Chapter 27: The Place with a Spiritual Vein
[Heavenly Art of Cosmic Origin >>> Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis]
Long Zhenglinās words made Tang Xiuās eyes brighten up, and he couldnāt help but glance at Long Zhenglin.
Tang Xiuās instinct could clearly tell that Long Zhenglin was not the kind of delinquent youngster that often hung out at the Game Hall. Although Long Zhenglin was shamelessly pestering him, but his words, actions, and mannerism didnāt have the slightest annoying low life aura.
āYouāre the one who helped solve my problem with the Health and Prosper Club back there, yes?ā Tang Xiu stopped walking and suddenly asked.
Long Zhenglin originally wanted to shake his head and deny it, but under Tang Xiuās gaze, he still finally said the truth, āEldest Brother, the Health and Prosper Club doesnāt respect any business ethics, so I gave them a warning. It seems that my actions were unnecessary because even if I didnāt act, Eldest Brother could have solved that club. Oh no! Eldest Brother, did I do something that bothered your pleasure?ā
āAlthough I can solve the trouble with Health and Prosper Club myself, but still, I owe you a favor. The name is Tang Xiu, Class 10, third-year student at Star City First High School. If you need me, you can come to look for me.ā Tang Xiu stared at Long Zhenglin and finally decided to accept him as a friend.
āEldest brother, youāre polite, Iām surnamed Long, the name is Zhenglin. Iām schooling at Second High School and Iām also a third year. Iāll be sure to visit you in my free time.ā Upon hearing Tang Xiuās words that seemed like he was going to leave, Long Zhenglin also knew when to stop, and didnāt dare to continue pestering Tang Xiu any longer.
For Long Zhenglin, he wasnāt only successful in getting close with Tang Xiu, but also knew Tang Xiuās identity, and it would be easier to contact him further and to him; this had been a worthwhile endeavor.
After a simple farewell, Tang Xiu didnāt delay anymore and quickly left.
Gazing at Tang Xiuās back until his figure gradually faded away in darkness, an excited smile emerged on Long Zhenglinās face.
āBrother-in-law, we have been saved. As long as Tang Xiu takes action, we can definitely take Walled Hill Village.ā Long Zhenglin gripped his fist and waved his arm, then he got into a sports car at the roadside and quickly left.
āWhat theā¦ Holy shit! Heās Long Zhenglin. Big Brother Fei, its Long Zhenglin! How would Tang Xiu be acquainted with him? Moreover, how could Long Zhenglin keep calling Tang Xiu as Eldest Brother?ā In a remote corner, Su Duanxin let out a low scream.
āWe should have mistaken him for someone else, right? Long Zhenglinās status is very high, how could it be that he would play in such a lowly place like the Health and Prosper Club? Heās even very humble to an ordinary person. That youth should be someone that looks like Long Zhenglin and posing as him, aināt it?ā A doubting and puzzled expression covered Tan Liquanās face as he spoke in an unsure tone.
At this moment, Su Xiangfei clenched his fist tightly; even when his nails pierced his palms, he was unaware that his palm had bled.
Looks could be similar, the name also could be used, but that sports car could never be faked.
Six months ago, Su Xiangfei was quite fortunate as he had to accompany his father to attend Long Zhenglinās adulthood rite ceremony. Long Zhenglinās family had prepared a custom-made version of a Rolls-Royce Phantom sports car as his adulthood riteās gift, with a license plate number that was the combination of Long Zhenglinās first adventureās fight and birthday.
Whether it was the customized version of Rolls-Royce Phantom or that exaggerated license plate number or the banquet with a variety of high-class performances. All in all, everything was a feast for all the guestsā eyes who attended the banquet. Especially for each and every boy and girl who were at the same age with Long Zhenglin. They could only feel inferior and look at him with envy and jealousy.
Therefore, even though Su Duanxin and Tan Liquan still doubted whether that youth was really Long Zhenglin, Su Xiangfei was quite certain that the bald youth was Long Zhenglin.
āHow would Tang Xiu know Long Zhenglin? And their relationship also is seemingly not shallow. This is truly troublesome. It will be very difficult to deal with Tang Xiu later.āĀ Recalling Long Zhenglinās proud and arrogant character, and then recalling how Long Zhenglin was sticking to Tang Xiu, Su Xiangfei felt like he was in a dream, and it was also very hard for him to think that it was only the first meeting between Long Zhenglin with Tang Xiu. Moreover, Long Zhenglin was the one who took the initiative to stick and entangle to Tang Xiu.
After leaving the Health and Prosper Club, Tang Xiu didnāt immediately return to school, but rather brushed over his body and went straight to the cityās outskirt.
Due to cultivating the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis, Tang Xiuās body had been reborn and transformed into a whole new state. Even though he didnāt practice any martial and movement skills, his speed far surpassed an ordinary personās.
Since he had decided to fully practice the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis, Tang Xiu naturally had to be fully prepared.
On the cultivation path, the aspects that must be particularly paid attention to, were nothing more than 4 aspects, āThe Methodsā, āThe Dao Companionā, āThe Wealthā, and āThe Landā.
The Methods referred to cultivation techniques and methods. Without these aspects, one could only blindly practice and cultivate. The Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis was precisely an ancient record of a divine cultivation technique that was fiercely fought by the Immortal Worldās giants with bloody efforts and endeavors. Tang Xiu also had countless cultivation techniques and secret manuals in his mind, so he naturally didnāt need to worry about cultivation methods.
The Companion pointed to other cultivators or Dao companions, āThe Classic of Ritesā mentioned that: āLearning alone without friends will result in ignorance and narrow-mindednessā. The Earth itself was a world with the final law stage, so Tang Xiu was destined to never find any other cultivators or Dao Companions on Earth. However, since Tang Xiu only just started cultivating, he was completely indifferent toward this aspect.
The Wealth meant that it referred to certain financial circumstances because, in the early stages of the cultivation path, the greatest extent of time and mind would be consumed for practicing. Thus, there would not be enough time to make money correspondingly. If one had no underlying cultivation resources, his cultivation path would be very difficult. People from the ancient times had said, āWithout wealth, it would be insufficient to bring up anything.ā
The Land referred to the place of practice or cultivation place with distinct environments which had harmoniousĀ Feng ShuiĀ with distinct qi atmosphere that would greatly impact oneās cultivation.
Regarding the Method and Dao Companion, Tang Xiu could exempt these aspects. However, he had no choice but to rack his brain for the Wealth and Land aspect.
In this month, except for a small amount of time for studying, Tang Xiu had been spending most of his time in the library.
Drowning himself in the library naturally was not because Tang Xiu needed to study, but instead tried to find other cultivatorsā existence on Earth, while also looking for a suitable place for his cultivation at the same time.
Even though Tang Xiu had nearly read all the books in the library, he still wasnāt able to find any trace of other cultivators, which made him suspect that there were simply no cultivators on Earth
However, he also read and flipped over a lot of books about human culture, history, geography, biography, as well as other books. Of which, had given him a plausible but possible sacred ground spot for cultivation.
The place was not in the main city but was located 70km from the main cityās suburb, which was called Walled Hill Village.
Today Tang Xiu was heading to Walled Hill Village specifically to investigate it, and to find out whether Walled Hill Village was really a suitable place for cultivation. If Walled Hill Village was really described just like in the book, Tang Xiu intended to get a piece of land in Walled Hill Village and construct his Immortal Cave for cultivation in that place.
Half a day later, Tang Xiuās figure appeared on top of Walled Hill Villageās summit. At this time, Tang Xiu had already explored this place completely.
Looking at the vast sky full of stars above his head, which as if it could be picked with his hand and bathing the main city that simply had no Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, an excited expression was seen on Tang Xiuās face.
āSpiritual Vein, this Walled Hill Village actually has a Spiritual Vein hidden underground. Since this place has a Spiritual Vein, then it should have precious heavenly materials. I no longer have to worry about concocting Body Refining Liquid.ā Standing on top of the mountain boulder, Tang Xiu turned around, highly spirited, and couldnāt help but look up to the sky while his mouth let out a long whistle.
Since his rebirth, Tang Xiu had always been in fear and trepidation as if his hands and feet were tied.
On one hand, it was because the earthās spiritual energy was very thin that it was even almost extinct, causing all cultivation techniques and secret martial skills to completely become useless ornaments; this made Tang Xiu helpless.
On the other hand, he had accidentally fitted himself for cultivating the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis. Which made his body start to passively cultivate this Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis, and he was unable to control it.
If he could practice this Heavenly Art in the Immortal World, Tang Xiu would be absolutely ecstatic. However, since Earthās spiritual energy had almost vanished, cultivating this Heavenly Art only made Tang Xiu want to cry and feel helpless.
Although cultivating the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis didnāt need any Heaven and Earth spiritual energy. However, the key point in this Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis was that it had a harsh and excessive need of precious heavenly materials to concoct Body Refining Liquid. While these precious heavenly ingredients also could only be found and in a place rich with spiritual energy.
However, there was no spiritual energy on Earth, which meant that there were no precious heavenly materials to concoct Boy Refining Liquid. Thus, when Tang Xiu accidentally began to cultivate the Heavenly Arts of Cosmic Genesis, the only path waiting for him was a dead end.
Tang Xiu was naturally very happy, since today he had found such spiritual vein in the Shuangqing Province, which was in this Walled Hill Village. This implied that he could also find other places on Earth that had Heaven and Earth spiritual energy.
āThe spiritual vein seems to be under this boulder, but I donāt know whether this Walled Hill Village belongs to somebody or not, else it will be a little troublesome.ā Having circled around the vicinity of the Walled Hill Villageās summit, Tang Xiu then focused his attention toward the spiritual vein in this place, while his face exposed a pondering expression.
To Tang Xiuās knowledge, Walled Hill Village was regarded as a strangely named place by most inhabitants in the Shuangqing province. Had Tang Xiu not flipped through a large number of books in the provinceās library, he would have never found out that such a hidden fairyland existed in the Shuangqing Province.
The Walled Hill VillageĀ (Zhai Shan Ping)Ā formerly known as the Imperial City on the Lesser Cold MountainĀ (Xiao Liangshan), and was an ancient village. According to historical records, in the late Ming Dynasty era, when the peasant uprising armyās leaderāZhang Xianzhongāentered Sichuan, he attacked this place and occupied this mountain, and acted as king. After which, he proclaimed himself as the emperor. He set this place as his Imperial City and collected all weaponries as well as treasures from all regions, and then buried them underground, which then would be called as the Iron Built Tomb. The walled village built the South Star GateĀ (Nanxing Men), Peaceful GateĀ (Ping āAn Men), Great Plain GateĀ (Taiping Men), Heavenly Treasure GateĀ (Tianbao Gate), Immortal GateĀ (Changsheng Men), and 18 others city gates and roads. While a few kilometers of wall had also been built to surround the city. In addition, there was also the mysterious Li Family ancestral hall, splitting sword stone, government official residences, fort, and ruins of Goddess of Mercy TempleĀ (Guanyin Temple). [1]
After having realized that dawn had come, Tang Xiu restrained his urge to begin searching for precious heavenly materials needed to cultivate the first stage of the Heavenly Arts of Cosmic Genesisāthe Stars Tyrannical Body.
The Heavenly Arts of Cosmic Genesis was divided into four stagesāStars Tyrannical Body, Stars Heavenly Essence, Stars Essence Integration, and Stars Cluster Transformation.
The Stars Tyrannical Body stage itself consisted of Breathing Practice, Skin Strengthening, Flesh Strengthening, Bone Transformation, Meridians Transformation, Marrow Transformation, Viscera Transformation, Qi and Blood Circulation, and Nine Cores Phase Forming.
The Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis was created by a God Raceās genius based on the God Raceās body to strengthen their extremely weak physical aptitude. Of which, in theory, was to emulate the Demon Raceās body; thus, becoming the reason for the creation of this cultivation technique. For each sub-stage of tempering and strengthening, it would need countless of rare and precious materials, while each and every one of them had nothing in common.
Cultivating the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis required the practitionerās strength to be extremely high. If the strength was not up to the required degree, even if the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis cultivation speed was faster, one could only end up absorbing too much star energy, finally causing his body to explode and die.
The creator of this Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis had repeatedly emphasized that, if ones were to cultivate the first stage of this Heavenly Art, the Stars Tyrannical Body, they must prepare sufficient rare and precious medicinal herbs and minerals. As well as a fierce beastās internal organs, bloodās essence, tendons, and many others. Only then could they advance in tempering and strengthening their body.
[1] What a time consuming chapter to translateā¦ not because it was difficult, but the historical record made me research it for almost 6 hoursā¦ not to mention that this chapter makes me baffled since I donāt know whether the Shuangqing Province wrote by the author was intentional or not, because the place described in this novel should be located inĀ Chongqing Province. AndĀ Zhaishan PingĀ (Walled Hill Village) itself is an actual place. Zhang Xianzhong was a rebel leader in the late Ming Dynasty and about his treasureāof which also described in this chapter, some of them were illegally trafficked,Ā some news about this proliferated in 2016. Thatās why Iām still including the original names for the gates and also the placeās original name in this chapter.