63: Soul-Guiding Sutra

How could there be books in the territory of the Two-Headed Sheep?

Shen Xi was a little surprised.

After all, even if the Two-Headed Sheep could speak Human Race language and transform into Human Race appearance, they were still just Yao Beasts.

It was impossible for them to leave behind written records.

Moreover, this book was extremely old and had been thrown into a corner, clearly indicating that the Two-Headed Sheep didn't care about it.

With curiosity, Shen Xi picked up the book.

After opening it, just the first sentence made him stir.

"Since ancient times, the path of a Martial Artist has been like sailing against the current. An ordinary person who wishes to become a Martial Artist might need to spend their entire life to achieve it."

Isn't this his current situation?

Shen Xi immediately felt a sense of identification.

If it weren't for the System, the highest achievement he could have in this life would only be the Blood Refining and Energy Transformation Realm.

This was a fact he knew when he was still in Federal Safety City, being chased by that Two-Headed Sheep.

After all, at that time, to survive, he had used his lifespan to accelerate his Cultivation, but his lifespan was only a few decades. He only reached Blood Refining and Energy Transformation when he had only two months left.

It could be said that without the System, Shen Xi's achievements in this life would only stop there.

And this book accurately pointed out the key.

This made Shen Xi curious enough to continue reading.

"According to my research, there are only a few factors for an ordinary person to become a Martial Artist."

"First, naturally, is Aptitude. The higher a person's Aptitude, the faster their Cultivation speed. While others might need five or even ten years to enter the Blood Refinement Initial Stage Realm and become a Martial Artist, a Genius can do it in a few months. There are even legendary Geniuses who achieve Blood Refinement in one day and Origin Qi in three months."

There are such Geniuses?

Shen Xi's pupils constricted in shock.

Achieving Blood Refinement in one day and Origin Qi in three months.

Isn't this Cultivation speed too fast?

He had to admit, he was envious.

"Second, is external objects. With the same Aptitude, using external objects that can increase Cultivation speed will naturally lead to a faster Breakthrough to a higher Realm."

"As for the third, it's breathing techniques. This is not the Elementary breathing technique for ordinary people, but a breathing technique that can truly mobilize the power within the body and accelerate Cultivation speed. Breathing techniques, like Martial Arts, are also divided into Acquired, Innate, and various other Ranks. The higher the Rank of the breathing technique, the stronger the bonus to Cultivation speed."

"The above are called the Three Elements of Cultivation. Anyone who wants to become a strong person must pay attention to them; none can be missing."

"But no one knows that I took a different path and discovered a fourth element!"

This is a divine book!

Shen Xi's expression instantly became solemn, then turned to fanaticism.

He realized the importance of this book.

The Three Elements of Cultivation can be said to be something every Martial Artist must pay attention to.

After all, to become strong in the shortest possible time, the Three Elements are indispensable.

However, the requirements of the Three Elements are simply too high.

First is Aptitude, which is Innate. Without an extraordinary fortuitous encounter, it is impossible to change.

For example, Shen Xi, his Aptitude is poor. Even with the System, it would take three hundred years for him to Breakthrough from the Minor Completion of Vital Energy to the Great Accomplishment of Yuanqi.

Unless he is reborn, this Aptitude will follow him for his entire life.

Then there are external objects and breathing techniques. External objects, of course, go without saying. Just one gram of heavenly spirit stone costs five hundred, while an average family in the Outer City slums has an annual income of only about one hundred thousand, making it impossible to afford using external objects.

Breathing techniques are even more controlled by those with power and influence. They would never allow breathing techniques to spread. Even if a breathing technique appeared on the market, it would be priced in the hundreds of billions, and still be rare.

As for the breathing technique Shen Xi learned before, it was merely the most Elementary, common-use item for academy entry, completely unranked, and provided negligible help for Martial Dao Cultivation.

The Three Elements, one could say, cut off the path for ninety-nine percent of ordinary people to become strong. This is also why the status of the Inner City's wealthy families is so stable, with almost no one able to shake it.

Without the help of external objects, without the assistance of breathing techniques, how could a talented person from a humble background rise?

But this book actually said there was a fourth element.

This made Shen Xi realize the importance of this book.

If this fourth element was real, it might be able to change the fate of countless people, and the stable position of those wealthy families would also become precarious.

"The so-called fourth element is called Spirit! According to my research, in this world, there is a peculiar substance, which is Spirit! It is because of the effect of Spirit that humans possess intelligence and self-awareness, and it is also because of Spirit that Yao Beasts are born."

"If Spirit can be absorbed into the body to cleanse the Martial Artist's physique, changing the Martial Artist's Aptitude from the inside out, then even a useless person will be able to become a Martial Dao Genius, and their Cultivation speed will naturally advance by leaps and bounds."

"And how to draw Spirit into the body, I spent my entire life, and finally successfully wrote this Spirit Guiding Scripture..."

The following was the specific content of the Spirit Guiding Scripture.

Shen Xi could no longer take his eyes off it, wishing he could engrave every word of the Spirit Guiding Scripture into his heart.

He only stopped when he reached the last page of the book.

And in the corner of the last page, there were a few words written in blood, which made Shen Xi's heart tremble even more.

"I... hate..."

The blood words were extremely scrawled, clearly written hastily by the author of the Spirit Guiding Scripture.

And the fact that they were written in blood also explained one thing.

The other party might have been murdered.

The author who wrote such a monumental work as the Spirit Guiding Scripture, capable of changing countless people's lives, actually met with an unfortunate end!

Who exactly did it?

Could it be the Two-Headed Sheep?

However, Shen Xi quickly dismissed this idea.

This group of Two-Headed Sheep was too weak. The person who could write the Spirit Guiding Scripture was definitely not weak and could not have died at the hands of the Two-Headed Sheep.

Furthermore, given the bloodthirsty nature of the Two-Headed Sheep, they would never have given the author of the Spirit Guiding Scripture a chance to write in blood; they would have been eaten immediately.

It seemed more likely that the author of the Spirit Guiding Scripture encountered some accident and, in a dying state, painstakingly wrote these two blood words.

Thinking of this, a scene immediately appeared in Shen Xi's mind.

For some unknown reason, the author of the Spirit Guiding Scripture was severely injured, and then, by a strange twist of fate, came here. Before dying, he wrote two blood words, and finally, exhausted, died on the spot.

This could also explain why a Human Race book would appear in the territory of the Two-Headed Sheep.

"What was the reason?"

Shen Xi couldn't help but murmur to himself.

He wasn't someone who liked to meddle in other people's business, but he was still a little curious.