From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 33: A word or two can reveal the mystery
Zheng Zhaoyuan's eyes were red. He took out several sheets of thin paper from his pocket and handed them to Li Yang tremblingly.

Drawing in Qi and awakening the spirit are the realms of acquired mortals, but just now, he once again witnessed the innate power that transcends the ordinary.

"This is the essence of our sect's 'Xuanwu Nourishing Blood Method'. I have copied it all down and will give it to you, fellow Taoist."

"Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for your cultivation. After I read it, I will burn it on the spot and will never let the essence leak out." Li Yang said.

"Why burn it? Just keep it, fellow Taoist." Zheng Zhaoyuan smiled carefreely.

The experiences of the past few days have brought about many changes in the old Taoist priest's mentality.

Originally, he thought that what he was guarding was just a fabrication of his ancestors and had no use in modern times. He thought it would be fine to just guard this heritage until he was buried.

Now that he had seen the true Dharma, the old Taoist priest’s heart became more active.

"Besides me, there is no other suitable disciple in Yuqing Temple. I am old now. If it is convenient for you, if you see a child with suitable physique and character in the future, can you teach him on my behalf?"

Li Yang nodded: "If there is a child who can bear this blessing in the future, I will definitely teach you all the essence of your sect."

"That's good, very good..."

Once the old Taoist priest's obsession was gone, the wrinkles on his face immediately relaxed a lot and he breathed a lot more relaxed.

"In this way, I can also try to reach the path of enlightenment with my broken body."

Zheng Zhaoyuan pinched the Ziwu seal with his hands and bowed.

Hearing the Tao in the morning is enough to die in the evening.

Now that Taoism has reappeared, Zheng Zhaoyuan is naturally unwilling to give up after having put his worries behind him.

Li Yang had a complicated expression on his face and raised his hand to help Zheng Zhaoyuan up.

Just as the two touched, the old Taoist paused, looked up at Li Yang, and bowed again.

As it was hard to predict what would happen next, the two chatted for a long time and said goodbye reluctantly.

"If you are an old practitioner and want to seek the Dharma, you can go to famous mountains and rivers to explore for a few."

"Of course. If you see the bones in the Cloud Deeps in the future, you may ask me to be the one to bury them."

Zheng Zhaoyuan smiled freely, muttering something, and his hunched figure slowly straightened up and gradually melted into the sunset.

"If you can understand the mysteries with just a few words, why do we need thousands of chapters of alchemy manuals?

If people are not burdened by their physical form, then the Daluo Heaven will be before their eyes..."

"Take care, fellow Taoist"

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In fact, Li Yang still had many important things to tell the old Taoist priest, such as the revival of spiritual energy, the division of spiritual energy concentration, and the root method...

Especially the root method, Chi Yanhong emphasized many times that it must not be revealed to outsiders, saying that the importance of the root method far exceeded Li Yang's imagination.

Ever since Li Yang left a mark on the stele with a white stream, the Yang family has been in complete chaos.

With the help of Li Yang's power, Yang Yingying quickly took control of the situation.

Under Yang Yingying's repeated orders, the Yang family strictly blocked what happened in Canglang Garden that day, and strictly restricted the resulting craze of the younger generation of the Yang family to search for immortals and learn Taoism, not allowing them to disturb the lives of real people.

The pilgrimage trend of the entire Yang family became increasingly obvious. Li Yang did not return to the Yang family, but returned directly to Baiyun Mountain with the squirrel.

The excitement over the strange phenomenon at Baiyun Mountain a month ago has passed, and tourists have returned to coming in groups of two or three. The Yang family’s foundation is still under construction.

Li Yang returned to Daoshan Mountain, closed the gate and stopped receiving tourists.

In the past, we received tourists for two reasons: one was to cover the daily expenses of the temple, and the other was to improve our proficiency in "interpreting divinations".

But now that the funding problem has been solved, the skill of "interpreting divination" is a bit useless at the moment, so it is better to focus on other skills.

Li Yang came to the back mountain where he picked the red fruits, took out the essence of the formation of Taoist Master Zheng and began to study. The thin book with a few pages was all-encompassing, involving geomancy, gossip, yin and yang, and astrology. In particular, Taoism liked to use some specious, mysterious and obscure words, which really made Li Yang feel overwhelmed.

After sitting on the bluestone for three days of studying, Li Yang finally made some initial progress based on the Blood Ruyi, the essence of the formation and the "Yuqing Blood Nourishing Method" given to him before.

Li Yang found many strange stones and materials from the mountains. He used the Blood Ruyi as the core of the formation and kept adjusting it. Finally, he felt that the spiritual energy on the cliff had increased a bit.

The Xuanwu Blood Nourishing Array does not necessarily require the image of Xuanwu, it needs to use turtles, snakes, scales, fish and the like as array materials.

Zheng Zhaoyuan had to use several large turtles as a replacement for the lost Blood Ruyi.

Li Yang's eyes lit up. The concentration of spiritual energy on this cliff was the highest in Baiyun Mountain before, which was 1.4. Now that the formation was set up, the spiritual energy on the mountain peak suddenly rose to the level of 1.6.

After continuous debugging, Li Yang finally raised the concentration of spiritual energy in the center of the formation to 1.8 that afternoon.

Li Yang looked tired as he looked at several essentials of the formations and couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom of the predecessors.

He has figured it out in the past few days. The blood nourishing method, the Black Tortoise Formation and the Blood Ruyi are complementary to each other.

Li Yang inferred that the spiritual energy had gradually weakened hundreds of years ago, and the ancestors at that time must have noticed this, so they had to reform and create the law.

The Zhengyi Quanzhen sect took a different approach and created the Neidan method. Neidan means not to seek outside, but to seek within. They wanted to get rid of their dependence on heaven and earth, and they focused on meditation and cultivation, but as they went along, they went astray...

The founder of Yuqing Temple also has a backup plan. The Blood Ruyi can consume blood essence to attack the acupoints of the human body. The formation and blood-nourishing Qigong can nourish the blood essence endlessly. The three complement each other and can really have considerable lethality in the Dharma Ending Age.

However, the founder of Yuqing Temple could not have imagined that the three-piece set would be broken up in the course of historical inheritance along with the loss of the most important Blood Ruyi, and finally gathered together again in the hands of an outsider, Li Yang. He could only sigh that Li Yang had a deep affinity with the Dharma.

When Li Yang and Zheng Zhaoyuan parted that day, Li Yang opened up several major acupoints of the old Taoist priest, allowing him to enter the realm of drawing in qi, also in order to repay the karma of Xue Ruyi.

Sitting cross-legged at the center of the formation, Li Yang felt the active spiritual energy in his body, his eyes shining with brilliance.

At this stage, the importance of spiritual energy concentration is self-evident.

When he was at the Yang family and Yuqing Temple, the concentration of spiritual energy was only 0.6. Even though Li Yang had reached the innate realm, he could only barely balance the supply and demand and keep the spiritual energy in his body at a full stage. It was simply a pipe dream to want to meet the needs of cultivation and circulate the spiritual energy through the Qi.

The higher the spiritual energy, the faster the spiritual energy circulates, and the faster the experience bar will increase.

According to the current concentration of spiritual energy, a spiritual energy circulation only takes one and a half hours during the day, while at night when the moon is bright, it only takes twenty minutes to complete a spiritual energy circulation, which directly increases the speed by 1/3.

After three days of continuous sleepless study, even Li Yang's body was a little tired. He returned to the temple and quickly ate something. Li Yang slept for an afternoon, and then returned to the mountain to practice when the moon was bright.

There is no sun or moon in the mountains, and another week passes as clouds rise and fall.

During these seven days, Li Yang practiced the "Jade Toad Qi Eating Method" diligently every day, practiced Taoist health-preserving exercises, drew talismans and set up formations, and teased squirrels when he was bored, which was quite fun.

At the end of a day's practice, Li Yang opened his eyes and a clear light flashed through his eyes.

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[Divination: Level 1 (132/1000), unlocked: Zi Ping fortune telling]

[Taoist Health Preservation Technique: Level 1 (416/1000), Unlocked: Golden Light Curse]

[Jade Toad Qi-Eating Method: Level 1 (499/1000), Unlocked Status: Control Objects]

[Ink Talisman Book: Level 1 (134/1000), unlocked: Talisman Pill Dao Heart]

[Yin Yang Formation: Level 0 (50/100)]

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Li Yang had recently comprehended the Yin-Yang Formation Technique, so he did not pay too much attention to it and kept his eyes on the experience bar of the "Jade Toad Eating Qi Method".

The root method is worthy of being the root method. When the experience reached 499, Li Yang suddenly felt a whim and became dazed.

Looking inward, the white thread formed by the true qi in the dantian floats up and down, with a restrained glow, as if something is brewing.

You are going to work hard to develop a new skill!

(End of this chapter)