"Forget it. Let's not discuss this."
Profound Mystery True Person suddenly lost interest again.
The Dharma Lineage it had inherited-or rather, the Dao Path its former master had followed-truly could not emerge into the world at present.
Even if it wished to tell Jiang Yi, the words would burn themselves when committed to paper, and thunder would strike when the name passed its lips.
There was nothing to be done about it.
Profound Mystery True Person paused, then changed the subject. "Little Jiang, once you reach the Tenth Level of Qi Refining, you must find a spirit grotto before you can ascend the Twelve-Story Tower.
"In your cultivation at present, whether you breathe Spirit Chance in and out or gather and refine it, your aim is to strengthen the Origin Gate and fortify the Inner Manor.
"The former nourishes the Brain Spirit to nurture Consciousness, allowing you to refine Law Artifacts, catch traces of Qi, and perceive circumstances;
"the latter is used to accumulate vitality, strengthen your Primordial Essence, and hold spiritual liquid."
Jiang Yi could not help nodding. His cat master was right.
Across the four Dao Lineages of the Jambudvipa Vast Land, cultivators followed this route regardless of their Dharma Lineage.
"Once you have accumulated sufficient cultivation and brought your attainments to completion, until you can advance no further,
"you must bring upper and lower into contact, inner and outer into convergence, to produce the 'primordial one.' It has many names: 'Primordial Truth,' 'Dao root,' 'Supreme essence,' 'heavenly quintessence,' and so on.
"Within the Demonic Dao, it is called 'True Qi.' Only after being cleansed and refined by True Qi can you truly shed your old flesh and bones, thereafter living two or three hundred years and traveling through the azure heavens."
*My cat master really does have