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He looked deeply at Yunhua, feeling as if he were completely naked in front of this man.
The inheritance of the Ice Soul Path is secondary, but the Fragrance Sect is no small matter.
It will be troublesome if outsiders find out.
Before the Great Qian Dynasty was the Great Zhou Dynasty, and before the Great Zhou Dynasty was the Great Xin Dynasty. Three hundred years ago, at the end of the Great Xin Dynasty, heroes rose up all over the world, and the most powerful of them was the Wenxiang Sect.
Back then, once the Holy Maiden of the Fragrance Sect used her magic, the souls of countless people were filled with fragrance, and they became completely devoted to her, willing to serve her like dogs and horses.
At that time, countless heroes and powerful figures, even those high-ranking immortals, were subdued by the Fragrance-Scented Sect. Much of the world fell under their control. If it weren't for the birth of the Great Zhou Emperor, the history of the world would likely have been rewritten.
If the supernatural powers of the Fragrance Sect are leaked, she will likely face endless trouble.
With a hint of apprehension in her eyes, Consort Yuan said, "You know me very well. Did you wait for me here on purpose?"
Yunhua said, "I just happen to know a few things. I also know that Consort Yuan's 'Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance' is not complete, only the 'Volume of Human Fragrance' is included. But since I proposed the exchange, I'm willing to take a small loss."
"Even the combined power of the 'Human Fragrance Scroll' and the 'Ice Soul Cold Light Technique' is no match for my 'Amitabha Sutra.' Let's just use your martial arts experience as a bonus and exchange them directly!"
"What do you think, Consort Yuan?" Yunhua asked finally.
In fact, Yunhua has a very high probability of confirming that Yuanfei will exchange Taoist techniques.
Why is the Amitabha Sutra so famous in the world, and why do countless people want to see it? The most important reason is that the Amitabha Sutra is the easiest way to overcome tribulations.
As the Queen of the Fragrant Foxes, Yuanfei had cultivated for over a hundred years without successfully passing the tribulation of lightning, which gives you an idea of her deep longing. With a cultivation technique that could potentially help her overcome the tribulation right before her, there's a very high probability that she would agree to Yunhua's request.
Most importantly, Yuanfei did not actually lose out in this exchange. The Ice Soul Path's techniques had significant flaws, while her "Three Scrolls of Heavenly Fragrance" only contained the weakest scroll, Human Fragrance.
Exchanging these two flawed or incomplete cultivation techniques for a complete Amitabha Sutra seems like a huge win. As for the so-called martial arts experience, in the eyes of a ghost immortal like Yuan Fei, martial arts are merely a way to strengthen the body and are nothing special.
As expected, Consort Yuan pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement with Yunhua's deal.
Yunhua took out the Amitabha Sutra, opened it, and showed the image of the Buddha from the past to Consort Yuan.
"This is..." With Yuanfei's discerning eye, she could naturally tell at a glance that the Buddha in the scripture represented a profound will, much like her origin from thousands of lifetimes ago.
Almost at first glance, she felt as if she were about to be drawn into it, and couldn't help but contemplate it.
However, she quickly suppressed her excitement. She glanced at Yunhua, and then a thought flashed through her mind. A chilling aura surged between her brows, and a painting appeared before Yunhua's eyes.
This is a world frozen solid.
"The frozen world during the cycle of heaven and earth..." Yunhua thought to himself, while also quickly comprehending the meaning.
This is a painting depicting a frozen world, a world completely encased in ice. Ancient, unchanging sacred mountains are frozen, boundless grasslands are frozen, and the vast, surging sea is frozen; everything in the world has perished, devoid of any life. A deathly, icy atmosphere pervades the scene.
The entire painting exudes a sense of despair and madness.
"This is the frozen world of the cycle of reincarnation..." The more Yunhua comprehended, the deeper and more terrifying the idea of freezing everything in his heart became.
At the same time, Consort Yuan spoke up, reciting the incantation of the "Ice Soul Cold Light Technique": "The era ends, the ice soul cold light covers the earth, extinguishing all life, and the world returns to silence..."
As Consort Yuan recited the scriptures, Yunhua's understanding of the "Ice Soul Cold Light Great Technique" deepened.
Gradually, a mysterious phenomenon appeared around Yunhua. First, there were the five great demon gods: Yaksha King, Rakshasa King, Asura King, Vajra King, and Destruction King. At the same time, a great Buddha from the past, wearing a robe draped with the sun, moon, and stars, was vaguely suppressed in the middle.
Meanwhile, the scenery around the Buddha was also changing. A frozen world slowly descended upon the area, bringing with it a sense of desolation, coldness, and despair.
But the moment these emotions arose, they were immediately suppressed by the Great Buddha of the Past, leaving only the Great Buddha and the endless ice in the world.
Whether it's the Buddha statue or the ice, they seem to have existed eternally since time immemorial, unchanging.
When this strange phenomenon appeared, Consort Yuan was immediately astonished.
"What kind of enlightenment does he have? He actually integrated my 'Ice Soul Cold Light Technique' with his own 'Amitabha Sutra' on his very first practice?"
Consort Yuan was somewhat dumbfounded; Yunhua's comprehension far exceeded her expectations. She vaguely sensed something was amiss.
I thought I had gotten a good deal, but the other party's terrifying understanding completely reversed the slight advantage I had gained.
She asked herself if she were to obtain the Amitabha Sutra, she probably wouldn't be able to fully comprehend it without seven or eight years of study.
As Yunhua gained enlightenment, the giant Buddha within the strange phenomenon began to gradually fade away, revealing an endless world of frost. Solid, immortal, icy, indestructible... all sorts of terrifying intentions were imbued within the strange phenomenon, causing Yuanfei's heart to tremble violently.
"Using the thoughts of the past to govern all laws? How amazing! His 'Ice Soul Cold Light Great Technique' and the profound meaning of the 'Past Scripture' have been integrated to an indelible degree, freezing him eternally. Any ice-sealing technique he uses will require ten times the strength of the enemy to break free!" Yuan Fei was increasingly shocked as she read on.
Having obtained his own scriptures, his Taoist skills had advanced to such a terrifying level.
Moreover, it seems that he has made up for some of the flaws in the Ice Soul Cold Light Technique.
"Is he a born cultivator?" Yuanfei couldn't understand. The Past Scripture and the "Ice Soul Cold Light Technique" were clearly two different paths, yet he had managed to achieve such a terrifying fusion.
At this moment, Yunhua also opened her eyes.
"By imbuing all laws of heaven and earth with the profound mysteries of the past scriptures, the power of all laws can be greatly increased."
"The Ice Soul Path's methods are quite ingenious!" Yunhua said leisurely. "I just don't know what the Fragrance Fragrance Sect's methods are like."
"Fellow Daoist Yun, you are the one who is truly astonishing. With just one cultivation session, you have grasped the true meaning of the Ice Soul Dao, directly achieving mastery, and even integrated it with your past experiences," Yuan Fei exclaimed.
Yunhua smiled slightly and said nothing more.
A frozen world? He himself had seen countless similar things in the world of Shrouding the Heavens.
The most typical example is the Arctic ice field of the Big Dipper, which he has traversed many times. The cultivators who founded the Ice Soul Path have never seen such a magnificent ice-sealed phenomenon, but that doesn't mean Yunhua hasn't.
Moreover, most of the world of Shrouding the Heavens is a desolate universe, a scene of utter desolation and the extinction of all life, which Yun Hua has witnessed far too often. The Ice Soul Dao Ancestor, on the other hand, has never personally witnessed the annihilation of life in this world; the Ice Soul Dao he founded is largely based on his own conjecture, and naturally cannot compare to Yun Hua's.
Chapter 373 Heavenly Fragrance Volume Three and Pollen Road
Natural Yunhua possesses a tremendous advantage that is unimaginable to ordinary people when cultivating this kind of Taoist technique.
Although the laws of this world may not be the same as those of Shrouding the Heavens, the differences are only minor.
Or perhaps there is no difference at all, but rather different ways of understanding and different perspectives lead to drastically different expressions; just like different cultivation systems produce drastically different supernatural powers; just like the world seen through the eyes of a cow and the world seen through the eyes of a sheep are drastically different.
But regardless of those minor details, the concept of "artistic conception," which is macroscopic and vague, can be considered universally applicable across all realms; some of the "artistic conceptions" in the world of Shrouding the Heavens can be fully applied to the world of Yangshen.
Seeing Yunhua's expression, Consort Yuan didn't say anything more, and took out a silk handkerchief from her bosom.
This silk scarf is woven from a very special type of silk, emitting a faint glow; and it also has a very alluring fragrance.
Yunhua took the silk scarf, but was not affected at all, and immediately picked it up to examine it.
"kindness!?"
Consort Yuan, who had been watching Yunhua's movements, was somewhat surprised: "He was completely unaffected by that fragrance? Could it be that he has cultivated the Supreme Dao's techniques and reached the state of Supreme Forgetfulness?"
"Forget it, I won't think about him anymore. I'll just memorize the Amitabha Sutra first." Consort Yuan shook her head and then picked up the Amitabha Sutra to study it.
Meanwhile, Yunhua also picked up the scriptures of Consort Yuan and began to study them.
The opening of this sutra is a general outline, explaining what "fragrance" is and the purpose of the "Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance." Humans naturally prefer fragrant scents and dislike foul ones; this method addresses this fundamental human nature.
The Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance encompass the fragrance of people, the fragrance of the earth, and the fragrance of heaven.
The incense roll is a visualization that allows one to comprehend the fragrance of a hundred flowers, ultimately fusing them into one. In the blink of an eye, the fragrant aroma draws people in, generating goodwill and making them reluctant to harm the flowers.
The Earth Fragrance Scroll allows one to experience the aroma of various medicinal herbs from heaven and earth, which, when fused together in a furnace, can repair the soul.
The Heavenly Fragrance Scroll gathers countless divine fragrances from the vast world, blends them into one censer, comprehends all the beauty in the universe, and ultimately brings mountains, rivers, plants, trees, sun, moon, and stars closer together.
It resembled the eerie, captivating aura of immortality that arose after the Devouring Heaven Demon Art absorbed the essence of numerous royal bodies.
The opening of the Human Fragrance Scroll is a long description of the fragrance of hundreds of flowers, as well as specific methods of visualization.
These methods were things that Yunhua had never carefully observed in the world of Shrouding the Heavens before. Even the Great Dao of Nature rarely focused on the path of flowers. Therefore, his progress in comprehending and cultivating this time was relatively slow.
However, when Yunhua was comprehending the final fusion of the fragrance of a hundred flowers, a thought suddenly occurred to him: "There are some problems... The Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance can fuse the fragrance of a hundred flowers, the aroma of a hundred herbs, and the divine fragrance of heaven and earth; I can actually create a similar method!"
"By devouring the essence of countless divine materials and precious medicines, what can't I eat: grains, meat, metals, stones, even water and fire? I'll create a three-volume 'Classic of Mountains and Seas.' The Human Volume will eat all sorts of magical plants, the Earth Volume will eat soil, minerals, gold, and iron, the Heaven Volume will eat the sun, moon, stars, time, and even the years... Following this logic, what will I ultimately obtain is... the Great Dao of Devouring?"
A look of astonishment flashed across Yunhua's eyes. She hadn't expected that the final deduction would lead to the Devouring Dao. She wondered if the ruthless woman in the later stages of Shrouding the Heavens had persisted in following the Devouring Dao. It seemed that her Devouring Dao was only most commonly used before she became an immortal.
Perhaps after the ruthless woman embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world, she discovered that the world of Shrouding the Heavens was too barren, and few treasures could bring her great growth after she devoured them. In the later stages, she still followed her own path, using all paths for her own purposes, but with different focuses.
The "Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance" seems very suitable for the pollen evolution path during the Sacred Ruins period. Those breathing techniques that do not focus on the path of a hundred flowers have such a fast progress speed. This path that specializes in absorbing flower pollen may be even more powerful.
Yunhua plans to complete and expand upon the "Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance" and exchange ideas with the Empress of the Flower Pollen later on. Perhaps this cultivation technique can shine brightly during the Holy Ruins period.
He opened his eyes and saw that Consort Yuan was wholeheartedly studying the Amitabha Sutra not far away. He did not disturb her, but silently began to practice according to the method of the Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance, visualizing the fragrance of a hundred flowers.
In that instant, hundreds of floral scents appeared in his mind, as if they were emanating from his very soul. Even Yunhua himself seemed to be intoxicated by these exquisite fragrances, feeling completely lost in their aroma.
Plum blossoms, orchids, chrysanthemums, osmanthus, lotus flowers, camellias, daffodils...
A variety of floral fragrances emerged continuously from his mind and thoughts, growing stronger and stronger. In an instant, Yunhua's entire body was filled with a refreshing aroma.
"This is..." The fragrance of the flowers also startled Consort Yuan, who was meditating on the Amitabha Sutra.
"So you visualized the fragrance of a hundred flowers so quickly? It took me more than ten years to travel over mountains and rivers and observe a hundred flowers before I could do it." Consort Yuan was very shocked, but then a strange look appeared on her face.
The "Three Volumes of Heavenly Fragrance" is very suitable for female cultivation, but the fact that Yunhua, a tall man, exudes such an extreme fragrance makes her feel a little amused.
However, Yunhua soon woke up after the fragrance of a hundred flowers appeared.
"The classics of the Fragrance Sect are indeed well-deserved of their reputation. The Earth Fragrance Scroll and the Heavenly Fragrance Scroll are also very compatible with the path of pollen, where all things have a spirit and absorb spiritual particles to evolve." Yunhua sighed softly. Although the current "Three Scrolls of Heavenly Fragrance" are shallow in terms of Tao and reason, they have good potential.
If Yunhua cannot defeat the strange progenitor in a short time, then perhaps by the time the Holy Ruins are reached, this cultivation technique can help him cultivate some decent assistants.
"Miss Yuanfei should have already memorized the contents of the Amitabha Sutra, right?" Yunhua asked.
After seeing Consort Yuan nod, he carefully put the Amitabha Sutra away again and continued, "This Amitabha Sutra is the supreme secret of the Great Zen Temple. I hope you will not reveal it to anyone. Of course, I will also not reveal the two Taoist techniques that you have taught me."
"Rest assured, I swear I will never leak the Amitabha Sutra!" Consort Yuan said solemnly.
“Next, I just need some martial arts experience,” Consort Yuan said. “My martial arts are basically inherited from the Yuan Tu royal family, with some parts also passed down from the Zhengang Sect. It’s quite messy and has many details. I can’t stay here all day, so it will take about two months to pass it all on to you.”
The Great Thousand Worlds of the Yangshen World consisted of six great holy lands: the Supreme Dao, the Great Zen Temple, the Mysterious Heaven Pavilion, the Essence Divine Temple, the True Gang Gate, and the Peach God Dao. Among them, the Great Zen Temple had long been destroyed, leaving only five holy lands. The True Gang Gate, located in Yuan Tu, was the first holy land of the Yuan Tu Empire, possessing profound cultural heritage.
"It's alright, I'll stay here from now on!" Yunhua nodded.
“Very well, it’s about time before I truly enter the inner palace.” Consort Yuan pondered for a moment, then spoke.
She came as a bride to marry into the Yuan Tu and Da Qian dynasties, and has not yet officially entered the palace, so she is still relatively free during this period.
But once they enter the palace, they won't have as much time, as their every move will be monitored.
Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past two months, Consort Yuan has kept her promise and has come here every day to teach Yunhua some martial arts manuals from their Yuan Tu and Zhengang sects.
At the same time, she also took the opportunity to ask Yunhua for some key tips on combining the Amitabha Sutra with the "Ice Soul Cold Light Great Method".
Chapter 374 Son of the Era
Ever since she comprehended the Amitabha Sutra, she has always wanted to be like Yunhua and integrate the Amitabha Sutra and the "Ice Soul Cold Light Great Law" in one fell swoop.
She knew very well that as long as she could do this, she could easily pass the tribulation and greatly increase her cultivation level.
Yunhua didn't take it seriously, because these things were child's play to him.
What he cares about now is the martial arts manuals and experience he obtained from Consort Yuan. Although he has salvaged many divine skills and techniques from the long river of time, they are still only some of the creations of the Great Emperor Yangshen. It would be great to learn more about the concepts of low- and mid-level martial arts.
As expected of a demon immortal who has been around for hundreds of years, Yuanfei's experience in martial arts is beyond imagination. She knows a great many martial arts, over a hundred in total, from cultivation methods to fighting techniques, greatly enriching Yunhua's martial arts arsenal.
Finally, two months later, Yunhua completely drained Yuanfei of all her martial arts experience.
"I don't have much free time left, and I've handed over all my martial arts knowledge to you!" Yuanfei said finally. "Next, I need to find a real teacher for Elder Tu and the others, and pass on some real knowledge to them."
Yunhua chuckled, "Teaching a bunch of foxes is no good for some timid scholars, like those scholars you found a few days ago..."
At this point, Yunhua shook her head.
A few days ago, Consort Yuan did bring a few scholars with her, but when the scholars saw a group of foxes, they turned pale with fright, exclaimed "Ghosts!" and fled in panic.
"Yes, we need to look for it carefully next!" Consort Yuan nodded.
Yunhua also had some guesses in his heart, perhaps he would see Hong Yi, the chosen one of the Yangshen world, next time.
Soon, Consort Yuan left the secluded valley again.
Watching Consort Yuan's departing figure, Yunhua thought to herself, "Winter has arrived, and it's about time for Hong Yi to make his appearance!"
In just six years, he went from an ordinary person to someone almost at the other shore—the cultivation path in this world is truly terrifying!
The other side of the Yangshen world has a very obvious characteristic, which is that when heaven and earth perish, I will not perish; when heaven and earth decay, I will not decay.
The highest realm of Taoist arts—Yang Shen (the spirit of the yang) and the highest realm of martial arts—shattering the void—both have limited lifespans.
Even if someone cultivates martial arts and Taoist arts to the highest level at the same time, and merges the Void Shattering and Yang God, their lifespan will not exceed one Yuan, which is 129,600 years; the lifespan of merging the Void Shattering and Yang God alone is even shorter.
This world has existed for far more than tens of millions of years. The entire world has gone through countless eras, and has experienced countless mass extinctions and explosions of life.