The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 246 Sword Test
The Hunyuan Sword Technique requires the five elements of spiritual energy to control the flying sword, so only those with five spiritual roots can practice it to perfection.

However, the power of the Hunyuan Sword Technique after it is perfected is quite considerable, and it is enough to rank among the top first-grade sword techniques.

After Li Yan read through the Hunyuan Sword Art, he had a deeper understanding of the three levels of the first realm of swordsmanship in this world, the unity of body and sword.

He came to the courtyard and used his spiritual energy to activate his sword skills.

The low-grade sword he received from the sect was spread out three feet around him.

The flying sword was extremely fast, causing the sword wind to whistle and emit bursts of sword sounds.

However, Li Yan controlled it with ease, like a nimble fish, without any sense of awkwardness or stagnation.

If there were other sword cultivators present at this moment, they would be able to see that he had already reached the state of perfect unity of body and sword.

After a moment, the flying sword returned to its sheath.

With the spiritual energy in Li Yan's body at present, it is still a bit difficult to activate this sword technique.

The reason why he practiced Hunyuan Sword Technique in the courtyard was just to try to see his control over the sword and whether he had truly achieved the perfect unity of body and sword.

Now that it has been confirmed, there is no need to practice this sword technique anymore.

"The Hunyuan Sword Technique is already at an extremely high level among the first-grade sword techniques, but it can only achieve the perfection of the unity of body and sword. If you want to reach the second level of swordsmanship, you still need to obtain the second-grade sword technique."

"However, at my current level, I don't have a way to obtain the second-grade sword technique. I need to improve my realm, enter the vision of the Qingya Sect's top leaders, and improve the sect's status before I can get access to higher-level skills and sword techniques."

Li Yan thought in his heart.

Now that he has just arrived in the Taiyi Sword Realm, his realm is his shackles.

When he elevates his realm to the late stage of Qi training, he will be able to fully exert the first level of swordsmanship and achieve perfect unity of body and sword.

Only at that time could he be called a first-level swordsman.

A first-level sword candidate in the Qi training realm will be hard to find an opponent, and he even has the ability to completely destroy a first-level cave world. He is highly respected in the Taiyi sword world.

Even in the wider world, a first-rank swordsman is respected.

This is the most basic guardian who maintains the safety of the Taiyi Sword Realm.

Although Li Yan's swordsmanship has now reached the first-level sword candidate level.

However, his cultivation level was too low, only at the third level of Qi training, and he was unable to unleash the full power of his perfect unity of body and sword.

Fortunately, he had just entered the outer sect and acquired the sword techniques. In the next three months, he did not need to complete the sect's tasks and could practice with peace of mind.

Such a long time is enough for him to reach perfection in the Qi training stage.

As long as you show your talent, advance to the inner gate, and obtain the foundation-building technique, you can break through the realm and advance to the foundation-building stage.

For the next period of time, Li Yan no longer went out and stayed in the yard to practice every day.

After Li Yan joined the outer sect, he also obtained the subsequent skills of Qingya Yinqi Jue.

However, he had already deduced the follow-up of this technique a long time ago, and after his improvements, the spiritual energy that this technique can contain is much stronger than the original version.

After comparing the exercises and finding that the Qingya Yinqi Jue he derived did not go astray, he continued to practice the Qingya Yinqi Jue he derived.

Li Yan originally didn't make any friends in Qingya Sect.

As an inner sect disciple, Liu Qingping was only an acquaintance with him, so of course he would not visit him rashly.

Therefore, after entering the outer sect, he was not disturbed by others.

Except for a few outer disciples living near Li Yan, they vaguely felt that the concentration of spiritual energy seemed to have decreased a lot recently.

But after all, they were only Qi training disciples, so they certainly couldn't tell how much it had dropped, so they didn't care too much.

Li Yan has not come out since he entered the yard.

If outer disciples had not registered their change of residence, no one would have known that the courtyard where Li Yan lived was already occupied.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was more than two months later.

"I have finally reached the twelfth level of Qi training!"

Li Yan opened his eyes and his gaze flashed slightly. He knew very well the importance of realm, so he would naturally not let go of the rare opportunity of a peaceful period of cultivation.

He practiced in the yard and raised his realm to the twelfth level of Qi training, and was finally ready to come out.

The next step is to build the foundation.

However, foundation building requires foundation building pills and foundation building techniques, and the foundation building stage is an important realm for confirming one's own path. He must find a suitable foundation building technique before he can practice.

"I have reached the twelfth level of Qi training after practicing for more than two months. If others knew about this, they would definitely suspect that I have a secret."

Li Yan knew this very well. He had an amazing talent for cultivation, and although the Taiyi Sword Realm was relatively kind in most cases, there was no shortage of people who wanted to kill people and steal treasures.

If he revealed so quickly that he had reached the perfect level of Qi training, he would definitely be coveted by others, who might even attack him secretly.

"But even if someone really targets me, why would I care?"

Li Yan had a calm expression. As a Taoist master in the True Realm, he had already achieved the highest level of Taoist fruit in the world.

Even though his soul has been reincarnated and he has just started practicing, why would he worry about such matters?

With the Mo Yuan Sword protecting him, the worst outcome would be to become a casual cultivator, leaving Jiuhua Prefecture and going to other places, where he would still be able to find high-level martial arts and sword techniques.

He walked out of the room, and the courtyard gate, which had been closed for more than two months, finally opened.

During this period, he lived on air and never left the hospital.

"Hey, which brother is this?"

Several outer disciples nearby looked at Li Yan. There were three men and two women in their group, and they looked at Li Yan with surprise as he just opened the gate and walked out.

Several of them were practitioners who lived nearby, so they were already familiar with each other and knew each other well. They would even often make plans to go to the first-level cave world to hunt and obtain resources.

But it was the first time I met Li Yan.

Although Li Yan looks only fourteen or fifteen years old now, his aura is extremely strong.

They immediately recognized that he was not an ordinary disciple, most likely an outer sect brother who had just moved in from another place.

A round-faced woman walked up to Li Yan, bowed slightly, and asked in a pleasant voice, "Hello, Senior Brother. We are disciples who live nearby. This is the first time we meet you, Senior Brother. Did you just move in?"

Li Yan raised his eyes and glanced at the round-faced woman. She looked to be in her twenties, but her voice sounded very young.

Judging from the aura on his body, he is in the middle stage of Qi training. Obviously, he is a disciple who has been in the outer sect for a long time. The realms of the other few people are not much different from his, so they should be outer disciples of the same period.

He nodded slightly and said, "I have been here for nearly three months, and I just came out for a walk today."

A square-faced disciple was surprised when he heard this: "Brother, you have been here for almost three months? We thought you were here for the first time!"

They had never seen Li Yan go out and thought that the yard had always been vacant. They didn't expect that Li Yan had moved in so early.

Another petite female disciple blinked and asked, "My name is Lin Hui, and I'm at the fifth level of Qi training. I don't know your name, brother? What's your level of cultivation?"

The rest of the people also announced their names. The round-faced woman was named Zhang Qian, the square-faced disciple was named Xiao Zhiyong, and the remaining two disciples were Sun Jun and Lu Xiang. "I am Li Yan, and I am at the twelfth level of Qi training."

Li Yan bowed slightly and announced his name.

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Li!"

Zhang Qian and the others were surprised. She quickly asked, "Senior Brother Li is so young, could he be an inner sect disciple?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I felt something was wrong.

Since the inner disciples can open up their own caves and own spiritual fields, why would they live in the place where the outer disciples live?

Moreover, looking at Li Yan's appearance, even if he used the Guyan Pill, the Guyan Pill circulating on the market can only delay the changes in appearance. Therefore, judging from Li Yan's appearance, he must have taken the Guyan Pill since he was a child, and his real age should be only in his twenties or thirties at most.

At this age, he should have at least earth spiritual roots or even heavenly spiritual roots to have a chance to reach the twelfth level of Qi training.

Moreover, regardless of one's talent, as long as one can reach the twelfth level of Qi training, there is hope for building a foundation.

Not to mention being accepted as a disciple by a Jindan elder in the sect, there is still a great chance for him to be accepted as a disciple by a foundation-building elder. So why would he stay in the outer sect all the time?

Li Yan nodded gently: "I am still just an outer sect disciple. I am planning to go to the sword testing platform to see if I can be noticed by the sect elders and enter the inner sect."

"I see."

After Zhang Qian heard what was said, the five people in the group suddenly showed a look of enlightenment on their faces.

The Sword Testing Arena is located at the Sword Questioning Peak and is where the ranking battle among the Qingya Sect’s Qi Refining disciples takes place.

Moreover, there is an age limit for this sword-testing arena. If one exceeds the age limit, it means that he has no potential and can no longer log in to the sword-testing arena to participate in the ranking battle.

Therefore, those who can rank at the top in the sword testing arena are all disciples who have the potential to build a foundation, and the vast majority of disciples have already entered the inner gate.

As long as you rank among the top in the sword-testing arena, you will definitely attract the attention of the sect elders.

It would not be surprising if he was even noticed by a Jindan elder and directly accepted as a registered disciple.

There are many disciples in the sect who have distinguished themselves on the sword-testing stage and thus rose to prominence overnight and entered the inner sect.

Several people said to Li Yan respectfully, "Congratulations in advance to Brother for your success and advancement into the inner sect!"

At the twelfth level of Qi training, even if one has made no achievements in swordsmanship, with this level of cultivation alone, one can advance to the forefront of the sword-testing arena and join the inner sect without any problem.

"Thank you."

Li Yan bowed slightly, smiled faintly at the few people, and then turned and walked towards Wenjian Peak.

After Li Yan left, they discussed it together again.

"Junior Sister Lin, fellow brothers, why don't we go to Jianfeng together to see how Senior Brother Li's competition goes?"

"That's right, it's a good opportunity to see what this Senior Brother Li is capable of."

"It's a pity that I didn't meet Senior Brother Li earlier. Otherwise, if I had made friends with him earlier and waited for him to enter the inner sect, we would have had connections in the inner sect in the future."

"Now that Senior Brother Li is heading to the Sword Testing Arena, he must be entering the Inner Gate. Then he can open up his own cave and leave us!"

Several people showed regret on their faces.

But no matter what, it was a good thing to see a senior brother who was at the twelfth level of Qi training challenge the sword-testing arena, not to mention that this senior brother lived near them.

If he were to step into the inner door, he would be able to brag about it when he talked to others about it in the future.

When they thought of this, they no longer hesitated and headed towards Wenjian Peak.

"This time on the sword testing platform, you can use the sword state of perfect unity of body and sword."

"This should attract the attention of the Qingya Sect and allow you to become a Jindan disciple or even a Yuanying disciple. Only then will you have the opportunity to learn high-level skills and sword techniques."

On his way to Wen Jianfeng, Li Yan had already figured out what he wanted to do.

There are not many first-level sword candidates born in Qingya Sect.

What's more, not long ago, he was just a menial disciple who had just entered the third level of Qi training.

With such talent, it would not be surprising at all even if it was the one who caused the Nascent Soul ancestor of Qingya Sect to appear.

Li Yan came to the sword-testing platform square. There were a total of thirty-six sword-testing platforms here. Now they were all full of people, and disciples were competing on the sword-testing platforms.

Next to the sword testing platform, there stood a green stone tablet with the rankings from first to two hundredth on the sword testing platform written in spiritual energy.

The disciples who could be included in this ranking were at least in the late stage of Qi training and were the best among the sect’s disciples.

Li Yan walked to the sword testing platform to register.

"Outer sect disciple Li Yan, Qi training level three, no ranking."

"Junior brother, you want to challenge the sword testing platform so early?"

The disciple who was in charge of registering for the sword-testing arena took Li Yan's outer sect token. The information he read from it made him raise his eyebrows, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

Li Yan did not answer. A strong aura condensed into a point on his body and instantly pressed towards the registered disciple.

The registered disciple only felt a strong pressure descending upon him, and with his cultivation in the late Qi training stage, his face turned slightly pale at this moment.

He was about to fight back, but suddenly he felt the pressure coming from Li Yan, who was only at the third level of Qi training according to the token in front of him. Shock suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Li Yan retracted his aura and said slowly: "I have reached the twelfth level of Qi training. Please find a suitable opponent for me."

If he didn't show his aura, there was no way the registered disciple would believe that he had achieved perfection in Qi training.

Even if he was given opponents, they would at most be opponents at the fourth or fifth level of Qi training.

Not only is the efficiency slow, Li Yan also doesn't want to bully these disciples who are only in the middle stage of Qi training.

"Brother, please stand aside for a moment. I will find a suitable opponent for you right away!"

The registered disciple took a deep breath, but his expression was still full of shock.

With his Qi training perfected, only the top 100 disciples can be his rivals. Such a person is already the sect's prodigy.

Moreover, from the information he learned from Li Yan's token, Li Yan had clearly reached the third level of Qi training not long ago and became an outer disciple, and now he was only fourteen or fifteen years old.

How is it possible to reach perfection in Qi training suddenly?
If he hadn't been under pressure from Li Yan's aura, he wouldn't have dared to believe it.

"I am no longer responsible for such a person. I must inform the elders of the sect and let them make the decision."

When the registered disciple saw Li Yan waiting on the side, he thought for a moment and thought that no matter why Li Yan had such a high level of cultivation, it meant that he was extremely extraordinary and he needed to notify the sect elders as soon as possible.

This was his duty. Once he discovered a genius, he needed to report him to the elders of the sect and let the elders watch the assessment. If the elders took a fancy to him, he would be accepted as a disciple.

He took out a communication talisman from his storage bag, transmitted a message directly into it, then activated a magic talisman and flew towards an elder of the sect.

"Elder Yan is a late Jindan cultivator. Li Yan has reached the twelfth level of Qi training at such a young age. No matter what the reason is, it should be able to arouse Elder Yan's interest."

After the registered disciple sent the communication talisman, he began to wait for a reply.

(End of this chapter)