Gong Chenying continued.
"If you fail to cultivate within seven days, you must destroy this jade slip immediately. Even after you have officially cultivated the first level, you must destroy this jade slip. If it is lost, you and I will be severely punished."
Originally, according to Gong Chenying's intention, she wanted to watch Li Yan practice and make the final decision based on the situation.
On the one hand, it was to prevent the leakage of the skills according to the ancestral teachings; on the other hand, it was to protect Li Yan, but the medicinal power of the elixir in her body could no longer be suppressed.
Seeing Gong Chenying's serious expression, Li Yan knew that this matter was absolutely no joke. He put the jade slip into his arms with great care and nodded slowly to Gong Chenying.
When Gong Chenying saw that Li Yan had agreed, he began to think about how to report the matter between him and Li Yan to the clan after returning, and what kind of explanation would be appropriate.
While she was thinking, she stood up, her expression returning to her usual cold and elegant demeanor. She didn't even bother to say goodbye and walked straight towards the gate.
Li Yan quickly took out the token from his waist and waved it towards the gate of the courtyard. A path appeared in the swirling white mist, and Gong Chenying's figure slowly disappeared at the end of the path until it disappeared.
After Gong Chenying left, Li Yan did not practice the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" immediately, but went to the chores in front again. There, he took a large box of food and returned to his own small bamboo courtyard.
After returning to the courtyard, Li Yan opened the lunch box, took out five side dishes and a pot of wine, and started drinking by himself in the courtyard. The meal lasted for a whole incense stick of time.
After eating, Li Yan went back into the house and fell asleep. He wanted to keep himself in excellent physical and mental condition before practicing.
Although he had rested last night, he was too tired from this trip to the secret realm. In addition, he had something on his mind, so he had not rested well before. After Gong Chenying talked with him, Li Yan knew a lot about Zhao Min, and his mood improved a lot.
He slept from the morning till the next morning. After waking up, Li Yan felt refreshed from the inside out and was extremely satisfied.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Li Yan entered the training room.
In the training room, Li Yan calmed himself down and sat cross-legged. He still did not practice the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" immediately, but began to consolidate his realm.
His gains in this secret realm were enormous. His cultivation alone had soared from the late seventh level of Qi Condensation to the early tenth level of Qi Condensation. His state of mind and cultivation were now extremely inconsistent, and he had to make adjustments as soon as possible.
After Li Yan took a few deep breaths, his face showed no sadness or joy. He slowly closed his eyes, and a layer of black air gradually appeared outside his body. The black air was much thicker than before, and it even had a tendency to cover Li Yan's entire body.
As Li Yan breathed in and out, the black air outside his body expanded and contracted rhythmically.
… …
In the boundless dark space, a huge meteorite is floating slowly in the space turbulence. Sitting in the front of the meteorite are three people with long hair dragging on the ground.
At this time, excitement appeared on the faces of the three people. They looked towards a place in front of the huge meteorite and the dark sky. There seemed to be a horizontal ray of light, which was particularly eye-catching in this dark space.
The three people with long hair had dry faces, and their clothes had turned into strips, as if they had not been washed for many years. The original color could not be seen, and the clothes were greasy and black. The faces under the long hair could not be seen clearly.
But judging by the gaps between the rays of light and the trembling of the three people's bodies, it was clear that all three of them were excited at the moment.
One of them stretched out his skinny fingers. His nails were nearly a foot long, with the front ends bent and curled back. There were layers of dirt inside. He made a dry sound, as if he had not spoken in many years.
"That should be the place that person mentioned!"
After he finished speaking, an old voice came from another person's mouth.
"I hope they won't go back on their word, but can they really get the 'Boundary Breaking Pearl'? I hope so, I hope..."
The voice then gradually became lower.
After a long time, the dry voice sounded again.
"This time when I go back, I will make the world flow like a river of blood, and make our sect a hegemon for eternity. It won't be long, it won't be long, maybe five years, maybe ten years..."
There was endless resentment in his voice, and as his voice gradually faded, a low chanting sound suddenly rang out behind him.
"If I lose my hometown, my homeland will be desolate; if I find my body, the duckweed will be desolate; if the flying horse comes, the river of blood will flow..."
The voice was mournful and full of hatred. At a glance, behind the three people were densely packed, dark shadows. They were the monks sitting cross-legged on the meteorite, chanting in unison.
Amid the howling gale, turbulent currents raged and flew. From time to time, small meteorites with a force of thousands of pounds would smash into the light curtain outside the huge meteorite, shining spots of light on the light shield.
The faces of the monks on the meteorites flickered, their eyes were bloodshot, and every time a meteorite hit, the three people in front of them were slightly shaken...
Inside the secret room, Li Yan opened his eyes and felt the endless surging magic power in the five spiritual power tanks in his body. Each cycle was smooth and natural, without any sense of stagnation as before.
The spiritual energy tanks now have expanded three times since he entered the secret realm. Thick clouds and mists are rising from each tank, which is a sign of condensing qi into liquid. When all the mists turn into liquid, it means that Li Yan has successfully established his foundation. The spiritual energy turns from gas to liquid, from virtual to real, which is the sign of establishing the foundation. At that time, the power of the immortal arts he can use will be incomparable to that of the cultivators who condense qi.
Li Yan nodded with satisfaction. Three months had passed.
Li Yan stood up, and some dust fell off his body. Li Yan waved his hand and cast a "Qinglin Technique".
Suddenly, a white light flashed in the room and immediately turned into a slightly wet whirlwind, sweeping towards every corner of the room. After a while, the whirlwind column disappeared without a trace, and a fresh air permeated the entire training room.
This technique was exactly the one that Lin Daqiao performed on the first day. Li Yan liked it at that time. Although this technique could not be used for attacking, it was extremely convenient for a cultivator's life.
However, after performing this technique, Li Yan was a little dazed. He looked at the tidy room, then at his own hands, and was stunned for a moment. But soon, the sound of Li Yan's laughter was heard in the training room, and there was a hint of joy in his voice.
After a while, Li Yan was already sitting at the stone table in the courtyard. Thinking about the feeling of performing the "Qinglin Technique" just now, Li Yan's heart was still filled with joy.
Just now, when he performed the magic, it was simply a thought, and the magic was completed with his mind, almost a subconscious action, which was completely different from the previous time when he held his breath and concentrated, silently reciting the mantra in his mind. This was the result of a great increase in his cultivation.
Li Yan sat at the stone table, recalling the spell-casting process just now, and finally determined the reason.
First, his magic power is several times stronger than before, and when he uses it, these basic magic arts are as easy as pie; second, his current state of mind and realm are in sync, his mind and energy are at peace, and his comprehension of the magic arts is beyond what he could have imagined before.
After thinking all this through, Li Yan stretched out his hand and slapped his waist, and the sect's token flew into his hand. Looking at the red dot that kept flashing on it, Li Yan's consciousness sank directly into it.
After a while, Li Yan withdrew his consciousness and raised his head.
The token contained messages from the sect, Li Wuyi and Lin Daqiao. The sect's message came about three days after he started practicing, asking him to go to Laojun Peak to participate in the secret realm trial reward celebration.
Li Wuyi sent two messages, one urging him to attend the reward celebration;
The other was to tell Li Yan that he had already informed the elders of the sect that Li Yan was in seclusion for cultivation, and also told Li Yan that he could collect his reward from Elder Peng at any time in the future;
Lin Daqiao sent a message to ask Li Yan to go to the market near the sect. That was because after Li Yan came out of the secret realm, he wanted to exchange the things he got in the secret realm that he didn't need for spirit stones.
He simply did not have enough spirit stones, and after failing some missions in the spirit garden, he still owed the sect a lot. However, Li Yan knew nothing about the surrounding markets, so he asked Lin Daqiao for help.
While looking at the message in the token, Li Yanyi tapped rhythmically on the stone table with his fingers. There was no message from Gong Chenying, so it seemed that she was still in seclusion.
Next, Li Yan will continue to practice the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique", and he still needs to have a plan for this.
After a while, he went to Elder Peng to collect the reward, which was three hundred spirit stones. He had to complete many tasks to earn that much. After returning from Laojun Peak, he planned to find Lin Daqiao to go to Fang City.
By then, I can sell Miao Zhengyi's hundreds of magic swords and other magic weapons, as well as other things I got, and I think I will get a lot of money.
After all these things are done, it is time to practice again. If you cannot successfully practice the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" within seven days, then go to the Collection Pavilion to find a book on other body refining techniques.
I think with the 300 spirit stones reward from the sect, plus the spirit stones exchanged from the market, it would probably be enough to buy a secret book.
After making up his mind, Li Yan first sent a message to Li Wuyi, telling his senior brother that he already knew everything, but would continue to practice in seclusion soon. The rest was some words of gratitude.
After doing all this, Li Yan stepped on the flying sword and flew towards Laojun Peak. However, he was flying using one of Miao Zhengyi's flying swords, which was a mid-level magical weapon.
However, Li Yan was not able to use it skillfully as the magic weapon still retained the aura of Miao Zhengyi. Although Miao Zhengyi was already dead, it would take some time for the aura of a foundation-building master to dissipate, so Li Yan could only control it with difficulty.
After flying for a short distance, Li Yan was overjoyed. Although there was still some trace of Miao Zhengyi's aura on the flying sword and it was a little clumsy to control, it was still a magic weapon.
It is not comparable to the spiritual shuttle-shaped boat issued by his sect. Its speed can be increased by at least 30% to 40%. This is the result of Li Yan's inability to operate it satisfactorily.
"If I can control it freely, I think my flying speed will be greatly improved. In this case, I can sell my small flying sword and shuttle-shaped boat and exchange them for more spirit stones.
We can’t just keep one of Miao Zhengyi’s flying swords, we have to leave ten just in case.
One is that it can be used for flying, and the other is that it can be used as a weapon before being refined into the 'Gui Yi Dividing Water Thorn', but..."
Li Yan was flying on the sword while thinking, but when he felt the crazy speed at which the magic power in his body was consumed, he couldn't help feeling impatient. The magic weapon consumed the magic power too quickly.
Moreover, Miao Zhengyi's flying sword is not specially used for flying, so there is no place to embed spirit stones. It is impossible to use spirit stones instead. It can only be driven by magic power.
"That shuttle-shaped boat cannot be sold for the time being. The most urgent thing right now is to improve my cultivation as quickly as possible. Should I also look for a sword manual to read..."
In the sky, Li Yan stepped on the sword and flew away.