Chapter 90: The Preciousness of the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Three Generations Discussing the Dao
Facing this brand new term, Gongsun Huaiyu’s face was filled with question marks.
She had at least been considered a prodigy of her generation and had seen many battlefields, but she had never heard of the term “cultivating the body.”
Seeing Gongsun Huaiyu’s confusion, Chen Changsheng said indifferently, “Forget about it, this term was thought up by me, you definitely haven’t heard of it.”
“So that’s how it is!”
“May I ask Sir, what’s the difference between refining the body and cultivating the body?”
“There is a difference, and a significant one.”
“Before the rules of heaven and earth underwent major changes, the mainstream cultivation systems on this land were divided into two types.”
“One is internal cultivation, and the other is external cultivation.”
“Internal cultivation focuses on opening the dantian to form a golden core.”
“The advantage of this cultivation system lies in the strength of spiritual sense and spiritual power.”
“The advantages of the golden core system are evident, as are its disadvantages; the physical body is weak and extremely dependent on talent.”
“However, no matter how good one’s talent is, it will eventually reach its limit. When talent reaches its peak, the path of cultivation also ends.”
“Besides internal cultivation, another type of cultivation system is external cultivation.”
“That is the refining of the body which relies less on talent and focuses more on resources and hard work.”
“To make the body strong, one must hone their body day after day.”
“After reaching perfection, one can move mountains and fill seas solely with physical strength. If some methods are used to compensate for the deficiencies in spiritual sense.”
“In a confrontation between cultivators of the same level, the outcome is uncertain, but among those who survive, there will certainly be a cultivator of the body-refining method.”
“Cultivators of the body-refining method have stronger survival capabilities, but they also have more obvious drawbacks, specifically in terms of resources.”
“Cultivation resources are limited, and you should understand this.”
After hearing Chen Changsheng’s words, Gongsun Huaiyu’s heart was already surging with waves.
What he said could only be considered common knowledge in the cultivation world, but Gongsun Huaiyu was seeing someone analyze the two cultivation systems so meticulously for the first time.
Because of these pieces of knowledge, those prodigies lost their peace of mind long ago.
What they always focused on was how to create stronger cultivation techniques, and naturally, this included themselves.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Huaiyu asked eagerly, “Sir, you haven’t explained how the cultivation of the body is a system yet.”
“I’ve already told you!”
“Each has its pros and cons. Can’t we achieve perfection by combining both?”
“Huh?”
A look of confusion filled Gongsun Huaiyu’s small face.
“It’s common knowledge that internal and external cultivation cannot be pursued simultaneously!”
“There have been countless people in the cultivation world who tried to combine internal and external cultivation, but they all failed.”
“You’re right,” Chen Changsheng nodded and said, “Originally, internal and external cultivation could not be combined, but do you know where the problem lies?”
Upon hearing this, Gongsun Huaiyu shook his head honestly.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng pointed to his abdomen and said, “The problem lies with the dantian.”
“For cultivators of internal cultivation, the first thing they need to do is open the dantian to form an energy vortex.”
“Then they forge the foundation of the great way, condense qi into a pill, and finally transform the pill into an infant.”
“To put it simply, cultivators of internal cultivation put all their power into the dantian, which is why their physical strength is weak.”
“Because most of the physical strength is sucked away.”
“A genius from long ago carefully maintained the balance between internal and external cultivation.”
“And expended countless cultivation resources to achieve both.”
“But when fighting others, that powerful genius was easily defeated.”
“So he lost not because he wasn’t strong enough, but because the balance within him was too fragile.”
At this point, Gongsun Huaiyu no longer had the qualifications to discuss with Chen Changsheng.
His knowledge and experience were insufficient to handle these issues.
At this moment, the pondering Ali spoke up, “Master, I have some insights, may I say them?”
“Speak if you wish, and let your apprentice learn from it as well.”
“You got most of the path right, but you’re just missing that final step.”
Hearing this, Ali raised his right hand in the air, and a golden energy emerged from his fingertips, forming the shape of a person.
The figure formed by the golden energy had no facial features, but the meridians and dantian inside were clearly visible.
Ali then depicted his own body condition using spiritual energy, including the route of the technique.
“Girl, watch closely. Such opportunities are rare.”
“Showing your entire situation might not happen again.”
Hearing Chen Changsheng’s words, Gongsun Huaiyu hurriedly observed her master’s route of technique.
To have a sixth-rank cultivator personally demonstrate the technique is a privilege even the sacred son of a holy land doesn’t enjoy!
“Master, the problem with internal and external cultivation lies in the dantian. So the solution should also be sought in the dantian, correct?”
Chen Changsheng nodded in satisfaction at Ali’s words.
“How smart, hitting the key point right away.”
“Your cultivation system is created based on the Eight-Nine Profound Art.”
“The nature of the Eight-Nine Profound Art leans towards refining the body, but unlike other refining techniques, cultivating the Eight-Nine Profound Art requires opening the dantian.”
“Using the dantian’s spiritual power to refine the body.”
“This is groundbreaking in the cultivation world because cultivators of the body-refining method cannot use the spiritual power of heaven and earth to refine themselves.”
“But doing this still has a drawback that isn’t really a drawback.”
“All the spiritual power is used to refine the body, thus limiting the means of combat against enemies.”
“After all, some spells and escape techniques require spiritual power to activate.”
“If someone else created such a technique, they wouldn’t care about this, because cultivators of the body-refining method are like this.”
“But the powerful spirit who created the Eight-Nine Profound Art was not satisfied, so he created numerous incredibly powerful divine powers to make up for these shortcomings.”
“Such as ‘Vertical Earth Golden Light’ and ‘Heaven Embraces Earth.'”
“So the most precious aspect of the Eight-Nine Profound Art is not the technique itself, nor those powerful divine powers.”
“But rather the little trick of refining the body with spiritual power.”
Speaking, he condensed a golden needle at the tip of his right finger.
“Relax your defenses and let me help you take that final step.”
