Chapter 164 - 81: 9 Spiritual Orifices_2
Long Dangdang was also intrigued at this point, "Uncle, what do you mean by spirit furnace combination?"
Ling Feng generously explained, "The human body’s known limit is nine. In other words, a person can fuse with up to nine spirit furnaces. Typically, one can only fuse fewer, not more than this number. Also, the number of spirit furnaces one can fuse with is affected by the individual’s tolerance and spiritual power. Generally speaking, the stronger the spirit furnace you fuse with, the greater your tolerance needs to be. For example, if you have fused with a Wisdom Spirit Furnace, it would occupy a large amount of your tolerance, making it smaller for future fusions with other spirit furnaces. However, this is caused by the energy strength of the spirit furnace itself. Moreover, through years of research, it has been discovered that the reason we humans can only fuse with up to nine spirit furnaces is that we have a maximum of nine spiritual orifices in our bodies that can form a contract with a spirit furnace."
"What is a spiritual orifice? Our teacher hasn’t mentioned it!" Long Kongkong exclaimed in surprise.
Ling Feng smiled, "That’s because even the teachers at the Spirit Furnace Academy have limited knowledge on this aspect. The existence of spiritual orifices is only necessary to know when one’s cultivation level reaches a certain level, or when the number of personal spirit furnaces exceeds five. This is because for most professionists, it’s already quite a feat if they can obtain a single spirit furnace in their lifetime."
"Our human body has nine major spiritual orifices, among which the ones in the forehead, chest, and lower abdomen are the main ones, known as the three major spiritual orifices. Your currently absorbed spirit furnaces should also all be in these three major spiritual orifices. However, in reality, in addition to these three major spiritual orifices, there exist six other spiritual orifices, located at the top of the head, back, palm of hands, and soles of the feet, collectively making the nine major spiritual orifices."
"Why is it said that the necessity to know about spiritual orifices arises only when the number of spirit furnaces exceeds five? This is because the spiritual orifices in the forehead, chest, lower abdomen, top of the head, and back naturally exist and are already opened. As long as your body can withstand it, the spirit furnace, when fusing with your body, will directly do so into these five spiritual orifices. But when you have more than five spirit furnaces and they have not fused with each other, they require more spiritual orifices, and thus the orifices in your hands and feet need to open. This requires cultivation to open it and accommodate the spirit furnace. The methods of opening these four orifices are kept secret, and it requires merit to acquire these secret techniques, something that cannot be done privately. Everyone capable of opening these four orifices has invariably made notable achievements. You don’t need to worry about this for now."
"The main reason why I said you should consider choosing artificial spirit furnaces in the future lies in the fusion of spirit furnaces. I believe that for at least the next decade, you won’t need to consider the opening of the four orifices. Therefore, among the spirit furnaces you currently possess, how to maximize their utility and power is reduced to two options: the evolution of the spirit furnace itself and fusion of spirit furnaces. If the compatibility between spirit furnaces is sufficient, fusion is possible. If you select appropriately, the power of the fused spirit furnaces will enhance and although there will be some wastage, the spirit orifices occupied will decrease. Powerful spirit furnaces often require fusion and thus, fusion of spirit furnaces is also a critical skill. If obtained from the Temple, it requires a large amount of merit in exchange. However, for you, this is unnecessary, because you already possess someone who can guide you through these steps. Including the opening of the four orifices and selecting a spirit furnace that suits you personally, perhaps it wouldn’t require merit to accomplish if you have them around. This is a major advantage for you."
By "them," Ling Feng was obviously referring to the Wisdom Spirit Furnace. With a history of existence spanning tens of thousands of years, there certainly wouldn’t be many secrets that the Wisdom Spirit Furnace doesn’t know.
Even Long Kongkong was serious about listening at this time. This is what real privilege entails! This is the power of knowledge. Without a doubt, with the support of the Ling family, they could avoid many detours in their future cultivation journey. Moreover, there are also the resources of the Ling family backing them up.