hairs were scattered on the ground.

There was already a shallow layer of blood on the ground. The wooden awl had been changed to another place, frequently stabbed into the other leg.

After learning it for the second time, Ning Zhuo's understanding of this Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art deepened a lot.

His expression became grave, and he began to pay attention to the fourth part, Five Calamities Entangling Truth.

"The Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art is too extreme."

"I have the talent of 'Self-Centered', which can resist Name Death and Lost Navigation. But how to face Consciousness Ash, Boat Trace, and Karma Burning?"

"This still needs careful consideration."

He studied to this point and felt more and more that the Five Calamities were no small matter. Negligence would inevitably lead to a heavy price.

"Can my Buddha Heart Demon Seal resist Consciousness Ash? If divine sense cannot be produced for a period of time, that would be very bad."

Divine sense is extremely huge for cultivators!

Alchemy, refining, controlling mechanisms, fighting, etc., which one doesn't need divine sense?

"How does the Boat Trace calamity affect the physical body from the soul? This point needs more research."

"Red Lotus Karma Fire is a disaster caused by the accumulation of sin, often encountered more by demonic cultivators. Once the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art is activated, it will burn the soul to annihilation, which indeed harms heaven and harmony, so it will cause one's own sin to rise."

"Then, what kind of soul to choose for the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art is very particular."

"In addition, can the merit on my body offset this layer of sin?"

Ning Zhuo has the talent of 'Self-Centered' for the Five Calamities Entangling Truth, which can offset two items, but there are still three items left, which require him to face them cautiously.

"Still have energy, perhaps I can try to learn it for the third time."

Ning Zhuo carefully observed his own state, his soul was weak, his spirit sea was dim, his spirit was not high, both thighs were bloody and blurred, his hair was broken a lot, but after treatment, he could still persist.

Ning Zhuo learned the Pine Wave Qi Nourishing Art before, and the content was actually more than the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art. But learning it was obviously much less difficult than this time.

"The Pine Wave Qi Nourishing Art is magnificent, natural, and although it collects qi and gathers wind, it doesn't harm the root of spiritual objects, which is in line with my temperament."

"The Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art is too extreme, burning the soul for one's own use, harming heaven and harmony, it is not in line with my temperament, as expected of a demonic cultivation method from the Heavenly Ghost."

"Sigh, I am just forced to learn it reluctantly." Ning Zhuo sighed in his heart.

Ning Zhuo continued to persist, learning it for the third time.

His thighs were treated in a hurry, and then suffered multiple stabs from the wooden awl, blood flowing all over the ground, pain constant.

Half of his hair was broken, becoming obviously sparse.

His spirit sea gradually dried up, and the speed of producing thoughts became slower and slower. The literary wind was triggered passively, consuming rapidly, transforming into strands of literary qi, which became the key factor for Ning Zhuo to persist until the end.

After learning it for the third time with difficulty, Ning Zhuo's eyes went black, his hands supported the desk, and he resisted the strong dizziness, not falling into a deep sleep.

The Meeting Pen, dimmed to the extreme, rolled on the desk, eventually stopping by the jade slip.

The countless copied characters on the rice paper had long been soaked in bitter ink, staining the surrounding blank space black, and the ink stained the desk, a mess.

Ning Zhuo frowned, grabbed the final realization, exhausted his will, and did not slack off at this critical moment.

This was the result of his third learning; if he let himself fall into a coma, although it would be easy, the results would be lost for the most part.

"So that's it, the true meaning of the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art is actually burying myself."

"Using the body as a sacrifice, tasting all kinds of life, I will also turn into nothingness, sinking into the infinite, becoming a kind of rare soul material!"

"Using others as wedding dresses, as a result, I am the one making wedding dresses for others."

"The soul boat is not a boat, it is attracting the soul and summoning the spirit, eroding the self. Crossing the soul is not crossing, it is a shovel for digging graves, digging a grave for myself!"

After understanding the truth, Ning Zhuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The tribulation fire cooks the hundred-flavor soul, only after eating it do I know the dust of the feeding tripod."

When he first learned it, he only felt that this Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art was extremely extreme, like a sharp artifact, scraping shells to take pearls, not feeling the blood dripping, only feeling the sharpness of the artifact.

Learning it for the second time, with moderate understanding, he paid attention to the sequelae of the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art, focused on the Five Calamities, and secretly gave birth to a heart of vigilance.

After learning it for the third time and achieving success, he had a deep understanding of the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art, and realized that the creator of this demonic art had ulterior motives, specifically spreading it to deceive others into practicing it, refining their own souls into soul materials. When the time was ripe, the creator could quietly harvest, very easily and freely.

So the surface drawbacks of this demonic art—Five Calamities Entangling Truth—were not the price that cultivators had to pay for seeking extreme power. Instead, it was a trap set by the creator specifically around these drawbacks, wanting to refine the souls of others!

"Demonic cultivators are demonic cultivators, too bad."

"Practicing a spell requires carefulness and strict examination."

"Fortunately, my learning ability has increased greatly, and after three times of learning, I have achieved success and glimpsed this layer of truth."

"In the future—in the future, I must pay more attention, and I must not easily fall into the schemes of demonic cultivators. This is really insidious."

Ning Zhuo sighed, couldn't persist anymore, and after making arrangements, he fell into a deep sleep.

He was in the Blue Stone Cave Dwelling, and in the array space, so he was naturally safe.

When he woke up, he was refreshed and in good condition.

The thick foundation of his physical body and soul showed its benefits again.

You know, using Confucian means to self-mutilate and study hard, the injury itself is difficult to treat. Most treatment methods will have a greatly reduced effect, or even be ineffective.

Confucian cultivators should have corresponding treatment methods, after all, they are in the same family.

And Ning Zhuo, such an external cultivator, actually relies on his own recovery ability.

"What should I do now?"

Ning Zhuo learned soul-searching techniques to deal with Pan Si Niangzi. Ban Ji's problem might not need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Because Ning Zhuo put himself in Ban Ji's shoes, if he were Ban Ji, he would definitely go all out to deal with various Cloud-Raising Trials.

But the premise is that Ning Zhuo must obtain sufficiently accurate intelligence to make this judgment. Otherwise, it is irresponsible to himself!

And in Tian Shuang's collection, there are a large number of soul-searching techniques.

After all, the two ghosts of heaven and earth came from the Soul-Devouring Sect, which is the organization that studies souls the deepest in the entire cultivation world.

Soul-searching technique is exactly their specialty.

Ning Zhuo chose the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art from it, its power is indeed the strongest!

But after learning it for three rounds, Ning Zhuo had a deep understanding of it and found that this spell was a trap. It was a conspiracy by the creator or subsequent spreaders to deliberately distribute it in order to obtain rare soul materials and induce others to refine themselves.

The plan is beautiful, but in practice, various variables will always appear.

"I need to learn other soul-searching techniques to see if I can improve the Burning Boat Crossing Soul Art."

Ning Zhuo's learning tasks had to be temporarily increased a lot.

He was not particularly confident that he could improve it, after all, his realm in this aspect was a world of difference from the Five Elements realm.

Ning Zhuo relied more on his learning ability.

In Tian Shuang's collection, the soul-searching spells were really varied.

Ning Zhuo had sufficient patience and resilience, learning them one by one.

The Soul-Binding Thread-Pulling Art can make one's own soul deform, bind into threads, and penetrate the acupuncture points of others, like a fisherman pulling a rod. The person being cast upon feels as if they have fallen into a spider web, and all past events leak out along with the soul threads.

The Three-Soul Spinning Wheel Art targets the target's three souls. The Fetal Light Soul is spun into brocade (revealing memories), the Refreshing Spirit Soul is twisted into blood threads (revealing privacy), and the Ghost Essence Soul is extracted into poisonous gauze (inducing inner demons). It is a method for making soul materials, and extracting memories is just an incidental ability.

The Soul-Seed Spirit Fetus Art is to extract one of the target's souls directly, incorporate it into one's own dantian, and turn it into a ghost flower. Then, with the help of the ghost flower, control the target, and reading memories is just one of the abilities.

Soul Cicada Shedding, Human Candle Sacrifice, Soul-Makeup Mirror Observation, Trace Soul Sutra, Dream-Drawing Soul Paste, Nine Nether Bone-Asking Bell, Affection-Pulling Puppet Guide, Marrow-Heart Ghost Firefly, Resentful Couple Same-Heart Tribulation—Ning Zhuo spent several days learning all the related soul-searching methods.

"I didn't expect that the first item

Even someone with as firm a will as Ning Zhuo felt exhausted.

His physical body and soul also showed signs of fatigue; the frequent, intense consumption and recovery caused the recovery speed and effectiveness of both to be greatly diminished.

"Then let's slow down for a bit."

Ning Zhuo understood well the principle of balancing tension and relaxation.

With such a significant investment, Ning Zhuo's learning results were remarkable. He now had over a dozen directions for improving the Soul-Burning Ferrying Technique.

But limited by his insufficient cultivation realm, Ning Zhuo could not clearly perceive which of these dozen directions were correct.

"By relying on the pages of the Luo Shu to perform deductions, I should be able to calculate the subsequent steps for these dozen improvement routes more quickly."

"But doing so would undoubtedly consume an enormous and unpredictable amount of time, energy, and so on."

"There is no rush to do this; I have a more excellent cultivation sequence."

Thinking of this, Ning Zhuo released Pan Si Niangzi, who had been imprisoned for many days.

Seeing Ning Zhuo again, although she was dizzy with hunger, Pan Si Niangzi sneered proudly: "What? Young Master Ning Zhuo, are you finally going to be honest? Want to trick me by saying you are skilled in soul-searching?"

"Don't tell me you are of the righteous path; even in a demonic cultivation family, how old are you at this age? What kind of attainment could you possibly have in soul-searching techniques?"

Ning Zhuo was silent for a moment, his tone and expression equally flat: "Since you say so, then let me show you the foundation of my righteous path."