What Li Yan didn't know was that as he was going down the mountain, a tall old man opened his eyes in a cave on the top of the mountain far behind the stone tablet.
This man was sitting cross-legged on a cushion in a gray linen robe. He had a head full of silver hair, but his face was as rosy as a baby's. He talked to himself.
"The little kid is really interesting. When did Xiaozhu Peak accept such a disciple? He has mixed spiritual roots but pure spiritual power. He is also a poisonous body. He has been in seclusion for too long and has no idea what is happening outside.
If the Heavenly Monument had not been angry, who knows how many years have passed in the outside world? This Heavenly Monument really has the mentality of a child. Others are just of lower cultivation, but it felt offended when it looked at it. "
After the tall old man muttered to himself, he lowered his head awkwardly, as if he had not moved for a long time. His movements seemed extremely stiff, and he thought for a while.
"It's a great fortune for this little kid to be able to successfully cultivate the Fragmented Poison Body. There have only been three people in the sect since ancient times. But his magical power is very strange
It stands to reason that the spiritual energy in a person with mixed spiritual roots must be extremely mixed, but how come his spiritual energy is so pure? What's going on? Could it be that he has practiced some strange technique, but I have never heard of such a technique, or maybe he has swallowed some natural treasures..."
The old man lowered his head and couldn't help but fall into deep thought!
Li Yan didn't know that his fragmented poisonous body, the state of his internal cultivation, and his mixed spiritual root constitution could be seen through by someone thousands of miles away.
Fortunately, after he was promoted, he practiced for more than half a year before coming here.
At this time, not only the water spiritual power tank in his body was full of spiritual power, but the other wood, fire, and earth spiritual power tanks were also full. Only the gold spiritual power tank had a small amount of spiritual power.
Otherwise, if he had come here when he had just entered the second level of Qi Condensation Stage, the old man would not have been so simple in his doubts. The Guishui Sutra after the advancement was the unity of the five elements, and at that time he only had spiritual power in the water spiritual power tank.
The remaining four cylinders had just upgraded and their spiritual power was very small, so the old man would think that he was a Holy Spirit Root, which would definitely cause Li Yan trouble...
… Li Yan thought back to what had happened in the past year, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Now he felt that in a few months, he might be able to break through to the third level of Qi Condensation Stage.
He walked upwards along the stone path in the bamboo forest. Occasionally he would meet some disciples from other peaks on the way. They would just glance at each other and then walk away as if they had nothing to do with each other.
After walking for a while, they gradually lost track of people. Li Yan turned a few times and the platform appeared in front of him.
After standing on the platform, he looked at the different colors of the ground under his feet, and then looked back at some burnt bamboos in the bamboo forest at the edge of the platform. These were all caused by his practice of magic.
At first he was worried that if he tried out the magic in this way, he would mess up the place, and he didn't know whether the sect would ask him to compensate.
But after a period of time, he slowly discovered a phenomenon: the places on the platform that were destroyed by his spells, as long as they were not completely destroyed, would slowly recover after a few days.
The same phenomenon also occurred on the ground in his courtyard, including the surrounding black bamboos. Although they could be broken or burned by magic, the bamboo shoots at their roots were very tenacious. After a dozen days, they would grow a large section of bamboo wildly to replace the previously damaged black bamboos.
Seeing these phenomena, Li Yan estimated that this small bamboo peak might have some secrets that he didn't know about. Otherwise, why would those rocks slowly recover? Why would the vitality of the black bamboo be so tenacious? It was estimated that only by destroying it by the roots could it be completely eradicated.
Even if he knew this, he would not choose to practice magic in the courtyard.
First, the stone tables and stone benches had already been replaced several times; second, some fragmented toxins had affected the bamboo courtyard formation, and the consumption of spirit stones made him very sad.
He had nothing except eight low-level spirit stones a month and could not afford such a hardship.
Li Yan stood on the platform, with a thin bamboo more than one meter tall and a large stone at his feet. He calmed his mind, pinched the magic formula with his hands, and silently chanted the spell. After a few breaths, he lightly scolded.
"go!"
The next moment, a fist-sized red fireball appeared in the air and smashed directly towards the ground in front. With a loud "bang", the fireball hit the ground of the platform in front.
However, what was strange was that despite such a loud noise, not a single spark was emitted. Instead, it looked as if there was a red leech lying tightly on the ground, and bubbles were constantly rising from the red ground.
But after squirming a few times, it disappears, and then another bubble pops up, which then squirms a few times again before calming down again.
The leech-like red flame became dimmer and dimmer, and the bubbles that appeared one after another became smaller and denser until they gradually disappeared.
Before the red flames disappeared, Li Yan picked up the large stone at his feet, walked forward carefully, squatted at the red flames, and scraped the flames with the stone in his hand, as if he was scraping off a layer of a sticky plaster.
The next moment, something strange happened. As soon as the stone in his hand touched the flame, a trace of dark red flame was sucked up. Then a series of bubbles swelled up and flattened on the surface of the stone, repeating over and over again... until they disappeared without a trace after a few breaths.
Li Yan looked at all this expressionlessly. The red flames under his feet disappeared after a few breaths. He looked at the intact stone in his hand and the ground under his feet that had not changed at all.
Li Yan raised his other hand and gently wiped the place on the stone where the red flame had just disappeared. Immediately, a lot of powder fell off the stone, revealing a deep bright red groove inside, as if if it was an inch deeper, it would be able to penetrate the large piece of stone.
He gently wiped the ground with his foot again, and a larger and deeper groove appeared on the originally intact ground, like a bright red scar.
This is one of the twelve poisons that have poisoned Li Yan's body. Li Yan doesn't know what kind of poison it is.
He had checked the classics and found that the magic arts that the Wuliang Sect originally practiced were different from those of other sects. For example, it was possible that the Buli Peak practiced the "Fireball Technique" to contain poison.
The Lingchong Peak might cultivate the "Fireball Technique" to the point where the fire contains snake venom, and the Sixiang Peak might cultivate the "Fireball Technique" to the point where every flame contains miasma. All these things cause headaches for other immortal cultivation sects.
Li Yan didn't know the names of the toxins in his body, because it was possible that a fragmented toxin was composed of many highly toxic components that he didn't know about. Although he had been studying various books on poisonous plants and insects recently, it was still far from supporting his current understanding.
But this did not prevent him from testing the effects. After several months of slow exploration, he could now simply control the twelve types of fragmented poisons, and could call upon one of them to release in conjunction with his spiritual power each time he cast a spell.
However, he is still unfamiliar and clumsy in using it now. Every time he casts a magic spell, it takes five or six breaths to release it. When he really fights against the enemy, this is enough for the opponent to kill him dozens of times.
Li Yan was not in a hurry about this, as it was a familiar process. As for how to freely combine the twelve fragmented toxins, he couldn't even walk in a straight line now. Did he want to learn to run directly
Looking at the stone in his hand and the bright red scars on the ground, Li Yan nodded with satisfaction. What he needed to do now was to familiarize himself with the effects of the fragmented toxins in his body.
All the poisons just now have strong adhesion and corrosive abilities. If a person is hit by them, they will be strongly adsorbed on the body surface. If someone tries to use their hands to help pat them off, that person will also be attached to the toxins and will not be able to get rid of them.
At the same time, this poison will continue to erode the main body inwards, burning into it and corroding everything it encounters into ashes until the poisonous power is used up.
The truly terrifying thing is that we don’t know what these highly toxic ingredients are, and it is still unclear whether they can be eliminated.
Of course, with Li Yan's current abilities, if he meets a Jindan master like Wei Chongran, even if he hits the opponent, it will probably be just scratching an itch. Wei Chongran can completely suppress him with his magic power.
As for dealing with the eldest brother and the others, there is probably some hope, but the Wuliang Sect is full of experts in using poison. In the eyes of others, Li Yan's immature method of poisoning is full of loopholes and can be easily seen through, so Li Yan has to practice continuously and repeatedly.
After confirming the fragmentation poison that had just been cast, Li Yan thought about it carefully for a while, savoring the process of casting the spell.
After a while, he concentrated on casting the spell again, the spell rang out again, and after five breaths, the "Quicksand Spell" was formed.
Li Yan saw the ground about ten feet in front of the platform in front of him shook slightly, and then it became calm and peaceful as before.
Li Yan reached out and picked up a thin bamboo that was more than a person tall beside his feet and threw it diagonally over. The thin bamboo made a dull "puff" sound and actually penetrated into the stone surface. The hard stone surface of the platform seemed to be a piece of sand, and the thin bamboo was penetrated more than a foot deep.
Li Yan immediately withdrew the magic spell in his hand, quickly walked to that place, and wiped the ground with his toes again. At this time, the ground was a large piece of extremely hard rock, and there was no trace of the softness just now.
Li Yan took a step back, and his spiritual sense instantly shot towards the ground. Then a strange scene appeared.
After just a short breath, the thin bamboo that was inserted diagonally into the ground began to ooze out thick black liquid from bottom to top. The branches and leaves on it quickly curled and softened, and in just a few breaths, it turned into a pool of black water.
Li Yan squatted down, dipped some of the black water on the ground with his fingers, then walked to the edge of the stone platform and smeared it on another thin bamboo. The thin bamboo shook a few times, and smelly black water actually flowed out of the bamboo. After five breaths, it collapsed to the ground and became another pool of black water.
Just now he had used another kind of fragmented toxin in his body in conjunction with the "Quicksand Technique". Originally, the normal "Quicksand Technique" was just a trap technique. When used in combat with the enemy, it would trap the enemy's lower limbs, and then wait for an opportunity to kill him.
For example, when performing the "Quicksand Technique" above the eighth level of Qi Condensation, the enemy can generally be sunk to the depth of an adult's thigh, and those below the eighth level can be sunk to the calf at best. These will basically not affect the enemy's attacks.
Only when you reach the foundation-building stage can you bury the whole person at once, which will have the effect of killing the enemy instantly.
However, the "Quicksand Technique" is a powerful weapon even in the hands of a Qi Condensation Stage disciple of the Wuliang Sect. The quicksand inside it contains all kinds of poisonous insects and venoms that you can't imagine.
Disciples from Lingchong Peak might mix the poison of the five-horned snake into the quicksand, which can not only corrode objects, but the intense toxin can also quickly spread through the wound to the heart, killing a person in an instant.
The deadly poison that Li Yan had just used would penetrate into the body through the pores of the human body, liquefying the animal's torso from the inside out. Therefore, even if the quicksand only trapped the enemy's feet, the opponent would basically die.
Li Yan is different from the disciples of other peaks in another way. If they are poisoned by the poison he uses, it can also cost them their lives, so they must either be careful when using it or swallow the antidote in advance.
The fragmented toxins in Li Yan's body could not cause any harm to him, so he dared to touch the black water with his hands. This was also what he saw in the three jade slips.
However, he didn't dare to try it directly before. After thinking for a long time, he chose to try it on a kind of toxin in the body that caused paralysis and fainting. After finding that there was no problem, he courageously began to try it on other toxins.
Even after more than half a year of exploration, Li Yan still hasn't fully figured out the toxins in his body.
For example, there is a kind of toxin that he tested dozens of times before he finally understood it a little bit. The toxin will only be effective in the midday sun and will not take effect at any other time.
For all these things, Li Yan had to keep testing and spend a lot of time practicing the magic, so he always felt that he did not have enough time to practice.
During this period of time, Li Yan finally figured out the usage of several of the fragmented toxins. For example, when using the toxin in conjunction with the "Quicksand Technique" just now, after the other party is poisoned, Li Yan can also control the time of the poisoning through his spiritual sense.
After Li Yan tried out the combination of these two poisons and magic, he concentrated on practicing the magic. His current casting time was too long and could basically not be used in actual combat.
After a few hours, Li Yan finally stopped practicing!
During most of the day, whenever his spiritual power was exhausted, he would sit in meditation to recover. When his spiritual power was replenished, he would continue to practice magic until he was exhausted.
Looking at the scarred bamboo forest and platform, Li Yan did not go back immediately. This was different from the past. In the past, when he finished practicing, he would just rest for a while and then go down the mountain. But today, he gave up the idea of going back immediately.
Because today is the end of the year, the end of the year for the Desolate Moon Continent!