In this regard, Li Yan had to put aside all other thoughts, and sent out one strand of his spiritual consciousness to sweep towards the small sword on the table, and another strand of his spiritual consciousness to sweep towards the opening of the storage bag.
At this moment, two images clearly appeared in his mind. One was that the small sword seemed to be connected to him by a silk thread and could be pulled at will.
In another spiritual consciousness, a strange space of about two meters appeared. The things in the space seemed slightly distorted. There were several spirit stones, some clothes and a small porcelain bottle lying quietly.
He thought about the method that Senior Brother Seven had taught him just now, and slowly pulled up the thread of spiritual consciousness that was tied to the small sword. The small sword actually rose slowly from the table. The next moment, his two spiritual consciousnesses merged, and when he looked again, the small sword was no longer on the table.
He hurriedly probed his spiritual sense into the storage bag, and that piece of space suddenly appeared in his mind again. The small sword was lying quietly in it. Li Yan was overjoyed and slowly felt this magical feeling.
The next moment, he used his spiritual sense to lock onto a spirit stone in the bag. He pulled and released it, and saw a flash of white light at the mouth of the bag, and a spirit stone appeared on the table.
"Junior brother, you can really use your spiritual sense. That's amazing, really amazing!"
Brother Lin Daqiao's voice came from the side, with a look of envy on his face.
Seeing that Li Yan was able to use the storage bag, Lin Daqiao thought for a moment and then explained how to use the small sword and flying spiritual weapon, that is, the use of spiritual power, which is much simpler than the use of spiritual consciousness.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Lin Daqiao found that he had almost finished explaining the basic knowledge.
"Junior brother, what I have told you today are all common information about cultivating immortals. There are many things that cannot be understood simply by speaking them out. You need to experience them yourself before you can comprehend them. After you reach the sixth level of the Qi Condensation Stage, you can walk around the sect first.
There are many more things that I cannot know about, but the sect’s treasure collection pavilion has many books of this kind, such as anecdotes, unofficial history of cultivation, etc. You can borrow them to read when you are free.
Most of these books and jade slips do not require spirit stones. Some of them even contain records of cultivation experiences by seniors. It would be quite rare to be able to see them.
As for the meals in the three restaurants, you can just go to the service desk up front and tell them, and they will deliver them. You can even schedule a time with them and they can deliver them at any time of the day.
Like Brother Seven, we eat less now. We usually take a fasting pill. Only when we feel hungry, we ask them to make some food for us.
Hmm... I will go from Senior Brother's place and tell him the location of the courtyard you chose. He will come over tomorrow morning to take you to the Treasure Pavilion to select the skills and magic arts."
Lin Daqiao felt that there was nothing more to say, so she gave a few more instructions and prepared to get up and go back.
When Li Yan saw him stand up, he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Brother Seven, what did you say the soul lamp was?"
Lin Daqiao smiled after hearing this.
"This is easy to understand. You know that people have three souls and seven spirits, right?"
Li Yan nodded. This is what mortals said in their stories. However, he was half-believing and half-doubting before. After all, it was invisible and intangible. But now he believes it a little.
“When someone in the sect successfully builds a foundation, he must give away a bit of his soul to light a soul lamp. After the soul lamp is lit, no matter where you are in the future, even if you are thousands of miles away, your condition can be known.
If the body dies and the soul disappears, the soul lamp will go out, otherwise it will stay on for many years.
The sect can always grasp the current situation of the monks within the sect. Of course, this is for the disciples who are qualified to light the soul lamp.
For example, if someone betrays the sect in the future, you only need to cast a spell on the soul lamp to roughly determine his direction. It is said that a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage can even kill the other party through the soul lamp.
However, I heard that this not only requires the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage, but also requires the cultivation of the secret art of the soul. That’s just what I heard.
For example, Lian Shan, who defected from Lingchong Peak, was very difficult to track because he had not yet had time to light his soul lamp. However, the sect is now stricter, and as long as the cultivator has just established his foundation, he must go to the Soul Lamp Hall to light his soul lamp. "
Lin Daqiao said nonchalantly that they had been taught since childhood not to betray the teachings, so of course they thought this was a matter of course.
After hearing this, Li Yan pondered secretly.
"I am always controlled by others, and I may be killed by Yuanying stage from a distance. This is not what I want. Then, once I build my foundation, how can I get rid of this place?"
What he least wanted now was that his life would not be in the hands of others, but he just smiled slightly, indicating that he knew. After all, building a foundation was still a long way off for him.
Lin Daqiao stood up upon seeing this. He had said so much and had a great time today, but he was also a little tired. However, Li Yan had just checked in here and there was not even any tea, which made him feel dry in the mouth.
After waving to Li Yan, he reached out and picked up the badge on Li Yan's desk, and waved it outside the house. A black light flashed, and a gap appeared in the white fog at the gate of the bamboo courtyard outside the house for people to pass through.
After Lin Daqiao put down the badge, she reminded Li Yan to drip blood on the badge as soon as possible to identify the owner, and then she floated towards the gate, leaving as soon as she said she would.
After Lin Daqiao left, Li Yan returned to the hall and first picked up the token to study it. He now knew that cultivators basically used their spiritual sense to read, so he released his spiritual sense and immersed it into the token.
After half a meal, Li Yan's consciousness withdrew from the token, and released it again to explore the storage bag. He took out a small sword and lightly cut his finger, and several drops of blood scattered out.
With his other hand he picked up the token towards the blood bead, and saw a dazzling red light shining from the token. The next moment, Li Yan suddenly felt that there was some kind of connection between his mind and the token in his hand. Now, even if he did not use his spiritual sense, he could instantly issue orders with his mind.
As his mind moved, Li Yan, who was sitting in the hall, saw changes at the gate. The gaps formed by the white mist merged instantly, forming a complete circle of white mist along the wall and the gate. Then he came to the courtyard and manipulated the tokens several times at close range, changing the protective array into several styles, which he could also control.
He learned from the token that the courtyard protection formation has several forms: psychedelic, attack, and defense. Currently, it is only in a single defense state. After becoming familiar with the operation, these forms can be combined and used together, but that will require the consumption of more spirit stones.
Li Yan walked around the courtyard again and found several spirit stone slots in the corners of the walls, with several spirit stones embedded in them. These formation spirit stones are supplied by the sect on a monthly basis. Of course, you can use them for cultivation, but no one would do that.
Even when they are in the sect, every cultivator's residence will always activate a protective array. Everyone has their own secrets and does not want to be broken into without any warning.
If you simply activate one form of formation, the spirit stones will be enough to last until the sect distributes them next month. However, once you activate multiple forms of formation, the spiritual energy in the spirit stones will be gone in ten days.
If it's not enough, he will have to pay out of his own pocket. Li Yan was a newbie and only had three pitiful low-level spirit stones. He only tried one form at a time and gave up the idea of activating multiple forms at the same time.
After playing with the token for a while, Li Yan tied it around his waist and walked around several rooms.
There was only a bed and a table in the lounge, the practice room was so simple that there was only a cushion on the ground, and there was a pool made of jade in the breeding room, but it was empty.
The alchemy and refining room had nothing but an empty bamboo rack, an alchemy furnace and a refining stove. The living room had nothing but tables, chairs and tea sets. To put it nicely, it was elegant, but to put it bluntly, it was extremely simple.
Li Yan stood in the living room, looking at the tea set, and felt that he didn't even have a place to boil water. He didn't know any magic. He looked at the sky outside, and it was already evening. He couldn't help but sighed. It seemed that he had to go to the chores himself.
When he came back again, he was holding a kettle in his hand. After entering the yard, he activated the protective magic circle again.
When he arrived in the living room, he patted the storage bag on his waist, and several packed meals appeared on the table. He looked at the meals and then at the kettle in his hand, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He had just arrived at the chores' office when they were preparing to eat. Li Yan was not picky, so he ordered a few dishes to be packed up and told them the time to deliver the meals starting tomorrow.
He won't be polite now, he can't just starve himself to death.
The servants nodded in agreement and looked at him with curiosity. They all seemed to be at the fifth or sixth level of the Qi Condensation Stage and actually seldom ate on normal days. It was a coincidence that Li Yan happened to be the one who wanted to eat something today.
Finally, Li Yan did something that surprised them again. He asked them for a pot of boiling water and took the pot away as well. Li Yan looked at the dozen or so pairs of eyes filled with surprise and his face flushed.
He didn't know any magic, so he couldn't make a fire. And when he got the kettle full of boiling water, he didn't know if it would spill if he put it into the storage bag.
It was impossible to try it there, so he could only put the packed food into the storage bag and walked back quickly with a kettle in his hand, while the stupefied disciples stared at him.
Thinking of what happened before, Li Yan shook his head.
He first released his spiritual sense to take out everything in the storage bag, and then he carefully put the kettle of boiling water back into the storage bag.
Then he untied the storage bag, turned it over several times, and took it out again. Seeing that the kettle was unchanged and no water spilled, he nodded with satisfaction.
After finishing his meal and drinking tea, Li Yan came to the practice room. He planned to check his own practice carefully so as to make plans for the next practice.
After closing the door, all sounds seemed to be isolated from the world due to the operation of the magic circle outside the courtyard. Li Yan sat cross-legged on the cushion, and after regulating his breath for a while, he began to look inward.
Half a cup of tea later, Li Yan slowly opened his eyes. He had indeed reached the second level of the Qi Condensation Stage. The five tanks in his body had also grown a little bigger. Now only the first, highest water spiritual power tank had a small amount of spiritual energy in it, and the other four spiritual energy tanks were empty.
Although there is not much spiritual energy in the water spiritual energy tank, it is much more condensed than the floating spiritual energy that seems to be blown away by a light breath.
The spiritual power now seems to contain some water, making it more condensed and tangible.
His magic power is now at least three times higher than before. It turns out that each higher level of realm is not just a simple addition of one.
As for his spiritual consciousness, it was several times stronger than before, so leaving the body was not a problem at all. However, since his spiritual consciousness was still very weak, he could not even get out of the room.
Li Yan stood up and closed his eyes. A part of the scene in the room appeared in his mind. As his head turned, the scene in his mind kept changing. He could walk without any obstacles without using his eyes.
This made him very happy and he felt like playing. He came to the yard and walked around with his eyes closed. He could easily avoid the stone tables and benches, as well as other things in the yard, and came and went freely.
When he walked to the courtyard wall, his spiritual sense would be bounced back by the white fog on the wall, making it impossible for him to see clearly what was happening inside the fog.
After about dozens of breaths, Li Yan felt a sharp pain in his head and nausea in his chest. He was so scared that he quickly opened his eyes and dispersed his consciousness.
Sitting on the stone bench in the yard, Li Yan calmed down for a long time before he stopped feeling like vomiting. However, his head was still dizzy, his back was soaked with sweat, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.
After another cup of tea, he finally returned to normal and calmed down. After sitting on the stone bench and thinking for a while, he concluded that this should be a symptom of excessive use of magic power and spiritual awareness.
Now, whenever he thought of using his spiritual sense, his head felt as if it was being stabbed by thousands of needles.
Li Yan returned to the training room again, sitting cross-legged and practicing the Guishui Zhenjing technique. Time passed little by little, and three hours later, Li Yan opened his eyes.
Sure enough, when he tried to use his spiritual sense again, he no longer had such a splitting headache. This made Li Yan feel a little relieved, but he did not dare to try it again.