Tao and Heaven

Chapter 122: Complete the skills and break through the three perfections
I almost forgot, this guy is practicing Yuqing Taoism!
Chi Yuzi and Xiao Yunyi were silent for a while. Because the true understanding of swordsmanship was too dazzling, they forgot Gu Wen's original identity for a moment.

This was also the reason why they looked at Gu Wen differently in the beginning, not because of his rigid swordsmanship a month ago, nor because he was the protector of the Taoist goddess, but because he was the owner of the Jade Purity Taoist foundation.

This is also the gap between geniuses. Those who rejected Gu Wen only saw his swordsmanship but failed to see the special features of Yuqing Taoism.

Gu Wen seemed to have found a new toy, floating in the air in the state of his soul, touching the white rock to transform between reality and illusion. He could choose to penetrate it or touch it.

If you bury your head there, you can see tiny holes between the stones, but your perception of the outside world is still there.

But if you want to penetrate it, you will be blocked. There is a natural sword energy in Tianquan Mountain, and the soul will be blocked regardless of whether it is real or fake. If you want to break through, you need to face the entire Tianquan Mountain, and this is the dojo of the sword immortal, and even Yu Hua is not sure.

Gu Wen then tried to fly. At first it was like swimming in the air, but with Yu Hua's guidance he gradually mastered the trick and was able to fly at a speed of fifty meters per second.

This was just the beginning. According to Yu Hua, the soul was somewhere between reality and illusion, and it could fly the fastest. Often, the powerful were hard to kill because their souls fled, and it was almost impossible to catch up with them at the same level.

At the same time, the soul will face another problem when it leaves the body. If the soul is injured, it is difficult to treat. What if it is dragged down to die together with the soul?
After trying several times, Gu Wen roughly figured out why his soul flew faster.

Because there is no resistance, when the speed reaches a certain level, it is not the force that affects the speed, but the air resistance. Although the monk can increase the speed through more powerful force, it is still not as good as the Yuanshen.

Only a very few people in the world of immortals can achieve a spiritual escape from their bodies, which means that Gu Wen's ability to escape is truly one of the best.

Gu Wen was very happy to tell Yu Hua the news. Yu Hua smiled and asked:

"Most of your cultivation is in your body. It may be easy to start over, but it will take a lot of time to rebuild your body and repair it again."

"At least it's better than being dead."

Gu Wen disagreed. He was not afraid of wasting time, but he was afraid of not having the chance to start over.

He may never need to use his soul to escape, but he cannot live without it.

“That’s right.” Yu Hua could not deny it. “Stop playing around and return to the stable state of your body first.”

Under her urging, Gu Wen returned to his body, closed his eyes and entered into meditation.

The surroundings returned to silence, and everyone had their own things to do. Although they were surprised that Gu Wen's soul had left his body, they could not neglect their own things.

Akabane got up from the sword pool, took out the spirit sword from the sword box and ate it, biting off the spirit sword in big bites, and chewing it into iron pieces. From time to time, some stronger spirit swords would resist, and the fragments would cut the inner wall of the mouth and intestines.

Blood continued to flow out, but Akabane seemed to have gotten used to it and continued to chew more spirit swords.

A ray of sword light swept across the surface of the sword pool. Xiao Yunyi stood on the edge of the sword pool and swung the sword. He tried to use his left hand instead.

Jun Yan would make strange "jiejiejie" noises from time to time, but the quietest one was the Jade Sword Buddha squatting in the corner.

Bang!
Suddenly, a furious Vajra appeared and slashed at Jun Yan who was lying on the ground with a sword. Xiao Yunyi seemed to have been prepared and drew his sword to block. The Buddha collided with the willow tree for a while, and then retracted it.

The two of them returned to silence. The Jade Sword Buddha stared blankly ahead, while Xiao Yunyi was still swinging his sword.

They didn't ask each other why they did this, as if it was a matter of course.
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Gu Wen's spiritual thoughts sank into the sea of ​​qi, and the sacred mountain formed by his Taoist foundation became three points more solid, and some grass and trees appeared on the barren mountaintop.

These are all the product of artistic conception. The sprouting plants indicate that spiritual practice has been successful and the road is green.

"Now I know some common sense about cultivation, and I can understand some common sense without others explaining it." Gu Wen was quite pleased with himself. The improvement in cognition was also a great leap forward.

The difference between graduating from elementary school and graduating from college.

He looked at the fate and learned about the amount of Heavenly Marrow Emperor Juice and the status of each technique. Naturally, the first thing he paid attention to was his foundation.

Dao foundation is the root of everything, and the next level of Jindan is what Gu Wen needs most at the moment. With the continuous improvement of the true understanding of swordsmanship, after the residual phase of the Immortal Sword, this method has reached the point where Gu Wen can no longer afford it.

With his current magic power, he can swing the sword three times at most.

[Heavenly marrow lasts 120 years, Emperor's juice lasts 1 year]

[Fifth level of Yuqing Dao Foundation, to complete the golden elixir, one needs 160 years of heavenly marrow]

[Perfection Method Six-turn Golden Pill, one turn requires thirty years of Heavenly Marrow, six turns require one hundred and eighty years of Heavenly Marrow and a large amount of spiritual medicine to breed]

The golden elixir actually requires additional elixirs?

Gu Wen was only slightly surprised, but then he felt it made sense.

Because it was the same when he first started practicing the Heart Sword. He had mastered the sword technique, but the Heart Sword was as thin as a needle and thread and had no effect on killing the enemy.

To obtain the Heavenly Marrow, one needs to swallow spiritual medicines. The two can actually be done simultaneously. Even if the Golden Pill requires a lot of spiritual medicines, it is not a loss for Gu Wen to eat more to obtain more Heavenly Marrow.

"It seems that the golden elixir needs to be put aside for a short period of time. At least we need to finish the matter of Tianquan Mountain before considering it."

Gu Wen shifted his gaze. He did not look at the Three Swords of Buddhism, Taoism and Demonism. These things now consume more of the heavenly marrow than the foundation of Taoism.

The upper limit of the healing technique "Mianxi Gong Level 1" is four levels, the body technique "Treading Moon Step" is four levels, and the body protection technique "Xuanling Sanyuan" is also available. In terms of techniques, apart from the three swords and Zhaolie Spear, Gu Wen's other body protection techniques, body techniques, healing techniques, etc. are relatively backward.

Gu Wen re-examined these skills and felt that they should be brought back into play.

Compared to Yuqing Daoji and Jiandao Zhenjie, other skills seem to have little effect. But this does not mean that they are useless, especially now that these two items have been improved too much, and the amount of Tiansui required to improve them again is huge.

If the benefits of Taoism and swordsmanship are 100, then the benefits of other auxiliary methods are 1. However, the former requires hundreds of heavenly marrow to improve, while the latter requires only single-digit heavenly marrow.

This is the difference between the difficulty of upgrading. Gu Wen needs to balance the benefits and difficulty in order to maximize the benefits.

Moreover, the amount of Tiansui required for these techniques has been reduced due to his improved cultivation. For example, it took thirty years of Tiansui to fully master the Mianxi Technique, but now it only takes fifteen years.

"First, practice these three skills to the fullest."

Gu Wen's mind moved, and he immediately invested in Tiansui.

It took fifteen years of Tiansui to break through three levels of Mianxi Gong.

[The Mianxi skill is perfected, the inner breath is long, not afraid of cold or heat, no disease or pain, exhaling to stop bleeding]

After spending twenty years of Tiansui, he broke through two levels of Xuanling Sanyuan.

[The three elements of Xuanling are perfect, the body is attached to Xuanling, as hard as iron, and the internalized jade spirit protects the five internal organs]

It took thirty years of Tiansui to break through three levels of Moon Step.

[The moon-stepping step is perfect, the water does not sink, it moves with the wind, and it walks in the air]

【Tian Sui Fifty-Five Years】

It took a total of sixty-five years of Tiansui, and what it brought to Gu Wen was a normal defense comparable to that of fine iron, the ability to heal oneself by simply breathing to stop bleeding, and the ability to fly without having to land to gain leverage.

The original one hundred and twenty years of Heavenly Marrow was invested entirely in Taoism foundation and swordsmanship, but it didn't make any difference at all.

Gu Wen's appearance didn't change much, but the sudden change in his breathing was noticed by Yu Hua who was sitting next to him.

She just took a look and didn't say much.

Others might be surprised, but Yu Hua just felt that there was nothing wrong with Gu Wen's cultivation speed. If someone thought there was, it only showed that he was inferior.

Gu Wen opened his eyes, and Yu Hua said without raising his head:

"There are many big and small rankings and competitions in the cultivation world. Your cultivation speed is worthy of awards from the Three Pure Ones Sect. The most grand one is the Tianxuan Conference in Taiyi City. Before I received the Qingcang inheritance, I was only ranked 50th. If you go, you may be able to get first place."

"Are all sects so real?"

"Treasures are attractive, and rankings are exciting. They are all meant to encourage young disciples to make progress."
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For the next week, Gu Wen absorbed the Emperor's fluid in the sword pool, basically absorbing ten years of Emperor's fluid in one day.

In this way, one month and thirty days would be equivalent to three hundred years of Emperor Liquid. However, since Gu Wen still needed to collect materials to refine weapons, it was impossible for him to soak in the sword pool for 24 hours.

After the discount, it would be at least two hundred years of imperial juice.

[Seventy Years of the Emperor]

Seventy years of Emperor's Plague could make the Dharma Image grow seventy feet, and could advance the Divine Power by at least half. Even if the Divine Power became more and more difficult as time went on, and it was counted as double or even triple, it should not exceed two hundred years of Emperor's Plague in the end.

However, the supernatural power is a means above the Dharma, and is exclusive to the Heavenly Master of the Dao Realm.

Take Akabane's Golden Light Spell as an example, it can directly double her strength.

The higher the level of cultivation, the more obvious the difference in talent becomes. The foundation of Taoism is divided into perfection, the spiritual appearance is divided into quantity, the Dharma appearance is divided into size, and the supernatural power is also divided into high and low.

Gu Wen couldn't help but sigh that this was not something that could be caught up with just by working hard.

It can be seen from the fact that those True Lords who generally have only the third level of perfect Taoism foundation, that even these powerful beings are mediocre in the eyes of the top geniuses.

Xiao Yunyi came over from a distance and said, "Brother Hongchen, Jun Yan is awake."

A few minutes later, Gu Wen saw Jun Yan who had regained consciousness. Seeing his calm eyes, he could preliminarily determine that he had not been possessed by another spirit.

Jun Yan sat cross-legged on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner, looked at Gu Wen and asked, "Have you mastered the true meaning of the sword art?"

Gu Wen nodded, and then demonstrated it. Jun Yan smiled helplessly and said, "It's true that things in the world are unpredictable, and cause and effect are hard to predict."

He originally wanted to be a discarded pawn to free Xiao Yunyi, but he didn't expect that he would actually master the true sword art. Moreover, it seemed that he didn't even have the sword art form a month ago, but now he has obtained the immortal sword.

Then, without Gu Wen saying anything, he said directly: "I think we can cooperate, and you are in danger now, you may need my help."

(End of this chapter)