Chapter 3: The Wonders of Separate Spirits
Why was the Stone Monkey's foundation so poor?
His innate Spirit Power was only level one. Was this the little Stone Monkey's fault?
"It's likely my body that's holding him back. It's similar to Yu Xiaogang's situation. Yu Xiaogang's Luo San Pao has the bloodline of the Golden Holy Dragon, and it's extremely concentrated. It's just that Yu Xiaogang's aptitude was too poor, so it was forced to degenerate. Only with the Trinity Spirit Fusion Technique, relying on the strength of Flander and Liu Erlong, could he maintain the form of the Golden Holy Dragon."
So, it's actually Sun Qi who needs to be strengthened.
Sun Qi pondered for a long time and concluded that his foundation was still weak.
So, how could he improve his foundation?
"Soul rings—looking for something that amplifies the body and gives back greater strength, right?"
But soul rings were too advanced for Sun Qi.
With a level one innate Spirit Power, even with daily practice, breaking through to level ten would take at least five years.
Even if he could learn from the cultivation of other bodies and summarize a more effective way of cultivation, it would take at least four years.
"First of all, Xiao Sun has to cultivate with me. He is an independent individual. This is the biggest feature of an Out Of Body Spirit, and perhaps the key to my finding a breakthrough!"
Sun Qi thought to himself and had already summoned the little stone monkey.
The little stone monkey seemed to have just woken up. It stretched on Sun Qi's palm and then crawled all over him, full of energy.
"Xiao Sun, it's still too slow for me to cultivate alone. We have to cultivate together in the future." Sun Qi explained it to him directly.
Xiao Sun had no objection to this and nodded very happily.
He groaned and asked Sun Qi if cultivation was the same as the massage he had last night.
The corner of Sun Qi's mouth twitched.
It seems that the massage he gave Xiao Sun last night was quite comfortable.
But it's okay this way, at least Xiao Sun had a good first impression of cultivation.
He began to teach the little stone monkey again, teaching him how to practice.
"You should also be able to mobilize your Spirit Power. Try to find the feeling when you were massaged yesterday."
Xiao Sun closed his eyes and began to do as Sun Qi said.
But soon he opened his eyes, spread his hands, and looked aggrieved.
He couldn't find it.
Sun Qi had no choice but to start meditating and let the little stone monkey feel it.
Last night he meditated after taking the little stone monkey back into his body. Today he tried to let the little stone monkey meditate outside his body.
He found that this did not affect the mutual induction between the two, and even his Spirit Power could appear and operate in the stone monkey's body through the air.
This surprised him very much.
The Out Of Body Spirit brought him many surprises.
For example, he would have the little stone monkey transfer his Spirit Power, then meditate to restore it, and then summon the little stone monkey back. This allowed him to instantly surpass his original Spirit Power limit.
This breakthrough would directly push his Spirit Power limit slightly higher.
Each such breakthrough opened up new limits.
While the Spirit Power was within the little stone monkey, Sun Qi's Spirit Power recovery would be somewhat slower. But even at this rate, the effect of this practice was much faster than simple meditation.
As the little stone monkey increasingly played with Spirit Power, he became more proficient in it, gradually gaining a grasp of the art and understanding the feeling of cultivation.
His instincts were gradually tapped, and his Spirit Power circulated naturally within him.
To maximize his instincts, Sun Qi refrained from mobilizing his Spirit Power during this process, allowing the little stone monkey to exercise its full potential.
After becoming familiar with the little stone monkey's Spirit Power flow, he began to imitate the little stone monkey, circulating his Spirit Power within himself.
When the little stone monkey meditated alone, it was his own meditation. Sun Qi also meditated during these times to allow Spirit Power to flow through the little stone monkey, leveraging the monkey's Spirit to transform it.
Even if their powers overlapped, efficiency would be greatly reduced. So, he circulated Spirit Power through his own meridians, mimicking the stone monkey's.
"Sure enough, efficiency can be compounded. A Spirit Master's body can also be cultivated,"
Sun Qi smiled.
His thinking was very clear, focusing on a theoretical approach.
"In my opinion, the cultivation of Spirit Power is divided into three parts. The most important part, and the one that the Spirit Master community relies on most today, is the transformation centered around the Spirit. The Spirit Master draws in and absorbs the vital energy of heaven and earth, and with the assistance of the Spirit, imbues this energy with unique characteristics, refining it into the Spirit Master's Spirit Power.
Beyond this, there are actually two other sources, with significantly higher limits: the refinement of the body and mind."
Physical refinement naturally refers to the Spirit Master's own physical abilities. The increased speed of cultivation, driven by the circulation of Spirit Power, can be considered as tapping into this aspect.
The difference between high-level and low-level meditation methods likely lies here.
As for spiritual refinement, it relies on Spiritual Power to accomplish this. Sun Qi couldn't actively engage with it at the moment, but he was actually enjoying its effects.
Sun Qi knew that his seven-in-one nature, while the seven entities' cultivations seemingly independent of each other, actually influenced each other. Under the unified leadership of a single soul, the refining of the vital energy of heaven and earth also shared a commonality, manifesting itself in the spiritual refining of Spirit Power.
"So, my previous estimate was actually quite off. My cultivation speed isn't very slow. Perhaps reaching level ten within four years isn't impossible for me."
Over the course of several days, Sun Qi had developed several techniques for increasing the speed of Spirit Power cultivation, confident that he was faster than the average innate level one Spirit Master.
"There are many more benefits to be discovered regarding the Out Of Body Spirit."
Sun Qi smiled as he gazed at the little stone monkey sitting cross-legged in his arms.
The little creature's Spirit Power flowed marvelously.
He believed that the rapid effectiveness of the Spirit Power refinement he had discovered within his body was closely related to the stone monkey's Spirit Power flow.
Perhaps this was a highly advanced technique.
"It's not necessarily my body that's holding the little stone monkey back; more accurately, we're holding each other back," Sun Qi realized, thinking, "An Out Of Body Spirit strips away a portion of the Spirit Master's Spirit's inherent qualities, condensing it into a fully intelligent being within the Spirit's form. This life's endowment has nothing to do with innate Spirit Power."
Luo San Pao, for example, was a golden holy dragon.
The same was true for Xiao Sun. The stone monkey, born from stone, was naturally intelligent and full of spirituality.
If Sun Qi were to describe it, Out Of Body Spirits would be akin to innate Dao bodies, possessing a natural advantage in Spirit Power cultivation.
Tapping into one's instincts to generate Spirit Power flow could be a remarkable feat for a Spirit Master.
Do monkeys share the same meridians as Spirit Masters?
Most likely, they do; this is a species distinction.
But this didn't affect his ability to "learn from" the little stone monkey.
Even if their paths were different, he could rely on the connection between the two to find the path of his own meridians corresponding to the stone monkey's, thus switching paths directly.
[end of the chapter]