The Lord of Void and Real - Chapter 67 - Chapter 67: Chapter 66: Walking on Water

Chapter 67: Chapter 66: Walking on Water

Shen Luo looked around, moved his body, and hid himself in a lush water plant nearby, then sat down cross-legged again.

He had just embarked on his path to cultivation, understood the Dao seed, and he was eager to continue cultivating. He would try to complete the First Level Technique as quickly as possible to see what made him different from ordinary people.

It was daytime, and although the brook was not far from the small town, he wasn’t worried about someone coming. With his current spiritual senses, he would be aware of anyone entering within three miles of him.

Shen Luo closed his eyes and repeated the formula of the first layer of the Nameless Cultivation Technique in his mind.

The cultivation method of the Nameless Heavenly Book was different from foundational techniques like the Small Transformation Yang Skill, focusing largely on internal practice. Men nourish Yang Gang Qi, and women nourish the Yin Qi within their bodies.

The Nameless Heavenly Book combined internal practice with drawing spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth into one’s body, supplemented by Yang Gang Qi or Yin Qi, refining them into one’s own mana, and then storing them in the Dantian.

After a short time, he murmured softly and slowly opened his eyes.

Just as he had begun to circulate his Qi for the first time, pushing the Yang Gang Qi down to the Dantian and then directly to the bottom of his feet, he noticed something odd.

The faint trace of mana in his Dantian was moving with his Yang Gang Qi down the Yin Qiao Mai to his feet, creating a tingly sensation in them.

The entire process was completed smoothly, without the slightest delay.

“Strange, why is this happening?” Shen Luo mumbled, somewhat puzzled.

After a brief thought, he turned his mind and the trace of mana flowed back up from his feet to his Dantian. The numbness in his feet disappeared simultaneously.

As he continued to circulate the Qi and brought the Yang Gang Qi to his Yutang Acupoint in his chest, he noticed that his mana was moving up, along the Hand Three Yin meridians to the palms of his hands, and then returned to his Dantian as his mind moved.

“The Qi is flowing through the limbs and back to the Dantian…This is the accomplishment of the Qi flowing through the limbs and back to the Dantian! The Five Senses Connected and Cleansing Essence and Cutting Marrow, doesn’t this mean…the Nameless Cultivation Technique First Layer is complete? How is that possible?” Shen Luo suddenly realized something and his eyes widened in surprise.

According to the Nameless Heavenly Book, the first layer of the technique served as the foundation of the entire method and was crucial. After understanding the Dao seed, one needed to continually cultivate it, building mana bit by bit, trying to deliver the mana through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians to the limbs, the so-called ‘Flow Qi through limbs’, in order to complete it.

If one could achieve this, he could use his own mana to trigger talismans and even drive magical instruments, without needing to rely on Yuan Stones anymore.

However, this was no easy task and couldn’t be done overnight. He had managed to achieve it comfortably and effortlessly, which was a far cry from the difficulties described in the book.

Thinking this, he was slightly unsure and made another attempt. He found that his mana indeed freely moved between his limbs and Dantian as he cultivated the technique.

Shen Luo took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, his face showed a pondering expression.

“The Qi is indeed flowing through the limbs and back to the Dantian, and the Five Senses have indeed undergone a drastic transformation. As for Cleansing Essence and Cutting Marrow, could it be…”

Suddenly, he remembered the dirt on his face and neck when he woke up. Wasn’t this the impurity expelled from his body after Cleansing Essence and Cutting Marrow as mentioned in the book? As for the impurities expelled from his body, most of them had probably been washed away while he was soaked in the river water.

“How unexpected, I’ve actually completed the first stage of the Nameless Cultivation Technique!” Shen Luo realized the crux of the matter, couldn’t help but laugh out loud, yet he managed to hold back.

“Now that it’s so, I can try this…”

Shen Luo muttered to himself, stood up from the brook, his hands clasped in front of him, each making a magic spell, while uttering incantations.

The Mana at his Dantian once again flowed through both his legs and directly to his feet.

After a short time, a soft blue glow appeared on the soles of his feet, and unprovoked ripples about the size of palms emerged in the brook near his feet.

An unimaginable scene occurred!

As these two ripples slowly rotated, they created an upward force that lifted him from the water through his feet, making him float above the water surface.

Shen Luo clearly didn’t expect this to happen, and he nearly toppled backward, waving his arms for stability.

Although he broke out into cold sweat, his face showed a look of surprise and joy.

Shen Luo slowly lifted his right leg, and as soon as his foot left the water surface, the ripple beneath it disappeared, but the faint blue glow on the sole of his foot remained.

After gathering his focus, he cautiously stepped about half a foot distance and slowly lowered his leg.

As a result, the palm-sized ripple surfaced and supported his foot as soon as it touched the water surface.

Seeing this, a deeper joy spread across Shen Luo’s face, steadily stepping forward on the water’s surface, just as if it was flat ground.

“It actually worked!”

Overjoyed, Shen Luo quickened his pace, only for the ripples under his feet to disappear due to a slight delay in the flow of his Mana, causing him to fall with a splash into the water.

Seconds later, he regained his balance after gulping down a few mouthfuls of water. Although he was coughing uncontrollably, his eyes revealed excitement.

Among the cultivation skills recorded in the Nameless Heavenly Book, there were some magic spells. What Shen Luo just tried was the “Water-Stepping Art”, a spell attached to the First Level Technique.

The so-called Water-Stepping Art, as its name suggests, is a spell that allows one to walk on water as if it were a road. Although it is not a powerful divine ability, it is very practical.

Moreover, once one practices to the fourth level and enters the Grain Avoidance Stage, the “Water Repelling Technique” can be learned, allowing one to breathe freely under water, free from the harm of water disasters.

Upon reaching the seventh level and entering the Soul Condensation Stage, one can achieve the “Water-splitting Technique.” Unlike the Water-Stepping Art and Water Repelling Technique, the Water-splitting Technique is a true divine technique. According to the method, as long as one’s Mana is sufficient, one could let rivers and lakes split and stop flowing with a wave of hand or foot.

In addition to these spells, the book also comes with a Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits, which can command a variety of aquatic clan demons.

According to the Nameless Heavenly Book, this Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits is the most powerful means of the entire set of magical tactics. Also, it doesn’t require as strict a realm as the Water Repelling Technique and Water-splitting Technique, and can even be practiced when Mana is low.

Of course, with low Mana strength, one can only control weaker members of the aquatic clan, but as the practice of skills progresses, stronger aquatic clan demons can be gradually controlled.

However, the book does not clearly record which aquatic clan demons can be controlled. It may be recorded somewhere in the latter half of the book.

This technique is significantly more complex than the Water-Stepping Art. Shen Luo initially scanned the related verse in haste but found it profound and had not had time to comprehend it, let alone put it into practice.

In fact, not only the technique of taming beasts but also this Water-Stepping Art is quite an advanced technique. According to the heavenly book, even people with good aptitude and high comprehension need a substantial amount of time and repetitive attempts to succeed.

His unprepared trial succeeded easily, it was indeed somewhat unexpected.