Twin Fish Plate Cheat

Lu Chen had just stepped through the teleportation gate. Once everything steadied, before he could even open his eyes, he heard a voice around him chanting, "At the beginning of ancient time, who passed down the Way? Before heaven and earth took shape, how could their forms be examined? In darkness deep and light obscure, who could fathom them?..."

Lu Chen hurriedly opened his eyes and shouted, "Who is it? Who is speaking there?"

As Lu Chen listened to that voice, his whole body trembled violently, as though something within him wanted to burst free and seek out that sound.

Towering paulownia trees surrounded him. Only a single path before him led toward an unknown place, and the voice he had just heard came from that direction.

That sensation of wanting to burst from his body drove Lu Chen toward the voice. The farther he went, the stronger the feeling became.

Minute by minute, time passed. Lu Chen no longer knew how far he had walked. Just as he was preparing to change directions, he suddenly saw the outline of a city ahead.

Lu Chen approached the city step by step. Looking at its silhouette, he realized that it was almost identical to the city on the token that had opened the teleportation gate. The only difference was that this city had not collapsed, there were no flames of war, and there was no one holding a banner.

The Twin Fish Plate at Lu Chen's chest flew out and began flashing with red light at a steady rhythm. The farther forward he went, the more fiercely it flashed, and the chanting in his ears grew louder and louder.

At last, Lu Chen saw the city gates. The Twin Fish Plate was flashing so rapidly that the naked eye could no longer discern its rhythm.

Lu Chen stopped and carefully observed the city. The gates suddenly opened, and a leisurely voice drifted out from within. "You have finally come."

At that moment, the Twin Fish Plate broke free from Lu Chen and rapidly flew ahead, hovering before a palace. Beside the palace stood an old man who kept chanting. Listening closely, Lu Chen realized this was the very voice he had heard earlier.

The old man was powerfully built, his face seemingly weathered by countless hardships, his brows forever furrowed. A broad sash girded his waist, and at his side hung a magnificent long sword inscribed with the two characters Lingjun. He wore a high cloud-cutting crown and robes as white as snow. He paced before the hall, as though chanting while walking along a marsh shore, as though raising his voice in a mournful song.

"Grandpa, were you the one calling me here?" Lu Chen asked tentatively.

The old man did not turn around and merely continued chanting, "At the beginning of ancient time, who passed down the Way? Before heaven and earth took shape, how could their forms be examined? In darkness deep and light obscure, who could fathom them?..."

When the old man reached the Twin Fish Plate, he suddenly turned toward Lu Chen and asked, or perhaps stated, "Do you know what cultivation is? Do you know what heaven and earth are?"

Lu Chen froze. These were exactly the same words Blind Lu had spoken to him, not one word different.

Just as Lu Chen was about to answer, the old man raised his head to the sky. "What exactly is cultivation? What exactly are heaven and earth?"

Only then did Lu Chen realize that the old man was merely a phantom. Perhaps he had only been asking the person who had once stood where Lu Chen now stood.

As Lu Chen watched the old man and pondered the meaning of those words, he saw the Twin Fish Plate suddenly fly straight into the main hall.

Lu Chen chased after it and ran inside, only to find the hall filled with ancient trees and Spirit Plants.

At the center of the Spirit Plants stood an enormous stone chair. A white-haired man sat upon it with his head lowered, his face hidden from view. The Twin Fish Plate landed steadily in his hand, its red radiance continuously flowing into his body.

"You have finally come. You made me wait a very long time." The man's voice sounded somewhat aged, yet exceedingly gentle.

Lu Chen stared at the man before him in disbelief and asked blankly, "Were you waiting for me?"

The man walked before Lu Chen. He appeared to be an elderly man of seventy or eighty. He stroked Lu Chen's head and hung the Twin Fish Plate back around his neck.

"I was waiting for you. But strictly speaking, I was waiting for someone wearing the Twin Fish Plate to come here, so that I could help him begin cultivation. That is my mission."

Lu Chen lowered his head to look at the Twin Fish Token and said, "So coming here does not require talent? As long as someone wears this jade pendant, anyone can enter. Is that right?"

The man nodded. "You could put it that way."

Lu Chen suddenly felt as if this entire world had been arranged in advance. He had been wearing this jade pendant when he was found, and the very item needed to come here was this jade pendant.

Lu Chen raised his head and cautiously looked at the man. "Are you that great person? The Heavenly Emperor who walked out of Qingtian Workshop?"

The man shook his head. "I am only an avatar. The main body has nine avatars. Each avatar is independent, with different personalities and different abilities. Before he became Emperor, I was already here awaiting my mission. Without the spiritual connection to the main body, I rapidly grew old. Less than one-tenth of my cultivation remains. If you do not mind, you may call me Grandpa Feng."

Lu Chen nodded. "Yes, Grandpa Feng."

Feng Tiancheng continued, "Since you came from Qingtian Workshop, you know that entering this place is for cultivation. Yet I see no trace of cultivation on you."

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately understood that this was his opportunity. He said, "Grandpa Feng, I came here to seek the purpose of cultivation. I want to step onto the path of cultivation. I want to know what cultivation is, and what heaven and earth are."

Feng Tiancheng looked at Lu Chen and shook his head. "Cultivation and heaven and earth? I cannot answer that question yet. I am only an avatar. But I know that the main body was pondering the same question back then. If you merely wish to become a cultivator, then I can help you. Once your cultivation bears fruit in the future, you can explore it yourself or ask my main body."

Hearing Feng Tiancheng say this, Lu Chen had no choice but to let it go and ask another question. "Grandpa Feng, I underwent the Heavenly Pool Baptism a few days ago, but I did not reach the Qi Gathering Realm. If possible, I hope Grandpa Feng can think of a way to help me cultivate, because I want to seek the truth of cultivation and heaven and earth."

Lu Chen recited the words he had heard outside the hall. "At the beginning of primordial time, who passed down the Way? Before heaven and earth took shape, how could their forms be examined? In darkness deep and light obscure, who could fathom them? I want to seek the purpose of my cultivation."

Feng Tiancheng looked at Lu Chen as though he were seeing himself from the days when he sought the Way, and murmured, "He truly resembles me when I sought the Way. I wonder how the main body is doing now."

Feng Tiancheng seemed to make up his mind. Raising a hand, he helped Lu Chen up. "I do have a way to let you step onto the path of cultivation, but you must promise me one condition. Once your cultivation bears fruit, you must find my main body."

Hearing Feng Tiancheng's words, Lu Chen spoke with even greater resolve. "Grandpa Feng, I promise you. Please help me cultivate."

Hearing Lu Chen's reply, Feng Tiancheng removed the Twin Fish Token from Lu Chen's neck with one hand and explained, "When I cultivated, I forged a magical treasure called the Primal Yang Twin Fish Compass. This Twin Fish Plate is its Heavenly Pool core. The twin fish, one black and one white, one yin and one yang, contain boundless heaven and earth within. It can draw in spirit energy and elevate qi, forming a Small World of its own. Now, for some reason, only this Twin Fish Token remains."

As he spoke, Feng Tiancheng placed the Twin Fish Plate into a groove in the stone chair. A pit pool suddenly appeared within the hall, and heaven-and-earth spirit energy continuously poured out of the Twin Fish Plate. The spirit energy gradually grew denser and denser, slowly transforming from qi into water.

Lu Chen looked at the spirit energy pool, his gaze trembling. This pool of spirit energy could probably support the cultivation of everyone in Dongshan City, couldn't it?

He had heard storytellers say that heaven-and-earth spirit energy was the most precious thing. Before the Tianluo Great Law existed, spirit energy had been restricted, and cultivators had grown fewer and fewer. Only later, because of the Seven Boys and the Heavenly Emperor Compass, had spirit energy slowly recovered. Even so, a spirit-nurturing pool like this was exceptionally rare.

As he watched spirit energy fill the entire pool, Feng Tiancheng tossed the Twin Fish Plate to Lu Chen and said, "I have examined your body. Your Heavenly Pool has already opened. You clearly should be able to draw qi into your body, but I do not understand this talent test you spoke of. However, once the Heavenly Pool is open, so long as there is enough spirit energy, you should be able to successfully gather qi. It is merely a matter of time."

Feng Tiancheng grabbed a handful of Spirit Plants from nearby and continuously added them to the pool. "According to your explanation, the heaven-and-earth spirit energy outside once went through a period of decline. Your inability to draw qi into your body may be perfectly normal. When I cultivated, heaven-and-earth spirit energy was extraordinarily dense, and nearly everyone in the world was a cultivator."

"At that time, gifted youths were as numerous as the hairs on an ox. Some were born in the Qi Gathering Realm. Some had exceptionally powerful Heavenly Pools and could continuously accumulate heaven-and-earth spirit energy. Some possessed incredibly strong bodies and could move mountains and overturn seas with physical strength alone. Your Heavenly Pool resembles that of a certain bloodline. Legend says that when heaven and earth were first born in ancient times, heaven-and-earth spirit energy was like liquid. Five supreme creatures were born between heaven and earth. One of them lived in the secret place at the easternmost edge, and their bloodline was called the Azure Emperor Bloodline."

After saying this, Feng Tiancheng entered the spirit energy pool to replenish his spirit energy, while also beckoning Lu Chen inside.

Lu Chen looked at Feng Tiancheng. "Grandpa Feng, what should I do?"

Feng Tiancheng sent out a stream of gentle force from his hand and directly drew Lu Chen down.

Feng Tiancheng and Lu Chen soaked in the Spirit Liquid pool as he continued, "Their Heavenly Pools were already open when they were born. Because their Heavenly Pools were extraordinarily huge, reaching the Qi Gathering Realm often required an enormous source of power. But once they reached the Qi Gathering Realm, they could draw qi and cultivate on their own, advancing a thousand miles in a single day."

"We are of this bloodline. When I was young, spirit energy was abundant, yet it still took me three years to reach the Qi Gathering Realm. Now that spirit energy is scarce outside, it is perfectly normal that you have not reached the Qi Gathering Realm." As he spoke, Feng Tiancheng showed Lu Chen his Heavenly Pool.

Lu Chen watched the Heavenly Pool Feng Tiancheng displayed. Its phantom filled the entire hall as spirit energy continuously flowed into its qi sea, yet it seemed as though it could never be filled.

Lu Chen was stunned and murmured, "Is this the Heavenly Pool of the Azure Emperor Bloodline? How can it be so enormous?"

Seeing Lu Chen's stunned expression, Feng Tiancheng patted him. "Do not worry. With the Twin Fish Token, there is enough for you to enter the Qi Gathering Realm. It is only a matter of time now."

By then, part of Feng Tiancheng's cultivation had recovered, and he looked somewhat younger as well.

"I will also pass down a cultivation method to you. Study it carefully. Circulate the spirit energy you draw in through sixty-four Greater Celestial Circuits, then guide it into the Heavenly Pool. Repeat this until heaven-and-earth spirit energy fills the Heavenly Pool, and you will reach the Qi Gathering Realm faster." After Feng Tiancheng spoke, he pointed at Lu Chen's glabella, transmitting a cultivation method into his mind.

A section of cultivation text appeared in Lu Chen's mind: "Tianluo Great Law." There was also a small figure with a tiny compass at its dantian, continuously spinning.

The little figure suddenly sat cross-legged and began running the cultivation method in Lu Chen's mind, over and over again.

On the continent, Lu Chen had heard storytellers say that everyone relied on compasses to draw qi and cultivate until reaching the Qi Gathering Realm. After that, they still needed a compass to assist their cultivation. This was the first time Lu Chen had seen a cultivation method beyond compasses, and he found it exceptionally novel. He began following the little figure to learn how to circulate spirit energy.

Once, twice, three times. After failing an unknown number of times, Lu Chen finally succeeded in circulating one celestial circuit and guiding spirit energy into his own Heavenly Pool.

Just as Lu Chen rejoiced and prepared to open his eyes, Feng Tiancheng pressed him down, making him steady his mind and continue circulating it.

Slowly, Lu Chen felt his consciousness enter a mysterious space. His consciousness rose and sank within it. The Tianluo cultivation method circulated faster and faster, while more and more heaven-and-earth spirit energy gathered in his Heavenly Pool.

Seeing Lu Chen enter a meditative state, Feng Tiancheng climbed out of the spirit energy pool, picked several herbs from the surrounding Spirit Plants, and began refining pills. He also continuously tossed the remaining medicinal herbs into the spirit energy pool.

Before he knew it, four days had passed, and the spirit energy in the pool had nearly reached the bottom.

At that moment, a crisp sound came from Lu Chen's body. Lu Chen immediately let out a muffled groan, and his body began convulsing violently. It was as though that sound had issued a command. Immediately afterward, the bones throughout Lu Chen's body began to be shattered and reforged from top to bottom. His skin was continuously torn apart and repaired, then torn apart and repaired again. Blood flowed unceasingly from his wounds, slowly filling the entire pool.

Feng Tiancheng hurried forward and fed the pills he had just refined into Lu Chen's mouth, guiding Lu Chen to refine the pills and ease his pain. He then slapped Lu Chen's abdomen several times, performing a mysterious gesture.

Lu Chen's convulsions slowly stopped. At that moment, a beam of red light suddenly shot out from his waist and abdomen, beginning to absorb the remaining spirit energy liquid.

Slowly, the red radiance was no longer satisfied with spirit energy. It split into several tendrils and began drawing the spirit energy and medicinal power from the surrounding ancient trees and Spirit Plants into Lu Chen's body, forming a Yin Yang Plate at his waist and abdomen.

Seeing this, several bluish-green tendrils emerged from Feng Tiancheng's waist and abdomen as well. He said, "Little Green, are you happy to see a new companion? But it seems to be different from you."

Upon hearing him, the bluish-green tendrils seemed to understand. They nuzzled against Feng Tiancheng's ear, displaying affection.

As the Yin Yang Plate formed, the changes in Lu Chen's body gradually slowed and then stopped.

The Yin Yang Plate released red light that enveloped Lu Chen's body. It began using the remaining medicinal power to repair him, expelling the fragments produced when his body had torn apart, along with some black impurities, from his body.

This was a secret technique of Feng Tiancheng's clan, and only their people could adapt to it. When first stepping into cultivation, one would be enveloped in spirit energy liquid and continuously use cultivation to strike the body's meridians, widening them step by step.

Finally, it strengthened the body, expelling impurities through constant tearing and stretching, strengthening the body to the great completion of the Qi Gathering Realm. This secret technique allowed cultivators to skip the process of strengthening their bodies during the Qi Gathering stage and enter cultivation directly.