Divine Thought is a truly miraculous thing.
It automatically appears when a Cultivator draws Qi into their body and completes a full cycle, reaching the Qi Refining Stage First Level.
Then, as the Cultivator's cultivation improves, their Divine Thought will gradually grow stronger.
It does not require specialized cultivation.
Besides its indispensable role in Alchemy, talisman crafting, Formation, and other aspects, Divine Thought also provides immense assistance when facing enemies.
Furthermore, the strength of Divine Thought determines the strength of one's Comprehension Ability.
However, this thing can also be Cultivated!
It's just that Cultivation Technique capable of Cultivating Divine Thought are extremely rare in the world, so most people do not specifically Cultivate Divine Thought when they Cultivate.
He Pingsheng accidentally obtained a incomplete Divine Thought Cultivation Technique this time, which turned into two after being strengthened.
And upon opening them, the first page of both books had a large character for “Heaven”.
He Pingsheng combined this with the “Heaven” character on the Li Fire True Method and Changchun Xing Qi Jue to infer that it should indicate the Rank of the Cultivation Technique.
Of course, whether it is or not, it's just a guess.
Never mind!
It doesn't affect the general outline and content that follow.
What to do?
“Cultivate then…”
Anyway, there was nothing else to do.
Improving his cultivation was impossible because he lacked resources.
So… he might as well Cultivate Divine Thought first.
He Pingsheng once again took out the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique, skipped the general outline, and directly began reading the first chapter, “Qi Refining Chapter”.
When Cultivating this Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique, just like with cultivation advancement, each Realm also has twelve levels.
After half an hour of familiarization, He Pingsheng began Spirit Refining.
He guided a wisp of Divine Thought from his Sea of Consciousness, letting it pass through the Meridians within his Soul.
“Ah…”
The next moment, He Pingsheng cried out in pain.
Spirit Refining is different from Cultivating.
When Cultivating, that kind of intense pain doesn't occur, but it does during Spirit Refining.
He Pingsheng gritted his teeth and started again.
“Ah…”
Another scream of agony.
But he persevered, repeatedly failing and fighting again, finally succeeding after one day in guiding the Divine Thought in his Sea of Consciousness to complete a full cycle throughout his entire Soul.
Divine Thought First Level, achieved!
As night fell, He Pingsheng ate a little something and then closed the stone door.
He was too tired!
When Cultivating by drawing Qi into the body, all fatigue is eliminated, but Spirit Refining is different; after Spirit Refining, one feels muddled, as if their Soul has been drained, and they just want to sleep.
But before sleeping, there was one more thing to do.
He Pingsheng casually tossed the paper crane he had bought from the stall into the gathering treasure basin, then pushed the gathering treasure basin under the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, He Pingsheng woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated.
Boom…
The next moment, his Divine Thought stretched out.
The range of his Divine Thought had increased somewhat.
To put it this way, previously, his Divine Thought could cover a range of about ten zhang around him.
Now, that distance reached about fifteen zhang.
Increasing the distance wasn't the key; the key was that He Pingsheng felt the quality of his Divine Thought was better, more acute and agile.
Excellent!
He hadn't expected that Cultivating Divine Thought for just one day could achieve such an effect.
Oh, right…
He Pingsheng quickly bent down and pulled the gathering treasure basin out from under the bed with a clatter.
He looked into the basin: Wow, two!
That’s right!
The paper crane he had put into the gathering treasure basin earlier had now turned into two.
He Pingsheng excitedly held the two paper cranes in his hands.
Previously, each of these paper cranes only had one activation Opportunity left.
Great, now they could be activated twice.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought lightly swept over the paper crane.
And then…
“This…”
He Pingsheng was so shocked that he jumped off the bed with a thud.
Twelve times!
That’s right!
Each paper crane now had twelve activation opportunities, for a total of twenty-four times.
Moreover, the duration of each activation remained the same, one day, but the flying speed of the paper crane was twice its original speed.
In other words, it used to take two hours to fly from Lingyao Valley to Matou Mountain Market, but now, using this kind of paper crane, it only takes one hour.
“So, this paper crane also has Ranks!” He Pingsheng narrowed his eyes.
“Then… should I consider selling one?”
“It should sell for a good amount of money, right?”
What He Pingsheng lacked most now were cultivation resources.
Cultivation, cultivation; it's all about partners, wealth, and land; without wealth, what's the point of Cultivating?
“Receive…”
He Pingsheng put away the two paper cranes, setting them aside for now, and then focused wholeheartedly on Cultivating his Divine Thought.
Another month passed in a flash.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the leaves in the valley turned yellow!
When He Pingsheng's Divine Thought reached the second level of the Qi Refining Chapter, Kumu Zhenren returned to Lingyao Valley.
His face was pale, and the wrinkles on his face appeared deeper.
“Cough, cough, cough…” Seeing He Pingsheng, he coughed a few times and said, “Xiao He… have you taken care of everything I asked you to do?”
“Senior!” He Pingsheng said; “It’s all taken care of… In the last month, I collected a total of ten and a half bottles of pollen, and finally, under the guidance of Senior Brother Wang Dun, I went to the Matou Mountain Market and handed the items to Shopkeeper Liu at Fenghe Estate!”
“This is the receipt given by Shopkeeper Liu!”
He Pingsheng handed the piece of paper to Kumu Zhenren.
“Not bad!” Kumu Zhenren nodded as he looked at the receipt, saying, “You did well!”
“He Pingsheng, you are a good child, but it’s a pity!” Kumu Zhenren said while putting away the receipt, “It’s a pity that your main Spiritual Root is fire, so you cannot stay in Lingyao Valley for long!”
“How about this, when this old man plants lieyang flower next year, I’ll find you again to help!”
“You may leave!”
Ah?
Leave!
He was being sent away just like that?
He Pingsheng felt a bit dazed.
Because these past few months in Lingyao Valley had been quite good.
“What?” Kumu Zhenren said, “Do you have anything else to say?”
He Pingsheng cupped his hands and said, “Junior once worked in the Alchemy room of Xiuzhu Peak and knows that they dump a lot of plant ash into a valley. If Senior is willing, I can collect all that plant ash to use as fertilizer for various Spirit Medicine in Lingyao Valley!”
“This plant ash can fertilize the fields!”
“Hmph…” Kumu Zhenren coldly snorted, “He Pingsheng… don’t give this old man any bad ideas!”
“Using plant ash to nourish Spirit Medicine?”
“Are you out of your mind to come up with such a method?”
“Or are you trying to find something there yourself?”
Kumu Zhenren’s gaze swept over He Pingsheng like a knife.
He Pingsheng's heart tightened: This…
That’s right!
He did harbor a selfish motive.
He was thinking of going there to find some discarded pills, so he would have enough resources for his future cultivation.
But which Cultivator in Tai Xu Sect was a fool?
The higher the cultivation, the higher the mental acuity.
Often, a single thought could capture the core information.
He Pingsheng dared not look into his eyes, only cupped his hands and said, “It was Junior’s presumption…”
“Go!” Kumu Zhenren waved his hand.
He Pingsheng quickly retreated.
After He Pingsheng left, Kumu Zhenren's eyes suddenly narrowed, and then he instantly flew on his sword, arriving at the spot on Xiuzhu Peak where the plant ash was dumped.
“This kid would never suggest coming here for no reason. Could it be… there’s really something fishy here?”
Kumu Zhenren’s Divine Thought burst forth, searching the surroundings.
The furnace ash at the foot of the mountain was dug open by him piece by piece.
There was nothing inside.
Besides ash, it was just ash, and some discarded pills.
“It seems I worried too much!” Kumu Zhenren shook his head: “Just an Outer Sect Disciple; even if he has a small scheme, it probably won’t be any kind of Opportunity!”
“Forget it, forget it!”
“Wasting this old man’s time!”
Kumu Zhenren shook his head and left Xiuzhu Peak.