Chapter 20: Dongfang Jingyue (1/2)
Chapter 20 : Dong Fang Jing Yue
People possessed an Intelligence Foundation, so people were wise; people had a Life Foundation, so there was life; people, along with the intelligence and life, must also have an Immortal Foundation, to set foot on the road of cultivation.
This was the process that each cultivator had to experience. They had to cross the Spirit Realm to refine the Immortal Foundation, and then, they had to build the Divine Foundation.
The Spirit Realm was the cultivation inheritance method of one’s master; with it, the body became a place to nurture spirit energy.
For example, Feng Fei Yun’s inheritance was the cultivation method of the Demon Phoenix Race, and his Spirit Realm was also the Phoenix Spirit Realm.
As for Feng Wan Peng’s and Feng Sui Yu’s method, it would be the Vigorous Gale Method. Their inheritance belonged to the Feng family, and their cultivational Spirit Realm was the Vigorous Gale Spirit Realm.
Above the Spirit Realm was the Immortal Foundation.
When the Spirit Realm had enough conscious spirit energy, it would form into an Immortal Foundation’s plant root in the dantian of the cultivator, absorb the natural spirit energy of the world and grow stronger.
Once the Immortal Foundation’s plant matured, another metamorphosis would occur; the plant would turn into the Divine Foundation.
The Divine Foundation was the first building block in the cultivational world. Once the Divine Foundation was formed, the cultivator would then be considered to have the qualification to become an immortal; his dantian would become as hard as a boulder. The spirit energy would become restrained and hidden, and even an opponent in front of him wouldn’t be able to recognize him as a cultivator. This was the most frightening type of person!
Spirit Realm, Immortal Foundation, and Divine Foundation are the three ranks that all cultivators must go through, and each rank was divided into three levels: early, intermediate, and peak.
Of course, there were ranks above Divine Foundation, but the cultivators that belonged to those ranks were above the mortal world; even a great family, like the Feng family that ruled one direction, did not have many people reaching such a rank.
Once one had surpassed the Divine Foundation rank, his longevity would be above five hundred years; they would obtain supernatural techniques, and they would even compete for the heaven’s fate.
“Bang, bang!”
Feng Fei Yun’s boiling blood became as black as ink, and for a long time, it could not calm down. The Bronze Azure Spirit Vessel crossed the blood vessels into the heart, and it then passed through the spirit pathway, without stop, into the dantian.
This Bronze Azure Spirit Vessel was like an ancient heavenly boat, lingering in the sky, within the dantian. In the azure radiating light, there were many different colors,and each mysterious magical Dao rune intertwined above, it seemed mythical.
The eighteen steel pillars on top of the Bronze Azure Spirit Vessel had rusted, and the open sails were also tattered; the amount of time that had passed was unknown. Even the holy saint spirit energy had begun to dissipate, becoming depleted.
Even so, there was still a lingering presence that could strike fear into the hearts of people, flashing in eternal brilliance.
This was the first time where Feng Fei Yun took a careful observation of the ancient spirit vessel. This was the thing that escorted him from the Yellow Springs River, to this place. In it, must be an exceptional mystery.
He felt like he was controlled by an unknown person on this twisted path, and he had no choice but to take this route.
Seemingly, behind the spirit vessel was an invisible hand, changing Feng Fei Yun’s Fate Mark; it even went around the natural rules of the heaven and earth in order for him to reincarnate and merge with the soul of young master Feng.
In the end, certainly, there were terrible unknown secrets hidden behind the scene, shrouded to all. Who could have such supernatural power?
The spirit vessel must be somehow related to the black ornamental ring!
Once the Bronze Azure Spirit Vessel had become silent in the dantian, the natural world energy stopped crazily coming in; the Spirit Realm had almost reached the Immortal Foundation, only missing a single step.
“I did not expect to reach the peak of the Spirit Realm so soon.”
Feng Fei Yun opened his eyes, and two rays flashed from his black pupils; a smirk then appeared at the corner of his lips.
Each small level was a hurdle, and many people took years to break through such a small level. Even the genius, Feng Sui Yu, had taken one year to break through from intermediate Spirit Realm to peak Spirit Realm, and now, he was stuck at the peak level without being able to take an additional step.
Practicing Daoism was difficult, and practicing Daoism was bitter.
One had to be able to withstand the loneliness, the trials, and the torture in order to succeed and become a cultivator that could fly through the sky and traverse the earth.
(TL: Raw text is dig through the earth but it sounds less cool in English)
Feng Fei Yun put away the black ornamental ring into his robe; he planned to research it at a later date. Suddenly, his neck became cold from a chilling aura coming from above his head; it caused half of his body to be frozen.
Danger!
His body tumbled to the ground, and he moved twenty meters away!
“Boom!”
From the dark sky came a black shadow, causing the ground that Feng Fei Yun had stood on to become a two meter deep crater.
Smoke and flame billowed, leaves in the forest scattered everywhere.
“Whoosh!”
Feng Fei Yun turned around. The Crimson Dragon Saber was unsheathed, and with the blade in his hand, he designated his gaze towards the black shadow.
When the smoke had cleared, the shadow gradually began to reveal its true shape; it was a white ancient carriage, covered with transparent crystals. It was as if they were uncarved diamonds.
There were nine spirit nails on top of the carriage, emblazoned with runic words; however, because of the dark sky, it was difficult to tell what the words were.
The driver was an old man wearing a dark hat. Feng Fei Yun was able to guess that the man was old because on the top of his head was a portion of white hair; they were dry and not shiny, and only the hair of an elder would have this appearance.
This ancient carriage came from the sky, but there was no accompanying flying beast to pull it; this meant that the handler was quite powerful, and his cultivation was enough to ride the spirit energy in the sky.
Such experts, not even mentioning Spirit State city, would not be easily found in the whole Bai Ling county.
This old man of course did not have such a cultivation, so then, the person controlling the carriage must be the mysterious person inside.
Feng Fei Yun held his saber horizontally even though he knew how formidable his opponent was. However, he was not afraid; his heart was calm and ready to strike at any moment.
Silence, a long silence!
An unknown amount of time had passed, and the ears of the old man driver slightly moved. It seemed like the person inside was telling him something. He nodded his head, and he slowly got out of the ancient carriage; with both hands behind his back, he contemplatively stared at Feng Fei Yun. Even though his black hat covered his face, Feng Fei Yun felt a familiar presence from the old man.
This old man he definitely had met before.
This was a spiritual sense; with the spiritual sense of a Phoenix, he definitely couldn’t be wrong.
However, he couldn’t continue his analysis. The ancient white carriage suddenly flew away from the ground, and it aimed straight towards Feng Fei Yun, along with the roar of the wind.
Without any indication, the ancient carriage, with the speed of the wind, the curtain’s corner was lifted and, inside, a sweet smell escaped like it was a smell from a certain blossoming spirit flower.
Feng Fei Yun continued to pay attention to this ancient carriage; thus, when the ancient carriage made a move, his Crimson Dragon Saber also moved. Two hands gripping the blade, and one strike through the air.
The blade pierced the air, creating a sound.
“Bang, bang.”