Chapter 24: Awakening the Spiritual Eye and Investigating the Origin of Symbols.

After Su Yunlong applied the Symbolic Water onto his eyes, he felt a cool sensation in his eyes and couldn't help but close them for a moment to adjust. It was only after reopening them that he immediately opened his mouth in astonishment.
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He was not a cultivator before, and had never opened his spiritual eye. This was the first time. After opening his spiritual eye to observe, he immediately noticed that the world he saw with his eyes was very different from before. In the seemingly empty air, there were now many things. The world in front of his eyes seemed to have gained many layers, and there were various floating energies all around. After a moment of thought, he guessed that these should be various types of qi in the world.
It is said that in martial arts, one can only sense the connection between heaven and earth after reaching the innate realm. This connection refers to perceiving various types of energy within heaven and earth, then absorbing and refining them into one's own true energy. One can also manipulate and control the surrounding energy of heaven and earth during combat, enhancing the power of every movement. Even a seemingly simple attack can become significantly more powerful by harnessing the energy of the heavens and earth. This is the effect of utilizing and invoking the elemental energy of the universe.
The early cultivation of martial arts can be said to be self-sufficient, as one's own body is a treasure trove. Regardless of external strength, internal strength, or true energy realm, they are all the essence of self-cultivation. However, human power is sometimes limited, and even if it is a treasure trove, it cannot compare to the vast universe. Therefore, when reaching the innate realm in cultivation, it can be said that one has exhausted their own power and now needs to rely on the vast power of the universe to make further progress and breakthroughs.
Breaking through one's own limitations and transcending the boundary between immortals and mortals.
This is the realm of innate cultivation, reaching this stage allows one to integrate martial arts with the Dao and glimpse the path of immortality.
However, achieving this level of cultivation is incredibly difficult, as not even one out of ten thousand martial artists may be able to accomplish it. It can be considered a rarity among rarities.
External force, internal force, true qi, each realm is not so easy to cross. Not to mention that the majority of martial artists in this world are only at the realm of external force. Many people find it difficult to break through to the realm of internal force in their entire life, and they may even fail to reach the peak of the ninth level of the realm of external force. Translation:
Even someone like Su Yunlong, with extraordinary talents and the ability to cultivate internal strength from the beginning, and with good luck, was able to join one of the seven major sects, the Xiandu Sect, right from the start. He had famous teachers to guide him from a young age, giving him an advantage at the starting line, so he didn't dare to have too many expectations for his innate realm. Because breaking through numerous obstacles and reaching this stage is indeed extremely difficult. The cultivation method, talent, opportunity, and other factors are all indispensable, and even if all conditions are met, whether one can ultimately break through also depends on some luck.
And when reaching the innate realm, whether it's absorbing and refining the qi of heaven and earth or manipulating the surrounding qi of heaven and earth when taking action, all of these foundations require first attaining the ability to sense the world. Only after sensing it can one talk about utilizing it. Otherwise, one won't be able to sense or perceive anything, making it impossible to use it in any way.
However, in the world of martial arts, it is extremely difficult to cultivate innate abilities like the one Gan Chen possessed. Currently, he only casually drew a symbol in the empty space and temporarily created some symbol water to apply to his eyes. As a result, he could clearly see the surrounding aura of heaven and earth. The profoundness of magic spells is truly unimaginable and immeasurable.
Moreover, the so-called sensing of the heavens and the earth by innate realm is just a perception, and it may not be so vivid and real to see the essence of the heaven and earth's vitality. However, with Su Yunlong's abilities, he may be able to see it currently, but he cannot fundamentally utilize it or absorb and refine it.
After a short period of adaptation, he also tried to see if swinging the sword could manipulate the surrounding spiritual energy. However, regardless of which type of energy he used, he had no control over them. No matter how he used his internal force, it was useless. When he swung the sword, the wind and the motion of the sword would naturally disturb some spiritual energy, but it was only a natural influence and not under his control. He couldn't harness any of these powers at all.
Despite being able to see it clearly, he couldn't make use of it, which made him feel like there was a mountain of treasures that he couldn't touch or utilize. However, his current cultivation level was insufficient, leaving him helpless.
Influenced by the "Wan Gui Fu Shi Da Zhen" (a formation where thousands of ghosts lie down in death), the predominant energy in the surroundings is naturally Yin energy, creating a dark and gloomy atmosphere everywhere. Although Gu Qingcheng's previous strike cleared a portion of the Yin energy in the vicinity, it was only on the surface level. By using my spiritual eye to observe, I can see that some Yin energy remains uncleared, and the Yin energy that was dispersed is rapidly replenishing itself.
The subtle gloom is actually difficult to discern with the naked eye. It is only when it accumulates that it can take on a form visible to the naked eye.
Continuing to gaze at the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Lying in Array," Su Yunlong also noticed that the thick mist blocking his vision had become slightly lighter in his spiritual eyes. Although it was still too dense for him to see through, he could faintly make out some things, and at the same time, he also saw numerous apparitions within the mist.
"This water symbol is truly amazing!" Su Yunlong couldn't help but exclaim after coming to his senses.
"This temporarily opens your spiritual eye, but it will only last for a short period, approximately the duration of a tea time." Gouchen had opened the spiritual eye several times before, so he was accustomed to it and calmly replied.
Gu Qingcheng was busy breaking the formation and had no time to pay attention to the rear. Moreover, Gou Chen acted quickly, and his current cultivation level was still low, so the faint spiritual light emitted by the void drawing symbols was not very visible. It was even less likely to be seen by Gu Qing.
While speaking, Gou Chen was also carefully observing the "Array of a Thousand Ghosts" in front with his spiritual eye.
Prior to opening his spiritual eye, he could only see the "Array of a Thousand Ghosts" enveloped in dense, ink-like mist, unable to see anything or even hear the voices inside, let alone determine the direction. However, after opening his spiritual eye, he could somewhat make out the structure of this array.
At this moment, undoubtedly, the center of this formation is the elder from the Ghost Gate holding the strongest "Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner". The remaining eleven disciples of the Ghost Gate also hold one of the sources, the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner". All the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Banners" are interconnected, forming a large black net that covers the formation. But apart from these twelve "Ten Thousand Ghosts Banners", there is still a small source coming from the peak on the opposite side of Black Wind Mountain, where the Yin energy is also quite heavy.
Attention and take a closer look, and you will find the eerie talismans made of twisted blood extending all the way down from the opposite mountain. Besides the twelve "Myriad Ghost Banners", these blood talismans that have spread across the entire formation should also be a key component of the "Myriad Ghost Subduing Corpse Formation".
If the source of the blood talisman is on the opposite mountain peak, destroying it should immediately cause significant damage to the "Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts Laying Still".
After thinking about this, Gou Chen said to Su Yunlong, "You stay here, be prepared to move, I'll go and take a look at the peculiarities of the mountain peak over there."
At this point, Su Yunlong also opened his spiritual eye and glanced at the mountain across. He noticed something strange and immediately said, "Shall I accompany you?"
Gou Chen shook his head and smiled, "You should stay here to help your senior sister. I will call the little fox to come over. Besides, it seems that there is no one on the other side, so there shouldn't be any danger."
"Alright then, you take care!" Su Yunlong really wanted to stay and help Gu Qingcheng. If Gu Chen could call Hu Xian'er over, then there wouldn't be much danger. Purely based on strength, this little fox's current strength is indeed above his.
Gou Chen did not only use these words to persuade Su Yunlong. After he decided to investigate the opposite mountain, he immediately used telepathy to summon the little fox that had been following him, asking it to quickly come and meet him on the opposite mountain. He valued his own life very much and would not take risks easily unless there was a better guarantee in place.