After speaking, Li Bashan returned to the room, sitting alone on the bed, his face expressionless, his eyes vacant, as if lost in thought, and remained as still as a sculpture for a moment.

"Can't figure it out, forget it, I won't think about it anymore!" he mumbled to himself, with a touch of helplessness in his voice.

Then, Li Bashan gradually relaxed his mind, stretched his arms upward, assumed a peculiar posture, closed his eyes, and began to immerse himself in visualizing the root diagram.

Inside his body, his blood and qi surged like turbulent rivers, creating a rumbling roar, as if the entire room was filled with this powerful aura.

However, this majestic aura seemed to be carefully sealed in a secret chamber by a meticulous craftsman, without a trace leaking through door and window gaps.

"Junior brothers and sisters want to become brilliant meteors, perhaps the little junior sister wants to be more than a meteor, the little junior brother wants to be the sun, then what does the master want to be?"

"And what about me, should I become a star, or the sun? Or should I become...?"

Li Bashan immersed his mind, visualizing the fundamental diagram of the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture], a pure orthodox martial art, whose origin is untraceable. But, after all, it was obtained by the ancestors of the [Ronggui Sect] through some unscrupulous means.

Li Bashan never cared about this; he just felt that the cultivation technique suited him very well. Training was smooth and effortless, never encountering any bottlenecks.

Master Li Guishen said, the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] emphasizes a mind free of dust and restrictions, which suits his innocent heart, which is the heart of great freedom.

Li Bashan didn't understand what [Great Freedom] meant. To him, [Great Freedom] probably meant being dull and foolish.

In other words, [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] is suitable for fools like him to practice. Otherwise, why has he practiced for years, visualizing day and night, yet has not been able to condense his own [Divine Map] in his "spirit"?

Visualizing the root diagram is to use one's "spirit" to depict until the root diagram is imprinted in the "spirit" and becomes one's own [Divine Map].

Once [Divine Map] is achieved, the essence of one's soul will evolve towards the scene depicted by the [Divine Map], that is, when martial arts reach a profound level, they truly break the genetic shackles and evolve from human to a higher "non-human" existence.

Here, "non-human" is just a general term; it can be a real existing beast, or a dead object in reality, or those bizarre monsters in the Hidden Sect, or imaginary beings created by humans.

In short, whatever you visualize, you will evolve towards that.

This evolution is not necessarily in the narrow understanding of the material shell, but may also be a conceptual, broad, vague understanding.

Meaning, you won't actually transform into the non-human appearance in the visualized diagram, but you will acquire the corresponding non-human abilities or powers.

So, 99% of the world's root diagrams for visualization can only be understood and not described, but fundamentally, they are all specific "still life paintings."

But the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] is different from those 99% root diagrams; its root diagram is a... "abstract painting"?!!

According to Li Guishen, this is the mystical aspect of the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] root diagram. It doesn't require you to depict it; it wants you to depict yourself.

Whatever you wish to be, you will see. The more you believe, the clearer you will see.

In short, the visualization of [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] is you portraying your own soul.

And,

Oddly, despite years of visualization, Li Bashan has never been able to portray himself in the "spirit," yet the cultivation progress of the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture] has continuously grown, rising steadily.

Li Bashan never understood what went wrong; Li Guishen couldn't practice the [Great Freedom Heart Scripture], nor could he solve his confusion.

But today, Li Bashan suddenly seemed to have an epiphany.

"The [Divine Map] I visualize in my spirit is sometimes blue, sometimes red, sometimes black, always ethereal, ever-changing, like splattered ink, like blending hues, with no fixed lines or form."

"I always thought I hadn't solidified the [Divine Map], hadn't portrayed myself, but maybe, I have already portrayed it. This formless and imageless etherealness is my [Divine Map], what I hope to become?"

Li Bashan suddenly opened his eyes, in which the blue, red, and black colors slowly blended. That splattered ink and blending hues gradually merged into... the sky!!

"I don't want to be a star, nor do I wish to compete with the little junior brother to be the sun. And I can't control what the master wants to be. I hope to become the sky!"

Li Bashan's eyes widened, murmuring in a deep voice,

"A vast sky that can accommodate several stars, a sun, and a little bit of something else!!"

Li Bashan looked up, his gaze seeming to penetrate the ceiling, looking at the sky above, where there was no sky, only a vast shadow obscuring the sun.

.....

[You are immersed in selfless cultivation!]

[You are continuously practicing the Body Forging Exercise!]

[Body Forging Exercise skill proficiency +1!]

[Body Forging Exercise skill proficiency +1!]

[...]

[Body Forging Exercise is in effect, Body Forging Exercise·Blood and Flesh Three Solutions is synchronizing!]

[The pig iron in your body is continuously digesting, and Edibility is rising continuously ↑↑]

[....]

[Your current pig iron Edibility has increased to 50%!]

[Your current pig iron Edibility has increased to 52.6%!]

[Your current pig iron Edibility has increased to 55.2%!]

[....]

[Your current pig iron Edibility has increased to 99.2%]

[Your current pig iron Edibility has increased to 100%!!!]

The prompts rapidly flashing before Feng Mu's retina suddenly halted, the filled progress bar crazily flickered before his eyes, startling him from the deep immersion of cultivation.

[Current settlement screen:

Iron Eater: Tier 2

Available metal trait absorption slots: 2

Absorbed traits: Molded Embryo (White)

[Current consumption slot 1: Pig Iron (Edibility 100%/100%, reserve 0.)

[Current consumption slot 2: [Nine Nether Evil Iron (Edibility 6.2%/100%, reserve 1.7%.)]

[Would you like to absorb the pig iron trait?]

[Yes (√)]

[No (X)]

Feng Mu did not rush to conclude his cultivation but slowly completed the last cycle of the Body Forging Exercise. With the last movement completed, he slowly exhaled a long breath from his mouth.

He gently lowered his head, took out his phone, and cast a quick glance at the screen, which showed the time: April 22, 03:11.

In the silence of the early morning, time seemed to freeze with only the sound of cultivation breathing echoing in the air.

"Strange, why haven't I heard senior brother's thunderous snoring tonight?" Feng Mu wondered slightly in his heart.

Nonetheless, Feng Mu didn't think much about it, turning his head towards the little senior sister standing not far behind him.

Hong Ya's eyelids drooped, her eyes seemed absent-minded, evidently also absorbed in some kind of cultivation.

Her stepping technique appeared peculiar and bizarre, swaying side to side as if dancing to an invisible rhythm, though it might simply be her being too sleepy and sleepwalking her martial practice.

"Little senior sister, let's call it a day for now." Feng Mu chuckled.

Hong Ya opened her eyes, forced herself to be alert, and asked, "Little junior brother, are you the one who can't persevere any longer?"

Feng Mu gave a slight nod, then exaggeratedly yawned, as if genuinely exhausted.

Seeing this, a satisfied gleam flashed in Hong Ya's eyes, but she quickly straightened her face and said sternly:

"Alright, let's finish for today. Junior brother, you have to report to the prison with senior brother tomorrow morning; don't worry, while you're busy working in the prison, I won't secretly cultivate and leave you behind, my junior brother."

Hong Ya's fib drifted lightly in the air, while in reality, she had already decided that in the future, she would take advantage of the time while junior brother Feng Mu is busy working, to redouble her efforts and surpass him.

Feng Mu found it amusing, nodded, and returned to his room.

In the room, Feng Mu lightly took off his clothes and entered the bathroom, locking the door behind him effortlessly.

It was only then that he stood quietly in front of the mirror, staring at his reflection, and murmured softly to himself: "Absorb!"

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