usatvline Chapter 379 The Challenge of Cultivation
Chapter 379 The Challenge of Cultivation
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen were full of ambitions, and they wanted to break through the Judan Realm and advance to the Yuanying Realm to build a more solid backing for the sect. However, they had never expected that the path of cultivation in the Yuanying Realm was full of thorns and more difficult and dangerous than any previous cultivation.
At first, they followed their previous practice experience and found a place with abundant spiritual energy, preparing to retreat and break through the realm. Yun Yao sat cross-legged, closed her eyes and concentrated, trying to guide the spiritual energy in her body to flow along the trajectory of the Nascent Soul Realm. But at the beginning, she noticed something strange. The spiritual energy was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, and it was completely uncontrollable, rushing through the meridians. Every impact brought a burst of severe pain, making her sweat.
Chu Mochen was also having a hard time. He tried to suppress his spiritual power with his strong willpower and tame it, but he found that the precision of spiritual power control required by the Nascent Soul Realm was far beyond his imagination. The slightest deviation would trigger the backlash of spiritual power, causing his breath to become disordered and his chest to become suffocated.
"Yun Yao, how are you doing over there?" Chu Mochen suppressed his discomfort, opened his eyes and looked at Yun Yao who was also frowning not far away.
Yun Yao bit her lower lip and shook her head: "This spiritual power is too violent. I can't control it at all. If I move a little, my meridians will feel like they are being torn apart."
The two looked at each other, and saw helplessness and determination in each other's eyes. They knew that this training would not be achieved overnight, and they had to calm down and explore slowly.
Days passed by, and they endured hardship day and night in the place of cultivation. Yun Yao repeatedly read the ancient books on Yuanying realm cultivation treasured by the sect, trying to find a solution from the experience of the predecessors. However, the records in the ancient books were mostly obscure and difficult to understand, and some key points were even more vague, as if they were deliberately set up with heavy fog to prevent future generations from easily peeking into the secrets of Yuanying realm.
Once, when Yun Yao was trying a new method of guiding spiritual power, she exerted too much force and her spiritual power suddenly went out of control. In an instant, light flashed around her, but it was not the auspicious light of advancement, but the warning light of disordered spiritual power. She trembled uncontrollably and her face turned as pale as paper.
Chu Mochen noticed something was wrong and instantly flashed to Yun Yao's side. He placed his hands on her back and slowly injected his spiritual power into her, trying to help her stabilize the raging spiritual power in her body. "Yun Yao, calm down and don't panic!" He shouted loudly, with a hint of anxiety in his voice.
With the help of Chu Mochen, Yun Yao finally calmed down the spiritual storm in her body, but she was exhausted and collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. "Thank you, Brother Chu, if it weren't for you, I would be in great danger today." Yun Yao said weakly.
Chu Mochen gently helped her up, his eyes full of heartache: "Let's face this difficulty together, don't say these things. It seems that the method in this ancient book is not completely applicable. We have to find another way out."
In desperation, they decided to put aside the ancient books temporarily and start from their own cultivation experience. Yun Yao began to carefully review every breakthrough she had made since the foundation-building stage, trying to find out the law of spiritual power changes. She found that in the past, when breaking through bottlenecks, peace of mind played a crucial role. But now, facing the huge pressure of the Nascent Soul stage, her mood was too impetuous and she was too eager for success, which was counterproductive.
Therefore, Yun Yao tried to adjust her mindset. Every morning, she would meditate in a quiet corner of the training ground with her eyes closed, abandoning all distracting thoughts and letting her mind be as calm as a clear lake. With the blessing of this peaceful state of mind, she was able to guide her spiritual power more smoothly than before. Although she still encountered resistance from the spiritual power, it was at least no longer so violent and unruly.
At the same time, Chu Mochen focused on tempering the purity of his spiritual power. He found that the spiritual power required for the Nascent Soul Realm was not only large in quantity, but also high in quality. He used a special technique to repeatedly compress and purify the spiritual power in his body. Each compression was accompanied by piercing pain, as if thousands of steel needles were piercing his body. But he gritted his teeth and persevered. Through these repeated temperings, his spiritual power gradually became crystal clear, and the energy contained in it became more and more powerful.
However, new problems followed. When Yun Yao finally managed to guide the spiritual power relatively smoothly, she found that the conversion efficiency of the spiritual power was extremely low. According to the requirements of the Nascent Soul Realm, the spiritual power needs to be transformed from a relatively rough state to a more refined and agile form in order to provide sufficient nutrients for the development of the Nascent Soul. But Yun Yao tried many methods, consuming a lot of spiritual power, but the refined spiritual power converted was very few, far from meeting the requirements of advancement.
Chu Mochen, after purifying his spiritual power, tried to arrange it in his body according to the unique formation of the Nascent Soul Realm, but he failed repeatedly. Every time he constructed the formation at a critical point, he would always fail because of a slight imbalance in the spiritual power, and even cause the spiritual power to backfire, causing his internal organs to be damaged and he would vomit blood.
Failure after failure made Yun Yao and Chu Mochen exhausted physically and mentally. Seeing how hard they worked, other disciples in the sect came to comfort them.
“Senior Sister Yun, Senior Brother Chu, don’t try too hard. The Nascent Soul stage is already difficult. Perhaps the right way is to proceed step by step.” A fellow disciple said worriedly.
"Yes, sisters, you have done so much for the sect, so don't exhaust yourself." A sister handed over a carefully prepared pill with concern in her eyes.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen were grateful, but they knew that time was running out and the future of the sect was hanging by a thread, so they had to break through as soon as possible. If they stagnated, those forces with ulterior motives would take advantage of the situation and the sect would be doomed.
In difficult situations, they cooperated more closely. Yun Yao shared her insights on state of mind cultivation with Chu Mochen, helping him to quickly calm down and regain the rhythm of cultivation after suffering from the backlash of spiritual power. Chu Mochen taught Yun Yao the skills of spiritual power purification and formation construction, allowing Yun Yao to avoid many detours on the road of spiritual power transformation.
They also began to try to practice together. This method of practice was extremely risky. If they were not careful, both of them would suffer serious injuries. But in order to break through the difficulties, they decided to give it a try. During the practice, their spiritual powers blended and complemented each other. Yun Yao's agile spiritual power and Chu Mochen's powerful spiritual power intertwined, which produced an unexpected and wonderful reaction.
Once, when they were practicing together, they entered a kind of ethereal state. Everything around them seemed to disappear, and only their spiritual powers flickered, collided, and merged in the vast starry sky. They seemed to have become the creators of the universe, able to sense the slightest changes in spiritual power and control them at will. With this rare opportunity, Yun Yao successfully found the key node of spiritual power transformation. A large amount of coarse spiritual power was quickly transformed into fine spiritual power, which continuously gathered in Dantian.
Chu Mochen also used the power of joint cultivation to initially construct a spiritual power formation for the Nascent Soul Realm. With their joint efforts, the formation gradually stabilized, emitting a mysterious and powerful aura.
But this brief breakthrough did not completely free them from the predicament. When they withdrew from the joint cultivation state, they found that their bodies had long been overwhelmed. Yun Yao's meridians were damaged in many places, and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth; Chu Mochen's internal organs were even more severely damaged, his face was sallow, and his breath was weak.
"Brother Chu, are we...are we too greedy?" Yun Yao looked at the seriously injured Chu Mochen with tears in her eyes.
Chu Mochen forced a smile: "No, Yunyao, this is something we have to go through. Every setback is a growth. As long as we don't give up, we will succeed."
After the elders of the sect learned of their situation, they rushed over and used all their skills to heal them. Under the careful care of the elders, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen's injuries gradually improved. But they did not stop. As soon as they recovered some vitality, they threw themselves into the arduous practice again.
They knew that the road ahead was still rough, but their heart to win glory for and protect their sect never wavered. In the challenges and tribulations, they not only honed their cultivation, but also deepened their friendship, just like steel that had been tempered a thousand times, indestructible. They believed that one day, they would be able to overcome numerous difficulties, successfully advance to the Nascent Soul Realm, and create a broader sky for their sect, deterring those forces that coveted their sect.