Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 439: Late Stage of the Leader Realm

It was late at night and everything was quiet.

The moonlight shines through the window onto the ground, like a pool of clear water.

In the quiet room, the smoke of incense curls up, and the fragrance of agarwood lingers in the air, making the mind extremely peaceful.

Chen Yun, who had just taken a shower and changed his clothes and was sitting on a cushion, was adjusting his physical condition in order to achieve the best condition so as to condense the golden elixir and become an immortal.

He did not refine the immortal energy immediately, but recalled "Mr. Chen's Inner Alchemy Secret" in his mind.

Chen Yun thought to himself, "If ordinary people want to practice this inner alchemy technique I created, they must first eat and drink to harmonize the five internal organs. They must not be hungry or full, and their hearts must be quiet and reach the state of emptiness before they can enter the Tao. At the end of the second watch or the beginning of the third watch, they should wash up, concentrate their minds, go into the room, burn incense, sit cross-legged, close their eyes, concentrate their minds, wait for the breath to be even, and then roll up their tongues to hold their breath at the two orifices at the root of the tongue..."

Thinking about this, he began to review the first level of the technique.

Chen Yun sits cross-legged, closes his eyes and concentrates, waits for his breath to come in and out, and mixes it evenly. First, he rolls his tongue back to hold the base of his tongue and closes the two orifices to hold his breath.

As the exercise was performed, he gradually felt two streams of energy rushing up from the roots of his teeth on the left and right Taiyang meridians, penetrating his two temples, and then entering the top of his head, and he felt the two energies merge.

If an ordinary person has just started to practice this method, this is one time of Qi circulation. After each time, he should open his eyes and wait for a while, then close his eyes and repeat the previous method. Stop when the Qi reaches the Niwan Palace at the top of the head. Do this three times every night.

Chen Yun had already passed this stage, so there was naturally no need to go through so much trouble.

He continued with the next step of the exercise, and gradually felt the energy flowing from the Niwan Palace into the brain, along the throat, through the spine, through the coccyx, through the gallbladder and navel, and into the heart and chest.

A warm and comfortable feeling rose in my chest.

"This is a sign of the decline of true Qi."

Chen Yun continued to practice the technique, feeling the energy reaching his heart and a slight warmth in his heart. The warm energy then went up from his heart, through his throat, and under his tongue.

He felt a slight bitter taste in his mouth, which was due to the rise of his courage and the harmony of yin and yang.

Suddenly, Chen Yun felt his body growing bigger and his spirit became excited, as if the house, the sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers were all within himself.

He reached forward to support the table, and the next moment, he saw a ball of light in his heart, like the sun falling into his lower dantian.

Chen Yun did not open his eyes immediately. Instead, he gradually gathered his thoughts, then restored his limbs and opened his eyes.

"The first transformation is fine, we can start refining the immortal energy now."

After resting for a while, Chen Yun began to practice the "one and a half levels" technique.

He sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and clicked his teeth nine times. When his mind was calm and his internal energy was balanced, he then practiced the breath-holding method.

Take one breath and one breath as one breath, and hold each breath for eight or nine breaths.

Chen Yun performed the exercises strictly according to the method. Once he finished closing his eyes, he slowly opened his eyes, resumed breathing, and then continued the breath-holding method as before.

At this time, the fire in the body is sufficient and the immortal energy is refined bit by bit.

Chen Yun felt warm in his heart, comfortable in his whole body, and his mind was beating.

A large amount of Dan Qi was born slowly, like a stream of hot air flowing into the Dantian.

Chen Yun practiced at a leisurely pace, without any distractions at all.

……

Ever since Chen Yun defeated the Ten Destroy Formations two years ago, Gao Jixing died of depression, Gao Conghui took over as the second monarch of Nanping and restored its title to a vassal state, and this year Ma Xi of Nanchu declared himself a vassal and restored its title to a vassal state, the situation in the world seemed to have entered a brief period of stability.

At present, all the southern countries, except Southern Wu and Southern Han, follow the Later Tang Dynasty.

However, at this time the world is in chaos and evil demons are everywhere, all wanting to gain military merit and be deified. How can the world be peaceful?
In the first year of Changxing, Shi Jingtang was promoted to the title of Inspecting Taiwei.

In September, Dong Zhang, the governor of Dongchuan, rebelled. Shi Jingtang was appointed commander of the Dongchuan camp and concurrently in charge of the affairs of the Dongchuan government.

The following year, because the road to Shu was dangerous and difficult and food could not be transported, Mingzong ordered the troops to return to the capital.

In April, he also served as deputy envoy of the six armies.

In June, he was appointed Jiedushi of Heyang, still holding military power.

At this time, Shi Jingtang had already begun to harbor the intention of replacing the emperor, but he was still accumulating strength.

On this day, he went out for fun in the suburbs under the pretext of meeting some demons and monsters and came to the outskirts of Heyang City.

Shi Jingtang was riding on a horse, surrounded by a group of followers.

There were two horses beside it, with two Taoists sitting on each of them.

The Taoist on the left is wearing a black robe, and the Taoist on the right is wearing a star-shaped robe.

Shi Jingtang said: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Gou, you said that I am like a trapped dragon. How can I break the situation?"

Xie Wuyang and Taoist Gou Teng smiled at each other. Two years ago, when they heard that Chen Yun would participate in the Battle of the Gods, they immediately rushed to the battlefield to avenge the extermination of their family.

Who would have thought that Chen Yun's trip to Jiangling City to break the Ten Directions Extinction Formation was just a "guest appearance" and he didn't give them any chance at all.

Xie Wuyang and Taoist Gou Teng finally saw the opportunity to take revenge, so how could they give it up?
So, the two of them traveled to many small countries and finally decided on Shi Jingtang as their investment target.

They planned to use Shi Jingtang's identity to force Chen Yun to show up and join the war, and then destroy him.

Xie Wuyang said in a profound and unfathomable way: "General Shi's chance is not in the Central Plains. If he wants to emerge from the abyss, he needs to combine the power of the Black Tortoise in the north."

Shi Jingtang didn't quite understand what this meant, so he humbly asked for advice: "Please explain it to me, Mr. Xie."

Taoist Gou Teng laughed, "It's hard to say. The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. The commander will know when the time comes."

Shi Jingtang felt quite helpless and was just trying to get some more information from the two immortals.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past in front of them. Then, a roar of the Thunder Tiger was heard.

Shi Jingtang and his followers looked and saw a huge tiger with hanging eyes and white forehead jumping out of the forest ahead.

The beast was as big as a buffalo and had a ferocious look. It immediately pounced on Shi Jingtang.

Shi Jingtang was caught off guard and nearly fell off his horse.

The incident happened suddenly and the followers had no time to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

As immortals, Xie Wuyang and Taoist Gou Teng naturally could not attack mortal spirits. They could only use their magic to move Shi Jingtang to the side, leaving the giant beast with nothing to catch.

Even so, Shi Jingtang was still terrified, and he immediately ordered his followers, "Quick! Kill this big beast!"

The followers hurriedly drew their bows and prepared to shoot arrows.

Suddenly, a black light flew out from the jungle and pierced the big insect's forehead with incredible precision.

The big beast screamed and fell to the ground, twitching a few times before it became silent.

Shi Jingtang and his followers looked anxiously and found that a large iron spear about six or seven feet long was stuck in the tiger's forehead.

A strong male voice came from the jungle, "You big insect, you have been a disaster to the village and have eaten four or five young children. Finally, I have caught you."

Along with the sound, a young man carrying a load of firewood appeared.

The young man was dressed very simply, but he was nine feet tall, had a magnificent appearance, and looked like a strong man.

Shi Jingtang was delighted to see the prey, and he quickly dismounted and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you for saving my life, may I ask your name?"

The young man put down the firewood in his hand, clasped his fists and said in return: "I am a martial artist."

As he said this, he stepped forward and pulled the iron spear out of the tiger's head. He then kicked the tiger's body into the air, and then lowered his shoulders, and the tiger's body fell on his shoulders.

Shi Jingtang was attracted by Wu Xingde's strength and bravery, and took the initiative to persuade him to stay, saying, "Wu Xingde, I am Shi Jingtang, the governor of Heyang. Would you like to serve under me?"

Wu Xingde, who was about to leave, was startled. He turned around and asked in surprise, "Are you General Shi?"

Shi Jingtang smiled and said, "That's right."

Wu Xingde recalled what his great-grandmaster had said, threw the tiger corpse on his shoulder to the ground, knelt on one knee with his fists clasped, and said, "Wu Xingde greets the lord."

"Good! Good! Good!" Shi Jingtang was overjoyed and helped Wu Xingde up personally.

Xie Wuyang and Taoist Gou Teng saw that Wu Xingde had infinite power and might indeed be of great help to Shi Jingtang, so they nodded slightly.

However, there was a strong man among Shi Jingtang's followers who was dissatisfied and wanted to compete with Wu Xingde in strength.

Wu Xingde had just joined Shi Jingtang's camp, so naturally he didn't want to offend anyone, so he politely declined.

But the strong man refused to give in, and Wu Xingde had no choice but to agree. In accordance with the principle of not hurting the relationship, he asked the strong man to carry his firewood, and if he could do it, he would admit defeat.

The strong man thought that Wu Xingde looked down on others, so he immediately went to pick up the firewood.

then……

Well, the strong man used all his strength, but he just couldn't lift Wu Xingde's load of firewood.

It was precisely because of this that Shi Jingtang admired Wu Xingde even more and immediately appointed him as a dutou.

……

A year passes in the blink of an eye.

Chen Yun's retreat to refine his immortal energy has entered an important stage.

However, today he acted contrary to his usual behavior and temporarily stopped refining the immortal energy. Instead, he opened the window and took a rest.

The reason was simple. Just now, he had cultivated to the late stage of the leader realm.

Chen Yunduan sat by the window, looking at the yellowing autumn chrysanthemums outside the window, and was feeling the situation inside his body.

At this time, the Dan Qi in the center of the palace is sufficient, and there is a faint feeling of overflow.

"It seems that I have reached the edge of breaking through the realm of true person." Chen Yun thought without sadness or joy, "All I need to do is to unite my essence, energy and spirit and condense a holy fetus to achieve the Tao."

"In addition, after a year of refining immortal energy, I have made great breakthroughs in the second level of Yin-Yang Form Refining of Pangu True Body Art, and have gradually reached the middle stage."

Chen Yun could feel how strong his body was now.

It can be said that some magic weapons that are not too powerful will not be effective when attacking oneself.

For example, a magic weapon like the Ice Ring can basically not harm you. Not only can it not harm you, it probably can't even damage a single hair.

Even magical weapons that are not too powerful cannot harm his body, let alone ordinary magical weapons.

For example, the flying needles I got from Liu Guibai before, if someone used them to attack me, they would probably be broken by my strong body.

Not to mention the flying needles, even the fine dog magic weapon made by Lu Dongbin himself could not cause any harm to him.

Chen Yun sighed slightly, "The Pangu True Body Art is truly mysterious. I haven't even reached the great perfection of the second level of Yin-Yang Form Refining, yet my defense is so amazing, and I also have the power to carry mountains and chase the sun. If I can really reach the ninth level, I'm afraid I can really create the world."

He was very satisfied with the results of this year's retreat.

But now is not the time to be satisfied or not. Chen Yun knows that he should start to condense the golden elixir and thus achieve immortality.

Chen Yun secretly made up his mind, "I will take a short break and then start to sprint towards the realm of the real person with all my strength. This time I will definitely achieve the Tao and become an immortal!"

(End of this chapter)