Chapter 2: The Path of Refining the Heart
Over the past three years, Lin Xuan hadn't suffered from damaged meridians, every time he recuperated from his injuries, he had to consume a very long time, and as an ordinary person without a spiritual root, it was very difficult to keep up with his fellow disciples even if he tried desperately, so where would he find the time to delay.
Lin Xuan carefully controlled the speed of the flow of spiritual energy, fortunately after continuous attempts, he was already very clear about the tolerance of his meridians.
An hour later, after doing the cycle, the spiritual energy returned from the meridians back to the dantian.
After checking with his internal vision, Lin Xuan's eyes flashed a ray of haze, he had already worked so hard, but his cultivation still hadn't changed, according to the reasoning, after doing a big cycle, his spiritual energy should more or less increase a little bit.
It seemed that he had to go to the Heart Refining Road, Lin Xuan gritted his teeth.
The Heart Refining Road, was a special location in the Drifting Clouds Valley, discovered by chance by the sect's ancestor three thousand years ago, and after examining it, it was determined to be a relic left behind by an ancient cultivator.
It was a very marvelous location, as long as one entered inside, one would be wrapped in illusions, one moment being in a mountain of swords and fire, one moment falling into the eighteen layers of hell, although the illusions didn't cause any real harm, it was excruciatingly agonizing, but the benefits were also obvious.
Although the Path of Refining the Heart is terrifying, the aura inside is very sufficient, and practicing there can yield twice the result with half the effort.
Moreover, to the disciples of this sect, the Purging Heart Road was free and open, but unfortunately, except for the experts above the Foundation Establishment Stage, the lower ranked disciples of the Spiritual Movement Stage simply didn't dare to try it out, and with their cultivation, their Taoist hearts were unstable, and they simply couldn't withstand the assault of the illusions.
But now Lin Xuan had no other path to take, either he was stuck in a bottleneck or he would seek a breakthrough at the Path of Refining the Heart, he chose the latter.
Pushing open the heavy stone door, Lin Xuan walked out from the practice room, at this time the sky was already completely dark, the stars were blinking feebly, but Lin Xuan didn't intend to rest, and went to the heart refining road like.
Piuyun Valley's back mountain, a diagonal passage on the stone wall was deep and bottomless, this was the Path of Refining Heart, standing at the entrance, Lin Xuan took a deep breath and walked in.
For the first hundred meters, there were no illusions, and the concentration of heaven and earth aura was exactly the same as outside, but Lin Xuan didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, although it was the first time he had come here, but on a regular basis, he hadn't heard much about the horrors of the Purging Heart Road.
After taking a few more steps, the situation suddenly changed, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual qi became thicker, this place is really suitable for cultivation.
Lin Xuan's complexion became grave, carefully surveying the surroundings before carefully sitting down on his knees.
Boom!
The surface of the ground suddenly burst into flames about ten feet high, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose...
Scary scene appeared, Lin Xuan eyebrows slightly raised, did not panic, as if blind, still single-mindedly absorb the surrounding spiritual qi, refining the heart of the road of all that happened, all is an illusion, do not have to pay attention to.
However, although I know it is false, but the feeling is as real, soon the fire will be around the temperature rose to an unbearable degree, large drops of sweat from Lin Xuan's face dripping.
Hearsay is really completely different from personal experience, before Lin Xuan only heard those Foundation Stage experts talk about the Refined Heart Road, I did not expect it to be even more horrible than the legend.
Soon the fire burned onto his body, with his cultivation at the first level of the Spiritual Movement Stage, he was not yet able to put out a shield, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it bitterly.
While enduring the pain of the flames burning his body, he also had to concentrate on his spirit and absorb the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth, the ordeal was unimaginable to ordinary people, but Lin Xuan held out with a resilient perseverance.
The fire licked at his skin, Lin Xuan's teeth clenched and clattered, the pain had become numb in the back, but the aura here was indeed sufficient, and the rate of absorption was several times that of the outside.
Although it was an illusion, it felt like a real purgatory, honing Lin Xuan's perseverance.
Absorbing the spiritual qi into the body was only the first step, then one had to refine them one by one according to the secret method taught by the master, there would be a lot of losses, usually absorbing hundreds of milliliters of spiritual qi, in the end, one could only refine a hair-sized amount of spiritual energy.
The resulting spiritual energy would then be run through the eight odd meridians and finally stored in the dantian.
Even for someone with a tough mind, trying to complete the entire process in the blazing fire was impossible, Lin Xuan held on for five minutes before his endurance had reached its limit, standing up and running out as fast as he could, when he left the area with plenty of aura, the blazing illusion disappeared with him.
"Sure enough, it's the same as the legend." Lin Xuan checked his entire body, there wasn't the slightest injury, but the pain of being scorched by the blazing fire just now was still fresh in his mind.
Although it was difficult, it was worth it, because the spiritual energy here was not only highly concentrated, but also very pure, cultivating here could have a multiplier effect, and the hope of breaking through the bottleneck had greatly increased.
After resting for a while, Lin Xuan resumed walking forward, the fire once again surfaced, enduring the pain of being burned, continuing to absorb the spiritual energy.
When his endurance reached its limit, he ran out to rest for a while, and after his strength was restored, he stepped back into the Fiery Illusion Realm.
In this way, week after week, Lin Xuan relied on his perseverance and practiced hard in the Heart Refining Path.
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Several days had passed, and his spiritual power had finally made some progress, although the gains were still very little compared to what he had put in, but compared to practicing outside, it was much faster.
At this rate, as long as he persisted, he should be able to enter the second level of the Spiritual Movement Stage.
Silently calculating the progress of his cultivation, Lin Xuan stood up, he had already spent four days in the Heart Refining Road, he should go out to have a look, for one thing, after these few days of cultivating in the blazing fire without rest or sleep, his body had already reached its limit, and secondly, today was the time for the Chair to pass on the gongfu.
According to the rules of the Drifting Cloud Valley, every four days, a Foundation Establishment Stage expert would teach like a Spiritual Dynamism Stage disciple, getting guidance from an expert, cultivation could be a lot less detours, Lin Xuan naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity.
Following the passage, Lin Xuan came outside, and unlike when he came, he happened to meet a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
"Uncle!"
"You..." the man sized up Lin Xuan, his face full of surprise: "You went to the Heart Refining Road?"
"Yes, senior uncle."
After the two parted ways, that Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator was still a bit dazed, although the illusion would not cause any real harm, the feeling was exactly the same as the real thing, a disciple at the early Spiritual Dynamics stage actually endured it, this son's perseverance was really amazing.
Cultivation in addition to spiritual roots also requires mental toughness, this disciple called Lin Xuan, really makes people look at him differently!
