First of all, Mr. Xun must know.

But the old gentleman seems to be worried about something recently. He is very busy and it is not convenient to disturb him.

Huangshan Jun should also know that it is a mountain god after all. Although it is no longer the same as before, it still has knowledge.

But it's a little far away.

After much thought, Mo Hua decided to ask Elder Xun Zixian.

Elder Xun Zixian is a third-level formation master in the late Jindan stage. He has profound attainments in formations and is also very interested in the way of divine consciousness.

The most important thing is that I have a good rapport with Elder Xun Zixian.

Elder Xun Zixian is also very kind and has no airs. As long as he can tell, he will tell him.

Mo Hua took the time to go to the elder's residence and visit Elder Xun Zixian.

This was the first time he came to Elder Xun Zixian's residence. All he could see were formations, rows of jade slips and classics, but nothing else. Just one look showed that Elder Xun Zixian was very knowledgeable.

After entering the door, I was greeted by a boy.

These boys are also from big families. At a young age, they are sent to the elders of the clan to serve them tea and water to enhance friendship.

At the same time, spending time with elders who have advanced cultivation skills day and night, and subtly receiving the influence of Taoism, can also lay the foundation for future practice.

Even though he is just a boy, many people fought for this spot.

Those who can be children have unusual origins.

After Mo Hua reported his intention, the boy went back to report to Elder Zixian.

Xun Zixian was drawing a formation, and when he heard that Mo Hua was coming, he thought for a moment, then stopped writing, invited Mo Hua to come in, and ordered the boy to serve him tea.

The boy serving the tea said "yes" respectfully, but he was a little surprised in his heart.

Uncle Zixian was very accomplished in formations and was highly regarded by the sect, but he was withdrawn and had never been so polite to others.

Normally, he would be very angry if someone disturbed him when he was drawing formations. Why was his attitude so good today?

The boy murmured in his heart. After serving tea, he couldn't help but secretly look at the ink paintings.

Mo Hua drank tea and chatted with Elder Xun Zixian.

"Soul?"

"Yes," Mo Hua said, "I recently met an elder from another sect and heard him mention the matter of the 'spirit'. I was a little confused for a moment and couldn't figure it out myself, so I came to ask the elder for advice.

…”

Xun Zixian took a sip of tea and looked at the ink painting deeply, "There are some things that cannot be learned indiscriminately."

Mo Hua smiled coquettishly, "I'm just curious."

Xun Zixian said calmly: "Tell me the origin of cause and effect, and I will decide whether to tell you or not."

Mo Hua sighed in his heart.

Elder Xun Zixian is indeed knowledgeable and sharp-minded.

He is worthy of being a formation master like himself.

But it’s hard to talk about the water prison box.

Seeing Mo Hua hesitate, Xun Zixian said: "Please tell me briefly. You don't have to be too specific. I just have an idea. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to my ancestor."

Mo Hua thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay!"

He sorted out his words in his mind, and then said: "I helped Daotingsi with a little favor. I went to investigate a case and met a sin cultivator who knew a weird eye-catching technique..."

Xun Zixian raised his eyebrows and said, "Pupillary technique?"

"Yes," Mo Hua said, "This kind of pupil technique can capture people's minds and is very tricky. It is said that it can only be practiced by visualizing a picture."

"I asked an informed elder, and he said that this method of contemplation is related to the soul, but he is not proficient in the way of spiritual consciousness, and he can't explain the specific doorway, so I came to ask you...

…”

"Eye skills, soul, visualization..."

Xun Zixian thought about it silently in his heart for a moment, nodded and said, "I understand."

"That……"

"I can tell you about the soul."

Mo Hua was overjoyed, "Thank you, Elder Xun!"

"But, as I said before," Xun Zixian said to Mo Hua with a slightly solemn expression, "Spiritual power is tangible in flesh and blood, but spiritual thoughts are intangible. Therefore, many of the ways of spiritual consciousness, including the knowledge of spiritual souls, are inferred by monks based on experience.

It may not be very accurate.”

"What I tell you is only what I have heard, learned, or learned from my own research over hundreds of years."

"I feel that there is not much fallacy in this knowledge, but if it is really wrong, it is not impossible. Therefore, when you listen, pay attention to yourself. You must not believe it, but you cannot believe it completely. You can only decide the appropriateness in it.

grasp."

Xun Zixian said it very rigorously.

Mo Hua nodded seriously.

Seeing Mo Hua's serious gaze, Xun Zixian knew that he understood what he meant, and nodded slightly, "First of all, there is a difference between the soul and the consciousness."

"Low-end monks only know about spiritual consciousness and have almost no contact with things at the level of 'spiritual soul'. Even if they occasionally talk about souls and the like, most of them don't understand it."

"Actually, it's not just the low-end monks. Most of the monks, after reaching the golden elixir or even becoming immortals, may still know nothing about the way of the soul."

"Because the existing practice system only targets spiritual power and the physical body, and spiritual consciousness has always been an auxiliary. Except for a very small number of monks who don't follow the ordinary path, almost no one majors in spiritual consciousness..."

Xun Zixian looked at the ink painting meaningfully, then stretched out his slender fingers and touched his forehead.

"The sea of ​​human consciousness houses three souls and seven souls."

"The three souls are the soul of heaven, the soul of earth, and the soul of life."

"The seven souls are corpse dogs, lying on arrows, sparrow yin, swallowing thieves, non-poisonous, removing filth, and smelly lungs."

"Among the three souls, the heaven soul and the earth soul are separated from the monk's body and reside in the heaven and earth. They are elusive and indescribable. Only the life soul remains in the body and is closely related to life."

"The soul of life is the foundation, and above the soul of life, there are seven parasitic souls. If there is no soul, there will be no life, and if there is no soul, there will be no prosperity."

"These three souls and seven spirits are collectively called the divine soul."

"The soul is the foundation of the monk's spiritual thoughts, and the thought power derived from it is called 'spiritual consciousness'."

"Only when there is a soul can there be thoughts and consciousness."

Mo Hua's eyes were shocked and he suddenly realized.

Elder Xun's words made him know more secrets of the way of divine consciousness, but the more he knew, the more confusion he felt in his heart.

"Spiritual consciousness is not the foundation of the sea of ​​consciousness, but only the derived thought power?"

Xun Zixian nodded and explained:

"You are an array master, you should have a profound experience..."

"Every time the spiritual consciousness is consumed, it will be restored."

"If the spiritual consciousness itself is the foundation, once it is used up, the spiritual consciousness will be broken. How can it be restored?"

"Because divine consciousness is a derivative of the divine soul, as long as the divine soul is still there, after the divine consciousness is consumed, it will naturally be derived from the divine soul again."

Xun Zixian gave an example: "The soul is like a tree trunk, and spiritual consciousness is just the branches and leaves on the trunk. The branches are broken and the leaves fall, but as long as the foundation of the tree is still there, the branches and leaves can still grow back."

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, "I understand, it's like a leek. As long as the roots are still there, if you cut one crop, there will be another!"

Xun Zixian was silent for a moment.

He felt that the term "ink painting" was a bit strange, but when he thought about it carefully, it was still quite appropriate.

"That's right..."

"Then what does this divine soul have to do with the pupil technique? Does the pupil technique have to rely on the divine soul to perform?" Mo Hua asked.

Xun Zixian nodded and said: "That's right. You have to know that spiritual consciousness itself is passive and has no lethality."

Mo Hua was stunned.

Elder Xun’s statement is a bit counter-intuitive.

Because in the sea of ​​​​consciousness, he has always relied on his divine consciousness to kill everyone.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems right.

His killing spree relied on the incarnation of divine thoughts and the power of divine thoughts catalyzed by the incarnation of divine thoughts, rather than the divine consciousness itself.

Pure spiritual consciousness is the pure thought power that those monsters who have penetrated into the sea of ​​consciousness covet and want to swallow.

Seeing that Mo Hua had understood, Xun Zixian nodded slightly and continued:

"You should be familiar with the outward release of spiritual consciousness. But the outward release of spiritual consciousness is not essentially an outward release, but a kind of 'induction'."

"Just like when you see something, you are not 'seeing', but all the lights and shadows in the world come into your eyes, giving you a feeling of 'seeing'."
To be continued...