My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 76 - 75: I’ve Really Become a Perpetual Motion Machine?
After having dinner at Xiaoyan’s house, Lu Xuan didn’t return to the shanty town, but stayed there for the night.
The residents of the shanty town had already begun to temporarily relocate. The Inspectorate had dispatched a large number of personnel, and because the residents were few and cooperative, the area had basically become a deserted street.
"Xiaolu, Xiaolu, good night!"
To the sound of the girl’s ethereal voice, Lu Xuan walked into the guest room, closed the door, and sat down cross-legged.
In fact, ever since waking up, he had noticed that his physical body seemed to be changing, but he hadn’t had the time to investigate. Now, he could finally explore it properly.
’I’ve comprehended ninety-four Great Dao Texts for the Slaying Sword Form, and one hundred twenty-seven for Mediation of Creation... The Wood Splitting Form has reached its limit. The tempering speed of my Acupoints has also slowed down, and I can’t try to break through the Chaos in my Acupoints again for the time being...’
As he muttered to himself, Lu Xuan carefully examined the changes in his body and found the source.
It was the Primordial Body.
’Huh?’
He was puzzled. ’The progress of my Primordial Body Cultivation... seems to have increased a little?’
If before he had only scratched the surface, now it was like he had grasped three or four threads of it. When he activated the Primordial Body again, the darkness around him was even deeper, with faint streams of Chaos Qi flowing, and a soft, colorful radiance would appear behind him.
’Is it because of the infusion from the vision in my dream, or because I tried to shake the Chaos within my Acupoints?’
’It must be the latter... But what’s the principle? Why did this happen?’
Lu Xuan’s thoughts spun wildly. He vaguely grasped something, but found it hard to believe.
’Primordial... Primordial...’
’The beginning of all things?’
Lu Xuan suddenly recalled his teacher’s description of the Primordial Body.
"If one reaches the Extreme Realm, one can become the Cause of All Fruits, residing at an infinitely high place, acting as the fundamental Source of all things, both with and without Form. One can manifest the four aspects of Dharma: first, before heaven and earth took Form; second, before Chaos was pioneered; third, when All Things were Unborn; and fourth, before Yin and Yang were determined. Only then can one be called Primordial."
’Before heaven and earth took Form, before Chaos was pioneered, when All Things were Unborn, before Yin and Yang were determined...’
’Doesn’t this mean before the beginning of the world, before all things came into being, before the Creation of Heaven and Earth?’
’Then...’
’The Primordial exists even before heaven and earth?’
’And pioneering the Chaos within my Acupoints, using Mediation of Creation to try and derive things from it... could that be analogous to... the Creation of Heaven and Earth?’
’Is that why my Primordial Body was able to grow?’
’But, but isn’t Second Martial Uncle a Celestial King?’
’Can a Celestial King possess such immense power?’
The more Lu Xuan thought about it, the more something felt wrong. He recalled his dream experience, from his Third Martial Uncle bestowing upon him the Sword of Annihilation—with its aura of utter extinction, absolute destruction, and the End of all things...
...to his Second Martial Uncle’s Primordial Body, with its profound meaning of being Supreme, connecting all causes and all effects, the very beginning of all creation...
Lu Xuan’s heart skipped a beat.
’Could I have been misled by my own preconceived notions?’
’History is fractured. Everything we know is inferred from the incomplete records that remain. Those inferences... could very well be wrong.’
’Teacher, is he really just an Alchemy Official from the Celestial Court?’
Lu Xuan fell silent.
After a long while, he shook his head and stopped dwelling on it. No matter who his teacher and two martial uncles truly were, the saying still held true: one must walk their own path.
The most pressing matter right now was to become as strong as possible before the ruins opened!
He closed his eyes and entered the dream.
The Guardian Storage Room was as it always was. Yin Xi stood guard inside, and Confucius had temporarily departed. Pushing the door open, he saw the Eighty-One Armors arrayed in formation, guarding the Octagonal Four-Sided Tower.
These armored men each had the vitality of tigers and wolves and were boundlessly ferocious. All were elite veterans of hundreds, even thousands of battles. Upon seeing Lu Xuan, they all performed a deep bow with utmost respect.
They had all been sent by the Celestial Son of Zhou to protect the Great Virtue, to protect Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan didn’t linger. He nodded to the armored soldiers and hurried toward the pavilion where letters were sent and received.
Along the way, the Eighty-One Armors escorted him, clearing a path ahead. The common folk moved aside, passersby watched from a distance, and even the nobles and ministers they encountered yielded the way. Their presence was incomparably majestic.
Inside the pavilion, the Divine Bird had returned, bringing a letter from his senior brother.
He took the letter, woke from the dream, and opened his eyes in the guest room. Lu Xuan unrolled the bamboo slips and read them carefully.
[For my dear junior brother, Lu Xuan!!]
[I have heard of your name here in the Qi Region, junior brother. I am overjoyed, overjoyed!]
[Just you wait, little junior brother! I am preparing to march with Duke Huan of Qi to attack the Sui Kingdom. After we conquer the Sui Kingdom, my name will echo in all directions and surely reach Luoyang... Heh! I can’t let you outshine me, your senior brother!]
[Also, regarding the Spiritual Object you mentioned that can temper the body and nourish the spirit simultaneously—they exist, but are rare. To be precise, Spiritual Objects that nourish the spirit are rare.]
[However, I have heard of a divine tree named Bodhi. It clears the mind, calms the spirit, and nurtures the body. Sitting Under the Bodhi Tree can grant intelligence to beasts and make the wise wiser, the enlightened more so. Its fruit is the Bodhi Fruit, which may have the effect of nourishing the spirit.]
Lu Xuan finished reading carefully, a smile appearing on his face.
’The Bodhi Fruit, huh?’
He thought for a moment, then searched for information about the Bodhi Tree online. The tree did indeed exist, but it didn’t have the miraculous effects his senior brother had described.
Lu Xuan wasn’t bothered by this. He simply memorized the appearance of the Bodhi Fruit, then visualized his senior brother’s words in his mind, picturing the divine tree that could bestow insight, grant wisdom, clear the mind, calm the spirit, and nurture the body.
Immediately, he spoke.
"Mediation of Creation."
Power rippled in his palm.
Just like with the Creation Peach, the small prototype of a fruit first appeared in Lu Xuan’s palm, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit draining away like a bursting dam.
He gritted his teeth, enduring the extreme exhaustion of his mind and body, and pushed forward in one go, continuing to activate Mediation of Creation.
A brilliant light shimmered in the guest room, accompanied by a microscopic storm of Spiritual Qi. Lu Xuan’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit were completely depleted, and the fruit’s prototype collapsed, finally turning into a sliver of fruit peel that lay quietly in his palm.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Xuan’s vision went black. He was on the verge of collapse, his vitality frighteningly depleted. His spirit felt as ephemeral as fine gauze, as if it might dissipate at any moment.
At this moment, he was holding on by sheer willpower alone!
Using his last ounce of strength, he barely managed to toss the minuscule, almost invisible sliver of peel into his mouth.
The peel dissolved the Instant it went down.
Suddenly, the faint, ethereal sounds of the Great Dao echoed in his ears, accompanied by the sounds of chanting sutras, preaching the Dharma, and discussing the Dao.
Lu Xuan felt as if he had just woken up, suddenly enlightened. His soul felt as though it had been cleansed by the waters of the Celestial River—limpid, clear, and utterly transparent, like pure water or fine crystal.
The mental exhaustion slowly dissipated, and the terrifying deficit in his physical body was replenished. There was even... a surplus!
The young man sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed. After a long time, he slowly opened them.
"It really works..."
He felt the vitality in his body, stronger than ever before. He sensed the seventy-fourth Acupoint faintly appearing. He felt a sense of comfort and satisfaction in his spirit. His eyes shone brightly, unable to contain his excitement!
"It really works!"
The thought arose again. His vitality drained away once more, and the feeling of exhaustion washed over his spirit like a tide.
This time, he activated Mediation of Creation directly in his stomach.
The peel formed inside his stomach and dissolved in an Instant, transforming into a vast source of primordial energy. It nourished his Essence, transformed his Qi, and cleansed his Spirit. The deficit in his Essence, Qi, and Spirit was replenished. His body grew a bit stronger, his Primordial Qi surged a bit more powerfully, and his Divine Soul became a bit clearer.
Then a third time, a fourth time...
By the fifth time, the Great Sun was already rising in the East. Crimson clouds glowed brilliantly, morning dew clung to the branches, and birds chirped in the vast sky.
His phone’s ringtone sounded.
"Mr. Lu, the residents of the shanty town have all been temporarily relocated to the Provincial Government."
"I know."
Lu Xuan put down his phone but did not stop creating the Bodhi Fruit in his stomach. His entire being cycled endlessly between states of peak vitality and extreme decay. One moment he withered, the next he flourished. It was a rotation of Life and Death, an alternation of Yin and Yang.
And with each rotation, he grew stronger in every aspect.
He rose gracefully. In that moment between withering and flourishing, his eyes shone as brightly as stars.
"Now I have nothing left to worry about!"
