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

Chapter 254 Mingsha Cave Heaven
After Li Yan learned the sword technique, he did not pursue the round-faced stall owner any further.

Later, during his conversation with Gong Yue, he also learned about Gong Yue's identity, that she was a disciple of the Huanling Sect.

The Huanling Sect is considered a native sect in Jiuhua Prefecture, but in terms of sect strength, it cannot be compared with the Qingya Sect.

The Qingya Sect is led by Qingya Patriarch, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, and is a unique existence in Jiuhua Prefecture.

In the Taiyi Sword Realm, there are countless cave worlds and cultivation resources are not scarce.

The cultivator just needs to venture into the cave world to obtain it.

After talking with Li Yan for a long time, Gong Yue blinked her eyes slightly and said to Li Yan expectantly: "Daoyou Li, it may be dangerous for you to go to the cave world alone. How about joining me to form a team and go to Mingsha Cave Heaven?"

"I have already made an appointment with several brothers in the sect. When the time comes, I will wait together, and the danger will be greatly reduced."

Mingsha Cave Heaven is a first-class super cave heaven. In such a cave heaven world, the monsters are very powerful.

Not only are there many ordinary first-order late-stage or even peak-stage monsters, but there are also second-order monsters that are comparable to those at the foundation-building stage.

Therefore, the cultivators who went to Mingsha Cave Heaven were except the sword cultivators who were extremely confident in their own strength.

Ordinary cultivators would call their friends, call on a few fellow Taoists, and then go to the Mingsha Cave Heaven together.

Only in this way can we have a stronger ability to resist risks.

Even if you encounter a small wave of beasts in Mingsha Cave, you will be able to escape from it.

Gong Yue also noticed the extraordinary temperament in Li Yan's conversation, and learned from Li Yan that Li Yan had already achieved perfection in Qi Refining and was qualified to enter Mingsha Cave Heaven, so she sent out the invitation.

"No need."

Li Yan shook his head.

He came here only to practice swordsmanship, not to obtain any spiritual materials.

The target is the foundation-building monster in the Mingsha Cave.

However, Gong Yue and her fellow brothers from the sect were going to enter the Mingsha Cave Heaven to search for spiritual materials, which was a different goal from his.

Gong Yue was rejected, with regret in her eyes: "In that case, we will meet again in the future."

"Farewell."

Li Yan nodded slightly.

Then he parted ways with Gong Yue.

After experiencing the incomplete sword technique incident, he no longer had the desire to continue wandering around in this market and prepared to enter the Mingsha Cave Heaven directly.

Mingshafang City is built beside the Mingsha Cave.

If you want to enter Mingsha Cave, you must first follow the main road of Mingsha Market and enter the majestic city wall made of huge bluestones.

The city wall is several dozen feet high and has a layer of protective formation.

The gate under the city wall was wide open, and many monks who entered and exited the Qingya Cave Heaven entered and exited through this gate.

This tall city wall is not meant to prohibit monks from entering, but is a special layer of protection set up to prevent the monsters from the Mingsha Cave from rushing out.

In addition to the city wall, there are also some disciples from Qingya Dongtian patrolling here.

Li Yan walked straight into the city gate and entered a canyon.

As soon as he entered the canyon, Li Yan felt that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had undergone tremendous changes. There was a large amount of earth-attributed spiritual energy here.

Moreover, there is a desert all around, but outside the city walls, there are green trees, beautiful mountains and clear waters.

However, the canyon within the city wall is barren and yellow.

Not to mention trees, there isn't even a blade of grass.

In the sky above the center of the desert, a yellowish-brown space crack more than ten feet wide was quietly suspended in the air, as if a giant beast had torn the void apart with its sharp claws.

"Is this the entrance to the cave?!"

Li Yan looked at the entrance to the cave in amazement.

Some monks flew out from the ochre-colored crack, while others flew directly into the crack.

Seeing this, Li Yan no longer hesitated. He quickly walked to the crack and threw himself into it.

The next moment, he felt the world spinning around him and heard the sound of wind whistling in his ears.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in an endless land of yellow sand.

Countless sands were swept up by the strong wind, forming yellowish-brown curtains in the air.

The air around was dry, and the scorching sun hung high above the cave, burning the desert.

The water-attributed spiritual energy is almost non-existent in such a place.

Even he felt as if the water in his body was evaporating in such a place.

After using spiritual energy to isolate himself from the outside world, he felt much better.

"I never thought that this Mingsha Cave Heaven would be such a place!"

There was a hint of surprise in Li Yan's eyes.

His feet stepped on the soft sand and he took a few steps forward, making a rustling sound. He had no idea where he was going.

He made a hand gesture and cast a spell, leaving a trace of spiritual energy on the spot.

In this way, no matter how far he walked in Mingsha Cave, he could return to his original place according to this spiritual imprint.

Then you can enter Mingsha Cave Heaven through this space node and leave Mingsha Cave Heaven.

There is usually only one entrance to the cave world.

For example, the entrance to Mingsha Cave is an ochre-colored crack that looks like the space torn apart by the claws of a giant beast.

But there are quite a few exit space nodes in the cave world.

This is a space gap that originally existed in the cave.

After the monks enter the cave heaven, they must join forces to enter the cave heaven world together.

Otherwise, after every cultivator enters the cave world, they will be scattered in different spatial nodes within the cave.

Although there are many spatial nodes in the cave that can be left, it is difficult for cultivators to remember them, so they usually need to return along the original route.

Unless you meet other cultivators on the way, you can follow them and leave the cave world according to their space nodes.

Otherwise, everyone will leave the cave world according to the original space nodes.

Li Yan was naturally no exception.

After he left the mark of spiritual energy, he was ready to leave and officially explore this cave world.

But the next moment, he felt a strange sound coming from the sand under his feet.

Not far away in the ground, a strange figure pushed the sand into a round shape and approached him rapidly from a distance.

Whizzing!

When the strange figure came within a hundred feet of Li Yan, Li Yan's Flying Star Sword suddenly moved out, drawing a green sword light in the air, and in an instant it nailed the round bag into the sand.

The Feixing Sword was folded and put into Li Yan's storage bag, and the round bag suddenly became silent.

"As soon as I arrived, I encountered a first-stage late-stage demon beast. No wonder it is said that one must at least have the strength of perfect Qi Refining to be qualified to enter this Mingsha Cave Heaven."

Li Yan had already used his divine sense to detect the monster in the round ball of sand.

This is a monster that crawls underground like a worm. It has a ferocious mouthpart and moves at an incredibly fast speed in the sand.

He felt that even a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of Qi training could be injured by this monster if he wasn't careful.

But to him, it naturally posed no threat.

He didn't even need to use any sword techniques, the monster was pierced directly by the Flying Star Sword.

"My goal should still be to find those second-level monsters. Only monsters of this level can help me hone my sword skills."

Li Yan thought about it in his heart, then he no longer hesitated, chose a direction, and flew directly into the distance.

……

A place in Mingsha Cave.

A group of four monks, three men and one woman, walked cautiously on the sand, their faces filled with fatigue after a long battle.

One of the thin young monks was panting and asked the monk who was leading the group with a steady look, "Brother Yue, how long will it take for us to reach the Mingjin Spiritual Sand Mine?" "Soon, we should be there in half a day."

Yue Ming remained calm and not too anxious.

When he followed others into the Mingsha Cave Heaven, he encountered a storm and was separated from the other fellow monks.

But on the way back, they fortunately discovered a Mingjinlingsha mine.

It was a pity that not long after he discovered it, he encountered a group of first-level peak monsters, so he had to leave quickly. He only had time to bury a sub-talisman on the spiritual sand mine as a mark.

Although he was the only one who discovered the Lingsha Mine, there was a group of first-level peak monsters guarding the vicinity of the Lingsha Mine.

It is impossible for him to obtain the spiritual sand mine by himself.

So they decided to bring along a few good brothers and sisters from the same school to develop this spiritual sand mine together.

As the discoverer, most of the profits from the Lingsha mine naturally belong to him.

The fellow brothers and sisters can also benefit from it. With the spiritual sand, they can create spiritual weapons and swords, and their combat power will be greatly improved.

Liu Qingping smiled and said, "Brother Wu, don't worry. We have been walking for seven days, so we don't need to worry about half a day."

She has followed Yue Ming to Mingsha Cave for seven days.

During this period, they encountered many monsters, but with the cooperation of the four people, there was no great danger at all.

Moreover, the monsters in Mingsha Cave are very powerful. Under such heavy pressure, she feels that there is a slight breakthrough in her swordsmanship.

She felt that if she went through a few more battles, she might be able to break into the realm of unity of body and sword.

If she encounters a first-level peak monster again, she will have a great chance of killing it!

Thinking of this, her eyes were full of anticipation, and her fighting spirit became more aroused.

“Half a day!”

After hearing what Liu Qingping said, the thin monk took a deep breath, took out a pill from his storage bag and swallowed it. His expression immediately looked much better.

There is no distinction between day and night in this Mingsha Cave. Even though he has reached the Perfect Qi Refining Stage, he is already very tired after such a long time.

Yue Ming said slowly to everyone: "Fortunately, the space node we appeared in this time is not too far from the Lingsha Mine, otherwise it would take even longer!"

"It only takes seven or eight days to get there, which is already pretty good."

The three of them nodded at Yue Ming, agreeing with him.

The scope of Mingsha Cave is extremely large.

If he was unlucky and entered the space node of Mingsha Cave Heaven, it would not be strange even if it was more than a month away from the place where he explored the Lingsha Mine.

Of course, if they really encounter such a situation, they can only enter and exit again so that they can switch to a closer space node.

Yue Ming smiled slightly, and then said: "Don't worry, after we finish mining the spiritual sand mine, we can leave from another space node. It only takes three days to get there, and there is no need to return the same way."

"Brother, do you still remember the location?"

Wu Nan's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

Even for cultivators, it is difficult to remember the location of spatial nodes, and they can usually only determine the location through the spiritual imprints left behind.

However, this spiritual mark cannot last long and will only last for a month or two before disappearing.

In Mingsha Cave, there is yellow sand everywhere.

The monks find it difficult to even discern directions, let alone remember spatial nodes.

Yue Ming smiled and said, "Of course. Last time, I thought that if the space node I came in from was too far away, it would be difficult to go back. So I also left a sub-talisman at the space node where I left last time."

The mother-child talisman lasts much longer than the spiritual mark. Under normal circumstances, even after one or two years, the direction can be determined based on the child talisman.

Wu Nan was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Senior Brother Yue Ming is really well prepared. It was me who was anxious!"

The other cultivator next to him was also an inner disciple of Qingya Sect, his name was Tang Cheng.

He also smiled at this moment and said, "Junior Brother Wu should learn more from Junior Sister Liu. You see, Junior Sister Liu is not as impatient as you."

"Brother Tang, thank you for your praise."

The four of them chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful.

Yue Ming led the way in front, and Liu Qingping and the other two followed behind.

Although there were monsters blocking the way along the way, the four of them were all strong. Even if they encountered a small beast tide, it would only cause some trouble at most and did not pose any major threat to them.

Soon, under Yue Ming's guidance, they arrived at a sunken sand area.

"This is it!"

Yue Ming looked solemn at this moment.

"There is a group of first-level peak monsters active here, so be careful!"

He opened his mouth to remind.

The last time, he was driven away by a group of first-level peak monsters not long after he discovered the Lingsha Mine.

Liu Qingping and the other two nodded, "Brother Yue, don't worry, we will definitely pay attention."

They scanned the surroundings with their spiritual senses, but did not find any danger for the time being.

However, just three feet below the sand under their feet, a sharp spiritual energy wave was emanating.

"Ming Jin Ling Sha!"

The four people's expressions were all cheered up.

This is a second-level spiritual ore that can be used to forge spiritual weapons and swords.

Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from below, the number of Mingjin Lingsha mines here is definitely quite large.

No wonder Yue Ming promised to give them enough to forge spiritual swords.

"There are no traces of monsters here at the moment. Let's set up a concealment formation to hide our aura. Once we have dug up all the spiritual sand, we will immediately withdraw!"

Yue Ming ordered quickly.

They came here to dig spiritual sand, not to fight with the group of peak first-level monsters.

If we could dig out the spiritual sand quietly, that would be perfect.

He took out the formation plate from the storage bag and activated it.

Twelve ochre-colored formation flags flew out from his storage bag and fell towards the surrounding area of thirty feet in radius.

In a flash, it sank into the sand and disappeared.

Then there was a sudden flash of bright light, and they felt that their current environment seemed to be isolated from other places.

"Success!"

A hint of joy appeared on Yue Ming's face.

Once the concealment formation is completed, their breath will be concealed by the formation and will not be detected by the monster.

Next, under the cover of this hidden formation, digging out the Mingjin Lingsha Mine would be a sure thing.

The same was true for Liu Qingping and the other two.

A group of first-level peak monsters. Although they have the strength to fight against them, they still have to fight with all their strength and can be easily injured.

There is no need to worry for now. As long as they dig out the spiritual sand, they won’t even need to fight with the group of first-level peak monsters. They can just escape with the spiritual sand.

Just when the four of them were rejoicing.

Sudden.

A violent roar of a monster was heard from outside!

"hiss!"

The sound was transmitted directly into the ears of the four people hidden in the formation.

At the same time, they felt a strong pressure that made them feel suffocated and their faces turned pale.

"Second-level monster!"

The four looked horrified.

(End of this chapter)