Everything seemed normal for the rest of the time.
The day after seeking the Dao, he asked Qi Zhiheng to play chess, intentionally or unintentionally testing whether Qi Zhiheng had any interest in cultivating immortality, and whether he was willing to take on a disciple.
Qi Zhiheng also pretended to be very interested and started talking to the other party.
Xun Dao found his reaction to be fairly normal. Regardless of whether the other party believed him or not, their primary interest would be in his cultivation. Who wouldn't want to become the strongest on the Xuanling Continent?
Qi Zhiheng asked with some urgency, "Senior, are you planning to teach me?"
Xun Dao said with a kind expression, "I can indeed teach you, but I won't take you as my disciple now. I'll teach you the cultivation method first, and only after I'm sure you have the aptitude and wisdom will I consider taking you as my disciple!"
What Qi Zhiheng needs to do now is to gain Xun Dao's trust, find out his plans, then find a way to locate the Boundary Stone, and finally get information from Xun Dao about how to leave.
A few days passed like this, and Xun Dao just asked him to play chess. He didn't do anything else. Qi Zhiheng almost wanted to kill him outright!
Fortunately, he managed to suppress the impulse in the end. He might be confident in killing the other party, but he couldn't capture him alive. Without capturing him alive, he wouldn't be able to get any other information, which would make it difficult to get out.
That day, Qi Zhiheng finally inquired about cultivation with Xun Dao Lingzun. He left his wife behind and asked, "Senior Xun Dao, when would you be able to teach me cultivation?"
Xun Dao calmly said, "No rush. The worst thing in cultivation is to be impetuous. Everything depends on timing. The time is not right yet."
Qi Zhiheng humbly asked for guidance: "I never imagined there were so many intricacies in cultivation."
Yang Yitian overheard their conversation and was speechless. The timing was just not right...
Qi Zhiheng knew, of course, that the other party was talking nonsense, but he could only agree with them. What else could he do?
Qi Zhiheng waited for this "opportunity" for another five days.
Five days later, Qi Zhiheng opened his eyes to the melodious chiming of bells in the early morning.
Yang Yitian was also awakened by the sound. He rubbed his eyes and sat up: "What's going on? Why is the bell ringing?"
Qi Zhiheng, his thoughts racing, said to him, "Perhaps this is the time for me to begin my cultivation."
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Qi Zhiheng opened the door, and a "person" delivered the message from the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable that they should go to the main hall before leaving.
Qi Zhiheng said into the room, "Wash up, let's go to the main hall."
After making some preparations, the two went to keep their appointment.
Upon arriving at the main hall, the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable was already waiting there.
Qi Zhiheng pushed open the palace door. The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable was facing away from the doorway. Sunlight shone through the doorway onto him, instantly giving him an air of holiness.
"Senior Xun Dao, this junior has come to pay a visit," Qi Zhiheng asked from the doorway.
Xun Dao turned around, and Qi Zhiheng looked up and saw Xun Dao's somewhat arrogant, even slightly crazy, eyes.
In just a moment, the greed in Xun Dao's eyes was quickly concealed, replaced by a kind and benevolent expression.
"You've arrived, come in." Xun Dao's tone was filled with a smile, a smile that was much more genuine. His slightly upturned eyebrows showed that he was in a very good mood.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian went inside.
"Do you still remember the timing I mentioned?" Xun Dao directly pointed out the key point.
"This junior remembers." This was exactly the opportunity Qi Zhiheng had been waiting for. Judging from how much the other party cared about this cultivation technique, the whole matter must be related to this so-called cultivation technique.
"Today is the perfect time to begin your cultivation." The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable took out a cultivation manual from his sleeve and handed it to Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng was overjoyed and quickly accepted the cultivation technique: "Thank you for your guidance, senior!"
Qi Zhiheng finally got what he wanted. It seemed to be a technique that wasn't anything special, and there were no hidden dangers just by looking at it.
He had initially considered the possibility that this might be some kind of demonic cultivation technique. Now, however, it seemed unlikely.
He opened the first page, which only confused him more. The first page was a diagram of the human body's meridians, but it marked several key points, instructing that he should use spiritual energy to block these points before cultivating.
He wasn't entirely clear on these matters, so he had to seek help from the moon beast in the space to see what it thought of this slaughter.
After reading it, the moon beast said, "I seem to have seen this method before, but generally no one would do it this way."
Qi Zhiheng said, "I would appreciate your guidance, senior."
"You should know that some high-quality spiritual artifacts, under the long-term nurturing of their masters, are very likely to develop a spirit. I don't need to elaborate on the power of a spiritual artifact with a spirit, right?" the moon beast explained. "However, the probability of this is too small. Therefore, some cultivators with ulterior motives have turned their attention elsewhere."
Qi Zhiheng listened attentively. He had heard about artifact spirits before, but it didn't mean much to him for the time being, because there were hardly any spiritual artifacts on the Xuanling Continent. Spiritual cultivators mostly used magic artifacts and magical implements.
"Since these people don't have artifact spirits, they're planning to put human souls into artifacts, so that the human souls can become the artifact spirits," the moon beast replied.
There are many cruel things in the cultivation world, and Qi Zhiheng has become accustomed to them: "I see. Then, senior, do you know how human souls are transformed into artifact spirits?"
"That step on the book in your hand is the first point. Open the second page and let me see," the moon beast instructed him.
Qi Zhiheng obediently opened the second page, which contained a passage, but he couldn't quite understand the text because it wasn't their script.
Upon seeing this, the moon beast said, "These are spiritual words. These are texts specifically prepared for making contracts. Legend has it that these texts can more easily communicate with heaven and earth, making them the most suitable incantations or contracts for establishing a pact with heaven and earth."
Qi Zhiheng pressed on, "What does it say here?" Don't blame him for being illiterate; he really couldn't understand these questions.
"It's probably a contract that allows one to voluntarily transform into a spirit. I don't know much about spirit language," the Moon Beast said. "Judging from the previous page, that's roughly the idea."
Qi Zhiheng immediately asked the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable, "Senior, I don't understand the contents of this second page."
The Seeking Dao Spiritual Venerable glanced at it and said, "This sentence roughly means communicating with heaven and earth, allowing you to draw upon their power. You don't need to understand it; just write it down once, and you don't need to worry about the rest."
Qi Zhiheng wore a serious expression, but in his heart he kept complaining. This guy is too good at lying through his teeth. If he can brag so much, why doesn't he just fly to the sky?
If I didn't know how to write about cultivation techniques, I might have been fooled by this sophisticated explanation.
Qi Zhiheng quickly finished reading the contents. The following were the basic introductory exercises, which taught how to guide qi into the body.
It seems that only cultivators can accomplish what follows.
The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable said, "Once you finish reading this, we can go up to the Bell Tower."
Qi Zhiheng frowned slightly and asked, "I wonder, what does this cultivation have to do with the Bell Tower?"
"Of course it's related. The bell tower is older, so it's more effective at gathering spiritual energy," the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable replied.
"Is that so? Doesn't spiritual energy only gather where there are spiritual beings?" Qi Zhiheng appropriately expressed his ignorance.
“The world is vast and full of wonders; your perspective is still too narrow.” After saying this, the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable took the lead and walked out of the main hall.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian naturally had no choice but to follow.
Qi Zhiheng knew that this was a good sign and should be nearing its end.
Connecting these events, he had some guesses.
To become a spirit within a vessel?
Could it be that all the things the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable did were to make him a vessel spirit? And judging from that bell tower, could it be that his soul was to be used as the bell tower's vessel spirit?
While they were making these plans, Qi Zhiheng, Yang Yitian, and Xun Dao Lingzun arrived at the bottom of the bell tower.
"Qi Zhiheng, come up with me." The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable said to Qi Zhiheng after stopping.
Just as the three were about to go inside, the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable said again, "Yang Yitian, stay here."
Yang Yitian glared, pointed to his nose, and said, "Hey! Senior, what do you mean by this? Why are you making me stay?"
The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable had a valid reason: "Do you take cultivation for granted? If you go up with us, you will inevitably disturb Qi Zhiheng's cultivation."
Yang Yitian retorted, "If you can do it, why can't I? One person is a disturbance, two people are a disturbance, what's the difference?" What nonsense about disturbance! They usually cultivate together without any disturbance. Once Qi Zhiheng enters meditation, no one can disturb him! This Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable clearly has ill intentions!
The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable was clearly displeased. If it weren't for the fact that Qi Zhiheng usually cherished his Shuang'er, he would have struck her with a palm right now.
Qi Zhiheng also noticed Xun Dao Lingzun's anger and stepped forward to advise, "Senior, please don't hold this against Yi Tian. Let him stay for now." As he spoke, he gave Yang Yitian a wink.
Yang Yitian was reluctant, but he still had to listen to Qi Zhiheng: "I was wrong, I won't follow them."
The Spirit Venerable Seeking the Dao's expression softened somewhat, and he smiled, "How could I possibly hold a grudge against a junior? Wouldn't that be a waste of my thousands of years of lifespan?"
While Qi Zhiheng spoke of the magnanimity of the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable, he secretly thought to himself, "His face was so gloomy it could drip water just now, and he still says he's not angry?"
"Let's go." Seeking the Dao Spirit Venerable took the lead and walked inside.
Qi Zhiheng followed him inside.
Yang Yitian also wanted to go in, but in the end he didn't dare to disobey.
Qi Zhiheng and Xun Dao walked together to the top floor. As they walked, Qi Zhiheng discussed countermeasures with the Moon Beast.
"Moon Goddess, do you have any solutions?" Qi Zhiheng inquired.
The moon beast said, "I'm trying to figure out the meaning of that incantation, and I'm starting to get a clue. Could you buy me some time?"
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