"I will leave a crow here. If you have anything to say to it, I will hear it."
Outside the stone hut, Xuan Weizi placed a crow on the windowsill and filled a small earthenware bowl with some chopped nuts. Wolf and Sir Salemi were in front of him.
"Quack-quack-" the crow called a few times, then lowered its head and combed its feathers, no different from a real crow.
Xuan Weizi smiled and said, "If you have time, remember to feed it."
Wolf stared at the crow and asked, "I remember, doctor, that your bird scouts are all created by magic, right? Why do you still need to feed them?"
"A small experiment." Xuan Weizi did not elaborate. This was actually an idea he had after re-reading "Hundred Beasts Swallowing Forms".
"Hundred Beasts Swallowing Forms" is a method used by ancient monks to participate in the transformation of living creatures. Because it is very difficult to achieve complete body changes on the earth, the external appearance changes described in "Hundred Beasts Swallowing Forms" are secondary
Essentially, the true essence lies in cultivating body and spirit, so as to transcend the distinction between living beings and human beings.
If you delve deeper into the mysticism and trace back to the source, you will find that the form and spirit of alchemy are both wonderful, and the practice of reincarnation is quite connected with it. However, in "Hundred Beasts Swallowing Forms", there is also a record of specific applications, mentioning "the practice of swallowing birds and animals"
According to the term "shape", it can even swallow the shapes of various rare birds and auspicious animals, obtain their innate abilities, and transform life forms.
After studying Wolf's violent transformation and Rosalian's magical beast's life characteristics, Xuan Weizi had an alternative understanding of "Beasts Devouring Forms", especially in this world where magical effects are ubiquitous and the characteristics of change are remarkable.
It may not be a particularly difficult thing to swallow the forms of birds and animals and transform into life forms.
Even further, it can swallow the form of magical beasts, turning the caster into a magical beast, and at the same time can display the corresponding natural spellcasting ability. This is also similar to the "paramorphic change" of psychic powers, except that psychic powers are
It is a magic-like thing. As for the real form-swallowing transformation, Xuan Weizi is probably at least a supernatural ability that cannot be dispelled.
Of course, Xuan Weizi would not start practicing "Hundred Beasts Swallowing Forms" directly. The astral body was connected to his divine energy, and it also had the ability to change. He used his own essence and blood to condense with the astral body to solidify into the form of a crow, and then further strengthened it.
Its bird life characteristics allow it to gradually transform into a real crow, which can also be regarded as a kind of "swallowing form".
Sir Salemi looked at Rosalind who had become similar in size to an ordinary saber-toothed leopard. She had a rope wrapped around her neck and was being held by "Doctor Olenso". The Sheriff said unsatisfiedly
:
"Doctor Olenso, why don't you publicly execute this monster in the town?"
Xuan Weizi murmured in his heart: "Public execution? Do you want to be burned on the rack?"
"I also need it to take me to the indigenous ruins." Xuan Weizi said politely: "Besides, the death of the magical beast does not know what abnormal consequences it will bring, so I took it to the forest to kill it for the sake of
Everyone is safe.”
"Perhaps I should accompany Dr. Olenso." Sir Salemi clenched his fists and said passionately: "The creations of the pagans also need to be illuminated by our Lord in order to destroy evil."
Xuan Weizi waved his hand quickly: "No, the Sheriff still needs to take care of the affairs of Chai Dui Town. I will leave now... No need to send him off."
Not wanting to get entangled with a stubborn guy, Xuan Weizi took the black saber-toothed leopard and left Chaidui Town like the wind.
…
"You don't really want to kill me, do you?" Rosaleen asked in the forest.
"It all depends on your performance." Xuan Weizi patted the snow on his shoulder.
Rosalian growled twice, and asked in the spiritual link: "How do you want me to behave? Do you want me to roll around like the dogs you raise to please you?"
"What do I need these boring emotional expressions for?" Xuan Weizi said: "How much do you understand the 'returning to another body' that I taught you before?"
"I..." Rosaleen was speechless for a moment.
Xuan Weizi said: "Is it still too difficult? Or is there any difficulty? There should be no problem with the 'Cunsi Five Qi Method' I taught you?"
"This is a big problem." Rosalian's tone was a little annoyed: "You said there are five gods in your body, each one wearing complicated, strange, colorful clothes, and each one has several names. I remember this
, think of that, it’s so messy! I can’t even sleep well.”
Xuan Weizi held his chin in thought and said: "It seems that I am clinging to my old views. You are obviously not a human being, but I use a human thinking mode to make demands."
Rosalian just felt helpless: "Even humans are not like this, right? Or do you invaders usually imagine that there are a bunch of gods in your body, with lights of various colors dangling around?"
"Hahaha, if this method is spread widely in the world, I might be criticized by the Holy Bishop Church as an evil heretic, and a group of armed religious guards will chase me and kill me." Xuan Weizi said softly.
: "The 'Cunsi Five Qi Method' I taught you, the five directions of body and spirit mentioned in it, are actually a summary of the functions of the fu organs, which are the 'material energy transformation' of the fu organs."
"What? What on earth are you talking about?" Rosalian was completely confused. Even if there was spiritual communication without language barriers, some conceptual expressions were completely beyond her ability to understand.
Xuan Weizi tapped his forehead, thinking that it was unexpectedly difficult to communicate with the indigenous beasts.
"Then let me use your indigenous giant spirit as an analogy." Xuan Weizi considered the way of expression and said: "You are a magical beast. You should know that the giant spirit has no form originally, right? But you can sense the giant spirit.
Spirits exist, right?”
Rosalian nodded: "I can communicate with the totem giant spirit of the spotted beast tribe, but the other party is not a real living creature and will not answer directly."
"Actually, in my opinion, totem giant spirits are still a relatively narrow view." Xuan Weizi said bluntly: "The so-called giant spirit is actually an information expression of the natural environment and a way of existence. Even if it has no
The vitality of mountains and stones, the ever-changing flowing water and floating clouds all contain information, but it is hidden too deep and covers too wide a range for ordinary people to perceive its existence, just like they can only see one side of a mountain.
You can’t see the whole picture, and you can’t explore in depth.”
"That's why there are totem giant spirits?" Rosalian suddenly asked.
Xuan Weizi smiled and touched her back, but the other party avoided her: "It seems that you still have some understanding. That's right, because most people cannot intuitively understand the operating laws of the entire natural world and thus feel the whole world.
Therefore, we can only observe the expression of information in specific natural areas. This is the source of totem giants. After long-term worship by tribal groups, totem giants have become increasingly concrete and practical, and gradually evolved into spirits. And these
The soul must also contain the information expression of this natural area, and this process is 'material energy transformation'."
Xuan Weizi and Rosalian had been walking in the forest, but at this moment Rosalian stood still on all fours, like a saber-toothed leopard in a daze.
"I probably understand." Rosalian suddenly said: "The gods in the 'Cunsi Five Qi Method' you taught me are actually the spirits of the internal organs."
"This... can barely be said." Xuan Weizi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly added: "But you must not forget that the 'Cunsi Five Qi Technique' is ultimately to activate the potential functions of the organs, the five-dimensional body
Gods use their shapes to cultivate the truth. Don't patronize the five-dimensional gods, just like the totem guardians who only know how to chase the totem giants or spirits, forgetting the broader and grander information expression of the natural giants. This is actually chasing the last.
Behavior."
Rosalin seemed to have solved some troubles, and started walking briskly, then asked: "What about after this? When will you be able to fully learn the 'return to shape' and be able to transform at will?"
Xuan Weizi began to talk at length: "According to my idea, first 'preserve the five qi' to condense the vitality of the internal organs, and then 'summon all truths' to activate other parts of the body with the functions of the internal organs, so as to refine the form and change the substance. Then.
According to the sequence of 'keeping the Trinity', the life form and thinking mode begin to gradually transform. When the 'God of Cooking Pill' removes the old attachments internally and the old appearance externally, you should be able to transform into a human form. If you want to become a human permanently,
You should also need 'Eating Gold Liquid' and 'Eating Xuan Qi' later on. Once you reach this stage, you can probably try to change into other animals and magical beasts, not to mention humans."
"So much trouble?!" Rosaleen shouted.
Xuan Weizi added: "I'm just telling you the complete steps, but in practice, I estimate that after you 'summon all truths', you should gain a certain degree of deformation ability. By then you should be able to master the 'shrinking technique', and also
You can turn into a human temporarily...and if you're lucky, there will be some supernatural benefits."
Now the reason why Rosalian is the size of an ordinary saber-toothed leopard is because Xuan Weizi used astral matter to make her smaller. Otherwise, if you go out with such a big cat, you won't know who slipped away.
In fact, the "reincarnation and shape-changing" that Xuan Weizi taught Rosalian was a combination of "Hundred Beasts Swallowing Shapes" and the Five Talisman Methods of Dongxuan Lingbao. After all, it is also the most exquisite practice method among Taoist life skills. Moreover,
It is said to be a life skill. In fact, from the step of "preserving the five qi", it has initially involved the use of the mind, and then to the "guarding the Tianyi" in the "keeping the three one". Yuan Qi is activated to fill the Zifu Brain Palace.
Higher and deeper, it is also a dual cultivation of life and life.
As for the transformation of magical beasts into human forms, it is not an illusion to confuse the senses. This is difficult to do on earth. This is due to the rules and regulations of the other world, which allows Rosaleen to do it without having to practice at a too high level.
arrive.
And there are some things that Xuan Weizi didn't say clearly. He is also very concerned about how the magical beasts in this world will practice Taoism. The mystery of the physical and mental transformation is what Xuan Weizi needs to pay attention to.
…
One person and one leopard walked around for several days. This time, Xuan Weizi was not going for an assassination, so he was not in a hurry to rush to the ruins. Anyway, the place would not disappear by itself, so he just felt the natural atmosphere in the forest.
Sorting out the spellcasting skills of the Spirit Messenger. Every time Rosalian took a break, she would lie down and take a nap, as if she was in trance, and she also made some progress in thinking about the five qi.
This time, Xuan Weizi carried a satchel, which contained some food and adventure props. Because of the "Improved Starlight Cocoon", he could store many things into small glass balls, even living animals, which greatly saved space.
.In fact, Xuan Weizi has not fully understood the principle of this kind of "dimensional pocket"-like psychic effect.
"I think back then, when I read those secular online novels, the protagonists in them casually owned space rings to store foreign objects. At that time, I thought there was no story logic. How could space rings be as common as the streets? I didn't expect that they would be the same nowadays.
It’s your turn.”
Xuan Weizi used astral bodies to connect glass balls into beads and hung them on his wrists, like exquisite crystal handicrafts, reflecting colorful light.
"Something is approaching." Rosalian suddenly sat up. Due to Xuan Weizi's control, she could not return to her original huge size.
"I know." Xuan Weizi didn't panic at all. Not to mention that Yuanshen had already sensed it. His bird scouts were still patrolling nearby, and they had long since discovered a small group of monsters approaching from a distance.
They were a group of snow elves that were less than Xuan Weizi's waist, with gray-blue skin, ugly appearance, and long noses and pointed ears. They were a common creature in the northern part of the New World.
Creatures like goblins exist in both old and new continents. They can adapt to almost any living environment and have a large number of sub-races.
However, the intelligence of goblins is really low, and their abilities are weak. Even if a handful of them occasionally gain the ability to cast spells, they cannot be compared with humans. Even in groups, they lack the organizational capabilities of humans. When encountering slightly stronger enemies, goblins will
They dispersed in a hurry. Not to mention that their weapons and armor were outdated and dilapidated, so they only bullied the lone pedestrians.
At this moment, Xuan Weizi looked like a lone traveler, and the black saber-toothed leopard following him looked more like a pet than a powerful magical beast.
"It seems that I am usually used to restrain myself, but I have attracted such ignorant children."
Lightning exploded towards the group of snow goblins in the distance.
Since he was going out on an adventure, Xuan Weizi definitely took Hengyizi with him, just in time to let this little guy come out and play.
Among the snow elves, there was a wizard with a bone staff, who should be the leader of the group. He saw Heng Mashi flying in, clumsily shaking the bone staff that looked like a beast's leg bone, and chanted aloud, and some purple demonic fire just appeared.
, faced a blue-white lightning, which made it fall to the ground and twitch. A group of snow elves behind him immediately screamed and fled. Hengzhizi happily fired the lightning randomly, just like playing with prey.
Xuan Weizi came to the side of the snow goblin wizard. Rosalian looked at the thunder and lightning clouds in the distance and sighed in her heart: "If Tu Randi had such a method, the spotted beast tribe would not be reduced to what it is now.
It’s like this. It’s obviously the skill of the totem giant, but it’s been used so well by this doctor Olanso.”
I saw Xuan Weizi casting a "charm spell" and then snapping his fingers to wake up the snow goblin wizard.
"Do you understand what I'm saying?" Xuanweizi asked in Aboriginal language.
I saw the snow goblin wizard wearing tattered animal skins and a feather crown with a flattering look on his face, just like the jesters and clowns in human society. He said repeatedly: "I understand, I don't know what the great long-legged master has."
Instructions, can the humble Akuma Matata help?"
"Long-legged kind? Ha." Xuan Weizi smiled and said: "My name is Olanso, and I am a doctor. How long have you snow elves been living in this forest?"
"Oh, respected, great, Holy Lord Olanso who controls thunder and lightning!" Snow Goblin wizard Akuma Matata paid homage: "Our humble ethnic group has reproduced for thousands of springs in this generation.
, the ancestral spirits have been protecting us and guiding us to wait for the arrival of the Holy Saint Oranso."