Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 213: Body Refining Stage , Lotus Platform Growth

Five years have passed since Wei Zhong began practicing the Seven Apertures Thunder Technique. Wei Zhong successfully used this technique to advance to the second level.

"Five years, the second level, is equivalent to five years from a mortal to the foundation-building stage."

Such speed shocked Wei Zhong.

At the same time, Wei Zhong’s proficiency in using thunder also greatly increased.

With a light stroke of his left palm, a crack in space appeared. Although it was filled by this world in an instant, its duration was greatly increased compared to before.

"Given time, it may be possible to master the Void Escape Technique."

Wei Zhong had longed to see the Divine Transformation cultivator's ability to break through the air.

Nine colors fell from the sky, revealing the figures of Ling Ziwei and Xie Linghua.

"Husband, Taoist Zhuge is here again."

Shan Gu not only assigned the task of forging a fifth-order puppet to Wei Zhong, but also to Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao.

Both of them are weapon-refining masters of the Weapon Hall, proficient in some puppet techniques, and have previously worked with Wei Zhong to refine a fourth-order puppet.

At the moment, he was having trouble refining a fifth-level puppet.

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Even though Huang Yunqi's weapon refining level has reached the peak of the fourth level, he still cannot understand the method of refining a fifth-level puppet.

Although Zhuge Zhao was the chief steward of the Puppet Hall, he had some deficiencies in the weapon refining method and was also helpless with the refining method.

Over the past five years, the two have come to look for Wei Zhong many times.

However, Wei Zhong kept making excuses because he was practicing the "Seven Aperture Thunder Power".

“It’s time to go take a look!”

Farewell to the two girls.

Wei Zhong stepped on the lightning and headed towards the Yunji Mountains.

Stepping into the mountain magic circle, Wei Zhong arrived at Yunduan Mountain. Under the command of the special elder, Wei Zhong flew all the way without any obstruction.

Once again they arrived at the hall where everyone was refining the fourth-order puppet.

When I met the people I knew, I asked them and found out that after they couldn't understand the fifth-level refining technique, they turned their attention to the fourth-level puppet.

Try to move from the fourth level to the fifth level step by step.

But five short years is not enough for them to make much progress.

Nowadays, even a fourth-level mid-quality puppet cannot be refined.

I spent three months communicating with a few people and solving some of the problems.

Wei Zhong returned to Yunxiao Lingshan again.

He stepped on the lightning in the air and murmured:
"It seems that this fifth-level puppet is hopeless. The progress is too slow. More importantly, Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao don't have enough lifespans."

Both of them are Jindan cultivators with a lifespan of about 500 years. The remaining time for them is no more than 100 years, which is not enough to support them to study the fifth-level puppet technique.

It would be amazing if you could make a fourth-order top-quality puppet in your lifetime.

It is totally unrealistic to desire more.

If Wei Zhong himself put all his energy into studying puppets, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

But how could Wei Zhong do such a thing?

His cultivation has just reached the Nascent Soul Stage. In addition, his "Refining Gang Method" is still at the third level, and his "Seven Aperture Thunder Art" is only at the second level.

I urgently need time to practice.

It is unwise to spend too much time studying the art of puppetry.

So in the following days, Wei Zhong would stop practicing every few years and go to Yunduan Mountain to communicate with Huang Yunqi.

He was not enthusiastic about puppet refining, but instead focused his main energy on cultivation.

Twenty years later, everyone refined a fourth-level puppet, but unfortunately it was still of low quality and could not break through to the middle level.

This made Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao quite discouraged.

Wei Zhong's expression was normal, as he had expected this.

After saying goodbye, he went to the Alchemy Palace to give lectures in the palace, imparting his experience in alchemy. Then he returned to Yunxiao Lingshan, completed the refining of all the elixirs he had made in recent years, and then went into deep seclusion.

The "Seven Aperture Thunder Power" is about to break through again.

After three months of seclusion, a thundercloud gathered in the sky above Yunxiao Lingshan Mountain.

This time it was a real thunder tribulation, the tribulation of forming the elixir.

"Seven Aperture Thunder Power" is an orthodox body refining technique. When forming the elixir, a real elixir will condense inside the body.

This skill can be cultivated to the third, fourth, or even higher levels without any spiritual practice.

It is very different from the "Refined Gang Method".

The "Refining Gang Method" is a secret method that relies on spiritual cultivation, and the progress of cultivation will be slower in comparison.

At the third stage, the true elixir will not be condensed, and at the fourth stage, the Nascent Soul will not be formed.

It is only the continuous accumulation of Gang Qi and Gang Yin that eventually leads to a qualitative change.

It is not an orthodox method of body training.

Therefore, Wei Zhong had previously been able to break through the third level of this method without triggering a thunder calamity from heaven and earth.

At this moment, the "Seven Aperture Thunder Power" broke through, and a cloud of thunder and lightning continued to condense in Wei Zhong's lower dantian, and finally formed a real thunder and lightning pill that was silver in color, with thunder patterns engraved on the surface and electric light wandering.

This is the pill for body refining.

Condensing the pill is as easy as drinking water.

Wei Zhong had a firm mind, and the calamity in his heart passed in a flash.

What remains is the final heavenly thunder tribulation.

"Is there really no abnormal thunder tribulation this time?"

Wei Zhong asked Lei Long inquiringly.

The latter's affirmative voice sounded:

“Master, rest assured, after I, Old Dragon, disappeared, the next Lightning Spirit will not take over so quickly.

"According to the nature of the Immortal Palace, it will take at least a hundred years, so Master, there will be no danger in overcoming the tribulation within these hundred years..."

Despite what Lei Long said, Wei Zhong remained alert.

The colorful golden bamboo umbrella and the golden thunder sword, two lightning magic weapons, are kept close to the body, ready to deal with the powerful thunder tribulation at any time.

It soared into the sky, and a bolt of lightning fell down.

Above Wei Zhong's body, the sky-breaking divine thunder flashed synchronously.

As soon as the two silver lightnings touched each other, they were both annihilated.

Wei Zhong shook his arms and felt unexpectedly relaxed.

With the support of Nascent Soul cultivation and the third-stage late-stage "Forging Gang Method", even if Wei Zhong did not use the "Seven Aperture Thunder Art", with his strong physique, the first few thunders would not be able to do anything to Wei Zhong.

The same thing happened when he resisted five thunder tribulations again.

The silver thunder in his hand lingered and flickered for a moment, then disappeared, without causing any damage to Wei Zhong's body.

"It's not just because of my physical strength, but after practicing the Seven Apertures Thunder Technique, my tolerance to lightning has also become stronger."

After all, he uses the heaven-breaking divine thunder in his body to temper his body every day, so his resistance to lightning naturally increases greatly.

Although the heavenly thunder tribulations were fast and fierce, the first six thunder tribulations were within Wei Zhong's resistance range.

The last three are different.

Wei Zhong carefully raised the colorful golden bamboo umbrella and prepared for the situation. "Boom!"

Lightning struck, the lotus on the umbrella swayed, green fish spit bubbles, and golden evil-repelling divine thunder appeared, instantly reducing the power of the heavenly thunder by 50%.

The remaining half fell on Wei Zhong, causing no pain.

Wei Zhong simply put away his treasure umbrella and used all his strength to mobilize the Seven Apertures Thunder Power. Dense silver lightning flowed out from Wei Zhong's pores, turning him into a silver lightning figure.

With a step of his toes, Wei Zhong rushed straight into the high-altitude thunder clouds.

The black clouds roared continuously, as if angered by Wei Zhong's actions.

It stopped after a while, and then the disaster clouds dissipated, and the sky became clear again.

Wei Zhong's body then appeared in the outside world's field of vision. He looked down at his right palm with some regret and murmured:

"Unfortunately, it's still a little bit close."

The voice of Lei Long sounded again:
"Master, don't be discouraged. There will be many more thunder tribulations in the future. There will always be a chance to capture the heavenly thunder."

Originally, Wei Zhong was planning to break into the calamity cloud and use the "Seven Aperture Thunder Technique" to absorb and refine some of the heavenly thunder in order to increase the power of this technique.

In this way, whenever you use this method against the enemy, you can have the power of heavenly thunder in every move and gain the advantage in the fight.

Moreover, according to Lei Long, if enough heavenly thunder is refined, it will be much easier to practice the laws of thunder and lightning and condense the seeds of the laws of thunder and lightning in the future.

But Wei Zhong still underestimated the difficulty of refining the heavenly thunder.

No matter how he used his magic, he couldn't absorb even a ray of heavenly thunder.

Lei Long did not dare to help when seeing this. After all, at this moment Shi Wei was probably still patrolling in the spiritual world above, Mingyu Realm. If he rashly connected to the heavenly thunder, it would be equivalent to guiding him in a specific direction.

The consequences that this would cause are simply unimaginable.

So he can only rely on Wei Zhong's own strength.

"pity!"

The lightning around Wei Zhong gathered, and he stepped on the silver thunder and slowly fell down.

Ling Ziwei came forward:
"I never thought my husband had such a talent in thunder training. It only took him more than 20 years to train the Seven Aperture Thunder Skill to the third level."

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"It's just the practice of physical training after the Nascent Soul stage. It's nothing. According to the records of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, it is not uncommon to refine it to the third level in a few decades."

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, Wei Zhong's understanding of cultivation reached a new level. Even without the blessing of the Thunder Dragon, he was confident that he could advance to the third level within a hundred years.

Now the speed has simply increased again.

Wei Zhong looked at Ling Ziwei in front of him. The other party had rarely concentrated on cultivation in recent years.

Occasionally practicing can improve your cultivation level a bit or two, bringing you closer to the peak of the Core Formation stage. At the same time, you should also pay attention to adjusting your mentality to prepare for the future Infant Condensation stage.

"Are you sure?"

Ling Ziwei shook her head:

"How can you know if you haven't reached that moment?
"This is just doing the best we can, striving to accumulate more and have more chances of success."

Wei Zhong took his hand and comforted him carefully:

"Don't worry too much. There are quite a few treasures in the Chamber of Commerce that can help you achieve Nascent Soul Formation. It is not difficult to use my status to exchange for a chance to achieve Nascent Soul Formation for you."

Now Wei Zhong is the chief steward of the Alchemy Hall, with the fourth-level weapon refining skills and the fourth-level alchemy skills. He is also a special elder, and his status in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce is almost second only to Shan Gu.

Even Shan Qin, the daughter of the guild leader, could not be compared with Miaoli Shan, the guild leader's disciple.

In just over twenty years, the elixirs and magical instruments that Wei Zhong had refined, as well as the experience he had learned in the art of alchemy and the art of weapons, had contributed far more than the other two.

Wei Zhong can get a Dingling Pill used to condense the infant by relying on his status and contribution.

'Unfortunately, this pill is complicated to refine, and the spiritual medicine required is even more precious. I am not proficient in refining it, and currently I cannot guarantee that every furnace can produce a pill.'

As for the Xuanbing Pill in the Linhai Ice Palace, due to time constraints, it is impossible to produce a second one in a short period of time.

While thinking, Ling Ziwei was already leaning in Wei Zhong's arms:
"It will take at least half a hundred years for me to condense my infant, so my husband doesn't need to be anxious."

Wei Zhong nodded slowly.

After a gentle moment, Wei Zhong walked to the Ziyun River, and a big golden fish jumped out of it.

There is a large amount of water vapor under his body, floating in the air.

Wei Zhong placed his left hand lightly on the fish head, and instantly felt a different sensation.

In the darkness, countless smoke columns of luck gathered together.

There is Yunzhou itself, as well as the neighboring Fengzhou and Beiyuan, and even the more distant Far East, where good fortune has also fled.

"Is that the Polar Sea?"

I didn’t expect that “The Five Elements Spirit Cultivation Method” could spread so far.

In addition to the smoke columns of fortune that gathered in itself, more of them extended towards the Western Desert.

These are the power of luck that was taken away by Fuyun Temple.

Some of the sources are even from Yunzhou and Fengzhou.

Wei Zhong couldn't help but sigh at the means of this Fuyun Temple, which actually had believers in other regions.

Looking further away, from Yunzhou to the Western Desert where a lot of luck converged, Wei Zhong saw the jade lotus again.

What is different from before is that the jade lotus petals are now open, revealing a jade lotus pod.

It is about the size of an adult's fist, which is quite disproportionate compared to the three-foot-sized jade lotus.

……

Fuyun Temple,
A strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the sky and could be seen within a radius of hundreds of miles.

Even the concealing magic circle set up in the temple could not stop it.

"Pass the order down, the monks of this temple will perform a spell to pray for blessings, and the disciples in the temple..."

After explaining the cause of the strange phenomenon, the Yuanyings looked at the changed Jade Lotus with excitement.

"I was right to seize the fortune of the Five Elements Spiritual Cultivation Technique. It has only been less than 30 years and Yu Lian has undergone such a change..."

The excitement in Kong Jue's eyes could not be concealed, and his voice trembled constantly.

Kong Wu and Guan Zhi beside him also looked delighted.

“Kong Jue, I’ll leave this trip to the secret cave to you. Kong Ming died in my temple, and there are only four of us left, including the abbot who is in seclusion. We are in urgent need of strengthening our strength…”

Kong Jue excitedly bowed:
"I will definitely live up to the trust of my uncle!"

The secret cave of Fuyun Temple is a secret place for spiritual practice, and it has the same origin as this jade lotus.

If you break through the realm within it, you can get the help of luck and the chance of success will be greatly increased by several percent.

Kong Jue has been waiting for this moment for too long. He has wasted hundreds of years in the early stage of Nascent Soul without being able to break through. His lifespan is about to run out and he will die.

I never thought that I would have the opportunity to intercept a large amount of luck power, which not only made Baolian grow, but also accelerated the recovery of the secret cave. I once again got the opportunity to retreat in it.

"If you succeed in breaking through, you can live for several more decades."

Although a breakthrough in a minor realm can only increase one's lifespan by seventy or eighty years, which is insignificant compared to the Nascent Soul's thousand-year lifespan, it is still extremely precious to Kong Jue, who has a short lifespan.

Who would be willing to give up if they could break through the realm and continue to live?
While several people were talking, Guanzhi suddenly frowned.

"Who is spying here?"

This kind of scene has appeared many times in the past few decades. Each time, they would watch for a while and then retreat, as if they were treating the hinterland of Fuyun Temple as their back garden, which made Guanzhi extremely annoyed.

The sight only lasted for a few breaths before disappearing again.

Wei Zhong, who was far away in Fengzhou, withdrew his arm and murmured:

"It's growing well. When its lotus platform is fully formed, it will be time to harvest it."

(End of this chapter)