"Oww!"
Qian Sui raised her paw and patted Du ke's little head, asking the somewhat distracted Du ke.
How does this spiritual cat cultivation method compare to his martial arts cultivation method, which one is superior and which is inferior?
Du ke, who was patted on the head by Qian Sui, came back to his senses. He was speechless for a long time.
He was really too shocked by the scene he had just witnessed.
This Lion-faced Arhat actually directly imitated the gods, listening to prayers, eliminating disasters, and collecting spiritual rhyme.
The spiritual rhyme emanating from the old woman's body when she was begging this Lion-faced Arhat was so strong that even Du ke was a little startled.
Since his bloodline truly awakened and he was able to perceive spiritual rhyme, Du ke had never seen anyone with stronger spiritual rhyme emanating from their body than that old woman.
Although the spiritual rhyme contained in the incense burner was strong, it gave Du ke a feeling of facing a mountain. He could perceive it, but he couldn't easily shake it.
But the spiritual rhyme emanating from the old woman's body was different. It was flexible, elusive, and could be collected at any time.
As for the question Qian Sui asked?
Du ke already had the answer in his heart without thinking.
In addition to one's own talent, a martial artist's cultivation also requires medicines, resources, and secret techniques. It can be said that every boundary is a hurdle.
Martial artists must compete not only against the heavens, but also against other people.
Everything that happened in Steaming Cloud Mountain has made it clear how naked the rules are among martial artists.
Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat mud.
That is the rule for martial artists, cruel, bloody, dark and realistic.
In addition, high-level martial artists have relatively tight control over resources. Middle-level martial artists may still have ways to obtain them, but lower-level ones have no way at all. They can only fight with their lives.
Those with good luck may be able to leap over the dragon gate, while those with bad luck will live an unremarkable life for the rest of their days.
Du ke didn't dare arbitrarily judge how daoist practitioners cultivate.
Mainly because he had no contact with that in the Su family, and the teaching in XiuWu Pavilion was only about innate and acquired talents, without mentioning anything about after entering the Dao.
Although Du ke had not yet come into contact with the fundamentals of the spiritual cats' cultivation methods, just based on the scene he had just witnessed, he could determine that what spiritual cats probably only needed for cultivation was time and mental effort.
If one finds the right path, one can go smoothly until entering the Dao.
Even if one takes the wrong path, it would only be a waste of time!
Thinking of this, although Du ke had considerable expectations for the spiritual cats' cultivation methods, he still didn't give up on the idea of martial arts in his heart.
Only little kids make choices, kitties choose everything!
In addition to martial arts cultivation, what he was cultivating now was the demonic cultivation of the Demon Sealing Meditation Scripture.
Fortunately, demonic and martial cultivation can be interconnected and promote each other. Essentially, it doesn't increase much burden. The only thing Du ke had to worry about was Jade Essence and Blood Food.
But with the Black Cauldron, these were only minor issues.
Now that he had witnessed how spiritual cats cultivate with his own eyes, Du ke couldn't help but become restless in his heart. After all, the Black Cauldron can refine anything, and spiritual rhyme should be included as well.
If he could refine spiritual rhyme into pills, then his progress on the path of spiritual cat cultivation would probably advance by leaps and bounds.
The black cat beside Du ke glanced at him as the corners of her mouth also curled up slightly.
Through Du ke's spiritual rhyme, she had already clearly seen the changes in his mood.
This kitten is still young after all. He finally realized he was on the wrong path!
However, while he's still young, he can still turn back!
But he'll have to be watched more closely in the future, can't let him get led astray like that bastard Four Ears!
There's only so few of us spiritual cats left, why doesn't he just stay home comfortably?
Here in Mao City, we spiritual cats are like gods!
Why go wandering outside for those childish ideals and struggle in the mortal world, ending up bruised and tattered?
Du ke didn't know what the black cat was thinking. He was just thinking about when he could obtain the spiritual cats' cultivation methods.
Watching the Lion-faced Arhat sitting in Tan Cat Hall interacting with worshippers and collecting spiritual rhyme to cultivate, Du ke felt extremely impatient.
"When will you give me the cultivation methods?"
Du ke squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth. Qian Sui glanced at Du ke and gave a soft meow.
Wait patiently.
"Wait until when?"
"Meow!"
At least wait until this muddlehead finishes his secluded cultivation.
Having gotten Qian Sui's reply, Du ke simply lay down on the ground and silently watched the Lion-faced Arhat cultivate, while silently visualizing the Catalogue of Demon Gods in his mind.
Although he didn't demonstrate the Tiger and Leopard Stakes, the Catalogue of Demon Gods was a visualization method that could be silently cultivated.
As Du ke's spiritual rhyme stirred, Qian Sui's ears twitched, noticing the change in Du ke's energy. The black cat clicked her tongue.
This kitten is acting up again!
But let's wait and see!
When this kitten obtains the cultivation methods, he'll know which one is superior.
Du ke didn't know what Qian Sui was thinking. He just silently operated the Demon Sealing Meditation Scripture. Even if he did know, Du ke would probably still do the same.
Once a choice was made, he would stick to it unwaveringly.
Turn back halfway?
How is that any different from trash?
As the kitten in his mind visualized the Catalogue of Demon Gods, the energy in his body kept changing. A certain mysterious energy between heaven and earth was attracted by him, while a certain aura from his body was also slowly transforming and purifying.
Unknowingly, it was dusk. Melodious bell sounds rang out from the front yard of the Spirit Cat Temple, while the cats in the backyard also dispersed one after another to search for their meals tonight. The worshippers were even more reluctant to leave.
In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the entire backyard of the Spirit Cat Temple was left with only Du ke, Qian Sui, and the Lion-faced Arhat.
Of course, there were also a few stray cats, but they also left the Spirit Cat Temple one by one, preparing to go to their familiar caretakers' places to beg for food and lodge for the night.
Thud thud thud!
Amidst the sounds of a hard object striking wood, Du ke looked up and the visualization of the Catalogue of Demon Gods in his mind also stopped.
These knocking sounds clearly came from the Lion-faced Arhat's side. The big cat was tapping the hardwood in front of him, making muffled sounds.
The surrounding spiritual rhyme was disturbed and Du ke's ears twitched. He was actually able to hear the meaning contained in the sounds made by the knocking on the hardwood.
"Qian Sui, have you taken him through the tempering path once?" The Lion-faced Arhat looked at Qian Sui. Qian Sui meowed, conveying her thoughts in the meow.
I only took him through the beginning of the path, and he awakened.
Upon hearing Qian Sui's meow, the Lion-faced Arhat also looked at Du ke in surprise and continued knocking on the wood.
"His aptitude is quite good, I reckon he can enter the Dao very quickly."
"Much stronger than you were back then."
"Meow!!"
Qian Sui immediately glared at the Lion-faced Arhat, do you want to fight, you muddled jug?
"Alright, come with me."
The Lion-faced Arhat didn't respond to Qian Sui, just knocked on the wood to express his intention. Du ke couldn't help but click his tongue.
Qian Sui conveyed her thoughts through meowing, while the Lion-faced Arhat conveyed his thoughts by disturbing spiritual rhyme with his knocks.
Can't he just say something?
Is it that hard to speak?
While complaining inwardly, Du ke stood up, shook his body, stretched, and then followed Qian Sui and the Lion-faced Arhat.
The Lion-faced Arhat led the way, with Qian Sui behind and Du ke trailing at the very back.
The Lion-faced Arhat and Qian Sui easily left the backyard and headed straight for the back door. Du ke silently followed them until they stopped in front of a shadow wall standing at the door.
Carved on the shadow wall were four cats with different postures, fur colors, and expressions.
On this shadow wall, the postures of these four cats were all revealed.
The furthest left was a cat with four ears on the top of its head, its whole body covered in fur that looked like it was wearing brocade robes. This cat was lying on its side by a pool, with its tail hanging down fishing for the moon in the pool.
Four-eared brocade thief.
Du ke's vision shifted again and he saw a cat as black as charcoal. It opened its mouth and roared, dispelling evil ghosts and fierce ghosts.
Moon Shadow Black Eyes Golden Tiger.
With mournful eyes and a huge figure, raising the temple overlooking the mortal world, the cat looked at the worshipping multitudes below, and slightly lifted its right paw.
Lion-faced Arhat.
As for the cat farthest to the right, its figure was hidden in mist and clouds. Only its scaly claws could be glimpsed. A pair of golden eyes met Du ke's gaze. It had an aloof and indifferent aura, like the clear moon in the sky gazing down at the mortal world without staining itself with dust.
Chi Yu Xiao Fei Lian.
The moment Du ke saw the engraved images of his own lineage, his body shuddered and his eyes became dazed and lost focus.
Simply because the kitten in this stone carving seemed to be approaching him continuously, and getting closer and closer, so close that it was as if it wanted to suck him in.
And that was exactly what happened. Just a moment of absent-mindedness and Duke found himself stretching out from the misty clouds, which swirled around him like an ink wash painting, and he was wandering within them.
Each time he took a step, different sounds would be heard around him, and blurred images would flicker.
Each time he stopped, he would be either on a mountain peak, or by a lake, or on the grasslands, or among humans.
Various spiritual rhythms flowed and converged towards Duke amidst the turns, allowing Duke to ride the clouds and mists, shuttle to and fro between various places, yet the divine dragon's head and tail still could not be seen.
Occasionally when people begged and called out to Duke to stop, he would merely glimpse at them fleetingly, collect the spiritual rhyme, then continue on his way.
Not going with the flow of the mundane world, not mixing with others.
A cat is a cat, I am I.
As time goes by in the world, my original heart does not change!
Boom!!!
The kitten that exploded in his mind blasted open a piece of jade white world at the deepest part of his spirit, and despite the vastness of heaven and earth, it was but a foot square.
On this square land, streams of jade white texts slowly flowed, imprinting themselves between heaven and earth.
As soon as the text was formed, Duke sensed a tugging feeling that reached into his soul, pulling him backwards, out of that ethereal world, out of those endless misty clouds, out of that dharma-imparting stone carving, back into his own physical body.
Duke, who blinked his eyes, had even more golden colors in his eyes, and in his heart there was also a newly formed dharma decree flowing.
It was called - Heavenly Opportunity Spirit Rhyme Perception Scripture!
This is the specialized cultivation method for spiritual cats!