Ji Yuan did not rush back to the city, but found an uninhabited forest outside the city, climbed a big tree with lush branches and leaves, sat cross-legged on it, and looked at the scabbard carefully.
The scabbard is a light green color all over, probably because it was painted with some kind of paint rather than the original color of the wood. However, it has good permeability and looks fresh and natural, without any peculiar smell. The color matches the hilt of the Qingteng Sword very well.
The wooden scabbard has no carvings or extra accessories. At first glance, it looks like a flat green wooden stick, but the more rounded the corners, the better the touch. Just by listening to the slight sound of the Qingteng Sword behind it, you can tell that it also likes this scabbard.
"Be patient, the scabbard is still a little bit off, otherwise it won't be able to withstand your torture!"
Ji Yuan pulled out the Green Ivy Sword behind him, inputted spiritual energy into it and stretched out his hand to draw it. A thin new branch of green vine sprouted from the hilt and fell off on its own. He attached the thin branch to the scabbard and immediately embedded it into it, slowly growing along the scabbard and winding around it, with one spiral being about one finger long.
The speed was neither fast nor slow. After two quarters of an hour, a spiraling emerald green vine pattern appeared on the light blue scabbard, and there were traces of young buds in a few places.
Buzz~~
The Qingteng Sword rang again.
"Almost, almost, no rush!"
Ji Yuan patted the Qingteng Sword as if he was comforting a child who was eagerly wanting a toy, and then continued his operation.
He raised his right hand and pointed his sword. The magic power was like a thin sword beam, lightly piercing the scabbard. As his wrist and fingertips slid, two inscriptions appeared.
The green vine is full of spirit and has a powerful edge.
The halo of light from the words flashed and disappeared, and the entire scabbard vibrated slightly before returning to normal.
"Huh... after all, it's my own thing..."
Looking at the Qingteng Sword that was still ringing, Ji Yuan also smiled.
"Go ahead!"
Buzz~~
The Qingteng sword made a sharp sound and slid into the sheath with a "click". Then there was no sound at all, as if it had fallen asleep.
Ji Yuan smiled again, wrapped the Qingteng Sword with green cloth again and put it on his back, which meant that all his worries had been resolved in the short term, and he began to think carefully about his own cultivation.
Different from other immortal cultivators who are not very skilled in Taoism, Ji Yuan can visualize the artistic conception without even closing his eyes. The sky and earth are vast among the mountains and rivers, and the alchemy furnace is full of power on the top of the mountain.
The one-acre Dantian is vast and misty, surging with magical power.
Now, as Ji Yuan's own set of criteria for measuring the way of immortality advances in parallel in terms of "virtue", "law" and "heart", his Taoism is also growing rapidly. The boundary of the magic power of the alchemy room is no longer one acre of Dantian, perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as one and a third of an acre.
Although the field is still small, it is bigger than Ji's alchemy furnace. The furnace contains the universe, and the Samadhi True Fire is rising continuously. It contains the elixir energy that can be transformed and replenished into magic power at any time.
What is particularly peculiar is that this alchemy room, which is between reality and illusion, is described in Tongmingce as a bright room in darkness, with an alchemy furnace and a golden bridge.
But when it came to Ji Yuan, the area around the alchemy room was not dark, but rather a vague sense of mountains and rivers. The rising magic power from the dantian seemed to conceal the dantian like mist and smoke. It was unclear whether the mountains and rivers were hidden outside the dantian, or the dantian was hidden within the mountains and rivers.
Ji Yuan felt that his cultivation speed was definitely not slow. Perhaps those immortal cultivators who sat in the holy land of the Immortal Palace might not be as efficient as him.
The chess pieces' demand for Dan Qi also seems to have its own limitations. Sometimes the amount is large and sometimes it is almost nonexistent. The condensed and empty amount is small. In short, under normal circumstances, it does not affect Ji Yuan's practice.
The application of the basic Qi training technique of Yuhuai Xiaolian is also perfect. Although there is no method of big training yet, the five elements of internal organs in the body have already nurtured the Qi of the five elements. The so-called big training method is nothing more than choosing a more suitable path of practice according to one's own characteristics, such as focusing on Taibai Gold Qi or focusing on Guishui True Yin.
Advanced is advanced, but you won’t die without it. Ji Yuan’s self-consolation is that he is now making progress in all aspects.
In addition to practicing the methods of magic power and physical energy, he also continuously practiced the Qi Guiding Jue method to nourish his body and soul with pure spiritual energy, and tried his best to eat and drink dew at specific times every day.
While Ji Yuan was feeling the situation inside his body, he took out the "Tongming Ce" he carried with him to verify what he had learned. He also flipped through the profound content related to cultivation.
According to "Tong Ming Ce", in addition to the depth of magical powers, there are two key signs in practice, which can serve as a reference for the depth of Taoism of those who practice immortality, namely the Five Qis Returning to Origin and the Three Huas Returning to One.
The former is a sign that the five elements in the body are fully developed and agile, which is closely related to the depth of personal cultivation and magic power, the number of star acupoints connected to the small world, and the cultivation of the mind. Not everyone can achieve this vision.
It was said in "Tong Ming Ce" that, since no one knew when, those who practiced Taoism would dare to brag about "reaching the state of Chao Yuan" as long as one of the five qi was in the state of Chao Yuan, which was a bit ridiculous.
The latter, where the three elements merge into one, is truly a symbol of the Taoist "true immortal", implying that not only the essence, energy and spirit of the immortal practitioner are integrated into one, but also the three elements of heaven, earth and man are perfectly integrated into one. This is the great opening of the mysterious gate, which can only be achieved by a true Taoist master, and often the magical powers of such masters are also unfathomable, and there are unlikely to be exceptions.
In addition, there are a lot of understandings of "Tao", understandings of magic and supernatural powers, and so on, various interpretations from state of mind to cultivation, as well as various mysterious techniques such as knocking on the heart, cultivating virtues, and achieving tranquility, striving to approach the Tao from all directions and angles.
The matter of spiritual practice is truly one of thousands of ways and methods. Each immortal sect, immortal palace, immortal cave, immortal mountain and immortal island has its own understanding, and each cherishes its own mysteries, making it difficult to truly summarize and unify them.
Even with the apparent truths, there are still many "disputes" among them, and no one is willing to submit to anyone else. The "Tong Ming Ce" only summarizes this point in one sentence, which is very sad.
It is worth mentioning that if one is a true immortal master, he will have a deep understanding of "Tao" and can often understand the mysteries of the laws of all things. This is also one of the reasons why many spirits and monsters are eager to "ask for the Tao".
Ji Yuan read it carefully. It was almost noon. He felt that his mind was now open and his practice was pure at this stage. So he jumped down the tree with peace of mind and prepared to go into the city to find a place to eat.
When walking into the city, it was as if the previous confirmation was taking effect in his heart, and it was as if his state of mind was elevated to a higher level. It felt as if the magical power in Ji Yuan's body was blending with the spiritual energy of the outside world.
As soon as Ji Yuan thought about it, he entered into an artistic conception and the mountains and rivers appeared. The self in the artistic conception seemed to become infinite, and his physical body in the external world seemed to merge into the heaven and earth, and his steps seemed ethereal and magical.
There is a sense of clarity and a certain level of success in cultivating the immortal way.
At this moment, the five chess pieces in the artistic conception were looming, like stars hanging in the sky. A feeling that the black pieces were murderous and the white pieces were the master appeared in Ji Yuan's mind for the first time.
'Um?'
As Ji Yuan was walking forward, he began to feel doubts again. As he walked, he felt as if his body was kicking in water. The resistance was getting stronger and stronger. In the end, Ji Yuan found that he could not walk anymore.
"What's going on? Something is wrong!"
Ji Yuan wanted to exit the state of visualization, but he failed and ended up standing still on the main street of Juntianfu.
The people passing by had red, yellow or multicolored auras rising from their bodies, which were so clear in Ji Yuan's eyes.
'Where is it going?'
Ji Yuan subconsciously wanted to look up, and with great difficulty he turned his neck to look sideways at the sky.
Brush, brush, brush…
The light and color before my eyes seemed to flash and transform between black and white, constantly changing between virtual form and reality, and my body seemed to be infinitely elevated between reality and illusion.
The mountains and rivers are so far away, the world is so vast, and the sight seems to have no end. There are thousands of infinite paths of energy spreading endlessly.
White, black, blue, red, yellow and other colors appeared immediately, and enlightenment suddenly arose in my heart, the spirit of immortals, the majestic spirit of demons, the rising devil spirit, the yin spirit, the spirit of incense, the spirit of humanity, the spirit of the five elements...
As Ji Yuan realized that his body was growing bigger and rising higher, the world before his eyes had become drastically different!
Astonishment, shock, fear, and helplessness... Amidst all kinds of emotions intertwined, Ji Yuan saw that the majestic and vast aura of heaven and earth was being pulled by the infinite energy of all living things in the world.
The immortal way, the ghost way, the god way, the devil way, the demon way, the monster way, the human way, the spirit way… these infinite qi mixed together to form countless thick and thin qi ropes, firmly anchored in the vast qi of heaven and earth.
With the rise and fall of desires and disputes in the ropes of energy, with the battles between the heart of Tao and the fall of evil, with every change of dynasty, every fight between immortals and demons, every change of fate of mountains and rivers and natural disasters... all turned into streams of source energy, tearing apart the vast energy of heaven and earth.
Ji Yuan seemed to be able to see cracks with a mixture of dark red and purple energy appearing in the sky and earth...
A vague sense of enlightenment arose in Ji Yuan's mind:
The sky is filled with murderous intent, the stars are moving and changing their positions, the earth is filled with murderous intent, dragons and snakes are rising from the land, people are filled with murderous intent, heaven and earth are turning upside down, heaven and man are united, all changes are established, maybe ten thousand years, maybe several thousand years, maybe even shorter, the great changes between heaven and earth are imminent!
This change will eventually be manifested by the infinite energy of all things between heaven and earth. It is unknown whether the mountains and rivers will be shattered, the sky will collapse, and the earth will sink, or whether good times will come and the universe will be transformed.
What is certain is that when the heaven and earth undergo great changes, whether it is the vast mountains and rivers or the countless lives, the number of those who disappear or perish will inevitably be countless.
There is a great terror between life and death, and peeping into the changes in the way of heaven can frighten people to death. Ji Yuan is almost dead, unable to move. He can only stare at the sky with infinite fear, and his heart is gradually becoming dead silent.
Just when Ji Yuan thought he was about to die, another hidden aura appeared between heaven and earth.
In the sky where artistic conception and reality blend together, five stars shine brightly, just like five chess pieces!
In the original infinite changes, Ji Yuan seemed to feel invisible and intangible virtual lines connecting thousands of qi, connecting the entire world with indescribable power of heaven and earth, and the mysterious and yellow qi ran through it...
Ji Yuan suddenly knew what this was. It was a chessboard with curved and straight surfaces but no borders!
Boom!
The endless sea of heart is gradually rising, and the mood is stirred up again...
“Ah~~~~!”
On the street of Juntian Prefecture, Ji Yuan, who had been standing stiffly, staggered and woke up. His eyes were in great pain and he couldn't help but cover his eyes with his right hand, and blood flowed out from between his fingers.
Ji Yuan's scream immediately attracted the attention of passers-by.
"Oh, what happened to this guy?" "There's so much blood coming out of his eyes!"
"We need to see a doctor right away, right?" "Yeah..."
"Sir, are you okay?"
"Do you need to be taken to see a doctor?"
Many people around who saw this scene were surprised, while others were concerned, and they were talking around Ji Yuan.
"No, no thanks! Hehe..."
Ji Yuan's breathing was disordered and the intense pain made him cover his right eye tightly. He waved his left hand around and staggered forward.