Chapter 941: Practicing Dharma to Strengthen the External Body

Chen Chuan's mind moved, and the two hands of the tall figure behind him stretched out, spreading out five fingers. Even though they were condensed by a transparent light, the palm lines on them were still clearly visible.

The two big hands tried to grasp it, and he could clearly feel that it was a part of his body. He could also feel all kinds of touches from it when the fingers moved.

Even the air flow and the surrounding temperature here were clearly reflected.

And he could also see "himself" sitting below through the eyes above. Especially the vertical eye in the middle, which seemed to be able to see himself and the surrounding scene from all angles and directions, with almost no blind spots.

This is a very novel experience, but it seems to be the way it should be.

This one is the spiritual image he condensed, which is basically a replica of himself.

The main function of the spiritual appearance is actually to practice, but it can also be used to fight against people. The old state religion says that it is the appearance of the guardian spiritual officer.

His mind moved, and a layer of flickering spiritual fire emerged on the surface of the spirit image. Due to the huge size of the spirit image itself, it appeared bright and glorious. Fortunately, he was still sitting at the moment. If he stood up, he would be even more majestic.

Now he could finally understand why the Old State Religion was so revered in the past. With all its external manifestations, the blessing of wonderful chanting, and all kinds of great powers, it was simply like a god or immortal entering the world. How could ordinary people not be in awe and worship it?
According to the practice method, the external appearance has been completed at this step, but this is only a preliminary completion, and it needs to be continuously condensed thereafter.

In the end, the external appearance can become more vivid, even if it looks like a flesh and blood body, but this is not necessary. The strength of the external appearance depends only on the specific degree of condensation, and whether it is real does not affect the combat effectiveness.

It’s just that in the beginning, the more similar the external appearance is to one’s own body, the stronger the combat power will be, because it is equivalent to the body that the practitioner is familiar with, just enlarged, so it will naturally be very smooth and easy to use.

And when you have gradually become proficient in the use of spiritual power, there will be further possibilities and you can make other external changes.

According to the brief introduction in this regard above, a person's appearance can be changed arbitrarily, but before that it needs to be carefully constructed and prepared, and it cannot be changed at will. Otherwise, even if it is done reluctantly, what comes out is just a fancy look, and it will also affect one's own combat effectiveness due to unfamiliarity, and at that time it will be almost useless except for bluffing others.

Judging from the description, one has to reach an extremely high level to achieve this, at least after reaching the Changsheng Temple, so the booklet only briefly mentions it.

This is not a big deal. These things can be achieved step by step. They are not the most important thing at the moment. The key is that after condensing the external appearance, he can use it to advance his subsequent practice.

The external appearance is not a pure physical body, but a union of body and spirit, so it is most suitable for the opposite environment. It can enable the alienated organization to continuously transform during practice, thereby improving oneself and reaching the state of "connecting to the sky bridge".

Of course, this is only the most basic principle. If you really want to do it, you also need correct guidance, appropriate practice methods, sufficient resources and a suitable environment. If any of these is missing, it will be difficult to succeed on this path.

At present, he has the skills to practice and knows how to proceed. As for training resources, he has already used up all the gifts from the three previous fighters. But fortunately, he is in the central city. Although the municipal council is gone, the government department will be responsible for his supply in the future.

Also, for the previous times he went out to suppress active consciousnesses and opposing entities, the Government Affairs Office also sent him compensation for the expenses incurred in the activities early in the morning.

Without the Municipal Council, the City Hall can actually provide more food and nutrients, because too many resources were wasted on unnecessary things in the past, and these should be enough to get through this period of time.

After that is the practice environment. Generally speaking, you can choose to practice in the fusion land, or you can choose to walk around the World Ring.

As for the fusion land, he thought he didn't have time to go there in the past two months. The World Ring was not a place that ordinary people could go. Fighters needed to be stationed there for a long time and they needed to sign a more stringent agreement. However, they would also gain more training resources, just like Senior Wan.

Fortunately, he didn't need to do that. He had the Xuejun Sword and could cut open a crack at any time, so he just had to go in and practice.

And it can be seen that the place over there is close to the World Ring, not too deep, and there will be no encounter with anything too powerful. In fact, with the current power of Xue Jundao, even if he wants to go deeper, he probably can't go.

He looked at the time. It was now July 22nd. The international investigation team might arrive at the end of the month. Even if there was a delay, they would arrive in early August at the latest. There were only a few days left, so he could use this free time to practice peacefully for a while.

After thinking about it, he made up his mind and took back the spiritual fire emanating from the outside.

The spiritual phase is currently unable to emit its own spiritual fire, which is all emitted by the main body. Therefore, although the spiritual phase has great power, its combat effectiveness will not increase suddenly. After all, in a battle between fighters, spiritual fire is an extremely critical link. Without it, they lose external protection and have almost no chance of winning.

If one wants the spirit to also possess spiritual fire, then one must complete the "bridge to the sky" and reach the realm of Changshengguan. It is conceivable that a fighter with such a great spiritual fire will have great combat power.
Fighters below this level simply cannot compare with him, such as the alien protector Yu that he met that day. This was not his prime, and he was fighting only on instinct. If he had not been alienated, his spiritual fire was strong, and he had rich combat experience and skills, his combat power would probably be more than doubled, and he could not deal with it at that time. After he silently experienced it, he moved his mind, and the whole spirit turned into a group of white mist, and then was restrained by the field.

Because he consumed a lot of energy to condense his spirit, he needed to replenish it again when he went down to practice on the other side. He stood up and left the meditation room, went to the low-temperature storage room, took out some high-energy nutrients sent by the Government Affairs Office, and simply took them.

At the same time, he looked at the news from the Defense Department that day, and seeing that there was nothing unusual, he returned to the meditation room, checked the secret instrument briefly, then picked up the Xuejun Sword, swung it forward, cut a crack, and walked into it.

After standing firmly in the light, he moved his mind and white mist surged around him. In an instant, a huge figure about ten meters tall appeared behind him.

He turned his back to the crack, thrust the Snow King Knife into the ground, then sat cross-legged in the air, while Ling Xiang did the same thing.

He followed the instructions on the technique, silently feeling the invasion from everywhere, and then guided his spirit to absorb it.

This kind of invasion is the nourishment needed to practice this level, but it is also one of the reasons for the fighter's alienation.

The old religion called it erysipelas or sexual filth, and religious rituals were usually used to resist and eliminate them. The booklet exchanged by Wan Song also gave methods, which mainly involved using some biotechnology extracted drugs, injecting special nutrient solutions, or implanting some alienated organs that could exist independently and absorb the toxins, or using fallen objects to avoid these.

Since Chen Chuan has a second self, he does not need to use these things. He does not exchange or look for these things, nor does he go to the land of integration. So people outside only know that he is preparing for the next step of practice, and has not yet started formal practice.

As he practiced silently, time passed quickly and in a blink of an eye it was the end of the month.

On July 29th, two airships came from the west, entered the airspace of Dashun, and headed towards the central city of Jibei Road.

There is a blue-green ring-shaped emblem on the airbag of the airship, with a purple-silver gap in the middle that looks like a chain. This is the mark of the international joint investigation team.

The predecessor of the International Joint Investigation Team is the International Supervision Group during the Grand Alliance period. In addition to accepting funding from various countries, they have also inherited some important industries from the Grand Alliance period and can be regarded as the last direct successor of the Grand Alliance.

This time, the investigation team set out from Huansuo Island, one of the former headquarters of the Grand Alliance in the Western Ocean, and came all the way across the Western Continent.

Because they had internationally jointly-designated flight rights, the airspace of all countries was open to them during non-war periods, so they traveled without encountering any obstacles along the way. However, they also inspected and received defense conditions and information from central cities in various countries, so they stopped from time to time. They set off in early July and arrived at the East Continent in late July.

The members of the investigation team were drawn from all over the world and were independent of the country. Among them were also staff members originally from Dashun.

In addition to some professional investigators, the investigation team also includes two internationally renowned fighters.

However, after joining the investigation team, everyone will abandon their original nationality and position, no longer stand on the position of a single country, but take it as their responsibility to maintain the world ring and protect people all over the world.

The reason why the investigation team set out this time is because there have been too many defense security accidents in the central city of Dashun Jibei Road in recent years, which has aroused their worries and concerns.

In the past ten years, the largest gap in the World Ring has appeared in this city. During this period, it experienced a serious incident of splitting of the mother shrimp reproduction. At the same time, the old imperial family counterattacked, and there were reports that the existence that had sneaked in from the opposite side openly appeared in the city.

Although these have been dealt with, and now the Municipal Council has been overthrown, they are very skeptical whether the central city of Jibei Province can maintain a stable political structure and governance, which is related to the stability of the entire World Ring. If this investigation shows that Jibei Province is unable to maintain the central city, then according to the international maintenance contract signed by Dashun, the central city will be subject to long-term supervision by the investigation team.

If the situation is serious, the highest level of agreement is that the city will be handed over to international trusteeship until a stable governance structure is negotiated and established, and international assessments confirm that the Jibei Provincial Government still has the ability to maintain the World Ring, and then the management rights will be returned.

Although in reality, this is unlikely to happen in a country like Dashun, it is not difficult to readjust the urban management model back to its previous structure.

On August 2, two airships arrived over the central city of Jibei Road and slowly landed on the mooring tower in Weiguang District.

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(End of this chapter)

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