From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 51 Jade Page and Golden Tablet
This cave should be where the Emei Sword Immortal stored his treasure, but the time was too long. When Li Yang came out, the cave collapsed in an instant and turned into powder along with the stone carvings.

Li Yang checked the remaining stone carvings using the same method and found nothing strange. Or perhaps Li Yang's realm was too low and he was unable to induce the sensation of the cave.

On the morning of the second day, Chi Yanhong and Li Yang deciphered most of the ancient seal characters on the jade slip.

The jade slip is divided into seven chapters. The first page is engraved with four red ancient seal characters of "Jade Page and Golden Slip". The first six chapters are written according to the meaning of the ancient seal characters, with the words "wind and thunder to ward off demons". It is a method of sensing fetal breathing for practitioners before they enter the innate state.

According to the jade slip, the practice of the root method requires too high a spiritual energy and the qualifications of the cultivator. By the Ming Dynasty, no one could practice the Qi-eating root method anymore, so the Taoists of Emei at that time worked together to deduce this "Jade Leaf and Golden Slip". If someone practiced the method of sensing fetal breathing on the slip as a child, perhaps the success rate of practicing the Qi-eating root method could be increased.

There is also a jade bead in the jade slip called "Essentials of Sword Refining", which mainly introduces the terrain at the bottom of the cliff and points out that this is where they practice sword refining.

The two were both happy and worried. After all, this "Jade Leaf and Golden Tablet" was an innovative move by the Emei sword immortals to reduce the difficulty of the Qi-eating method in the last days of spiritual energy. However, it was of little use to Li Yang, as he had already cultivated a root method and reached the innate level.

As for Chi Yanhong, the whereabouts of Yangji Root Method is still unknown. This Jade Leaf Golden Tablet can be said to be the foundation-building practice method of the Root Method, but without the Root Method, it would be meaningless to practice the things on this Jade Leaf Golden Tablet for decades.

Seeing Chi Yanhong's dejected expression, Li Yang asked curiously, "Daoyou, is the Yangjigen Method so important to you?"

Chi Yanhong shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "Do you think that the Yin-Yang Qi-eating method is the same level of root method, so I don't have to be stubborn and can practice the Yin-Yang root method?"

"The reason why the Qi-eating Root Method declined and the Inner Alchemy Method was created as a compromise is because the cultivation requirements of the Root Method are too harsh. The first is the aptitude and the second is the spiritual energy. When you choose the Root Method, the Root Method is also choosing you."

"You should have noticed that the breathing method I used at Baiyun Temple is very similar to yours. In fact, our breathing method is the precondition of the Yin-Yang root method. I have practiced breathing methods for many years, but I cannot guarantee that I will succeed after obtaining the Yang root method, let alone practice your Yin root method?"

"So it's not that I don't want to practice your root method, but I can't do it." Chi Yanhong laughed at himself, with some bitterness in his smile.

If she couldn't find the Yang pole root method for a long time, then she could only practice the inner alchemy method. However, the spiritual energy had just revived, and the future would surely be an era of great spiritual energy. Compared with the root method of "consuming the Yin and Yang energy of heaven and earth", the inner alchemy method that only focused on tempering the essence, energy and spirit in the "small world of the human body" was inherently inferior.

Let me put it this way, to practice inner alchemy, one must diligently draw in qi, awaken the spirit, and build a foundation step by step, and then one can refine essence into qi and reach the innate realm.

But once you get the hang of the Qi-eating method, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will circulate throughout your body, and that is the innate realm.

Li Yang was silent. When he was practicing the root method, the system automatically awakened and he gained supernatural powers smoothly. He did not expect that the practice of the root method would have so many obstacles and twists.

After a brief exchange, the two were not in a hurry to leave the cliff. Chi Yanhong took the Jade Leaf and Golden Tablet to practice the method of sensing fetal breathing.
I don’t know what the golden toad was swallowing, but it seemed to be full. As soon as it came out, it lay on the stone and fell asleep.

Li Yang took out the materials on his body and began to practice the external cultivation of his innate sword energy.

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【玉蟾食炁法：1阶（569/1000），解锁状态：御物，剑诀（3/9）】

[Taoist Health Preservation Technique: Level 1 (523/1000), Unlocked: Golden Light Curse]

[Ink Talisman Book: Level 1 (338/1000), unlocked: Talisman Pill Dao Heart]

【解签打卦：1阶（132/1000），解锁状态：子平推命】【阴阳阵术：0阶（50/100）】

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During the two days in Mount Emei, he was not idle even during the rest time. The experience bars of Yuchan Food Qi Method and Taoist Health Preserving Exercises increased a little.

And the most important thing is that the first three steps of the internal training of the sword technique have been completed, and now you can start the external training.

The three materials that Li Yang now has that can be used to forge swords were all discovered in Mount Emei. One is the strange iron hidden in the rocks by the Emei sword immortal, the second is the strange metal found under a stream, and the third is the weapon fragments obtained from the stone cave.

The piece of metal obtained from the stream was slightly lacking in spiritual energy, and its properties conflicted with his innate sword energy, so Li Yang simply omitted it.

Needless to say, there was the strange iron buried in the rock by the ancient sword immortal. What Li Yang could not see through the most was the weapon fragment. It was neither gold nor iron, nor did it look like a sword or other magical weapon fragment. It was mysteriously hidden in the innermost part of the cave by the ancient sword immortal of Emei, and it always had an inexplicable connection with his sword energy.

Li Yang thought for a moment, put the strange iron and weapon fragments together, summoned the sword energy, and prepared to start external training.

The first step of external refining is to temper the shape, using the alchemy furnace's earth fire to refine the sword energy and materials into one.

There is no alchemy furnace here, but there is something better than the alchemy furnace, and that is this cave.

This cave was originally the place where the ancient swordsman of Emei practiced hard. Moreover, in terms of terrain, the Tai Chi stone platform underground is noted in "Essentials of Sword Refining" as a naturally formed Yin-Yang sword-refining site, which can be used to help monks refine weapons.

Li Yang followed the instructions in "Essentials of Sword Refining" and placed the sword energy in the Yin Eye and the materials in the Yang Eye. He then sat in the center of the stone platform and used special finger gestures to inject spiritual energy into various directions of the stone platform.

As the spiritual energy gradually penetrated, the stone platform suddenly changed. Hot air waves rose on one side, and frost gradually condensed on the other side. Yin and Yang rotated, and fine cold sweat appeared on Li Yang's forehead.

Li Yang felt something was wrong as soon as the spiritual energy was input. In less than two minutes, the stone platform almost sucked all the spiritual energy out of his body. If he had not practiced the root method and his recovery speed could barely keep up, he would have been sucked dry before the sword was refined.

Even so, Li Yang was not having an easy time. The rapid conversion and output of spiritual energy put a great pressure on his meridians, and some parts of his body even felt tears.

"Damn, I'm too proud. This Yin Yang Sword Refining Ground is quite high-end."

What Li Yang didn't know was that this Yin-Yang sword-refining site had been abandoned by the ancient swordsman of Emei long before the Southern Song Dynasty. In the Dharma Ending Age, there were only a few big and small cats and they were simply unable to use this place to refine weapons, so the later murals of sword-refining all showed the use of alchemy furnaces.

Once the stone platform was opened, Li Yang could not stop halfway. He could only grit his teeth and endure the pain to use the Blood Ruyi to set up the Xuanwu Blood Nourishing Formation outside the stone platform.

Once the formation was completed, the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave barely increased from 1.2 to 1.4.

After more than ten minutes, Li Yang had been squeezed to the point of being pale, with sunken and bloodshot eyes.

A look of joy appeared on his face, because as the true fire rose, the material at the yang eye of the stone platform finally showed signs of melting.

(End of this chapter)