NCCnovel Chapter 307 Struggling for Dao Essence, Indestructible Vajra
Chapter 307 Struggling for Dao Essence, Indestructible Vajra
Chapter 307 Struggling for Dao Essence, Indestructible Vajra
An ancient relic hanging on Yuanzhen's chest was emitting a soft, warm light, setting aside all the illusions outside the Bodhi tree.
As the most outstanding disciple of the Vajra Temple in this generation, he not only possesses talent that his peers cannot match, but also carries the high expectations of the head of a certain academy in the temple. The resources at his disposal are beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators.
He pierced through layers of mist, and his gaze finally fell upon the legendary Bodhi tree.
The ancient tree is vigorous and its branches and leaves exude a profound and awe-inspiring Taoist charm.
However, what made Yuanzhen's pupils shrink slightly was not the divine tree itself, but the scene beneath it.
The human cultivator named Chen Yi was sitting upright in the most central position under the Bodhi tree, his eyes slightly closed and his breathing long and deep.
Several feet away from Chen Yi, the infamous Silver Spirit Clan prodigy, Silver Horn, was sitting cross-legged on the outer edge.
Yuanzhen subconsciously stopped in his tracks, gently stroking the relic in his hand with his fingers.
The Silver Spirit Clan has always been domineering, and Silver Horn is the most outstanding among them, with an arrogant and haughty attitude.
Logically speaking, Silver Horn would never give up such an opportunity to occupy the best cultivation position.
Unless—this prodigy of the Silver Spirit Clan is extremely particular about rules and follows the principle of first come, first served?
Yuanzhen frowned slightly, secretly wondering to himself.
It's surprising that the Silver Spirit Clan, rumored to be tyrannical and warlike, is actually so courteous in private.
He could never have guessed that Silver Horn was sitting on the outer edge not out of politeness, but out of fear.
In Silver Horn's eyes, the figure occupying the central position was a reincarnated powerful being from ancient times. Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to compete with the "senior" for the Dao essence.
Having learned from his previous recklessness, Yuanzhen did not rush in this time. Instead, he stood a few feet away, clasped his hands together, and bowed slightly to the two people under the tree.
"Amitabha."
The clear sound of Buddhist chanting broke the silence under the tree.
"Benefactor Yin, this humble monk is Yuanzhen of Vajra Temple. I pay my respects."
Yuanzhen spoke humbly and was very polite.
Then he glanced at Chen Yi behind him and said only, "Fellow Daoist Chen."
He still concealed his hostility in front of Silver Horn, after all, he had already done enough to trick Chen Yi outside.
Silver Horn slowly opened his eyes, a hint of impatience flashing in his silver pupils.
He glanced at Yuanzhen, then cautiously looked at Chen Yi, who was standing motionless beside him, afraid that the bald monk's clamor would disturb the senior's quiet cultivation.
【Senior Chen?】
Silver Horn silently memorized the name. Simple, unpretentious, without any fancy prefixes—this perfectly matched the low-key, reclusive style of the powerful figure in this life.
"Don't disturb our cultivation."
Silver Horn's voice was low, yet it carried an undeniable chill, and a silver spatial blade even flickered faintly at his fingertips. "Otherwise, I'll throw you out."
Yuanzhen's expression stiffened slightly; he hadn't expected Silver Horn to change his attitude so quickly.
He turned his gaze toward Chen Yi.
Chen Yi remained seated with his eyes closed, not even lifting his eyelids, as if everything outside was irrelevant to him.
In reality, Chen Yi already had a plan in mind.
When he devoured the Vajra Fruit to cultivate the Golden Crystal Marrow, although his physical strength was significantly improved, he keenly sensed that a portion of the most core and purest spiritual essence in the Vajra Fruit was wasted.
That loss is not due to insufficient absorption, but rather to a lack of specific guidance.
It's like having top-of-the-line fuel but lacking a matching engine.
Chen Yi speculated that this was because although he practiced the Vajra Skill, he lacked the fundamental supernatural powers secretly transmitted by the Vajra Temple.
Without supernatural powers as a framework, the medicinal power of the Vajra Fruit cannot be perfectly contained.
Just as he was pondering how to make up for this shortcoming, Yuanzhen arrived.
It's like someone handing you a pillow just when you're about to doze off.
Seeing that Yin Jiao was full of murderous intent and Chen Yi remained silent, Yuan Zhen wisely walked around the two of them and chose a seat on the other side of the tree trunk.
Although the location is a bit out of the way, it's not too far from Chen Yi.
Seeing that the other party was sensible, and since Senior Chen Yi had not spoken, Silver Horn withdrew the spatial blade at his fingertips, closed his eyes again, and seized the time to digest the remaining green essence of enlightenment in his body, continuing to deduce his spatial secret technique.
Silence returned to the area beneath the tree.
After Yuanzhen sat cross-legged and confirmed that Yinjiao had no intention of suddenly attacking anyone, he couldn't wait to begin guiding the Daoist energy falling from the Bodhi tree.
The practices at Vajra Temple emphasize vigorous and intense training, which thrives under the Bodhi tree.
Gradually, a faint golden light shone around Yuanzhen.
He formed a mudra with his hands, interlacing his fingers to create an ancient and solemn gesture—the Acala Mudra.
As the hand seal was formed, the aura within his body suddenly changed.
The originally flowing spiritual energy seemed to solidify into tangible metal, and an indestructible and indestructible aura burst forth from his pores.
Amidst the flowing golden light, a faint, piercing image of a wrathful deity could be seen floating behind him.
[The Immovable King Mantra, the Vajra Indestructible Divine Power.]
Although Chen Yi had his eyes closed, his divine sense, which had reached the peak of the mid-stage of the fourth rank, had already transformed into invisible tentacles, silently covering Yuan Zhen's entire body.
As Yin and Yang thoughts flowed, the world in his mind was disassembled into the most primitive lines and energies.
In Chen Yi's perception, Yuanzhen was no longer a physical body, but a precisely operating energy furnace.
He could clearly see how the golden spiritual energy surged through his meridians, how it underwent a qualitative change when passing through specific acupoints, and how it finally constructed layers of complex and intricate rune structures on the body's surface.
That is the essence of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Power.
It is not simply a matter of stacking hardness, but rather it extracts the "solidity" Daoist essence contained in Vajra Kung Fu, amplifies and solidifies it through a special spiritual energy circuit, and ultimately forms a defense at the level of rules.
Under normal circumstances, to cultivate this supernatural power, one must enter a Vajra Temple, receive initiation and teachings from eminent monks, and then contemplate the image of Acala day and night. It takes decades of painstaking effort to gradually comprehend its essence.
Moreover, there is a strict requirement: one's physical cultivation must reach the fourth level of the Vajra Technique, and the quality of the Golden Crystal Marrow in the body must be high enough to support the operation of this supernatural power.
These conditions are extremely difficult for ordinary people.
But for Chen Yi, this is precisely his area of expertise.
He began practicing Vajra Kung Fu in his mortal days, and his understanding of this practice is deeply ingrained in his bones.
The golden body-refining energy had circulated within him for countless days and nights, and his familiarity with it was no less than his control over the power of the Thunder Spirit.
More importantly, he now possesses the peak of the mid-stage of the fourth rank of divine sense, and his divine sense has transformed into Yin and Yang, resulting in a qualitative leap in his insight.
With the blessing of his Insightful Eye, the complex and obscure pathways of supernatural power within Yuanzhen's body became as clear as lines on his palm.
The "intention" that required decades of contemplation to comprehend was directly broken down into the most intuitive "techniques" by his divine sense.
It turned out to be the case.
The spiritual energy here needs to flow backwards three inches, and the acupoints there need to vibrate nine times.
A sudden realization dawned on Chen Yi.
He doesn't need to worship Buddha or meditate. He only needs to understand the rules and then copy them.
"Click."
A crisp chewing sound suddenly rang out from under the silent tree.
Silver Horn, who was cultivating, twitched his eyelids but did not open his eyes.
Chen Yi took out a diamond fruit from his pocket and took a big bite without any hesitation.
The fruit pulp, once inside the stomach, instantly transforms into a surge of heat.
At the same time, Chen Yi's massive divine sense suddenly activated, forcibly taking control of this violent energy.
Instead of letting the energy dissipate as before, he controlled it, frantically flushing it through his body along the route he had "seen" from Yuanzhen.
Unique fluctuation frequency, unique operating trajectory.
The golden crystal marrow within Chen Yi's body began to vibrate violently, emitting bursts of roars like dragons.
The system's cold notification sounded in his mind, like heavenly music:
[Detected the Indestructible Vajra Essence, currently absorbing it—]
really.
Once the essence is understood, the system can directly devour and extract the information, and forcibly load it.
This is the joy of hanging on the wall.
Chen Yi's lips curled up slightly as he swallowed the remaining diamond fruit in one gulp.
The next moment, hum!
A golden light emanated from Chen Yi's body, so bright that it even overshadowed Yuanzhen, who was deeply cultivating beside him!
His skin quickly took on a dark golden sheen, and although his muscles were not exaggeratedly bulging, they gave him an unshakeable sense of weight.
A pure and incomparable aura of the Immovable King suddenly spread from his body.
Yuanzhen, who was cultivating, felt a huge suction force coming from his side, which almost interrupted his practice.
He opened his eyes in shock, almost popping them out of their sockets.
This... this is indestructible?!
How does this person know how to do that?!
Which elder or head monk in the temple leaked the lineage of the "Acala" (Fudō Myō-ō)?
On the other side, Gin-no-Kaku also sensed the commotion and turned around in surprise.
Seeing Chen Yi bathed in golden light, looking like a god descending to earth, Silver Horn gaped, his heart filled with turmoil.
[A truly powerful person can be so powerful—they can even effortlessly master the secrets of the Vajra Temple?]
[I didn't see you practicing this supernatural ability just now, senior? Did you watch that bald monk practice it once and learn it instantly?]
Silverhorn felt a chill run down his spine. This ability to get pregnant with just one glance—no, to learn with just one glance—was unheard of.
【fortunately----】
Silver Horn subconsciously touched his chest, a feeling of relief at surviving a disaster welling up inside him.
Fortunately, this reincarnated body of the powerful being doesn't seem to have spatial talent, otherwise, wouldn't he have learned my spatial secret technique too? That's the very foundation of my Silver Spirit Clan!
Chen Yi had no time to care about their shock.
As the medicinal power of the Vajra Fruit was fully activated, the Vajra Indestructible Divine Power rapidly took shape within his body.
But just as he achieved the initial success of his supernatural powers, a strange scene unfolded.
His divine sense was amplified infinitely due to the resonance with the supernatural powers.
Within the area covered by the Bodhi tree, strands of golden threads appeared in the previously empty void.
That is—the Daoist rhythm?
Chen Yi dispersed his divine sense and activated his Insightful Eye, his gaze penetrating through appearances.
After a long while, he suddenly realized something.
[So that's how it is. No wonder cultivating the Vajra Indestructible Divine Power here is so miraculously aided, even Yuanzhen has made such rapid progress.]
This Bodhi tree itself actually contains an extremely high level of Vajra Indestructible Daoist essence!
In Chen Yi's view, this ancient Bodhi tree was no longer a plant, but a huge aggregate of Daoist principles.
At this moment, two thin, golden streams, resembling willow branches, cascade down from the depths of the tree canopy.
One of the thinner ones was connected to the top of Yuanzhen's head, where he was slowly absorbing and refining it.
Meanwhile, another, thicker and brighter golden stream, drawn by the newly formed, perfect-level Vajra Indestructible Divine Power within Chen Yi's body, descended towards the top of Chen Yi's head as if it had found its home.
With a thought, Chen Yi unceremoniously opened his body and mind.
We welcome all comers!
The Bodhi tree has a canopy-like crown, and its branches and leaves shimmer with an emerald green light that is difficult to see with the naked eye.
The most concentrated essence of Tao is not scattered in the air, but rather condensed on those heavy fruits.
Chen Yi sat cross-legged under the tree, his gaze sweeping over the golden fruits above his head. He channeled his inner energy and began to attempt to refine the Vajra Indestructible Dao Essence that was roaming around him.
Not far away, Yuanzhen's eyelids trembled slightly.
Although he did not open his eyes, the fluctuation of that energy could not be hidden from his spiritual sense.
Yuanzhen tilted his head slightly, a cold glint in his eyes, and glanced at Chen Yi.
A faint golden light emanated from Chen Yi's body, a sign that the Vajra Skill was being activated.
However, the golden light was scattered and not condensed, clearly indicating that he had only just begun to grasp the basics.
Yuanzhen's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.
Want a piece of the pie here?
You think you're worthy?
He withdrew his gaze, and the Immovable King Technique within his body began to circulate rapidly.
hum!
The air vibrated.
Yuanzhen's body blazed with golden light, resembling a gilded bronze figure. Powerful spiritual energy emanated from him, spreading outwards in all directions. The originally gentle and flowing Bodhi Dao essence was forcibly drawn by this domineering force, surging wildly towards the top of his head.
He intends to use his absolute advantage in cultivation to monopolize the opportunities here, leaving that arrogant brat without even a sip of soup.
Chen Yi ignored Yuan Zhen's protest.
In his eyes, the colors of the world were completely different from Yuanzhen's.
The Insightful Eye, enhanced by the power of perception, deconstructs and reassembles everything before it.
Yuanzhen's seemingly massive devouring was, in Chen Yi's data vision, nothing more than a brutal bull chewing on a peony.
The spiritual power within the opponent's body was indeed enormous, surging like a river, but most of the truly core "Enlightenment Green Essence" and "Diamond True Meaning" were scattered by that violent spiritual power, with less than one-tenth truly integrated into their bones and blood.
Chen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze penetrating the surface and landing on the golden crystal marrow inside his body.
It turned out to be the case.
The cultivation of this Vajra Indestructible Divine Power does not depend on how much energy you accumulate, nor on how high the level of your Golden Crystal Marrow is.
The key is "burning".
That special Dao essence was engraved into the internal structure of the Golden Crystal Marrow, like carving a seal.
Yuanzhen was going to smash it with a sledgehammer, while he was going to carve it with a carving knife.
With a thought, Chen Yi decisively withdrew most of the spiritual power that was maintaining the golden light on his body.
The brilliant golden light that had enveloped him instantly dimmed, leaving only a thin, cicada-wing-like film of light clinging tightly to his skin.
At the same time, the system is operating at full power.
[Decomposing and devouring the indestructible Dao essence structure of the Vajra —]
Chen Yi no longer competed with Yuanzhen for the mixed spiritual energy in the air, but instead precisely captured every wisp of drifting green light and golden thread.
Guided by the system, these light spots obediently entered his pores, flowed along his meridians, and finally converged near the golden marrow deep in his spine.
Initially, progress was extremely slow.
Each stroke of the Daoist pattern requires a great deal of mental effort.
But under the Bodhi tree, the speed of thought is infinitely increased, and with the help of the system to correct errors, this tedious micro-carving work becomes exceptionally smooth.
A quarter of an hour passed.
Half an hour passed.
The Golden Crystal Marrow within Chen Yi's body underwent a qualitative change.
The originally rough crystal surface now features intricate and mysterious patterns. These patterns are interconnected and faintly exude an aura of indestructibility.
The golden light on his body had faded to almost invisible, but the dark golden hue had become even more profound, like refined iron that had been forged through countless hammerings, restrained and weighty.
This is the true path to achieving indestructible divine power.
Click.
Chen Yi casually grabbed a diamond fruit and put it in his mouth.
The sound of teeth cutting through the fruit pulp is crisp and pleasant.
As the fruit entered his stomach, an extremely pure and powerful aura exploded forth. If it were before, this force would have been enough to cause his meridians to swell and ache.
But now, the newly formed patterns on the golden marrow are lighting up, efficiently devouring and transforming this power, rapidly strengthening the integrity of the runes.
P.S.: I haven't been feeling well lately, so I'll be updating less frequently. The end of the year is just too tiring. If you feel it's too little, you can save it for a few days. Sorry for the inconvenience.