Chapter 81: Chapter 80: Connecting with the Sea of Knowledge

“Could this be the so-called Sea of Knowledge?” thought Shen Luo.

The ancient book mentioned that people’s collection of consciousness and ideas is known as the Sea of Knowledge, a place of projection for thousands of thoughts.

A thought sprang up in his heart, but he hastily suppressed it, focusing all his effort on operating the Art of Spirit Communication.

“Ding dong”

A faint sound, like a drop of water, abruptly rang out in this void of pitch blackness.

Shen Luo’s heart thumped abruptly.

He hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a blue light spot the size of a grain of rice appearing in the void before him, flashing dimly.

Before he could take a closer look, the ding-dong sound echoed again and again.

Surrounding him, numerous blue light spots appeared. Some were closer to him, seemingly just several yards away. Others were farther away, appearing to be dozens of yards from him. Some spots were as small as grains of rice, others were as big as broad beans…

Each one of them flickered with blue light, like a swarm of fireflies dancing around him, a splendid sight.

Although marveling at this in his heart, Shen Luo knew well that this was not the time for appreciation.

Those blue light spots must be the key to his use of the Art of Spirit Communication.

His gaze fell on the blue light spot that first appeared and was closest to him. He consciously guided his Divine Sense to slowly approach it.

However, the moment his Divine Sense got closer, the flow of his mana became disrupted. Sharp pains, like needle stings, shot through his meridians.

Shen Luo opened his eyes abruptly, his face filled with agony. He clutch his head with both hands, and involuntarily flipped back, falling directly into the water.

After coughing out a few mouthfuls of water, he finally sat up again, hands on his forehead, still feeling a splitting headache.

He was practicing exactly as instructed by the heavenly book, why would this happen?

After resting for quite some time, the chaotic movement of the mana within his body gradually subsided, and the excruciating headache also eased somewhat.

After some hesitation, he slowly closed his eyes, deciding to give it another try.

As his thoughts calmed down, the pitch-black void appeared once again.

With the soft “drip” sound, the grain-size blue light lit up.

Shen Luo carefully controlled his Divine Sense to approach it again. However, the moment he saw the blue light, the intense pain in his meridians surged like a tide once again.

His eyes flew open, and he felt as though the world was spinning. His body fell backward again.

Shen Luo stretched out his hands to support his body, preventing himself from completely falling down. The excruciating headache made him groan in agony, with a sweet metallic taste in his mouth and nose, his blood spilling out.

This time, Shen Luo was horrified and he dared not continue trying.

He staggered out of the water, walked to the shore, and slowly laid down, gazing at the spinning sky, his mind in chaos.

After a long time, Shen Luo felt a bit better. He got up and returned to his residence.

Once home, he collapsed onto his bed and slept until late at night. Fortunately, he wasn’t awakened by nightmares this time, but woke up naturally after his spirit had recovered.

After lighting the oil lamp, he got out the Nameless Heavenly Book, and again carefully reviewed the records about the Technique of Ghosly Beast Domination, but still failed to find the problem.

“Could it be because I’m ordinary, and my mana is insufficient?” Shen Luo muttered to himself.

If that was the case, he could only wait until the second level of Nameless Cultivation Technique was successfully cultivated, then try this Technique of Spirit Communication again.

“Regardless, the first level technique has reached perfection, now it’s time to practice the second level.” He looked down at the Nameless Heavenly Book in his hand and made up his mind.

Shen Luo opened the section about the second level of the Nameless Heavenly Book. Just as his finger was about to touch the characters on the book, he suddenly remembered something and promptly took out an exorcism charm to attach to himself.

His gaze then shifted to the jade pillow on the bed.

Sure enough, the light threads that appeared last night were still there tonight. They hung down like rain from the rooftop and integrated into the jade pillow.

After watching it for a while, Shen Luo collected his thoughts and began studying the second level techniques with undivided attention.

…

The next day, it was nearly noon when Shen Luo arrived at the back mountain.

He stepped directly into the stream’s shallow pool and sat down cross-legged.

Shen Luo made a magic hand seal, and the mana in his Dantian started to move. It first reached the Yongquan at the sole of the foot, then returned to the Dantian and flowed up to the palm, and then circulated back to the Dantian.

He didn’t rush to cultivate the second level technique, but instead circulated around like this twice. After the first level technique in his body was fully activated, he truly started advancing toward the second level technique.

The Nameless Heavenly Book guides the Water Spirit Qi into the body, transformed by Yang Gang Qi until it turns into mana and circulated throughout the body. When the first level has reached perfection, it can reach the limbs; when the second level has reached perfection, the Qi can reach the Ren and Du meridians.

Ren and Du meridians, as the yin and yang meridians in the human body, extend from the Baihui Acupoint at the top of the head down to the Huiyin Acupoint in the lower abdomen. Once they are open and connected, the efficiency of Water Spirit Qi’s circulation in his body will greatly improve.

By then, the mana stored within his Dantian would also increase several folds.

Shen Luo’s thoughts flickered, the magic spell in his hand slightly changed, and he silently chanted the spell of the second-level technique in his mind.

The surrounding stream water around him started to ripple. Strands of Spirit Qi in the water, like swimming fish, swam toward him one by one. A faint blue halo subsequently lit up under the water.

At the same time, a strand of mana stored in Shen Luo’s body started to rise from the Dantian, rushing straight up through the Ren meridian in front of the body, passing through Shen Que, Zhongwan, and Danzhong, all the way to the Yutang Acupoint.

As early as when cultivating the first-level technique, Shen Luo was able to draw Yang Gang Qi into the Hand Three Yin meridians from Yutang. And now, he needed it to push all the way, pass through Zigong, break through Celestial Pivot, and reach Baihui Acupoint.

However, after his mana surged out of the Yutang Acupoint, it came to a halt at the first barrier it encountered.

That Purple Palace Acupoint was like a well-defended gate. However hard Shen Luo’s mana tried to break it, it just couldn’t crack open its gate.

Shen Luo was somewhat surprised, and the mana in his Dantian also poured out, charging directly at the Purple Palace Acupoint.

Soon, a turbulent breath caused by the collision of mana swirled inside his body, making him tremble and causing ripples to spread across the pool water around him.

Shen Luo’s eyes suddenly shot open, his face full of disbelief.

When he cultivated the first level technique, he achieved perfection with just a single try, but with this second level technique, he instantly hit a brick wall.

The gap between the two was more than significant.