CHAPTER 513: CHAPTER 201: THE EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY PLAN OF THE "THREE SOULS AND SEVEN SPIRITS

Crash—

The heavy rain poured for half an hour, then turned into a continuous drizzle under the influence of a talisman.

Once again in the hall of the prefectural office.

Zhang Feng was leisurely sipping tea, surrounded by a group of prefects and others who were utterly astonished.

They cautiously glanced at the ’great expert’ Zhang Feng from time to time, and occasionally looked out at the falling rain.

Such a large-scale magic, praying for rain within a forty-mile radius.

In their minds, this was no longer the magic of a ’Golden Core cultivator,’ but rather the great magic of a ’Nascent Soul True Man’ from folk myths and legends!

In this world, there is the concept of the Nascent Soul, and even thousands of years ago, there was a Nascent Soul True Man.

Unfortunately, no one in later generations could enter this realm.

But now, in their opinion, this young Golden Core cultivator might have touched the threshold of a Nascent Soul True Man.

Meanwhile.

After resting for a while and recovering his Spiritual Qi, Zhang Feng also looked at the people who dared not speak.

"This rain will last for another half an hour.

Observe well, I must take my leave first."

"Take care, senior..."

"Thank you, senior, for bestowing the rain..."

The crowd bowed in respect, their eyes full of reverence.

Zhang Feng bid farewell to everyone without returning to the village, instead heading to a quiet chamber in the mansion.

The remaining time depended on them to spread his prestige until it reached the imperial court.

Zhang Feng was now straightforward, just waiting for a natural invitation from the emperor and the conferment of titles.

Afterward, he would organize the magic of this world from the national treasury.

By the way, he would also take a look at that Zhang family.

Since arriving at this residence half an hour ago, Zhang Feng had already had two cultivators bring him the mansion’s collection of magic.

Although his Spiritual Sense could easily skim through the insights and secret manuals in the study and easily bypass the study’s simple prohibitions,

it was still someone else’s property, and proper courtesy should be maintained.

And through these secret manuals.

Inside the chamber, after five hours.

Zhang Feng also understood the concept of the so-called ’Nascent Soul’ in this world.

It’s roughly like ’egg hatching a chicken,’ nurturing the body of the ’spirit (soul)’ within the Golden Core.

This spirit, materializing into a Nascent Soul, is the ’True Self, True Man,’ meaning ’Real Person.’

Because a person’s body may wither, but in theory, the lifespan of the ’soul (spirit)’ would be somewhat longer.

The scattering of the mind takes time.

So this relatively long lifespan allows oneself to continue to exist, the trace that is ’true.’

It’s not all over when the body dies.

In this world, cultivation is all about this ’truth,’ striving to live a few more years.

And in Zhang Feng’s thoughts, if ’Golden Core and Nascent Soul’ are indeed four-dimensional constructs.

Then as long as reaching the stage of Nascent Soul projection, perhaps after the physical death, he could achieve ’soul extension’ rebirth, assimilating another person’s body into his own.

The premise is that his Nascent Soul retains his thoughts, otherwise everything was up for discussion.

But whether it bears thoughts or not.

Just saying, the soul’s ability to prolong its dispersal.

Zhang Feng also understood why after physical death, it could merge with some Evil Qi and ultimately form a ’ghost.’

Ultimately, it’s the soul that’s at work.

Pushing it further, a very special conclusion emerges: ’The lifespan of the soul is longer than that of the body.’

Especially since Spiritual Qi is also special, so is the Spirit Root.

As long as the Spirit Root is high, the spirit will unconsciously absorb Spiritual Qi to strengthen the body.

This can indirectly derive that spirit can influence Spiritual Qi and absorb it.

In other words, the main target of Spiritual Qi’s nourishment is the soul, since it is the soul that attracts Spiritual Qi.

The soul also slowly strengthens in the unnoticed nourishment of Spiritual Qi.

If this conclusion is correct, it can infer why in worlds like Journey to the West, there are ’souls’ after one’s death.

Because in the high-level nourishment of Spiritual Qi, although the physical strengthening effect is weak, the soul is nourished very firmly.

And literally, Spiritual Qi and soul, being spiritual, should be related.

Although Zhang Feng didn’t know how the term Spiritual Qi came about, perhaps some great power derived this conclusion from the start, that’s why it’s called Spiritual Qi.

Additionally, cultivating the heart and virtue, which is Daoist cultivation, this is an undeniable fact.

And in the teachings of the saint Guan Zhong, "Guanzi·Inner Industry" also records, "The spiritual energy in the heart, comes and goes, with no interior in the smallest space, no exterior in the largest."

All these indicate that the golden core and nascent soul in the heart might just be a person’s spirit and soul.

Thus.

Zhang Feng also arrived at a peculiar conclusion.

The soul resides in the heart, not in the brain.

The brain is home to thoughts.

The soul and thoughts are completely different.

This topic has accurate statements within science.

Because like Spiritual Qi, the soul is a non-material existence, impossible to determine if it exists.

Thoughts are neurons, fathomable, based on the support of experience and knowledge, understanding and interpreting the objective world, analyzing and learning it.

It’s just that this idea of the soul in the heart, not in the brain, was Zhang Feng’s own pondering.

Even though I’m unsure if it’s right, if indeed, the soul resides in the heart and doesn’t connect with the brain (memory),

this could indirectly deduce why some ghosts lose their sanity since the soul is an independent existence from the brain, possibly unable to carry much memory.

Especially through this case, it can indirectly prove why certain people, after soul extension rebirth, have the mystery of the womb.