Gaining the Breath Regulation Technique

White Cloud Temple.

"Greetings, Daoist Priest Mingzhang!"

"Greetings, Young Master Lu." Although Daoist Priest Mingzhang responded to Lu Zheng, his eyes were fixed on the bundle he was carrying.

"Daoist Priest, please speak with me privately."

"Follow me."

Daoist Priest Mingzhang led Lu Zheng to his private room.

"Young Master Lu is quite capable, actually managing to kill the Corpse Ghoul," Daoist Priest Mingzhang praised.

"Daoist Priest saw through it?"

"That bundle still faintly exudes ghostly energy. Young Master is not a cultivator, so you cannot sense it, but to this poor Daoist, it is like a bright light in the night."

"Just as Daoist Priest said, that Corpse Ghoul has been eliminated," Lu Zheng nodded, recounting his encounter yesterday to Daoist Priest Mingzhang.

Of course, the net gun and Embroidered Spring Blade were replaced with a fishing net and a long blade.

"Young Master remained calm in the face of danger and achieved a surprising victory. This poor Daoist admires you," Daoist Priest Mingzhang nodded with a smile, a light in his eyes, as if deep in thought.

That Corpse Ghoul was as strong as an ox and as swift as the wind. Although Lu Zheng used a trick, his own willpower and physical qualities must also be extraordinary.

"However, I seem to have stirred up another hornet's nest and can only ask Daoist Priest for help again."

"Oh?"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang was already curious as to why Lu Zheng had come again. He originally thought Lu Zheng had come to show off his slaying of the Corpse Ghoul, but it seems not? "Daoist Priest, please take a look."

Lu Zheng did not hide anything and took out the leather, booklet, and copper token, lining them up in front of Daoist Priest Mingzhang.

Daoist Priest Mingzhang immediately noticed the copper token.

"Nightfall King?"

Lu Zheng's heart couldn't help but thump, thinking, Sure enough.

"To think this Corpse Ghoul was actually under the Nightfall King?" Daoist Priest Mingzhang raised an eyebrow.

"This Nightfall King..."

"A small ghost king in the Netherworld Underworld of Tonglin County," Daoist Priest Mingzhang said.

Lu Zheng blinked. That's it? "There's even a ghost cultivation method and a Painted Skin Technique? This person's status isn't low, could she be a favored concubine of the Nightfall King?"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang chuckled, "From Young Master's words, this Corpse Ghoul donned various painted skins, each with a different charm. It seems she was indeed a favored concubine of the Nightfall King; he likes that sort of thing."

Lu Zheng almost cried. This feud has deepened...

Perhaps seeing Lu Zheng's expression, Daoist Priest Mingzhang comforted him casually, "Don't worry, with the City God of Tonglin County blocking him, the Nightfall King cannot reach the mortal realm. Rest assured."

"Please enlighten me, Daoist Priest!" Lu Zheng took the opportunity to ask his question, "Even if the Nightfall King can't come, what if there are other ghosts? Now that I've offended the Nightfall King, you have to explain it to me clearly, right? What if later..."

"Don't worry, just leave the copper token with this poor Daoist, and the Nightfall King won't find you," Daoist Priest Mingzhang waved his hand and said.

Lu Zheng nodded repeatedly, hoping for nothing more.

"Also, you said this Grand Yin Superior Soul Cleansing Scripture is a ghost cultivation method, meaning a living person can't cultivate it?"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang smiled, "This scripture speaks of how to temper the divine soul with Netherworld ghost energy. What, do you want to cultivate it?"

Lu Zheng waved his hands repeatedly, "I wouldn't dare!"

"And this Painted Skin Technique..." Daoist Priest Mingzhang picked up the leather and stroked it, "It really is human skin."

Lu Zheng grimaced.

"Painted skins and creating beasts are all heretical and unorthodox methods," Daoist Priest Mingzhang shook his head. "Not the path that people like us should cultivate."

After a moment of contemplation, Daoist Priest Mingzhang said to Lu Zheng, "Does Young Master wish to cultivate?"

"With much thought, and a sincere and upright intention!"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang nodded. "These scriptures and methods are not benevolent arts. It is not beneficial for Young Master to keep them, so this poor Daoist will take them."

Lu Zheng completely agreed, anyway, he had already taken pictures of everything with his phone.

"The Corpse Ghoul was killed by you, young master, and these things were also obtained by you, so of course, I, the Daoist Priest, can't take your things for nothing."

Daoist Priest Mingzhang paused, "Since you are sincerely practicing, young master, I have a Breath Regulation Technique here. If you practice it diligently, you should be able to sense Qi and increase your Daoist cultivation."

Lu Zheng's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "Excellent, thank you, Daoist Priest!"

He then pressed his luck, "Besides the Breath Regulation Technique, I wonder if there are any other methods for subduing demons and eliminating evil?"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang rolled his eyes, "No."

Before Lu Zheng could say anything more, Daoist Priest Mingzhang rummaged through a small cabinet beside him and found a thin scripture.

"Let me explain the scriptures to you."

Half a day later, Lu Zheng couldn't help but sigh that cultivation indeed required a master to guide one through the door.

Daoist Priest Mingzhang explained the methods in the scripture to Lu Zheng sentence by sentence, explaining the various cultivation terms and their meanings.

Then, he guided him hands-on, pointing out how to breathe, how to empty his mind, and how to sense the Qi.

At the same time, Daoist Priest Mingzhang also used his own true Qi to probe into Lu Zheng's body, allowing him to feel and remember the sensation of true Qi flowing.

For a full two hours, Daoist Priest Mingzhang explained all the details of this Breath Regulation Technique to Lu Zheng in a simple and profound manner.

Although the time was too short, Lu Zheng had not yet cultivated a sense of Qi, but he truly knew how to cultivate.

"Do you remember it?"

"I remember it."

"Alright, I'll give you this scripture. Go back and study it carefully, cultivate diligently, and in time, you will naturally achieve something."

"Thank you, Daoist Priest!"

"Mm."

Lu Zheng took the scripture and finally saw the name on the cover.

Midnight Stillness Breathing Technique.

"Daoist Priest, can you tell me about the City God and the Nightfall King?"

"Uh..."

"I'm considered a cultivator now, so it should be fine for me to know about these things, right?"

Daoist Priest Mingzhang was too tired to even retort, "What kind of cultivator are you right now..."

Oh well, he had accepted the man's things and even taught him a Breath Regulation Technique. Strictly speaking, Lu Zheng had indeed entered the door of cultivation, so it wouldn't hurt to talk about these things.

"The affairs of the world are too far from you and me, and I don't even know the depths of them, so I have nothing to say to you. I'll just tell you about the cultivation matters of this Great Jing Dynasty and our Tonglin County."

"Good, good, good!"

Lu Zheng nodded repeatedly, finally able to see the tip of the iceberg of the cultivation world.

"There are many cultivators in the world. Our White Cloud Temple is a branch of the Daoist school, and there are also Buddhist practitioners, Sword Cultivators, Martial Path, and so on, all of which are considered the righteous path."

"In addition to these, there are also many demons, monsters, and ghosts. However, around our Tonglin County, there is only the Nightfall King hiding in the Netherworld, and a few scattered demons."

"Well, as everyone knows, besides the Yang world where we live, there are also many Blessed Grotto-Heavens and Netherworld Underworld."

Lu Zheng: What the hell do you mean, as everyone knows!

"Well, you don't need to understand the specifics, just think of them as another world, except that they are not as vast as our Yang world, and these worlds are also attached to the Yang world."

Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows. This world actually has sub-spaces and small worlds?

"Places with abundant spiritual energy are Blessed Grotto-Heavens, which are paradises for cultivators. Places filled with Netherworld energy are Netherworld Underworld, which are the homes of ghosts."

"Logically speaking, when a person dies, their life is extinguished, and their soul returns to heaven and earth, returning to its origin."

"However... with the existence of the Netherworld Underworld, there is a foundation for the existence of ghosts."