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

Chapter 252 Asking
Li Yan heard the words coming from the sky and looked up.

Then I saw it in the sky.

An elder in brown with a gloomy face and murderous eyes was driving a red spirit sword towards him at a rapid speed.

"The foundation-building elder of Qingya Sect!"

Li Yan's eyes flashed and he understood.

This sword is extremely powerful, and even a foundation-building cultivator must treat it with caution when encountering it.

But Li Yan did not take any action.

Because in the next moment, a cold blue light came from the bottom up and headed towards the red sword light.

"clang!"

There was a crisp sound in the air, and the two sword lights retreated and flew back to their respective owners.

"Elder Fang, why are you stopping me from avenging my disciple?!"

The brown-robed elder in mid-air let out an angry roar.

At this moment, the disciples below also saw the appearance of the elder in the sky clearly and recognized his identity.

“It’s Elder Nangong!”

The disciples exclaimed in surprise as they recognized the man's identity. This was Chu Kai's master, named Nangong Rong, a sect elder who was in the middle stage of foundation building.

He suddenly appeared and attacked Li Yan at this moment, obviously wanting to avenge Chu Kai.

But he never expected to be stopped by Fang Hong.

"Why would Elder Fang protect Li Yan?"

Some disciples were puzzled.

Since Fang Hong took charge of Cangjian Pavilion, he has always been a non-confrontational person.

But he never thought that he would take action at this moment and rescue Li Yan from Elder Nangong.

"Perhaps he doesn't want Elder Nangong to kill his disciples privately, so he wants to hand Li Yan over to the Law Enforcement Hall for fair handling."

Some disciples guessed.

Fang Hong's eyes were sharp, and he flew up from below, facing Nangong Rong, and said slowly: "Why, do you still want to question me?"

His seniority and cultivation are extraordinary.

Nangong Rong is just an ordinary elder in the Qingya Sect.

Although he is at the same foundation-building stage as him, his level is much higher than Nangong Rong.

When Nangong Rong heard Fang Hong's reply, his aura suddenly weakened.

He was only in the middle stage of foundation building, and could not compare to Fang Hong in terms of either cultivation or seniority.

Just now.

Li Yan below suddenly spoke.

"Are you Chu Kai's master?"

Li Yan looked at Nangong Rong calmly.

Nangong Rong didn't dare to talk to Fang Hong. When he saw Li Yan speak, he smiled angrily and pointed his finger at Li Yan, asking, "Why? You killed my disciple, but you don't even know who I am?"

"Since Chu Kai attacked me, he deserves to die."

"As for you, you showed up right after Chu Kai died. It's such a coincidence."

Li Yan naturally had doubts about Nangong Rong's quick arrival.

He didn't believe that Nangong Rong happened to pass by Cangjian Pavilion and saw him killing Chu Kai.

In his opinion, Chu Kai came here to cause trouble for him, just because Nangong Rong secretly instructed him to do so.

Therefore, Nangong Rong had been observing the situation in secret, which was why he arrived so quickly.

As soon as Li Yan said this, the disciples who were watching also thought of this at once.

“I never thought Elder Nangong would be such a person!”

"It's better to stay away from Elder Nangong from now on, lest Elder Nangong covets anything on you and harms you secretly!"

Although the disciples did not dare to say it openly, they were secretly complaining in their hearts.

The look he showed towards Nangong Rong had turned into one of contempt.

After hearing what Li Yan said, Nangong Rong's face suddenly changed, and he said sternly: "You killed my disciple, and you still dare to speak nonsense here!?"

He did not dare to argue further on this topic, and bowed to Fang Hong and said, "Elder Fang, this Li Yan openly violated the sect's laws. Even if I don't kill him, the sect will not tolerate such a rebellious person."

"I want to capture Li Yan and bring him to the Law Enforcement Hall to deal with him according to the sect's laws. I hope Elder Fang will not stop me."

Nangong Rong knew very well that it was no longer possible to kill Li Yan directly in front of Fang Hong.

However, as long as Li Yan falls into his hands and leaves Cangjian Pavilion, Li Yan's fate will be entirely up to him.

So he lowered his head towards Fang Hong, wanting to take Li Yan away first.

Fang Hong narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly, "Whether we go to the Law Enforcement Hall or not is up to you and me."

There was a hint of doubt in Nangong Rong's eyes. He didn't know what Fang Hong meant.

But the next moment, Fang Hong turned to Li Yan and asked, "Junior Brother Li, what are you going to do next?"

"what!"

When Nangong Rong heard Fang Hong address Li Yan, his eyes widened instantly.

The other disciples below also showed shock on their faces.

"What's going on? Didn't Li Yan fail to be accepted as a disciple by Jindan?"

The disciples even thought they had heard wrongly.

According to the news circulating in the sect, there was no news about Li Yan being accepted as a disciple by any Jindan elder.

So they all thought that Li Yan was disliked by the Jindan Elder because of his five spiritual roots.

But at this moment Fang Hong actually spoke and called Li Yan "junior brother", and things suddenly became interesting.

"Could it be that Li Yan has been accepted as a disciple by the Jindan Elder, but it has not been made public?"

Someone speculated.

"That should be it! Li Yan is really lucky. His five spiritual roots are so valuable to the Golden Core Elder!"

The disciples below looked at Li Yan with eyes full of envy at this moment.

In their opinion, since Li Yan was accepted as a disciple by the Jindan Elder and had support from the Jindan Elder, he would at least be able to enter the foundation-building stage in the future.

Unlike them, even if one reaches perfection in Qi Refining, there may not be a chance for one to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Nangong Rong's expression suddenly changed, his eyes full of disbelief.

He had clearly found out that Li Yan had not been accepted as a disciple by any Jindan elder, so he dared to attack Li Yan secretly.

But Fang Hong's call of "Junior Brother Li" made him feel at a loss.

When Li Yan heard Fang Hong's question, he said calmly, "I have something else to do, so I won't go to the Law Enforcement Hall."

"Okay, if it's too much trouble, I can go on your behalf."

Fang Hong nodded and continued, "Chu Kai committed treason, so his death would be in vain."

"As for Nangong Rong, since he dared to harm my junior brother from behind, he should be handed over to the Law Enforcement Hall for handling."

"But since Junior Brother is busy, I will take him to the Law Enforcement Hall."

Fang Hong's words made all the disciples gasp in shock. How could an ordinary Jindan disciple have such a status?

It seems that Li Yan was not only accepted as a disciple by Jindan, but was also very likely being trained as a true disciple.

No wonder Fang Hong calls Li Yan his junior brother and always considers Li Yan.

When the disciples thought of this, they looked at Nangong Rong with strange eyes again.

Forcing his disciples to provoke a true disciple, this elder of Nangong Rong has gone as far as he can.

If Nangong Rong displeased the Jindan elder, even if he was already a foundation-building elder, he might be deposed from his elder status, or even have his cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect.

Nangong Rong also figured this out. His face turned pale, and he quickly descended from mid-air, begging for mercy from Li Yan: "Junior Brother Li, I am sorry for offending you just now. Please forgive me. I will apologize politely afterwards. Please forgive me this time!"

Even though Li Yan had just killed his disciple Chu Kai, he had to bow to Li Yan the moment he did so, and he undoubtedly lost all his face.

But now it concerns his own safety, so face is not worth mentioning.

"Are you worthy of calling me your junior brother?" Li Yan said coldly without giving Nangong Rong a good look.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Rong knew that Li Yan would never let him go, and his face turned pale in an instant.

It would be fine if he was just expelled from Qingya Sect, but if his cultivation was abolished, he might as well die.

Li Yan ignored Nangong Rong. He bowed slightly to Fang Hong and said, "I'll leave the matter here to Senior Brother Fang."

"I have something else to do, so I'll go down the mountain now."

After saying this, he turned around and walked slowly down the stone steps, under the awe-filled gazes of his disciples.

There is no doubt that today's events will soon sweep across the entire Qingya Sect, and by then all the peaks will set off a wave of discussion about Li Yan.

But at that time no one would question Li Yan's qualifications anymore, they would only envy Li Yan's good luck.

Nangong Rong looked at Li Yan's back with an uncertain expression.

A fierce look flashed in his eyes from time to time. Thinking that he would be punished by the sect anyway, he might as well kill Li Yan and see if he could escape from the sect.

But being in Qingya Sect, he didn't have the courage to really do this.

If he goes to the Law Enforcement Hall, nothing might happen to him.

But if you attack Li Yan, there is a high probability that you will die.

He has practiced hard until now and has already achieved the foundation, so how could he dare to risk his own death?

Finally, a dejected look appeared in his eyes, and at Fang Hong's urging, he slowly flew towards the Law Enforcement Hall.

……

"This Nangong Rong is quite timid."

Li Yan was still wondering if Nangong Rong would get desperate and attack him.

If this were true, he would not be afraid at all.

Even if Fang Hong was not around, his own strength was enough to deal with Nangong Rong, who was in the middle stage of foundation building.

If Nangong Rong attacked him, Nangong Rong would be the only one to die.

He originally thought about killing Nangong Rong directly, but Fang Hong blocked Nangong Rong's sword and saved Nangong Rong's life.

Otherwise, he would have definitely dodged the sword and killed it with a counterattack.

With his current strength, he is already qualified.

A first-rank swordsman can already compete with ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage warriors.

When one reaches the first level of Sword Master, he will be able to kill ordinary strong men in the early stage of foundation building by himself.

His current level of swordsmanship is equivalent to that of a first-level sword master.

And he has successfully switched to the Qi Refining chapter of the Taiyi Sword Canon.

If you drive a spirit sword, the power of the sword technique will increase greatly.

But if he really attacked him, even though Nangong Rong was in the middle stage of foundation building, he would definitely not escape death.

He didn't even need to use the Mo Yuan Sword to kill it completely.

Since Fang Hong wants to take Nangong Rong to the Law Enforcement Pavilion to be questioned, then so be it.

An elder in the middle stage of foundation building was not worth his attention at all.

After descending from Wenjian Peak, Li Yan directly drove the magic sword, flying on the sword and flew towards the back mountain.

He did not return to the bamboo forest courtyard, but came to the ancestor's cave.

The reason I came here was certainly not to file a complaint.

Instead, it was to inquire about matters concerning the Cave Heaven World and to see where he should go next to hone his swordsmanship.

After all, according to Patriarch Qingya, if one wants to condense the innate sword energy, one must go through actual combat training before one can succeed.

Now that he has mastered the sword techniques, going to the cave world must be put on the agenda, and he can even go there directly.

As for the foundation of swordsmanship, he only needs to use his free time in the cave world to look through the sword techniques.

These first-level sword techniques were easy for him to master and he didn't need to spend any time practicing them.

He flew all the way and soon arrived at the cave of Qingya Patriarch with ease.

Patriarch Qingya had already noticed his arrival and was sitting upright on a stone chair next to the square stone table in the cave.

"I've met the ancestor."

Li Yan bowed slightly towards Master Qingya.

Although Patriarch Qingya regarded Li Yan as his disciple, he did not let Li Yan call him master, so Li Yan still called him ancestor.

"What brings you here?"

Patriarch Qingya picked up a cup of freshly brewed spiritual tea on the stone table, took a sip, and asked Li Yan with a smile in his eyes.

"Reporting to the Grandmaster, I want to ask about the Cave Heaven World."

Li Yan bowed and replied.

Although he had already known about the cave world.

But since I have never actually been there, all I know are relatively superficial things.

It is not even clear what caves are nearby or where they are located.

"Oh?"

Patriarch Qingya raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you so anxious to ask about the world of the cave world instead of practicing sword techniques in the cave?"

Li Yan replied: "Disciple has already mastered the Qi Refining chapter of the Taiyi Sword Canon."

"As for the sword techniques, it is easier to improve them only through actual combat, so I want to practice the sword techniques after entering the cave world."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Qingya was stunned, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Have you really mastered the Taiyi Sword Canon?"

Although he was well-informed, he was still shocked by what Li Yan said.

It had only been a few days since he taught the Taiyi Sword Classic to Li Yan.

It was hard for him to believe that he had successfully mastered the Taiyi Sword Canon in such a short time.

This is not an ordinary martial art, but a supreme sword technique.

Even in Central Continent, there are very few people practicing cultivation, and all of them are stunning geniuses.

He knew that the technique that Li Yan originally practiced was just the basic mental method of the Qingya Sect, the Qingya Yinqi Jue.

The quality of the spiritual energy cultivated cannot be compared with this supreme sword technique.

So I originally thought that Li Yan would have to spend at least several years to successfully switch to this cultivation method.

But he never expected that in just a few days, Li Yan had mastered the Qi Refining chapter.

He naturally didn't know that the Qingya Yinqi Jue that Li Yan originally practiced had already been modified by Li Yan himself and was no longer comparable to the original version.

The quality of spiritual energy is in no way inferior to those top-notch Qi-refining techniques.

Therefore, there was no consumption of spiritual energy during the transformation process, and the transformation was completed very smoothly.

Li Yan replied to the Qingya Patriarch: "I dare not deceive the Patriarch."

After saying this, he summoned a stream of spiritual energy and let it circulate in his palm.

Looking at the sharp spiritual energy in Li Yan's palm, Patriarch Qingya took a deep breath.

"It is indeed Taiyi's spiritual energy!"

His eyes suddenly shone with divine light.

"Good good!"

Patriarch Qingya looked at Li Yan with great satisfaction.

Even the disciples of the top sword sects in Central Continent had never heard of such a genius.

But I never thought that he would find it in this small place like Jiuhua Prefecture.

He felt that as long as he cultivated diligently, there was a high possibility that an unprecedented top sword master would appear in Qingya Sect in the future!
“By that time, maybe Li Yan will be able to find some high-level spiritual materials to heal the hidden injury on my Nascent Soul, and maybe I can embark on the path of Taoism again!”

(End of this chapter)