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

Chapter 670: Mid-stage of the Immortal Realm

As the sun rises.

Chen Yun came to the area outside the main hall of Laojun Temple and watched the disciples with relatively shallow cultivation practicing boxing.

Disciples like Mei Junyan, Lu Yuan and others have already reached a relatively high level of cultivation among mortals, so they do not need to practice boxing anymore.

As the "chief steward", Zhang Qian is often the one who keeps an eye on such matters.

"master."

"teacher."

A group of disciples greeted him.

Chen Yun nodded in response to everyone, then looked at Zhang Qian and asked, "Where's Lin Lingsu?"

Zhang Qian said: "Junior Brother Lin is already a top-level mage, so he no longer needs to participate in daily boxing training."

"Huh?" Chen Yun was startled. "When did he become a top-class mage?"

Zhang Qian asked in confusion, "Brother Chen, an earthly immortal is an omniscient immortal, almost possessing the ability of omniscience. Didn't you know that Junior Brother Lin had cultivated to the level of a superior magician yesterday?"

Oh, yesterday.

It is true that the earthly immortal is an omniscient true being. Yesterday, Chen Yun was busy refining the medicinal power of the "Lian Shen Huan Xu Decoction". How could he have the time to pay attention to the conditions of others?
Besides, that kind of omniscience ability would be very noisy if it kept covering the world. Chen Yun preferred quietness, so naturally he would not keep it on when nothing was happening.

He was somewhat surprised and asked, "Lin Lingsu has only been with us for a short time, but he has become a top-level mage so quickly?"

Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Then I don't know. Didn't the Immortal Master teach him some skills? Maybe he gave him some elixir. Besides, Junior Brother Lin has excellent talent to begin with. It's not surprising that he can become a top-level magician in just over a year."

Chen Yun was very sure that the King of the East did not give Lin Lingsu the elixir.

There is basically only one possibility as to why the other party has achieved such rapid advancement in cultivation, and that is that he has an extremely terrifying talent.

In fact, it is very normal to think about it. Lin Lingsu is a prominent figure in the history of Taoism.

He later became the grandmaster of the Shenxiao School and was hailed as the master of Taoist thunder magic.

From the perspective of dynastic history, Lin Lingsu is a "demon Taoist".

However, in Taoist culture, Lin Lingsu has a very high status.

It had a profound influence on the later Taoist thunder method system, and laid the foundation for the view that thunder method is the top of all methods.

From this we can see how high Lin Lingsu's status is in the history of Taoism.

How could a person of such a high status, who could influence the entire Taoist culture, have poor talent?

Therefore, Chen Yun felt that Lin Lingsu was able to cultivate to the level of a superior wizard in such a short time only because his talent was too terrifying, so terrifying that even he wanted to marvel at it.

We just had a few words here.

Zhang Qian keenly noticed the abnormality, "Hey, Brother Chen, you look a little different today than usual."

Chen Yun smiled and asked, "What's the difference?"

"I can't explain it." Zhang Qian frowned and said, "In the past, you gave me the feeling that you were integrated into the world. Now that you are standing here, not only do I not feel that you are integrated into nature, but even if you don't speak and just stand there quietly, I may not be able to sense it. It's as if you don't really exist."

"Haha." A voice came from not far away.

Soon, Lü Dongbin came out with He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu. "You have a sharp eye, little guy. Your Senior Brother Chen's cultivation level has greatly improved. He is only one step away from achieving perfection in both form and spirit. Naturally, he cannot be sensed by you."

"Ah?" Zhang Qian was shocked and said in disbelief: "Senior Brother Chen, are you almost reaching perfection in both form and spirit?"

A group of disciples who were practicing boxing were all surprised.

Chen Yun nodded and said, "Soon. I estimate that in one or two years at most, I will be able to achieve true perfection in both form and spirit."

Well, this is a more modest statement. In fact, even without the Shen Huan Xu Decoction, according to his current condition, theoretically it would only take him one year to achieve perfect physical and spiritual health.

He Xiangu came forward and said with a sigh, "When I first met Uncle Chen, he had not yet officially entered the immortal path. I never thought that after decades, his realm has become much higher than mine."

"Yes." Han Xiangzi said with a sigh: "Although we have some strength in the middle and late stages of the Immortal Realm, our realm is still compared to Uncle Chen, so we are still behind."

The realm they are talking about is not the early, middle, and late stages of the immortal realm, but the real realm of cultivation.

For example, Fairy He has reached the late stage of the immortal realm, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu have reached the middle stage of the immortal realm, but none of them have touched the edge of the perfection of both form and spirit.

Although Chen Yun is still at the initial stage of the Immortal Realm, he has already vaguely touched upon the realm of perfection in both form and spirit, so naturally his realm is higher.

This made He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu extremely envious.

Lu Dongbin nodded and praised: "Not bad, Junior Brother Chen, you can achieve the perfection of both form and spirit in such a short time, you must have worked hard."

At this point, he glanced at his three disciples and said, "If you could be as diligent as Junior Brother Chen, you wouldn't still be in the Immortal Realm today."

Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu didn't dare to talk back and could only smile bitterly.

He Xiangu and Lu Dongbin didn't seem to have too many concerns. They smiled and said, "Master, can this kind of thing be accomplished by diligence? Uncle Chen is too talented. We don't have his talent."

Lu Dongbin thought about it and said with a smile: "Indeed, Junior Brother Chen's talent is not as good as mine. It is normal that you cannot compare with him."

Chen Yun said modestly: "I dare not, how dare I compare with you, senior brother."

A group of fellow students chatted briefly.

Lü Dongbin asked, "By the way, Junior Brother Chen, when shall we set out to the south?"

Chen Yun said: "It is expected to take about one and a half months, and it depends on the situation."

Lu Dongbin said: "Since you are not in a hurry, I will go to a Dharma meeting soon. Do you want to go with me?"

Chen Yun shook his head and said, "No, I want to take advantage of this one and a half months to improve my cultivation."

Lü Dongbin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "How much can one's cultivation level be improved in one and a half months? Well, since you have no intention of going, I will take Xiu Gu and the others with me."

He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi, Cao Guojiu and others all agreed very much with what Lu Dongbin said.

Let alone the fairyland, it is not realistic for even a low-level magician to have a significant improvement in a month and a half.

Therefore, when they heard that Chen Yun wanted to use this month and a half to improve his strength, they all thought it was an excuse and did not think it was true.

Not only did they think so, even Zhang Qian and the disciples present at the scene all believed so.

Everyone thought that Chen Yun liked quietness and was unhappy to attend the Dharma Assembly, so he said that on purpose.

Little did people know that Chen Yun actually thought so deep down in his heart.

He took the "Lianshen Huanxu Decoction", and the first medicinal effect was produced last night. In the next month and a half, it should be able to produce two more medicinal effects.

According to the medicinal power of the previous spiritual soup, two more births would be enough to allow him to move from the early stage of the immortal realm to the middle stage.

Even if there is more time, there won't be any problem in reaching the late stage of the immortal realm.

Of course, every spiritual soup has a limit, that is, the medicinal power alone will not allow Chen Yun to enter the late stage of a certain realm.

Therefore, he felt that it was easy to increase his strength to the middle stage of the Immortal Realm. If he wanted to reach the late stage of the Immortal Realm, he would need to spend more time practicing hard.

This has been my experience every time I took the spiritual soup.

He didn't know yet whether the "Refining Spirit and Returning Emptiness Soup" would be like this this time.

……

A month passed by in a flash.

Because the last time the medicinal power was produced, all of Chen Yun's mortal flesh had been eliminated and replaced with immortal muscles, the growth rate of his Dan Qi became particularly fast.

Look, although he did not practice hard during this month, the amount of his Dan Qi has increased dozens of times, and he is now close to reaching the middle stage of the Immortal Realm.

After reaching the immortal realm, the amount of "energy" has actually become less important, because in a real fight, it is often the "means" that determines the outcome.

For example, if there is a person in the early stage of the fairyland who has mastered the power of a certain law, and another person in the late stage of the fairyland has not mastered this ability, then in the final battle, the person in the early stage of the fairyland will basically win.

The power of mana can only determine the power of the spell, but it cannot determine the outcome. Because of this, Chen Yun was not very excited about the fact that his mana had increased dozens of times in the past month.

What he is more concerned about now is when he can truly achieve perfection in both form and spirit.

Once you can achieve both perfect form and spirit, you will basically reach the realm of heaven.

At that time, as your realm improves, the amount of Dan Qi will naturally increase, and there is no need to deliberately practice hard to accumulate it.

This can be seen from every breakthrough Chen Yun made in the past.

For example, when he first broke through to the human immortal realm, he was probably only slightly stronger than a ghost immortal, but in the next year, his strength increased hundreds of times.

This is the increase in Dan Qi after the realm is upgraded.

It is now about half an hour before midnight.

Chen Yun first took a bath and changed his clothes, then came to the roof of the hall and sat facing the full moon.

"Tonight, the Shen Lian Huan Xu Decoction will produce its medicinal power for the second time, and I don't know what effect it will have."

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Chen Yun was very curious in his heart, "Last time I had eliminated all my mortal flesh and turned into immortal flesh. So this time, will the medicinal power be the same as the spiritual soups I took in the past, only helping me increase the amount of Dan Qi?"

He thinks this is very likely.

In fact, if he just increased the amount of Dan Qi, it would actually be quite disappointing for him.

This was just the way the spiritual soup had been in the past, so he didn’t hold out much hope that there would be any big changes this time.

Time passed in my thoughts and gradually came to midnight.

Chen Yun knew that the medicinal effect of "Lianshen Huanxu Decoction" was about to be born.

He immediately closed his eyes and regulated his breathing, then closed his mouth and held his breath. His mind and true energy filled his six internal organs, and the true and bright energy of the kidneys in his body and the moon essence in the air interacted with each other. His body became as crystal, clear and bright.

The breath here has just been harmonized, and a very strange medicinal power was born in the body.

Chen Yun felt a cool but not cold breath rising slowly in his body.

At the same time, the fire of the mind was attracted by the power of the medicine and automatically descended into the dantian.

In an instant, the fire of the mind was like a ball of fire in a glass plate.

Chen Yun had experienced these situations the last time the power of the Shen Huanxu Decoction was produced, and he knew that he didn't need to open his eyes to absorb the moonlight.

Well, actually, he has already transformed all his muscles into immortal muscles, so there is no need for him to absorb the moonlight energy anymore.

Sensing this situation, Chen Yun seemed a little disappointed. "It is indeed no different from the previous spiritual soup. It can only help me complete part of this realm, but cannot help me achieve perfection in both body and spirit."

As soon as he had this idea, something magical happened!
Chen Yun felt that the medicinal power did not condense into Yin powder like before, but directly rose to the top of the head and spread to all parts of his limbs.

When these two forces were born, his yang spirit and the body that had transformed into "qi" seemed to attract each other and were merging with each other.

He felt that his spirit seemed to be "assimilating" with his form, but they had not yet been combined, so he could still distinguish that his spirit was his spirit and his form was his form.

"what?"

Chen Yun was very surprised. "The second time the Shen Lian Huan Xu Decoction was activated, it actually helped me achieve a perfect body and soul?"

He was really surprised, as he had thought it would only increase the amount of Dan Qi.

It turns out that the effect of the Lianshen Huanxu Decoction is quite different from those spiritual soups I took before.

When he thought about it carefully, he knew why.

In the past, spiritual soups were often divided into several doses.

For example, in the stage of refining essence into qi, the essence refining soup and qi transforming soup are separate.

The same is true for the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage. The Qi Refining Soup and the Spirit Transformation Soup are divided into two.

This time's Spirit Refining and Returning to Emptiness Soup is not the same as the previous spiritual soups; it only has one spiritual soup.

Therefore, Chen Yun felt that all the work to be done in the stage of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness was contained in this spiritual soup. That was why when the medicinal power was produced for the first time, his yin was eliminated and his flesh was replaced by fairy muscles. And when the medicinal power was produced for the second time, it helped him to achieve a perfect body and spirit.

This discovery made him feel particularly happy in his heart, "The spiritual soup helped me to cultivate to the perfection of both body and spirit, which is definitely faster than my own hard practice."

After he figured it out, he put away all distracting thoughts in his mind and began to observe carefully, wanting to know how the Refining Spirit Huanxu Decoction could help him achieve both a perfect body and spirit.

There are two ways to achieve both physical and spiritual perfection in the Taoist practice system.

One is that after the form and spirit are combined, there is still a visible shape, which can be called the unity of form and spirit.

The other type is when form and spirit merge into one and become formless and shapeless, which is called the union of form and spirit into nothingness.

The unity of body and spirit means ascending to heaven in broad daylight. When the body becomes an immortal, the spirit also ascends to heaven. This is the situation that Xie Ziran is in.

As for the merging of body and spirit into emptiness, it is generally referred to as "ascending to heaven".

To some extent, "ascension to heaven" is considered to be "corpse reincarnation", as the two methods are very similar.

In fact, "ascension to heaven" and "corpse reincarnation" are completely different.

For example, Liu Haichan, the great Taoist inner alchemy master, ascended to heaven.

Documents record that when he succeeded in achieving elixir, his body transformed into a body and white gas came out from the top of his head, which transformed into a crane and flew into the sky.

Although the word "corpse reincarnation" appeared in the records, Liu Haichan did not really undergo a corpse reincarnation, but rather a true "transcendence".

So what is the situation with corpse dissection?
Although the form of corpse reincarnation is very similar to that of ascension to heaven, in that they also abandon their physical bodies to become immortals, they often need to rely on an object, such as clothes, a staff, a sword, etc.

There are many ways to record the corpse-reincarnation, such as weapon-reincarnation, fire-reincarnation, water-reincarnation, staff-reincarnation and so on.

Zhang Qing, the Yellow Turban Sect member whom Chen Yun had met before, was the real immortal who had transformed his corpse into an immortal.

It is said that his method of corpse transformation is quite special. It is not the conventional method of transformation by weapons, fire, water, etc., but he finally achieved it through the method of "thunder".

Unfortunately, Zhang Qing is relatively weak, with only the cultivation of a top-level wizard, which is considered trash among the corpse-reincarnating immortals.

In short, those who have ascended to heaven are at least at the level of gods, and some are even celestial beings, while the upper limit of corpse-reincarnation immortals cannot even reach the level of gods.

Chen Yun practices inner alchemy, and under normal circumstances his body and spirit should be in harmony with each other.

But who knows what the effect of the Lianshen Huanxu Decoction is.

Maybe it will allow his body and spirit to merge into one?
After all, in internal alchemy there is also a situation where the body and spirit merge into one, just like Liu Haichan.

Naturally, Chen Yun wanted to observe and see whether the form and spirit were in harmony with reality or with illusion.

Soon, he observed the situation. The two powerful forces seemed to be making his body and soul merge into one.

"It's better to have the body and spirit merge into reality. At least for me, I don't like the way of ascending to heaven."

Chen Yun was very satisfied with this.

He practiced "Pangu's True Body Secret", so of course he didn't want his "body and soul to merge into nothingness".

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to practice “Pangu’s True Body Secret”?
In addition, he discovered that as his body and spirit came into harmony, the amount of Dan Qi in his body was also increasing rapidly.

Half an hour later, the effect of the medicine had not yet worn off, but the amount of Qi in his elixir had already reached the middle stage of the immortal realm.

Chen Yun felt neither sad nor happy about this. The increase in "strength" was really not important to him now, so naturally he would not feel sad or happy.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, after an hour, the second effect of the medicine slowly wore off.

At this time, Chen Yun felt that his progress in achieving the unity of body and spirit was about one tenth.

This made him very happy. "Based on the current progress, if I can generate the medicinal power nine more times, I should be able to achieve both physical and spiritual perfection."

In other words, in ten months, I will have the hope of becoming a celestial being?
Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The help of the Soul Refining Decoction in his cultivation was truly immense!
(End of this chapter)