Sitting cross-legged on the cushion, Li Yan put the jade slip in his hand back into the "earth spot", quietly recalling the three mantras and the picture in his mind.
However, whenever he thought of the picture, he would feel confused and depressed. It also seemed that the mantra and the picture were about to escape from Li Yan's consciousness, making Li Yan's consciousness feel extremely uncomfortable.
Li Yan suppressed his discomfort and began to slowly recall the luck route in the formula. As he continued to repeat and understand the formula, Li Yan found that his discomfort with the picture was slowly easing.
"Qiongqi, the winding northern road, riding on two dragons, the spring flows in the turbulent loft, the wings turn to break the wind and waves..."
Li Yan stood up slowly, with his legs bent as if squatting, sitting or standing. He supported himself with one hand on the ground in front of him, and hooked his other hand inward, passing it through his crotch, then up behind his ankles. His body and head looked like a rhinoceros looking back.
Even so, Li Yan was still trying hard to adjust the angle of his body. His posture at this moment was still far from the first picture recorded in the jade slip.
As soon as he assumed this posture, he felt a burst of suffocation and discomfort both inside and outside his body. Li Yan felt that some of the postures and angles outlined in the picture were simply impossible for a human to do.
The magic power in his body seemed to be running wild. He took a deep breath, circulated the magic power in his body, and started to circulate it according to the opening formula of Qiongqi Purgatory.
But then, it was okay that he didn't use his magic power, he just felt unwell and uncomfortable, a little stuffy. As the mantra was running, Li Yan let out a muffled groan.
He only felt that the magic power that was originally somewhat light and comfortable suddenly became like a club and stabbed directly into his heart.
A huge force suddenly hit his abdomen, and Li Yan suddenly felt as if his heart was being pulled out by someone. The heart-wrenching pain almost made him faint.
Li Yan's back was instantly soaked with sweat. He forced himself to calm his mind and paused for a long time before he barely came to his senses. Then he carefully followed the mantra to circulate his magic power again.
This time, although Li Yan was prepared, in an instant, the veins on his head and body bulged up, like winding earthworms, covering his whole body and face.
Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down quickly, "crackling", and as the magic power circulated bit by bit, large patches of faint red spots slowly appeared under the skin, each one looking like lupus spots.
Each of these bloody plaques was separated into irregular shapes. Under the stimulation of magic power, they slowly wriggled under the skin. Every time they wriggled, Li Yan's body trembled violently.
Then his body began to shake continuously, and after a few tremors, that strange posture collapsed in an instant, and then Li Yan let out a shrill scream.
Then, he lay on the ground like a dead dog, exhausted and curled up into a ball, his limbs still twitching. It was not until a long time later that Li Yan managed to climb out of a puddle with a deathly pale face.
After getting up, Li Yan took out the small porcelain bottle that had been prepared beside him with trembling hands. After shivering several times, he put a few "Qi Restoring Pills" into his mouth, then sat down on the ground and began to forcefully regulate his breathing and practice Qigong.
Just like that, after recovering for half an incense stick of time, his complexion turned from ashen to pale, and his physical strength gradually recovered.
“This technique is truly powerful. It’s so difficult to master just at the beginning that it almost costs half of one’s life. But the more difficult it is, the more it proves that it is effective in tempering the body, reaching an astonishing level.
Through the attempt just now, it should be that the posture we made can be the same as the one drawn in the jade slip, then it is possible to be successful. "
Li Yan thought to himself that the pose he had just tried so hard to strike was probably only somewhat similar at most, but even so, he almost fainted.
And at the moment he fell to the ground, a silver needle suddenly pierced into his sea of consciousness without any warning, causing Li Yan to let out a scream without any preparation. If it weren't for the restrictions in the courtyard, the whole back mountain would have been able to hear it.
After resting for a long time, Li Yan stood up shakily, ready to practice again, but... he suddenly found that the formula of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique was gone from his memory...
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Li Yan had double images in front of his eyes and his consciousness started to become a little blurry. Everything in the training room was twisting and shaking constantly. Then, with a loud bang, he fell heavily to the ground again, followed by another suppressed roar.
Inside the training room, all the furnishings were the same as before, without distortion or shaking. What was distorted were Li Yan's facial features, and what was shaking was his mind.
At this time, there was no dry spot on the bluestone floor of the training room. There were patches of water stains everywhere. There were also many water stains near the walls, which were slowly seeping into the bottom of some wooden frames.
These are all Li Yan's sweat. This is the fifth day of his cultivation. Now, he doesn't look like an immortal cultivator at all.
The robe had long been taken off, leaving only tight shorts. The exposed skin was covered in sweat, and gray mud marks were everywhere, hanging on the clothes and skin.
After a long while, Li Yan slowly raised his head. There was a large stain on his forehead. His face was ferocious, he kept gasping for breath, his eyes were full of bloodshot, and he raised his trembling hands and grabbed the celadon bottle beside him again.
There, there were more than a dozen small celadon bottles lying in a disorderly manner. These were medicines for restoring physical strength, such as the "Qi Restoring Pills", which Li Yan had purchased from the Dan Hall of Laojun Peak for more than 300 spirit stones before his practice.
With the porcelain bottle trembling in his hand, Li Yan finally aimed the mouth of the bottle at his mouth, lifted the bottom of the bottle, and poured the liquid into his mouth.
But this time it was empty. Li Yan was stunned, then threw away the small bottle and grabbed other small bottles around him again. However, to his disappointment, after two or three consecutive times, several small bottles were already empty.
Seeing this, Li Yan reluctantly threw the porcelain bottle aside, ignored the sweat on the ground, sat down on the ground, and after several efforts with a gritted mouth, he finally made himself sit cross-legged.
Then he exhaled a few deep breaths and slowly closed his eyes.
At this moment, the magic power in his body had been almost exhausted by the continuous practice. Although he had the help of medicines such as "Qi Restoring Pills", it was still not enough to cover the expenses.
The bones, tendons, and muscles in his body were extremely sore and painful. Every time he moved, Li Yan felt so painful that he just wanted to die.
Without the help of the elixir, Li Yan began to meditate to restore his mana, but it was much more difficult to recover in a short period of time. An hour later, Li Yan opened his eyes and felt the mana in his body. With his current level of Qi Condensation 10, without the elixir, he only recovered about 40% in an hour, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"At this rate, it will be very difficult to master this technique in the remaining two days. I never thought that the introductory chapter of this technique would be so difficult to master. Only those with great perseverance and high qualifications can succeed."
Li Yan felt that he had some perseverance and couldn't help but envy the qualifications of Zhao Min and Gong Chenying.
But these were not the only things that made Li Yan suffer. The painful thing was that in the past five days, every time Li Yan failed, he would suddenly feel a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness that felt like his brain was being churned.
Afterwards, the previously memorized mantras of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique and the strange training posture diagram will be completely forgotten after the severe pain.
Therefore, he needed to endure the dizziness and nausea again and look at the mantras and cultivation diagrams again. Such torture made Li Yan extremely crazy.
"Alas, it seems that we still need to go to Laojun Peak. In the remaining two days, we must succeed no matter what!"
Li Yan thought of the deep pain in his soul after every failure, and couldn't help but sigh. He calculated the time and planned to stand up. But just as he was about to stand up, something suddenly flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Oh my god, I'm such an idiot, how could I have forgotten that place."
When Li Yan was thinking about whether he should buy better pills to speed up his recovery, the word "recovery" suddenly came to his mind. He immediately thought of the rich spiritual energy in the secret realm, and a place where the spiritual energy was so rich that it was somewhat material - the secret room.
Since he came out of the secret realm, various things happened one after another, especially some emotions that made him a little confused.
In addition, he had just returned to Xiaozhu Peak. This feeling of home made him decide from the bottom of his heart that he would not go out at all in the near future. Just now, when he thought of the word "recovery", he suddenly thought of the need for a better environment for practice.
For now, what place could be better than the secret room in Pingtu
Thinking of this, Li Yan quickly moved his right hand across his left wrist, and a round diamond crystal emitting an ancient and mysterious aura appeared in his hand.
His heart was full of hope, and in his subconscious action just now, he ignored the piercing pain in his body.
But then, Li Yan paused for a moment, first collected the round diamond crystal, and once again suppressed his nausea, took out the pale yellow jade slip, and then quickly took out another blank jade slip, enduring great pain, and reluctantly began to copy it.
In the secret realm, an imperceptible wave flashed by, and even the several old monsters in the secret realm could not detect it. The direction of the wave was exactly the spherical peak of the Wheel of Life and Death.
In the secret room, Li Yan shook his dizzy head, enduring all kinds of discomfort caused by cultivation. He could smell the long-lost, extremely rich spiritual energy in his nose, which made Li Yan take a few deep breaths.
Suddenly, he felt a sense of comfort all over his body. The pain brought by many days of practice seemed to be eliminated a lot in an instant. He couldn't help but take a few greedy deep breaths before opening his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, he was startled. In the thick yellow spiritual energy, a huge middle-aged face was looking at him with a smile.
The huge eyes, which were almost as tall as Li Yan, were staring at him without blinking. They seemed to be only a few inches away from him, which scared Li Yan. After seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Li Yan immediately felt relieved.
"Boy, you come to my place wearing only shorts like this, what do you want to do? Do you think I'm a sissy?"
Seeing Li Yan looking over, the huge face made a rumbling sound, shaking the entire secret room.
After hearing this, Li Yan was stunned at first, then he looked down at himself, his face turned red, and he chuckled a few times.
"Senior Pingtu, I am sorry to make you laugh. I am currently practicing a physical training technique. I have been practicing for several days but have not been able to succeed. Seeing that the outside world is recovering too slowly, I hurriedly came here. I am sorry for being rude for a moment."
Li Yan scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and said.
The huge face in the secret room was transformed from Pingtu. After hearing what he said, he looked at Li Yan with interest.
"Oh? Looking at your appearance, it seems like you have suffered a lot but have not made any progress at all."
Li Yan was even more embarrassed when he heard this. He had been practicing for nearly five days, but Pingtu revealed the truth with just one sentence.
Li Yan knew how Pingtu guessed it. He only had three months left before leaving here. His physical strength and defensive power were probably transparent in Pingtu's eyes.
Since he had mentioned that he was practicing the body-refining technique, he could tell at a glance that he had not made much progress compared to his previous self.
Speaking of growth, as one's realm increases, one's physical strength naturally increases a little, but this cannot be hidden from Pingtu's eyes.
"Oh, then you can practice here."
After saying that, the huge face that Pingtu transformed into began to slowly dissipate. When it was about to dissipate, Li Yan hurriedly called him.
"Senior, please wait a moment. Can you listen to what I have to say?"
Hearing Li Yan's cry, the giant face that was slowly dissipating paused, then stopped disintegrating, and a pair of huge eyes looked over.