Chapter 84 Inheritance
After calming down and taking twenty high-quality Tongmai Pills, Li Yu planned to go to Tongtian Peak again to try the trial.
Now, the number of acupuncture points in his body has reached 230. Counting as eight acupuncture points as one layer, he has already reached the 28th level of Qi training and is close to the 29th level. His magic power is even deeper than that of his fellow practitioners with three spiritual veins who have reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi training.
Among the disciples in the Qi Refining Stage in Kunlun today, there should be no one with more profound magical powers than him.
Li Yu walked out of the villa and was about to go to Tongtian Peak, but he saw an unexpected person at the door.
Those people who were promoting their younger generations have dispersed. A young man is standing in front of the gate of the villa. He is the alchemy genius from Tiandao Sect who almost won the first-class alchemist competition.
Li Yu remembered that the other party's name was Song Zhixuan.
I heard that he was also a practitioner of the Five Spiritual Veins, but the normal Five Spiritual Veins practitioner must have much stronger talents than me.
From this we can see how powerful the Tiandao Sect is. The only people in Kunlun who truly cultivate the Five Spiritual Veins are Senior Sister Qin and Jiang Li. Generally speaking, geniuses who are qualified to cultivate the Five Spiritual Veins will take the path of Dharma cultivation instead of wasting time learning alchemy. After all, the immortal path is the ultimate pursuit of those who cultivate immortals.
Li Yu looked at him and asked in confusion: "Fellow Daoist Song, is there something wrong?"
In fact, many of Kunlun's disciples don't like the people from Tiandao Sect because they are arrogant and domineering on a daily basis. The fact that they come to disrupt the Kunlun First-Class Alchemist Competition makes Kunlun's disciples even more dissatisfied.
However, Li Yu could not say whether he liked them or not. In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected, there is no room for logic. Even if the other party's first-rank alchemist won the championship, it was because of his hard power, not by stealing or robbing.
Song Zhixuan smiled slightly and said, "I will be returning to Tiandao Sect soon, so I came to visit Brother Li to learn some alchemy."
Many alchemists came to Li Yu to discuss alchemy.
Without exception, they all came to inquire about the realm of heaven and man.
Li Yu waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Song, it's such an unfortunate coincidence that you came. I just happened to have something urgent to do and had to go out. You're too polite to ask me about the Dao of Alchemy. If you want to ask me how to enter the realm of heaven and man, I do have some experience. Don't be too obsessed with alchemy. Sometimes, relaxing your mind can have miraculous effects. For example, before refining the alchemy, hug and kiss your favorite senior and junior sisters. However, this is only my personal experience. Don't blame me if you get into trouble..."
He was still waiting to take the trial, and after saying this, he left on his own.
Song Zhixuan stood there with a look of surprise on his face.
Originally, he should have returned to Tiandao Sect on the day the first-grade alchemist competition ended.
The reason why he endured the strange looks from Kunlun disciples and stayed in Kunlun for several days was that he wanted to find out about Li Yu's background.
Then he realized that this was not the first time that Li Yu had entered the realm of heaven that alchemists dreamed of. In the past few days, Li Yu had been unstoppable on the trial list and had made it into the top five. He had witnessed it with his own eyes.
In the past six months, he has been the most legendary disciple in the entire Kunlun.
Before leaving this time, he came to Li Yu to ask for advice on alchemy, but he actually didn't have much hope.
Who would tell others such an important secret?
But he really didn't expect the result.
If he was not lying to me, then this man's breadth of mind and magnanimity are truly admirable.
This is the first time Song Zhixuan has encountered such a person in all his long practice.
He also seemed to understand why the Kunlun disciples liked Li Yu so much.
In the world of immortal cultivation, full of intrigues and schemes, it is hard to find someone as pure as him...
After sending Song Zhixuan away with two sentences, Li Yu flew towards Tongtian Peak. Those words were no secret anyway, and all the alchemists in Kunlun knew them. His consistent principle was to make as many friends as possible, especially with a genius like him, the more friends the better.
Help others this time, and others will help you next time...
To cultivate immortality, one must cultivate one’s network of connections.
In the trial hall, Li Yu entered the trial space and quickly came out of the trial space.
This time the results are better than the last time.
But there was no change in the ranking on the trial list.
The name "Pei Yuan" was ranked ahead of him.
Li Yu didn't believe it and tried the trial twice more, but got the same result.
It seems that when it comes to the top five of the Trial List, the gap between each one is even greater than he thought. If the fourth one is so terrifying, then the top three must be even more powerful. Maybe he will have to wait until his strength improves a little more.
"Hey, Li Yu, you're here to take the test again..."
A familiar voice sounded from behind. Li Yu turned around and found that Wu Tong was also here, walking towards him.
Wu Tong, this guy, has obviously made a fortune recently. He is wearing an Emei fairy robe. Although it is only of the first grade, he has the spare money to buy the fairy robe, which means that he, like Li Yu, has so many spirit coins that he can't spend them all.
Li Yu heard that Wu Tong had founded a "Kunlun Monthly" and updated it every month with all the news he had collected from the sect. He then sold it to Kunlun disciples and it was very popular among low-level disciples.
After greeting Wu Tong, Li Yu casually asked, "Do you know this sect elder named Pei Yuan?"
Wu Tong chuckled and said, "You are looking down on me. Is there anything in Kunlun that I don't know?"
He put his hand on Li Yu's shoulder and said, "In fact, it's normal that you don't know this senior. I bet that 99% of Kunlun's disciples have never heard of this senior's name. Only some core disciples may have heard of it from their masters. I bought the news about this senior from a core disciple for 100 spirit coins."
Li Yu said: "Don't keep me in suspense, just tell me now."
Wu Tong smiled and said, "Senior Pei is a great ancestor of the sect who has reached the state of incarnation. He was a genius from a thousand years ago and was also the first generation leader of the Trial Ranking. He dominated the ranking for hundreds of years before being surpassed by the current headmaster..."
Li Yu had a feeling that a person who lived thousands of years ago could still be remembered by people today. This might be one of the great charms of the illusion trial.
No wonder so many people are trying so hard to get their names on the Trial Monument.
Wu Tong continued, "This senior is also a Heavenly Spiritual Vein owner. The achievements they have made are difficult to surpass for those without Heavenly Spiritual Veins. By the way, the top five on the current Trial List, except for you, are all Heavenly Spiritual Veins. It is said that Senior Sister Qin even has two Heavenly Spiritual Veins..."
The advantage of the Tianling Vein is not only that there is no bottleneck in refining Qi and building the foundation, but also that spells can be released faster.
With the same level of cultivation, when those without Heavenly Spiritual Vein fight with those with Heavenly Spiritual Vein, they are still mobilizing their magic power, but the opponent's spell has already hit them and they have no way to fight back. They can also pass the illusion trial at a faster speed by trying it out.
No wonder Li Yu tried his best but still couldn't catch up with the record of a thousand years ago. If his magic power was not enough, he could make up for it with operations. If his spiritual vein was not good, he was just not as fast as others.
He looked at the third on the Trial Ranking and asked Wu Tongdao: "Chen Qingshan... who is this person? How come I have never heard of him?"
Wu Tong shook his head and said, "This senior brother is no longer a disciple of Kunlun. Otherwise, with his talent and strength, he must be one of the most dazzling geniuses in Kunlun. Back then, he was the hope of Kunlun, overpowering the geniuses of the entire cultivation world. Even the Ten Saints of Kunlun couldn't raise their heads in front of him..."
Li Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is he no longer a disciple of Kunlun? Will the sect let such a genius leave?"
Wu Tong sighed and said, "Of course the sect didn't want him to leave, but there was nothing they could do about it. A hundred years ago, when he went down the mountain to train, he fell in love with a demon girl from the Xuanyin Sect. Later, the two of them joined forces to kill one of the Ten Saints of the Heavenly Dao at that time. The Heavenly Dao Sect was furious and forced their way to Kunlun. The headmaster had no choice but to expel him from the sect in order to appease the anger of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Later, I heard that he joined the Xuanyin Sect and became a dual cultivation partner with the demon girl..."
Although Wu Tong was talking about Senior Brother Chen, Li Yu always felt like he was shot in the chest.
He did not fall in love with the evil witch, but his problem was more serious than falling in love with the evil witch.
No one knew that he was actually an undercover agent planted in Kunlun by the witch.
Wu Tong was a little emotional and continued, "Senior Brother Chen was the direct disciple of the headmaster. The headmaster had trained him to be the next headmaster of Kunlun. I didn't expect something like this to happen. The loss of such a genius was also a huge blow to Kunlun at the time..."
Li Yu also felt a little emotional, as if he saw his future fate.
After a long while, he calmed down and said, "How come you are so clear about what happened a hundred years ago, as if you experienced it yourself..."
Wu Tong chuckled and said, "As long as you have spirit coins, there is no news that you can't buy. I know a lot of secrets. Considering our relationship, I'll tell you for free. Whose gossip do you want to hear in the sect?"
Li Yu asked, "Who else do you know?"
Wu Tongdao: "There are so many, for example, the dual cultivation partner of the Xuanzhen Patriarch, the love triangle of the Huashen Patriarch, and the sect's only contemporary Void-breaking strongman, a sixth-rank alchemist. At the beginning, he actually studied refining tools, but because he had no talent, he switched to alchemy..."
Li Yu simply brought Wu Tong to Zixiao Peak, ordered a pot of tea, asked for a plate of melon seeds, and sat in the viewing pavilion on the top of the peak. While eating melon seeds, he said, "Tell me everything in detail, starting with the dual cultivation partner of Xuanzhen Patriarch. Did Xuanzhen Patriarch also have a dual cultivation partner?"
"You haven't heard of it, right? That's normal. Everyone in Kunlun knows that Grandmaster Xuanzhen has a very bad temper and a cold personality. But in fact, it wasn't like this a few hundred years ago. She and her Taoist partner were once the envied couple of gods in Kunlun. It's just that two hundred years ago, that uncle failed to form a fetus and returned to the abyss. Since then, Grandmaster Xuanzhen's temper has become worse and worse..."
"In the past two hundred years, Master Xuanzhen has never found a second partner for dual cultivation. It is said that he would often go to his partner's tomb to pay tribute. Alas, who would have thought that the notorious Master Xuanzhen was also a passionate and extraordinary woman..."
"What about the love triangle of the God-Transforming Ancestor?"
"This happened a thousand years ago. Wait for me to have a cup of tea and then I'll tell you in detail..."
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Several hours later, Li Yu returned to Ziyun Peak.
Everyone has a gossipy heart, and he is no exception. Over the past few hours, his mind has been filled with all kinds of gossip and tidbits about the sect's seniors...
In his heart, some legendary powerful people in the sect also unveiled their mysterious veil.
In fact, those Nascent Soul ancestors, the God Transformation ancestors, and even the Void-Breaking Masters are not as mysterious as imagined. When they were young, there was not much difference between them and the young disciples today.
In the next few days, Li Yu was completely idle.
He was ranked fifth on the trial list and had no way to advance. Naturally, he could not pass the illusion trial to obtain the Tongmai Pill.
On the demonic side, there was no definite news about the two disciples of the Soul Refining Sect and the Five Poisons Sect who were wanted by Kunlun, and the demon girl didn't contact him again. Apart from refining pills, playing with tigers, reading and studying, Li Yu spent his days playing cards with his neighbors.
In fact, most of the time, spiritual practice is so boring and dull.
Li Yu had good luck playing cards today. After an hour, he had won more than a hundred spirit coins. At one point, an old man sitting opposite him suddenly said, "Li Yu, I heard that you took care of Sun Zhen's funeral?"
When Old Wang mentioned Elder Sun, a complex look emerged in Li Yu's eyes.
After calming down, he did not say much, but just said: "Elder Sun told me before he died that his path of cultivation started from Baiyun Temple and ended at Baiyun Temple. He did not want to be taken back to the sect for burial, so he asked me to bury his ashes in Baiyun Temple. When I think of him, I can go and pay my respects to him..."
The bodies of Kunlun disciples and elders, especially those in the foundation-building stage, will be taken to the sect for unified burial after returning to the abyss. This is mainly because those fellows in the Demonic Puppet Sect like to use the corpses of immortal cultivators to refine corpses, especially those of elders in the foundation-building stage. With a little sacrifice and refinement, it can become a powerful spiritual corpse.
Old Wang half-closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I have spent most of my life in Kunlun Cave Heaven. I don't want to stay here after I die. I want to ask you for a favor. When I die, you burn my body and take my ashes to Wei State and give them to the descendants of the Wang family. Let them bury my ashes in the Wang family's ancestral tomb, which can be regarded as returning to one's roots..."
Li Yu did not hesitate, nodded and said, "Okay."
He had to carry out missions frequently anyway, so it was just a side job.
Lao Wang laughed and said, "I won't let you work in vain. I have lived for more than 200 years. I don't have any other skills, but I have made some achievements in mechanical engineering. I don't have any apprentices, so I will give you all my life's hard work and insights..."
At this time, an old man next to Li Yu also spoke up: "After I die, I don't want to stay in Kunlun. However, I have no descendants. You can find a beautiful place in Chen State and bury my ashes. I will give you a set of formation flags and my lifelong understanding of formations..."
The two old men have both reached the end of their lives. They know that there is no hope for them to become immortals, and have become more open-minded.
More than two hundred years of cultivating immortals turned out to be nothing more than a dream. Their obsession was gone, and they did not want to be trapped in this small world after death. Instead, they longed to return to their homeland.
The most suitable person for them to entrust their affairs after death is naturally Li Yu.
They didn't trust other disciples, but no one in the entire Kunlun questioned Li Yu's character, and this was also obvious to them.
Li Yu naturally agreed to the two old people's request.
This is not something particularly troublesome, and besides, others are not unpaid.
Li Yu is not short of spirit coins now. The greatest legacy of the two foundation-building elders is their professional knowledge, which is a precious treasure that Li Yu cannot obtain.
Although he didn't plan to become a great mechanical engineer or formation master, on the path of cultivating immortals, it is always good to have more skills, and it never hurts to learn more things. Anyway, he was not talented, and there was no point in practicing on his own, as he had plenty of free time.
Li Yu promised them that he would help them deal with their funeral affairs. If he passed by their graves in the future, he would go to see them, help them clean the weeds on the graves, and pour a cup of spirit wine in front of the graves...
For Li Yu, these two things are just a piece of cake.
But the subsequent development of events was beyond Li Yu's expectations.
Since Old Wang and Old Chen set the precedent, in the past two days, the foundation-building elders who came to him to handle their affairs have been one after another. These people have one thing in common: they have no descendants in the secular world, or have lost contact with their descendants. In the sect, they also have no disciples. They are all lonely old people in Kunlun Cave Heaven...
These people have been pursuing immortality their entire lives, but in the end, everything is in vain. Instead, they take their aftermath very seriously.
Without exception, they all did not want to be buried in Kunlun Cave. Some wanted to return to their roots, and some wanted Li Yu to find a place with good feng shui. In short, they had all kinds of requests. Except for the madman who asked Li Yu to sell his body to the Puppet Sect so that he could continue to exist in this world in another way, Li Yu agreed to all their requests.
Just think of it as caring for the lonely elderly, after all he has a kind heart.
At first, he came to Ziyun Peak just to sell his own medicine and earn some spirit coins to exchange for Tongmai Pills. At that time, Li Yu did not expect that he would develop such a business in the future...
An empty room in the villa was filled with things, all of which were given to him by the foundation-building elders.
There is nothing valuable here, more than 90% are various books.
The contents of the books were varied, involving alchemy, talismans, refining, mechanical techniques, formations, beast taming, poison making, dual cultivation, body refining, strange magic… all kinds of immortal cultivation techniques were included, and Li Yu was dazzled.
The variety of books is staggering, but the most important thing is not the books themselves.
These books can also be bought in the sect at a reasonable price. What is truly valuable are the densely packed annotations on each book. These are the insights they have gained from studying this subject for two hundred years.
If Li Yu wanted to study a certain thing, he just had to follow their experience and would not take any detours.
This is the result of the life-long efforts of these foundation-building elders. They have no disciples, and if it weren't for Li Yu, they would have taken these things to their graves.
Li Yu sorted these things into categories, organized them one by one, and put them into his storage ring.
Fortunately, he had the foresight to ask the master for a larger space ring, otherwise these things would not be able to fit in.
In addition to these inherited properties, Li Yu also gained other things.
These foundation-building elders threw all their things to Li Yu, regardless of whether Li Yu could use them or not. There was everything in the things. Li Yu even found a few books on magic skills, which might have been obtained from the magic disciples they killed in the past.
His previous guess was correct. Both the evil path and the righteous path practiced the same five spiritual veins.
The difference is that the first acupoint of the righteous way is the last acupoint of the evil way, and the first acupoint of the evil way is the last acupoint of the righteous way.
It is generally believed in the world of immortal cultivation that those who practice the righteous path practice the positive five elements, while those who practice the evil path practice the negative five elements, also known as the yang five elements and the yin five elements.
Li Yu also read from the annotations of a martial arts book that the martial arts of the righteous and evil ways cannot be practiced together on the same spiritual vein. Otherwise, when the magic powers of the yin and yang attributes converge, the cultivator will explode and die.
This made Li Yu secretly feel fortunate that he did not attempt to commit suicide.
Li Yu also took a cursory look at these books of magic skills. Of course, he did not want to practice, but wanted to understand the methods of the magic. Only by knowing both oneself and the enemy can one win every battle. If he encounters enemies of the magic in the future, he will be able to know what to do.
Li Yu also found a palm-sized metal plate from a pile of books.
No one knew what the metal plate was made of, and it was covered in dust. There were several lines of densely packed words engraved on the front and back. After Li Yu took a look at it, he discovered that there were two small spells engraved on the plate.
The positive spell is called "Invisibility Spell". When this spell is cast, all fluctuations of magic power in the body can be completely concealed.
Even a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage can restrain his aura, but he cannot completely leak it, especially from high-level cultivators.
For example, Li Yu was wearing a second-grade immortal robe, which could conceal the fluctuations of his magic power. However, in front of a Nascent Soul Stage expert, it was useless no matter what he wore, as he would still be seen through at a glance.
But the principle of this "hidden energy technique" is different from concealing the breath. It is not a simple cover-up, but a real concealment. Let alone the Nascent Soul stage, even if a powerful Void Breaking expert stands in front of him, he cannot detect the magic power in his body.
Even if this is not an offensive spell, it is incredible to be able to conceal it to this extent.
Of course, there is a threshold to practice such a heaven-defying spell. It requires the cultivation of five spiritual veins. When casting it, five kinds of magic power with different attributes need to be operated at the same time to achieve a magical stealth effect.
Lao Chen had such a powerful spell, but he threw it into a corner and left it to gather dust for two hundred years. This was because he himself had a single spiritual vein and could not learn the art of concealing energy at all.
On the back of the metal plate, there is a spell called "Qi-Reading Technique".
This sign is quite interesting. The front teaches you how to conceal your own aura so that others cannot see through your cultivation. The back teaches you how to see through others' cultivation. This "Qi-Seeing Technique" is equally powerful. Even if others deliberately conceal their magic power, or wear fairy clothes, as long as you practice "Qi-Seeing Technique", you can see through their cultivation at a glance...
However, this spell is an advanced spell based on the "Invisible Air Technique" and also requires magical powers of five different attributes.
Li Yu was originally a practitioner of the Five Meridians, so he had no pressure at all in practicing these two spells.
He followed the instructions on the metal plate and circulated the five kinds of magic power in a certain order. For a moment, he felt that the magic power in his body disappeared, but he could still feel the existence of the magic power...
After a moment, Li Yu concentrated the five elements of magic power that had been integrated in order into his eyes and looked at Zhou Zixuan who was playing with Ling'er in the yard.
Although she was wearing a fairy robe that concealed the fluctuations of her magic power, Li Yu seemed to be able to see through the fairy robe and "see" the trajectory of her magic power. Not only could he see which spiritual vein she cultivated, but he could also see through her true cultivation level and the exquisite curves of her body ...
