Although his alchemy practice allows him to come into contact with the astral world and ancient psychics, and he can even have further in-depth exchanges and learn more of the psychics' spell-casting skills, Xuan Weizi does not want to get involved too deeply.
The alchemy path that Xuan Weizi cultivated, from the foundation of the foundation to the emergence of the Yang Shen, five or five incarnations, and various stages of realms, there are many passes. He has experienced many illusions and calamities in his previous life, some of which are extremely real and difficult to understand.
The illusion of distinction.
In fact, these illusory catastrophes are nothing more than the past knowledge, experiences, attachments and thoughts in the process of cultivation, which require monks to break through step by step, and finally make the soul clear and thorough, so as to achieve pure Yang.
Therefore, Xuan Weizi always feels that the astral scene that appears in his consciousness is an obstacle to his practice. It seems that he can benefit a lot from the ancient psychic warlock, but he does not know what kind of evil catastrophe is hidden, and he really should not be tempted by it.
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When Xuan Weizi came to Chai Dui Town to establish himself as a doctor, he mainly felt that this place was remote and quiet. Although there were occasional intruders from the natives, compared to other areas where large-scale conquests and bloody massacres were frequent, Chai Dui Town was considered
It's quiet and peaceful.
In addition, this world is not like Xuan Weizi's previous life, where practitioners with magical powers hide in caves. Instead, they rely on various spellcasting abilities to embezzle from the outside world. In the current era, the Great Londinium Empire is especially dominant.
In such a world, without advanced cultivation and magic power, even walking outside is dangerous. This is why Xuan Weizi does not object to Salemi being the peace officer. If he handles it properly, he can save himself a lot of trouble.
After coming out of concentration to collect his power, and watching the translucent astral body changing into various shapes in front of his eyes, Xuan Weizi thought to himself: "This thing is connected to my divine energy. It is similar to the monk's imperial weapon, and it is both tangible and intangible. But
It also exists based on the star realm. It seems like a miraculous change, but after all, it does not belong to me alone. Especially that strange plane called the star realm, which is not the outer starry sky. According to the situation of those psychics who have given up their bodies, it is more similar to corpses.
Unlock the lunar realm of God, but..."
Xuan Weizi had read all the Taoist and Alchemy Scriptures in his last life, and he always felt that the method used by psychics to abandon the physical body was similar to corpse-dissolving methods such as lunar refining. However, this superior corpse-dissolving immortality method involves trance-walking through the lunar calendar, accumulating
After meritorious deeds, you still have to return to the physical body. And when you are in trance, the physical body needs to be protected with various elixirs and treasures. When you return to the trance and enter the body, the womb will transform into an immortal. The physical body will be purified by the essence of heaven and earth, and the form and spirit will become one. You can now leave.
There is something and nothingness.
Later, the inheritance of the excellent Taiyin Form Refining Method gradually declined, and the Corpse Refining Method was mostly reduced to the method of ghosts and immortals, completely giving up the body and skin, which was not liked by alchemy monks like Xuan Weizi. Psychics in the star world are similar to this
However, due to the special environment of the star realm, they do not seem to have to worry about their pure spiritual existence being destroyed by external forces.
However, Xuan Weizi does not believe in such a good thing that the spirit will last forever. What the ancient psychics relied on was nothing more than the special environment of the star realm. If this environment changes, how long can their spirit of abandoning the body be maintained?
What the alchemy monks want is nothing more than to transcend life and death and achieve immortality. Firstly, the soul must be immortal, and secondly, there must be a body to protect the soul. At the same time, the two must be combined with each other. The soul can be nourished by the soul, and the soul can be activated by the soul. This way
Only then can you have all kinds of mysterious physical and mental confirmations, and only then can you have all kinds of magical powers.
In addition, alchemy monks believe that the physical body constitutes a small world of its own, and alchemy practice itself is the law of heaven and earth. The small world of the body is connected with the external big world because of Yuan Qi, so it can perform various strange powers and magic. Divine Qi
The deeper the combination, the deeper and wider the magical power will naturally be.
And Xuan Weizi believed that in his previous life he had great supernatural powers and profound magic power, but in the end he was defeated in a battle of magic...
"I don't want those things." Xuan Weizi collected his thoughts and took back his astral body. Things that looked like fluids would melt into massless matter when in contact with the body. However, Xuan Weizi turned it into a thin layer of protection.
Cover the whole body to prevent any unexpected sneak attacks.
Xuan Weizi was thinking about how to trick Sir Salemi out of how the armed guards of the Holy Church would activate miracles and channel power when he noticed a commotion outside the market town.
Although a small amount of astral bodies were previously separated and drawn into talismans to achieve an effect similar to a magic chamber, this does not prevent Xuan Weizi from using his soul to sense the outside world, especially since most cultivators are known for their high perception abilities.
That was a team of hunters who were out. In addition to cutting wood, the furs of wild beasts in the forest are also an important income in Woodpile Town. The beast species in the New World are quite different from the Old World where the Great Londinium Empire is located, and the empire's
The newly wealthy people like these strange furs, and it is said that they compete with each other and spend a lot of money to buy intact and clean furs.
As for the rarer magical beasts, their furs can be made into special magic items, which cannot be hunted by ordinary hunters. Anyone who can survive the attack of a magical beast is lucky.
Xuan Weizi stood outside the door and looked out, and found that the number of hunters entering the town was less than the original number, and most of the people who came back were injured and needed to support each other. The townspeople gathered to inquire about the situation.
"What's going on? Why are you the only ones back?" Mayor Wolf stepped forward and asked loudly.
The leader of the hunter, whose forehead was bleeding, still insisted on carrying a more seriously injured companion beside him, and said with a depressed expression: "It's a magical beast. We were attacked by magical beasts. Many of us failed to come back."
"How is that possible? Where did you go to hunt?" Wolf asked. Looking out of the corner of his eyes, he saw that the new Sheriff Sir Salemi had also walked to the crowd to listen.
"Remember the waterfall mentioned last time? We went farther west." The hunter leader looked full of regret: "If I had known better, I should have listened to Dr. Olenso's words and not gone deeper at will. Now, alas..."
"Let's move people into the house first and let's talk." Xuan Weizi's words spread to the crowd. He stood outside the crowd and said coldly with his hands folded.
The hunter leader did not dare to look up and took a group of injured hunters to a large wooden house. This was the house where the sick and wounded were placed. Xuan Weizi usually took care of the sick and wounded here.
The seriously injured hunters were placed on the bed. Xuan Weizi inspected them one by one, changed dressings and rebandaged some of them, and then arranged for people to start boiling potions. Psychics are not good at treatment, but Xuan Weizi, as an alchemy monk,
The so-called Taoist medicine has the same origin, and we still understand how to treat illnesses and injuries.
The hunter leader was not seriously injured, but the situation was quite embarrassing. In terms of strength and strength, this hunter leader was comparable to the martial arts masters Xuan Weizi had seen in his previous life, but he was still so vulnerable to magical beasts.
"Tell me, what exactly did you encounter?" Xuan Weizi called out the hunter leader alone.
The hunter leader's lips moved slightly, but he did not dare to speak. Xuan Weizi spoke: "I found that someone still had arrow wounds on his body, and the wounds had been poisoned and infected. This is obviously the method of the indigenous people. Why didn't you explain to Wolf just now?"
The hunter leader gritted his teeth and said: "I know I was wrong. Doctor, please don't tell others, I, we found an ancient ruins deep in the forest and planned to go in for treasure hunting. Unexpectedly, there were indigenous people and magic outside.
The guardian of the beast, he almost didn’t come back!”
Xuan Weizi glanced sideways at the hunter leader. Even though the hunter was injured, his eyes could not help but reveal greed.
"Li Ling is so stupid." Xuan Weizi thought to himself. He also knew that Chaidui Town is a poor place. The people here actually want to go to a well-developed big city, but where in a big city do they not need to spend money? I guess this hunter leader is
I want to find some treasures in the ancient ruins so that I can leave Woodpile Town and enjoy life elsewhere.
"Since you have discovered this ancient ruins and alerted the indigenous people guarding it, you will definitely attract an attack from the indigenous people." Xuan Weizi said.
"No, it won't happen. They didn't come after us after we escaped." The hunter leader explained quickly.
Xuan Weizi did not speak. He had fought against the indigenous people several times in Chaidui Town. Although they were small-scale attacks, coupled with the logging and hunting activities in Chaidui Town, the activities of the aborigines in the forest were actually restricted.
The scope keeps shrinking.
The most recent violent conflict broke out near a large waterfall deep in the forest. There were already many casualties at that time. Xuan Weizi vaguely noticed that the resistance of the indigenous people was getting stronger, so he asked everyone to cut down trees and hunt animals not to cross the waterfall and the firewood pile.
The town did not have the strength to withstand too fierce a battle.
Xuan Weizi is actually more interested in the "Spirit Messenger", a spellcaster unique to the indigenous people, but unfortunately he has never been able to get in-depth contact with it. As for the large-scale crusade against the indigenous people like the empire did, he has no intention of doing so, and the manpower in Chaidui Town cannot do this.
thing.
Looking back now, it must have been this team of hunters who ventured across the waterfall and discovered the existence of ancient ruins, which must have been an important area for the indigenous tribes and could not tolerate the encroachment of colonists.
It is no secret that the empire discovered ancient ruins in the New World during its colonization process, and it also attracted many mages and scholars to study it. However, they found that these ancient ruins did not seem to have any obvious connection with the current indigenous people.
near these ruins, not the actual builders.
Some people speculate that these ancient ruins belong to a more mysterious ancient race. They originally lived and multiplied in the New World, but for unknown reasons, they have disappeared, leaving only these ancient ruins and buildings covered with moss and vines.
When some colonists heard about the existence of the ruins, they took it for granted that there were some gold and silver treasures hidden inside. They even ignored the control of the empire and went deep into the ruins in the indigenous-controlled areas to search for treasures. As a result, most of them died under the poisonous arrows and ambushes of the indigenous people, which deepened the
Hostility between natives and empire.
If it were just ordinary gold and silver treasures, Xuan Weizi would not be interested, but if there really was a mysterious race with special spell-casting skills, Xuan Weizi would not mind going on an adventure, but at the moment the natives were still a
Bigger trouble.
Although the natives did not pursue this hunter team, judging from past experience, the natives' attack is expected to come soon. Whether they are going to explore the ruins or not, it is best to reduce the number of natives as much as possible.
Xuan Weizi finished thinking in a flash and said to the hunter leader: "I'm just a doctor and can't take care of so many things. Now there is a new sheriff in the town. He should be responsible for the indigenous attacks. You go
Explain the situation to him, or go to Mayor Wolf."
Thinking of the upcoming aboriginal attack, Xuan Weizi planned to make more preparations. As for the conflict between Wolf and Salemi, he would just let them figure it out on their own, and he was too lazy to take care of it.
After taking care of the wounded, Xuan Weizi returned to his hut, hung up the talisman, unfolded his astral body, transformed into a human figure, and sat face to face with himself.
There is a category of Taoist spells called "fractal scattering", which is actually commonly known as the clone method. However, it also looks like a spell of clone transformation. In fact, it has different realms, and each practice has its own differences.
The most advanced fractal scattering method is, of course, the transformation of the Yang God, with a body outside the body. This is the highest state that Xuan Weizi reached in his previous life. In addition, you can also use paper cutting and round light to transform into clones, which is nothing more than relying on magic power to change. As for the
The differentiation and transformation after the Yin Shen appears can also be regarded as fractal scattering, but this kind of magic is not something that ordinary people can perform, and it is not beneficial to practice for a long time.
What comes next is the soul leaving the body. If you have enough qualifications, ordinary people can also play this trick, but this has become a ghost trick, and there are many witches and masters among the people who rely on this trick to fool ordinary people.
When Xuan Weizi came to this world, he vaguely realized that there was something mysterious about the interaction between the body and mind and the outside world, especially the fact that psychic powers can have more changes with the help of the astral body.
Specifically speaking, the astral body is actually more like some kind of "treasure of heaven and earth" that can change without change. It connects reality and the astral world. Psionics can shape it through psychic powers, while Xuanxini is more
To be direct, the astral body can change at will when the Yuan Shen is activated.
According to the old assumptions, Xuan Weizi planned to refine the astral body into a magic weapon, but his cultivation at this time was not enough to refine it with real fire, and he had not yet figured out the nature of the astral body.
Although I tried to use it to draw talismans, it was not possible to arbitrarily induce natural or magical energy as expected. The talisman for sound insulation requires Xuan Weizi to occasionally charge it with psychic powers to maintain the effect.
As a result, after a round of groping, Xuan Weizi could only use the astral body as a medium to transmit the movement of divine energy. If he could make it look like himself, he could take risks as a clone for himself. Since the astral body is connected to his own divine energy,
Therefore, within a certain distance, manipulating the astral clone is no different from moving on your own.
Sitting still and practicing, the divine energy is attuned, and the astral body undergoes subtle changes in front of the mysterious particles. The fluid silver crystal expands and contracts in waves, as if there is a huge energy gathering.
When Xuan Weizi opened his eyes again, a vivid "Doctor Olenso" was sitting in front of him. It was more real than looking in the mirror. Not only the description and behavior, but also the temperament and taste were the same. No animal with a keen sense of smell could distinguish him.
"This is really weird." Xuan Weizi pinched the opposite clone's face. The touch and temperature were the same as those of ordinary people. If Xuan Weizi's soul hadn't been clear and able to control his thoughts, I'm afraid any emotional expression would be corresponding.