Free Web NovelChapter 412: Chapter 174: The Obstacles I Once Surmounted Are Dao Others May Never Tread in a Lifetime
Three months later, Nirvana Mountain, Life and Death Mountain and River Sect.
As Jixia shook off his sleeves and emerged from long-sealed seclusion.
From the continuous Taoist temples at the mountainside, dried fallen leaves covered the ground, yet no one came to clear them, and the entire mountain gate exuded a lonely aura as autumn arrived. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
No different from before Jixia went into seclusion.
Previously, it was due to the dissolution of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, with disciples and members scattered, ten out of seven perishing, leaving only him, Zuo Shanhe, and Luo Fuyao in the mountain gate, making it appear empty and desolate.
But as Zuo Shanhe broke through to become a True Master, leading back thirty-six disciples with the Cultivation Taoist as the head, even though not many returned, logically speaking...
The mountain gate should not be so deserted and ignored.
He harbored doubts.
Ascending step by step, white cloth shoes pressing on the bluestone path, he faintly heard sporadic whispers coming from the Taoist rooms along the way:
"Primordial Spirit, Primordial Spirit..."
"How should this Primordial Spirit be ’comprehended’?"
"Why, even after three months, is it still elusive?"
"I clearly followed what the master said, introspecting the Divine Soul, understanding the Primordial Spirit, reversing the Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill."
"But why is the progress of the Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill advancing by leaps and bounds, causing my cultivation to surge rapidly, yet the so-called ’Primordial Spirit’ remains as vague as the void, not even a trace to be found?"
"It shouldn’t be..."
Jixia paused slightly, glancing toward the Taoist courtyard on one side.
That was Zhang Xuzhen, one of the thirty-six surviving Mountain and River disciples, at the third stage of the Jade Liquid Void Pill Realm, with the Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill reaching nearly the second level.
Even at the sect’s peak, he was a mainstay of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, second only to Canyuan and the Cultivation Taoist.
Today, aside from the Cultivation Taoist who attained ’Dragon Tiger Divine Power’, he stands as the top Primordial Pill of the Mountain and River Sect.
The young man, clad in white, hid his aura to the extreme, operating the Profound Skill, blending almost seamlessly with the natural world.
Unless one is a top expert like Zuo Shanhe.
Even after reaching the Dragon Tiger Realm, even celestial beings who have opened the ’Celestial Human Domain’ at its peak would not detect his presence unless their domain encompassed Jixia.
As he listened at the side of his ear.
Jixia heard Zhang Xuzhen’s insights on the ’Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill’, trapped outside the gate, forming an obsession close to bewilderment.
He couldn’t help but frown slightly:
"In cultivation, the greatest taboo is ’going down a blind alley’."
"Before the ’Carefree’ stage at the Third Stage of Great Innate, it’s not even that crucial."
"But once the Divine Soul is born, the Martial Artist steps onto the path of the ’Dharma Seeker’. If a Heart Demon arises and the spirit collapses, a drastic change in disposition, all is not impossible."
"Is the Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill really that challenging?"
"To cause someone like Senior Brother Zhang Xuzhen, who has reached the Primordial Pill Pass and is naturally of the Profound Body, to make no progress for three months, and instead fall into such a ’bewilderment’, almost deviating from the path?"
"No, maintaining such a mindset while operating the Profound Skill will only lead to worse outcomes. Since the Sect Leader has grasped the profound, how could they not understand this? I must consult him."
Jixia’s brow tightened, realizing the gravity of the situation.
Three months ago,
He had cultivated the ’Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill’ through the Human World Demonstration Dao, progressing smoothly and rapidly.
The Primordial Spirit seemed like a treasure hidden within his ’Divine Soul’, precisely there, ready for him to comprehend it and see.
For Zuo Shanhe, this Law Creator, it was even more so.
Initially, Jixia thought the skill remarkable and possibly very difficult.
But while descending the mountain to banish demons, settling scores with those martial artists and masters who eradicated and pursued the sect’s disciples.
Luo Fuyao also progressed smoothly, successfully entering the realm under Zuo Shanhe’s guidance, advancing daily, giving Jixia a misconception.
That perhaps, as long as someone has mastered the ’Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill’, they can demonstrate the Dao, and entry into this ultimate worldly technique might be as simple as reaching into a bag.
But now it seems, that’s perhaps not the case.
To reach the Mountain and River Hall, one must pass nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, signifying the pinnacle of the human world, the meaning of ’I am the peak at the mountain’s end’.
Along the way, Jixia opened the Forehead Ancestral Acupoint, using the Dao practice of the Divine Soul, under the clear blue sky, observing the surrounding peaceful courtyards.
Occasionally...
He could hear whispers, no different from those of Zhang Xuzhen.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!"
"This doesn’t work, neither does that, how is it different from what I saw from the master?"
"Reversing the Profound Skill, seeing the true nature, then seeing the Primordial Spirit, but clearly I’ve seen the ’truth’ and traces of the ’Primordial Spirit’ from the Sect Leader, why does it change when I try?"
"The deeper I delve into this method, the more I sense something off, could it be that my Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill hasn’t reached mastery like the master’s?"
"Hiss, but in these recent three months, my profound skill advanced rapidly, and there’s always the ethereal Tao sound in my ear assisting my cultivation, could it be... first achieve life and death, then see the Primordial Spirit?"
"But the master strictly forbade us from continuing with the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’, the deaths of many brothers vivid in our eyes, incomplete cultivation amounts to emptiness, I must be like the Sect Leader! I must not stop!"
"Even if it means death, I will master this ’World’s Number One Profound Skill’!!"
The situations of some disciples are even deeper and more severe, almost tirelessly practicing the Primordial Spirit Nirvana Skill for twelve hours nonstop, close to madness.
Meanwhile, the progress of the Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill within is also advancing at a rapid pace, drawing almost all the Spiritual Qi of Nirvana Mountain together.
Sometimes, progressing too fast and causing a weak foundation is not a good thing.
