The road is vague

Chapter 65 The art of wandering
Inside the secret room of the alchemy room.

After another half a month of contemplation, Li Mo finally understood the method of spiritual travel in "Wunian Jue".

"It really feels quite familiar."

After Li Mo's soul left his body in the secret room, he looked at himself sitting cross-legged on the cushion from a bystander's perspective, with a thoughtful look on his face. This was very similar to the feeling he had when he entered the ethereal dream, but also different.

According to the "Enlightenment Technique", he can now try to feel the power of heaven in this secret room.

However, it was only mid-May, and the summer thunderstorms had not yet arrived. After Li Mo familiarized himself with the secret room for a while, his soul returned to its place.

This secret technique seems simple, but it is actually extremely dangerous.

The soul of a cultivator in the Qi training stage is very weak and can only move in a dark secret room. If it is exposed to the outside world, it will be reduced to ashes in a moment, not to mention a rainy day. Ghosts are the things that are most afraid of thunder and lightning. Magical instruments like the evil-repelling bell will also cause serious harm to Li Mo in his trance state.

According to legend, when a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul stage, his Nascent Soul can leave his body and travel into the universe in a short period of time.

After the joy, Li Mo walked out of the alchemy room and found Nie Zhen.

"Senior Brother Nie."

The two are now quite familiar with each other. Every time Li Mo comes to apply for the alchemy room, Nie Zhen is responsible for the registration.

After hearing this, Nie Zhen continued to study the book in his hand carefully without even raising his eyelids.

"Junior Brother Li, didn't we agree before? From now on, I will leave that alchemy room exclusively for you."

Li Mo couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"This time, there's another matter I want to discuss with Senior Brother Nie."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Nie Zhen looked up at Li Mo.

Li Mo smiled slightly and took out a jade bottle from his arms.

"This is a kind of elixir I made myself that can improve the cultivation level of the Qi training stage. There are eight of them in total, called Shangyuan Qi training pills. I want to exchange them for the Huangyuan Guiqi pill in my senior brother's hand. How do you do it?"

"Shangyuan Qi-training Pill?"

After Nie Zhen took the jade bottle, he took out a Shangyuan Qi-training Pill and examined it carefully, and immediately a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The medicinal spiritual power contained in this Shangyuan Qi-training Pill is almost 30% higher than that of his Huangyuan Guiqi Pill. Most importantly, he is almost certain that this kind of spiritual pill that can improve the cultivation level of cultivators in the Qi-training stage has never appeared in his master's sect. This means that those disciples who need to swallow the pill do not need to worry about the problem of drug resistance!

"Junior Brother Li is indeed worthy of his reputation. He is actually able to refine such a pure elixir!"

Then Nie Zhen's eyes rolled around, and he stood up with a smile, walked to Li Mo's side, showing a flattering attitude.

"But Junior Brother, instead of exchanging pills, how about exchanging the pill formula directly? My Huang Yuan Gui Qi Pill is also a pill formula that can improve the cultivation level of the Qi training stage. It won't be a loss for Junior Brother to exchange with me."

"this?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo pretended to hesitate, then sighed and shook his head like a rattle.

"Brother, you may not know that the recipe for my Shangyuan Qi-training Pill was personally taught to me by my master, who claimed it was the only one of his sect. How could I easily pass it on to others? It's not right, it's not right."

He almost asked for more money.

"It can't be easily spread outside?"

Nie Zhen was not a stupid person, so he could naturally hear the hidden meaning in Li Mo's words.

"Haha, it's just a recipe for a Qi training pill, how could Hall Master Lu take it seriously?"

Then he made a gesture of pain.

"How about this, as long as Junior Brother is willing to exchange the pill formula, I still have three Huang Yuan Gui Qi Pills here, and I'll give them to Junior Brother as a premium. How do you think?"

"This isn't good. How can I let my brother suffer?"

Li Mo still refused.

Nie Zhen looked speechless, but he could only endure his temper and continue to pretend to be agreeable. It was not until Li Mo proposed the condition of adding five Huang Yuan Gui Qi Pills that he let out a long sigh.

"That's fine."

Li Mo made a painful gesture.

"Since Senior Brother is so insistent, and considering the convenience you have given me in the past, then fine, I will keep it a secret from Master this time and exchange this pill formula with you!"

After hearing this, Nie Zhen's face immediately showed joy.

For the monks in the Alchemy Hall, mortal-level functional pill recipes such as plague-avoiding pills, blood-replenishing pills, sleeping pills, and detoxification pills are the cheapest.

However, the elixir recipe that can improve cultivation is much more valuable.

The most expensive ones are the elixir recipes that can help break through bottlenecks and improve certain cultivation qualifications. The higher the realm, the rarer and more precious they are.

However, the recipe for the Qi Gathering Pill is an exception.

This is a pill recipe that is widely circulated in all the countries in the Central Plains. Not only do cultivators in the Qi training stage have Qi Gathering Pills, but cultivators in the foundation building stage also have similar general and cheap pill recipes, but they are only relatively cheap.

Next.

Li Mo actually followed the same method, using the exclusive recipe of Shangyuan Lianqi Pill, and exchanged the recipe with five senior brothers and sisters in the Alchemy Hall, and asked for a lot of benefits, including century-old elixirs and exclusive elixirs. It can be said that he reaped a lot of benefits!

However, the consequence of doing so would be that Shangyuan Qi-training Pill would lose its exclusivity.

In the future, the value of Shangyuan Qi-training Pills in Lingmu Sect will drop sharply.

It's not worth it in the long run.

But Li Mo's pursuit is different from that of other senior brothers and sisters in the Alchemy Hall.

His future ideal is not to work in the Alchemy Hall, but to join the Special Service Hall and become an inspector of the Ministry of Destiny. Naturally, he will no longer need to consider the issue of long-term sales. The most important thing at present is to quickly accumulate original capital and improve his cultivation.

"Six pill recipes, and so many elixirs and hundred-year-old elixirs. I have to plan carefully for the future."

Li Mo can be said to have fully utilized the value of this Shangyuan Qi-training Pill recipe.

After he left the Alchemy Hall contentedly, he did not rush back to his dormitory to rest, but went to the Guardian Hall and told the two gatekeepers his purpose.

After a while.

Senior Brother Wei Cang, who was as skinny as a stick, walked out of the courtyard of the Dharma Protector Hall.

He brought Li Mo to his private cave with a smile.

The vast majority of the foundation-building cultivators of Lingmu Sect have their own private caves, where they can set up flag formations to avoid being disturbed by outsiders and practice the Great Circulation in peace.

After taking a sip of the spiritual tea brewed by Senior Brother Wei Cang, Li Mo started chatting with him.

"Third Brother, I came here this time. Besides wanting to learn about thunder magic, I actually have two other things I want to ask you about."

Wei Cang put down the teacup and smiled slightly.

"But it doesn't matter."

"First, let me ask Master. Although I have been training with Master for more than ten days, I have never heard Master talk about the situations of other brothers and sisters. I wonder if you could tell me about them?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Cang showed a look of disappointment.

"Master has accepted six formal disciples. The eldest brother passed away over thirty years ago. The second sister failed to master the Seven Apertures Returning to Origin technique, became frustrated and lost her mind, and died. I am your third brother. The fourth and fifth brothers died in the war between the monks of Lu State and the territory of Zhongshan State. The sixth sister, Jiang Feiyan, serves as the Chief Inspector of the Tianming Division in Bai'an County, responsible for maintaining local law and order. Then there is you, the youngest brother."

When Li Mo heard that his second senior sister, whom he had never met before, was the one who his master had mentioned who had never been able to master the Seven Apertures Return to Origin Technique in her entire life, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

But when he heard that his sixth senior sister was serving as the chief inspector in Bai'an County, he was immediately delighted.

He suddenly remembered that Brother Zhang Qin had said something similar. At the time, a great evil spirit was wreaking havoc in the Tan River. Jiang Zongqi, the newly appointed commander of the Tianming Division in Bai'an County, had just encountered a major crisis. Every town was experiencing a crisis, and she was so anxious that she even called in a master.

Hua'an Town is a small town under the jurisdiction of Bai'an County.

So the reason why Lu Qi appeared in Tanhe was because of this Senior Sister Jiang?

As for the eldest senior brother who had already passed away, and the fourth and fifth senior brothers who died on the battlefield, he could only sigh silently.

Then Li Mo inquired about the Piaomiao Demon Pill.

Wei Cang frowned when he heard this.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head.

"I've never seen this item before, but every year at the end of December, our sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators hold a trade fair. This time, there should be quite a few fellow Foundation Establishment cultivators returning from Zhongshan State. Since Qi Condensation disciples can obtain this item from the storage bags of Lu State cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators should also be able to gain something. You can come with me to the trade fair to take a look."

"Can I go too?"

"As long as you don't make a fuss, no one will mind."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo immediately expressed his gratitude.

It was only mid-May now, and the trade fair would not start for more than half a year, so he could still prepare well.

Next, Li Mo began to ask Wei Cang about thunder magic.

As a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building, Wei Cang once served as a lecturer in the advanced training hall. Now he is teaching Li Mo privately, which naturally benefits Li Mo a lot.

"Generally speaking, Junior Brother, your thunder techniques tend towards Yang Thunder."

"Yang Lei?"

Li Mo was stunned. It was the first time he heard that thunder magic was divided into yin and yang.

Seeing this, Wei Cang stretched out his right hand and performed the same thunder method. It seemed that there was not much difference, but as Wei Cang slowly narrated, Li Mo indeed discovered that the nature of Wei Cang's thunder method was different from his own.

"It's not just thunder magic; everything has its yin and yang sides. This is the great way of heaven and earth. My suggestion is that you master a few Yin and Thunder magics. As the saying goes, solitary Yin cannot flourish, and solitary Yang cannot be born. What do you think?"

Li Mo was really enlightened and nodded continuously, indicating that he was willing to learn.

Seeing this, Wei Cang did not hide it.

"How about this, I have two types of thunder spells here: Thunder Curse and Mysterious Thunder Lock. They are elementary intermediate spells and elementary advanced spells respectively. They can be used in conjunction with your other thunder spells."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

For the next half month, Li Mo would visit Wei Cang in the Guardian Hall every day to learn the two spells, the Thunder Curse and the Mysterious Thunder Lock.

Li Mo diligently asked for advice every day and soon mastered these two yin-attribute thunder techniques.

The Thunder Curse is a beginner-level intermediate spell that can detonate the hidden thunder in the enemy's heart after the enemy suffers damage from thunder magic, causing its magic power to collapse and become weak.

The entry-level advanced spell, Mysterious Thunder Lock, can cause a corrosive effect on powerful and heavy magical instruments, and is beyond the control of the instrument holder.

It is now early June and summer thunderstorms are approaching.

Li Mo was actually free at this time.

So during the day, he continued to use the contributions he had accumulated from his master to attend different classes. These classes covered not only basic five-element magic, alchemy, insect control, puppetry, and secular martial arts, but also weapon refining, talisman making, rune prohibition, sacrifice, etc. He had some exposure to these and learned some basic common sense.

During this period, he also went to the Canggong Pavilion several times, and no one knew what information he was looking for.

at night.

Li Mo began to practice the various thunder methods he had mastered, and slowly circulated the small Zhoutian to accumulate and consolidate his foundation.

It is worth mentioning that.

Ever since he performed Lei Wu Hua Ji once during the year-end assessment, he has not condensed any new thunder crystals.

It takes about half a month to condense the thunder crystal. During this period, one cannot improve his cultivation level, and every time he activates it, he will suffer severe backlash. That's why Tian Fen said not to become dependent on it, so as not to damage his foundation. Besides, he doesn't plan to go out in the near future and will not encounter any danger. After thinking about it, it is better to improve his cultivation level as soon as possible.

Rumble, rumble.

In the blink of an eye, it was early July and the summer thunderstorms arrived.

Li Mo came to the Alchemy Hall and hid in the secret room. After taking a deep breath, he followed the method of spiritual travel in "Wunian Jue" and carefully completed the soul leaving the body.

Suddenly.

Thunder exploded in the sky!

Although he had passed through the barrier of the secret room, Li Mo, whose soul had left his body, still couldn't help but scream. He lost his strength under the power of the thunder and curled up motionlessly in the corner of the secret room.

It seems that there is only a thin line between life and death.

There was constant thunder outside, and Li Mo felt confused and dazed.

He tried several times to cheer himself up, but he felt that he could not stay awake at all. He could only tremble under the thunder and crawl in the corner.

I do not know how long it has been.

Just when Li Mo thought he would have to wait here for the thunderstorm to end and that today would be over, he suddenly had an idea and recalled the first time he entered the ethereal dream, and it seemed to be the same.

He was in a daze at the time and only realized what was going on after waking up from the dream.

After this realization, Li Mo felt as if he had regained some strength.

This feeling was like overcoming the fear of natural enemies, reason overcoming instinct, so he returned to his body without hesitation and merged with his flesh.

Li Mo slowly opened his eyes, looking thoughtful.

"My divine consciousness has indeed grown a bit. It seems that the method described in the 'Enlightenment Technique' is indeed effective. It's not just a weakened version of the ethereal dreamland thunder tribulation enlightenment."

Then he suddenly thought of something.

After being stunned for a moment, Li Mo looked at the time. It was already the hour of Xu. He quickly ran back to the dormitory, washed up quickly, and went to bed to rest.

On the vast, empty, ancient land.

Li Mo woke up slowly and realized that he had entered a vague dream.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder flickered vaguely. Li Mo was not in a hurry to practice the Great Circulation here, but tried to practice the art of spiritual travel again.

After a while.

After he practiced martial arts, his shadow and body, which had been turned upside down in his ethereal dream, now changed again, completing the reversal, or returning to normal.

Li Mo fell to the ground in his normal form, seemingly having lost all his strength.

He was in a daze and trembling instinctively.

After a long time.

Li Mo seemed to have regained some sanity and overcome his fear of thunder in the sky.

"Everything has its yin and yang sides. This is the way of heaven and earth. Yin alone cannot thrive, and Yang alone cannot exist."

He tried to look up at the sky.

"Could it be that... this is the other side of the Mountain and Sea Realm, the dark shadow of the Mountain and Sea Realm? It feels very strange, as if something is sealed here, and the feeling is different from that of the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Although Li Mo is still unable to uncover the secret of the ethereal dream, he can clearly feel that he is gradually adapting to this place.

(End of this chapter)