Chapter 33 Elder Sun’s Gift
Kunlun Mountains.
At the gate of Kunlun Sect, Kunlun disciples were coming in and out. At a certain moment, a man in white walked out of the gate and flew down the mountain.
This was the first time Li Yu went down the mountain after joining the sect. Although Kunlun Cave Heaven was rich in spiritual energy, he couldn't help feeling depressed after staying there for too long. He needed to come out for some fresh air and breathe the fresh air of the big world.
This is what he said to Elder Han.
But the real reason was that he bought fake pills for cheap and became the object of ridicule among all the disciples in the sect. Every time he went out, he felt that the disciples of Danding Peak looked at him strangely. He planned to come out to avoid the limelight and go back after this matter was over.
Elder Han approved his vacation. After all, Li Yu had already helped him complete his quota of low-level elixirs this month. All he had to do was come back to make elixirs before the end of next month.
During this period, Li Yu plans to return to Baiyun Temple.
Li Yu hadn't seen the little tiger for more than a month. He missed it a little, and he missed the feeling of rubbing it even more.
Before leaving the sect, he asked Elder Han if one could bring a spirit pet into Kunlun Cave Heaven. All one had to do was to get it a token outside. With the token exclusive to spirit pets, it would be able to pass through the formation at the mountain gate.
At present, this is just Li Yu’s wishful thinking. He doesn’t know whether the little guy is willing to go with him.
Before leaving, Li Yu took on some missions, all of which were related to ghosts.
Dealing with evil spirits is also the most common task for low-level disciples of Kunlun Sect to go out on. Mortals in the secular world die due to various accidents and become evil spirits, floating between heaven and earth. Most of them will dissipate on their own over time.
But by chance, they found the place where Yin energy gathered and continued to absorb it to grow.
It was their first time to be ghosts, and they did not know the rules of being ghosts. After they had some strength, they became rampant and often disrupted the lives of ordinary people. Some of them were extremely rampant and tasted the sweetness of cultivation. They would devour the souls of many mortals in a short period of time. At this time, the Kunlun disciples had to take action.
Some time ago, because of the incident with the disciple of the Demonic Soul Refining Sect, Kunlun assigned all matters involving ghosts to the formal disciples. Li Yu happened to be going out this time and took on some tasks by the way.
He has to assess the risks for other missions, and he is very good at catching...sucking ghosts.
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Ten days later.
Baiyun Mountains.
A figure flew quickly along the mountain path. Passersby who were about to burn incense at Baiyun Temple looked up and exclaimed, "Look, it's the Immortal Master..."
Li Yu stepped on the flying sword, put his hands behind his back, and flew quickly along the mountain ridge. He could already see the shadow of Baiyun Temple.
After all, he is not a sword cultivator, and flying like this actually consumes a lot of mana, and he has to distract himself to control the flying sword under his feet. However, Li Yu thinks it is cooler this way. After all, who doesn't have a dream of flying with a sword?
Because of the mission, Li Yu was delayed a lot of time on the road and it took him ten days to get here.
Accidents don't happen every time. Li Yu completed these dozen tasks very smoothly. He didn't even encounter a ghost in the Qi Refining period. Basically, he solved them all easily.
In the process of dealing with those ghosts, Li Yu also discovered that this incense burner would really return a little bit of soul power to him when absorbing the souls of ghosts.
The soul power of a cultivator increases as his cultivation level increases. Alchemy requires concentration and is more dependent on soul power, which is also related to spiritual consciousness.
For cultivators, spiritual awareness is more important than the five senses. It is equivalent to their eyes and can detect everything around them.
Li Yu opened up a total of fourteen acupuncture points. His magic power was equivalent to the first level of Qi Refining, close to the second level of Qi Refining. However, the strength of his spiritual awareness was already equivalent to the third and fourth levels of Qi Refining. The range he could perceive was also farther than that of the normal second level of Qi Refining.
This seemed to indicate that the alchemy furnace knew how to share. No matter what it absorbed, it would give some to Li Yu instead of eating it all by itself.
Soon, the familiar buildings of Baiyun Temple appeared in Li Yu's eyes.
He flew and landed on a square in front of the main hall. There were many figures gathered here, and Li Yu recognized most of them. It seemed that a new batch of disciples had arrived at Baiyun Temple.
Looking at their faces full of vitality and hope, Li Yu felt a little emotional.
Compared to ordinary people, these disciples with cultivation talents are naturally outstanding, but two years later, how many of them can enter Kunlun...
There were several familiar faces in the crowd. They were the Qi Refining Level 1 cultivators who were not selected last time and stayed behind to wait for the next opportunity.
Li Yu nodded to them and walked straight towards Elder Sun's courtyard.
At this moment, the disciples in the square were discussing a lot.
"Who is that person? Why haven't I seen him before?"
"I don't know, this senior brother is very handsome, is he also a disciple of our Baiyun Temple?"
"That's Senior Brother Li Yuli. He's already a formal disciple of Kunlun."
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When the new disciples were curious, several old disciples spoke up to clear up their doubts. As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted exclamations from everyone. Becoming a formal disciple of Kunlun was their biggest dream. All of a sudden, one by one, the young disciples looked at Li Yu's back and immediately became admirers.
And those old disciples were full of envy.
Before Li Yu entered Kunlun, they could feel that Li Yu was a little stronger than them, but not too much. After only two months, Li Yu had become unfathomable in their eyes...
When Li Yu arrived at Elder Sun's courtyard, he was lying in a rocking chair basking in the sun as usual.
The midday sun shone on his body, but did not give people a warm feeling. He looked much older than the last time Li Yu saw him. His face was covered with wrinkles, and his exposed arms had only a layer of dry skin attached to his bones.
"came back……"
He lay in the chair without opening his eyes and spoke in a hoarse voice.
Looking at Elder Sun like this, Li Yu was stunned for a long time before he said, "I came down the mountain to do the mission and came to see Elder Sun by the way."
Elder Sun opened his eyes, his cloudy eyeballs moved , and asked, "How did you open up another spiritual vein? Could it be that you are one of the unlucky people in the sect who was deceived by fake elixirs?"
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Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide. I didn’t expect that even Elder Sun knew about this matter.
He had always been very cautious in doing things. Who would have thought that someone would dare to sell fake pills in Kunlun, and make the fake pills look more real than the real ones...
Li Yu was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to start. Elder Sun continued, "It's been two months since we last met, and your cultivation has improved so much. It seems that you have gained a lot of fortune in the sect."
Li Yu discovered that although he was wearing robes that shielded his spiritual sense, it seemed to be of no use to Elder Sun, who was at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.
Although they were both in the Foundation Establishment Stage, his cultivation was much deeper than that of Elder Han.
When Elder Sun asked him about it, he had no choice but to say, "I am very talented in alchemy. I helped the deacon elders in the sect to make pills, which saved a lot of materials. I made the pills myself and sold them, earning a lot of spirit coins, which I exchanged for Tongmai Pills..."
Elder Sun said slowly, "You have three spiritual veins, and your soul is also extremely powerful. Your success rate of making pills should be very good. However, you now have another spiritual vein, and it will become more difficult to take pills to build your foundation. It is best to rely on your own practice and cultivate one spiritual vein to the foundation-building stage first."
Li Yu nodded and said, "Thank you Elder Sun for your advice. I understand."
In the case of multiple spiritual veins, taking Tongmai Dan is like opening a blind box, but if you actively practice, you can choose a specific spiritual vein. However, in this case, you can only practice honestly. With Li Yu's talent, it will take about 30 years to build a foundation.
He shared some of the sect's experiences with Elder Sun, who listened silently. After a moment, he took something out of his arms and handed it to Li Yu.
It was a silver shuttle-shaped object. Li Yu knew that it was a magical flying boat device. He asked about the price at the market in Zixiao Peak. A flying shuttle like this one would cost 10,000 spirit coins, which was ten times the price of Tongmai Dan.
Li Yu did not reach out to take it, his eyes were filled with confusion, and he did not know what Elder Sun meant.
Elder Sun threw the shuttle to him and said calmly, "I have lived for more than two hundred years without a Taoist partner or offspring. My relatives in the secular world have long since disappeared. Among the many disciples who left Baiyun Temple, you are the first to come back to see me. You have been coveting this shuttle for a long time, right? I'll give it to you..."
When Li Yu saw Elder Sun for the first time, he roughly guessed that he must have failed to form a golden core, otherwise he would not have aged so quickly.
He was silent for a moment, then said, "Elder Sun has done Li Yu a favor. I came back to see you , and I have no other thoughts."
His words came completely from the heart. Elder Sun had no relationship with him, but he had given him a lot of guidance in cultivation. Not only did he give him high-level talismans, he also recommended him to the practice. Li Yu always kept this kindness in his heart.
Elder Sun looked at him and said slowly: "The road to immortality is a difficult journey. I know you have feelings and loyalty, but in cultivating immortality, being sentimental is not a good thing. All feelings and concerns will become a burden to you. Those without love are free, and those without love can become immortals. I hope you can remember what I said today..."
Li Yu remained silent, but Elder Sun laughed and said, "Of course, I didn't take my things for free. You still need to help me do something."
Li Yu said: "Elder Sun, please speak."
Elder Sun looked at the white clouds in the sky and said, "My journey to immortality has lasted for more than 200 years. It started at Baiyun Temple and ends at Baiyun Temple. After I die, you burn my body and bury my ashes at Baiyun Temple. When you think of me one day, come here and pour a cup of spiritual wine in front of my grave. This will be considered as a way of repaying me."
Li Yu was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Elder Sun laughed a few times and waved his hand. A wooden box flew out from the room behind him. He handed the box to Li Yu and said, "We come into this world naked and we will leave it naked. I'm handing these things over to you. Don't forget what you promised me..."
After saying this, he closed his eyes again and lay down on the chair. Before falling asleep, he did not forget to instruct Li Yu: "After I die, you must burn my body into ashes before burying it. I don't want to be stolen by those devils and turned into a zombie. I won't be able to rest in peace even after my death..."
