The place that Li Yan was staring at was just a cluster of ordinary bushes. It was not much different from the surrounding bushes and was very ordinary.
Li Yan in the air took a step downwards, and his whole body flew over. While he was still in the air, he swung his hand and struck out a wind blade.
The huge wind blade swept out with a sharp whistling sound and hit the bushes immediately.
With a "hiss" sound, the originally ordinary bushes did not break into pieces as imagined, but a gray light flashed on the surface, which actually blocked Li Yan's attack.
"Oh? There's also a pretty good defensive formation!"
Li Yan's face did not show any surprise or doubt, but instead he looked very calm, as if everything was within his expectations...
After a dozen breaths, there was a muffled "boom" sound on the ground, and the entire ground shook a few times.
When he looked at the ground again, the cluster of bushes had disappeared, and instead there was a small gray stone that was almost exactly the same as the one in Li Yan's hand, gently rotating and floating off the ground.
Li Yan stretched out his hand and took the small gray stone into his hand.
After feeling the aura in the stone, he found that it was indeed the same as the one in his hand. He nodded with satisfaction.
Li Yan looked around and carefully identified the direction. He determined that this place should be a location southwest of the sect.
Li Yan was relatively familiar with the terrain and location near his own sect. He was surprised to find that this place should be about three thousand miles away from the place where he had previously cut through space to enter.
However, he had not flown in the turbulent space for too long before, and Li Yan felt that he had only flown about a hundred miles at most.
"The distance in the turbulent space is not the same as the actual distance on the mainland. This is caused by different space rules!"
Li Yan did not delay. After putting away the two "Sand Star Stones", another "Sand Star Stone" appeared in his hand.
The one he took out earlier was obtained from Zen Master Dajing, and this one was made by Qi Jinghong.
He soared into the air again, holding the "Sand Star Stone" in his hand and gently scratched towards a certain place. The void twisted and a space crack appeared. Li Yan dodged and drilled into it...
After only seven or eight breaths, at the place where the space crack appeared before, Li Yan stepped out of the crack again in one step amid the space fluctuations.
He actually just stayed here and didn't go far away.
Li Yan in the void looked at the "Sand Star Stone" in his hand and could only shake his head regretfully.
After entering the turbulent space again, he was unable to sense another exit location from this "Sand Star Stone".
“Maybe it’s been taken away!”
Since he couldn't find another corresponding "Sand Star Stone", Li Yan didn't plan to delay on this matter any longer, and his body disappeared from the spot again.
… …
Li Yan's figure flashed out from a secret room filled with extremely rich earth spiritual energy.
He looked around but found no trace of Pingtu, so he sank his spiritual consciousness into the round diamond crystal in his hand and communicated with the mark inside.
When he withdrew his spiritual sense, there was still no movement until ten breaths had passed.
Li Yan couldn't help but become anxious, and just when he wanted to communicate the mark again, the rich earth spirit energy in front of him surged, and a huge face appeared.
At this time, the shadow of Pingtu's face was a little dim. As soon as he appeared, he said impatiently.
"What's the matter? I'm using this divine consciousness to deal with that person!"
"Oh, it's been a few days, I just wanted to ask if the master is dead, there shouldn't be any accidents here, senior?"
Li Yan asked quickly.
"What kind of surprise could there be? It's just that it's not that easy to deal with him without my real body!! He's not dead yet, but he will be soon!
The restriction there must be controlled personally by my divine consciousness to unleash enough power to kill him.
If you don’t start practicing after you die, I will tell you.”
Pingtu couldn't help showing dissatisfaction when he saw that Li Yan was fine. He wanted the man to die sooner, but was summoned by Li Yan.
Seeing Pingtu was about to leave, Li Yan hurriedly said.
"Senior, wait a moment!!"
"Kid, if you have anything to say, wait until I kill that guy!"
"Senior, I am about to enter seclusion. I will give you these things. They may be of some help to your true self!"
As Li Yan spoke, there was a flash of light in his hand, and three crystals, one yellow, one green, and one blue, sparkling with brilliant light, were suspended in the air.
“Top-grade spiritual stone!”
The moment these three crystals appeared, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Pingtu's originally impatient eyes.
"Oh, you got three top-grade spirit stones at once, are you going to give them to me?"
Pingtu looked at Li Yan.
"Of course, Senior is the one who needs this thing the most right now. I still remember what you said before.
It’s just that I have only recently entered the Nascent Soul stage, and I only got these three in the previous battle. If possible in the future, I will help you recover as soon as possible! "
Li Yan bowed. He had a heartfelt respect for Pingtu. The other party had helped him a lot, but Pingtu himself was still seriously injured.
Li Yan didn't have the ability to help before, but now that he had the chance, he of course took out the top-grade spirit stones without hesitation.
After Pingtu finished listening, his huge eyes moved around Li Yan, a hint of gentleness appeared in his eyes, and then he looked at the three top-grade spirit stones.
The yellow earth-type spirit stone suits him best. Of course, that doesn’t mean the other two can’t be used, it’s just that he needs to convert them.
He is just a spirit of an artifact, not a true disciple of the Five Elements Sect. As long as there is a transformation, there will be consumption.
Therefore, he can only utilize about 70% of the two top-grade spirit stones, one green and one blue, but this is also very considerable.
Pingtu certainly knew what kind of martial arts Li Yan was practicing, "Guishui Zhenjing" - the top water-based martial arts.
That water-type blue top-grade spirit stone was actually what Li Yan needed most. Once Li Yan absorbed it, his strength would improve by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, but Li Yan still took it out.
"Alright, just practice peacefully!!"
Pingtu just glanced at it and said nothing more. The three top-grade spirit stones disappeared out of thin air, and then the huge face disappeared as well.
Watching Pingtu disappear, Li Yan showed a knowing smile on his face. He was like this. Although he was selfish, he had to be fair to everyone. … …
Not long after the surprise attack by the demons, the four major sects carried out a major purge using extremely bloody and brutal methods.
Most of those who showed even the slightest suspicion were directly exterminated with their entire clan; only a very small number of them were summoned for questioning and their entire clan was imprisoned for three to five hundred years.
The Nanhai Taixuan Sect, in particular, became the target of public criticism. Not only was it monitored and purged by the other three sects, but it was also forced to pay compensation of land and spirit stones, which almost drained its assets.
At the same time, not only did they completely give up the territory that had been in conflict with the Wuliang Sect before, but they also cut out other areas and divided them among the three sects.
The Taixuan Sect itself also fell back into the trough again because it had killed a large number of monks related to Hanglin, and the Taixuan Sect, which had taken more than a hundred years to recover its vitality at the monk level.
Finally, the remaining Nascent Soul cultivator Yinliang Zhenren announced to the world that the area would be closed to the outside world for three hundred years. No cultivator in the entire South China Sea was allowed to set foot outside the area. Anyone who violated the rules would bring disaster to the entire sect.
The current strength of the Taixuan Sect can only be regarded as that of a first-class sect. Apart from the relatively large number of Jindan and foundation-building cultivators, the only Nascent Soul cultivator left is True Man Yinliang.
As for whether the Divine Transformation cultivator Yuandu is still in the Desolate Moon Continent, even though the Taixuan Sect has been in such a mess, he has not shown up.
From then on, Taixuan Sect suddenly fell to the bottom of the four major sects.
At the same time, a competition was quietly unfolding among the first-rate sects within the South China Sea. Taking advantage of the opportunity of sealing off the territory, they all had the idea of replacing the Taixuan Sect.
In this regard, the three major major groups also maintained an attitude of turning a blind eye.
After all, the troublemaker Hanglin is still missing, and the Nascent Soul cultivators of the four major sects only know that he is a traitor. We need to wait and see whether there are other people hiding deeply within the Taixuan Sect.
After this incident lasted for more than ten years, the world of immortal cultivation slowly returned to its former peace, and the demon cultivators and foreign cultivators never appeared again.
According to news that came out from the three major sects later, after the Divine Transformation cultivator took action, he killed three demon generals and one foreign cultivator in the past ten years.
Once this news spread, the vast majority of people chose to believe the news released by the three major financial organizations, and for a time many people felt more reassured.
But there are still many people who don't quite believe it, because the number of people announced does not match the number of people who escaped from the attack on the Infant Forming Ceremony.
Moreover, the message did not reveal the identity of the other party, but it could be guessed that it did not include the great gentleman and Hang Lin.
Although many people were still worried about the terrifying Mr. Big, time passed quickly again, and twenty-four years passed in the blink of an eye.
Apart from the constant internal fighting among the various sects in the Desolate Moon Continent, there was no more news about the demons, as if they had become a distant past, a dusty memory...
On this day, the door of Li Yan's training room, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened, and Li Yan, dressed in a dark green robe, walked out.
He strolled into the courtyard. It was already the middle of winter, but the Wuliang Sect was located in the southwest of the Wild Moon Continent, so the alternation of the four seasons was not too obvious, and there were still green bamboos outside.
Li Yan did not enter the secret room in the secret realm for his cultivation this time, mainly because Li Yan was also afraid that the demon cultivator might counterattack at any time.
Although the Great Master was trapped in the "Five Elements Dao Li Pearl", the demon cultivator might have decided to fight back desperately just because he had lost the trace of the Divine Transformation cultivator.
After thinking about it, Li Yan decided to stay in Xiaozhu Peak to practice. If anything happened, he would immediately come out to meet the enemy.
He is now also the ancestor of the sect and has an unshirkable responsibility to protect the sect.
After more than 30 years of practice, Li Yan has reached the third level of "Nine Ding Gui Shui". As a practice to assist "Gui Shui Zhen Jing", its effectiveness is unexpectedly surprising after it is truly practiced successfully.
The magic power in Li Yan's Dantian sea is extremely refined at this time. One drop has been compressed to about five drops comparable to more than 30 years ago, concentrated and pure.
The "Demon Sealing Needle" was finally cultivated to the first level; the "Ebb Tide" technique also reached a small level of success.
Since Li Yan needed to practice too many things, "Stealth at Night" and "Five Elements Return to Hongmeng" only improved slightly.
The second level of “Fu Bo Soul Killing”, “Pulling Souls and Leading to Killing”, has not yet been practiced.
That's because the pair of Gui Yi Water-Dividing Spears had only just basically recovered when Li Yan came out of retreat today to investigate. It might take another one to three years of nurturing before they can be used.
As for the essence of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix", Li Yan only refined one drop after melting it under the mysterious blood river, and there were still two drops that could not be refined.
This is also because the time is too short. Li Yan feels that there is not enough time.
It was only in recent years that he gave up practicing other martial arts and began to refine the essence and blood of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix". Unexpectedly, he received Zhao Min's message today.
Li Yan was not in seclusion this time, so he did not set any restrictions on the sect token that could transmit sound. He was awakened in an instant, and after seeing the content clearly, he immediately interrupted his practice and walked out.
More than thirty years is just a blink of an eye for cultivators, especially those with high cultivation who don’t feel anything at all.
After sitting in the yard and sorting out his current situation, Li Yan was basically satisfied.
Not only has his cultivation level improved to the middle to late stage of the early Nascent Soul stage, but his physical strength, which had previously troubled him, has also rapidly increased again.
Li Yan felt that his physical strength had increased by at least 70% compared to more than 30 years ago. He only refined one drop of essence and blood this time, so the effect should be the same.
When Li Yan's cultivation was low, he could have doubled his physical strength by refining 10% of a drop. Of course, such an effect would never appear again.
In fact, this improvement is extremely rare for Li Yan, who is in the Nascent Soul stage!
Feeling the long-lost expansion in his body, Li Yan couldn't help but clench his fists. At this moment, he could beat an ordinary mid-Nascent Soul cultivator to pieces with just his physical strength.
However, he also knew that as his realm continued to improve in the future, the effect of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix" essence and blood on improving his physical strength would only become smaller and smaller.
But Li Yan still guessed that if he could gather ten drops of "Immortal Dark Phoenix" blood, his physical strength should be able to reach a level comparable to that of the early stage of Spirit Transformation.
This is because the dead "Immortal Dark Phoenix" was of a higher level, and the power contained in it was enough to support the advancement of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm.
“If I can refine the remaining two drops, I wonder if my physical strength can reach the level of a late Nascent Soul cultivator. It’s really exciting!
If one could really reach that point, it would be impossible to defeat the opponent, but at least one would have the ability to protect oneself when facing a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.
If I can obtain the latter part of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, my physical strength will be even more terrifying..."
Li Yan thought in his heart,
At present, he has refined a total of four drops of the essence and blood of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix". The reason why he can crush the cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul is not entirely due to the power of the essence and blood of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix" itself.
But because of the bonus of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" and the fact that Li Yan's own realm has reached the early Nascent Soul stage, his physical body has been greatly improved under the heavenly tribulation.
For a moment, Li Yan thought of the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" and couldn't help but yearn for it even more.
"It's probably time to find time to go to the Wind God Continent!"