In the blink of an eye, one month had already passed.
During this month, I had already gotten used to the current peaceful situation. My heart also became calmer and I focused all of my attention on cultivation.
The situation in the Corpse Sect was becoming more and more complicated. If I wanted to stay alive in this complicated situation, I had to rely on my own cultivation. There was no other way.
Of course, while I was cultivating, I didn't forget to ask the evil spirit for advice on cultivation.
The evil spirit's cultivation was extremely high. Although he didn't personally say his cultivation level, according to the conversation of the Heavenly Masters in the Imperial Tomb of the Shang Dynasty, I roughly knew that the evil spirit's cultivation level was at the "Rising Dawn" realm.
To this day, I still don't know whether or not this "Sunset Ascension" realm is the so-called "Sunset Ascension" realm. But regardless of whether it is or not, this cultivation realm is much higher than the Celestial Master. Not to mention ordinary people, even for cultivators like me, it is not much different from ascending immortals.
One's cultivation level determined one's vision and knowledge. With the evil spirit's cultivation level, just a few words of advice from him would be enough to greatly benefit me.
With this in mind, during this month, I often asked him for advice, but the results left me dumbfounded.
The evil spirit's attitude towards me was extremely good and he would answer almost every question I had. Sometimes, he would even give up on his cultivation to discuss with me. Unfortunately, the answers he gave me were all profound words that I couldn't understand. Even if I did understand some of them, they didn't match the foundation of the Dao that I had learned. As a result, I didn't know whether or not I should accept the answers he gave me.
Later on, I slowly understood, Dao Xuan techniques, in the course of thousands of years of being passed down, must have evolved and changed, the sacrificial evil spirit was a figure before the Qin, the Dao techniques he practised, and the future Dao techniques were basically two different things, it was normal that I did not understand.
After understanding this problem, I no longer asked him about cultivation. Instead, when I had free time, I talked to him about ancient Profound Path books, such as the Three Changes.
The Three Changes referred to the Lianshan, Gui Zang, and the Book of Changes.
Among them, the Book of Changes was the one that was most respected by later generations. However, the Book of Changes, also known as the Book of Changes, was only one of the Three Changes.
The 'Rites of Zhou' once said, 'Tai Bu Zhang has three methods of changing. The first is the Lianshan Yi, the second is the Guicang Yi, and the third is the Zhou Yi.'
"Lianshan" and "Guizang" were also known as "Xia Yi" and "Shang Yi". They were the Book of Changes of the Xia Dynasty and Shang Dynasty. They belonged to the innate Book of Changes and were now lost, with only a few fragments remaining.
I discussed the Three Changes with the evil sacrificial spirit. I thought I could learn about the lost Xia and Shang Yi Eryi from him. Unexpectedly, the evil sacrificial spirit wore a blank face. He didn't know what I was talking about.
It was fine if he did not know about the Book of Changes. After all, it was written during the time of King Wen of Zhou. However, the Lianshan and Gui Zang were written by the Xia Yi and the Shang Yi respectively. They were both written by the evil spirit before he died. How could he not know about them?
This was especially so for the book 'Gui Zang', which was originally about the Shang Yi. As a priest of the Shang Dynasty, the evil spirit did not know about the Shang Yi. This was really puzzling.
I curiously asked for the reason, but the evil spirit didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to ask further, so I changed the topic to the battle of the Path of Witchcraft.
According to the information that Nangong had given me and the materials that I had collected from other places, the battle of the Path of Witchcraft had started in the ancient myths and prehistoric times. However, the movement to exterminate the Path of Witchcraft had started in the Shang Dynasty. As a priest of the Shang Dynasty, the evil spirit knew more about this.
Just as I had guessed, the evil spirit knew more about this. However, before I could ask more questions, the evil spirit suddenly asked me, "You have both the Path of Witchcraft and the Path of Witchcraft in your body. Why don't you cultivate them together?"
I was surprised. Cultivate them together?
I wanted to cultivate them together. Nangong had told me that he wanted to cultivate the Glorious Knowledge at the same time. However, his Dao energy had encountered a heavenly barrier, and he had yet to find a solution.
I forced a smile and told him about my Dao energy and the heavenly barrier. The evil spirit immediately said, "It's not hard to solve the heavenly barrier. You have a Xiang Liu with you. Why don't you use it?"
Xiang Liu?
If he hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. Ever since I had gotten the Xiang Liu from Yan Nantian, I had been carrying it with me for half a year.
But could the Xiang Liu solve the heavenly barrier?
I doubtfully asked the evil sacrificial spirit, "I've heard that Xiang Liu can communicate with the two energies of witchcraft and transform them. However, if I transform the shaman energy in my body into Dao energy, the Dao energy barrier will naturally be solved, but I won't have shaman energy. How can I achieve the effect of cultivating together?"
The evil spirit nodded, "You're right. If you use the Xiang Liu alone, you can only convert them. However, if you add another thing, you can balance the Path of Witchcraft and the Path of Witchcraft … This balance is based on the higher cultivation base of the Path of Witchcraft and the Path of Witchcraft. In other words, you can increase the Dao energy in your body to the same cultivation base as the Shaman Qi."
I was shocked and opened my mouth wide. After a while, I asked in disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?
What's the other thing? "
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't respond to my question and just nodded to answer the second question. "Float."
Floating Monster?
The first thing I thought of was an aquatic insect. It was the mayfly in the proverb 'mayfly shaking a big tree'. However, I soon realized that this Floating Monster wasn't a mayfly.
It was said that Gong Gong had two strange beasts. One was the Xiang Liu, and the other was the Floating Monster.
Since we were talking about the Xiang Liu, the Floating Monster must be an ancient species that was as famous as the Xiang Liu.
After thinking about it, the shock in my heart subsided a lot. At that time, I had gotten the Xiang Liu by chance, and I had to go through a lot of difficulties along the way. Where could I find the Floating Monster now?
Of course, although I knew that it was impossible to find it, I still held hope and asked the evil spirit, "Where can I find the Floating Monster?"
When the evil sacrificial spirit heard my question, the corners of its mouth curved into a smile.
I was bewildered. The evil sacrificial spirit always wore a fearful face. After it had possessed the little zombie, its face had calmed down a little. However, it was still cold and expressionless … But now, it was smiling. I was a little surprised.
He ignored me and looked around. Then, he smiled at me and said, "The Floating Monsters and even the smallest creatures are scattered in the world. They have never been extinct since ancient times."
I frowned as I didn't understand him. However, before I could ask, the evil spirit suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed something in front of him.
Since I was sitting in front of him and thinking about something, I was startled by his sudden movement. I subconsciously leaned back. When I came back to my senses, the sacrificial evil spirit had already extended his hand in front of me. He opened his palm and asked me, "Do you see this?"
I lowered my head and looked at his empty palm. I was surprised and asked, "See what?"
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't reply. Instead, it made a grabbing motion with its other hand, as if it had grabbed something, and tossed it into its open palm.
I lowered my head and looked again. There was nothing in his open palm.
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't pay attention to me. His other hand grabbed something in the air and threw it into his open palm.
He did the same thing ten times in a row. I looked at him from the side and became more and more confused. My face was full of strange expressions.
After he grabbed something in the air for the last time, the evil spirit finally lowered his head and looked at me. He still had a faint smile on his face. "The Floating Monsters can't be seen with the naked eye. However, I've gathered enough Earth Branches. These twelve Floating Monsters have absorbed the Earth Qi. With your cultivation base, you should be able to see them."
Then, he threw the thing in his open palm for the last time. I lowered my head and looked at it. I couldn't help but exclaim.
It was just like what the evil spirit had said. I saw something in his palm.
It was a tiny black object, even smaller than a sesame seed. However, it was twisting and rolling. The strangest thing was that when I looked at it carefully, I could see a tiny face on the twisting and rolling black object. It looked like an angry face that was roaring at me.