Chapter 303 He would not let himself down and headed back north

How could they not have heard this phrase before?

After all, the vast majority of independent cultivators come from among ordinary people.

This is a well-known proverb; everyone knows it.

Knowing something is one thing, but being able to firmly believe in it and actually do it is another.

Most people don’t take it seriously.

At this very moment, the two had already given up hope, but upon hearing this sentence, a new realization suddenly arose in their hearts!

This is:

When I was young, I was ignorant of the truth; when I suddenly realized it, I was already quite old.

When you’re young, you don’t understand; when you finally do, you’re already old…

But… so what if it’s been a long time?

Never give up until the very last moment! That’s the essence of the saying!

They have at least twenty years left!

Shen Ce and Wei Yun exchanged a glance, both seeing the determination in each other’s eyes. They then looked at Yu Xian and bowed respectfully, saying, “Thank you for your timely advice, Brother! We will never be discouraged. We will find the method to condense a pseudo-core into a golden core until the very end!”

Yu Xian raised his hand in return and said calmly, “No need to thank me. This is due to the efforts of the two of you. After all, success depends on human effort, not on my words.”

The two bowed again, their previous frustration, dejection, and despair gone, replaced by a new light in their eyes!

Hua Yuan glanced at the three of them, coughed lightly, and said, “It’s time to go. I just don’t know if those demonic beasts outside are still there. If they are, then we’ll be in trouble.”

Although Yu Xian and Hua Yuan have both obtained the inheritance method and have many treasures, they still have little chance of defeating the two mid-level fifth-tier demonic beasts.

Yu Xian returned the greeting, then straightened up and looked into the distance, frowning as he said, “They may be here, or they may not. If you’re worried, why don’t we cultivate here for a while? They won’t dare to come in anyway. Once we’ve fully comprehended the Wind, Fire, Mountain, and Forest Technique, especially the Fire Technique, we’ll go out and kill them!”

Upon hearing this, Hua Yuandu immediately nodded and said, “Well, let’s wait a few days until we fully understand the Wind, Fire, Mountain and Forest before we go out. If those two demonic beasts are still foolish enough to guard us, we’ll kill them and eat them!”

Upon seeing this, Shen Ce and Wei Yun immediately said, “We won’t disturb you two fellow cultivators’ cultivation any longer. We’ll go to a distant place to meditate.”

With that, the two quickly left and found a secluded spot where they sat cross-legged facing each other to continue studying the Wind Word Technique.

Only Yu Xian and Hua Yuandu remained on the spot.

“I think they’re afraid we’ll disturb them, right?”

Hua Yuandu watched the man and woman walk away, muttered something, then turned to look at Yu Xian with a half-smile, saying, “Heaven helps those who help themselves, I’ve heard that saying before, but do you really believe it?”

Yu Xian and Hua Yuan exchanged glances and calmly said, “I don’t believe it.”

oh?

Hua Yuandu’s eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on his face.

Yu Xian said calmly, “I only believe in myself. Heaven may fail those who persevere, but I will not fail them!”

Hua Yuandu’s smile froze on the spot.

Those who persevere will not be let down by Heaven.

wrong!

He’s a hard-working person; he won’t let himself down!

If one were to truly rely on Heaven, that would be an utterly ridiculous joke!

On the journey of life, as long as you do not let yourself down, then Heaven will not let you down!

Yu Xian reached out and patted Hua Yuandu on the shoulder, saying, “Relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on yourself. They understand that only by relying on themselves to search desperately can they have a chance, instead of relying on the empty saying that ‘Heaven will not fail those who persevere.’ If they give up on themselves, then they will have nothing.”

After saying that, Yu Xian walked away, found a clean open space, lifted his robe, sat cross-legged, and slowly breathed in and out, calming his mind and spirit.

Hua Yuan stood there stunned for a long while, then suddenly shook his head and said, “You almost fooled me. You make it sound like I haven’t worked hard… Who has let myself down? I’ve been cultivating from dawn till dusk, I haven’t had a moment’s rest…”

After saying that, he found a rock, leaped onto it, sat down cross-legged, and began to cultivate and comprehend.

His Dao heart was pure, so he was naturally not affected by Yu Xian’s few words.

Even if he looks back and reflects on his past, he finds no fault with himself.

Therefore, he will not regret wasting time, nor will he be ashamed of squandering his youth.

He has never slacked off before, and he will continue to work hard in the future!

The two continued their cultivation separately, and there was no movement for a while.

Yu Xian closed his eyes and remained still. At this moment, he did not try to comprehend the Wind, Fire, Mountain and Forest, but instead focused his mind and examined his sea of ​​consciousness.

King Zheng Cheng gave three divine senses, which landed in his, Hua Yuandu’s, and Bing Ning’s sea of ​​consciousness.

This divine sense is used to save one’s life and can kill any enemy below the Nascent Soul stage. Of course, Yu Xian doesn’t believe it can kill any enemy. There are always people who have a special treasure to protect their divine sense, right?

As for using it for comprehension, according to King Zheng Cheng, it would be a great opportunity to comprehend the method of how a Nascent Soul cultivator condenses their divine consciousness ahead of time.

Furthermore, if Yu Xian doesn’t understand where this divine consciousness is and how to control it, he won’t be able to cultivate in peace.

This foreign object remains in my mind, but I can’t understand it. Who knows if it might kill me first one day?

Yu Xian absolutely would not allow an unknown and uncontrollable thing to remain in his sea of ​​consciousness!

With a thought in mind, Yu Xian looked inward and went directly to his sea of ​​consciousness.

The sky was still filled with stars.

As mentioned earlier, the countless stars in the sky represent the countless thoughts of people, including random thoughts, chaotic thoughts, true thoughts, evil thoughts, righteous thoughts, and so on.

The practice of self-cultivation is to discard distracting, chaotic, and evil thoughts, and retain true and righteous thoughts, thereby attaining the true path, the true body, and the true meaning.

At this moment, under the starry sky, although Yu Xian had not completely rid himself of many distracting thoughts, the light shone brightly, clearly indicating that he had more true thoughts than evil thoughts, and almost no chaotic thoughts.

His spirit was as solid as iron, and his will as firm as steel, a quality he had already developed during his battle with the Little Heavenly Demon’s sea of ​​consciousness.

A body formed purely from spiritual energy appears. The sea of ​​consciousness seems vast and boundless, yet there are no distance constraints. With a thought, one can go wherever one desires.

Yu Xian had already begun his search, his figure flashing as he searched for countless thoughts and stars.

Time passed, and before he knew it, an incense stick’s worth of time had been spent checking. Yu Xian’s eyebrows twitched slightly, for in the depths of his mind, he saw a ray of light.

This radiance shone like a great star, and countless thoughts before it were like fireflies facing the bright moon.

An extremely terrifying power was contained within, seemingly ready to erupt at any moment!

If it were to erupt, without a doubt, all the countless star-like thoughts within this sea of ​​consciousness would be instantly wiped out!

The entire sea of ​​consciousness would be turned into a mess, and Yu Xian would naturally die instantly!

This is the divine sense of a Void Returning Realm expert!

Divine consciousness is a fusion of thoughts, spirit, will, and cultivation.

However, the challenge lies in integrating thoughts, spirit, will, and cultivation to generate divine consciousness.

If you don’t reach that level, you can’t even imagine it, because you can’t even touch the rules of the Great Dao.

At this moment, Yu Xian did not have the greed to try to forcibly study the method of divine sense with his Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivation.

He simply looked at the divine consciousness of King Zheng Cheng, thought for a moment, and then, with a thought, arrived before the divine consciousness.

Compared to this enormous divine consciousness, Yu Xian’s spiritual body was like a chick compared to an adult.

His spiritual body, formed from countless thoughts and spirits, was not even one percent as strong as the divine consciousness of King Zheng Cheng, which was only one ten-thousandth of his own and extremely weak!

One can imagine how powerful the thoughts, spirit, and will of a Void Returning Realm expert are!

If a Void Returning Realm expert were to arrive, the 100,000 Heavenly Demons of Heavenly Demon Valley could be wiped out with their divine sense!

Yu Xian looked at the enormous divine consciousness, paused for a moment, and then reached out and pressed it down.

Whether or not you can comprehend it, the first thing to do is to control it.

If you can’t control it, then you should hurry up and leave your consciousness.

The thought began to probe outwards, slowly spreading and completely enveloping the great divine sense, before probing into it.

Since this divine consciousness had no master, King Zheng Cheng did not leave any hidden tricks.

The legacy he left behind before his death was solely to preserve a glimmer of hope for future enlightenment, not to invite enemies.

What good would it do him to leave a hidden trick to kill the successor or make the successor resent him?

Therefore, Yu Xian easily covered up this divine consciousness completely, and could control it to move and fly around in the sea of ​​consciousness, and could also control it to strike out!

But Yu Xian could only control it; he couldn’t see through it.

It’s like an ordinary person possessing a powerful weapon, knowing that it can kill when fired, but not knowing why it can be fired, how it stores energy, or the source of that energy.

If you can understand it, then you can build it yourself.

Yu Xian controlled it for a while, and after confirming that it had no hidden dangers and was just a simple divine consciousness, he breathed a sigh of relief and the spiritual body quickly dissipated.

Keep it as a trump card.

I’ll study it when I have time later, to get a feel for how a Nascent Soul expert condenses their divine sense.

It was expected to be very difficult, extremely difficult, so Yu Xian did not waste any time at this moment.

The most urgent task is to study the Wind, Fire, Mountain and Forest!

The wind was fierce, the mountains were majestic, and the forest moved with incredible speed.

And fire…

What should fire be?

Yu Xian sat cross-legged, pondering the concrete manifestation of the Fire Word Technique.

Fireball? Fire Serpent? Fire Scythe? Earth Flame? Fire Dragon Technique?

It seems that all of them can be blessed with the Fire element.

Because the Fire Mantra itself is not a specific spell, but a Dao, a supernatural power.

However, this path is too difficult, and Yu Xian’s current level is too low to implement it.

He can grasp even a fraction of it, which is already his limit.

Fire Technique… Fire Technique…

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. Yu Xian slowly opened his eyes and muttered to himself, “I have a wood spirit root, and cultivating the fire path is too difficult. There are priorities. I’ll put the fire path aside for now. Once I reach the Golden Core stage, with all five elements perfected and no longer hindered by my spirit root, I’ll carefully study this fire technique. For now, I’ll focus on cultivating the mountain technique. If I can enhance my physical strength by fifty percent, I can even fight a mid-tier fifth-order demonic beast…”

Yu Xian’s mind was clear; he let go of what needed to be let go. With a change of heart, he stopped trying to comprehend the Fire Character Technique and instead continued to comprehend the Mountain Character Technique to strengthen his physical body.

The mountains are majestic and powerful. The Mountain Technique is in harmony with the physical strength, making it extremely suitable for body cultivation. Yu Xian wrapped his arms around the body, and streams of power were already brewing.

Meanwhile, Hua Yuandu was diligently studying the Linzi formula.

His swordsmanship is powerful enough, so speed is of paramount importance, making the Forest Technique the best choice for him.

Five more days passed.

Hua Yuandu emitted a faint fluctuation, and finally raised his hand and waved it away, then slowly opened his eyes.

Over the past ten days, he had mastered eighty percent of the Lin Character Technique. The remaining two-tenths could not be comprehended in a short time, or even in ten days or half a month. Therefore, he did not waste any time and stopped practicing directly.

In the distance, Yu Xian still sat there with his arms crossed, exuding a powerful aura, like a towering mountain, heavy and boundless.

Seeing that Yu Xian had not yet grasped the meaning, Hua Yuan thought for a moment and then closed his eyes again to try to find the divine consciousness in his sea of ​​consciousness.

But before he could close his eyes, Yu Xian loosened his arms and began to slowly finish his practice.

He had also comprehended about 80% of the Mountain Technique, which could enhance his physical strength by 55%. As for the remaining 20%, he would have to comprehend it slowly.

“Oh? All done?”

Hua Yuandu’s eyes flashed, and he immediately stood up and asked, “Is it possible?”

“That’s about it.”

Yu Xian let out a breath and nodded, saying, “I can kill a mid-level fifth-tier demonic beast.”

“Alright! I’ll kill the other one!”

Hua Yuandu laughed heartily, then turned to look at Shen Ce and Wei Yun, who were still meditating with their eyes closed in the distance, and asked, “Fellow Daoists, are you ready yet?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Ce and Wei Yun also stopped their practice and stood up, saying, “We’re done!”

Both of them gained something from the Wind Technique.

As for the Forest and Fire techniques, the two had never been exposed to them and therefore had no way of comprehending them.

Hua Yuandu laughed and said, “In that case, let’s go.”

Having said that, he soared into the sky and flew away from the mound of earth.

Yu Xian stepped forward to follow, and Shen Ce and Wei Yun also followed behind.

In a short while, the four of them emerged from the dense forest. Yu Xian and Hua Yuan both raised their auras almost simultaneously and immediately entered battle mode.

But all was quiet, with no monsters waiting or guarding the area.

Only a month and a half has passed since we entered that secret realm of inheritance, and now that we’ve emerged, and those demonic beasts have already dispersed? They really have no patience.

Yu Xian and Hua Yuan exchanged a glance, and Hua Yuan immediately whispered, “Let’s go quickly.”

Isn’t the absence of monsters just what I wanted?

The most important thing is to leave this desolate southern swamp as soon as possible; otherwise, things may change.

The four of them immediately lowered their bodies, flew close to the ground, and quickly returned along the way they came.

On the way back, they did encounter some demonic beasts, but they were all second- or third-tier, with the highest being only lower-tier fourth-tier demonic beasts. Yu Xian didn’t even need to lift a finger; Hua Yuan killed them all with his sword energy. The four of them didn’t even need to stop.

So the journey was surprisingly smooth. It took two and a half days to get there, but only half a day to get back.

What the four were unaware of was that when the monsters failed to kill them, the two mid-level fifth-tier monsters fought each other instead, ultimately suffering heavy losses and dispersing.

In order to heal their wounds, the two mid-level fifth-tier demonic beasts hunted down many mid-level and high-level fourth-tier demonic beasts in the surrounding area, which created the current gap in their health.

These unclaimed territories will remain unclaimed for several more months before being occupied by newly arrived fourth- or even fifth-tier lower-level demonic beasts.

As the sun set, the endless southern wilderness exuded a profound aura, when suddenly four figures flew out of the great forest, all with joyful expressions.

It took most of the day to finally get out!

Once they left the Southern Wilderness Swamp, the sense of crisis that had been weighing on their hearts disappeared.

Hua Yuan let out a long breath, laughed loudly, and instantly grew taller!

Yu Xian smiled and took a step forward, soaring over a hundred feet high to fly alongside Hua Yuandu.

Shen Ce and Wei Yun followed closely behind, their faces relaxed.

Once you leave the Southern Wilderness Swamp, there is no danger below a certain height.

The setting sun cast its rays.

Follow the four dots and head straight north.