When Mo Tiange washed her face in the evening, she suddenly understood why she felt that woman's face was familiar.
After removing her disguise, her face in the mirror was clearly somewhat similar to that woman's.
The similarities were in their eyebrows and facial contours. The facial contours were fine, but their eyebrows and eyes were too similar. If she hadn't disguised herself, she might've been discovered on the spot.
It was strange. She didn't have any sisters, and the closest relatives were all in the secular world. It was impossible for Ye Clan's people to still stay in Kunwu, right?
Second Uncle said that when he moved Ye Clan to the secular world, he especially left a message that unless they had spiritual roots, they would never set foot in Kunwu again.
This woman was a mortal, so she obviously didn't have spiritual roots.
She stood in front of the mirror for a while, but she couldn't figure out why, so she returned to the bed and meditated.
If she wanted to figure it out, she would go and ask her tomorrow.
After reaching the peak stage of the Aura Refining realm, she discovered that the spiritual aura in her body had changed.
She practiced two cultivation techniques. One was the Art of Sunu, and the other was the Green-Wood Art.
Because the Art of Sunu was faster, it was her main cultivation technique, while the Green-Wood Art was her secondary cultivation technique.
However, the spiritual aura absorbed by these two cultivation techniques was about the same. Although the Green-Wood Art absorbed wood spiritual aura, it also absorbed a small amount of other spiritual aura. The Art of Sunu, on the other hand, could absorb any kind of spiritual aura. The spiritual aura absorbed by the two cultivation techniques was mixed together, so there was no difference.
However, after reaching the peak stage of the Aura Refining realm, a wisp of Yin spiritual aura gradually appeared in her body. It was very small, but it was very different from other spiritual auras.
The two wisps of spiritual aura circulated in her meridians, neither interacting nor repelling each other.
She didn't have time to tell Second Uncle about this, but it didn't seem harmful at the moment, so she just let it be.
Now that she had reached the peak stage of the Aura Refining realm, cultivating couldn't increase her spiritual aura; it could only make her spiritual aura purer. Mo Tiange was just used to cultivating, so she would meditate when she had nothing to do.
However, something surprising happened during her habitual cultivation this time.
The two unrelated wisps of spiritual aura in her dantian and meridians were still circulating separately, but the wisp of Yin spiritual aura gradually became more abundant.
After discovering this phenomenon, she did an experiment. In her dantian, she separated the two types of spiritual aura into two strands and let them slowly come into contact with each other. As a result, not long after, the mixed spiritual aura of each attribute decreased a little, and the cool spiritual aura increased a little.
Once she verified that this cool spiritual aura could nibble away at her original spiritual aura, she immediately stopped cultivating.
Although she could control the two spiritual auras at the moment and there was no difference, she still hadn't figured out what was going on with this cold spiritual aura. It was best not to act rashly.
After pondering for a while, she felt that this Yin spiritual aura might be Yin aura produced by cultivating the Art of Sunu. However, the cultivation technique didn't mention this change, so she didn't dare to confirm it.
Generally speaking, the sky was Yang, the earth was Yin, men were Yang, and women were Yin.
Actually, both men and women had Yin and Yang in their bodies. It was just that men had more Yang and less Yin, while women had more Yin and less Yang.
As a result, the cultivation techniques of the Cultivation World were created specifically for female cultivators, and all of them leaned towards the Yin attribute.
Since the Art of Sunu could only be practiced by female cultivators with Pure Yin Constitution, it must be even more so.
However, she had never heard that the spiritual aura produced by female cultivators was different from that of male cultivators, so she couldn't be sure whether this was Yin aura or not.
The night passed very quickly. Mo Tiange packed her things and went out.
Today was the opening day of the Dao Conference jointly organized by the market square.
On this day every month, the surrounding cultivators would flock to this place. Most of them were Aura Refining cultivators who yearned to enter Tiandao Sect. Occasionally, there were also Foundation Building cultivators who wanted to discuss Dao with Tiandao Sect's cultivators.
Mo Tiange had already inquired about the location of the Daoist Sanctum. After taking several detours, she directly walked towards an ordinary small courtyard.
The gate of the small courtyard was open, and there were two low-level cultivators guarding the gate. Occasionally, people would come and hand over spirit stones in exchange for an identity tablet.
Mo Tiange followed behind them, handed over two spirit stones, received a wooden identity tablet with a number engraved on it, and entered the small courtyard.
Soon after, she passed through a central room and was led into another room. She then walked up a staircase leading to the underground.
After making many turns and walking for a while, she finally entered a hall.
This hall was enormous, not much smaller than Yunwu Sect's preaching palace. It could accommodate at least a thousand people.
The innermost part of the hall was a high platform with several praying mats on it. Below the platform, tables, chairs, and praying mats were all available.
After listening to the receptionist's introduction, Mo Tiange finally learned that if one paid an extra spirit stone, they could sit on a chair. At that time, she simply didn't ask and only paid the admission fee, so she could only sit on a praying mat.
In any case, she didn't care, so she found a corner that was neither too far nor too close to sit down and closed her eyes to rest.
In fact, most people still sat on praying mats. Two spirit stones per month was already quite a lot for individual cultivators. Ordinary Aura Refining disciples of Yunwu Sect only received five spirit stones per month.
People entered the Daoist Sanctum one after another. After a long time, the number of people gradually increased.
When the hall was gradually full, Mo Tiange opened her eyes and observed her surroundings.
There were quite a lot of people who came, but only 20% of the seats were empty. Among these people, some were loose cultivators dressed casually, some were disciples of small sects dressed in sect uniforms, and some were disciples of big clans with attendants.
It seemed this Dao Conference was very successful. Not only individual cultivators came, but even people from cultivation groups and clans were willing to come.
This made her look forward to this Dao Conference a bit more.
There were still people coming in from the outside. It wasn't until the people who came occupied the ninth floor that the people gradually stopped coming.
A quarter of an hour later, the hall's door was closed. At the same time, the small door at the innermost part of the hall opened, and several Aura Refining cultivators led a Foundation Building cultivator to the high platform.
At the same time, all the Aura Refining cultivators in the hall stood up and saluted.
Seeing this, Mo Tiange also followed the crowd.
This Foundation Building cultivator was a man in his early thirties. He wore a light purple Daoist robe with white edges. His expression was calm and he looked a bit like an immortal.
Mo Tiange couldn't sense which stage of the Foundation Building cultivator he was in — unless low-level cultivators practiced some kind of secret technique, they wouldn't be able to sense the specific cultivation level of high-level cultivators.
However, the lifespan of Foundation Building cultivators was between 300 to 400 years. This cultivator looked like he was only in his thirties, so his real age was probably less than 100 years old. Based on the average age of Foundation Building cultivators, he could be considered young.
The Foundation Building cultivator sat down on a praying mat in the middle of the high platform. He glanced at the audience and said, "Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I'm Wen Xiangdao from Tiandao Sect. Today, I'll give a sermon to everyone. If any Fellow Daoists want to come, you're also welcome. "
The man paused for a moment, then continued, "I think everyone has probably heard a lot about cultivation experiences. Why don't I tell everyone about my Foundation Building experience today?"
Hearing this, Mo Tiange immediately became spirited.
Originally, she was only interested in this kind of Dao Conference organized by market squares. She didn't expect they'd talk about foundation-building experiences — this was exactly what she wanted to hear the most right now.
As for foundation-building experiences, the martial uncles in Yunwu Sect who gave sermons also talked about them to Aura Refining disciples who were about to build their foundation. However, she didn't know how they compared to the Foundation Building cultivators in Tiandao Sect.
She wasn't the only one who was excited; the others were even more excited.
It must be known that individual cultivators rarely had the opportunity to hear about this kind of content. Although clans' descendants and disciples from small cultivation groups had the opportunity, this was a cultivator from Tiandao Sect, the number one cultivation group in the Celestial Pole! It was definitely different from what their seniors said.
Wen Xiangdao paused for a moment as if he was thinking about how to start. After a while, he slowly said, "I think everyone knows how Aura Refining cultivators build their foundation. First, they have to cultivate until they reach the peak of the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm. Second, they have to take a Foundation-Building Pill. Then, they have to enter Closed Door Meditation for a year and a half. If they succeed, they'll advance to the Foundation Building realm. If they fail, they'll remain in the Aura Refining realm. If they're relatively lucky, they'll enter the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm.
Now, I'll talk about my process and experiences in building my foundation. "
"I have three spiritual roots and am very ordinary in Tiandao Sect. The cultivation technique I practice is also a very ordinary five elements cultivation technique. I was lucky enough to obtain a Foundation-Building Pill, and as a result, I succeeded in building my foundation on my first try.
I think many of you are as ordinary as I am. Ordinary people like me have very little hope of building their foundation, but you're also hoping that your ancestors will be blessed with luck and you'll be able to enter the Foundation Building realm in one go.
But what I want to tell you today is that building your foundation isn't just about luck. "
"As we all know, spiritual roots affect the speed at which one absorbs spiritual aura, affects the effect of cultivation, and also affects the probability of advancing to the next realm.
It can be said that people with few spiritual roots are more suitable for cultivation than those with mixed spiritual roots. Some people can advance to the next realm easily, while others have to struggle bitterly.
Of course, you shouldn't be delusional enough to think that building your foundation has nothing to do with spiritual roots — that's impossible. However, as long as you have enough patience, you can still slightly shorten the distance between you and people with natural spiritual roots.
Many cultivators, after cultivating until the peak of the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm, are anxious to immediately advance to the next realm. In fact, there are still several factors that affect the success rate of building your foundation. One of them is the density of your spiritual aura. "
His last sentence surprised Mo Tiange.
Density of spiritual aura?
What does that mean?
Wen Xiangdao went on to say, "Do you know what kind of changes will happen to your body after you build your foundation?"
He swept his gaze over everyone. As he expected, everyone was silent, so he continued, "Let me tell you something. If you build your foundation, your meridians will become wider, your dantian will become bigger, and the spiritual aura that originally flowed between your dantian and meridians will become liquid. This way, your body will have extra space to continue absorbing spiritual aura.
By now, you should have already guessed what I'm going to say. Yes, if you stay in the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm for a long time, your spiritual aura will become a bit purer, and it'll be very easy for you to achieve the condition of turning your spiritual aura into liquid. "
Mo Tiange had never heard of this theory before. Second Uncle only told her that it would be difficult to build his foundation if time was too tight, but he never mentioned these reasons.
Mo Tiange didn't know whether this theory was concluded by Tiandao Sect or not, but she immediately concentrated on recording everything in a Jade Slip. She planned to tell Second Uncle when she went back and let him judge whether it was the correct explanation.
Wen Xiangdao talked non-stop for an hour before he finally finished explaining this part. He paused for a moment then started the next part.
"In addition, I also want to tell everyone that just because Inner Demons appear only in the Core Formation realm, you shouldn't ignore your mentality.
You're right, Inner Demons indeed won't appear in the foundation building realm, but your mentality will affect your behavior and also affect your confidence.
Don't ignore your mentality. A person with a stable mentality will start building his foundation in an orderly manner and will be able to calmly solve problems he encounters. This way, from another perspective, will also increase his chances of building his foundation … "