From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 36: Cloud Pattern Golden Light
It was just after August, the summer heat was at its peak, and the hot sunshine covered the entire peak of Baiyun Mountain.

After practicing a set of health-preserving exercises until noon, Li Yang finally reached the 500 level.

With a thought, the system panel unfolds before my eyes.
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[Divination: Level 1 (132/1000), unlocked: Zi Ping fortune telling]

[Taoist Health Preservation Technique: Level 1 (500/1000), Unlocked: Golden Light Curse]

[Jade Toad Qi-Eating Method: Level 1 (543/1000), unlocked status: Controlling Objects, Sword Technique]

[Ink Talisman Book: Level 1 (324/1000), unlocked: Talisman Pill Dao Heart]

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

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I have been concentrating on cultivating my sword skills these days, so I haven't put much effort into my skills.

It’s a pity that after the health-preserving exercise passed the 500th level, no new skills were awakened.

Li Yang was disappointed but also mentally prepared. After all, Yuchan's Qi-eating method must be special as a root method. Inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy every day is definitely different from the health-preserving skills that can increase the experience bar by punching a few times in the yard.

Unwilling to give up, he chanted the Golden Light Spell, and a layer of golden light covered his body. Li Yang keenly discovered that the cloud pattern was no longer illusory, but completely condensed into several white lines, moving dynamically on the surface of the golden light like floating clouds.

Li Yang took out a black mosquito needle and used his power to control it to shoot towards himself.

With Li Yang's current level of cultivation, the slender black mosquito needle actually emitted a faint roar that exceeded the speed of sound and hit Li Yang like a bullet.

"thorn"

The black mosquito needle broke into several pieces because it could not withstand the huge kinetic energy, and only a faint white dot appeared on the surface of Li Yang's golden light, and the cloud pattern returned to its original state as soon as it passed.

"Awesome! Although there are no new skills, the defensive power of the Golden Light Curse has been greatly increased!"

Recalling the time when he was rescuing people in Shiyang Village, the Golden Light Curse was broken by the shotgun. Now, if he encountered that situation again, Li Yang was confident that Wang Mazi and Shouhou wouldn't even be able to touch the corner of his clothes.

"But you must guard against arrogance and impatience. You can be reckless, but it is not necessary. Once the innate sword energy is refined, you can directly kill the enemy thousands of miles away with a white light. That is the true method of an immortal. I, Li Zhenren, am not a crude warrior."

Thinking about the beautiful vision of the future, Li Yang shook his head and went to the dining room to make lunch.

After lunch, Li Yang meditated for a while and then began to draw talismans again.

The Talisman for Suppressing Evil and Calming the Spirit is a white-level talisman. Although the steps to draw it are a bit complicated, it is easy.

There is no other way to draw talismans. After daily hard practice, Li Yang has accumulated two stacks of talismans for suppressing evil and calming the gods. They are all genuine talismans that can be used by inputting spiritual energy.

At night, I returned to the top of the mountain, took out the Blood Ruyi and set up the formation. The squirrel was still sleeping soundly and hadn't woken up.

Poking the squirrel's belly, Li Yang knew that this guy was not the kind that was dead asleep. The animal instinct was still there. If he encountered danger, he would run faster than anyone else.

Moreover, the Black Mosquito of Baiyun Mountain had become autistic due to his torment. During the past month when Li Yang had been exploring the distribution of spiritual energy in Baiyun Mountain, he had not seen any trace of the White Snake. Most of them had probably slipped away to other hills.

In Baiyun Mountain today, apart from Li Yang, there is really no other creature that can pose a threat to this fat squirrel.

After teasing the squirrel for a while, Li Yang sat cross-legged on the bluestone and meditated with his eyes closed.

The wind blew the clouds, the moonlight shone on the clouds, like a silver haze, and the strands of moon qi were drawn down by him and flowed through his body with his breathing. Nourishing qi, nourishing qi, the third step of internal cultivation focuses on the word "nourishing", which nourishes not only the sword qi, but also the sword master himself.

Another night of silence.

When the moonlight in the mountains faded away, Li Yang quickly jumped up and down. The steep and towering mountains were as easy as walking on flat ground for him, and he reached the outside of the temple in a moment.

The gold, iron, copper and iron I bought yesterday morning were delivered to the mountain by SF Express at noon.

After signing for the package, Li Yang felt quite apologetic about the courier's trembling feet and resentful eyes.

Li Yang unpacked several thickly packaged boxes in the yard and placed them on the ground with a clang. He bought a total of 16 types of metal, including a rebar.

"The materials that the Taoist swordsmen in the ancient mountains could find were just the rough iron forged in the ancient furnaces, and the best was the hundred-fold tempered steel."

"Hundred-fold steel may be rare in ancient times, but in modern times it is just a kind of steel with a slightly higher carbon content. If I use a piece of rebar as the material, wouldn't it destroy all the ancient magic weapons?"

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. There were fifteen kinds of materials, including gold, silver, copper and iron, but their hardness could not compare with the black mosquito needles he had collected. Li Yang picked and chose but still could not find one that he liked.

The rebar that he had high hopes for met all the requirements, but when Li Yang tried to put his natal sword energy into it, the entire rebar seemed to have no support and could not retain the sword energy at all. The two seemed to be things of two dimensions intertwined.

After wiping it several times, Li Yang finally discovered the clue. This rebar was good, but it lacked spirituality and was lifeless.

"Sure enough, there is a reason why your ancient predecessors had to search all over the mountains to refine magic weapons. Mortal dead objects will not work. They must have spiritual materials."

Unable to contain his anger, Li Yang immediately searched the entire Baiyun Mountain again to see if he could find the kind of materials that looked classy.

He searched for a long time until the afternoon, and finally found two strange stones under a waterfall. Li Yang knocked around and guessed that these were not the materials that could be used to refine a flying sword.

Somewhat unwillingly, Li Yang dug up a layer of animal bones under the sapling and buried two strange stones and rebar at the roots of the sapling.

"You have no spirituality, right? Then I will cultivate spirituality for you! Bury you under the spiritual roots of Baiyun Mountain for a few years, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. I don't believe that I can't cultivate good materials!"

Having said that, Li Yang was still a little discouraged. It would definitely take a while for the rebar to be produced. Without the right materials, the sword techniques could not be refined. Then when would the beautiful vision of "riding the sword on the wind, and roaming freely between heaven and earth" be realized?
With distracting thoughts in my mind, I couldn't concentrate even on nourishing Qi and circulating the root method at night.

Just when I finally calmed down, a few dark clouds appeared and blocked the moonlight, and the speed of cultivation dropped sharply.

In the morning, he returned to the Taoist temple in frustration. While eating breakfast, he turned on his phone and scrolled through the news about the rescue work at Ma Yi Mountain. A hot topic in the city instantly caught his attention.
"A three-legged golden toad was found in the tourist resort of Mount Emei? Tourists: A video of a dozen Taoist priests catching toads all over the mountain went viral, triggering speculation from major media"

Click on the news, and a few photos and journalist reports come into view.

In the photo, a strange toad with three legs was running around in the mountains, one of its legs was drooping and crooked, and there was a hideous wound on its back. It looked very miserable as it was blocked by these Taoists.

"According to a report by the Sichuan Tourism Bureau on August 8, tourists revealed that on Monday (August 2), several Taoists wearing Taoist robes and holding net bags appeared near the Jiulao Cave in Mount Emei.

According to the relevant person in charge of Jiulao Cave, some of them found traces of the Taoist three-legged golden toad nearby, which aroused the interest of many Taoist priests.

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"However, some people think this is a gimmick by Mount Emei to welcome the peak tourist season during the summer vacation. The relevant situation awaits follow-up reports from reporters."

Li Yang's expression gradually turned cold.

(End of this chapter)