As his skin rose and fell like waves, Li Yan's bones made "cracking..." sounds as if they could not bear the heavy burden, as if they would break at any time.
Li Yan was sweating profusely, and the severe pain from his body continued to attack his nerves. But Li Yan seemed to feel nothing about it.
He had no idea how many times he had experienced this kind of pain. Whether it was practicing the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" or refining his essence and blood, it was an inhuman purgatory process.
But Li Yan felt that the pain was much lighter now than before, and his endurance seemed to be getting stronger...
Another half hour later, amidst the dense rain-like sounds from Li Yan's bones, suddenly a sound condensed. This sound was like a muffled thunder exploding in Li Yan's body, and the entire training room was violently shaken!
Li Yanjing stood shirtless in the training room. He felt the long-lost strength in his body and clenched his fists involuntarily.
At the moment of clenching the fist, there is a feeling of fullness in the tips of all ten fingers. This is the feeling of fulfillment brought about by the sudden increase in strength.
"I broke through to the fourth level in half a day, and my realm was also slightly improved. It's really great!"
Li Yan talked to himself with a happy look on his face.
After half a day, the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" broke through to the fourth level, and the bottleneck of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul was actually loosened a little.
Although it is still far from the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, being able to improve at this level, even a little bit, is something that cannot be missed.
Li Yan knew that this seemingly easy step was the result of his long-term accumulation.
On the one hand, he has reached the third level of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" for a long time, but he still practices repeatedly on weekdays. Although it cannot allow him to break through to the fourth level, it will make his foundation more solid.
In addition, Li Yan later refined a few drops of the "Immortal Nether Phoenix" essence and blood, so that his flesh, blood, bones, and tendons had reached or even exceeded the requirements for the fourth level of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique".
Even the pain during practice was much less than when he practiced each level before. With such a foundation, the only thing Li Yan lacked was the route to practice, and everything would come naturally.
Li Yan looked around, but there was no place for him to test his strength.
But the next moment, Li Yan's figure suddenly disappeared from the original place, and dozens of Li Yan's figures appeared in the training room in an instant. They turned at a large angle, leaving a series of afterimages in the room.
Everything flows smoothly without any sense of lag.
Within just five breaths, hundreds of Li Yan's figures appeared in the entire training room. Finally, when Li Yan stood back in his original position, those afterimages were still gradually decreasing and disappearing.
"In five breaths, the speed of 'Feng Chong Tian' increased by more than 10%, and when pausing and turning at the extreme speed, the body's ability to withstand it was also a little easier.
Although I may have used the power of the Immortal Phoenix's blood essence inadvertently, my overall physical strength has improved! Next, let's see how long it will take to reach the fifth level."
As Li Yan's afterimage disappeared, he touched his chin with his hand, estimating the extent of the improvement in his mind.
In the following period of time, Li Yan began to practice more diligently!
More than twenty days later, Li Yan, who was practicing, suddenly changed his expression, returned to the sea, and immediately stopped practicing.
With his upper body naked, as the magic power in his body circulated, all the sweat on his body disappeared, and then a black robe appeared on him.
When he came to the outside of the training room, a sound transmission talisman was flying around in the outdoor restriction. He grabbed it from the air, and his spiritual consciousness immediately sank into it. An old voice immediately entered his mind.
"Fellow Daoist Li, can you come to Tianli Palace?"
It was the voice of the Great Elder.
Li Yan pondered for a moment, as if he had a guess in his mind, so he strode out of the house.
… …
"Tianli Palace", when Li Yan entered, he found that there were already five people sitting here, one of whom surprised him a little.
In addition to the first elder, the second elder and the third elder were also present. There was another person sitting next to the second elder, but Li Yan did not know him.
What surprised Li Yan was the nun Hongyin, whose figure seemed a little illusory and who was sitting not far from the great elder.
When they saw Li Yan come in, several people looked at Li Yan with different expressions. Except for the fifth elder, the others all nodded at Li Yan.
The fifth elder looked a little dull. He just glanced at Li Yan and looked away without saying anything, leaving no one knowing what he was thinking.
The Great Elder looked at Li Yan with a smile and spoke first.
"Friend Li, I came here to look for you. I'm afraid I disturbed your meditation. Please forgive me! Oh, you have also met the others. That one is the fifth elder of the clan."
"You are too polite, Great Elder!"
Li Yan said politely.
He looked at the seats of everyone in the hall, and also glanced at the fifth elder. The man also looked at him, then immediately looked away, as if he didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Seeing this, Li Yan already had something in mind, so he walked towards the third elder and soon sat down next to her.
When the third elder saw Li Yan coming over, his beautiful eyes were filled with smiles, which made Li Yan feel a little uncomfortable.
Li Yan had no choice. In the hall, the Great Elder and Hong Yin were both at the top.
Perhaps everyone here already knew Hong Yin's original identity. Even though the other party's cultivation had plummeted and he had lost his physical body, a Divine Transformation cultivator was still a Divine Transformation cultivator, and they showed due respect.
After the two parties reached an agreement on cooperation, and with the existence of the relationship with Gong Chenying, the Tianli tribe will certainly not be stingy with due respect and will certainly not do anything that would make others dissatisfied.
Below these two people, the second elder and the fifth elder sat in a row, and the third elder sat opposite the second elder, which seemed to be quite targeted.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The clan is mainly composed of the Gong and Miao surnames. Inadvertently, when discussing matters on weekdays, both sides will subconsciously sit in different places.
Li Yan certainly didn't want to sit below the Fifth Elder. As soon as he saw that face, he was too lazy to get close to him, so he naturally sat next to the Third Elder.
But every time the Third Elder saw Li Yan, he always liked to look at him a few more times.
Although he didn't know whether the other party was surprised by his methods or whether it was just the nature of Tianli women, Li Yan always felt a little uncomfortable when being stared at by the other party.
He couldn't just stare at the other person's curvy figure and keep looking back.
Fortunately, after seeing Li Yan sitting down, the Great Elder continued to speak. "Shanhe, the Fourth Elder, and the Sixth Elder are all in seclusion. It may take them some time to recover, so they didn't come!"
He opened his mouth to explain why Gong Shanhe did not come. Upon hearing this, Li Yan looked up at the great elder and nodded. He did not feel anything about it.
Gong Shanhe and his companions have only been back for more than 20 days. No matter how many things are happening in the clan, he cannot keep recovering from his injuries. Only after his strength is restored can he take on more risks.
Li Yan's eyes swept across Hong Yin again. He was still a little puzzled. He could roughly guess why the Great Elder asked him to come over, but what was the purpose of asking Hong Yin to come over? Was it to hear her opinion on that matter
But when his eyes swept over Hong Yin, Hong Yin also looked at him, but said something that surprised Li Yan a little.
"Chen Ying is currently comprehending the technique I taught him, and cannot come!!"
Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard this, and then they realized that the nun Hongyin was talking to Li Yan. It seemed that Hongyin had also confirmed the relationship between Li Yan and Gong Chenying as Taoist partners.
At the same time, in Hong Yin's opinion, Gong Chenying is qualified to attend the meeting here.
"Sixth Senior Sister, the new master, is very satisfied with her, otherwise there would be no need to explain it separately. This shows that he cares about Sixth Senior Sister very much. Love her and love her too?"
Li Yan thought in his heart.
At the same time, he also glanced at the reactions of the others after hearing this sentence. The Second Elder did not react at all, but the Fifth Elder's expression seemed to become even gloomier.
"Ha! It was you who hid Sixth Senior Sister's letter, and you look like you deserve a beating. I need to find a chance to settle this score with you!"
Li Yan's face remained expressionless. He has always been a vengeful person, but he has been thinking about that incident all the time. At this moment, the other party's expression fell into his eyes again, which made Li Yan, who had a smile on his face, think about the other party even more in his heart.
This was also the result of the Fifth Elder deliberately not concealing it. The Fifth Elder already had a grudge against Li Yan for destroying some of their plans after his arrival.
Moreover, he felt that the Second Elder and his friends exaggerated Li Yan's cultivation. Killing an opponent of the same level? He could do that because he showed up rashly and took advantage of the situation.
Li Yan was already thinking about when to find an opportunity to have a good "communication" with this person.
Although one should not underestimate any cultivator, the other party is at the early Nascent Soul stage and had to recuperate for so many years after being beaten by Yan San and the others. Li Yan could roughly guess his ability with his eyes closed.
“Hehehe… I invited Fellow Daoist Li to come here to discuss ways to deal with the wind beasts in the swamp. Since Fellow Daoist Hongyin is very familiar with the situation of the ‘Yinshan Beast’, I also invited her to come and see if she has any good suggestions for our clan’s reference.
At the same time, Fellow Daoist Li also went to the bottom of the swamp, took a look at the situation there, and fought with the clone of the fifth-level "Yinshan Beast". Of course, he needed to listen to Fellow Daoist Li's opinion.
These are all matters of our Tianli Clan. I am sorry to trouble you two, Daoist Li and Daoist Hongyin, to come here."
The Great Elder explained the reason for asking Li Yan and the others to come over.
But just as the Great Elder finished speaking, the Fifth Elder, with a dull and gloomy face, suddenly interrupted.
"Great Elder, you are being too polite. Fellow Daoist Hongyin is our guest official and is currently recuperating. This is of course troublesome.
But this fellow Daoist Li Yan is the 'King Qing'. In any sense, he is one of us. If he can help, will he be stingy with his own methods? "
As soon as he said this, the Great Elder frowned, but Li Yan remained calm.
"This guy came up and put a big hat on himself. Does he want me to fight for nothing? It's just enough to injure him, but the beating is not enough?"
However, Li Yan remained calm on the surface, and after the Fifth Elder finished speaking, he also spoke with a smile.
"What the Fifth Elder said is true. I am indeed one of your family members. If you have anything to say, please let the First Elder know. If I can do it, I will help. Since we are one of your family members, there is nothing that can't be discussed."
When Li Yan said "family", he deliberately emphasized his tone. When he came, he was guessing the purpose of the Great Elder calling him over.
Now the Second Elder is setting a trap for himself, so if you want me to be generous in the future, I will agree with you and say, "family"? Hehehe, you have to be generous to me then.
After hearing what Li Yan said, the Fifth Elder's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, but he did not continue to speak, while the Second Elder remained silent.
The Second Elder now knew that Li Yan was a man of deep scheming and sharp tongue, and was definitely a difficult person to deal with. Unless it involved substantive issues and interests, he did not want to engage in verbal warfare.
"Fellow Daoist Hongyin, according to Shanhe, it was you who suppressed the fifth-rank Yinshan Beast with your own hands. I would like to ask, besides relying on its powerful cultivation, does it have any weaknesses that our clan can exploit
Can we cast a spell to suppress him again before he wakes up, or is there any other way to delay his awakening, so as to buy time for our tribe to migrate?"
The Great Elder immediately got to the point.
Hong Yin already knew the purpose of asking her to come here, and had already thought about it in her mind. She answered immediately without any hesitation.
"With the current strength of your clan's cultivators, it should be impossible to suppress them directly!! Unless you still have high-quality magic weapons refined by the former Divine Transformation cultivators, and they are the kind of magic weapons that are extremely strong and masculine!
As for delaying time? There is a method, but it also requires corresponding conditions. The "Yinshan Beast" is an extremely cold and yin creature, which is not comparable to the three tribes of wind beasts.
If there are four or more Buddhist Yuanying monks, or Confucian Yuanying cultivators, they can join forces and use the Buddhist magical powers or the power of righteousness.
While it is still asleep, casting a spell again may be able to slow down its absorption of the cold "Sky Eye Wind" under the swamp.
It should be possible to suppress it for another five to ten years.
As for the weakness of the 'Yinshan Beast', as I said before, it has extremely cold and yin properties, and the Confucian righteousness and Buddhist skills are the best ways to restrain it.
Your Tianli clan follows the two ways of immortality, witchcraft and physical cultivation. You can use the most yang-oriented magic in witchcraft to suppress it.
If I know the witchcraft technique of refining the 'Honglu Qiguanmu', this kind of witchcraft can also suppress him, but in the absence of a divine cultivator, several great wizards must work together.
Physical cultivation methods are no problem against other wind beasts, but for the "Yinshan Beast", it can only be defeated by force after it becomes strong enough.
Although most physical cultivators follow the path of strength and ferocity, they only make their own blood and qi strong and full of yang energy, not true attribute restraint! "
After Hongyin said this, she stopped talking and didn't say any more.
Her meaning was very clear. The "Yinshan Beast" was not easy to deal with. Even with the powerful "Hongfu Temple" back then, they could only suppress and seal it but could not kill it. What's more, the Tianli tribe did not have a divine cultivator in charge.