```htmlChapter 295: Starry Sea of Forbidden Symbols

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On this pale yellow talisman, there is only one crimson "forbidden" character that has turned black.
The lines that form this character seem to blend with the "spider web" that connects this heaven and earth, bearing a similar appearance.```
```htmlHowever, the temperament and charm are vastly different.
The former is majestic and upright, like a canopy sheltering the heavens and earth for fifty thousand miles.
The latter, however, appears eerie and sinister, oppressing the human spirit.
Staring at those dark red lines, it seems as if a bloody scent piercing into the depths of the soul is rushing over, as if the wriggling of worm-like bodies.```
```htmlFor the past one hundred and seventy years since the sealing of the Xingxiu Palace, through exhaustive efforts and investment without regard to cost, an increasing number of exceptionally talented individuals have reached the pinnacle of the Foundation Establishment stage.
Comparing horizontally with the predecessors who successfully broke through the Foundation Establishment stage and reached the Nascent Soul stage within the sect, there are several individuals who are not inferior to them in terms of talent, determination, comprehension, and realm.```
虽说修为越往上，大境界的突破便越发困难。
结丹修士突破成就元婴，难度远在筑基突破成就结丹之上。
可那是将所有结丹者归在一个参考系内才能得出的结论，对这些站在星宿宫最顶端的天才来说，真的没有那么难。
```htmlAs for resource supply, as well as the fourth-order inheritance, the secrets of achieving infancy, and so on, there are no thresholds for them.
Under normal circumstances, even if one's luck is at its worst, after one hundred and seventy years, there should be someone who has broken through this threshold.```
```htmlHowever, the actual situation is abnormal. Between the Foundation Establishment and the Core Formation, it seems that there is an insurmountable barrier, preventing everyone from taking the final step.
Forcing through this barrier will inevitably trigger a strong backlash, without exception.```
More and more people are starting to suspect that something is wrong here, not just the burly monk I just spoke with.
And the real culprit behind all this is the seemingly ordinary talisman in front of the man.
```htmlWhen the Xingxiu Sea had just been closed off, the man personally affixed it.
Who would have thought that it was such a thin piece of talisman paper that suppressed the entire Xingxiu Palace for a hundred and seventy years.```
There was also a struggle in the man's heart about whether to uncover this charm.
After painful consideration, he finally made a decision.
"The plan has completely failed. Even if I don't uncover it, it's a waste of time and of no benefit."
```htmlThe man convinced himself in this way.
This is the conclusion after rational analysis.
But besides rational analysis, there is another stronger motivation driving him to do so in the depths of his heart.```
```htmlThat's hatred.
Though, he still doesn't know who that "enemy" is.
Whether the opponent is male or female, old or young, human or ghost, what strength, what realm, he knows nothing about it.```
```htmlBut none of this affects his towering, absolutely unresolvable hatred for the other party in his heart.
—For a practitioner, there is no greater hatred than the obstruction of the path.```
```htmlThe thought here caused the man's heart to ache a bit more.
The teeth clenched tightly together were almost crushed by his bite.
"Wait, just you wait for me!"
His fingers touched the talisman, rubbing the somewhat rough surface, the man thought with such resentment in his heart, and tore it apart with force.```
```htmlWith the coordination of divine power, this talisman, tightly integrated with the celestial canopy of the Starry Sea, easily detaches from the canopy.
The man holds this thin talisman that has sealed the fourth-tier path of the Starry Sea for one hundred and seventy years, and a miraculous scene unfolds before his eyes.```
With nearly two hundred years of integration with the depths of the Starry Sea's canopy, as this unveiling unfolds, it's like grass and trees deeply rooted in the earth being forcibly pulled from the ground, as if the power of time, though brief, flows over the paper.
```htmlThe color quickly turns yellow, and the texture quickly deteriorates.
Finally, it quietly turns into a handful of light gray ashes in the man's palm, dissipating without a trace.
The whole process, from start to finish, took less than ten breaths.```
```htmlAt this moment, the web-like canopy above has disappeared.
Everything in the quiet room has returned to normal.
With the dissipation of this "forbidden" character, the man who had long reached the peak of JieDan stage easily "touched" the barrier that stood between JieDan and YuanYing.```
```htmlAnd, whether it was an illusion or not, he felt that this barrier suddenly became much thinner and more transparent.
Although it hadn't reached the point of being easily pierced with a light touch, compared to the iron curtain that had been impossible to break through before, this barrier undoubtedly became much smaller.```
The man is confident that he can break through after adequate preparation.
The gate to the realm of Yuanying has officially opened to him.
Facing this slowly opening gate, there is no joy in his heart, only pain.
这一步迈过去，便再也收不回来了。
道路已定，成婴无悔。
男子再一次将牙关紧咬，心中喃喃："Wait, just you wait for me!"
```htmlA man sinks all the miscellaneous thoughts and distractions in his heart to the bottom, without any ripple.
First, he swallows a third-grade superb pill, then closes his eyes to adjust his body and restore his state.```
Once his condition is restored, he will attempt to break through.
Within the vast Starry Sky Sea spanning fifty thousand miles, all cultivators who have reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, apart from those taking turns to guard and preside over the area, are almost all quietly closed-door cultivating in their respective caves.
```htmlAlthough they cannot directly perceive the changes brought about by the disappearance of "forbidden" characters, as time continues, the impact gradually seeps into their hearts and minds, providing feedback.```
```htmlAs time passes, they will eventually feel the coming of change.
They are like a spring pressed to the bottom.
And the invisible oppression pressing down on them has now quietly made contact.```
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```htmlAurora Cave Mansion.
August 5th, afternoon.
Cultivation progress +165, Core Formation Sixth Layer 4105/10,000;
Third Stage Spring Water Scripture +3300, Grandmaster 150,000/240,000;```
Xuanguit carries the true power of the negative monument +3300, with Grandmaster 980,000/240,000.
After a little tidying up, after absorbing the gains from this retreat, Meng Zhou carefully inventoried the stock of Qinglian Sword Marrow in the Linghukong space.
```htmlThe third-grade inferior Qinglian Sword Marrow, which was completely used up in the previous cultivation of the Tai Sui's flesh, is now stored in the Linghu space. All the Qinglian Sword Marrow stored in the Linghu space are third-grade medium-grade spiritual objects.```
After years of accumulation, its reserves have exceeded the two thousand mark.
This retreat yielded a total of fourteen drops, and the current accurate reserve is two thousand one hundred and forty-four drops.
```html——In addition, besides the essence of the Qinglian Sword, there are also seventy drops of the essence of White Lotus beings stored within.
From the perspective of quality and effect alone, the essence of White Lotus beings is far inferior to the third-grade medium-quality Qinglian Sword essence, and they are completely incomparable.```
However, the serene nature of the White Lotus Spirit Marrow is not possessed by the Blue Lotus Sword Marrow.
The spiritual plants nurtured by the Blue Lotus Sword Marrow, even the flesh and blood of the Great Year, will undergo irreversible mutations while assisting in their rapid growth.
```htmlFor this reason, the seventy drops of White Lotus Spirit Marrow left by Meng Zhou have not been used, and have been kept until now, for occasional needs.
However, he also knows that at his current level, even if there is a genuine need, the quality of the White Lotus Spirit Marrow, which is only equivalent to second-grade top-tier, is still quite insufficient.```
```htmlThere's no way he could've chosen differently, so naturally there's nothing to pick on.
"2144 drops, that's enough."
Meng Zhou pondered for a moment, then took out a piece of Taishui flesh from the Linghu space.```
灵葫空间中，太岁血肉有两份。
一份是没有用三阶下品青莲剑髓培育过的“原初版本”，一份则是用三阶下品青莲剑髓培育过的“变异进阶版本”，以之可炼成三阶下品巅峰层次的太岁之体。
```htmlMeng Zhou now takes out this, which is the "mutated advanced version" nurtured by the third-grade inferior Qinglian sword marrow, with a weight of ten catties.
Meng Zhou threw it into the clear water nearby, with a splash of water splashing up.```
After some ups and downs, half of the snowy white Taibai flesh floated on the water surface, while the other half sank beneath the water.
Meng Zhou took out a drop of third-grade medium-quality Blue Lotus Sword Marrow and slowly injected it into this piece of Taibai flesh.
```htmlBecause the essence of the Taishui is too little, and compared to the drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow in hand, its quality is also far inferior.
In order to avoid waste, Meng Zhou was very careful and slowly injected the entire drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow into it.```
Just then, a voice sounded behind him, full of curiosity.
"What are you doing?"
As she spoke, Bai Zhi had already come from behind him to stand beside Meng Zhou, watching the scene in front of her with curiosity.
As the essence of the Qinglian Sword continuously and gradually entered into the flesh and blood of Taisui, the flesh and blood of Taisui began to grow at a visible speed, transforming Bai Zhi's curiosity into astonishment.
孟周专心的将青莲剑髓推入太岁血肉之中，一边回答白芷的问题：“我在培育太岁血肉。”
“啊，这就是太岁血肉？”白芷瞪大了眼睛。
有孟周替她遮风挡雨，让她可以清静修行，她也甚少主动去了解外面的变化，但这并不意味着她的认知因此而变得贫乏。
```htmlOn the contrary, her knowledge and experience are quite extensive.
Before leaning against the large tree like Mengzhou, one must forge one's own path, broaden one's horizons, otherwise, you wouldn't even know when you fell into a pit;```
Now, with plenty of leisure time on her hands, her favorite pastime is browsing through all sorts of jade slips.
These are all information compiled by Meng Zhou through "Interpreting the World", which not only includes a pictorial information of various spiritual creatures, monsters, and spiritual materials in the Five Realms, but also various strange anecdotes and secrets.
```htmlNot only can it enrich knowledge and broaden horizons, even when read as a storybook, it's also very interesting.
Therefore, Bai Zhi is not unfamiliar with such life-changing spiritual objects as the Essence Blood of Tai Sui.```
```htmlHowever, it's the first time I've seen the real thing.
She couldn't help but widen her eyes and look carefully.
Soon, she asked a second question:
"How did it grow so fast? Isn't it said that Taosui's flesh and blood naturally grow very slowly?... What did you drip?"```
“This is a special spiritual substance, the essence of the Green Lotus Sword. Its effect is to help living beings grow rapidly and shorten their growth period.”
Meng Zhou said to Bai Zhi.
He did not hide it, firstly, naturally because of the close relationship with Bai Zhi, such information does not require him to tell her a lie.
```htmlAnother thing is that, with his current cultivation and strength, some information can now be appropriately revealed to those around him to solve mysteries.
He never intended to keep everything about himself secret from Bai Zhi. At the right time, she can know some information that concerns her.```
Meng Zhou thought Bai Zhi would be curious and ask about the origin of the Qinglian Sword Marrow, but she didn't.
She just expressed a bit of surprise and didn't delve further into the topic, just stayed by Meng Zhou's side, watching him cultivate the Flesh of the Tai Sui.
And after finding that the process of discovery was dull and there were no new discoveries, her interest waned.
"You take your time, I'm going to practice piano."
Before finishing her sentence, she had already disappeared.
```htmlMeng Zhou still focuses on cultivating the flesh and blood of the Taishui.
Every drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow can increase the Taishui's flesh and blood by ten catties.
At this moment, with ten consecutive drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow being absorbed by this portion of Taishui's flesh and blood, the quantity of Taishui's flesh and blood has grown to one hundred and ten catties.```
```htmlWith the increase in the amount of flesh and blood of the Taishui, its absorption efficiency of the Qinglian Sword Marrow naturally improves.
Originally, it needed to be slowly absorbed, slowly sucked in, but now, it only takes a few breaths, and a drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow can be completely digested by the Taishui flesh and blood.```
In addition to the increase in quantity, the quality, which was originally at the peak level of the third-grade inferior, has quietly breakthrough to the middle-grade level of the third-grade.
And with more infusion of Qinglian Sword Marrow, this improvement is continuing.
However, this kind of improvement is becoming slower and slower.
When the three hundred and twenty-fifth drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow was absorbed by the flesh and blood of Taixing, the quality of Taixing's flesh and blood reached the peak level of the third rank, and there was no further room for improvement.
最后，随着第一千一百四十四滴青莲剑髓被太岁血肉消化吸收，孟周终于没再继续。
孟周看着在水域中轻轻沉浮的、分量达到一万一千多斤的太岁血肉，一股奇特清香萦绕左右。
```html"He really has a big appetite."
Meng Zhou sighed inwardly as he picked it up and stored it back into the spiritual gourd space.
Back in the quiet room, to avoid taking too much time and becoming rusty, Meng Zhou sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and pondered for a long time, recalling the feeling of refining the body of the Tai Sui. Only then did he take out a piece of Tai Sui's flesh in his hand and begin the refinement process.```
Now, his refining technique for the Tai Sui body has reached a preliminary stage. With only sixty catties of Tai Sui flesh and blood, he can successfully refine a Tai Sui body.
It didn't take long. In his hands, the sixty catties of Tai Sui flesh and blood slowly transformed into a humanoid shape.
“太岁之体小成45万/3万”
炼成之后，孟周仔细检查了一番，这才满意点头。
"Not bad."
这具童子模样的太岁之体，品质达到了三阶中品的极限。
```htmlAfter that, Meng Zhou consumed more than 1,800 pounds of Taishui's flesh and blood, consecutively refining thirty-one Taishui bodies.
The accumulation of the completion of the small achievement of the Taishui body has reached the realm of great achievement.```
```html"Great perfection of the Tai Sui Body 0/60,000"
This promotion has enriched Meng Zhou's experience in refining the Tai Sui Body, with more new insights.
The consumption of Tai Sui flesh and blood required to refine a Tai Sui Body has once again decreased.()```