Chapter 87: The Land of Tenderness
Ignoring the envious old guys, Li Yu left Ziyun Peak and headed towards Yuzhu Peak.
After discovering the benefits of cultivating the Five Spiritual Veins, he would certainly not forget Jiang Li when such a good thing happened.
At Yuzhu Peak, at the peak gate, after the peak guarding disciple informed, Xu Qingxin came personally to pick up Li Yu.
Li Yu glanced at Xu Qingxin, then asked with a smile: "Senior Sister, have you advanced to the Golden Core stage?"
He used the Qi-gazing technique to observe and saw a ball of extremely pure energy at the location of her Dantian, which was different from the distribution of magic power of an elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Xu Qingxin asked in surprise: "How did you know that, Junior Brother?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "I just feel that Senior Sister is more powerful than before."
Xu Qingxin did not deny it and said, "When I was practicing two days ago, I formed a golden elixir without realizing it. However, I only condensed one golden elixir. I don't know when the other two will be formed."
She is practicing three spiritual veins and can form up to three golden pills.
Li Yu was speechless for a moment. Chatting with these geniuses would unknowingly hit him.
Elder Sun was two hundred and fifty years old. He wanted to form a pill but had to think about the invasion of inner demons. He even took a precious realm-breaking pill, but he still failed. Senior Sister Xu was twenty-one years old and she formed a pill on her own without taking a realm-breaking pill. The gap between people is really too big.
Li Yu bowed and said, "Congratulations, Senior Sister. I hope that you will practice smoothly and enter the Nascent Soul stage soon."
Xu Qingxin shook her head and said, "It's not that easy to form a baby. There are no pills to quickly improve your cultivation in the Jindan stage. You have to practice step by step. It will take at least a hundred years to form a baby..."
She stopped talking about this matter and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll take you to find my junior sister."
On the way to Jiang Li's residence, Xu Qingxin looked at Li Yu and asked, "Junior Brother Li, have you had any good news recently? You look very healthy..."
Of course there is happy news, but I am embarrassed to tell Senior Sister Xu about this kind of thing.
After all, she is still a virgin.
Soon, Li Yu and Xu Qingxin arrived at the main hall of Yuzhu Peak.
The blue phoenix was still here, and so was Grandmaster Xuanzhen. Li Yu bowed to her respectfully and took a look using the Qi-Watching Technique. Unlike Senior Sister Xu's Dantian, there was a group of extremely bright purple light on Grandmaster Xuanzhen's chest.
Li Yu did not dare to look at him any further, but Master Xuan Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Why did your magic power disappear just now?"
Li Yu secretly thought that he was really blind. Although the process of performing the Qi-Seeing Technique could conceal the magic power and aura, the magic power was still in the body before and after the performance. If it suddenly disappeared for a moment, it would be more easily detected by high-level practitioners.
He had no choice but to take out the metal plate, handed it to Grandmaster Xuan Zhen with both hands, and said, "Disciple accidentally obtained two small spells, which are very useful for practitioners who have opened up the five spiritual meridians. I wonder if Junior Sister Jiang can use them..."
Patriarch Xuanzhen waved his hand gently, and the metal plate flew into her hand.
After taking a look, she couldn't help but say, "There are such exquisite spells in the world of immortal cultivation, and I didn't even know about it..."
There are also five attributes of magic power in her body, but the levels are different. Among them, the water attribute has reached the late Nascent Soul stage, and the other four attributes are only at the Golden Core stage.
Following the steps on the metal plate, she tried it herself and found that the magic power in her body had not disappeared.
After all, she was a powerful person in the late Nascent Soul stage with extremely rich experience. She soon realized that these two small spells not only required the cultivation of the five spiritual veins, but also the balance of the magic power of the five spiritual veins. Only in this way could the five kinds of magic power be perfectly integrated to produce such a magical effect.
Although she also has five spiritual veins, the magic power of the five attributes varies too much. The water spiritual vein is dominant, and it is impossible to achieve a balance among the five elements.
No wonder she had never heard of this kind of magical spell. The conditions for casting this spell were too harsh. There were indeed many geniuses in the world of immortal cultivation who cultivated the five spiritual veins, but there were very few who could cultivate the five spiritual veins all the time. Most people were like her. After the golden elixir stage, they focused on cultivating one spiritual vein.
After listening to the explanation of Master Xuanzhen, Li Yu finally understood that Jiang Li was currently unable to practice these two spells.
He practiced Buddhism entirely by taking drugs, and the Tongmai Pills were evenly distributed among the five spiritual veins in his body, causing his magic power to move forward in unison and be extremely balanced, so there were no problems when casting these two spells.
Now that I think about it, it seems that only when the five elements are balanced can one practice the art of hiding qi and the art of observing qi. Once a certain spiritual vein has too much magic power, it will be left over and naturally it will be impossible to conceal the fluctuations in magic power.
No wonder such a heaven-defying magic has not been widely circulated. With such harsh conditions, it is destined that not many people can practice it.
Patriarch Xuanzhen returned the jade token to Li Yu, took one more look at him, and said, "Although this Qi-gazing technique is magical, your magic power will fluctuate when you use it. Even if you are wearing immortal clothes, it is difficult to hide it from a strong person who is several realms stronger than you. It is best not to use it in front of a strong person above the Nascent Soul stage, so as not to cause trouble."
Li Yu sincerely said: "Thank you, Master. I will learn from you."
Patriarch Xuanzhen nodded and said nothing more. Xu Qingxin brought Li Yu to Jiang Li's residence.
Jiang Li was naturally happy that Li Yu came to see her. She was about to put on the jade pendant that changed her temperament, but Li Yu waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Just look at your current appearance and you will get used to it in the future."
Jiang Li did not force it and stretched out her hand to Li Yu with a smile, as if she already knew that Li Yu had something to give her.
Li Yu gave her some pastries and desserts he bought from the secular world. She ate them in small bites while listening to Li Yu talk about his experiences in the secular world in the past few days, with an envious expression on her face.
Xu Qingxin leaned against a pillar in the hall, looking at the two people talking and laughing, with a hint of envy on her face.
She was very envious that her junior sister had such a friend.
Although she has many friends, there is no one with whom she can confide.
Although Jiang Li cannot perform the Qi Concealment Technique now, she can do it once the magic power of the five spiritual veins is balanced. Li Yu still taught her the two small spells, and taught her to use the fused magic power to impact the Ren and Du meridians.
But the result surprised Li Yu greatly.
Her meridians were not opened.
Senior Sister Zhou can’t do it, and Jiang Li can’t do it either.
The problem doesn't seem to be with the fused magic power.
Could it be related to his physique?
Li Yu has always known that his talent in cultivation is mediocre and cannot be compared with geniuses like Jiang Li and Senior Sister Xu, but he seems to have some talent in martial arts.
With just the first attempt, he opened up the Ren and Du meridians and instantly became a peerless master among ordinary people.
At this moment, he recalled a scene from a classic movie.
Now that he thinks about it, in his previous life at the police academy, he was always far ahead in combat classes. During those years as an undercover agent, he was invincible in the group. He even killed countless mercenary masters hired by the rival group at high prices ...
Li Yu even wondered if he had traveled through time with his body, or if the Li Yu in the two worlds not only had the same appearance, but even the same physique?
Li Yu was still thinking about this question until he parted with Jiang Li.
As they passed through the main hall, Patriarch Xuanzhen threw him a jade box.
After Li Yu took it, he found that there were ten Tongmai Pills inside.
Patriarch Xuanzhen glanced at him and said calmly, "Build your foundation as soon as possible, and then practice hard. After building your foundation, you only need to cultivate one spiritual vein. With your talent, you still have hope of forming a pill. If you can practice to the peak of building your foundation, then I will find a way to help you form a pill."
Li Yu accepted the jade box, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master."
Senior Sister Xu was right. Although Grandmaster Xuan Zhen looked a bit fierce, he was actually a warm-hearted person. Li Yu was happy for Jiang Li to have such a master.
After returning to Ziyun Peak and taking the ten Tongmai Pills, he had already opened up 250 of the 360 acupoints in the five spiritual meridians. He only needed 110 Tongmai Pills to reach the peak of Qi Refining.
If he is lucky, he will be able to successfully build his foundation with just five foundation-building pills.
By that time, he should be able to refine second-level elixirs quickly, so that Senior Sister Zhou can build her foundation quickly. It is not impossible for Ling'er to build her foundation within a few years.
The alchemists can directly improve their own cultivation and the cultivation of those around them. This benefit is not possessed by mechanical masters, talisman masters, weapon refiners and magic practitioners. The alchemists in the sect, from the first-grade apprentices to the second and third-grade ones, will take kickbacks from the materials provided by the sect. The higher the attainments in alchemy, the more kickbacks they can take. The sect also tacitly allows this kind of thing.
After all, an alchemist who does not have the ability to refine pills to improve his own cultivation has to learn alchemy and waste a lot of time practicing. It can be said that he is burning himself to illuminate others, and it is only right that he has some benefits that others do not have.
If he could form the elixir earlier and become a third-rank alchemist, he would also have Senior Sister Zhou's Tuomai Pill.
She was cultivating a single spiritual vein, so her need for the Tuomai Pill was not that great. Even if she was only given one Tuomai Pill per month, she would be able to cultivate to the peak of the foundation building stage in just six or seven years.
As for Li Yu himself, it would be more troublesome. He had too many spiritual veins. If he wanted to cultivate to the perfection of foundation building by taking drugs, he would need more than 400 meridian expansion pills. Even if Kunlun used all the power of the sect to train him, it would take two or three months...
Even Jiang Li didn't get such treatment, let alone him.
However, Li Yu is now very curious about what the effect will be if he continues to practice the Ren and Du meridians according to the method of internal Qi cultivation. Mana and Qi are essentially energy. Can Qi also form a pill?
The growth rate of his true energy is much faster than his magic power.
The life span of martial artists is limited, and they cannot continue to practice forever. Li Yu's life span is at least two hundred years, or even five hundred years. He has enough time to experiment...
Li Yu sat in the pavilion, holding Ling'er in one arm and Zhou Zixuan in the other, gently stroking her soft hair, and promised: "When I become a second-grade alchemist, I will soon be able to help you build your foundation..."
Zhou Zixuan had a happy look on her face. She sat astride Li Yu's legs, gave him a light kiss on the face, and said "hmm" softly.
Li Yu took a deep breath, put Ling'er down, patted its head, and said, "Be good, Ling'er, go play over there by yourself..."
In the elegant pavilion in the bamboo forest, the hairpins could not hold back the flying black hair, which fell all over and hit the bluestone floor, making a tinkling sound.
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Purple Cloud Peak.
Several old men were sitting at the door, playing mahjong. During a break, one of them looked back and shook his head, saying, "This kid hasn't come out for two days again. Young people don't know how to restrain themselves..."
Another old man played a card, smiled and said, "Aren't all young people like this? He is an alchemist. He has as many top-grade Baoyuan Pills as he wants. There is no need to be restrained. When I was young, if I had his ability, I would not be restrained. Now I want to be unrestrained, but unfortunately my body does not allow it..."
A few people sighed, concentrated on playing cards, and soon stopped talking.
Inside the villa, Li Yu was immersed in the land of tenderness and couldn't extricate himself.
In the meeting hall of Yuxu Peak, dozens of Nascent Soul masters of Kunlun Sect gathered.
In the current Kunlun, there are a total of forty-five Nascent Soul ancestors, including the head master. Over the past hundred years, the ancestor Poxu has disappeared, and the powerful gods have been practicing hard and not caring about the affairs of the sect. All the affairs of Kunlun, big or small, are decided by the elders group composed of these Nascent Soul stage powerful people.
At the beginning of every month, all Nascent Soul masters in the sect, unless they have important matters to attend to, will attend the routine meetings.
If these Nascent Soul ancestors have any suggestions for the sect, they can raise them at the meeting and the elders will discuss and decide. The purchase limit of Tongmai Pill was discussed and passed here.
There are as many as twenty Nascent Soul masters attending today's parliament.
An old man in the Nascent Soul stage who was in charge of the sect's external affairs stood up, bowed to Wang Daoxuan, and said, "The Tiandao Sect sent a message yesterday, wanting to purchase an additional 100 Tongmai Pills from Kunlun every month at the price of 2,000 spirit coins each. Please make the decision, Brother Master."
Before Wang Daoxuan could speak, a Yuanying Patriarch snorted coldly and said, "I heard everything they were planning in Tiandao Sect in Kunlun. The spirit coins were originally created by them, so they can have as many as they want. They already take a small half of the Tongmai Pills sold to the outer sects every month, but they are still not satisfied. They are so shameless!"
Another Nascent Soul expert spoke up, "Master, think twice. This matter must not be agreed to. The Tiandao Sect has been manufacturing spirit coins recklessly in the past two years. The spirit coins have already been depreciating. If we let them have their way, I'm afraid the Tiandao Sect will become even worse. Once the spirit coins depreciate, I'm afraid it will cause a mutiny among the disciples..."
Strictly speaking, the spiritual coins commonly used in the world of immortal cultivation are not the currency of the world of immortal cultivation, but the currency of the Tiandao Sect.
It is only because the Tiandao Sect is so powerful and is recognized by all sects, big and small, that the spiritual coins produced by the Tiandao Sect can be used unimpeded in the world of immortal cultivation. Over thousands of years, it has gradually become the only currency in the world of immortal cultivation.
Things made by others that do not have much value can be exchanged for elixirs, talismans, and magical instruments from other sects. This is naturally a disadvantage for sects like Kunlun, Qingcheng, and Maoshan, but this method has indeed promoted trade between sects and brought a lot of convenience to transactions in the world of immortal cultivation.
For this reason, and also due to the Tiandao Sect's powerful strength and overbearing style, the major sects could only swallow this loss in silence.
Of course, they have also imposed many restrictions on spirit currency transactions. Generally speaking, only low-level elixirs and magical tools will be traded with spirit coins. High-level resources will not be settled with spirit coins.
In the past two years, the Tiandao Sect, which has already reaped all the benefits, has not restrained itself and has been producing spirit coins on a large scale and reaping the benefits of various major sects. If this is not stopped, the spirit coins will inevitably depreciate and the prices of various resources will also rise. By then, the low-level disciples will have finally saved up a thousand spirit coins, but the price of Tongmai Pill will have risen to fifteen hundred or even two thousand spirit coins, which will definitely cause a big mess.
Therefore, the group of Nascent Soul experts rejected this matter without the headmaster saying anything.
After the matter was settled, another Nascent Soul expert stood up and said, "My dear Master, a mineral vein in Xuling Cave Heaven was seized by the people of the Demonic Soul Refining Sect. The five Qi Refining disciples who were guarding the mineral vein were captured by them. The Soul Refining Sect asked us to exchange them for Tongmai Pills. They want ten Tongmai Pills for each disciple..."
Everyone frowned when they heard this.
Five Qi Refining disciples and fifty Tongmai Pills. If they were to exchange them, it would be a big loss for the sect. Compromising with the evil would also be a loss of face.
Not changing is absolutely impossible. If we give up these five disciples, how can Kunlun be called righteous? What will the other disciples think?
Although the Soul Refining Sect is one of the three giants of the demon world, Kunlun is not weak either, so he is not afraid of them. The problem is that Xu Ling Cave Heaven is not like other cave heavens. The spiritual energy is extremely thin and the space barrier is unstable.
This means that the strength of the disciples who enter Xu Ling Dong Tian cannot exceed the foundation building stage, otherwise they will not be able to cross the space at all. On weekdays, those who are stationed in Xu Ling Dong Tian are all Qi Refining disciples, and the strongest one is at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Wang Daoxuan did not think for long before turning to Lu Taiyi and said, "Brother Lu, let your disciples handle this matter."
Yuling Peak is a sect of Dharma practitioners. Among their disciples in the Qi Refining stage, there are core disciples who have cultivated double and triple spiritual veins. It would be most appropriate to ask them to go to Xuling Cave Heaven to handle this matter.
Mrs. Lu nodded and said, "As you wish."
Wang Daoxuan looked at everyone and asked, "My fellow disciples, do you have anything else to discuss?"
This time, no one stood up.
After waiting for a few more breaths, Wang Daoxuan cleared his throat and said, "I have something here that I need to seek the opinions of all my fellow disciples."
When everyone heard this, they all looked serious.
The headmaster is the most respected person in the sect. He can decide most of the affairs of the sect alone. Those that require discussion among everyone to decide are probably not trivial matters.
Wang Daoxuan looked at everyone and asked, "In my Kunlun Sect, there is an outstanding alchemist named Li Yu. I wonder if you have ever heard of him?"
"This name sounds familiar. He is the one who made it into the top five of the trial list, right?"
"It's him. He is also the champion of this first-class alchemist competition. I heard that he was also the champion of the last alchemy apprentice competition."
"I've heard from my disciples that this disciple is very good. He has his own strengths and is not shy about it. However, his talent for cultivation seems to be a little lacking. With such a poor talent, he is too ambitious to cultivate the Five Spiritual Veins..."
After all, Li Yu has been an absolute celebrity in the Kunlun sect in the past six months. Even these Nascent Soul ancestors have more or less heard of him.
Dan Yangzi, a fourth-grade alchemist, did not hide his praise for Li Yu, saying: "This disciple has been able to enter the realm of heaven and man several times. He has a very high talent in alchemy, which is rare. If he has the cultivation talent of the Seven Sons of Kunlun, hundreds of years later, our sect is destined to have another fourth-grade alchemist, and he will be the absolute best among the fourth-grade alchemists..."
He felt a little regretful and said, "He has such a heaven-defying talent in alchemy, but his cultivation talent is too poor. Moreover, he has only cultivated five spiritual veins, so his future achievements are extremely limited. Otherwise, I would definitely accept him as my disciple. If his cultivation talent is better, his future achievements will definitely be higher than mine..."
The other four-rank alchemists present couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. If Li Yu had such an amazing talent for cultivation, how could it be Dan Yangzi's turn? They would have personally stepped forward to snatch him away during the alchemy apprentice competition.
Wang Daoxuan nodded and said, "Yes, his talent for cultivation is not that great, but it is not bad either. If the sect is willing to train him, it is possible for him to form a pill within a few months. In this way, Kunlun will have another third-grade alchemist. What do you think?"
When the master said this, everyone present was stunned.
Allowing a Qi Refining Stage disciple to form a pill within a few months is possible with Kunlun's background, but it would require the full strength of the sect.
During this period, all the Tuomai Pills refined by the sect were to be used on him, and other core disciples could hardly get any.
In the past, these pills were distributed to them, the Nascent Soul ancestors.
Grandmaster Xuan Zhen did not think twice before saying, "I agree."
After a moment of silence, Lu Taiyi said, "Master, I think this is inappropriate. Although Li Yu has an excellent talent for alchemy, his talent for cultivation is limited. Even if we gather the strength of the entire sect to push him to the Golden Core stage, there will be no elixir to improve his cultivation. He will only be able to reach the Golden Core stage in his lifetime. It is not worth it for the sect to spend so much money to cultivate him."
As Lu Taiyi finished speaking, another person said, "Kunlun has never lacked third-grade alchemists. One more or one less is not too much. It is unfair to the other disciples to train him with the strength of the entire sect."
"Yes, if he was cultivating a single spiritual vein, it would be fine, but he is cultivating five spiritual veins. To send him to the Golden Core stage, he would need more than 400 Tuomai Pills and at least five Jiuzhuan Pills. This is probably not appropriate..."
"I also think it's inappropriate."
"Please think twice, Master..."
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Among Kunlun's many Nascent Soul masters, the major factions often competed openly and secretly, but when faced with the proposal of the head master, everyone's opinions were surprisingly unified.
It took several months of resources from the entire sect to train a low-level disciple, and their interests would be lost.
It would be fine if this person was like the sect master's disciple, a rare genius that only appears once in a thousand years, and the future pillar of the sect.
Li Yu is of mediocre talent, what virtue and ability does he have?
Therefore, except for Grandmaster Xuanzhen, none of the Nascent Soul experts present agreed with the headmaster's proposal.
Faced with this situation , Wang Daoxuan could not say anything else, and nodded, "In that case, let's forget about it. Today's meeting ends here, and you can all go back to the peak. Senior Brother Lu, you should make arrangements for the matter of Xu Ling Dong Tian as soon as possible, and make sure to rescue the five disciples unharmed. If that doesn't work, give them fifty Tongmai Pills. The safety of Kunlun disciples is the most important thing..."
