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Chapter 388 - 365: Choice of the Seas of Wheels

Chapter 388: Chapter 365: Choice of the Seas of Wheels

Zhang San, with no love left for life, could only read books now.

On the one hand, he couldn’t find out anything even if he wanted to investigate.

On the other hand, he dared not go out.

It so happened that among the collection of books sent by Wisdom Immortal Zen Master, half were Buddhist scriptures, and the remaining half were related to the Seas of Wheels.

Zhang San began his research on the Seas of Wheels in his room.

After all, he was approaching the stage of "True Core to the Sea."

In this stage, one needed to select one sea from the six spiritual seas to cultivate, and then locate that sea within one’s own body.

Finally, one’s own True Core would be thrust into the sea to stabilize the constantly turbulent sea.

During this process, the stronger the True Core, the deeper it would sink, indicating a greater potential for the future.

But some said that it was sufficient just for the True Core to enter the sea; going too deep was unnecessary.

However, Zhang San felt that his True Core was now basically in an unimprovable state—though not the man among men, the True Core among True Cores, within the ranks of Great Sui’s martial artists, there weren’t many like himself who could crush early-stage Spiritual Platform cultivators at the True Core Realm.

Moreover, those he had overwhelmed were either Zheng Poyue, one of the Four Young Masters of the Capital, or Ximen Chuixu, a Wind Series Technique genius from the Heavenly Punishment Sect.

This fact alone showed that his cultivation in the True Core Realm was absolutely among the very best.

Therefore, it was time to properly explore what exactly these six Seas of Wheels were all about.

Soon enough, Zhang San found the most comprehensive book on the Seas of Wheels—the "Six Wheel Heavenly Mandate."

"Qi meets myriad forms to take shape, the Tao blends with mystery to become nature. Swallowing a True Core into the sea, I then understand my fate is not dictated by heaven."[Note 95]

The opening poem clearly outlined the greatest chasm between Martial Artists and Cultivators.

Martial Artists have always cultivated their own Qi and True Core, but it is only through the process of True Core to the Sea, beginning the cultivation of their own Wheel Seas, that they can step into a higher realm and become genuine Cultivators.

Although Zhang San still couldn’t understand the difference between Martial Artists and Cultivators,

the line "I then understand my fate is not dictated by heaven," made Zhang San feel an enormous gap between the two realms.

Now that his identity seemed to have been exposed, but without having been killed for it, it might be better to take this opportunity to strengthen himself.

If his strength increased, whether it be the Town Martial Office or Kaihuang, they would surely take his explanations more into account. Conversely, if he needed to flee for his life, he would also stand a much better chance of escaping successfully.

Delving further into the book, Zhang San came to understand which six specific places within the human body paralleled the Six Seas of Wheels.

Heaven-Opening Wheel Sea.

Located above the eyebrow center, in the middle of the forehead. The Heaven-Opening Wheel Sea requires external objects to initiate cultivation and must have sufficiently powerful external entities to open and continuously expand.

Zhang San immediately knew this was a sea for the wealthy.

If he had enough cultivation resources, naturally he could consider it, but for now, even his Gluttonous Bag was seized by the Government Office of the Town Martial Office—no chance of cultivating at all!

Enlightenment Seas of Wheels.

Located between the throat and tongue, opened with Great Tao Runes.

At a glance, Zhang San knew this was a must for Cultivators specializing in the study of Talismans.

Even though Zhang San also found the Path of Runes to be quite remarkable, his grounding in runes was too scattered, a future choice for becoming more powerful, but definitely not the first option.

Heart Wheel Sea.

Location unknown, different for each Cultivator. It requires profound Divine Sense to begin cultivation, and after opening, it can nourish the Heart Divine Treasure and the Primordial Spirit.

Zhang San pondered for a moment. Whether it was the Techniques, Runes, or Martial Styles he knew now, none seemed suitable for this path.

Added to that, he might really not be able to find the location of the Heart Wheel Sea, so it felt like this could be passed over for now.

However, Zhang San thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he should certainly explore this Heart Wheel Sea.

Five Viscera Wheel Seas.

Among the five organs, six treasures are nestled within the Wheel Seas. They are the Heart Divine Treasure, Liver Divine Treasure, Spleen Divine Treasure, Lung Divine Treasure, and Kidney Divine Treasure (two locations). After opening, one must find the six divine treasures within the sea, and unlocking all of them can greatly strengthen oneself.

Zhang San felt like the Five Viscera Wheel Seas seemed very suitable for Cultivators who specialize in Martial Styles and also suitable for those focusing on Body Refinement.

Looking at it this way, the Five Viscera Wheel Seas were quite possibly his necessary choice.

Red Gold Wheel Sea.

Specialized in cultivating the Qi Wheel Sea, its development can greatly enhance one’s vitality, physical strength, and Qi.

Although it results in an all-around enhancement, its essence still revolves around Qi as the core, making it a mandatory choice for those cultivators who specialize in techniques.

However, as Zhang San looked further, he found that cultivating the Red Gold Wheel Sea seemed to consume much more than the other Five Viscera Wheel Seas.

Indeed, being a Pharaoh is an expensive profession in any world.

Earth Burial Wheel Sea.

To develop it, one must cultivate Death Qi, and once successfully cultivated, one can meld Yin and Yang and traverse life and death.

Zhang San knew that Xu and Ling were currently cultivating the Earth Burial Wheel Sea.

At the same time, Zhang San also finally understood why some people become living dead after death: because at the time of death, their own Wheel Seas shatter, and everything cultivated within keeps sinking within the body until it ultimately falls into the Earth Burial Wheel Sea. By some stroke of luck, they open the Earth Burial Wheel Sea and hence turn into the living dead.

As for the Earth Burial Wheel Sea, Zhang San had no interest whatsoever.

After studying all six Wheel Seas in detail, Zhang San felt that he had three essentials to choose from, with the Red Gold Wheel Sea being his first choice, followed by the Five Viscera Wheel Seas, and lastly the Enlightenment Seas of Wheels.

Only...

Zhang San currently had two Perfect True Cores cultivated within him and, for the moment, he did not know whether he should first cultivate the Red Gold Wheel Sea or cultivate both the Red Gold Wheel Sea and the Five Viscera Wheel Seas concurrently.

Would there be any problems if both Wheel Seas were cultivated simultaneously?

In pushing open the brand new doors on his cultivation journey, Zhang San indeed saw many things he never encountered before, which greatly expanded his knowledge.

But the more he knew, the more questions Zhang San had.

Thinking it over, Zhang San felt that he must find someone to ask.

Especially about the Enlightenment Seas of Wheels, Zhang San felt he must cultivate it, since the Legalist are quite powerful when it comes to runes.

As a disciple of a Pharaoh, he would definitely need to learn runes in the future, so the cultivation of the Enlightenment Seas of Wheels was also inevitable for him.

No, it won’t do!

He must find someone to ask!

With that thought, Zhang San immediately stood up, took a few books, then pushed the door open and walked out.

In the middle of the night, Wisdom Immortal Zen Master lay on his bed, yet he had not fallen asleep.

When Kaihuang had bestowed upon him the Stone Buddha Temple, he had said he liked tranquility; hence, despite its sizeable area, there were few monks in the Stone Buddha Temple, and visitors were scarce.

The tranquility of many years was disturbed today by the visit of King Jin, particularly the person King Jin had sent over. After observing the one called Zhang San for a long time, he concluded with eight words—"He has a good heart, yet commits many evils."

Wisdom Immortal could not understand what kind of person could be kind-hearted yet entangled with countless karmas and sins.

Based on his past actions, if he wasn’t a Demon Lord of Mayhem, he would have certainly been a great tyrant of his era.

Yet, he was someone with a benevolent heart.

In his life, Wisdom Immortal had encountered countless people and could see through even Kaihuang himself, but Zhang San was incomprehensible to him.

Confusing indeed!

However, after seeing Zhang San’s behavior since arriving at the Stone Buddha Temple, Wisdom Immortal felt that at least Zhang San was someone who knew how to abide by rules.

At the very least, he wouldn’t bring disaster upon the Stone Buddha Temple, and that was enough.

With a wry smile, Wisdom Immortal Zen Master shook his head and muttered to himself, "It’s the dead of night, why think so much? Just sleep."

Knock knock knock—

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Following that, Zhang San’s voice could be heard, "Wisdom Immortal Zen Master, I just heard you speaking; may I come in?"

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[Note 95]Quotation Explanation:

The verse quoted here is from Zhang Bao’s "Sixty-Four Quatrains, Number 53" from the Song Dynasty: "Only when medicine meets its like in Qi does it shape a vision, when the Way aligns with rarity it becomes naturally so. Swallowing a pellet of golden elixir, only then do I realize that my fate is not ruled by heaven."