After making the decision, the purchase process was exceptionally simple, so simple that Nangong Lingyun didn't even have time to feel the heartache.
Below the picture was a rectangular 'Confirm Purchase' button. He gently tapped it with his mind.
With a *swoosh*, the balance in his account instantly changed from eight digits to six.
At the same time, an extremely peculiar, ancient book suddenly descended from the sky.
Its size was similar to a laptop, and it was about half a palm thick.
Including the gaps between the pages, the whole thing had a very unusual dark golden color, looking like wood yet also like metal, and it was quite heavy in his hand.
Having spent so much money, coupled with all sorts of mysterious legends about it,
authored by Guangchengzi who comprehended the War God Catalog, passed on to Huangdi by Su Nu, Huangdi relied on this to bed three thousand women, leaving behind the famous Huangdi Neijing before ascending on a dragon.
Nangong Lingyun also couldn't wait to open it and start reading.
Of course, he didn't have any thoughts about the Emperor being able to bed three thousand women; he was simply curious about Guangchengzi, this great figure.
But in less than five minutes, he closed it again with a dumbfounded expression.
The pages of the ""Eternal Life"" Skill were very thick, so there weren't many pages.
In those five minutes, Nangong Lingyun had roughly flipped through the entire book.
However, his only understanding of the book now was that it was a book.
Other than that, nothing else.
Usually, when a book is difficult to understand, we say it's obscure. If it's even more difficult, there's a term called 'jiju'aoya' (difficult to pronounce and understand).
If it's even harder to understand, it can be called a heavenly book.
But the Chang Sheng Jue wasn't describable with even the level of a heavenly book.
If he had to describe it, Nangong Lingyun could only think of three words: abstract art, and not just ordinary abstract art, but the kind that makes you feel like your brain will explode after seeing it.
No wonder the original text said, "The Chang Sheng Jue is profound and difficult to understand. Among the sages who have read this book, although there is no lack of those with heaven-defying intelligence, no one has ever been able to comprehend it thoroughly and decipher the entire book."
If he didn't have Diao Chan, buying this Cultivation Method for twenty-five million would basically be a complete waste.
But unfortunately, he did have her, *jie jie jie*.
"Diao Chan?"
"Respected Master, I am here."
Nangong Lingyun called out, and in the next moment, the stimulating voice resounded in his heart.
He continued:
"Help me decipher this book, and try to use simple language that someone of my level can understand."
As soon as he finished speaking, a virtual version of the ""Eternal Life"" Skill instantly appeared on the virtual screen in front of him.
This light-like speed stunned Nangong Lingyun for a moment.
After reacting, he immediately thought in his heart with surprise, joy, and smugness:
"Guangchengzi, have you ever experienced the fear of being dominated by artificial intelligence?
Sweating profusely, aren't you?
Sir, times have changed."
Silently giving a thumbs-up to Diao Chan, his great treasure with maxed-out action, Nangong Lingyun immediately used his mind to open the virtual ""Eternal Life"" Skill and began to study it seriously.
And with this study, he finally understood why so many sages had failed to decipher this strange book.
Although the entire book only had over seven thousand words, each word could be described as extremely profound and meaningful.
Diao Chan even needed to use an entire essay of thousands of words to explain the specific meaning of a single oracle bone script character inside.
It was like using English to explain why the couplet 'smoke locks the pond willows' is so awesome, and what kind of artistic conception it depicts.
And within these extremely difficult-to-understand profound words, there were countless industry jargons… ah, no, ancient Taoist exclusive terms (forgive me, forgive me).
In addition, one also needed to be proficient in a large amount of basic knowledge related to Cultivation, medicine, meridians, the five elements, and Yin-Yang.
Of course, this referred to completely understanding and comprehending this Cultivation Method; preliminary Cultivation didn't require such strictness.
At the end of the ""Eternal Life"" Skill, there were also seven meridian circulation diagrams attached. Each diagram recorded a complete top-tier Cultivation Method.
They respectively represented: the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the two forms of extreme Yang and extreme Yin.
The seven diagrams, or rather, the seven Cultivation Methods, didn't have high or low distinctions. Their power, potential, and upper limits were also similar, only their attributes and effects were slightly different.
According to the guidance in the general outline,
for the first Cultivation, one could choose any one of them, but later on, one had to switch according to the order of Yin-Yang alternation and the creation and destruction of the five elements.
For example, if the first Cultivation was the fire of the five elements,
then next would be fire generating earth, earth generating metal, metal generating water, water generating wood, and wood generating fire again.
Here, Nangong Lingyun didn't need to overthink it. The Barren Ancient Holy Body and the Chaos Holy Spirit were just one Yang and one Yin.
And the Barren Ancient Holy Body was much easier to develop than the Chaos Holy Spirit. Even if he accidentally made a mistake, the Life Attribute could give him a chance to start over.
Naturally, he would choose the Extreme Yang Diagram.
However, Nangong Lingyun didn't rashly start Cultivation.
This thing was nominally called a Cultivation Method, and it did indeed come from a martial arts World,
but in reality, it had nothing to do with martial arts at all. It was a quasi-immortal Cultivation method that entered the Dao through martial arts.
It contained the mysteries of the heavens and earth, emphasizing that the human body was a small world, and outside the body was another large world.
One needed to accurately grasp the operating rules of these two worlds and integrate them,
so that the inner and outer worlds could be combined into one, forming a whole, a state that was also known as the unity of heaven and man.
The highest pursuit of ordinary Martial Artist and martial arts World, the unity of heaven and man, was only the foundation for Cultivation it here.
This was also the reason why the Chang Sheng Jue could directly Cultivation innate true qi, while other schools had to first refine acquired qi and then reverse it back to innate qi.
After spending a full day comprehending the general outline and the Extreme Yang Diagram, by the time it was seven or eight, the sun had set.
At dusk, Nangong Lingyun's mind moved, and his consciousness appeared in the Virtual Space.
The Life's Big Winner System, also known as the Almighty Assistance Cultivation System,
just like the artificial intelligence Diao Chan, whose database could interpret the ""Eternal Life"" Skill at light speed, its assistance to Cultivation was almost all-encompassing.
And the Virtual Space, as another major Function of the System, could be used to simulate many things, including battles, practice, and special scenarios.
The fact that he had previously manipulated the Saw-Scaled Viper to harm San Zi without being detected by the Super Douluo Tang Hao at all was due in part to this Function.
In the Virtual Space,
Nangong Lingyun's consciousness had just entered when, without saying a word, he started operating according to the route marked on the Extreme Yang Diagram.
The spirit power charged all the way, without the slightest hesitation or caution, highlighting the word 'reckless'.
But the result of the simulation was also worthy of his reckless behavior.
In just two minutes, he went down the wrong meridian, the true qi clashed, and instantly exploded a bright and clear hole in his lungs, easily allowing a fist to pass through.
The second time, the route was correct,
but as he practiced, his whole body suddenly became extremely hot, and the true qi also became extremely violent, as if he was going to suffer qi deviation.
Nangong Lingyun vaguely remembered that the original text seemed to say,
that in the process of Cultivation the ""Eternal Life"" Skill, there would indeed be various situations that looked very much like qi deviation. Ordinary people would really regard it as qi deviation and dare not continue Cultivation, which was why they didn't succeed.
Therefore, he continued to circulate his energy regardless, and the speed didn't decrease at all.
Finally, after five minutes, he completely turned into a fire man and was burned to ashes.