frightfiction #549 - Space Magic
#549 - Space Magic
“The mind and the body, the material world and the spiritual world, are separated like a chasm, yet they possess some kind of incredible connection. They influence each other, yet they are also separate.” Zhang谌's eyes revealed a trace of contemplation. He always felt that the spiritual world and the real world seemed to have some unknown and incredible connection in the dark. This connection was extremely crucial. If he could find it, he would definitely be able to completely open up the two worlds, allowing his physical body to enter the spiritual world.
“I know what you're thinking. You want your physical body to enter the spiritual world. It's not like there's no chance.” The Great自在天魔 turned to look at Zhang谌. “If your Tongtian Jianmu seedling can grow up, relying on the characteristics of the Tongtian Jianmu, you might have a chance to enter the spiritual world with your physical body, and even devour and refine the entire spiritual world.”
“Tongtian Jianmu seedling?” Zhang谌 was thoughtful. He quickened his pace and arrived in front of the third layer of the spiritual world barrier. He looked at the extremely cold world completely enveloped in ice, but he didn't rashly step into it. Instead, he stood outside the barrier and watched for a while before turning around and disappearing into the gap between the third and second layers of the spiritual world.
Without the pill furnace by his side, Zhang谌 didn't dare to enter rashly.
In the underground secret room, Zhang谌 opened his eyes. “I say, old fellow, do you know of any spatial divine abilities that would allow me to collect items, so I don't have to carry a bunch of things wherever I go?”
Hearing Zhang谌's words, the Great自在天魔 sized Zhang谌 up. “When your cultivation reaches the point where you can comprehend the laws of space, you'll naturally be able to open up a void to store all kinds of items with you.”
“When I reach that realm, what would I need to store these miscellaneous things for?” Zhang谌 said unhappily. “I'm asking if there are any clever methods right now?”
The Great自在天魔 sized Zhang谌 up for a moment after hearing this, then said, “Your Visualization Method actually involves the operation of the laws of space. It contains a profound spatial divine ability. Unfortunately, you only have the Visualization Method and no way to circulate your magic power, so you can't develop that divine ability.”
“My Visualization Method contains spatial techniques?” Zhang谌's eyes lit up.
“That's right! It's just a pity that the most important magic power circulation mantra is missing,” the Great自在天魔 said.
Zhang谌 was silent upon hearing this, and after a moment he said, “Actually, I have some speculation about this Visualization Method. The tomb next to the Emperor Daughter's Tomb should be related to Wuzhuang Temple. After all, according to the ruins of the Wuzhuang Temple under the Spring Pavilion Lake Dragon Palace, Wuzhuang Temple was located here in the past, and this was Wuzhuang Temple's sphere of activity. And if the Wuzhuang Temple was defeated in the past and was chased by the Innate Peacock and Xu Fu, if a master of Wuzhuang Temple accidentally broke into the Emperor Daughter's Tomb and discovered that the power of the Emperor Daughter's Tomb could shield the exploration of the Innate Peacock and Xu Erniu, and then lived in seclusion here and died of old age, it would be plausible.”
It should be known that there were many cultivators in Wuzhuang Temple who stepped into the tenth rank in the past. Even if they stepped into the twelfth rank, there were still four great disciples, and even more below the eleventh and tenth ranks.
“Haven't you read all the books in Wuzhuang Temple? If there were such divine abilities in Wuzhuang Temple, how could you not know about them?” the Great自在天魔 asked in confusion.
“There are countless geniuses in the world. Who can comprehend what techniques and keep them as their trump cards, and how can they all be said? The immortal's true spirit still claimed to be the origin of the Immortal Dao, didn't he also fall? When the ancestral masters saw my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, they still didn't recognize the origin of my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation? This can explain that my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation doesn't come from the ancestral master's lineage, which means that in this world, besides the ancestral master's lineage, there are other Qi refining inheritances.” Zhang谌's eyes revealed a burning light.
The Great自在天魔 nodded upon hearing this, and he also agreed with Zhang谌's view. “It's just that countless years have passed from the destruction of Wuzhuang Temple to the present dynasty. Who knows who left that inheritance behind?”
Zhang谌 was silent, and after a long time he said, “Let it be!”
Spatial divine abilities are actually not that important. At most, they just make it easier and more convenient for him to transport items. The most important thing for him is still lifespan and improving his combat power. Everything else has to stand aside.
Zhang谌's figure twisted and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, his figure had already arrived in the sky full of wind and snow. The carriage had stopped at this time, and the family was resting in the wind and snow.
The weather was very cold, and people would freeze to death if they weren't careful. Zhang谌 felt that most of the refugees who wanted to go to Jiangnan would freeze to death on the road.
“It's really cold today. Judging from the sky, it's going to snow.” Cheng Yu complained when he saw Zhang谌 coming.
Zhang谌's Water Control Technique had already sensed that a large amount of water vapor was gathering in the clouds in the void. The water vapor had reached the freezing point of condensation and could fall down at any time.
“It's definitely going to snow tonight. The shelter has to be built in advance, and it has to be built strong, otherwise we won't be able to withstand this biting cold wind.” Zhang谌 thought, and the soil on the ground began to twist. Before long, a three-bedroom, two-living room house appeared out of thin air on the ground.
There was a heated kang in the house, but there were no windows. After all, Zhang谌 couldn't find the raw materials to build windows. He just left a hole in the house and condensed water vapor into a piece of ice, which he stuck on the hole and froze tightly.
“Let's all go into the house.” Zhang谌 directly summoned the small stove from Zhang Fei and stuffed it into the stove. As the scorching heat spread out, the earth kang began to burn, and the temperature of the entire house also began to rise steadily. The cold air from the outside was completely swept out of the house.
The falcon directly grabbed dry trees with its claws. Zhang谌 took the pill furnace out of the stove, and then Zhang Shi installed the big pot. The stove began to burn with raging flames, and dinner was prepared.
At this time, the falcon and the horse all followed and walked into the house, not wanting to freeze outside. The family gathered in the house, eating mutton hotpot, which was very pleasant.
After everyone had their fill of food and drink, the sky had darkened. Everyone meditated and cultivated, and Zhang谌 hugged the pill furnace and came to a separate room, and began to try to enter the third heaven.
Zhang谌 was seen sitting cross-legged in the darkness, holding the pill furnace. The next moment, his mind appeared in the gap between the two worlds. Zhang谌 stood outside the world barrier, his eyes looking at the world sealed by ice and snow in the distance. After a little hesitation, he walked directly towards the world barrier.
The world barrier was like a virtual phantom to Zhang谌's spiritual realm, and it did not stop Zhang谌 at all. Zhang谌 took a light step, and the next moment a terrifyingly cold air swept over Zhang谌.
What would it be like to have a cold air that could freeze a world?
Zhang谌 only felt that this feeling was very strange. His spirit was instantly numb, as if he had lost consciousness. His thoughts began to become slow, and a feeling of sleepiness attacked him, making him wish he could just fall to the ground and fall asleep.
“You must not sleep! If you fall asleep at this time, you will definitely be frozen here, and then your physical body outside will die. You must hold on. When your stove fire bursts out with warmth to fight against this extremely cold force, you will be able to withstand it.” The Great自在天魔's voice sounded in Zhang谌's ears at the right time.
Of course, Zhang谌 knew that he couldn't sleep, but at this time, Zhang谌 was like riding in a car, and the feeling of sleepiness attacked like a landslide, making him unable to resist at all.
Outside
Zhang谌's physical body suddenly condensed with frost, and a cold air came from the void and enveloped him. Zhang谌's entire physical body was stiff, and a little bit of ice began to condense, trying to completely wrap and freeze Zhang谌.
But at this moment, just as the cold air was about to touch the pill furnace in Zhang谌's arms, suddenly the energy in Zhang谌's pill furnace flowed, and a red light burst out from the pill furnace. A terrifying scorching energy flowed, and it actually forced back the cold air that was shrouding Zhang谌's physical body.
Then the scorching energy in the pill furnace did not stop, and it was poured into the void according to the feeling in the dark, and it appeared in Zhang谌's spiritual body.
In the spiritual world, Zhang谌's spiritual body had already been wrapped in ice, turning into an ice sculpture that was making a walking posture, but was frozen in place. The Great自在天魔 kept spinning around Zhang谌's sculpture, muttering and talking about something. However, at this time, Zhang谌's will was chaotic and blurred, and the Great自在天魔's scolding seemed to be separated by a distant world, and he couldn't hear it at all. This was a force from the outside world, and it couldn't be resisted by a strong spiritual will. This is like an ordinary person being hit by a train. The train is an external force, so what's the use of having a strong spiritual will? Cold air is a substantial force, not an illusion acting on the mind.
“You bastard, don't sleep, don't sleep! If you fall asleep and cut off the connection with your physical body, even if your stove is activated, but because the connection between you is broken, that power cannot be transmitted from the material world to the spiritual world, then the two of us will be frozen here.” The Great自在天魔 was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes, but unfortunately, although he was not afraid of the extremely cold air, he could not help Zhang谌 resist it.
Just as the Great自在天魔 was scolding, suddenly a red light flashed in Zhang谌's spiritual body, and a red light burst out. The red light began to penetrate from Zhang谌's body, constantly clearing the cold air wherever it passed, and gradually melting and dissipating the cold air that had frozen Zhang谌.
“It's done! The most difficult level has passed, and the next step is a great harvest. The entire third heaven of the spiritual world is frozen, and many creatures from the mythical era have been preserved. If we collect these, we will make a fortune. Especially many of my incarnations are also frozen in the third heaven of the spiritual world. If they can be unsealed, there will be too many things we can do.” At this time, the Great自在天魔 was rubbing his palms with excitement, and a trace of joy appeared in his eyes.