Chapter 101: Official Documents

"Crunch, crunch!" Chen Mo chewed on the Mirage Spirit in his mouth; the Mirage Spirit had a peculiar shape, and its texture was quite unique as well.

Some were extremely soft, turning into a force of highly pure Blood Qi the moment they entered his mouth.

Others were hard or quite chewy, requiring him to eat them slowly to get them down.

Chen Mo picked up the porridge bowl to the side, took two sips of the thin rice porridge, and only then sent the Mirage Spirit in his mouth down into his belly.

Fortunately, no matter what shape or form the Mirage Spirit took, once it was sent into his belly, it had no choice but to turn into Qi and Blood to be absorbed by him.

As one piece of Mirage Spirit was digested, Chen Mo took another one out from the wooden box before him.

Inside the box, besides the Dutian Great Dao Scripture, the Blood Essence Stones and Mirage Spirits he had previously accumulated were all kept there.

As for the few bottles of Blood Nourishing Pill he had exchanged for earlier, they had long since been swallowed clean by Chen Mo.

He had accumulated these things before, intending to use them to craft weapons.

Now that he no longer lacked weapons, he should use these things up.

As piece after piece of Mirage Spirit was swallowed by him, the amount of Blood Qi within the Transformation Pearl also kept increasing.

By the time the accumulated Blood Essence Stones and Mirage Spirits were all completely absorbed, the Blood Qi accumulated in the Transformation Pearl within Chen Mo's dantian had already reached over twenty percent.

At this speed, if he entered the Mirage Sea three times a month, then at most it would take half a year for him to undergo his next Mortal Transformation.

This time frame was not particularly long, relatively speaking; it was mainly because he now had a stable way to obtain Mirage Spirits, which greatly shortened the time needed to accumulate Blood Qi.

Otherwise, if he relied solely on his own slow accumulation, the time required would be truly too long, taking at least five or six years.

Furthermore, during these five or six years, besides his daily meat intake, he would also have to supplement it with a large amount of medicinal decoctions.

Chen Mo put the only remaining Origin True Stone into the box and took out the Dutian Great Dao Scripture again.

He took a deep breath to mobilize his own Qi and Blood, avoiding any unexpected situations during the reading process.

The pages, which felt like human skin, were slowly opened by him; the preface of this book was still quite easy to understand.

"Dutian Dao, passed down by Grandfather, this Dao is true, speak no delusions..."

These characters still flowed like they did in the past, like moths gathering into a cluster, wanting to invade Chen Mo's body.

However, the Qi and Blood circulating throughout his body were as brilliant as the great sun, directly startling these evil techniques away.

Chen Mo confirmed that his own Qi and Blood power was fully sufficient to continue safely browsing this cultivation manual.

Only then did he dare to turn to the next page; the third page was finally no longer those simple, straightforward scriptures used to bewitch people and proselytize, but truly began to explain the method of cultivation.

By visualizing the wondrous laws of Heaven and Earth and drawing Qi into the body, one can mobilize Heaven and Earth Power for one's own use, and thus enter the Qi Refiner realm.

In the Qi Refiner realm, one can refine one's own organs into Dharma Artifacts; one can use arms, and fingers, ears, eyes, teeth, etc., all work.

After being refined into Dharma Artifacts, besides being incomparably tough and capable of being controlled to kill enemies, they also have many wondrous uses.

Ears can be used to listen to distant sounds, and by sending eyes to a certain area, even if separated by several miles, one can use the sent eyes to see the situation occurring there clearly.

And the absolute best material for making these Dharma Artifacts is the cultivator's own body, because it is the most compatible with oneself.

The next best is the body of another Qi Refiner, and the next is the body of a Martial Artist.

As for the bodies of ordinary people, they don't even have the qualifications to be materials; they are fundamentally unable to carry Heaven and Earth Power.

Of course, the materials used to make Dharma Artifacts are not limited to humans; monsters that have achieved success in cultivation, extremely rare spiritual objects of Heaven and Earth, or even Mirage Spirits can also be used.

But these things are not easy to find.

For the vast majority of Qi Refiners, the best choice is still themselves.

Refining one's own body into a Dharma Artifact is not a difficult thing for most Qi Refiners to accept.

Qi Refiners visualize and control Heaven and Earth Power to condense their Divine Sense; to them, the physical body is something that is meant to be discarded anyway.

According to what is said in this Dutian Great Dao Scripture, the world is a sea of bitterness, and the human body is a small boat drifting in this sea of bitterness.

As long as this boat remains, one can never cross the sea of bitterness to reach the other shore.

Only by discarding the physical body and existing through Divine Sense can one reach the other shore.

To a Qi Refiner, the physical body is just a temporarily inhabited vessel.

Therefore, they do not care much about their own physical bodies and can use them as Dharma Artifacts as they please.

This is not just the view of the Dutian Dao Sect; the Qi Refiners of this world basically all think this way.

Discarding the physical body to cross the sea of bitterness with the Primordial Spirit and ascend is their supreme pursuit.

Because they do not care about the physical body, and because using oneself as material is relatively easy to obtain.

Most Qi Refiners use strange and bizarre Dharma Artifacts; some arms are even passed down from predecessors, having undergone the painstaking refinement of two or three generations, and their power is truly terrifying.

Only when they reach the Foundation Establishment realm do Qi Refiners use other Dharma Artifacts, but they will not discard the Dharma Artifacts they have refined from their own bodies.

Chen Mo continued to flip through this cultivation manual; it not only contained the methods of Qi Refiner cultivation but also methods for borrowing Heaven and Earth Power.

Most crucially, this manual mentioned borrowing the power of ghosts and gods.

The ghosts and gods mentioned in this manual seemed closer to the ghosts and gods he imagined, rather than those strange monsters in the Mirage Sea.

However, upon seeing the annotations written below, he immediately understood.

The so-called borrowing of ghosts and gods' power can also be said to be borrowing the power of the Ruins Realm and Ruins Monsters.

Compared to the Mirage Sea, the Ruins Realm is undoubtedly much more stable; as long as one follows the rules within it, the Ruins Realm can also be considered a kind of alternative Dongtian Fudi.

As long as one hides within it, one will not be affected by the Mirage Sea.

And although Ruins Monsters are also very strange and bizarre, their logical forms cannot be fathomed by ordinary human thinking.

But there are still a small number that possess intelligence and can be communicated with.

Qi Refiners use Secret Techniques to, to a certain extent, borrow the power of the Ruins Realm or perhaps control Ruins Monsters.

In addition, the annotations also additionally mentioned that there are normal Ghost Spirits in this world.

Ghost Spirits can also be called vengeful spirits; they are people who died with grievances, whose souls could not be reincarnated, wandering the world and being nourished by the Qi of Heaven and Earth to become spirits.

This type of vengeful spirit is what can be called a true ghost.

It is just that their numbers are extremely rare and they are not easily obtained.

And they, regardless of the strength of their power.

Can offset a portion of the Mirage Sea's erosion while at one's side; if a Qi Refiner can keep a Ghost Spirit by their side, then walking outside a Dongtian Fudi becomes much more convenient.

Chen Mo read through the entire Dutian Great Dao Scripture, and he specifically recorded the annotations in particular.

This actually counts for nothing to a Qi Refiner, but to him, it is very precious information.

While browsing this cultivation method, the Qi and Blood throughout his body surged, constantly offsetting the influence brought by this manual.

There is actually no evil art within this cultivation method; it only contains some means to prevent it from being read by others.

If someone with insufficient strength forcibly reads this book, then they will suffer the means upon it and find it hard to escape death.

Chen Mo is strong enough, which is why he can ignore these.

Putting this cultivation method back into the box, Chen Mo prepared to find time to make a trip to Xiaqi Valley after a while to sell it and exchange it for Blood Essence Stones.

After putting the box away, Chen Mo sat cross-legged and began to cultivate in this secret chamber.

The Dantian Internal Qi circulated, constantly surging within his body, making the Dantian Internal Qi more condensed through repeated cultivation.

Only after reaching a certain level can he attempt to push open the Heaven and Earth Gate.

Fortunately, to enter the Postnatal Realm, one does not need to open the Mysterious Aperture and the Shenhai all at once.

One can take it step by step; first open the Mysterious Aperture, and that counts as entering the Postnatal Realm.

One can initially draw a portion of power from between heaven and earth and convert it into one's own Internal Qi.

Using this as a foundation to cultivate further, combining essence and Qi to open the Shenhai, counts as having achieved success in Postnatal Realm cultivation.

Then, the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit are condensed and unified within the body, and the cultivation of the Postnatal Realm is considered complete.

After the Postnatal Realm is what is called the Innate Realm, but regarding the situation of this realm.

Chen Mo only knows that such a realm exists, and even his foster father is the same.

He knows this realm exists and has heard of experts in this realm, but has had no chance to see one in person.

However, as long as he breaks through the Postnatal Realm, or even reaches Acquired Perfection, then these questions will naturally be answered by someone for him.

The Internal Qi constantly wandered within the Dantian and meridians, and with his cultivation, they began to condense step by step.

Chen Mo has never fought with other Martial Artists at the perfection of the Tongmai Realm, so he does not know what level his Internal Qi belongs to.

However, with his practice, the Dantian Internal Qi became increasingly thick and condensed.

If it were previously like a surging river rushing through his body, then now they are transforming like erupting lava.

Not only is the speed faster, but the quality is also improving step by step.

A day passed in a trance, and until the midnight hour, Chen Mo quietly woke up from his sleep.

Looking at Zhao Yu sleeping soundly in the covers, he tiptoed to change his clothes and left.

The Dutian Great Dao Scripture mentioned that there are ghosts in this world, and not only that, they also possess the ability to resist the Mirage Sea.

Chen Mo lived in Zhu Niu Ji for quite a long time and knew there were several places in the market with rumors of being haunted.

Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of this night to go and see; if he could really find a Ghost Spirit, that would be a good thing, and if he couldn't, it wouldn't matter.

His figure was agile, walking in the dark night as if in an empty place.

Before long, he arrived in front of a dilapidated courtyard; this was the residence of Wang Dahu, where Chen Mo had once searched out a sum of silver.

Climbing into the courtyard, spring had gone and autumn had come, and no one had been here yet.

The courtyard appeared even more dilapidated, and the few footprints Chen Mo had left behind were still there.

His Blood Qi eyes circulated, and there was nothing unusual in this place.

Chen Mo took out the incense he had prepared from his Huai and lit it; this was the method annotated by that Qi Refiner who practiced the Dutian Great Dao Scripture.

Ghost Spirits feed on incense; by lighting incense and calling out softly, if the other party exists and is willing to come out to meet, then one can find their existence.

And if they are unwilling, then it is extremely difficult for a Qi Refiner to forcibly restrain them.

Therefore, when treating Ghost Spirits, the method adopted by Qi Refiners is always relatively gentle.

Since Ghost Spirits remain in the world, they often have unfulfilled obsessions; by conversing with them and guiding their obsessions, one can turn the Ghost Spirit to one's own use.

Of course, even if a Ghost Spirit exists, they will mostly not show themselves during the first few times the incense is lit.

Only after trying a few more times will the other party gradually trust them and be willing to come out to meet.

Chen Mo is not a Qi Refiner, and his Blood Qi eyes cannot observe whether a Ghost Spirit exists; he can only try a few more times, as it doesn't take much effort anyway.

Lighting the incense, Chen Mo called out softly, and as expected, there was no response.

Chen Mo climbed over the wall and left, preparing to go to other places to take a look.

As for this place, according to that Qi Refiner's annotations, he just needs to wait seven days and come back to light the incense again.

In the following time, Chen Mo still cultivated diligently every day, went to light incense once every seven days, and hunted in the Mirage Sea once every ten days.

To ensure safety, the number of people in the Mirage Sea he went to would not exceed one hundred.

He did not seek speed; what he aimed for was stability.

A month passed in a flash; this day, Chen Mo was cultivating in the secret chamber when Zhao Yu knocked on the door.

His foster father sent someone to deliver an official document, not a family letter but an official document, a very strange official document.

(End of this chapter)