"Daoshi?"

In the past six months, Chen Luo used the merits earned by Ling and Zhang to read a lot of secrets of the upper world in the library, and his horizons were broadened a lot. However, this was the first time he heard of something like Dao Stone, because there was no record of it in the ancient divine sect's classics.

"A secret treasure that can help one comprehend the power of returning to the void in advance."

The Painted Skin Demon didn't elaborate. His purpose was to hope that Chen Luo would help him hold back his senior brother Xingyun, and he didn't intend to give him the inheritance of the sect. Zhu Chungang stood by and silently repaired his injuries. He was also very curious about what the Dao Stone was, but seeing the Painted Skin Demon's look, he didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Luo was about to ask some more questions, but he didn't expect that he received feedback from his spiritual sense that Ling and Zhang had completed the task and were returning quickly.

Chen Luo, who did not want to give up his identity as the Ancient God Sect for the time being, had to end the communication early.

After simply leaving a contact number, he returned to the city.

"This person is very strange. I sensed a familiar aura from him. He might be someone we know."

The two of them stayed where they were until Chen Luo's breath completely disappeared, and Zhu Chun just started to speak.

"As long as there is no conflict with us."

The Painted Skin Demon had no intention of investigating the matter. He just wanted to get back the things he left behind before his reincarnation. Only by getting those things back could he deal with Xingyun's pursuit, and this reincarnation would not be in vain.

Return to the inn.

The well-fed and well-drinking flower-backed tortoise was listening to some ditty in the audience. This fellow really knew how to enjoy himself, and he had booked a special show. He was lying down, humming some tune, gently swaying on a palm-leaf fan. Two fairies' slender hands were waiting on his left and right, gently massaging his back.

Chen Luo ignored him, flew in through the window and went straight back to the guest room.

"Brother Ding, the mission is accomplished."

As soon as he entered the room, Chen Luo saw Ling and Zhang coming in from outside, holding a blank merit card with all the merits they earned in this mission. Since he was trying to curry favor with someone, he naturally had to curry favor with them all at once. These two guys had invested a lot of money, doing all the dirty work themselves and giving all the benefits to Chen Luo, and even lowered their seniority and called Chen Luo "Senior Brother".

"Thank you for your hard work, both of you."

Chen Luo sat cross-legged on the bed and opened his eyes with a smile.

After receiving his approval, both of them showed happy expressions on their faces. The investment during this period of time has finally paid off.

night.

Chen Luo sat cross-legged in the room, and he quickly mastered the Ancient Divine Sect's body-refining techniques.

'The demon blood has a bless effect on the third page of body refining.'

'The ninth page can be superimposed with 'Body Appearance - Immortality'.'

“.”

The thought came to Chen Luo, and he quickly cultivated the first chapter of the "Ancient God Body Refining Method" to perfection. It took others dozens or hundreds of years to comprehend the method, but he saw through it at a glance. With the superposition of countless external brains, the Ancient God Sect's body refining realm quickly jumped from foundation building to golden elixir, and then from golden elixir to Nascent Soul.

Although he had not seen the subsequent methods of the Ancient God Body Refining Method, for Chen Luo, the golden elixir and Nascent Soul condensed by the Ancient God Body Refining Method were definitely not as good as his flawless golden elixir and perfect Nascent Soul. It was very difficult to practice high-level magical powers with low-level techniques, but it would be very simple to practice low-level magical powers with high-level techniques.

This is the reason why upward compatibility is difficult but downward compatibility is easy.

Chen Luo has practiced to the limit in every step so far. This strong foundation allows him to quickly master all the methods. Any magical power that is lower than the modified method of Brother Changqing can be quickly mastered and practiced to the peak here.

Half a month later.

Deserted Mountain Inn.

Chen Luo sat by the window and ordered two pounds of buffalo meat, a plate of peanuts, and a pot of loose white wine. This place is not the sphere of influence of the immortal world. The people who come and go here are all mortals. The division between the immortal world in the upper world and the mortal kingdom is more obvious.

Living under the same sky, but like lives from two different worlds.

Few people would come to the secular world, because these places were low-lying areas of spiritual energy, and it was difficult for cultivators to practice here, and it was easy to get involved with mortals and cause some unnecessary trouble. Even for retirement, not many people were willing to go to the secular world.

In the eyes of the immortal cultivators in the upper realm, ordinary people are full of filth, plagued by evil bugs, and are plagued by the seven evil emotions and the poison of the six desires.

This concept is completely different from the lower world.

This concept makes the division between the mundane world and the world of immortal cultivation more obvious.

This time, it was the Painted Skin Demon who contacted Chen Luo. The plan of the old demon and Zhu Chungang ran into trouble and needed help. It just so happened that Chen Luo also needed to understand the inheritance of the Dao Sect level through these reincarnated old guys.

The two sides hit it off and met here afterwards.

"Do you know what 'Tao' is?"

The Painted Skin Demon looked at Chen Luo and asked straight to the point.

"have no idea."

Chen Luo really didn’t know what Tao was. If he knew, he would not have abandoned the foundation of the Star Gate and fled to the Ancient God Sect.

"The four realms of Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul are the first step in cultivating immortals, which is Qi Refining. The most fundamental need during cultivation is external spiritual energy, that is, spiritual vein resources. The more abundant the resources, the faster the speed of cultivation." The Painted Skin Demon picked up a piece of buffalo meat with chopsticks and told Chen Luo the news he knew.

"Starting from the Spiritual Transformation Realm, the cultivation of immortals enters the second realm, called 'Refining the Spirit'. Each step of the practice of Refining the Spirit requires a core. The practice of the Spiritual Transformation Realm is based on the fundamental diagram, with the fundamental diagram as the core. 'Observing the Spirit' is the realm of cultivation."

The Painted Skin Demon explained it in great detail.

This was the first time Chen Luo heard a systematic description, and it was much clearer than his own guesses after reading ancient books.

After receiving this information, the brains of the external brains, such as Changqing and Qiuyuan, who were above the God Transformation Realm, quickly "recalled" the corresponding content. The data was updated again and reached a higher level.

“But after returning to the void, the fundamental diagram can no longer maintain cultivation, and it is even more difficult to break through.”

The Painted Skin Demon looked at Chen Luo with a deep gaze, as if he wanted to see through his true face. Not only did Zhu Chungang feel familiar, he also felt familiar from Chen Luo. But this person was obviously the first time he met him, and he was very curious why he could sense a familiar aura from a stranger.

"Do you know what the next level of returning to the void is?"

"Fusion?"

Chen Luo recalled that he had seen a similar description in the Star Gate's martial arts.

Transform into spirit, return to emptiness, and merge into one.

These three realms are divided into nine steps, which are called the 'Nine Steps of Spirit Refining'.

"To be precise, it is the harmony of the Tao."

The Painted Skin Demon was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Chen Luo had actually come into contact with this level of inheritance. However, contact is one thing, and whether one can practice is another. The real key inheritance is passed down from master to disciple, and many details need to be taught before they can be understood. In the written records of the exercises, it is assumed that the practitioners know these contents.

Therefore, it is pure nonsense to rely solely on one technique to cultivate and become an immortal.

If cultivating immortality were really that easy, the immortals in this world would not be just legends.

"The six steps after the nine steps of soul refining are inseparable from the 'Tao'. Only the sects that have mastered the 'Tao' have the opportunity to become immortals and are qualified to seek immortality! This is also the most fundamental difference between the Dao Sect and other sects."

The Painted Skin Demon reached into his arms and took out a shriveled eyeball.

The aura above made Chen Luo narrow his eyes slightly.

This thing is exactly the same as the eyeball in Nebula's body before, the difference is that this eyeball is dry and has lost its charm.

"The Dao Stone is a secret treasure similar to the Dao. It allows the Spiritualization cultivators to borrow the power of Return to Void in advance, allowing the Return to Void cultivators to comprehend the power of Harmony with Dao."

As the Painted Skin Demon spoke, he placed his shriveled eyeballs on the table.

The last time he and Zhu Chungang separated from Chen Luo, they went to another secret place and retrieved some things there. This shriveled eyeball was one of them. They were all resources left behind before his reincarnation, but now they have long been exhausted. They must take back the things in the Yin Yang Pond to restore these things.

Seeing Chen Luo pick up the shriveled eyeball, Painted Skin Demon immediately spoke. He and Zhu Chungang had gone to Yin Yang Pond again before, but they were discovered by Xingyun before they even got close, and they had to work hard to escape.

Afterwards, Xingyun did not pursue the enemy too far, but simply returned to Yin Yang Pond.

Seeing him like that, he was determined to wait there, which made the two of them feel extremely difficult. If the plan was stuck at this point, all subsequent plans would be wasted. The two of them had survived a near-death experience, and the three thousand years of life they had gained through reincarnation were not to be wasted like this. In desperation, they could only find Chen Luo again, hoping to borrow his power to help break the deadlock.

"As long as you are willing to help me hold back Xingyun, I will give you this Dao Stone."

The Painted Skin Demon said in a tempting tone.

“This is something related to the Tao! With your cultivation reaching this level, you must be looking for the way to return to the void, right? But I can tell you that without the Tao, you will never be able to break through to the void. Even if you break through by chance, you will be stuck in the early stages of returning to the void and unable to make any progress, just like the two old guys in the Ancient God Sect.”

The Ancient God Sect has two great ancestors who have returned to the void.

Kuchai was one of them, and the remaining one was one Chen Luo had never seen before.

However, from the description of Painted Skin Old Demon, it can be seen that these two people should be in the early stage of returning to the void. There is a big gap between them and the three ancestors of the Sun, Moon and Star of the Star Gate. It is no wonder that the Ancient God Sect has always been in a weak position when facing the Star Gate. Even if the Star Gate is in danger now, they dare not take the initiative to attack, and only dare to take advantage of the side.

"Can't we just make a 'Tao'?"

Using defective products to break through has never been Chen Luo's habit. He felt that he could be more radical.

“The existing Dao in the world of immortal cultivation had long been divided up by the Dao Sect. Even the Dao Stone is a secret treasure that is worth a fortune.” The eyelids of the Painted Skin Demon twitched. He found that the appetite of the guy in front of him was bigger than his.

"Can the Dao Stone make me an immortal?"

"No, but it has a certain chance of helping you break through to the God Transformation!" (End of this chapter)