Fox Demon Crossing

Chapter 163 Obtaining the Dharma, the Divine General Lei Zhenzi

In the bustling city, Jin Renfeng used his unique skill - soul control technique, combined with the energy bestowed by Chi You's Dharma image, and saw black air flows out from the chains, tightly wrapping around the city painting spirit in front of him - Lei Zhenzi.

However, not long after, Jin Renfeng felt that his soul was becoming weak due to excessive consumption of energy.

He gritted his teeth and said to himself: "The resistance of this city's painting spirit is so strong."

After half a day of hard work, the refining process was still frustratingly slow. Jin Renfeng secretly felt lucky that if he hadn't had Chi You's Dharma body behind him to support him, he would have collapsed in a corner of the city at this moment, without even the chance to refine.

As time passed, Jin Renfeng's body suddenly opened his eyes, and his spirit returned. Looking around at the familiar urban scene, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Finally it's out." he whispered.

At this time, Black Fox asked anxiously, "What happened to you just now? Your soul suddenly disappeared, and I was almost going crazy."

Jin Renfeng glanced at her and said teasingly, "You are not worried that I am not dead."

"How is that possible?" Black Fox retorted, "The last thing I want to see is something happening to you. If anything happens to you, I won't be able to stay in this city anymore."

In fact, Black Fox was thinking about something else. Once she returned to her original body, she would become a clone, controlled by her original body, without any autonomy. But in the city, she could seek development and grow quietly. Wouldn't such a life be more attractive?

Originally, she didn't dare to have such an idea. After all, as a clone, the original body could occupy her body at any time, and she had no ability to resist. However, since coming to this city, she found that the last connection between her and the original body was broken.

What does this mean? It means that she finally gained true freedom!

Black Fox began to reflect on why he had never thought of breaking away from his original body to pursue freedom before?

Perhaps it was because she was the Black Fox Queen, and like her children, she had a close connection with her original body. She could occupy her children's bodies at any time. They were her, and they could sense each other with just a thought. This kind of "I" and "I" relationship naturally would not produce any thoughts of resistance.

Now that the bond between her and her true self has been severed, she can truly plan her future from her own perspective.

She decided to go all out to improve her strength, because only the truly strong ones were qualified to defeat Jin Renfeng. To do this, the first task was to get rid of the forbidden spell that Jin Renfeng had cast on her.

Jin Renfeng no longer paid attention to the black fox, and devoted himself to unfolding the Dharma Image. The image of Lei Zhenzi in the image had undergone subtle changes.

Although Lei Zhenzi is still Lei Zhenzi, he is different from the painting spirit that Jin Renfeng expected. In fact, in the process of refining Lei Zhenzi, Jin Renfeng found four pieces of precious information in the memory fragments of Lei Zhenzi's painting spirit.

The first fragment revealed that this Dharma image originated from a fourth-generation disciple of the Chan sect named Ji in ancient times. He was born in the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, worshipped Lei Zhenzi as his teacher, entered Taoism through painting, and painted this profound painting in Kunlun Mountain.

The second fragment recorded that this disciple of the Chan sect with the surname Ji died due to unknown reasons. His remaining soul unexpectedly merged with Lei Zhenzi in the painting, replacing the original spirit in the painting and becoming a being similar to the guardian spirit in the painting.

The third fragment tells the story of the scroll being sealed with many seals, causing the Taoist to spend a long time in the scroll until the last trace of his soul dissipated.

This is also the reason why Jin Renfeng found that the painting spirit had lost consciousness after entering the painting realm.

The last piece of memory fragment made Jin Renfeng's eyes widen, and the content displayed in it shocked him.

"Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts?!"

Jin Renfeng was in disbelief for a moment. Then, he was filled with ecstasy, and after careful study, he found that this was different from his previous understanding.

It turned out that the memory fragments recorded that the Taoist named Ji had obtained part of the contents of a volume of Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts while studying with his master Lei Zhenzi. After returning to the cave, he devoted himself to studying. Unfortunately, this volume of secrets only recorded a method of practicing the golden elixir in the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts - "The Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill of Jade Ding Zhenren of Western Shu".

The first sentence of the opening chapter reads: "If you can master the Eight or Nine Mysteries, you can roam freely in the world!"

Jin Renfeng read it again, and a look of joy appeared on his face. He had just been promoted to the Golden Core Realm and was worried about the cultivation method. This was like timely help. This Golden Core cultivation method appeared too timely.

It was indeed the Golden Elixir Method in the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art. According to records, the Golden Elixir would be branded with a trace of magical power every time it was turned nine times. After the ninth turn, the Golden Elixir could integrate the nine innate magical powers, which was incredibly powerful.

Supernatural powers are powers that only great cultivators can comprehend. They originate from one's own body and control the power of heaven and earth. They are regarded as supernatural powers. Supernatural powers are divided into two types: innate and acquired.

Most of the supernatural powers that Jin Renfeng currently possesses were acquired through acquired means, such as the copper tendons and iron bones obtained by taking the Seven-Star Supernatural Power Pill, which are all acquired supernatural powers.

Innate magical powers are magical powers that are born with or come from a certain bloodline inheritance. If they are not born with abilities, then they are inherited from the bloodline of ancestors with great magical powers.

The pure Yangyan of the Eastern Spirit Clan is an innate magical power inherited through bloodline.

Although theoretically speaking, there is no essential difference between acquired supernatural powers and innate supernatural powers, and there is no difference in power, they just have different sources.

There is no need to think that innate magical powers are necessarily stronger than acquired magical powers. This concept comes from the legend of ancient times. In the era of gods at that time, every god was a beloved child of heaven and earth. They mastered various magical powers taught by the Great Dao, so there is the saying of innate magical powers.

For Jin Renfeng, after cultivating his innate magical power, he can display it even when he is in a spiritual state. In this way, he will no longer be trapped in the painting world as before, where he has all the magical powers but cannot use them.

To be more precise, it is not that one cannot use acquired supernatural powers in the spirit state, but the required spirit power consumption is huge. In contrast, innate supernatural powers, due to their natural attributes, seem easy to use even in the spirit state.

This is also one of the few differences between innate and acquired magical powers. However, with the in-depth understanding and practice of acquired magical powers, the gap between the two will gradually narrow until the acquired magical powers fully evolve into innate magical powers.

To describe it with a simple metaphor, it is like the black fox, as a natural soul, can easily pick up a stone without learning; but the soul of an ordinary cultivator is not like this. Under normal circumstances, it cannot touch matter, and it must learn to master the power of the soul in order to lift the stone.

At first, this required a lot of spiritual power. But as they became more skilled, they could pick up stones as easily as the black fox. This was a necessary process...