Chapter 236 Taoist Genius
Although Xingchen is no longer in the state of enlightenment after the catastrophe, he can no longer deduce a new mental method out of nothing, but it does not mean that he cannot optimize and upgrade the old mental method.
Before, Gu Xia was worried that his "Heart Demon Daozang" was only at the 19th grade.
So, he has been thinking about how to improve his Dharma image grade.
The best solution given by Xingchen is to obtain the secret mental method of other sects, disassemble the Dharma image in the secret into the mysterious pattern, and then use the new mysterious pattern to reorganize and optimize the Dharma image of "Heart Demon Daozang".
It just so happens that the "Taiyuan Dongxu" in Zangxuan Yugui records the true body image of Taiyuan Zhenren, the Taiyuan Sect's sect.
Gu Xia asked Xingchen to scan this Dharma image, and then try to disassemble all the mysterious patterns, and then use them to optimize his heart magic image.
But this time it was not as fast as the last time he deduced "Heart Demon Daozang".
That time it was fast because Gu Xia was in a state of enlightenment, his thoughts were clear, and Xingchen got a little bit of "computing power" from the Heavenly Dao for free.
This time, to analyze the Dharma image of Taiyuan Zhenren, Xingchen used 50% of the computing power to calculate at least half a month, plus optimizing the Dharma image of the Heart Demon, it is estimated that it will take more than a month.
If the full computing power is used, it will be much faster, but Xingchen has other tasks and can only allocate 50% of the computing power at most.
However, being able to optimize and upgrade the "Heart Demon Dao Canon" is just a pleasant surprise.
What Gu Xia cares more about now is the Taoist classics in Yugui.
There are a total of nine chapters in this classic, eight of which are conventional five-element Taoist arts.
They correspond to Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui of the Eight Trigrams, that is, Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Marsh.
In theory, these eight chapters can be practiced by soul cultivators without any conditions.
Usually a person can only major in one Taoist art and practice one or two Taoist arts concurrently.
The ninth chapter is the most powerful Taiyuan Daoism of Taiyuan Sect, and it has a cultivation threshold, that is, only those who practice Taiyuan Dharma can learn it.
These special Daoism are called Dharma Daoism.
The power of ordinary Five Elements Daoism is far less than that of Dharma Daoism, and only soul cultivators who have learned Dharma Daoism are qualified to confront warriors of the same level.
However, there is an exception, which is thunder magic.
Even ordinary Five Elements Thunder Magic is not weaker than most Dharma Daoism, and Dharma Thunder Magic is even more powerful.
In the past, the reason why Xiaoyao Zhenjun was able to dominate the Xuanxiu world, in addition to his saint-level strength, was also partly because his Dharma Thunder Magic was extremely terrifying.
Let Zhenjun use the strength of soul cultivators in the realm of mind to confront the True Immortal cultivators, and he will not lose.
But thunder magic is the most difficult and dangerous to practice, and it will kill people if it is not practiced well.
Someone has managed to calculate that the failure rate of soul cultivators practicing thunder magic is as high as 80%, and the mortality rate is an astonishing 30%.
Even if you really learn it, there is still a possibility of failure in performing Taoist magic and backlash. Coincidentally, the backlash of thunder magic is the most terrifying of all Taoist magic.
Therefore, few soul cultivators dare to learn it now.
I am not sure that this does not include Gu Xia, who wanted to learn the most explosive thunder magic and flame magic right from the start.
Of course, he is not ignorant of his own strengths, but he has a cheating device, Xingchen.
As long as AI analyzes the mysterious pattern structure of Taoist magic, it can accurately and perfectly reproduce it.
So Gu Xia asked Xingchen to allocate 30% of the computing power to analyze the mysterious pattern structure of these Taoist magics.
Fortunately, the mysterious pattern structure of Taoist magic is much simpler than the Dharma body, and it is easier to analyze. It only takes one or two days to complete the analysis of a Taoist magic.
But the thunder method is an exception. It takes about ten days to analyze a thunder method.
However, thinking back to the past, Xingchen needed a month to analyze Yu Liyan's beast talisman with all computing power, so ten days is not too long.
In addition, Gu Xia also asked Xingchen to study whether the Taoist mysterious pattern can be used to construct the Dharma body.
AI quickly came to the conclusion that the complexity of the Dharma-phase Xuan-pattern and the Taoist Xuan-pattern is completely different, just like two kinds of characters, which cannot be used interchangeably.
Putting down the jade sceptre, Gu Xia took out the blood lotus as usual and absorbed the power inside.
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Two hours later.
Gu Xia opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of white air, like the breath of a white elephant.
He moved his muscles and bones, and suddenly his whole body crackled and his joints creaked.
In Gu Xia's dantian, the blood demon seed shone like a scarlet star, accompanied by regular and powerful pulsations, and a series of rich and condensed blood demon Xuanli circulated in his meridians.
The previous injury of the Xuanli seed has been completely recovered. As long as the Xuanli in the blood lotus is digested for a few more days and all the acupoints in the body are activated, Gu Xia can try to break through to the Zang realm.
Once a Xuanliu warrior enters the Zang realm, the Xuanli in the body will immediately surge nine times.
By then, Gu Xia's skill can directly reach the 3000 yuan force level, which is more than some mediocre Xuanxiu when they enter the Zang realm.
With the help of the Thorn God, his combat power will reach an unprecedented level, and the Blood Demon Front will turn from a dangerous battlefield into his hunting ground.
This is what Gu Xia really relies on, and why he is not afraid of the Yu family's calculations, and takes the initiative to come, and even has to go alone.
Outside, it is the darkest time when the stars and the moon disappear and the sun has not risen.
Thinking that this temporary sect army will take some time to move forward, Gu Xia once again opened the Taiyuan Sect's Cangxuan Yugui and found the Lihuo Chapter in the Taoist scriptures.
Although Xingchen can learn for him, Gu Xia still feels that he has to know some things, especially the mysterious methods of the soul.
The practice of Taoism is similar to the Dharma. One is to condense the Dharma body in the spirit platform, and the other is to condense the Taoist magic talisman in the spirit platform.
However, the condensation of the Taoist magic talisman is much simpler than the Dharma body.
You only need to use soul power to condense the mysterious pattern structure of Taoism in the spirit platform space, and there is no need to connect it with the soul like the Dharma body.
If the Dharma body is a house, it is a valuable real estate, and it will almost accompany the soul cultivator for a lifetime. You can replace it, but it will take a lot of effort and cost a lot of money.
The Taoist talisman is a common furniture, which is of average value and can be replaced at any time, and can be remade and modified at any time.
It is also simple to use. You can activate the talisman in the spirit platform by pinching the formula and chanting the spell, and then map it in the world. A Taoist spell is performed.
Gu Xia searched for a while and found an entry-level Taoist spell called Red Flame.
The effect is to generate a Taoist fireball. It is one of the simplest Taoist spells and the first Taoist spell for most night wandering soul cultivators.
The status of Red Flame in Taoism is roughly equivalent to "hello world" in Gu Xia's previous life programming language.
There are only four mysterious patterns that make up this spell, one is responsible for ignition, and the others control the size, temperature and speed of the fireball respectively.
Moreover, these four mysterious patterns are also the ones with the lowest structural complexity among the Taoist mysterious patterns.
Gu Xia carefully looked at the Taoist mysterious patterns of the Red Flame Technique for a few times and imprinted them in his memory.
Then he quickly sat cross-legged, his consciousness sank into the spiritual space, visualized over and over again, and slowly carved out the first Taoist mysterious pattern with his soul power.
A quarter of an hour later.
"It's done!"
Gu Xia looked at the bright mysterious pattern floating in his spiritual platform with surprise, like a lamp.
Of course, he has not yet learned the entire Red Flame Technique. He has just generated the first mysterious pattern, and there are still three mysterious patterns to be generated.
But it does not hinder his excitement.
Gu Xia injected his soul power into the mysterious pattern and began to map it. At the same time, he recited the fire-generating formula recorded in the jade scepter and formed a seal with his hands.
"The spirit of fire, listen to my command..."
After a few breaths, a ball of Taoist flame was generated in his hand.
It is not much different from the Taoist flame condensed by Gu Xia using the Way of Nothingness. The only difference may be that it is very slow to perform.
Gu Xia used the Void Dao to make fire like an instinct, and he could do it easily. However, using the talisman to make fire required first mapping the mysterious pattern, and then chanting the formula to seal, which was naturally very slow.
Unfortunately, Gu Xia's realm was too low, and he could not use the Void Dao that he had mastered in actual combat, let alone develop useful skills.
Although the Taoist talisman was slow, it could be used in actual combat, and the skills were diverse.
It took another hour, and the sky outside gradually brightened.
Gu Xia finally condensed the remaining three mysterious patterns in the spirit platform, and formed the talisman of the Red Flame Technique with the previous spiral mysterious pattern.
"The spirit of Lihuo, listen to my command! Attack for me..."
After reciting a few formulas, Gu Xia once again generated a ball of red flame the size of a basketball in his hand.
Its temperature was extremely high, far exceeding that of ordinary flames.
Gu Xia took out a fine steel spear from the storage bag and rubbed it.
In an instant, the spear was burned into a pool of molten iron, dripping onto the table in front of him, sizzling and burning, almost igniting the tent.
"What power!"
Gu Xia remembered that the classics clearly said that the power of the Red Flame Technique was no different from ordinary fire.
But the power of his flame was close to the Dharma Fox Fire that Yu Liyan had once used.
It is estimated that even a second-grade weapon cannot withstand the burning of this red flame for too long.
"Am I really a Taoist genius?"
Gu Xia quickly figured it out. He had survived two heavenly tribulations and his soul power had been strengthened twice by the Heavenly Dao, so the power of the Taoist magic he used was naturally greater than that of ordinary soul cultivators.
It was even not inferior to the Dharma Taoist magic performed by ordinary soul cultivators.
Thinking of this, Gu Xia was secretly happy.
What he didn't know was that when ordinary soul cultivators learned their first Taoist magic, even the Red Flame Technique, it often took several days to master it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, drums sounded outside.
Gu Xia realized that the time to set off had come, so he dissolved the fireball and planned to find an empty corner later to truly test the power of the Red Flame Technique.