I Come to Teach You Cultivation

Chapter 319 - 2: Three Thousand Daoist Paths, Eight Hundred Unorthodox Ways (2/3)

"The Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Staring dazedly at that silver pill, Qiwa couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Of course, Qiwa knew of the Primordial Spirit Pill, and in fact, had learned of its existence from Li Jingshu herself.

Just as cultivating the Breathing Technique can be accelerated by ingesting a Qi Blood Pill to quicken the process of Refining Essence into Qi—

Li Boyang had been pondering since long ago: was there no shortcut for the Perception Technique?

For this reason, the so-called Primordial Spirit Formula was born.

It was not necessary to cultivate the Perception Technique to its utmost, waiting for the Primordial Spirit to naturally manifest.

By means of fixed patterns and certain conditions, it was indeed possible to awaken the Primordial Spirit and Consciousness Spirit ahead of time.

However, this involves methods of the Heterodox and Demon Path.

Under normal circumstances, Li Boyang would not recommend those with talent to simply copy the Primordial Spirit Formula.

After all, computing an answer from a formula is vastly different from deriving the formula through one’s own talent—the benefits and future achievements are not at all the same.

And yet, even so, Li Boyang helplessly discovered that not everyone could comprehend the Primordial Spirit Formula.

If the Breathing Technique only demands from one’s physique and willpower—

Then, the Perception Technique tests intellect and temperament.

Given the current situation, even with Li Boyang advancing and popularizing foundational education throughout the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, few are even qualified to cultivate the Perception Technique.

Much less persist with it to the requisite level and then, following Li Boyang’s deduction, use the Primordial Spirit Formula to awaken their Primordial and Consciousness Spirits.

Thus, under such circumstances, the Primordial Spirit Pill, refined based on the Primordial Spirit Formula, came into existence as a matter of course.

If the Primordial Spirit Formula merely lowers the threshold for cultivating the Primordial Spirit—

Then the Primordial Spirit Pill is like tossing the answer straight into the cultivator’s face.

As long as the cultivator swallows the Primordial Spirit Pill, their flesh will enter a near-death turtle-breath state, maximizing their Spiritual Sense.

Soon after, the cultivator’s Life Essence Qi will autonomously open the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, resonating with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi outside.

In this way, the cultivator senses the presence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi even before their Primordial Spirit manifests.

Then, the Primordial Spirit Pill naturally operates, borrowing certain Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to continuously stimulate and awaken latent spirituality within the body.

From this perspective, it is essentially Li Boyang, using the Pill-Refining Method, artificially simulating the birth of an Innate God.

Of course, if it were only this—

Silver Horn would not be urging Qiwa to carefully consider whether to take this Primordial Spirit Pill.

The Primordial Spirit Pill is an even greater shortcut than the Primordial Spirit Formula—its cost and side effects are naturally also far greater.

First and foremost: after ingesting the Primordial Spirit Pill—

The kind of Primordial Spirit the cultivator forms depends entirely on fate—they have no say or control whatsoever.

Afterward, if they wish to evolve into a Yin Spirit or Yang Spirit, the difficulty is akin to ascending into the heavens.

Second, after opening the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, the resonance between Life Essence Qi and which Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is likewise random.

This may not manifest costs in the short term—

It might even awaken some odd and strange divine powers as a result.

But in the long run, if the cultivator wishes to take the path of the Nine-Turned Pill,

and have their Life Essence Qi further transmute into a Primordial Qi uniquely their own, the difficulty will likewise increase significantly.

Clearly, in Silver Horn’s eyes, there’s no need for Qiwa to cut off his future road just to break a temporary bottleneck.

"Give me the pill!"

After a brief contemplation, Qiwa made his decision.

"But... Uncle Qi..."

Clutching the pill in hesitation, before Silver Horn could speak, Qiwa had already started laughing.

"Silver Horn, I know what you mean."

"But I am not like your Mentor, nor like your Martial Uncle."

"I lack Non-crying’s talent and wisdom; I do not have Big Girl’s perseverance and vision..."

"For me, achieving what I have today is already something of a miracle."

"Just the Perception Technique alone—I’ve studied for more than a year and haven’t even entered its threshold—"

"If you ask me to learn that Divination Method, combine Primordial Qi, deduce the Primordial Spirit Formula as well, my brain would explode."

Reaching out to rub the single-horned hair bun atop Silver Horn’s head, Qiwa took a deep breath and went on.

"Most important of all, your Uncle Qi is but a mortal. Both lifespan and vitality have their limits."

"I still have many things to do. I can’t, like you, be carefree and devote myself solely to cultivation."

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Feilai Peak, the backyard of the Mountain God Temple.

"You’re that sure Qiwa will definitely swallow the Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Like all felines, Xiluo lay languidly atop a tree.

Only when speaking with Li Boyang would her tail sometimes swish as she shifted her attention to him.

"Because I understand Qiwa. He’s not someone who can quiet his heart and cultivate in seclusion."

While turning the Tai Chi Diagram on the Prison Soul Tripod, he conversed with Xiluo on the side.

Li Boyang was, at this moment, undoubtedly refining pills.

Only, he was not refining the Primordial Spirit Pill this time, but experimenting with a new pill and a new recipe.

For Li Boyang nowadays, this had become something of a daily routine.

"That’s true. The fact that brat could endure in Yunmeng Marsh for a year is surprising enough already."

Nodding knowingly, Xiluo, who had long listened to the old village chief’s nagging, was naturally familiar with the temperaments of the various rascals in Li Family Village.

"A pity, really, about that kid’s talent with the Breathing Technique..."

"Once he takes the shortcut with the Primordial Spirit Pill, it’ll be nearly impossible for him to, like you, achieve the Nine-Turned Pill in the future."

At this, Li Boyang only smiled lightly.

"Everyone has their own choices. There is never just one path in this world."

"The progression of Life Essence Qi is to temper one’s own unique Primordial Qi using Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi..."

"The advanced form of the Primordial Spirit is to merge with the Consciousness Spirit, achieving the equilibrium of Yin and Yang, and constructing a Yang God independent of the flesh..."

"As for the physical body?"

Glancing at his own crimson skin, Li Boyang clenched his fist and said,

"Be it a thousand transformations or Vajra Indestructible—once the path is determined, all roads lead to the same destination."

"Moreover, I’ve recently gained a new insight; perhaps the ultimate in physicality is not as complex as I imagined, but rather a certain pure, primal vitality."

"The flesh is the symbol of life, the material vessel for all living things to traverse this world..."

"Thousand Transformations and Vajra Indestructible, in essence, both point toward the same endpoint: immortality."

"However, this does not mean the three paths I’ve pioneered are the only correct ones."

Noticing the puzzled look on Xiluo’s face, Li Boyang spoke even more plainly.

"First comes Refining Essence and Qi, then Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation..."

"So long as the basic requirements for Essence, Qi, and Spirit are met, who’s to say Qiwa can’t, like Wu Yi, reach the Realm of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void with Qi Path Perfection alone?"

"If that doesn’t work, must one perfect any of the three Paths to step into the Realm of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void?"

"Heaven, Earth, Man, God, Ghost, scales, feathers, fur, insects..."

"In the three thousand ways of the Dao, and eight hundred byways, every path may lead to enlightenment."

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