The unformed embryo was forcibly pierced with nine holes, like the nine orifices of the human body...
A warm, beating heart was connected to a serpentine skeleton...
...
On beds filled with patients, some of whom Yun Jianyue recognized, their heads connected to various tubes inserted into their scalps...
"What is that?" Zhang Fan finally couldn't resist asking.
"In Daoist cultivation, there is a special Immortal Technique known as the Sleeping Technique," Yun Jianyue said calmly.
When people sleep, their thoughts quiet, the Consciousness dims, closely resembling the innate natural state. Besides this, the closest state one could achieve would be that of the Living Dead.
Therefore, in ancient times, some great minds within the Daoist Sect thought that if one could cultivate in dreams, perhaps one could comprehend the Path of Pure Yang Wuji, uncovering the secret of eternal life.
"Ancestor Xi Yi!" Zhang Fan mused.
