"An important condition for cultivating the Qi Gazing Technique is possessing an utterly clear and pure heart, one that retains the heart of a newborn child." Tao Ze's lips moved slightly as he said, "Remember, your eyes are on mine right now, but your consciousness must separate and look at the world around you!"
Ye Tian calmed his mind and focused his spirit, doing as Tao Ze instructed.
"The Qi Gazing Technique has no formula. It relies entirely on comprehension. When I first cultivated it, I spent a full three years before I saw, within my soul, a ceaseless spring of clear water. Being able to see something means you have already mastered the Qi Gazing Technique. What you see is the projection within your consciousness of the range of fortune you can perceive."
"But you already possess fortune. Through it, you can directly skip the stage of comprehension."
As he maintained the technique, Tao Ze patiently explained.
Ye Tian fixed his gaze on Tao Ze's pair of eyes, perfect as crystal spheres, while his consciousness turned toward the world around him.
It was as if two scenes had appeared in Ye Tian's mind.
The two images overlapped, one before and one behind.
Then they slowly fused together.
The things in the surrounding world gradually began to fade away. The small courtyard, the houses, the fences, the woods, even the mountains around them all vanished.
There was only emptiness.
Beneath his feet, and all around his body, was water.
The surface of the water rippled faintly. It stretched as far as the eye could see, all the way to the horizon, where it joined the sky in a clearly defined line.
In every direction, the sight was the same.
"A sea..." Ye Tian murmured softly.
The next moment, the scene