Although the Thunderfire Forging Meridian Heart Sutra is the most advanced Meridian Condensation stage cultivation technique, its cultivation requires the combination of heavenly thunder and earthly fire.
The concept of "heavenly thunder" is easy to understand: thunder spirits are born in places where thunder frequently strikes. Every time a thunder spirit stretches or yawns, it releases lightning.
As for subterranean fire, it's easy to understand. Deep within the earth's crust or beneath volcanoes, fire spirits often emerge. When these fire spirits twist their bodies or run and jump, a massive amount of fire element is released, causing towering waves of fire all around.
Thunder Essence and Fire Soul also have different levels.
Based on the amount of energy released, scholars on the Immortal Continent divided Thunder Essence and Fire Soul into thirty-six levels.
To cultivate the Thunderfire Forging Meridian Heart Sutra, one must find at least a Thunder Essence and a Fire Soul of level 30 or above. A single level 30 Thunder Essence or Fire Soul is already extremely difficult to find, and finding both at the same time is as difficult as ascending to heaven. This is why the Wuwu Sect, despite possessing the Thunderfire Forging Meridian Heart Sutra, has never had anyone willing to cultivate it, ultimately leading to a decrease in the sect's strength rather than an increase.
Lin Caogen sighed and said, "What a pity that such a good technique is right in front of us!"
Li Bai said, "What's there to regret? Even if you had the aid of heavenly thunder and earthly fire, you still couldn't cultivate the Thunderfire Forging Heart Sutra. Although thunder essence and fire soul are hard to find, the Ten Immortal Emperors might not be without them. As far as I know, there are at least three thunder essences and fire souls of level 30 or above that still exist in the world, and they are in the hands of the Immortal Emperors. If the Thunderfire Forging Heart Sutra were so easy to cultivate, the Ten Immortal Emperors would have already fought each other to seize it."
Lin Caogen was startled and said, "Brother Li, do you mean that even with the Thunder Essence and Fire Soul, it's still impossible to cultivate the Thunderfire Forging Heart Sutra?"
Li Bai drank half a pot of wine and said, "Of course. Think about it, do you think it's possible to use a violent divine object like Thunder Essence Fire Soul to train the human meridians? Unless you have the most advanced cultivation technique in the Body Refinement stage, capable of refining your body to the most abnormal level, even Immortal Emperors wouldn't dare to try it rashly. What if you burn your meridians? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble and making things worse? If the Thunder Essence Fire Soul is of a low level, it's safe but won't have the effect of tempering the meridians. If it's of a high level, it's easy to burn your own meridians, which is a loss! What's the point of practicing this technique? It's like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat but not very tasty to throw away."
Hearing this, Lin Caogen was deeply moved.
So, cultivating this Thunderfire Forging Meridian Heart Sutra requires a powerful physical body as a foundation. To have a powerful body, one must possess a top-tier Heaven-rank Body Refining stage cultivation technique! Don't I already have one?
Thinking of this, Lin Caogen said tremblingly, "Brother Li, among those ten Immortal Emperors, is it possible that none of them cultivated a top-tier Heaven-rank Body Refining stage technique?"
Li Bai, slightly tipsy, said, "What a joke! Every top-tier Heavenly Rank cultivation technique is a rare treasure. There aren't that many. The ten levels of cultivation require ten sets of techniques, and each of the Ten Immortal Emperors can only cultivate five or six top-tier Heavenly Rank techniques at most. As for top-tier Heavenly Rank techniques for the Body Refining stage, they simply don't exist in the world."
Lin Caogen was startled and asked, "There's really no such thing as a real person? Is that true?"
Li Bai said, "That's natural! Firstly, even if you cultivate to the peak of the Body Refinement stage, your strength won't increase much, so most people in the Immortal Realm don't pay much attention to it. Secondly, the Body Refinement stage is tedious and boring, and even the most talented people are unwilling to study it too much, which is why there have never been any top-tier Heaven-rank techniques for the Body Refinement stage circulating in the world."
At this point, Li Bai asked the waiter for two more jugs of wine, then suddenly shook his head and said, "No, no! It seems that a top-tier Heaven-rank cultivation technique for the Body Refinement stage appeared three thousand years ago. I heard it from my grandfather, who said that the tomb of a barbaric ancient emperor from a million years ago had appeared. That ancient emperor cultivated something called the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art! Guess what? The Ten Immortal Emperors entered the tomb, but none of them managed to snatch that top-tier Heaven-rank Body Refinement stage cultivation technique. I heard that in the end, the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art was taken by a newly promoted Immortal Venerable! Isn't that ridiculous? The Ten Immortal Emperors couldn't even catch that newly promoted Immortal Venerable, how ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! I've always thought my grandfather was just joking with me about this story! It's practically a bedtime story."
Lin Caogen gasped upon hearing this.
At this moment, the ten thousand characters of cultivation technique were etched in his mind. It was the top-tier Heaven-rank technique for the Body Refinement stage, called the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art.
"Could the Body Refining Technique that Brother Yang gave me be the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art that Li Bai mentioned? Is it inherited from that ancient savage emperor?"
Lin Caogen was deeply moved, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"This Brother Yang is too fierce! He actually managed to snatch treasures from the hands of the Ten Immortal Emperors!"
Li Bai laughed and said, "Brother Grassroots, Brother Grassroots, are you dumbfounded? Come, come, let's drink."
Lin Caogen also drank a glass of wine, his face slightly tipsy, and asked, "Brother Li, what are your plans?"
Li Bai said, "We will set off tomorrow to continue participating in the entrance examination for the Brahma Valley! This time, I must join the Brahma Valley."
Li Bai looked at Lin Caogen and asked, "Brother, what about you?"
Lin Caogen laughed awkwardly, "I don't have any talent for cultivation. Let's see if I can be selected by the worst sect!"
Upon hearing this, Li Bai said, "Brother, you must not give up on yourself. I can see that you don't have any immortal roots. However, my judgment may not be accurate, and we still need to conduct tests to determine the truth. Besides, immortal roots can be improved through cultivation, so you still have a future. You must not go to those third-rate sects. Even if you go to the Wuwei Sect, it's better than other trash sects. At least the Wuwei Sect has Earth-rank cultivation techniques, while other trash sects rely entirely on Profound-rank and Yellow-rank techniques to maintain their facade."
Lin Caogen nodded and said, "Brother Li is absolutely right. But I don't know how to get to the Wuwei Sect. I don't even know where it is."
Lin Bai said, "Brother, you really do come from the mountains! Hahaha! I'm straightforward, please don't take offense."
Lin Caogen laughed and said, "How could that be! Please teach me, Brother Li!"
Li Bai laughed and said, "You can buy this map at any bookstore. It will have the routes on it. After all, sects like Wuwei Sect are among the top 100 sects, and they have teleportation arrays at their gates. The specific costs and routes are explained in the map."
Lin Caogen suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! I've been suffering because I didn't study!"
Li Bai stood up leisurely and said, "Haha, brother, it's getting late, I should get going. We'll meet again someday. I hope that in a few years, we brothers can both contribute to our respective sects' ranking competitions."
Lin Caogen stood up and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Li! With your magnanimity, you will surely be able to achieve great things in the Brahma Valley!"
Li Bai laughed and said, "Thank you for your kind words, brother. Farewell! Waiter, the bill!"
Li Bai tossed a gold ingot to the waiter and said, "Keep the change! Laughing loudly, I stride out the door. How can I, a man of such talent, be a mere commoner? I can kill one man every ten steps, and leave no trace for a thousand miles!"
Watching Li Bai's departing figure, Lin Caogen felt that this man was generous and truly worth befriending. He wondered when they would meet again after this parting.
Now that I've had my fill of food and drink, it's time for me to get up.
Lin Caogen first found an inn in the city, then hurriedly inquired about the location of a bookstore. He wanted to immerse himself in the sea of books and learn about the Immortal Continent in the shortest possible time.
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