Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 501: Nine-turn Dou Zun, the difficulty of the holy realm

After bringing Fu Xuan back to Tianyou Valley, Lin Yuan also began a period of seclusion.

For a long time afterwards, above the sky above the back mountain of Tianyou Valley, which was blocked and covered by numerous barriers, gorgeous six-, seven-, or even eight-colored thunders would occasionally burst out, accompanied by many strange phenomena in heaven and earth.

However, these seemingly powerful Danlei did not cause any damage.

As soon as the Dan Lei took shape, a purple-gold figure rushed into the thundercloud and absorbed all the energy in the Dan Lei amid a series of loud "booming" sounds.

And the powerful aura in the mountain became stronger and stronger at an astonishing speed as time passed...
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Two months later.

The barrier covering the back mountain suddenly began to ripple like water waves at a certain moment, and a passage about ten feet wide appeared.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuan's figure slowly walked out of the passage.

At this moment, although his clear face was full of fatigue, his deep eyes were unusually bright, and the aura that emanated from his body inadvertently gave off a pressure that was almost as strong as that of the three giants of Danta.

Looking up at the sky, Lin Yuan took a deep breath, moved his body, and went straight back to his room. He fell headfirst on the bed and slept for three full days.

With Fu Xuan's close protection, Lin Yuan can now fall into a deep sleep without any worries even when he is alone.

The sense of crisis that had been hidden in my heart finally weakened a little.

As for Lin Yuan’s two disciples, Xinlan and Danchen, the two girls had left Xiaodan Tower a month ago.

Following Lin Yuan's instructions, they took the Huangji Pill refined by Lin Yuan, and then set off for the Tianshan Blood Pool in the Northern Region under the protection of the First-level Dou Zun Tianhuo Zun.

For this purpose, Lin Yuan had specially prepared some methods for them to enter the deep of the blood pool.

I believe that when Danchen and Xinlan return again, their cultivation will surely reach the level of Douzong - which is considered the realm of a powerful person in Zhongzhou.

For Lin Yuan today, it is not too difficult to cultivate a Dou Zong, let alone a Dou Zun!
Three days later, in the early morning, the sunlight shone through the cracks in the carved wooden window, scattering on Lin Yuan's face, gently waking him from his deep sleep. He slowly opened his eyes, still a little drowsy, but soon regained clarity.

Lin Yuan stretched out his body, feeling the surging power in his body, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I really had a sound sleep this time..."

After sighing lazily, he stood up and walked to the window, opened it, and the fresh air mixed with a faint floral scent blew in his face, refreshing his spirits.

After three days of rest, Lin Yuan's condition finally recovered completely.

While completing the medicine refining list... and he was refining five pills at the same time, he was also compressing his Dou Qi and absorbing the energy of the magic spots transformed by Fu Xuan... to improve his cultivation. He had to do these two things in parallel for two months, and even for him, it was a bit too much.

But the result this time did not disappoint him - both tasks were completed successfully!
In terms of cultivation, he has been promoted from a fifth-turn Dou Zun to the current ninth-turn Dou Zun; in terms of alchemy, Ye Chong has successfully completed all the orders he took on and Yuan Tianzun's alchemy tasks for several years!

The next challenge that Lin Yuan will face is how to break through to the realm of Half Saint and Fighting Saint, or in other words, which path to choose to break through to the realm of Fighting Saint.

During the half month he spent recuperating in the Dark Snake Mountains, he broke through from the peak of the fourth level to the fifth level Dou Zun.

But it was also in the Dark Snake Mountains that Lin Yuan realized one thing - even if he had the advantage of foresight and knew the location where the ancient Bodhi tree would be born next, his hope of obtaining the Bodhi mind six years in advance was still as slim as looking for a needle in a haystack.

The ancient Bodhi tree appears once every thousand years, and then hides again deep in the earth, making it difficult to find its trace.

Lin Yuan originally planned to let Qing Lin control the Nine Netherworld Python clan, and then send a group of powerful snake clan members to the center of the earth in the ancient wilderness with Bodhi seeds, in an attempt to find the location of the ancient Bodhi tree in the center of the earth several years in advance.

However, when he personally passed through the Nine Netherworld Abyss and reached the Nether Snake Mountains, which were still just shallow underground, he suddenly realized that his ideas were too naive!

The underground world is vast and deep, seemingly without end, and it hides countless unknown secrets.

And because the underground is not suitable for human survival, humans rarely, or even almost never, set foot in the underground world, so relevant information is naturally extremely limited.

The most detailed information about the underground world in Lin Yuan's hands was what he found in the Jiuyou Library. However, although the Jiuyou Underworld Python Clan had lived underground for many years, their understanding of the underground world was limited to the area within a thousand miles of the Underworld Snake Mountain Range.

Judging from the information at hand, the vast and unknown underground world is by no means a peaceful and harmonious place.

After all, even in the magma sea outside the ancient emperor's cave, a place with extremely harsh living environment, there are strange races like magma lizardmen, and there are also semi-saints in charge.

In the unknown depths of the underground, there are certainly some strange and powerful underground races like the magma lizardmen.

In fact, after the Nine Netherworld Python clan migrated underground, in order to gain a foothold in the "feng shui treasure land" of the Nether Snake Mountains, they also went through a hundred years of bloody and brutal battles, and finally annihilated many powerful underground races and established their clan's base in the underground world.

Due to the long distance, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan had very little contact with the vast ancient domain located in the northwest of Zhongzhou, let alone any understanding of the underground world there.

But what is certain is that the underground of the ancient wilderness is no less dangerous than the former Nether Snake Mountains.

The ancient domain of Manghuang is almost the oldest place on the Douqi Continent today.

It is a forbidden area for humans. The weather is bad and poisonous miasma is everywhere. It is also densely populated with ferocious beasts, many of which are extremely ferocious ancient beasts.

According to the experience of the Nine Netherworld Python, the underground world in such large undeveloped areas is often more dangerous.

For Lin Yuan, it was still six years before the ancient Bodhi tree was born, and he had no idea what the ancient Bodhi tree was like - had it reached the ancient wilderness? When it was in the center of the earth, was it wandering around, or was it rooted in one place and not moving?
If the underground world is safe, we can send hundreds or thousands of Dou Zong and Dou Zun snake clan strongmen to continue exploring downwards. However, based on current intelligence, even ordinary Dou Zun can only "deliver food" and there is a 99% chance that they will never return.

In this way, Lin Yuan's dream of gaining Bodhicitta in a short period of time and then breaking through the Fighting Saint realm has almost become an unattainable delusion.

Lin Yuan cannot take shortcuts to pass the hurdle of the holy realm, and ultimately he has to face it all by himself.

After all, with Lin Yuan's personality, he would never allow his cultivation to stagnate before obtaining Bodhicitta, nor would he invest all his energy and resources into the vague matter of 'going to the center of the earth to search for the ancient Bodhi tree'.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan was not unprepared, but had already made several plans in his mind for his path to becoming a saint!
"Without Bodhicitta, if I want to quickly break through to the semi-saint or even Dousheng realm, I still have to put my hope on 'the unity of man and pill'..."

"The experiment to upgrade the elixir to the ninth grade needs to be accelerated!" Lin Yuan rubbed his forehead gently, a gleam of light flashing in his deep eyes. He quickly determined the priorities of the things to be done later.

"Master, you're awake!"

While he was thinking, Fu Xuan's clear and pleasant voice came from outside the door.

Then, there was a slight "creak" sound, and the door was slowly pushed open. The delicate figure of the Danhuo Spirit girl appeared lightly in Lin Yuan's sight.

Seeing Lin Yuan stretching by the window, her eyes lit up with joy and she walked over quickly with light lotus steps.

"Yesterday afternoon, a letter arrived. It was sent by Elder Ye Zhong, a subordinate from the outside world, through the channel you designated! I saw that you were sleeping soundly, and the mark on it was only a third-class mark, so I didn't wake you up..."

As he spoke, Fu Xuan had already walked up to Lin Yuan, took out a sealed letter, glanced at it, and handed it to Lin Yuan.

"The news from Ye Zhong... Is Shi Yi coming?!"

Lin Yuan's eyebrows raised slightly, and a hint of anticipation flashed in his eyes. Calculating the time, it was indeed almost the day that Shi Yi said he would visit.

He took the letter handed to him by Fu Xuan and opened it. In an instant, a letter and two visiting cards came into Lin Yuan's sight.

"This is Shi Yi's visiting card, and... Gu Zhen's visiting card?!" Lin Yuan directly opened the visiting card and quickly scanned it. Finally, his eyes focused on the signature. Two familiar names - Shi Yi and Gu Zhen, came into his eyes respectively.

"Haha, here comes a long-lost 'friend'!"

Lin Yuan chuckled, then opened the intelligence letter beside him and began to read it carefully.

At the same time, he seemed to remember something and asked with a smile: "Fu Xuan, how is your cultivation status? How is the status of the magic element spots in your body?"

"Like the master, I have reached the ninth level of Dou Zun!" Fu Xuan's expression brightened, and there was a hint of joy in his voice: "As expected of the master's perfected magic essence spot. Only consuming 30% of it has allowed me to reach this level..."

"Really?" Lin Yuan smiled slightly, with a distant look in his eyes.

"Then where should I use the remaining 70% of the magic essence? Should I continue to use it to improve my cultivation after breaking through to the semi-saint level? Or... try to perform the tenth transformation?"

The faint whispering sound quickly dissipated into the air under the breeze blowing from the window.

A few minutes later, Lin Yuan closed the letter in his hand, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"Ye Chong is really good at handling chores! He has prepared all the 8th-grade, 5-color elixirs and below. Very good, I don't need to waste any more time now..."

With a secret compliment in his heart, he tilted his head slightly and his gaze fell on the Gu Zhen visiting card hanging in front of him. His eyes narrowed slightly and he pondered secretly in his heart.

"Gu Zhen came to visit this time because his lineage received a message from Ye Chong and sent him to Shengdan City to receive the elixir."

"On the way here, Gu Zhen met Shi Yi who was traveling in the Central Region, and the two of them came to Shengdan City together. Now, they know that I have returned to Shengdan City, so they are not in a hurry to leave. Ye Zhong has also arranged for them to stay in the Inner Region..."

“But Gu Zhen, the top genius of the Gu clan, came here specially to run errands. He must have other things to do. Could it be that they have a new deal to discuss?!”

"Forget it. Anyway, it's good for Gu Zhen to come here."

"I'll let him take the 'debt collection letter' to my junior sister Xun'er with him this time... It's better to get the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame as soon as possible!"

While thinking, Lin Yuan handed the letter in his hand to Fu Xuan who was standing beside him with a curious look on his face.

However, when Fu Xuan took it and looked at it, he found that there was no coherent message written on the letter paper, but instead there were a large number of meaningless symbols that made people confused.

"What is this?" The girl frowned, a look of confusion appeared in her eyes and her face was full of confusion.

"hehe--"

Lin Yuan smiled and explained: "This is an encrypted message. You have to decode it in this way to get the real message!"

As he spoke, he thought about it and passed the decoding method to Fu Xuan through the soul seal set on his body.

After Fu Xuan received it, a gleam of excitement flashed in his eyes. He couldn't wait to try it out. He soon mastered the skills and successfully deciphered part of the message.

After receiving some positive feedback, the girl's mysterious orange-gold eyes suddenly lit up, and she continued to calculate with great interest, as if she had found some interesting toy, her little face full of concentration and happiness.

Seeing her expression changing as she was immersed in it, Lin Yuan's eyebrows slightly raised - could it be that this simple-minded girl was naturally interested in things like "mathematics"?
Speaking of which, Fu Xuan really deserves the praise of being gifted in formations which are highly related to "mathematics" and "algorithms"!
"Could it be that on the Douqi Continent, these simple-minded creatures are naturally more talented in mathematics?"

Lin Yuan touched his chin gently, thinking secretly in his heart.

While his mind was wandering, Fu Xuan also finished analyzing the intelligence with great interest. After handing the letter back to him, he pondered and said, "Master, what are your plans now? Are you going to return to Shengdan City immediately to meet with Gu Zhen and Shi Yi?"

"I am going to meet them." Lin Yuan nodded, then shook his head, "But before leaving the Little Dan Pagoda, I still want to meet with the Great Elder of the Dan Pagoda first..."

"Yes, Master! Then I will continue to refine the Demon Yuan Spot!"

Fu Xuan responded, and then his mind moved, and he turned into a ball of purple flame, wrapping Lin Yuan in front of him.

If there were outsiders observing this place, they would be surprised to see that the majestic purple fire, like a swallow returning to its nest, merged into Lin Yuan's body without any delay, and merged with Lin Yuan's aura, becoming almost indistinguishable!

Although Lin Yuan and Fu Xuan have not yet completely merged at this moment, they have now completed the Nine Turns to Sainthood and have an unbreakable connection.

Soon, a streak of icy blue light streaked across the sky above the Little Dan Pagoda and shot towards a bamboo forest in the distance...

(End of this chapter)