Longevity in Two Worlds: Double Pupils Are the Road to Invincibility

Chapter 242 Graduation Banquet, Tathagata's Golden Elixir
Blue Sky City.

Anlan No. 1 Middle School.

As soon as you enter the gate of Anlan No.1 High School, you will see a banner hanging high that reads, "Warmly congratulate Shi Yi, a student from Class 311 of the third year of our school, for winning the top score in the science stream of the 20XX National College Entrance Examination with 748 points."

This matter has been mentioned multiple times on the campus radio, both to promote the school and to inspire other students.

After all, the school has already produced a provincial champion, so students in the next few years will naturally have the opportunity to become the next provincial champion.

Because of Shi Yi's achievement of becoming the top scorer in the province, the school leaders specially invited Shi Yi to return to the school to share his learning experience with the younger students and to give him a reward from the school.

The top scorer in the college entrance examination in a province receives a substantial bonus, not only from the school but also from the city and other places.

Of course, this number is relatively speaking.

For Shi Yi and the Shi family, he was insignificant.

Even so, Shi Yi was forced to reduce his cultivation time due to these trivial matters, because he had to participate in some activities on Blue Star Great Xia.

Although Shi Yi was about to go abroad to study, he still had to deal with some social obligations in the Great Xia Dynasty.

After sharing his learning experiences with his younger schoolmates, Shi Yi left Anlan No. 1 Middle School. The principal and others personally saw him off, showing him great enthusiasm.

"It's a pity that Shi Yi didn't go to Tsinghua or Peking University, otherwise the publicity effect for our school would have been even better."

The principal watched Shi Yi drive away, a look of regret on his face.

He already knew that Shi Yi had received an acceptance letter from MIT, a fact that Qin Wanqing had already communicated with the school about.

Previously, admissions officers from Tsinghua and Peking Universities had personally called to ask them to persuade Shi Yi to attend one of these universities.

Other well-known domestic universities also offered very favorable conditions, hoping that Shi Yi could enroll.

However, Shi Yi refused them all.

The principal also felt it was a great pity, because it would have been very helpful to his political achievements.

However, there are some things he can't force, and he can only feel regret.

"We couldn't persuade Shi Yi to study abroad."

“Their family had already made arrangements.”

"It's all arranged before the New Year!"

"If it weren't for the agreement with us that Shi Yi would represent our school in the college entrance examination, I guess he wouldn't have taken the exam at all!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yi's homeroom teacher shook his head with a wry smile.

The homeroom teacher knew this best because Qin Wanqing was the first to contact her.

Furthermore, Shi Yi had already made his decision, and he rarely appeared at school, so it was even less likely that she, as his homeroom teacher, could change his mind.

A student like Shi Yi is beyond the influence of his teachers, and even his college entrance examination results are not due to their efforts.

After all, even if these high school teachers took the college entrance examination, it would be difficult for them to achieve the same score as Shi Yi.

When she tried to contact Shi Yi, he rarely replied, and when he did, he was very slow to respond.

Even so, she had no objections, because she knew what the situation was like on Shi Yi's side.

"That's true. The Shi family is a well-known large enterprise in our city, so they must have made arrangements for their own children long ago."

"It's a bit of a pity that I didn't stay in the country to study!"

Upon hearing this, the principal sighed slightly.

For people like Shi Yi, the college entrance examination is not important.

Admissions to prestigious universities abroad are relatively easy to secure.

Even for admission to these prestigious domestic universities, there are other ways to obtain places.

Ordinary people can only take the college entrance examination, while some people are arranged in other tracks from childhood and can easily get admission to prestigious universities.

This is a difference.

Ice Crystal Building, Blue Sky City.

This is a very famous restaurant in Blue Sky City, but today the Ice Crystal Building has been booked out!
A banner reading "Warmly congratulate Shi Yi on achieving the top score in the science stream of the 20XX National College Entrance Examination with 748 points" is prominently displayed in front of the Bingjing Building.

Shi Xuan booked the entire Bingjing Building to host a banquet for Shi Yi's college admission.

In fact, this was not only Shi Xuan's arrangement, but also the work of several elderly members of the Shi family.

When a family produces a provincial top scorer in the college entrance examination, it is natural to hold a grand celebration, as this greatly benefits the Shi family's reputation.

The emergence of outstanding individuals among the younger generation within a family can strengthen family cohesion and is also very helpful for external business collaborations.

This is also part of how those partners evaluate other partners.

Today is Shi Yi's college entrance celebration banquet. There are many people here, far more than Shi Yi expected. However, Shi Yi doesn't recognize most of them because many of them are not close associates of the Shi family and are not family members. This college entrance celebration banquet is not the kind of simple family celebration banquet.

It already has a commercial feel to it.

Shi Yi had virtually no friends at school, since he rarely went there and they had little interaction with each other, so their relationships were generally average.

At the graduation banquet, Shi Yi did not invite anyone, so he did not know most of the people who came.

Those I met were mostly the school teachers invited by Shi Xuan.

When the time came, the graduation banquet proceeded as scheduled.

At the graduation banquet, Shi Xuan took the initiative to introduce Shi Yi to many people.

Most of these people have cooperative relationships with the Shi family, so it's clear that Shi Xuan is helping Shi Yi expand his network.

After the graduation banquet ended, the festivities subsided, and Shi Yi went home with the others.

Next, on Lanxing's side, he needs to start preparing for studying abroad!

Taiyi Dao Gate.

Ancient Moon Peak.

"I've finally achieved a minor level of mastery in this 'Mind-Bending Technique'!"

"With the current power of the Mind Control Technique, it's sufficient!"

Shi Yi was cultivating in the courtyard. After finishing his cultivation, he slowly opened his eyes. With a slight thought, a dark light flashed in his eyes.

When performing Taoist arts like "The Art of Bewitching the Mind," one can use hand gestures, mudras, or even the eyes, depending on the practitioner's habits.

If these actions are coordinated, the effect will be stronger and less prone to errors.

Through his efforts over the past few days, Shi Yi has achieved the desired effect with the "Bewitchment Technique".

The other Taoist arts and martial arts techniques are actually quite similar.

The overall difficulty of the cultivation was within his expectations, so his progress was quite good. Shi Yi stood up and went to the mirror in the room.

"His cultivation of the Body Transformation Technique is quite good. Although those Taoist masters might be able to see the traces of the use of qi and blood, ordinary people simply cannot see through it."

Shi Yi controlled the qi and blood in his body, and his face and body underwent great changes.

He became rough and rugged, completely unlike his original appearance.

This method of controlling the transformation of the physical body through martial arts is not difficult for him.

However, because he had not cultivated to a very high level, the traces of his aura were very obvious, and those with stronger cultivation in Daoist arts might be able to see through it.

The stronger a person's cultivation in Taoism, the stronger their perception. Even changes in the muscles of the physical body can reveal some flaws.

Although they might not be able to recognize his original appearance, they could guess that he had used martial arts to change his appearance.

This could be a potential problem at certain times.

"I still need to put more effort into the martial arts technique of 'Body Change and Face Transformation Technique'. Once I master it, even those with stronger Taoist cultivation will find it difficult to see through my disguise."

"Unless the other party cultivates a special eye technique that can see through disguises, or possesses a supernatural ability to see through illusions."

"There are relatively few people who possess both of these. Once I have mastered the Body Changing and Face Changing Technique, I won't need to worry about this issue too much."

With a slight thought, Shi Yi activated the supernatural power of seeing through illusion in his double pupils.

His original appearance appeared in his senses.

He possesses the ability to see through illusions, and few can pretend in front of him.

Even those martial arts masters who tried to conceal their qi and blood could see it clearly in front of him; they couldn't hide it at all. This supernatural power had helped him many times before and was very practical.

It would be extremely difficult to launch a sneak attack on him.

At least for Shi Yi at this time, he had not yet encountered anyone who could hide their aura in front of him.

Shi Yi was very confident about this.

Shi Yi never stopped improving his own strength, and the same was true for his cultivation of Taoist arts.

"Even though I have now obtained the subsequent cultivation methods for the main cultivation technique, 'Golden Crow Carrying the Sun,' it doesn't significantly improve my current cultivation progress."

"When one's cultivation of Daoist techniques reaches a certain late stage, apart from the key points where the cultivation method needs to point out the direction, other aspects are not greatly affected."

"My Taoist cultivation has reached the Golden Core level, so the Inner Core level techniques of the 'Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Diagram' are not of much help to me."

"I need to pay attention to the methods for breaking through to the Golden Core stage and condensing the Dharma Image."

In the past few days, Shi Yi has been trying to cultivate the follow-up methods of the main cultivation technique, "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun".

It was useful to him, but its effect was limited.

When he directly condensed the Golden Core, the cultivation at the Yuan Core level was not a problem for him. In fact, even if he did not have a cultivation technique, he could still make up for the cultivation content at the Yuan Core level.

Only when one's cultivation level in Taoism advances again will one need further cultivation methods.

"However, I will have time later to help Tathagata Visualization God break through to the Golden Core level as well!"

Shi Yi had a slight thought, and he wanted to break through to the Yuan Dan level of the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra.

Previously, he was afraid of revealing his secret of practicing the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra because of meeting Gu Qianqiu and the elite disciple assessment. However, he no longer needs to worry about this issue.

After all, he had exchanged for so many cultivation techniques and still had so many cultivation resources in his hands.

It is perfectly normal for him to go into seclusion for a period of time to cultivate.

After breaking through to the Yuan Dan realm and becoming an elite disciple, most others would go into seclusion for a long time.

As for sect missions, there's basically no need to worry, because the sect is even more lenient towards elite disciples.

Although sect missions are required, it is acceptable to do them once every two or three years. If you apply for a long-term seclusion, the time can be extended.

"With my current level of Taoist cultivation, if the Tathagata's visualization god also condenses a golden core, the power of the Yin spirit will at least double, or even more."

"This is also the fastest way to improve my strength."

"Although it is relatively safe within the Taiyi Sect, it is time to prepare for improving our strength!"

Shi Yi glanced at the Bodhi seed, a thought flickering in his mind.

When he broke through to the Yuan Dan realm, he hadn't used up all the medicines that had helped him break through.

Furthermore, based on Shi Yi's previous experience in breaking through, continuing to break through to the Yuan Dan realm should not be difficult for him.

"In that case, let's adjust our state first and prepare for breaking through to the Tathagata Golden Core!"

"However, to make this breakthrough process smoother, let the Tathagata Visualization God and the aura of the Earth Fire Golden Core adapt to it and sense the immortal meaning of the metal element within before attempting the breakthrough!"

With a slight thought, Shi Yi disappeared from the house and appeared in the Bodhi Seed Space.

At this moment, within the Bodhi Seed Space, the suspended Earth Fire Golden Pill still exuded an extraordinary aura.

Both the Earth Fire Golden Core and the Heaven Fire Golden Core belong to the fire attribute elemental energy, but when they were condensed into golden cores, their auras were still quite different.

Heavenly fire and earthly fire are not the same type of fire-attribute power.

This is also why Shi Yi first had Tathagata visualize the divine being to familiarize himself with the Earth Fire Golden Elixir.

At the same time, the auxiliary medicines he had prepared to break through to the Yuan Dan realm all appeared near him.

As long as he wants to break through, he can use these auxiliary drugs immediately to help him achieve the breakthrough.

Shi Yi sat cross-legged in the Bodhi Seed Space, his Yin Spirit leaving his body.

A golden, radiant Buddha image appeared within the Bodhi Seed Space.

Unlike the Golden Crow Visualization, which can raise the temperature, the appearance of the Tathagata Visualization caused a sense of 'Zen' to emerge within the Bodhi Seed Space, and this state of mind was in perfect harmony with the Bodhi Seed Space.

Shi Yi obtained the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra within the Bodhi Seed Space, and thus, his progress in cultivating the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra within the Bodhi Seed Space far surpassed that of his cultivation outside.

Shi Yi already knew this, but sometimes he needed to hide this aura, so he didn't spend too much time cultivating in the Bodhi Seed Space each day, otherwise this aura would naturally show on his body.

The Tathagata Visualization God flew out from Shi Yi's sea of ​​consciousness and appeared in front of the Earth Fire Golden Core. Then, a golden ray of light connected the two together.

Shi Yi was very familiar with this step; he had done it the same way before with the Golden Crow Visualization and Heavenly Fire Golden Elixir.

Now that he's done it again, it's naturally a piece of cake for him.

As the Buddha Visualization Deity and the Earth Fire Golden Elixir connect with each other, the immortal meaning of the golden nature slowly emerges within the Buddha Visualization Deity, making its aura even stronger.

This is a sign of the transformation of the Buddha-visualized deity, just as the Golden Crow-visualized deity had previously shown.

This step is crucial for Tathagata's visualization of the divine to break through the Yuan Dan and directly condense the Golden Core in one step. Although the steps are similar, subtle changes may still occur after the visualization of the divine and the material used to condense the Golden Core change.

Shi Yi's actions at this moment were aimed at preventing such subtle changes, making his process of condensing the Tathagata Golden Elixir smoother.

(End of this chapter)