Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 833: Seclusion
After traveling in the human world for more than twenty years, Li Qing finally received a copy of the Five Elements inheritance from the upper realm from the Five Elements Spirit Saint.

The Five Elements Taoism contained in it is extremely profound, and it even records the cultivation scriptures for the Void Refining Period. Its preciousness far exceeds his imagination.

In the Void Refining Stage, if he could comprehend one or two of the mysteries, he would definitely gain great benefits from it, and at the very least, he would be able to broaden his horizons.

Looking at the azure blue sea, Li Qing let out a long sigh.

"call!"

"It's time to end my journey in the human world. I will go back and practice diligently to comprehend the supreme law."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing's figure turned into illusion and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

He traveled at full speed, even expending his own essence from time to time to mobilize the essence of heaven and earth, and resonate with the power of wind and thunder.

It only took about a month to return to the sect.

Although he had not returned for decades, Lingyun Sect was still peaceful. In fact, the sect was becoming more and more prosperous, with a sense of being the overlord of the immortal world.

But this is normal. Ever since the news of Li Qing's advancement to the Spirit Transformation Stage was confirmed, Lingyun Sect has been attracting people from all directions. There are even many cultivators who have come from thousands of miles away, hoping to become disciples of Lingyun Sect.

Just because there is a great master in the Spirit Transformation Stage in charge of the sect, this sect will become extremely prosperous in the next two thousand years without any unexpected events.

Normally, the lifespan of a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage can reach over two thousand years. If he uses various methods to prolong his life, his lifespan can be further extended and he can live even longer.

This is the remaining influence of the great power in the Spirit Transformation Stage!
Even if he passed away or ascended to the upper realm, this sect would surely train many great cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage. Coupled with the various disciples that the sect had recruited in the past two thousand years, its heyday could even be extended longer.

And if they can join in as early as possible, the position of the Nascent Soul stage master in Lingyun Sect in the future may not be taken by one of them?
"The sect has gained another great elder in the Jindan stage. This is truly cause for celebration."

After using his spiritual sense to sense the various striking auras within the sect, Li Qing immediately sensed an unfamiliar aura of the Jindan stage.

He was not familiar with this person and had never even met him.

"The future of Lingyun Sect will be prosperous for a long time even if I am not here." Li Qing sighed.

As the old is replaced by the new, there will definitely be more and more strange supreme elders like this one, and even Nascent Soul ancestors, in the future.

Looking at this scene, Li Qing felt a little lost. The faces he was familiar with were destined to be buried in the long river of time.

For example, Wu Chong, he and Li Qing are of the same generation, but he is still in the Jindan stage.

He is old now. If he doesn't break through to the Nascent Soul stage, I'm afraid that when Li Qing comes out of seclusion next time, he will have to go to the grave to see him.

Fortunately, Wu Chong has not been standing still in his practice of "Taotie Magic" over the years. His cultivation has reached the perfection of Jindan and there is no room for improvement.

Next, you can either choose to launch an attack towards the Nascent Soul stage, or just maintain your cultivation at the Core Forming stage, search for more longevity elixirs or secret recipes, and then slowly grow old.

Wu Chong once got a Dragon Transformation Pill, and Li Qing believed that he would not choose the second result.

"As for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, even I can't provide any help. Everything depends on your own luck and fortune."

When one enters the Nascent Soul stage from the Jindan stage, even a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation stage cannot provide any help. At most, they can save the person's life after he fails to break through, but even his cultivation cannot be preserved.

Li Qing shook his head and sighed, then returned to his cave.

"For my current practice, I have to focus more on comprehending the various martial arts manuals I have now."

“Whether it’s the Soul Refining Sutra, the Five Elements Heavenly Origin Classic, or the Tianmiao Immortal Mansion’s Tongbao Jue, they all require a lot of time to comprehend and practice.”

There is no profound scripture that can be mastered overnight. Even the secret book of magic requires all kinds of costs to practice.

Fortunately, Li Qing does not lack time now.

He first took out the Five Elements Taoism and carefully read through this martial art which had roots in the upper realm.

"All things are born from the five elements"

Li Qing quickly immersed himself in the contemplation of this Taoist method. He wanted to gain more inspiration from it so that his own creation of methods would be smoother.

This retreat lasted for at least ten years.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years had passed. Li Qing stayed in the cave for a long time and no one in the sect dared to disturb his retreat. They didn't even know whether their ancestor, who had transformed into a god, was still in the sect.

Over the past twenty years, Lingyun Sect has accepted batches of disciples, many of whom are extremely talented.

The Tianhe branch of Lingyun Sect is also becoming increasingly lively. I think in a hundred years or so, the practice sites of the Tianhe branch will be fully occupied.

To this end, the top leaders of Lingyun Sect discussed for several days and finally made a decision to activate the high-level spiritual vein in the snowfield of the Southern Region, which was also the spiritual vein that first came to Lingyun Sect.

Because this spiritual vein is close to a node in the demon world, it has always been rented out to high-level monks from outside to be used as a cave residence.

"Activating the Southern Region Snowfield Spiritual Vein is related to many independent cultivators. Although our Lingyun Sect is now powerful, we must abide by our ancestral teachings and must not bully others by taking advantage of our power."

"In my opinion, how about this? From today on, the Southern Region Snowfield Spiritual Vein will no longer be rented out. At the same time, all the cultivators who are currently renting there will not be allowed to renew their leases. When their leases expire, they will be allowed to leave on their own."

"Haha, it should have been done a long time ago. Some years ago, there were even cultivators who wanted to use this to build a city for independent cultivators. Do they really regard the Snow Region Spiritual Vein as their own territory?"

There is an old ancestor who has reached the state of transformation of spirit in the sect, so there won't be any big problems even if they forcefully expel the people from the spiritual vein.

But under the constraints of the ancestral precepts established by Li Qing, these high-ranking officials of Lingyun Sect still did not do such things of bullying. They were very disciplined and could not be faulted at all.

"Well, we will wait until the lease of the cultivators inside expires, and then we will take back the spiritual vein. Anyway, the Tianhe lineage still has ample space for cultivation."

And just like that, the matter was decided.

And in the following five years, Wu Chong finally could no longer suppress himself.

Within Lingyun Sect, a powerful spiritual pressure swept out.

This aura even alarmed Li Qing who was in seclusion. He moved his mind slightly and soon knew what was going on.

Wu Chong started to break through!

Inside his spiritual peak, it seemed as if there were many Taotie roaring, shaking the earth!

"The breath is quite steady. If you take the Dragon Transformation Pill, you should have a 60% chance of success." Li Qing immediately saw the truth and judged Wu Chong's success rate in this breakthrough. 60%! For a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, this is already quite high. You have to know that even if many cultivators are well prepared, their success rate will not exceed 20% or 30%.

More often than not, some cultivators start to break through in a hurry, and have not even reached the perfect stage of Jindan. Because their lifespan is no longer sufficient, they can only force themselves to take risks in the late stage of Jindan.

In that case, the hope of a successful breakthrough would be even slimmer, even less than 10%. This is why the mortality rate in the world of immortal cultivators who are trying to reach the Nascent Soul stage is so high.

But Li Qing was still somewhat worried about Wu Chong's 60%. He kept paying attention to him and was always ready to take action to save his life.

"If he is trapped in the inner demon calamity, even I have no way to deal with it. I can only think of a way to activate the exquisite fairy sound to wake him up."

Li Qing muttered to himself, wondering what kind of inner tribulation Wu Chong might encounter this time.

There is no doubt that Wu Chong’s inner demon should be his master, Patriarch Tuntian!

Even now, Li Qing's mood would be disturbed when he thought of this long-passed predecessor.

"Well, I hope I can get through it successfully."

It took Wu Chong more than ten days to finally succeed in condensing his Nascent Soul. The moment his Nascent Soul was formed, he inevitably fell into a demonic dream like that in the womb.

One day, two days, seventeen days!
It took Wu Chong seventeen days to overcome his inner tribulation. Li Qing even wanted to take action to see what was going on.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. Wu Chong walked out of his inner demon with tears on his face. He was deeply touched. The inner demon that seemed so real made it difficult for him to let go until now.

"Master."

Rumble!
Before he could be sad for too long, the calamity clouds in the sky gathered, as if they were affected by the aura of Taotie. This calamity was very extraordinary, and was much more heroic than the transformation calamity of ordinary monsters.

"This guy is only busy dwelling on his own inner demons, and he doesn't even want to go out to face the calamity. Is he planning to have a lightning strike on the sect?"

Li Qing was speechless, but still took action. He mobilized the energy of heaven and earth and forcibly pulled Wu Chong, who was wiping his tears in the cave, out and arranged for him to survive his own thunder tribulation.

"If we don't go out to face the calamity, our sect will be in trouble." Li Qing said lightly, and after doing all this, he fell silent again.

The thunder lasted for three days and three nights before it stopped. Wu Chong, who had thick skin and flesh, suffered some minor injuries, but no serious injuries. He just needed some time to recuperate.

At this point, Lingyun Sect had another Nascent Soul ancestor, and became even more powerful.

After more than ten days had passed, Wu Chong hastily held a Nascent Soul Ceremony. He did not even invite people from outside the sect. He only held it within the sect.

He hadn't recovered from his injuries yet, but he volunteered to go to the Southern Region Snowfield Spirit Vein to take charge.

Naturally, there was no objection in the sect. Having an ancestor in the Nascent Soul stage in charge of the branch must be the best thing.

Li Qing completely lost all interest in these sect affairs and focused on studying his own Taoism.

During the years of comprehending the Five Elements Taoism, he gained a lot and learned a secret technique that could use the power of the Five Elements to lock in his own essence.

"No wonder the Five Elements Spirit Saint has been dedicated to searching for the Five Elements Spirit Pearls for so many years. It turns out that after collecting all the spirit pearls, one can use them to lock up one's own essence. This can be regarded as an alternative method of self-sealing."

Normally speaking, even if a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage in the human world does not fight with others, the essence in his body will slowly dissipate without him noticing.

Unless certain unique self-sealing secret methods are performed in some ancient lands, the loss of essence can be greatly slowed down to an almost negligible level.

And if you use this Five Elements Self-Sealing Method, as long as you don't mobilize the energy of heaven and earth to fight with others, the loss of your essence will be locked, and you can move freely even if you are not in those ancient places.

"It's a good secret method. It works for me."

Because he had never exercised restraint over the years, Li Qing's remaining lifespan was finally approaching ten thousand years.

In another hundred years or so, if he doesn’t continue to refine weapons, his lifespan will fall below ten thousand years.

No one thinks life is too long. Even Li Qing had to ask Su Xin for the Five Elements Spirit Pearl, ready to use the Five Elements Self-Sealing Method to lock in his own essence.

Inside the cave, he stared at the five dazzling spirit beads and pondered for a long time.

"Borrow the power of the five elements from the spirit bead and apply a self-sealing secret method to the body. In the future, you only need to replenish and reinforce it once every few hundred years, and you don't need to carry the five elements spirit bead with you all the time."

As he spoke, Li Qing performed a secret method, drawing out a trace of original power from the spirit bead, and five-colored spiritual light flowed through his limbs and bones.

After a while, his essence that was slowly leaking out finally stopped.

The Five Elements Self-Sealing Method!
"It's not that difficult. As long as you have the Five Elements Spiritual Pearl, you can perform it easily."

Li Qing nodded with satisfaction. Now he didn't have to worry about whether to go to those ancient places for retreat.

"The following Lianxu scriptures record the contents related to the unity of the five elements. It takes even more time to comprehend them, but they are all very important Taoist methods."

Li Qing sighed. He felt the scriptures locked in his body and suddenly wondered whether he should use the three times faster time flow in the polar night world to practice?

Ever since he achieved divine transformation, he has been hesitant about heading to the polar night world.

If the energy of heaven and earth in the human world is only relatively thin and poor, then the energy of heaven and earth in the polar night world is probably completely exhausted.

Once he goes in, the speed at which the essence in his body will drain out will be even more terrifying. You have to know that even with the help of the Wind Thunder Silver Wings, he still lost a lot of his lifespan. At that time, he was only in the Nascent Soul stage.

Now that I have sealed myself with the help of the power of the Five Elements Spirit Pearl, maybe I can go over and give it a try.

"How long has it been since I last went to the Polar Night World?"

"Two hundred years? Three hundred years?"

Li Qing gave a bitter smile. He was about to forget about these things. Now he should go and take a look no matter what.

With time flowing at three times the speed, at least several hundred years have passed there, and the environment may have changed a lot.

"Now that I have achieved the state of spiritual transformation, I don't need to worry about the loss of my essence. It's time to go and see a doctor."

“At worst, I can still use the three times faster time passing in the Polar Night World to continue comprehending the Dao.”

(End of this chapter)