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

Chapter 257 Promotion
"I see. Since you already have a famous teacher, I am being rude. I hope you will forgive me for this intrusive behavior."

Su Wan nodded towards Li Yan to apologize.

"It's just a small matter, you don't need to apologize."

Li Yan didn't take this matter to heart.

The reason why he said this to Su Wan was just to make Su Wan give up the idea of continuing to recruit him for the Xingchen Sword Sect.

With his speed of cultivation, he only needs to break through the foundation-building stage, and everything will go smoothly from then on.

Naturally, there is no need to establish cause and effect relationships with major sects like the Star Sword Sect.

Yue Ming and others also gained a lot from listening to the secrets told by Su Wan.

They didn't expect that they would meet people from the Sword Sect on this trip, and learn so much secret information from them.

And from what Li Yan said, they also understood that in their own Qingya Sect, there was a reclusive swordsman who even sword sect disciples like Su Wan had to stand in awe of.

As a result, their sense of belonging to Qingya Sect became stronger.

"I don't know who the reclusive swordsman from my Qingya Sect is..."

They were all filled with awe, yet curiosity, and wanted to know who the master Li Yan was talking about was.

Seeing that she could not recruit Li Yan, Su Wan stood up and said goodbye.

"I still need to eliminate the foundation-building monsters here, so I will say goodbye to Fellow Daoist Li. If we are lucky enough to meet again in the future, I will reminisce about the past with you."

In Su Wan's opinion, with Li Yan's background, he will definitely move to a bigger stage in the future.

Even if we part today, as long as Li Yan doesn't die, I will definitely hear from him again in the future.

"Farewell."

Li Yan nodded. What he learned about the Lingxu Cave Heaven Map from Su Wan had already broadened his horizons.

Now, my heart is filled with curiosity about the larger places in the Taiyi Sword Realm.

However, his current cultivation level is not high enough and he needs to accumulate experience for a few more years.

After a few years, his own realm will be improved, and with the protection of the Mo Yuan Sword, although the Taiyi Sword Realm is large, his life will no longer be in danger.

Yue Ming and his companions also bowed and said goodbye to Li Yan. They would need to continue mining the Mingjin Lingsha.

This kind of spiritual sand is a supreme treasure for Qi Refining disciples like them who have no spiritual swords to protect them.

But the flying sword that Li Yan used just now to kill two second-level monsters was obviously a spiritual sword.

Moreover, judging from its momentum, it is not comparable to ordinary spiritual swords, and it is obvious that it no longer needs this kind of spiritual sand.

Moreover, it was Yue Ming who discovered the Mingjin Lingsha. Since Yue Ming did not speak up, Liu Qingping and the other two naturally would not mention it.

"Su Wan has already cleared out the second-level monsters in the Mingsha Cave Heaven. I will leave here and go to the second-level cave heaven to kill the second-level monsters. I will condense the innate sword energy as soon as possible and enter the foundation-building stage."

Seeing that everyone had left, Li Yan had no intention of staying in Mingsha Cave any longer.

Patriarch Qingya gave him a map of the caves in Jiuhua Prefecture, and he knew the locations of all the caves in Jiuhua Prefecture.

There are too few second-level monsters in Mingsha Cave, and he needs to kill many second-level monsters if he wants to condense his innate sword energy, so he will not stay in Mingsha Cave any longer.

Sensing the spiritual mark left by himself at the space node when he came here, he turned his sword into a rainbow and flew directly towards that space node.

When he came here, he flew slowly because he needed to comprehend the sword techniques. But now he is in Mingsha Cave and has fully comprehended the sword techniques, so the return trip will naturally be smooth sailing.

After only one day's journey, they returned to the space node.

He threw his body inward, and safely returned to the outside of the cave from this space node.

"Tiger Roaring Cave Heaven is not far from here."

Li Yan came out of Mingsha Cave, his eyes flashed slightly.

He recalled a second-level cave near Mingsha Cave.

In this cave, there is a peak-level second-level tiger demon who reigns as the king, so it is named the Tiger Roaring Cave.

But in addition to the tiger monster, there are also many early and middle stage second-order monsters here, which are just right for him to hone his swordsmanship and condense his innate sword energy.

After he walked out of the gate, he flew straight towards the Tiger Roaring Cave on his sword.

……

A few days later.

Li Yan flew out from the Tiger Roaring Cave, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

The Tiger Roaring Cave he chose was indeed a good place, with a large number of second-level monsters.

After only a few days in there, he had killed hundreds of second-level monsters and condensed the innate sword energy.

According to Patriarch Qingya, he has now entered the first realm of the sword path and can be called a first-level sword master.

This is the most extraordinary realm in the way of swordsmanship.

Only by reaching this realm can one stand proudly above countless sword geniuses and become the leader of sword practitioners.

Li Yan originally didn't understand why condensing the innate sword energy was said to be so powerful by Patriarch Qingya.

But on the way back, he encountered a peak-level second-order tiger monster, which was the most powerful monster in the Tiger Roaring Cave.

Even a strong man at the peak of the foundation building stage would find it difficult to deal with it unless he entered the second realm of the sword.

If it was before condensing the innate sword energy, Li Yan would not be able to deal with it unless he activated the Mo Yuan Sword.

But after condensing the innate sword energy, he only tried to activate the innate sword energy.

In just a moment, the head of the second-level peak tiger demon was chopped off.

Only then did he understand the reason.

Even a first-level swordsman can usually only kill ordinary second-level early-stage monsters.

He practiced the Taiyi Sword Technique and had already embarked on the path of the Sword Master, so he was able to instantly kill two Mingsha poisonous scorpions in the Mingsha Cave.

Normally, it should be like Su Wan. Although she can kill the Mingsha Poison Scorpion, it also requires some means.

After all, the Mingsha Poison Scorpion is the most powerful second-level monster in the first-level super cave, and its strength is much stronger than ordinary second-level monsters.

After he condensed his innate sword energy and became the master of the sword, he could easily kill even the peak second-level monsters.

This level of strength even made him feel that he had reached the Golden Core level.

Relying solely on his Qi training, he almost crossed two major realms. No wonder Patriarch Qingya said that the sword master was against the will of heaven.

Even he, who felt the power contained in the innate sword energy, felt terrified.

"Now that I have condensed my innate sword energy, I can also practice the foundation-building chapter of the Taiyi Sword Canon."

"When I enter the foundation-building stage and practice a few second-level sword techniques, I'm afraid that I will be able to defeat a strong man in the golden elixir stage in the early stage of foundation-building!"

Li Yan also figured this out on his way back to the sect on his sword.

The higher the realm, the stronger the barriers between them.

But the swordsmanship can break through this barrier and force the opponent to attack from above.

He took a deep breath and went straight back to the sect's back mountain, back to his own little Qingzhu residence, and then began to retreat, preparing to break through.

Breaking through Qi training and entering foundation building is an important step in consolidating the cornerstone of one's own great path.

For Li Yan, it was a solid step towards condensing the supreme innate sword foundation and becoming one with the Heavenly Dao of the Taiyi Sword Realm in the future. Naturally, he attached great importance to it.
"Foundation building usually requires foundation building pills, but I don't have any on me. However, with the gold order, I can go to the sect's treasury and withdraw them at will."

"But with my talent, I don't need elixirs like the Foundation Establishment Pill."

For Li Yan, as long as he has the skills, there will be no bottlenecks and he does not need to swallow pills or other auxiliary items.

The Taiyi Sword Canon, a technique that leads directly to the Hedao stage, is the best training resource for him.

As for other secret methods of elixirs that aided in breaking through realms, they were of no value to him at all. He closed his cave and began to practice in seclusion.

He merged the Taiyi spiritual energy in his body with the innate sword energy he had condensed.

Within his Dantian, as the two continued to merge, the quality of the spiritual energy in his body was rapidly increasing, and even began to liquefy.

And in the very center of his dantian, he condensed the innate sword energy, which had now condensed into the shape of a flying sword.

This is the supreme sword foundation he has condensed, which can be called the Taiyi Sword Foundation!

As soon as the sword foundation was completed, Li Yan suddenly felt something in his heart. He felt that at this moment, his affinity with the sword laws between heaven and earth began to surge sharply.

If his original affinity with the laws of swordsmanship was one, it had now directly increased to one hundred.

"If you don't practice the Taiyi Sword Canon, you will never be able to achieve the Dao!"

Li Yan understood.

The He Dao he mentioned is naturally not the He Dao period in the Taiyi Sword Realm cultivation system, but the real harmony of the body with the Heavenly Dao.

Although he had already fully comprehended the Taiyi Sword Canon, it was still superficial after all.

Now that he has personally started practicing this technique, condensed the supreme sword base and entered the foundation-building stage, he has deeply realized the horror of this technique.

This technique could never be created by human power. It could only be a supreme technique that was born and nurtured by nature and created by the way of heaven.

Therefore, once he entered the door, with Li Yan's realm, he could perceive the mystery in it.

This is a Taoist practice.

Perhaps it is the Heaven's Way of the Taiyi Sword Realm, and this technique was born to help people conform to the Way.

It was also the first time that Li Yan had seen such a Heavenly Dao that specifically sought harmony between man and nature.

But this at least proves that he is on the right path.

The base of his sword solidified, and in an instant, countless spiritual energy from the outside world poured into his dantian.

The spiritual energy was continuously compressed under the action of his sword base, and eventually turned into spiritual liquid, which turned into a spiritual sea in his dantian.

Above the spiritual sea, the small and exquisite green sword base was quietly suspended in the air, emitting wisps of sword aura.

Li Yan looked inward at the foundation of the sword and understood why one must condense the innate sword energy to practice Taiyi Sword Dao.

This is because this innate sword energy contains a trace of sword intent from the cultivator.

Only by forging the foundation of the sword in this way can it better conform to the sword principles of this world.

After a while, the vortex of spiritual energy above Li Yan's cave dissipated, and the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual sea in his body was extremely abundant, and it had reached the peak of the initial stage of foundation building.

Li Yan exhaled a breath of foul air. Due to the foundation-building and marrow cleansing, the outside of his body was already covered with a layer of sticky black dirt.

After casting a spell and cleansing his body, he felt as if his body was as light as a wild goose, as if he could fly up with just a little effort.

And the perception of external spiritual energy has become more acute.

"The aptitude of the five spiritual roots seems to have improved."

Li Yan was thoughtful. His cultivation speed was also somewhat related to the grade of his spiritual roots.

If he had only one spiritual root, he would probably need less than half a month to achieve perfection in Qi training.

But now, after entering the foundation-building stage, he clearly felt that his affinity with spiritual energy had reached a new level.

Based on the original affinity of the five spiritual roots, Li Yan felt that his spiritual root qualifications had been improved to a level comparable to three spiritual roots.

"Is this the effect of the marrow cleansing after breaking through the foundation-building stage, or is it because I practiced the Taiyi Sword Canon?"

Li Yan was curious, but did not delve into it further.

Regardless, this is a good thing for him.

Now that you have broken into the foundation-building stage, the next step is to comprehend the second-grade sword techniques, master the method of using sword energy, and how to refine sword energy into sword light and sword energy.

The second realm of swordsmanship is when the sword energy transforms into a form, which has three levels: sword energy, sword light, and sword aura.

Li Yan condensed the innate sword energy during the Qi training period and had already entered the first stage.

Next, you need to practice the second-grade sword technique to condense the sword energy into sword light and sword energy, so that you can continue to improve your sword realm.

He flew on his sword and headed towards Wenjian Peak again.

Last time, because Patriarch Qingya was worried that Li Yan had read the second-grade sword technique in advance, which would affect the condensation of his innate sword energy, he only allowed Li Yan to choose the first-grade sword technique in Cangjian Pavilion.

But now that he has entered the foundation-building stage, he naturally doesn't have to worry about this anymore.

It's just right to pick up the high-quality sword techniques in the Cangjian Pavilion, so I don't have to come here again in the future.

After all, Li Yan planned to improve his realm in the back mountain for the next period of time and did not plan to go out again.

For the next few realms of swordsmanship, Li Yan is confident that he can successfully cultivate them even without going through actual combat with monsters.

"The highest level of sword techniques in the Hidden Sword Pavilion is the fourth-grade sword technique, which is enough for me to raise my sword realm to the fourth level and enter the Nascent Soul stage!"

Li Yan's eyes flickered slightly.

The fourth-grade sword technique can enable him to reach the fourth level of swordsmanship and refine the sword into silk.

When he reaches this realm, he will become a Nascent Soul and his strength will be able to compete with that of a Divine Soul.

If one were to find the fifth-grade sword technique in the outside world, one could elevate the realm of swordsmanship to the fifth realm and master the differentiation of sword light.

One can even advance to the Spiritual Transformation stage and be able to compete with the powerful ones in the Void Refining stage.

Li Yan flew straight to Wenjian Peak.

Now that he has reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, the restrictions on the mountain can no longer stop him. He flies directly up the mountain on his sword and lands at the Sword Cang Pavilion in just a moment.

"The foundation building elder is here!"

The disciples who came in and out of Cangjian Pavilion were suddenly moved when they saw a man descending from the sky with a sword. They were about to look to see which elder it was, but they saw that the man had already entered Cangjian Pavilion.

"Why did that foundation-building elder just now seem to be Senior Brother Li?"

Someone saw Li Yan's profile and spoke hesitantly.

"How is this possible? Although Senior Brother Li is a true disciple of the Golden Core, he has only been practicing Qi for a few days. How could he achieve the foundation building so quickly?"

"Maybe my eyes are blurry!"

Seeing that no one believed him, the disciple did not say anything to refute.

Because he himself thought he had seen it wrong.

……

"Brother Fang, please bring me all the sword techniques above the second rank in the Sword Hidden Pavilion."

Li Yan walked into the Cangjian Pavilion, went straight to Fang Hong, and bowed slightly to Fang Hong.

Fang Hong was taking a nap on a wooden chair when he suddenly heard Li Yan's voice and was startled.

"Junior Brother Li, please wait a moment. I will go get it for you."

Fang Hong quickly stood up and spoke to Li Yan respectfully.

After that day, he also learned about it from Wei Xu, the master of Wenjian Peak.

Li Yan has extraordinary talent and is the master's new disciple.

Now that Li Yan had arrived and asked him for sword techniques of the second grade or above, although he was confused, he still did not ask Li Yan what the purpose of these sword techniques was.

He simply sorted out all the sword techniques above the second level, put them into a storage bag, and handed it to Li Yan.

(End of this chapter)