The Other Side of Deep Space

Regarding the new star, there should be mysterious phenomena and supernatural powers, but Wang Xuan and Qin Cheng know limited information.

The main reason is that the information is asymmetric. They live in the old land and it is difficult to obtain the most cutting-edge secrets.

As for the immortals, it seems even more ethereal.

Wang Xuan believes that a long time ago there was a group of people who practiced qi-gathering techniques or focused on meditation to regulate their bodies and spirits and obtain powers far beyond ordinary people.

His speculation can be verified by some ancient books.

Wang Xuan has seen similar records in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic: The ancient people followed the laws of yin and yang and were in harmony with the art of numbers, so they could be in form and spirit.

In ancient times, if a strange person with one arm subduing a tiger appeared in the mountains and swamps, he would most likely be revered and worshiped by the ancestors.

As time goes by, the stories that are circulated may "distort" and gradually become myths.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there were extremely strong individuals among the ancients who practiced meditation to the highest level, nourished themselves, and thus obtained incredible power.

For example, there are a few cases recorded in ancient books where the alchemists were extremely vigorous in body and spirit and could throw elephants with one hand.

Wang Xuan felt that if the old art was practiced to the end, it might be possible to achieve this step. "

What did it mean to the ancients when an individual's power reached this level? That was the embodiment of mythology.

Wang Xuan believed that there had never been immortals or Buddhas, but there was only a group of people who were once very powerful.

Therefore, in the field of old art, he was not superstitious, but just continued to explore along the footsteps of his predecessors and wanted to verify this path with himself.

After Wang Xuan expressed his guess, he made some additions.

"Whether there are individuals who have been deified and continue to improve and reach a level of strength that we don't understand is unknown. After all, the old art is now declining and has long since fallen. "

Perhaps, the immortals are the embodiment of those legendary strange people and alchemists who have improved?

Wang Xuan believes that they are just a few special individuals among humans.

After a long time, no trace of myths or immortals has been left.

Professor Lin smiled at Wang Xuan and said, "According to your guess, immortals and Buddhas are also human beings, so the immortals and Buddhas have all disappeared."

Wang Xuan nodded: "As long as they are human beings, the ending is already doomed and they have all perished."

Qin Cheng listened attentively and was very interested. Then, he felt it was a pity and said, "If those extremely powerful individuals among ancient humans lived to this era, with the help of high technology, and then touched the supernatural power of the new star, could they prolong their lives, or even have the hope of immortality as the chaebols desire?"

"Throughout the ages, whether it was the chaebols or the powerful people, after reaching the corresponding heights, they were all striving for immortality, and their ambition for immortality has never changed. "

Professor Lin was inspired because he had personally come into contact with some people who were now promoting these studies and investing a lot of money.

"If you want to study the old techniques, I won't stop you. I have something to give you." Professor Lin stood up and took some papers from the bookshelf.

He was very serious and handed them to Wang Xuan, asking him to keep them.

Qin Cheng was immediately curious and stretched his neck to look over.

Professor Lin glanced at him and said, "If you want to learn, I won't stop you, but practicing this kind of thing requires an extremely solid foundation, and you have to work hard, otherwise, you may have very serious problems and your life may be damaged. "

Professor Lin said clearly that if one has not yet mastered the Qi-gathering technique, one cannot nourish the body internally and cannot touch this thing.

Qin Cheng's face fell when he heard this.

Wang Xuan immediately understood that this should be some kind of very powerful "root method".

Internal nourishment, Qi-gathering, meditation, etc. can fundamentally change a person's physique and spirit, and are called the root in the old techniques.

Although physical techniques are gorgeous and crucial in actual combat, they need to be attached to the root method.

"I have deciphered the things recorded in the bamboo slips in the photo and recorded them on these papers. "Professor Lin informed the origin of the root method.

The things recorded on the paper actually came from a tomb of the pre-Qin Dynasty.

Wang Xuan was deeply surprised. This is really an ancient method, and it is too old.

It was not easy for bamboo slips to be preserved in that period.

Before the tombs that were too old were opened, the bamboo slips had already rotted away.

Even if it had not rotted away, 90% of the bamboo slips would be destroyed at the moment of opening due to the drastic changes in the internal and external environment, not to mention leaving behind written records.

Professor Lin said: "Nowadays, technology is becoming more and more advanced. Some good things left behind in ancient times can be quickly processed and preserved at the moment of unearthed."

Qin Cheng thought for a while and asked: "Two or three thousand years have passed. Are these records still useful? Are they outdated?"

Professor Lin nodded: "What you said makes sense. The times are always moving forward, but the records on this pile of bamboo slips are of high value. After all, some extremely powerful alchemists appeared in that period, and the root methods of the same era would not be too bad. "

Moreover, Professor Lin clearly told him that this method has been verified and is a good thing, even very remarkable.

After listening to it, Wang Xuan put it away solemnly.

Professor Lin said again: "After the disbandment of the old technique experimental class, you will face two problems. One is that there is no medicinal food prepared with rare ingredients, and the other is the lack of more profound old technique scriptures."

Regarding the former, Chu Feng has long realized that it is a problem, but regarding the latter - the old technique, he has learned a lot, and they are all very well-known, such as the museum's unique copy, the chaebol's rare collection, etc., is there anything more amazing than these?

Professor Lin told him that the textbooks of the experimental class are indeed very good and have extraordinary origins, but they are all part of the records in their respective rare secret books, and what he has learned is not complete.

Even Professor Lin did not have the opportunity to see the subsequent chapters.

"Because those things are very precious, they only took out the first part of the root method for you. If someone really practices all of them, naturally someone will send the subsequent method. "

But unfortunately, the experimental class was disbanded, and the project of old technique research was abandoned, so there was no follow-up root method.

Qin Cheng smiled and said: "The root method recorded in this bamboo slip can be regarded as helping Wang Xuan solve a problem he has to face. If one day, he becomes a powerful alchemist in modern times, it will be interesting and worth looking forward to."

"If he really drills into it thoroughly and practices it, perhaps he can solve another problem. He no longer needs rare ingredients and medicinal food to practice the technique."

Professor Lin's words surprised Wang Xuan.

What does this mean? The root method recorded on the bamboo slip is extremely mysterious and amazing!

"Is it so powerful?" Qin Cheng was surprised.

"Of course, the things left by those alchemists are not simple. The old techniques of that period were quite brilliant, and the pursuit of elixir of life was also related to alchemists.

Professor Lin told that during a period of time, the tycoons of Xinxing spent a lot of manpower and money to come to the old land to find ancient tombs and dig up things related to alchemists.

Nowadays, many tombs of past dynasties under the old land have been turned over, and there are few fish that have escaped the net.

"So, even if you want to go the old art route, you have to go to Xinxing, because many precious books, secret methods, and rare scriptures of past dynasties are not in the old land."

Qin Cheng muttered dissatisfiedly: "Do some people in the chaebol have some special collecting habits? What do they need so many old arts for?"

"Of course it is useful. After verification, the old art has been analyzed and applied by some life research institutes. In the field of biology, some modern results have been developed in a targeted manner, which can delay the aging of some old guys."

Professor Lin told a lot of secrets.

In fact, many good things have been dug out from the ancient tombs. For example, someone once dug out a golden bamboo slip. It is a special kind of bamboo that has not decayed after a long time and is still as hard as iron.

However, this plant has long been extinct in the old land, and the existence of this kind of plant was not known before it was dug out.

It is conceivable that the things recorded on such bamboo slips are not ordinary, but must be extremely extraordinary.

But unfortunately, after these things were obtained by those organizations, research institutes, and chaebols, they were kept secret and outsiders could no longer see them.

At a certain period, those chaebols and various types of organizations had spent a lot of money and searched for such things in the old land all year round.

Professor Lin unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his old wounds. There were two fist-sized scars on his chest next to his heart.

It seems that he was pierced through his body by some external force back then, and it still looks terrible now.

"Back then, for the bamboo slips in the photo, I was injured one after another, all of which were fatal injuries. One was pierced through by someone's fist, and the other was pierced through by someone with a modern weapon."

It is precisely because of this that Professor Lin, a former master of the old art, can no longer fight in actual combat. It is a miracle that he survived afterwards.

It can be seen how fiercely the major organizations and chaebols fought for such things.

Seeing Wang Xuan now, Professor Lin seemed to see himself in his youth, with a strong desire to explore the old art. Unfortunately, his own path had long been cut off.

Wang Xuan comforted him that there might be new medicines in the future that could solve Professor Lin's physical problems.

"I'm so old now, I've already let go of what I should let go of." Professor Lin shook his head.

Qin Cheng said: "So, even if Wang Xuan wants to follow the old art path, he needs to go to Xinxing. The good things have been looted by the people there."

Professor Lin was very serious: "Not only that, the key is that the discoveries there may have far-reaching impacts, and may even trigger some changes in the future."

"What I said are all my own guesses, not the news I got from the research institute or some organizations, so there is no need to keep it secret."

The mysterious phenomena and supernatural powers from Xinxing are related to some items.

Moreover, there were actually clues about these rumors and news decades ago, but it was not until recent years that some true situations were gradually leaked.

Regarding those secrets, it seems that there has been a breakthrough.

Otherwise, the old art project here would not be abandoned.

"So, the opportunity is rare. Since Xinxing seems to have found another way, the rare bamboo slips and various root methods collected by the chaebols may be circulated and no longer valued, and they are much easier to get than in the past!"

Wang Xuan was moved after hearing this. He really wanted to go to Xinxing, much more eager than in the past.

Until now, Qin Cheng was still dissatisfied: "What kind of way did Xinxing find to throw away the old art and us? It was simply discarded like a worn-out shoe, and ruthlessly eliminated and abandoned us."

"It's probably more than just one way." Professor Lin talked about his feelings.

In recent decades, some rare new species have appeared on Xinxing, such as a small tree called "Anshen", which is white and has fragrant leaves. It can nourish people's minds. Eating a few leaves every day has anti-aging effects.

It is said that this sky-high small tree was discovered in the wilderness during the large-scale development of Xinxing.

There are other similar plants, herbs, and special small creatures.

Professor Lin was a master of the old arts. In his early years, he had traveled through the mountains and rivers of Nova alone, but he had never found those species.

"I suspect that they found not only a road, but also a planet with life, which may involve the supernatural."

This is undoubtedly amazing. Nova is suspected to have discovered it a long time ago, and explored such a place a long time ago, but it was kept secret from ordinary people for many years.

Professor Lin added: "In the past few years, they probably encountered troubles, and only made progress in recent years, but I think that no matter what they found, it is not realistic for them to get supernatural powers immediately."

There is one point that Professor Lin particularly emphasized. If the new world is really discovered, the herbs, various resources, supernatural items, etc. there will definitely be of great help to the old arts.

He looked down at the woman in the photo album, hesitating whether to meet this old friend and fight for a place for Wang Xuan.