Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 42 - Natal Magical Artifact
The three beams of light merged with their respective objects, and Lin Le also felt three mysterious connections rising in his heart.

He summoned the golden light, and with a thought, the golden light transformed into a gleaming gold bracelet, which was then placed on Lin Le's wrist.

"Should I call you the Vajra Bracelet or the Universe Ring?" Lin Le stretched out his hand, and the golden ring suddenly grew larger, detaching from Lin Le's wrist and transforming into a one-meter-wide golden ring.

"Let's call it the Qiankun Ring, that's more fitting." Lin Le clasped his hands together, and the Qiankun Ring slipped back onto his wrist like a bracelet.

Then came the blood energy, which was summoned and seemed to tangibly intertwine with Lin Le's arm, looking like a red ribbon.

Without much thought, Lin Le named it, "You shall be called Hun Tian Ling."

Finally, there was the elixir of the sun and moon, which transformed into a pair of yin-yang fish, swimming beside the lotus.

This made Lin Le's expression somewhat complicated, after all, the Sun and Moon Spirit Elixir was supposed to be his trump card for survival.

However, Lin Le shook his head slightly. If it's gone, it's gone. Anyway, as his strength increases, the benefits this thing provides him decrease. It's fine for it to become his natal magic weapon.

Lin Le exhaled, and the yin-yang fish leaped out from the inner world, transforming into a pair of swords that flew out of Lin Le's mouth.

Lin Le gripped the twin swords with both hands, examined them, and found that they were both ancient in style, resembling eight-sided Han swords.

One is white, radiating intense heat; the other is black, radiating chilling coldness.

Moreover, compared to the Qiankun Ring and Hun Tian Ling, which had not yet been given any magical restrictions, it seems that because the Sun and Moon Spirit Elixir was of slightly higher quality and in greater quantity, this pair of swords naturally developed a minor restriction, becoming high-grade magical artifacts.

The artifacts are divided into four levels: Dharma, Spirit, Treasure, and Dao. Each level is further divided into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and ultimate.

The quality of ritual implements is determined by the ritual prohibitions they contain. One minor prohibition marks the beginning, nine marks the limit, and thirty-six marks the perfection.

"Let's call you the Yin-Yang Swords," Lin Le named the pair of swords.

After tidying up his natal magic weapon, Lin Le activated the Thirteen Revolutions of Dou Tian, ​​which contained the newly generated true qi wrapped in the Hun Tian Ling and circulated within his body.

Lin Le felt as if his body was a sponge, eagerly absorbing the true qi.

His strength began to increase again, and the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon) also continued to grow in the process.

Lin Le circulated the Qi-Gathering Technique, and the true Qi within his Qi Sea also circulated accordingly, continuously being absorbed by his body.

Lin Le tried to cultivate the Golden Light Divine Mantra again and discovered that new golden light appeared in the Qi Sea Secret Realm. The Qiankun Ring was bathed in that golden light and strengthened.

Moreover, as the golden light shone upon the earth, Lin Le felt that the speed at which his true qi was generated had increased slightly.

This is not only reflected in the Huangting Secret Realm, but also in the Tianmen Secret Realm and the Lingtai Secret Realm.

"Cultivating both body and spirit—truly worthy of being one of the fundamental divine incantations of Taoism."

Lin Le praised it.

This saved him the time and resources of searching for three Qi Refining Realm cultivation techniques.

'Wait, we still need to look for it.' Lin Le suddenly remembered something: there are specific rules about what kind of Qi one should cultivate in the Qi Refining Realm.

This is usually paired with the training method.

None of my three cultivation techniques have this feature.

"I still need to ask Qingli for the cultivation technique." Lin Le patted his head.

Lin Le leaped out of the inn and arrived at the Liu residence. He patted the ancient well nine times, and then a white snake's head emerged from the bottom of the well.

It glanced at it and exclaimed in surprise, "You've broken through to the Qi Refining Realm?"

"Yes." Lin Le nodded.

"Congratulations!" Qingli said sincerely, her voice filled with joy.

"Same to you." Lin Le exchanged a few pleasantries before getting straight to the point, "Do you have any Qi Refining Realm cultivation techniques?"

"Yes, and I've already chosen one for you." Qingli smiled, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons.

"What is it?" Lin Le asked curiously.

“Dao Yin,” Qing Li said. “This is the most widely spread cultivation method in Tai Xuan. It can directly lead to the Nascent Soul Realm, and all three paths can be used.” “If you cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm with this method, you can even go to the famous holy land Taihao Immortal Sect and become an outer sect guest elder or disciple.”

Only those at the Nascent Soul stage are qualified to become outer sect guest elders? Lin Le couldn't help but gasp in astonishment, knowing that there were very few Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Great Yan Kingdom.

“However, I can only teach you the Qi Refining chapter for now. I don’t have the chapters beyond that for the time being.” Qingli said somewhat embarrassedly, then added, “But it won’t affect your ability to switch to other cultivation methods later. It can be said to be the best transition method.”

"For now, the Qi Refining chapter is enough," Lin Le said. "You tell me, and I'll listen."

"Then listen carefully," Qingli said. "The three superior medicines are spirit and vital essence. Vague and indistinct, profound and mysterious. Preserving nothingness and guarding existence, it is accomplished in an instant. The returning wind mixes, and the efficacy is achieved in a hundred days."

Lin Le listened attentively and quickly memorized the entire Dao Guiding Qi Refining Chapter.

"Have you memorized everything?" Qingli asked.

"I've got it," Lin Le said.

He then consumed an ordinary lotus seed and spent a year in a single thought to understand its true meaning and cultivate it.

But after regaining his senses, Lin Le frowned, because true qi could not appear in a single thought within a year.

Is it true that only one rune corresponds to one realm?

Lin Le pondered.

It took a hundred human merits to condense a single lotus seed, which Lin Le then used to complete a year's worth of thought.

No, it's a thought that lasts for three years.

Over the past three years, Lin Le has continuously practiced the Dao Guiding Qi Refining Chapter and successfully entered the threshold of minor success.

Lin Le couldn't help but mutter to himself, 'It's quite difficult to understand.'

I thought three years would be enough to perfect this Qi Refining Technique, but I never expected that I would only achieve minor success.

Seeing Lin Le frown, Qing Li couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with your cultivation technique?"

"No, it's just a small problem, it'll be resolved quickly," Lin Le shook his head.

"Oh." Qingli nodded.

Lin Le began to formally attempt to cultivate Dao guidance in reality.

As Lin Le changed his breathing rhythm, he drew in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. The three secret realms suddenly became like gluttonous beasts, devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.

"Is this what it means to cultivate three paths simultaneously? It's even more dramatic than what I did back then," Qingli muttered to herself upon seeing this.

It was only after reaching the limit of enlightenment that it became a demon, and its bloodline was extraordinary, reaching the spirit level, comparable to human spirits.

But the reality is that its initial cultivation efforts were less than half as significant as Lin Le's.

Lin Le continued his cultivation, and wisps of milky white true qi were born in each of the three secret realms. They condensed into pieces of white jade bricks and were placed three feet away from the edge.

However, Lin Le had to stop cultivating after only a short while because he didn't have enough spiritual energy.

'We're short of resources,' Lin Le sighed inwardly.

Now, the physical body needs true qi, and building in the secret realm also requires true qi. The little qi produced by the physical body and spiritual root alone is simply not enough.

Fortunately, Lin Le was already used to this situation; if they ran out, he would just go and grab them.

He opened his eyes and looked at Qingli. Qingli saw Lin Le looking at it and knew what he meant: "Which house?"

“Settle accounts with the Lu family first,” Lin Le said.

He had inquired about the situation at the restaurant and learned that Master Lu was a cultivator at the second level of the Dao, having attained the Lingtai Dao.

With that kind of combat strength, it shouldn't be a problem for him.

"Okay." Qingli blew out bubbles and left with Lin Le.

(End of this chapter)