There was a layer of faint light outside Li Yan's body, which was almost invisible to the naked eye. This was different from the flickering light during his previous cultivation. The divine light was more restrained.
The endless sea of inky spiritual energy in the Dantian sea within his body had actually decreased by as much as 10%. This was the result of Li Yan's practice of the "Nine Ding Gui Water".
The sea of Guishui spiritual power is constantly condensed and compressed during the daily polishing, which makes Li Yan's magic power more and more pure. The power contained in a drop of spiritual power is like a thunder god's hammer, which can easily smash a mountain into powder.
Li Yan's magic power is now steadily progressing towards the later stage, but in order to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul, Li Yan estimates that it may take at least a hundred years according to normal practice.
Even though the Guishui Sutra also included the Five Elements, which allowed him to have a more thorough understanding of the Heavenly Rules and could easily integrate the Five Elements conversion power, the late Nascent Soul stage was an almost insurmountable mountain for the cultivators in the lower realms.
Even with the foundation of the Tianli tribe, only the Great Elder has succeeded in breaking through for more than a thousand years. In addition to practicing the best skills in the world and possessing superb qualifications, one also needs a great opportunity.
Li Yan felt that there was a high probability that he could break through to the late Nascent Soul stage in about a hundred years, but he still felt that this speed was too slow.
If others knew of his thoughts, they would even want to eat Li Yan's heart raw to see if his essence and blood could help them in their cultivation.
He has only entered the Nascent Soul stage for a few years, but he is already thinking of breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage, and he is quite confident that he can achieve it in the next hundred years. How can they practice like this? Apart from being frustrated, they can only sigh.
This is the practice of the Five Immortal Sect. In addition to breaking through the great realms, there are bottlenecks in the small realms of each layer, but they are not unbreakable.
With the help of the endless power of the Five Elements, basically anyone can break through, it is just a matter of early or late. However, to really break through to a higher level, it also requires personal opportunity and hard work.
An hour later, Li Yan was only wearing a set of tight underwear, with his left index finger pointing on the ground, one leg stretched back and the other leg in a cross-legged position, a posture that ordinary people could not do at all.
However, he remained motionless in this posture, slowly practicing his mental skills and breathing in and out continuously. He had already cultivated to the fifth level of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique".
The cultivation of the fourth level was unexpectedly fast. It might be because Li Yan’s own cultivation had already surpassed the Golden Core Realm, and he also had the essence and blood of the “Immortal Nether Phoenix”, so he did not waste too much time at all.
After mastering the subsequent skills, Li Yan broke through to the fourth level in just half an hour. Then he spent another half a day practicing and reached the fifth level. It felt as if the fourth level of practice did not exist.
After entering the fifth level of cultivation, Li Yan's progress continued in a straight line. More than a year ago, he had reached the peak of the fifth level.
After that, Li Yan continued to consolidate this state. Now he still practices diligently, and his physical strength continues to increase slowly.
Although it seemed that Li Yan practiced these two levels of skills very quickly and did not seem to bring much benefit, only Li Yan knew how much benefit he had gained.
The physical strength, which had not improved for a long time, increased by more than 10% again.
You have to know that at Li Yan's level, it is extremely difficult to improve his magic power or physical strength even a little bit. It is unknown how much time and hard practice it will take.
If he had encountered a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage in the past, Li Yan would have to consider how likely he was to escape. Now he has the confidence to fight with the opponent for a few moves.
But this was just his idea. That was when the other party's strength was within the normal late Nascent Soul stage. He had secret techniques and magical powers, and others could have them as well. Therefore, one cannot measure others' combat power by their realm.
Li Yan will always maintain a cautious attitude and never underestimate any opponent. There are too many things that have happened, and he doesn't want it to happen to himself.
Another three hours passed, and the sky outside the window was already slightly brighter. Li Yan finally stopped his rock-steady posture.
The moment he relaxed, layer after layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his originally smooth skin. For a moment, the whole person looked like he was fished out of the water, sweat pouring out like a waterfall.
This is because when he is practicing, his bones, muscles and tendons are in a state of balance, but in fact, with every breath, Li Yan is consuming an astonishing amount of strength and magic power.
When the training is over, the balance of training is broken in an instant, and the body's instinctive muscle reaction is revealed. Of course, Li Yan can also forcibly suppress this phenomenon, but the natural consumption process is the best body regulation.
After performing a small spell and washing himself up, Li Yan came to the window.
When he opened the window, a cool morning breeze blew in his face. The area around his Zen room was very quiet and it was quite far away from the other rooms. It was specially arranged for him by Zhuo Lingfeng.
The Zen room was built on a cliff, with a deep abyss outside the window and an endless mountain range in the distance.
Because the mountain where Li Yan was located reached straight into the sky, the originally high mountains outside the window seemed a bit "low", and the scenery near and far was in sight at once.
The cool morning breeze entered his body, which made Li Yan feel refreshed. Then he stood at the window and started thinking about things.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but Li Yan’s expression slightly moved as he looked at the rolling mountains outside the window, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"Finally here, I hope... there will be a good result!"
After a few breaths, Zhuo Lingfeng's voice came from outside the door.
"Friend Li, excuse me for disturbing you!"
It was only at this moment that Li Yan slowly turned around. As he turned around, the door opposite opened quietly and silently.
Outside the door stood a young monk, Zhuo Lingfeng.
However, Li Yan was somewhat surprised by Zhuo Lingfeng's appearance at this moment. His face was very haggard, and he had lost a lot of weight.
After the door opened, Zhuo Lingfeng saw Li Yan standing by the window, looking at him with a smile. He clasped his palms together and leaned forward slightly.
"Amitabha, Fellow Daoist Li, the ritual technique is complete!"
Half an incense stick later, Zhuo Lingfeng left in a hurry again, and on Li Yan's desk, there was a string of Buddhist beads and two jade slips.
Li Yan quickly scanned with his spiritual sense and found that one of the jade slips was the "Golden Pearl Dragon Subduing Technique" that he had engraved.
The other one contains the "Miji Vajra Zhenyue" ritual technique, or another method that can be used to sacrifice and cultivate Vajrapani Bodhisattva.
After Li Yan picked up the jade slip, his spiritual consciousness sank into it and he observed it carefully. Only after half an hour had passed did Li Yan withdraw his spiritual consciousness.
What is recorded here is definitely different from the "Secret Vajra Zhenyue" ritual of Mingtuo Temple. It is a kind of imitation, or a method of opening up a new path. Zhuo Lingfeng also said that since they have never really performed the ritual, they are less than 40% sure. Everything needs to be known during the real ritual. At that time, they may have to adjust the problems in this ritual while performing the ritual.
They studied hard day and night, and this time they gathered the three great monks who protected the Shamen Temple. Any one of the three had superb Buddhist skills, much higher than that of Zen Master Dajing.
After spending more than two years, he finally developed a method of sacrifice.
This also allowed the three great monks of Shamen Temple and Zhuo Lingfeng who participated together to gain many benefits in the process, and also saw the different essence of Buddhism from another continent.
So, as soon as this matter was over, the three great monks announced that they would go into seclusion for a period of time. They wanted to comprehend what they had gained from this time.
Although Zhuo Lingfeng was just helping, he was also the most tired while gaining insights, because there were many things he could not understand and he had to put more energy into comprehending them.
After a quick explanation just now, Zhuo Lingfeng wanted to go back and have a good rest. Li Yan certainly understood this, which was also the reason why he did not go to look for Zhuo Lingfeng when he did not come after the one-year appointment.
If the deduction failed or was too difficult, Zhuo Lingfeng would have come here long ago. Since he did not come over to explain the situation, it meant that they were all immersed in it and had reached a critical stage in the research.
And what Li Yan has to do next is to wait. After Zhuo Lingfeng has had enough rest, he can really start the ritual. Although Li Yan is anxious, he has to make some time.
You can't start refining a magic weapon when Zhuo Lingfeng is not in good condition when you only have a 40% chance of success. That would probably result in half the effort with twice the results.
Another ten months later, when Zhuo Lingfeng appeared again, he was already in his prime, and there was something about him that made Li Yan puzzled. Li Yan guessed that it might be a manifestation of Zhuo Lingfeng's advancement in Buddhism.
Zhuo Lingfeng didn't waste any time and took Li Yan directly into a secret room...
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Seven months later, a figure left the Shamen Temple.
In the void, Li Yan stood on the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" with his hands behind his back. He glanced at Zhuo Lingfeng who was standing in front of the hall, and flew away on the wind with a calm expression. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace.
This time, it was really fortunate to have Zhuo Lingfeng's help, otherwise, Li Yan might not even have a 20% chance of refining this magic weapon, and would have wasted those precious raw materials in vain.
Zhuo Lingfeng is still the same passionate and kind-hearted person, a person that others can trust once they are entrusted with something.
That day, when Li Yan followed him into the weapon refining room, he was shocked because an old monk with long eyebrows was already sitting there.
Afterwards, Zhuo Lingfeng introduced the old monk with kind eyes and brows as his master, the guardian monk of Shamen Temple, the great monk Konghai, a great monk in the late Nascent Soul stage.
It turned out that Zhuo Lingfeng was afraid that something might go wrong during his ritual, so he ignored the fact that the monk Konghai was in seclusion and called him over after sending a message directly.
This touched Li Yan's heart. To be honest, although he already knew what kind of person Zhuo Lingfeng was, he didn't expect that he would still have the same character after so many years and meeting him in a foreign continent.
Li Yan asked himself that if he encountered such a thing, he would not be able to do what Zhuo Lingfeng did. He was a cautious person, and sometimes even a mean person. It was good enough that he did not think about scheming against others.
From this point, Li Yan could also see that the monk Konghai was particularly fond of his disciple Zhuo Lingfeng. He exchanged a few words with Li Yan and was always very peaceful. He also gave Li Yan a reminder before refining.
"Fellow Daoist Li, no matter what happens during the refining process, just leave it to me and my disciple, unless we ask for your assistance!"
The meaning of his words was very clear, which was to let Li Yan remain quiet during the entire refining process.
It was Zhuo Lingfeng who suggested letting Li Yan watch the refining process on the side. Otherwise, Li Yan could only wait outside. Zhuo Lingfeng was open-minded and wanted Li Yan to see the process of using his precious raw materials.
And then, during the entire ritual process, the monk Konghai asked Zhuo Lingfeng to do it, and he would only take action when necessary. Obviously, this was to make Zhuo Lingfeng seriously comprehend this ritual method.
Li Yan didn't say anything about this, but the final result surprised Li Yan.
I don’t know if it’s because the skills deduced by Zhuo Lingfeng and the others are really powerful, or if the three raw materials I prepared are extremely good.
After putting three pieces of "Descending True Dragon" of different sizes together and melting them into bone liquid, he finally sacrificed and refined three and a half Vajrapani Bodhisattvas. Together with the original one, there were a total of four and a half.
The reason why it is said that there is half a Dharma image is probably that after the three Vajrapani Bodhisattvas were finally cast, the remaining bone liquid was not enough to cast another complete statue, and in the end only a translucent and blurry Dharma image was offered.
This Dharma image can still be driven, but its power is much less than those four.
During the entire ritual period, six violent fluctuations occurred, not knowing whether it was due to the ritual technique or because the Buddhist Dharma image could not be easily created.
Every time, the Dharmakāya would actually emit loud Buddhist sounds on its own, shaking the surroundings and causing the people who were performing the sacrifice to suffer backlash.
Thanks to the great Buddhist power of the monk Kūkai, who suppressed the force and recited complicated and incomprehensible scriptures that Li Yan could not understand at all, the angry Vajra gradually stabilized.
Zhuo Lingfeng, who performed the ritual personally, also suffered internal injuries, but he could only swallow the pill and continue the ritual.
At the last moment, when the four and a half Vajrapani Bodhisattvas appeared above the Buddhist beads, although no magic formula was used to activate them, the entire secret room restriction made an extremely heavy "bang bang bang" sound.
Even with a body as strong as Li Yan's, at that moment, it seemed as if his heart was about to be crushed by a huge external force. Any movement he made was very heavy, and he felt it was difficult to take a single step.
Li Yan was very happy about this kind of suppression. This was just the pressure brought by the manifestation of the Dharma image. If he activated the magic formula to perform it, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would probably not be able to resist it at all and could be easily suppressed by him.
At that moment, Li Yan became extremely alert. What would he do if Monk Kūkai turned against him and wanted to kill people to steal such a powerful Buddhist treasure
There are other high-level monks in the temple. If the other two monks guarding the temple attack at the same time, Li Yan is not sure he can escape with the treasure.
However, if the time really came, he would not hesitate to use all his poisons to turn Shamen Temple into a thousand-mile death zone.
But in the face of his vigilant eyes, the monk Konghai just smiled faintly, and let Zhuo Lingfeng take Li Yan out with the magic weapon that had just been successfully refined.
Zhuo Lingfeng should have seen through Li Yan's thoughts. After leaving the secret room, he said that he would leave the temple soon and could not accompany Li Yan.
What he meant was that he was afraid that Li Yan would be embarrassed to leave right after refining the magic weapon, so he urged the other party to leave.