Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 192 Golden Body and Jade Bones
Seeing that his disciples were being rescued gradually under Lin Jian's guidance, the big shots at the forefront were not in a hurry to escape.

Although many disciples are imprisoned, the situation is improving.

If we rashly abandon our position, it might cause even greater trouble.

The stability of the rear battlefield is actually maintained entirely by the defensive line formed by the big shots at the front.

But now that they suddenly realize that even the forest itself may be in danger, the first person to panic is Yun Feiyang, the Golden Core "big shot".

They watched helplessly as the trio fell under the control of the Void Water Demon, and then the monster, now without any resistance, naturally began to approach their bodies.

Without Lin Jian in charge, even if those two body cultivators still maintain their own will, they would probably be unable to defeat him.

Not to mention they fell even before they were in the woods.

As for the seven swords in the sword box that had been protecting Lin Jian, they had always been loyal to their master.

But after their master's spiritual consciousness had completely faded, they, like rootless duckweed, naturally fell back into the sword box and remained motionless.

For a short time, there was no one left to protect them.

Fortunately, the two body cultivators had excellent physical qualities. Cultivators who have reached the third level of Foundation Establishment have a body with a defense level equivalent to a semi-magical artifact, not to mention that they are body cultivators who have the highest requirements for physical conditions.

Even with its unprepared physical body facing the basic attacks of the demons, it wasn't completely torn apart yet. The demons were gnawing at it, and it seemed it could hold out for a little while longer.

Yun Feiyang was so anxious that he saw stars.

In the last battle at the Water Marsh, I had just entered the Golden Core stage and had not yet mastered many techniques, so I was naturally no match for the White Bone Demon of the Tribulation Phase stage.

But now that I've practiced for many days, even if I'm still no match for him, I can at least hold my own for a while.

The immediate priority was to abandon the area they were defending and turn back to defend.

Just as he moved, a seven-colored glow appeared from the target location.

This time, everyone could see the faint, iridescent film covering the surface of the forest.

Because it is no longer limited to the confrontation at the level of spiritual consciousness.

The radiant glow of the merits of all people illuminated him, making him look like a small, colorful figure.

The invisible tentacles above their heads seemed to ignite in the seven-colored glow, a multicolored flame extending along these invisible tentacles all the way up to the sky...

Even amidst the pitch-black demonic energy, a path of firelight could be discerned.

At the end of that route, there was none other than the actual body of the giant jellyfish floating in the air.

"Sigh~~~" The Void Water Demon let out a long, drawn-out cry, and all who heard it could feel its pain.

And it wasn't just them; even the demons that had turned their attention to the forest because the two body cultivators couldn't bite through the hard material, instinctively jumped away as if they had been burned by something the moment they pounced.

"What is that?" The less knowledgeable disciples of the Zhengyang Sect all stared wide-eyed at the seven-colored little figure whose body was slowly rising into the air.

"Merit... the power of merit." The elders who were fighting on the front line stared wide-eyed in disbelief at this moment.

If it was just suspicion before, now it's solid evidence.

As high-ranking members of the sect, they may not have personally enjoyed the benefits of such advanced power, but they had at least heard of it and roughly knew that the sect usually accumulated merit and performed good deeds using this kind of thing.

But how many years of accumulation has the sect made?
Can the merit of protecting an entire sect compare to the merit of an individual?

If one's merits are weak and can only maintain a minimum level, that's called luck.

Of the hundred random things you do, sixty or seventy will turn out for the better.

When an individual possesses such a strong aura, it is called destiny.

Doing a hundred random things will all turn out well, until all the good deeds are exhausted.

Right now, Lin Jian, who has been blessed with good fortune, has undoubtedly fallen into some kind of opportunity. The merit he gained to dispel the control of the evil demon at the Tribulation Stage should have quietly dissipated after taking effect, but now it has been absorbed by some subtle change that is taking place within Lin Jian's body.

In order to resist the invasion of external attacks, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to flow into the limbs, meridians, flesh, and marrow of the forest.

Until the spiritual energy fills every cell, and locks in every drop of blood within the body...

The foundation has three layers.

Golden body and jade bones!

It's not just about the body, but also about one's own will.

Foundation building is about establishing the foundation for the Golden Elixir, and it aims to make oneself a unified whole, unaffected by external influences.

This is the path that is currently unfolding in the forest.

This path is not easy.

It is quite normal for many cultivators, even those who have established their foundation, to be stuck at the first or second level for their entire lives.

Each realm is a new challenge.

Let alone major hurdles like the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, even the smaller leaps between Foundation Establishment stages one, two, three, and four can take many cultivators a lifetime of preparation and refinement.

Normally, the forest is far from the time when one can forge a golden body and jade bones.

Cultivation is a slow and gradual process.

His spiritual roots weren't quite right, and the environment he was in didn't have a particularly rich spiritual energy.

The only way to gradually refine spiritual energy into the body is through daily practice.

This process may take three to five years, or it may take eight to ten years.

Many cultivators are like this, and Lin Jian is probably no exception.

But something unexpected happened.

The process, which originally required endless spiritual energy to slowly fill the void, was compensated for by this omnipotent power of merit in an almost wild manner.

The process begins when the body automatically absorbs spiritual energy to fight back against the invasion of demons.

If you lack spiritual energy, you can make up for it with good deeds.

Golden body and jade bones, primordial unity.

And that's not all...

A mere golden body and jade bones do not possess the ability to retaliate in a way that causes the opponent to feel burning pain.

Golden Spirit Body!
The techniques taught by the Sword Immortal in the earliest period were memorized by Lin Jian's body through habit, and he kept himself running at all times during this critical moment of resisting external enemies.

The incantation of the Golden Spirit Body was also incorporated into the process of forging the golden body and jade bones. The process of simply polishing a magical artifact body was now also imbued with the ability to launch a counterattack against attackers.

The foundation for maintaining this ability to retaliate comes from the owner's will to fight back.

Spiritual energy, golden spirit body, sword intent...

Everything was incorporated into this otherwise routine cultivation advancement.

It's unclear whether this was a preordained arrangement by Chunxue, or simply a pure coincidence that had accumulated until now.

As the colorful rays of light faded, all that remained in the sky for a moment was a small golden figure, its entire body gleaming with a dazzling golden light...

(End of this chapter)