The Dark-Gold Cultivation Technique: "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter"

So after taking charge of the village, Lin Xu began considering ways to develop it.

He gathered the villagers and, aside from assigning the basic tasks of farming and patrol, had everyone take part in building up the village's infrastructure.

Thanks to the Spirit Realm's special mechanics, the adobe bricks became usable building materials as soon as they were made. With a large workforce put to the task, all 29 thatched huts were completed in just one day.

The newly built village covered nearly twice as much ground as before, looking fresh and orderly.

Only after arranging the night patrols did Lin Xu have time to attend to his own affairs.

He glanced at Chen A'niu, who was meditating with his eyes closed, and Liu Jiayao, who was practicing physical techniques. Then he took out a Spirit Stone and sat cross-legged on his bed to cultivate.

The Bright Light Lamp flickered in his hand. Pure Spiritual Qi drawn from the Spirit Stone entered the lamp, and the once-dim flame suddenly brightened. The flaring wick crackled faintly as it transformed the Spiritual Qi into magical power.

In the state of Thought Overclocking, his consciousness was exceptionally clear. He circulated the Bright Lamp Spirit Kindling Art and the Mystic Art God-Descending Technique at the same time to refine his Soul Refining and body.

The Mystic Art God-Descending Technique focused on cultivating magical power and the physical body. With the help of Thought Overclocking, Lin Xu had previously deduced the technique to the master level, and as he cultivated, his understanding of the mystic art grew ever deeper.

Three shichen later, the Spirit Stone in his hand had turned to powder. With a stir of Lin Xu's consciousness, insights into the Mystic Art God-Descending Technique instantly welled up in his mind.

Without a sound, the Mystic Art God-Descending Technique broke through to the grandmaster level. The magical power within him underwent subtle adjustments, slowly nourishing his flesh and bones.

The acupoints throughout his body seemed to turn into stars. Specks of spiritual light gathered, quietly forming spirit seeds—the embryonic forms of spirit gods. Nestled in his acupoints like miniature stars, they brightened and dimmed with each breath, drawing in and releasing the spiritual essence around him to nurture magical power.

With the spirit seeds newly formed, his inner and outer selves resonated. Every breath drew a trickle of Spiritual Qi from the outside world into his body. Though the amount was small, it flowed without end and required no conscious effort to guide it, like streams converging into the sea.

Lin Xu slowly opened his eyes, a trace of puzzlement flashing through them. "Strange. Why do I feel like there's some hidden connection between the Bright Lamp Spirit Kindling Art and the Mystic Art God-Descending Technique?"

After pondering for a moment, he took out another Spirit Stone and entered the state of Thought Overclocking once more.

With his perception heightened to its limit, he slowly circulated both techniques. Strands of spiritual essence spread through his sea of consciousness like a spiderweb.

The Bright Lamp Spirit Kindling Art drew Spiritual Qi into the lamp, transforming fire into light, while the Mystic Art God-Descending Technique sent magical power into his meridians to temper his physical body.

Suddenly, the lamp flame and the magical power within him began to resonate subtly, as though yin and yang were giving rise to each other, the inner and outer answering one another.

His heart trembled. The bright lamp was not merely a tool for Soul Refining; it was also a bridge between soul and body.

The blazing lamp flame refined the soul; the surging magical power forged the body.

The two were but opposite sides of a single whole, like the turning of day and night, each serving as the other's foundation.

Silently, the two once-distinct techniques merged in his sea of consciousness. The boundary between soul and body gradually blurred, and an entirely new cultivation technique took shape in the depths of his consciousness, shining with a dark-gold light.

Name: Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter [Basic Section]

Grade: dark-gold legendary

Effect: essence, Qi, and spirit cultivation +30%; spirit gods can be condensed within the human body's acupoints, and external evils can be subdued and awakened as guardian gods

Requirements: strength 12, agility 12, constitution 12, intelligence 15, spirit 15

Description: With the heart's fire as a guide, refine the soul into a lamp; gather the holy spirits of the eight directions, establish a three-inch spirit mountain

The dark-gold cultivation technique, "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter"!

The soul was the wick, the body the lamp, magical power the oil, and the spirit fire burned ever bright.

With a single thought, the flame ignited and the inner and outer became one. Soul Refining was refining the body, and refining the body was nourishing the soul.

Lin Xu immersed his mind in the technique. Every strand of spiritual essence that flowed through him reflected the mysterious paths by which soul and body merged within him.

The Spirit Stone in his hand seemed to catch fire from the lamp flame, turning into surging Spiritual Qi that entered the lamp and became pure magical power, feeding the candle flame as it flared.

In an instant, his entire body seemed to turn into transparent glass. Looking within was like gazing upon a sea of fire: soul light and magical power mingled and flowed, and every meridian seemed washed clean by bright flames.

The lamp flame rose in his sea of consciousness, resonating in unison with his magical power and illuminating hidden acupoints deep within his meridians. The acupoints lit up one by one, and specks of spiritual light merged with magical power to form tiny spirit seeds. Nestled in the acupoints, they pulsed slowly, like stars joining to form the Milky Way.

The instant soul and acupoints connected, his presence abruptly stilled, as though an undying bright lamp had appeared between heaven and earth.

If a Spirit Realm hero or lord had been watching at that moment, they would have seen the Source Fire enveloping Lin Xu gradually settle from its once-erratic flickering into a steady halo, slowly flowing to some mysterious rhythm.

The protective Source Fire of ordinary adventurers burned by instinct, and without replenishment, it would run out in a month at most.

But the Source Fire around Lin Xu was held in check, faintly taking the shape of a bright lamp. Not only had the range of its light greatly increased, but its consumption had also fallen sharply, multiplying the length of time it could burn.

Lin Xu sat upright and steady as a bell, his breaths long and even. The magical power within him flowed without obstruction, cycling endlessly according to the newly formed "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter."

With each cycle, it was as though spirit fire burned away impurities from the inside out. His bones gave off faint ringing sounds, and a warm, lustrous radiance arose within his flesh.

A bright lamp hung at the center of his sea of consciousness, the heart of its flame turning gently, reflecting the rhythm of his soul and body in perfect synchrony.

Lamplight illuminated his sea of consciousness, and within and without were clear as a mirror.

With a stir of his consciousness, his soul left his body and floated in midair.

With a thought, his soul passed through the house and entered the cold night outside.

A gentle breeze brushed his face. His soul swayed slightly, yet remained firm as a rock, untouched by the night wind.

He had reached the Night Wandering Realm. His soul could leave his body and travel several li at night without dispersing.

His soul was transparent and clear, bathed in moonlight, every ray turning into sweet dew that nourished it.

At his thought, the moonlight flowed like a bolt of silk, soaking into his soul. Drawn by the lamp flame in his sea of consciousness, it condensed into slender streams. Ghostly blue, cold flames calcined his soul like frost and snow tempering iron, and it gradually grew more solid.

A moment later, Lin Xu felt a trace of fatigue. Knowing he had exhausted too much soul power, he immediately drew his soul back and slowly returned it to his body.

With his soul back in his body, the lamp flame swayed gently before growing still again. The circulation of magical power within him became ever smoother and more harmonious, as though breathing in time with heaven and earth.

Lin Xu opened his eyes. A glimmer of lamplight seemed to flash through their depths and vanish, and the candle flame in the room gave a gentle shiver in response.

At that moment, Lin Xu understood the true meaning of the "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter": the soul was the wick, the body the lamp, magical power the oil, and divine sense the guide; only then could an undying bright lamp be formed.

From then on, every breath drew in the faint spiritual essence between heaven and earth, and the pores all over his body were like tiny bright lamps, drawing in and releasing moonlight.

"I didn't expect such a mystery to be hidden in the inheritance of Xuanwei Monastery..." Lin Xu fell into thought. He wondered whether the monastery master also knew its secrets.

Soon, he shook his head.

Strictly speaking, he had created the "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter" himself by merging two techniques of the same origin from Xuanwei Monastery. Only by cultivating both the "Bright Lamp Spirit Kindling Art" and the "Mystic Art God-Descending Technique" to the grandmaster level could one possibly glimpse its secrets.