My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 127 The Inner Demon Appears

The path of sword cultivation demands extremely high levels of mental fortitude; each type of swordsmanship has its corresponding mental requirements.

If one's mindset is not in sync with the sword, forcing oneself to practice this kind of swordsmanship will not only be a waste of time and effort, but will also be completely futile.

Master Tiejian's "Iron Heart Sword Way" emphasizes acting with integrity and uprightness.

However, Jiang Chen has many ulterior motives. When fighting others, he only seeks to win at the lowest possible cost. As for the means?

Whether it's a sneak attack or poisoning, any method that leads to victory is a good one.

He would also use secret techniques such as casting spells and cursing.

Therefore, he is not suitable for cultivating the Iron Heart Sword Path.

Jiang Chen opened the animal skin book and glanced through it briefly.

"The Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique emphasizes endless changes, and the corresponding Thousand Illusions Sword Dao requires a flexible and adaptable mindset, not to be bound by conventions."

That's exactly the kind of mindset I possess.

"The cultivation method that my master chose for me is very suitable for me."

Unfortunately, my foundation is not in swordsmanship, so I cannot focus on cultivating this technique.

I can only simplify it into a supernatural secret technique, condensing a seed of the [Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword] supernatural power within my Dao foundation, thus becoming a half-baked sword cultivator.

"My master really understands me. This contains not only the complete cultivation method, but also simplified supernatural powers and secret techniques."

So-called supernatural powers and secret techniques are actually just advanced versions of magic.

There is no particularly clear boundary between cultivation techniques and spells.

Just like the [Nightmare Bewitching Mind Technique] that Jiang Chen cultivated before, it also involves the circulation of magical power.

The condensed Nightmare Demon Mark can be used as a visualization diagram.

It only requires strengthening the part that accumulates magical power and divine consciousness to become a true cultivation technique.

Spells can be expanded into cultivation techniques, and cultivation techniques can naturally be simplified into spells.

As for the level, that depends on the cultivator's skill.

With Master Tiejian personally wielding the weapon, this simplified version of the [Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword] technique is naturally of a high level.

Li Wusheng smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it. Now that you've successfully established your foundation, you've also obtained the cultivation technique."

"Next, I need to go to Yunze Blessed Land to kill those Tribulation Cultivators, so I won't stay here any longer."

"Junior Brother Jiang, you must improve your strength as soon as possible. I'm waiting to fight alongside you."

Jiang Chen took out two unused high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills: "I only used one Foundation Establishment Pill this time."

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"Please trouble you, Senior Brother, to return the remaining two Foundation Establishment Pills to Master."

Li Wusheng shook his head: "Master said that these three Foundation Establishment Pills are yours, but he didn't say that I should take them back."

"You're a Foundation Establishment cultivator now, and you can't even protect two Foundation Establishment Pills?"

After seeing Li Wusheng off, Jiang Chen had another meal with his grandfather.

Afterward, he returned to the training room and began to plan what to do next.

"My biggest goal before was to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Now that I'm a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's time to rethink my future."

"Obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill took a lot of effort. If it weren't for the opening of the Cloud Marsh Blessed Land, I probably would have had to wait another ten years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

"If you want to form your core in the future, it will definitely not be a simple matter to work with the spiritual objects needed for that. However, forming your core is still too far away right now."

Without the seed of divine power to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, it's impossible to condense the jade liquid, let alone transform it into a pill.

"Forming the core and condensing the seed of supernatural power are long-term goals for the next few decades or even more than a hundred years."

There are two things to do right now: one is to wipe out the Blackstone Society in one fell swoop.

"The second is to obtain the foundation-building part of the Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns Technique. Although I have the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Technique, I am not lacking in techniques at the foundation-building stage."

However, the "Great Dream Through the Ages" ability transfers the results of cultivation in dreams to reality.

In this way, I can cultivate at four times the speed.

This advantage is something that the Jade Cauldron Pure Essence Function can't match.

With this in mind, Jiang Chen made a decision.

"In the Black Stone Society, the leader, Black Stone Hermit, may have already reached the late Foundation Establishment stage ten years ago."

With my current strength, killing him would still be a bit risky.

Moreover, he is the vice leader of the Hundred Arts Alliance. Killing him might cause a huge problem for the Hundred Arts Alliance, so it needs to be considered carefully.

"Never mind, I'll first enter my dream to cultivate the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique and further improve my strength."

Afterwards, return to the mountain gate to obtain the foundation-building portion of the Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns Technique.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen entered his dream again.

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[First day of entering the dream]

Jiang Chen sat cross-legged in the training room and began practicing a simplified version of the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique.

To cultivate this method, one needs to visualize the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword and condense its phantom image in the sea of ​​consciousness.

He then continued to comprehend the essence of swordsmanship and incorporated his own insights into the sword's shadow.

Once you've honed your skills to a certain level, you'll be able to comprehend the essence of swordsmanship.

When sword intent and sword shadow merge, and then are integrated into the foundation of the Dao, they can form the initial form of supernatural power—the seed of supernatural power.

The foundation of the Dao is the soil, and the seed of supernatural powers is the true seed.

Nourished by the Dao Foundation, the seed of supernatural power sprouted from the soil and slowly grew into a towering tree.

At that time, his supernatural powers will be complete.

If a Qi Refining cultivator were to practice this technique, it would mean using true intent to build their foundation.

He looked at the visualization diagram in the animal skin book, mobilized his divine sense and magic power, and quickly condensed a sword shadow that was only superficially real.

This step is not difficult at all; any Qi Refining cultivator who can introspect can do it.

Afterwards, he looked at the visualization diagram and tried to understand its artistic conception.

Before long, he became engrossed in it and found himself in a dark space.

Immediately afterwards, the dark space changed, transforming into the small courtyard in Blackstone Mountain Market where he had lived for over thirty years.

He was sitting cross-legged inside the house when suddenly a dark figure crashed through the window and attacked him.

Upon closer inspection, the newcomer was none other than the savage bull he had killed more than a decade ago.

Jiang Chen is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and killing a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator is as easy as turning his hand.

When he made his move, he discovered that his Foundation Establishment cultivation had vanished.

At this time, he still only had the cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining.

His years of accumulated combat experience were not to be underestimated. He quickly dodged and counterattacked, only to find that the bull in front of him was terrifyingly strong.

He hadn't planted any poison needles beforehand, so he could only rely on his existing strength to maneuver.

The bull grew stronger with each battle, while a sense of fear rose within him, and his strength waned.

After several dozen breaths, the bull broke through all his defenses, kicked him unconscious, and put him into the spirit beast pouch.

Then, the scene before my eyes vanished, returning to darkness.

Jiang Chen felt the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment realm again, panting heavily, and the fear in his heart lessened slightly.

Just a few breaths later, the scene before them changed again, and they were still in that small courtyard.

Besides him, there was also a black wolf in the house.

His cultivation level had now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Black Wolf suddenly sprang into action, brandishing his knife and charging at him.

His heart was filled with fear, and even his reactions were much slower.

His defensive magic artifacts were quickly breached, and he died at the hands of the Black Wolf.

After that, the scene before his eyes kept changing, and the scene of dying in each dream kept reappearing.

No one knows how much time has passed, nor how many times he has died.

Taking advantage of the moment when an illusion ended, Jiang Chen ended his dream.

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Back in the real world, Jiang Chen was still shaken.

"Just now I entered a dream to comprehend the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique and became immersed in it."

Then came a series of near-death experiences, and at that time, I felt nothing but fear.

Could this be the "inner demon" mentioned in the cultivation technique?