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Chapter 97 The Second Floor of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra"
Hearing these words, Luo Xiao was quite speechless.

"It's not a question of whether it's hard or not,"

Luo Xiao shook his head, "Although there are four levels in the Mind Refining Pagoda, only the first level is the one that really trains the disciples of the Taoist school. The second level and the third level are not prepared for the disciples of the Qi training period at all, but for the foundation building period to teach and exercise the Dao With heart."

Seeing that Su Ming didn't understand anything, Luo Xiao patiently explained.

It is used by monks in the foundation building period to exercise their Taoism!
Su Ming grasped the key points in Luo Xiao's words.

How could he, an eighth-level Qi training monk, be comparable to a foundation-building monk?

No, not right!

There is one thing about him that can rival the cultivators who established the foundation, and that is divine consciousness!

Su Ming knew that the strength of the divine consciousness was closely related to the divine soul.

In other words, the consciousness is the perception of the soul!

Just like the human body has the five senses, the soul also has the ability to perceive, which is the consciousness.

Could it be that the training of the Dao Heart in the Mind Refining Pagoda is related to the strength of the monk's soul?

That's right, the persistence of high-level monks under pain is definitely stronger than that of low-level monks, there is no doubt about it.

It's not that the Dao heart of high-level monks must be stronger than that of low-level monks, but a matter of the tolerance of the soul.

The more powerful the soul, the stronger its ability to endure pain.

The same pain of lingering may be unbearable for Qi training monks, but it may not be the case for Foundation Establishment monks.

Having figured this out, Su Ming knew that it wasn't that he was exceptionally talented, but that he possessed the consciousness comparable to a foundation-building cultivator.

Seeing that Su Ming was silent, Luo Xiao looked at him with an envious expression.

"Brother Su, you have extraordinary talent in spells and such an outstanding temperament. It seems that I have to congratulate Brother Su in advance for becoming a disciple of Xianxia Sect!"

Saying that, Luo Xiao cupped his hands towards Su Ming.

Su Ming said humbly: "It's too early to tell. Brother Luo, you know that I'm just a monk with three spiritual roots. The Xianxia Sect's recruitment of disciples still depends on the spiritual roots."

"Spiritual root is only the lowest proportion among the three assessments of Xianxia Sect. Brother Su, you also know that as long as the resources are sufficient, monks with poor spiritual roots may not be as fast as the legendary monks with spiritual roots.

Even if there are not so many resources, it is not difficult to match the cultivation speed of Erlinggen monks, right? "

Luo Xiao paused, "So for the Xianxia Sect, the disciples' xinxing and understanding are what they care more about. The Xianxia Sect has enough resources to train those disciples who have good xinxing and understanding, but ordinary spiritual roots. .

Of course, geniuses with excellent temperament, comprehension, and spiritual roots are what the Xianxia School most wants to recruit, but such disciples are rare. "

At the end, Luo Xiao shook his head.

Like Su Ming, he is also a monk with three spiritual roots.

It's just that Luo Xiao's talent in spells is also quite good, and was included in the focus of attention by Qin Zhen.

But in terms of character, he was far behind Su Ming.

Seemingly thinking of something, Su Ming asked again: "By the way, Brother Luo, you just said, how long is the record of Yaoyuan Dao Academy's persistence in the Heart Refining Pagoda?"

"Over an hour!"

Speaking of this, Luo Xiao's eyes were full of surprise, "It is rumored that this genius disciple is born with a spirit that is different from ordinary people's power. It is said that he can release his consciousness outside before he has practiced cultivation!"

"So exaggerated?"

"It's such an exaggeration!"

Luo Xiao nodded, and said solemnly, "At that time, this disciple had just entered Xianxia Sect, and was listed as a key training object by the sect. Now he is probably an inner sect disciple."

Speaking of this, Luo Xiao looked envious. Compared with this legendary genius, he was worried even about the Xianxia Sect's sect assessment.

Comparing the two, the gap is unreasonable.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary Taoist disciples, he and Su Ming could be regarded as geniuses, but as far as this mind-refining pagoda's records are kept, both of them are far behind.

"over an hour"

Su Ming muttered silently.

He was in the Mind Refining Pagoda just now, and he only persisted for more than half an hour, and the time difference between the two was nearly doubled.

The length of persistence is not critical, the most important thing is whether the opponent has passed the second level and entered the third level.

According to Qin Zhen.

The training of the disciples in the Mind Refining Pagoda is divided into four levels.

The first level is the pain of the skin.

The second hurdle is the pain of sawing bones.

The third level is the pain of visceral decay.

The fourth level is the pain of tearing the soul beyond the physical body and directly reaching the soul.

Obviously, the fourth level is not something that monks who practice Qi and build a foundation can attempt. The first time a monk's soul transforms is after the monk has formed an alchemy.

Regardless of whether it is the Qi training period or the foundation building period, although the soul is different, there is no qualitative change.

From this point of view, there is no essential difference between the souls of monks in the Qi training period and those in the foundation establishment period, and they cannot be exposed to the air.

Once exposed to the air, there is a danger of the soul dissipating.

Being able to step into the second level proves that the monk has at least the strength of the soul of the monk who established the foundation, and the longer he persists, the stronger the will of the monk.

And stepping into the third level proves that the disciple not only has the spirit strength comparable to that of a foundation-building cultivator in the middle or even late stage, but also needs an extremely firm Dao heart to persevere.

The third hurdle is the limit of the monks in the late stage of foundation establishment. The longer you persist, the closer you will be to this limit.

If you can be as happy as you are in the third level, it proves that the monk's soul has undergone a qualitative change, and you can consider entering the fourth level for training.

Unfortunately, in Yaoyuan Taoist Academy, it is impossible to have such disciples.

Even if it is a Taoist teaching, there are very few who can touch the fourth level.

This is a level that only Jindan stage monks can touch.

At least Su Ming is sure that Qin Zhen will definitely not be able to reach the fourth test, and even the other party may not even be able to reach the third test.

Su Ming himself knew his own situation. His strong soul was not born with him, but benefited from the acquired practice in the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

Su Ming used to be in Qingshuifang City, although he knew that the cultivation method was cherished, but he didn't expect it to be so cherished.

After coming to the Yaoyuan Water Realm, Su Ming discovered that not only are the god-refining exercises on the market extremely rare, but also the effect after practice is far inferior to that of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

It wasn't until this moment that Su Ming realized that he had obtained a remarkable exercise in the Zhang family.

Perhaps the Zhang family themselves may not be aware of the preciousness of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

"Unfortunately, this technique is incomplete after all, and can only be cultivated to the Golden Core stage."

Su Ming shook his head, thinking to himself.

Farewell to Luo Xiao and return to the courtyard of the dormitory.

The first thing Su Ming did was to take out the jade slips from "Shen Ting Sun Zhao Jing".

"It's a pity that I can't practice the second and third layers of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra" yet, otherwise I might not be able to break the record of the Taoist Mind Training Pagoda."

As if thinking of something again, Su Ming fully developed his divine consciousness.

Thirty feet, sixty feet, one hundred feet
It wasn't until it extended to a radius of one mile that the exploration of the divine consciousness slowly stopped.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Su Ming suddenly discovered that his spiritual consciousness extended forward by about one meter!
As for the detection range of the divine consciousness, Su Ming had tested it in detail, but it was only close to one mile away, but it was still a tiny bit short of the real one mile!

And this is the gap between him and the real foundation-building monks, it represents a boundary.

But today, Su Ming's spiritual consciousness has broken through this limit!
Suddenly, Su Ming's heart became extremely hot.

"Does this mean that I can practice the second layer of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra"?"

Su Ming once again looked at the cultivation requirements of the second layer of the Shenting Rizhao Sutra. A monk's spiritual consciousness must break through the range of one mile, otherwise he will not be able to practice.

It's a pity that no matter how much Su Ming's spiritual consciousness was trained before, he was still a little short of breaking through within a radius of one mile.

Could it be that the monks of the Zhang family are like this, their spiritual consciousness is all comparable to that of the foundation-building monks, but compared to the real foundation-building monks, they are always a little bit worse.

But because of this slight gap, it is impossible to cultivate the second layer of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

If you want to practice, you can only break through to the foundation building stage.

Only when the monk builds the foundation, the sea of ​​consciousness transforms, and the consciousness strengthens again, can one continue to practice.

But now, under the tempering of the Mind Refining Pagoda, Su Ming's spiritual consciousness has unexpectedly strengthened a little.

Although this enhancement effect was only the most obvious at the first time, and it would become weaker and weaker after that, it helped Su Ming break through the limit of one mile radius covered by the divine consciousness!

The pre-conditions for the second layer of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra" have been achieved.

In the past, unless Su Ming broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, it would be absolutely impossible to continue practicing the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

Thinking of this, Su Ming's heart suddenly became hot.

In fact, not to mention monks, even ordinary people know that when a thing reaches its limit, it is often the most difficult to break through.

This is the so-called checkpoint in practice.

Now, relying on the sharpening of the Heart Refining Pagoda, Su Ming unknowingly broke through this barrier!
After a short period of excitement.

Su Ming calmed down again.

"Although my spiritual consciousness has reached the minimum standard for practicing the second level of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", my sea of ​​consciousness has not undergone the transformation of the foundation building period after all. I have to be very careful to practice the second level of exercises."

Su Ming was very careful, he didn't get carried away just because he was able to cultivate the second layer of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra".

Because he knows that, compared with the real foundation-building monks, although he has reached the minimum standard for practicing this technique at this time, it is still much more difficult to practice than the real foundation-building monks.

It takes extreme caution.

Of course, no matter how difficult it is, it will not be more difficult than the third level of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra". In Su Ming's view, practicing the third level of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra" is simply suicide.

The next day.

After a night of "Thick Earth Kung Fu" practice, Su Ming finally waited for the time for the sunrise.

Similar to the first level of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", to practice the second level of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", you need to wait for the rising sun.

Because the true meaning of the day is the weakest at this moment, it is suitable for the monks who are beginning to practice the second level of exercises to incorporate it into the sea of ​​consciousness, so as to exercise the sea of ​​consciousness and strengthen their spiritual consciousness.

Compared with the first level of exercises to sharpen one's consciousness outside the body, the second level of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra" is much more dangerous.

Su Ming's sea of ​​consciousness has not yet undergone transformation, so it is more difficult to cultivate than ordinary foundation cultivators.

But no matter how difficult it was, Su Ming had the confidence to overcome it.

If he didn't even dare to cultivate the second level of "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", how could he expect to cultivate the third level in the future?

With this thought in mind, Su Ming held his breath and focused his attention, using his spiritual consciousness to slowly bring a trace of the true meaning of the sun extracted from the rising sun into the center of his brows.

Just when this ray of sincerity entered the Niwan Palace between the eyebrows, Su Ming's forehead suddenly became hot.

Immediately afterwards, Su Ming's entire head began to emit intense heat.

This kind of high temperature is replaced by ordinary people, who would have been burned into fools long ago.

But at this moment, in Su Ming's dark sea of ​​consciousness.

A ball of fire suddenly lit up in the very center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

It was as if in the dead chaos, a fire was lit, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, Su Ming finally "sees" what his own sea of ​​consciousness is like.

"This is my sea of ​​consciousness?"

Su Ming found that the sea of ​​consciousness space illuminated by the fire was very cramped.

Under the firelight, a golden lotus floated quietly. It was his magic weapon of spiritual defense—the Sansheng lotus seal.

If you use the size to describe Su Ming's Sea of ​​Consciousness, it is more like a spherical space with a diameter of only about one mile.

Although the Sea of ​​Consciousness is located between Su Ming's eyebrows, this spherical space obviously does not belong to this dimension.

It seems that Su Ming's Niwan Palace is just an anchor point for the Sea of ​​Consciousness in the real world.

But its own space is not in this dimension.

Now, under the action of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", that trace of the true meaning of the sun has passed through this anchor point and came to this mysterious sea of ​​consciousness space.

Thanks to the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", this is the first time Su Ming saw his sea of ​​consciousness.

After the short-term novelty, Su Ming began to expand the space of the sea of ​​consciousness and strengthen his consciousness according to the record of the second layer of exercises in the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", using the true meaning of the sun that was incorporated into the sea of ​​consciousness little by little.

Only now did Su Ming finally know why the first level of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra" did not directly use the true meaning of the sun to expand the sea of ​​consciousness, but borrowed the medium of divine consciousness.

Because during the Qi training period, the monk's sea of ​​consciousness is too weak.

Let Da Ri Zhenyi expand it directly, or it will directly lead to the collapse of the monk's sea of ​​consciousness.

At that time, the monk will directly become a fool with no sense of consciousness.

With the help of the medium of divine consciousness, one can not only exercise one's spiritual consciousness, but also use the exercised spiritual consciousness to expand one's sea of ​​consciousness.

It's a pity that Su Ming has been unable to see the appearance of the sea of ​​consciousness before. He doesn't know how the sea of ​​consciousness has been expanded to this extent, but Su Ming believes that his sea of ​​consciousness is definitely not so big from the beginning.

According to the records in the Taoist scriptures, the monk's Niwan Palace was completely closed at first, which was a singularity.

The birth of a monk's spiritual consciousness is equivalent to opening a narrow space at this singularity, and then, this space will expand step by step as the spiritual consciousness increases.

Or in other words, with the expansion of the space of the sea of ​​consciousness, the spiritual consciousness of the monks will be strengthened step by step. Both of these statements are correct.

The soul, the consciousness, and the sea of ​​consciousness, these three are all strengthened at the same time.

The so-called refining the gods refers to these three.

Su Ming knows the sea.

With the operation of the second layer of the "Shenting Sunshine Sutra", a trace of the true meaning of the sun finally merged into the entire sea of ​​consciousness space.

As Da Ri's true intention merged into the sea of ​​consciousness, Su Ming found that his consciousness had been strengthened a little bit.

After exiting the sea of ​​consciousness space, Su Ming unfolded his spiritual consciousness again. This time, he found that his spiritual consciousness completely exceeded the range of one mile, and it was nearly ten feet longer.

This coincides with the expansion of his sea of ​​consciousness space.

(End of this chapter)