Chapter 1121 - 1118: Three Flowers Gathering at the Top
The monster let out a roar, whipping up a whirlwind and sweeping towards Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan dared not be careless; he executed a graceful mid-air flip, dodging the whirlwind like lightning.
The enormous monster seemed surprised that Lin Chuan could evade it, and roared again. Countless small monsters flew out from the water's surface in a dense swarm.
These small monsters could actually soar up from the water, rushing eagerly towards Lin Chuan in mid-air.
Lin Chuan's body was suspended in the air, with nothing beneath his feet. He twisted around and quickly landed by the lakeside.
The small monsters that had been diving at him followed, swooping down like raindrops. As Lin Chuan touched the ground, he tapped his toes and swiftly retreated five or six meters.
More and more small monsters kept emerging from the lake surface, too numerous to count; the lake and its shore were completely covered.
Damn, Lin Chuan cursed in his mind; what kind of monster is this, and why are there so many?
The enormous monster roared once more, and the small monsters began to surround Lin Chuan for an attack.
Lin Chuan concentrated all his energy between his palms, fiercely sweeping through the swarms of small monsters.
The powerful force emitted from his palms surged into the monster crowd, scattering them into pieces, with a thick stench filling the air, potent enough to suffocate a person.
Confronted by so many small monsters, Lin Chuan could only rely on his powerful palm force to resist them; each wave was repelled, yet more surged forward.
The ground by the lake was littered with the bodies of small monsters, mingling a bloody smell with their own stench, rising straight into the sky.
Though Lin Chuan continuously used the Heavenly Heart Skill's Sealing Heart Method to replenish his strength, he could barely last ten minutes before his palm force weakened significantly.
Barely sustaining it for five more minutes, Lin Chuan felt that the energy mass within his Dantian had dissipated; his body was extremely drained, and his palm force could no longer fend off the small monsters.
Damn it, Lin Chuan knew if this continued, he would be exhausted to death even if not eaten by the monsters. He turned to flee, determined to save his life first.
Lin Chuan wanted to run, but his legs felt weak; a small monster dashed in front of him, leaping at him.
A point of golden light suddenly flashed by, biting the small monster that had reached Lin Chuan, which let out a mourning cry and fell dead.
This point of golden light was precisely the Little Snake.
The Little Snake moved swiftly, darting into the swarm of small monsters, many of which fell dead.
The enormous monster seemed to realize Lin Chuan was powerless; roaring, it charged towards him with a whirlwind.
At this moment, Lin Chuan lacked the strength to dodge and was about to end up in the monster's jaws.
Perhaps destiny spared Lin Chuan; in this critical moment, a flock of birds flew over from the sky, larger than Eagles and flying as fast as the Little Snake.
The giant birds arrived in an instant, diving down from the sky to attack the small monsters, swallowing them one by one as if pecking grain.
The giant monster was barreling towards Lin Chuan with a whirlwind, but seeing the flock attacking the small monsters, it let out a furious roar and switched to target the birds.
Flocks of small monsters seemed very afraid of these giant birds, retreating like a tide back into the lake.
The enormous monster charged into the bird swarm with wind in tow; dozens of giant birds immediately cried out in sorrow and died, while those wounded but not dead were swiftly infiltrated by small monsters, their bodies dissolving into sticky liquid.
The giant birds were being attacked, struggling to hold their ground. Suddenly, a deafening bird call came from the sky. Lin Chuan looked up — goodness! A larger giant bird flew down.
This colossal giant bird had a wingspan of seven or eight meters and talons as thick as a grown man's arm.
The giant bird flapped its wings, stirring up storms as it flew towards the enormous monster. Both monstrous beings clashed furiously, wreaking havoc on the surrounding trees and vegetation.
The giant bird relentlessly attacked the enormous monster, its claws like sharp steel tearing into the monster continuously. Though the monster's skin was thick, torn countless times by the bird's claws, it seemed unscathed.
The Little Snake had earlier darted away, coiled around Lin Chuan's right arm.
Lin Chuan laboriously moved his feet, retreating into the dense forest, finding a hiding spot, sitting cross-legged, and employing the Heavenly Heart Skill's Sealing Heart Method to first restore his strength.
With the activation of the Heavenly Heart Skill Seal, the weak energy cluster within the Dantian started circulating along the meridians, but after several cycles, the energy cluster still couldn't gather within the Dantian.
Damn it, what's going on. Lin Chuan refused to accept defeat, ran it for several more cycles, but still couldn't gather the weak energy cluster. The more anxious he got, the harder it was to concentrate.
For cultivators, impatience and agitation are highly discouraged. Lin Chuan forcibly tried to gather the energy cluster within the Dantian, which violated the major taboo of cultivation. Suddenly, he felt unbearable pain in his chest, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.
As the blood sprayed out, Lin Chuan's mind went blank, and his body seemed no longer to belong to him, with all his meridians seemingly about to shatter.
In this situation, Lin Chuan could no longer endure and fainted.
Little Snake coiled around Lin Chuan's right arm, saw Lin Chuan fainted, anxiously hissed around his body.
At Lin Chuan's chest, the two pieces of jade suddenly emitted two faint rays of light, one red and one purple, slowly seeping into the skin at Lin Chuan's heart.
The two rays of light entered Lin Chuan's body, divided and started running along two meridians, the damaged meridians rapidly recovering as the two rays of light circulated within them.
As these two rays of light circulated within the meridians, they finally converged within the Dantian, causing the originally weak energy cluster to begin gathering into a mass due to their influence.
Lin Chuan truly had a stroke of fate on his side, he forcefully attempted self-recovery which broke a major cultivation taboo, thus leading to a deviation in practice. Fortunately, he was wearing the Yin Yang Jade, which, under the influence of the Heavenly Heart Skill Sealing Heart Skill, triggered its mysterious power.
The weak energy cluster started to gather anew within the Dantian, and began to circulate automatically within Lin Chuan's body, while the rays of light emitted by Yin Yang Jade, one yin and one yang, circulated through Lin Chuan's meridians alongside the energy cluster.
Everything in the universe exists within the transformations of yin and yang, as long as one can harness the transformations between yin and yang and achieve yin and yang unified, everything will follow the natural course.
In Taoist cultivation, what's most important is emphasizing the unity of man and nature, man and universe as one, the so-called "ninety-nine returns to unity" is this principle.
Taoist cultivation focuses on energy, referring to Inner Qi, which when united with the body, allows one to comprehend the transformations of yin and yang, and open the Bai Hui Acupoint at the top of the head for Spiritual Energy congregation.
The so-called Three Flowers Gathering at the Top implies that when cultivators reach a certain level, they can gather energy at Bai Hui Acupoint, unlock the unused parts of the human brain, and enhance the human limits.
However, reaching this stage is very difficult, throughout history, countless Taoists never manage to unblock even the extraordinary meridians.
Meanwhile, the two rays of light, one yin and one yang, circulating within Lin Chuan's body precisely cohered with the transformations of yin and yang principles, under the guidance of the Heavenly Heart Skill Sealing Heart Skill, ran separately, and finally converged within the Dantian, combining yin and yang into one.
These transformations are invisible to the naked eye, Lin Chuan, though in a coma, had a clear consciousness, began directing the circulation of the energy cluster within his body through his awareness.
The battle between the giant bird and the monster entered a feverish pitch, the giant bird's every flap of its enormous wings stirred up huge gales, while the monster refused to back down, repeatedly sweeping its long tail at the giant bird.
The two massive monsters fought from the sky to the ground, giant trees were either snapped in half or uprooted, leaving the scene in utter disarray.
Most of the small monsters had fled back to the lake, those who couldn't escape in time became the food for the flock of birds.
Little Snake stood guard beside Lin Chuan's body, even though it had only spent a short time with Lin Chuan, it had developed some affection for him. Its small eyes were fixed on the two monsters, and if they launched an attack on Lin Chuan, it would unhesitatingly risk its life to save him.
The biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans have thoughts, but once animals without thoughts form emotions toward humans, their loyalty exceeds that of humans greatly.
Lin Chuan's body was swiftly recovering, the battle between the two monsters was nearing its end, the lengthy fight had clearly worn out both sides.
The giant bird seemed to realize it couldn't defeat the immense monster, let out a deafening cry toward the sky, unfolded its enormous wings and flew into the air, the flock of birds upon hearing the cry, all flew into the sky and vanished instantly.
The enormous monster let out an angry roar, dived into the lake, leaving behind countless bodies of small monsters by the lakeside amidst a mess of leaves and broken branches.
Lin Chuan had still not awoken, meanwhile enormous changes quietly transpired in his body.
The mysterious power within the Yin Yang Double Jade was running separately within the meridians, after countless fusions with the energy cluster circulating in the Dantian, formed a red-purple intermingled energy cluster.
This energy cluster gradually enlarged, eventually growing to the size of an infant's fist before the light emitted by Yin Yang Double Jade steadily disappeared.
This red-purple intermingled energy cluster ran along the meridians to the Bai Hui Acupoint at the head, Lin Chuan's cerebral blood vessels began absorbing the gases emitted by the energy cluster.
As the blood vessels absorbed the energy cluster's gases, the originally thin blood vessels started to expand, signaling that Lin Chuan's brain under the influence of the energy cluster had started to gradually absorb the gas.
According to modern scientific investigations, the human brain utilizes a very small fraction of its capacity, less than two percent, even genius scientists only utilize about five percent.