Inside the gate, there is a bizarre space. There is no sky or earth, no east, west, south or north, and the scenes all around are almost exactly the same.
Li Yan and the Great Elder seemed to be stepping into a starry sky, and around them, there were actually pale white "stars" flying.
These "stars" twinkled and were very similar to the will-o'-the-wisp fire in the mortal world. Although they were flying around Li Yan and the others, they would not come close.
It was as if the two of them had a huge repulsive force. As long as they walked in one direction, these flying "stars" would be pushed far away, but they would still continue to fly around.
"These are the powers of faith of our people, similar to the power of thought of the Buddhists. They are originally invisible, but they are visible here!"
The Great Elder did not even turn his head back as he shuttled among these "stars" of faith, while explaining to Li Yan in a low voice.
"The visible power of faith?"
"This is the method used by the high priest. Don't ask me why. With my level of cultivation, I have no way of knowing. However, these are necessary for the inheritance of the skills later on.
You can use your consciousness to feel it, but don't try to absorb it. Doing so may cause a storm in your sea of consciousness, until it collapses. I don't know how to save it, but at least the cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and below will die."
The Great Elder continued to speak without stopping, but this time he glanced at Li Yan with a deep warning in his eyes.
Li Yan just smiled and lowered his head. He was curious about the power of faith, but before he understood it, he would never touch things he didn't understand. That was not his character.
When Li Yan first released his spiritual sense, it only swept across the surface of those pale white spots, and that was all. It was the most normal exploration of unfamiliar things for a cultivator.
Li Yan then combined the words of the Great Elder and quickly understood the meaning of the Great Elder's words.
After his spiritual sense came into contact with those pale white spots of light, he could already feel the fighting spirit rising into the sky.
The fighting spirit in each light spot was as sharp as a sword, a gun, an axe, or a knife. It seemed a little chaotic and mixed, but it was full of murderous aura, and even Li Yan's blood was slightly fluctuated.
“This is the Tianli people’s fighting consciousness and strong desire to survive, as well as their desire to make themselves stronger.
No wonder the Great Elder said that it cannot be absorbed into the body. Once so many different strong wills enter the sea of consciousness, the collision between them can make a normal person's consciousness have thousands of strong thoughts that change within a breath.
When that person is in pain, he will not know who to listen to. Even the strongest sea of consciousness will be stirred into a storm, and he will lose himself and his original heart..."
Li Yan thought in his heart.
"But the Great Elder also said that the inheritance of the last three levels of skills cannot be separated from the power of faith. I guess there may be two reasons:
First, this was done deliberately by the high priest, the purpose of which was of course to protect the core technique of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, so that others would not be able to obtain it unless they entered the ancestral land;
Secondly, the last three levels of the skills may involve some essence of the ferocious beast Qiongqi, and the Tianli people regard it as a sacred beast, so the power of faith formed by them is all related to Qiongqi.
The strong consciousness in those light spots should be related to certain qualities and talents of Qiongqi, such as ferocity, tenacity and so on.
Then, the inheritance of the last three levels of skills should require the assistance of these powers of faith in order to record or comprehend the true meaning of the skills…”
Li Yan speculated quickly in his mind, and after the Great Elder finished speaking, seeing that Li Yan fell into deep thought, he stopped talking and led Li Yan in front, continuing to travel through this starry sky of faith.
After Li Yan lost his sense of direction here, he seemed to be walking endlessly...
After that, the Great Elder would only occasionally say something like, "How far are they?," "What is their destination?" and so on.
Li Yan was observing his surroundings carefully, and at the same time, out of habit, he kept memorizing his route.
Although he had no sense of direction here, he still used his super memory to force himself to remember the number of steps he had taken, and how many steps it would take to turn left or right, etc.
If others knew about his behavior, they would definitely think that Li Yan was being too cautious and a little crazy.
After all, the Tianli tribe is now like a family to him, and he should be very confident in the way the great elder behaves.
But Li Yan is just like this. It's not about whether he trusts anyone or not, but once he arrives at a place that makes him feel dangerous, he will subconsciously think of the worst outcome.
Then, he would think, how could he survive in that environment relying solely on his own abilities
This habit has been deeply engraved in his bones. The most fundamental reason is that the shadow cast by Strategist Ji when he was young has haunted him for the rest of his life.
Therefore, childhood and adolescence are the beginning of a person’s lifelong character formation. The good ones are called goals, and the bad ones are called shadows.
Just like that, after the two of them walked for about a cup of tea, Li Yan's eyes lit up and the scenery in front of him finally looked different.
A palace slowly emerged in the void where light spots were flying ahead. As the two approached, the appearance of the palace became clearer and clearer.
The palace is grayish white in color as a whole, as if it has experienced ancient times, giving people a sense of vicissitudes.
Looking from Li Yan's direction, the palace was about a mile wide, which was quite grand. The direction he and the great elder were heading was facing the long steps in front of the gray-white palace.
There are about a thousand steps going up, and then there is a magnificent jade gate. As for how far the back of the palace extends, Li Yan has no idea until he uses his spiritual sense to carefully explore it.
Soon, the two of them walked to the steps in front of the gray palace. When they arrived here, the great elder stopped.
He turned around, looked at Li Yan, and pointed at the palace gate above with his cane.
"I will send you here. You will go up and receive the inheritance later. Next, you must listen carefully to every word I say.
After you enter the palace, there are three stone platforms in the hall. From left to right, they represent the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels of the skills.
You can climb up the stone platform, sit on it, and then infuse it with magic power to activate it, and the restrictions on the formation will be activated.
At that time, a consciousness of inheritance will descend from the air and penetrate into the top of your head. Don't panic or dodge, allow it to enter from the Baihui acupoint. That is the inheritance seal of the exercises.
I will give you four jade rings in a moment, in the colors of white, red, purple and black.
The white jade ring is used first, and it is the opening item for entering the palace array. When entering, just put the white jade ring into the only groove on the palace gate, and it cannot be taken out.
Then, the red jade ring can step into the seventh stone platform to receive inheritance, the purple jade ring can step into the eighth stone platform, and the black jade ring can step into the ninth stone platform.
These jade rings can be worn around the waist. After stepping onto the stone platform, use magic power to activate them. One jade ring can only be activated once and then it will automatically disappear.
You can receive inheritance on each stone platform for three days. When the light of inheritance disappears, it will be useless no matter how hard you meditate. The three platforms together last for a total of nine days.
When the nine-day inheritance time is up, the white jade ring on the palace gate will suck you out and appear directly under the current steps.
Remember, this is a place for inheritance of skills, not a place for practice. After the inheritance light disappears, if you continue to meditate in the palace, you may absorb very mixed power of faith, and the consequences are self-evident.
Secondly, never try to memorize the exercises in reverse order, otherwise you will fail completely. You must start from the seventh level to receive the inheritance. In addition, if three days is not enough to inherit a certain level of exercises, the three red, purple and black jade rings can enter the seventh level of the stone platform to activate. In other words, on the seventh level of the stone platform, you actually have nine days of inheritance memory time;
The eighth level can activate both the purple and black jade rings, and you can accumulate six days;
Only the black jade ring can be used on the ninth level, so it will only last for three days.
Therefore, the use of these three jade rings should be based on your actual situation. Once used, one opportunity will be lost.
In addition, if the inheritance fails this time, it will be much more difficult to open it next time, because the power of faith is not easy to accumulate and it is constantly consumed every day it is opened.
We also need to consider the possibility of other people entering, and we can't just use it on one person. I think Prince Yan should understand this."
The Great Elder explained all of this one by one. He spoke very carefully with the purpose of making Li Yan understand completely.
"This is indeed just a place for inheritance, not a place for cultivation. Moreover, the inheritance time is limited, but it can be used cumulatively to a certain extent."
Li Yan was thinking about his previous guesses about the place of inheritance, but there was one question he still didn't quite understand.
"Why is it that the higher the level of the technique, the shorter the time it takes to receive the inheritance? According to normal practice, the deeper the technique, the longer it takes to memorize and comprehend it."
"I said that this is a place to memorize the skills, not to comprehend them immediately. The key is to memorize the skills. If you have practiced the first six levels to perfection, this amount of time is enough to memorize them."
The Great Elder explained again, and Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something this time.
The Great Elder had put away the walking stick, and quickly made a strange hand seal in front of him. Then, he shouted softly in an old voice.
"now!"
Immediately, four-color rays of light appeared in front of him. As he pointed his finger, the four-color rays of light quickly shrank and soon condensed into four-color halos of white, red, purple and black.
Then the great elder waved his finger in the air, and the four-colored halo flew in front of Li Yan.
Li Yan looked at the four-color halo and sensed it slightly with his spiritual sense.
"These are all halos condensed by magic. If you don't know the magic formula, even if you can enter the ancestral land, you can't enter this space.
Even if I were lucky enough to enter this space again, I still couldn't enter the palace to inherit. It's really one thing after another."
While thinking in his mind, he had already taken the four-color halo into his hands, then nodded slightly to the great elder and walked towards the stairs.
After watching Li Yan step onto the stairs, the Great Elder did not leave. Instead, he sat cross-legged at the bottom of the stairs and slowly closed his eyes.
Nine days later, when Li Yan and the Great Elder walked out of the ancestral land, he immediately flew towards the "King Qing'a" mansion. After entering the mansion, Li Yan talked with Gong Chenying for a while, and then flew to the high mountain behind the mansion.
Afterwards, Li Yan entered into seclusion again...
Time flies, year after year goes by, but for cultivators, the years pass by so quickly that they are lost in thought. Not long after Li Yan went into seclusion, Gong Chenying also chose to go into seclusion to practice and improve his skills.
… …
Four years after Li Yan's retreat, one day in the Desolate Moon Continent, above the Wuliang Sect, the sky and the earth suddenly changed color. Dark clouds rolled in, lightning and thunder flashed, and the entire sect was shaken. Someone encountered the Nascent Soul Tribulation.
A day later, Zhao Min, who had been in seclusion for decades, achieved successful Nascent Soul stage. This event excited the entire Wuliang Sect. It was a great blessing for the sect. Another Nascent Soul ancestor appeared out of nowhere, and the sect's strength increased again.
But this incident also made Baili Yuan, Wang Tian and others look bitter. After returning from other continents, Li Yan and his wife actually surpassed their generation.
They already felt the pressure was increasing, but how could they rush to the Nascent Soul stage? Otherwise, the mortal world would be filled with Nascent Soul cultivators.
In Xiaozhu Peak, in the courtyard where Li Yan lived, Li Zhaoyan looked at Zhao Min, who had just washed and combed her hair and looked a little tired, and little stars appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Before, Zhao Min came back here covered in blood, which really scared her, but fortunately her grandfather, uncle, and Old Ancestor Mo were also here. After a quick examination, her grandfather said that there was nothing serious, which made her feel relieved.
Then, the three of them asked Zhao Min a few more questions before flying away one by one.
After washing up, Zhao Min originally wanted to go into seclusion immediately to stabilize her Nascent Soul, but when she saw Li Zhaoyan was also there, she came out again.
She first asked Li Zhaoyan about her life over the years. Li Zhaoyan turned her big eyes around and answered these questions one by one in a simple manner. Then she threw herself into Zhao Min's arms.
"Wow, mother, you are so powerful. You have blocked all those horrible heavenly tribulations. I feel that those heavenly tribulations are too powerful. Any aftermath can cost me my life.
However, from now on, I have two Nascent Soul ancestors to support me, hehe..."
Zhao Min patted Li Zhaoyan on the back. She looked the same as before. She had not become more mature after giving birth to Li Zhaoyan. She still looked like a cold girl. At this moment, she and Li Zhaoyan seemed like a sister.
Looking at the graceful young girl in her arms, there was a hint of gentleness in the depths of Zhao Min's eyes, but her expression gave people the feeling of being still cold and calm, as if nothing could arouse her emotions.
Zhao Min thought of the question she had just asked. She had a rough understanding of Li Zhaoyan's situation and was actually a little dissatisfied.
"You are already this old, you can't be naughty anymore. You should have your own goals in cultivation. Don't want to learn everything and practice everything. Time is always limited!
Also, what do you mean you only have two Nascent Soul ancestors as your big backers? Your father doesn't count? And we won't take care of you too much in the future. You need to walk some paths on your own.
I will go into seclusion later to consolidate my state, but I will tell your grandfather to let you go to the Ten Thousand Mountains to gain some experience like other disciples of the sect.
And if you calculate it, the secret picking should be opened within three years, so you must go and participate.
In the past, you have been protected by your grandfather and uncle, and you have reached the peak of foundation building, but you still stay in the sect. This is not acceptable."
It was rare for Zhao Min to say so many words. She had been in seclusion. Li Zhaoyan had previously described the general situation over the years, and she had been staying in the sect the entire time.
Although her cultivation is good, she still hasn't formed a pill. In fact, this is already very good. Zhao Min herself took decades to form a pill.
But Zhao Min felt that with such cultivation resources, Li Zhaoyan should at least reach the Fake Dan realm.
This was also related to what Li Zhaoyan had learned, which was too complicated, and she couldn't concentrate on practicing in seclusion. Fortunately, she had enough elixirs, and her spiritual roots were not comparable to Li Yan's. Her cultivation was also among the best among her peers.
Although Zhao Min didn't like to talk much, she still remembered Li Zhaoyan's character since childhood: naughty and overly lively. She found it a little unbelievable at that time.
She and Li Yan are both people of few words, so why is the child they gave birth to such a lively and smart personality
So, even though she only asked some questions, from the tone of Li Zhaoyan's answers, she knew that Li Zhaoyan must not have been too focused on his cultivation over the years.
With her extreme intelligence, she knew all this must be related to her father and Li Wuyi.