Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 838 Practice
In the Xuewu Dynasty, in a secluded place in the imperial palace, Li Qing was immersed in his own practice.

He began to deduce his own Taoism and completely completed the Nascent Soul stage practice chapter of the Daojie Wuji Sutra.

Through reading extensively on other cultivation techniques over the years, he had gained important accumulations, and could easily complete the key points of subsequent scriptures.

Seventeen years passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Qing gathered the strengths of various schools, taking their essence and removing their dross, and finally created the Nascent Soul stage practice chapter of the "Daojie Wuji Sutra" in this Dharma Ending Age.

"I have already been able to create the most perfect Taoism. Even some superior martial arts cannot compare with it." Li Qing murmured to himself, wishing he could switch to cultivation immediately.

He is definitely not bragging. If this cultivation method were released to the public, it would definitely cause quite a stir in the world of immortal cultivation.

Being able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage is already the limit of many martial arts in the human world, because the number of cultivators who can break through to the Spirit Transformation stage is ultimately limited to a handful of people.

"It's not enough. If you want to change your cultivation, you have to wait until you have created the chapter on the Spiritual Transformation Stage before you can consider changing your cultivation."

"In addition, after reaching the Spiritual Transformation Stage, I also have to combine the advantages of the Red Brilliant Heaven Burning Art. Now the four heaven and earth spiritual fires are also my greatest reliance."

After creating some magic, Li Qing's understanding of the Nascent Soul stage became more profound. Even under the suppression of heaven and earth in the Dharma Ending Age, his magic power actually improved slightly.

This is incredible. You know, in this environment, it is already quite difficult to ensure that one's cultivation does not regress, but Li Qing is actually making progress instead of retreating!

Just when he was feeling satisfied with his achievement, Chen Chaosheng came over with a glowing face.

"Senior, three years ago, we discovered a new relic of an immortal sect outside the borders. There used to be a group of mountains there, very majestic and spectacular."

"Now that ruins have become the habitat of many exotic beasts. A Qixue Baodan warrior from our Martial Alliance risked his life to climb one of the main peaks and saw some extremely ancient buildings."

Hearing this, Li Qing raised his eyebrows and said directly: "Why don't you just tell me what you have gained, or do you say you have encountered any trouble and need me to come over?"

"Of course not. Although the mountains are somewhat dangerous, I personally went out and killed some strange beasts, so the dangers are insignificant. How can I trouble you to go out in person?"

"That immortal sect was once called the Xuanwu Immortal Sect. We harvested some spiritual seeds from it, as well as three stone eggs piled together!"

"As for the secret manuals of cultivation techniques, as in the past, most of them have disappeared in the long river of time, and only a few have survived."

Chen Chaosheng clapped his hands as he spoke.

Accompanied by the sound of clapping, several Qi and Blood Warriors from the Martial Alliance came in behind him, dragging a few wooden carts.

Li Qing's attention was first attracted by the three stone eggs loaded on one of the wooden carts. Although the eggshells had been petrified, there was still an inexplicable Taoist charm emanating from them.

"what?"

Li Qing let out a light exclamation, then waved his hand, brought the three stone eggs in front of him, and began to examine and study them carefully.

“It looks lifeless, but we can tell that this stone egg must be from a very important source.”

"Could it really be the eggs laid by Xuanwu?"

Each stone egg is not small, much larger than an adult's head.

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Li Qing touched the petrified eggshell lightly with his fingertips, and it made a dull sound. It was obvious that the inside of the eggshell had also been completely petrified, and there was no possibility of hatching. Even if he had the seven-colored life essence, he could not save it.

It's a pity. Although we know it can't be a black tortoise egg, it's probably related. It should be some monster with black tortoise bloodline.

Afterwards, his gaze turned to several other wooden carts, which contained some ancient spirit seeds and incomplete inheritances that were excavated from the ruins of the Immortal Sect.

"Well done, leave everything behind."

"Here's your reward!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing patted the storage bag on his waist, and several spiritual medicines emitting fresh medicinal fragrance flew out. Among them was even a thousand-year-old spiritual herb that could warm the body and was very valuable for some physical cultivators.

In addition, there are some pills in bottles and jars, which are body-refining pills used to increase qi and blood and temper the internal organs.

These things are of no use to Li Qing, and their value in the world of immortal cultivation is not too high. With Lingyun Sect's current foundation alone, they can easily refine a lot of them.

After simply telling Chen Chaosheng about the uses of these elixirs and pills, Li Qing sent them away and continued to stay in the forbidden area alone, exploring the mystery of the three stone eggs.

"Thank you for your reward, Senior. I will take my leave now!"

Soon, the forbidden area became peaceful again.

Li Qing's spiritual sense spread out and carefully observed the situation inside the stone egg. Just as he expected, there was no egg liquid inside as he had imagined. It was completely petrified.

"It seems that it lost its vitality at the beginning of the Dharma Ending Age, and didn't wait for the Red Moon's secret power to cause it to mutate."

"Otherwise, maybe a few exotic beasts closely related to Xuanwu could be hatched. I really don't know whether it's good luck or bad luck. If something like that really happens, I'm afraid the surrounding areas will face a catastrophe."

After shaking his head, Li Qing put all three stone eggs into his storage bag.

Afterwards, he looked at those ancient spirit seeds. Most of them were not of very high value, and only a few were very rare, so rare that even Li Qing could not identify them.

“Never mind, let’s collect them all and try to revive them all with the Seven Colored Life Essence later to see what we can grow.”

After saying that, Li Qing flipped through the incomplete martial arts secret book in the basket as quickly as possible.

That’s right, those martial arts books that were once regarded as the supreme inheritance are now all packed in baskets, which is very embarrassing.

"Basically, they are all incomplete, and there is no complete inheritance."

"Some of the recipes are interesting, but unfortunately they are severely missing and cannot be restored."

Li Qing sighed and put everything into the storage bag. The disappointment in his heart quickly disappeared.

In the following time, the Martial Alliance became more and more enthusiastic about exploring the remains of the former immortal path.

Stimulated by the elixir that Li Qing brought out, more and more warriors joined the exploration, some even leaving the dynasty's territory and traveling thousands of miles.

Li Qing himself continued to practice and paid no attention to external things.

This time, he practiced the Tongbao Jue of Tianmiao Immortal Mansion, which was also an extremely time-consuming secret technique. He had mastered the first two levels, and before he could fully master Tianmiao Immortal Mansion, he still needed to practice the next three levels of the formula.

Because next Li Qing plans to bury these ancient spiritual medicine seeds in the medicine field mountain in the Tianmiao Immortal Mansion. There are several medicine gardens there, which are all very good places to cultivate spiritual medicine.

By then, if he can really revive some ancient species with the seven-colored life essence, then those medicine gardens will be able to play their corresponding roles.

"Moreover, after the third level of Tongbao Jue is mastered, the size of Tianmiao Immortal Mansion can be freely changed. In the future, it can be carried with you, which is much more convenient than Kongbei."

"By then, even the rice bucket and the Fire Jade Queen Bee can be placed in the Immortal Palace." For Li Qing, this is very important. It is equivalent to having a portable cave, and it is a super luxurious one.

Just like that, more than twenty years passed in a flash.

During this period, a major event occurred in the Xuewu Dynasty. The current emperor passed away. During the process of igniting the divine fire, he failed to control the "temperature" and completely burned out the vitality in his body.

When Chen Chaosheng arrived, it was too late and only a skeleton was left.

A chaos just like that occurred. The unfortunate emperor had four sons, but because they were in their prime, they were unable to appoint a crown prince.

The battle among the four dragons for the throne is inevitable.

The entire royal city was covered with a layer of dark clouds, and the atmosphere in the palace was even more solemn and murderous.

Winning over, dealing, conspiracy and trickery, compromise and confrontation have become commonplace throughout the palace and even in the royal city.

The Wumeng was in an awkward position at this juncture. As the most powerful force in the dynasty, they were not allowed to get involved in the royal struggle. One of their missions was to protect the royal bloodline, but the four princes were all the emperor's biological sons.

Li Qing was not even in the mood to watch these things. He was still concentrating on his cultivation.

The practice of the third level of Tongbao Jue is not that simple. It becomes more and more difficult as you progress, especially the last three levels.

He was almost in a trance, completely oblivious to himself, and even had little perception of the outside world.

In this state, a child in his early teens came to his place of practice with tears in his eyes.

"Senior, my mother asked me to come here to seek asylum. I have no intention of competing for the throne, senior?"

The child wiped the tears from his eyes, a look of doubt appearing on his chubby face.

Li Qing naturally did not respond to him. He was practicing deeply, focusing all his body and mind on comprehending the third level of Tongbao Jue.

Seeing this, the Fourth Prince made up his mind to stay here. He remembered his mother's instructions that he had to live here until the throne was decided.

"Since Senior didn't refuse, then I should stay?"

"Thank you, senior!"

As he spoke, the Fourth Prince began to meditate and practice. He was naturally also a martial artist, and at a young age he had already reached the level of internal strength, and he still followed the path of internal martial arts, cultivating internal strength in his body.

The next thing he had to consider was the Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood. However, as he had just started to learn internal strength, he was still a long way from the First Revolution of Qi and Blood.

Time passed day by day, and Li Qing was still immersed in his practice. He had already sensed that there was a child beside him, but he did not react.

During this time, palace maids brought meals. They were all people who had served the Fourth Prince and his mother before and were trustworthy.

Until one day, the palace maids he was familiar with no longer came to bring him food, and he spent the next two days starving.

Just as he was extremely hungry, a strange palace maid with an expressionless face brought a plate of delicacies to the outside of the forbidden area and said in a cold voice: "Fourth Prince, today's lunch is served."

Snapped!
The young prince was shocked, and then tears welled up in his eyes, knowing that his mother might have met with an accident.

He stayed by Li Qing's side and didn't leave, pursing his lips tightly to prevent himself from crying out loud, letting the tears slide down his face.

Not long after, the sound of leisurely footsteps was heard outside.

"Fourth brother, you haven't eaten for two days, aren't you hungry?"

A young man in a golden robe walked in with a smile on his face, but his eyes were not on his younger fourth brother. Instead, he looked at Li Qing who was meditating.

Soon, his expression turned serious as he remembered everything about this person.

"Miao Zhengwu, I pay my respects to the senior protector!" He clasped his fists towards Li Qing.

But how could Li Qing respond to him? He was still in deep practice and had not woken up.

As for the Fourth Prince, he was extremely nervous. He tightly grasped the corner of Li Qing's clothes and refused to let go, as if he was a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

Seeing this, the man in the golden robe smiled and said, "Fourth brother, be obedient and eat the food, or you will starve yourself."

"The Guardian is practicing. It is wrong for you to disturb him for so many days. Please leave with me after dinner so as not to disturb the Guardian's meditation."

The fourth prince cried and trembled, "Second brother, I have no intention of fighting for the throne, can't you just let me go?"

This person was none other than the Second Prince. He sneered and said, "Who made your mother stand on the wrong side? He chose to help the eldest brother, so the Third Prince and I had no choice but to temporarily join forces."

As he spoke, he approached the Fourth Prince, intending to take him away by force.

"Stop making so much noise and disturbing my meditation. Get out of here now."

A sound like thunder rang out, shocking the golden-robed man who was approaching step by step, causing him to bleed from all his orifices and his blood and energy to dissipate.

"Uh, the guardian."

boom!
Before he could finish his words, the man fell to the ground, bleeding all over the floor.

Seeing this, the Fourth Prince looked at Li Qing in surprise and said, "Thank you."

Before he could finish his words, Li Qing said unhappily, "Get away from me too, or you'll end up like him."

Hearing this, the child turned pale, then nodded repeatedly and rushed out of Li Qing's practice place.

Li Qing looked at the corpse in front of him, frowned slightly, and then waved his hand to move it out of his sight.

"Alas, I have encountered a bottleneck. Could it be that the practice of Tongbao Jue cannot be separated from Tianmiao Immortal Mansion?"

Over the past few decades, he still has not been able to cultivate the third level of Tongbao Jue and has always stagnated.

Finally, he stopped practicing the third level of Tongbao Jue and planned to return to Tianmiao Immortal Mansion to continue his comprehension.

"There is still the "Soul Refining Sutra" left. This is also a profound secret method. Its origin is even more amazing than all the Taoist methods I have."

"A secret soul-refining technique from the upper realm that can strengthen the soul. It is unfathomable."

As he spoke, scriptures related to the "Soul Refining Sutra" emerged in Li Qing's mind, and he entered the next stage of practice.

(End of this chapter)