Ziwei Immortal Path

Chapter 79 The Ninth Level of Condensation!

【Purple Star Fate Palace】

As soon as Xu Boyang appeared, he noticed a strange phenomenon. The starry sky was filled with fog, and the stars were shifting. He had just stood firm when the storage bag on his waist began to vibrate. He was startled and opened it immediately. The purple gourd, four small bottles of gas collection and the [Greedy Fish Lamp] jumped out.
All opened in an instant.

The lights were shining, and six different spiritual energies all flew out, some like sand with yellow flames, some like hurricanes with red flames, some like half sea water and half flames, and some like streams gurgling in the sky. At this time, two spiritual energies flew out of the [Migration Palace], which were the [Shanyin Night Snow] and [Spring Breeze Yishui]!
The most eye-catching thing is the flame in the middle, which is red on the outside and yellow on the inside, burning!
This dazzling red and yellow flame carried these seven different spiritual energies into the starry sky, clustered into a ball, and suddenly formed a vivid red flame firebird with wings spread and claws dancing!

Xu Boyang looked up in amazement. In a blink of an eye, the giant flaming bird spread its wings and flew into the sky. It landed gracefully and came to his side. It stared at him with eyes as big as egg-shaped boulders, rolled twice, glanced at him, and then the flames scattered. It spread its wings and flew away into the sky.

"Is this...that all?"

Seeing the purple-skinned gourd, the small bottle for collecting energy, and the [Greedy Fish Lamp] floating in the air, Xu Boyang put them into his storage bag. He looked up at the starry sky, but there was no sign of the firebird. He was immediately worried and quickly ran to the floating palace, intending to ask Ma Lingguan.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Cloud Steps, he saw three spiritual officials standing in front of the hall with their hands behind their backs, looking down at him. He immediately felt a little uneasy and said with a bow:
"Hello, three spiritual officials!"

Wang Lingguan was the first to applaud. His usual cold expression changed to a calm one as he said, "The Li Palace [Lihuo] has returned to its place. Congratulations!"

Zhao Lingguan laughed and said:
"It seems that this Fate Palace has found the right person this time. With [Fire] back in place, the other seven palaces won't be far behind. Xu family boy, not bad, I'm optimistic about you!"

Ma Lingguan nodded and smiled: "You have made a fortune this time. I need to calculate how much Lingshi this is worth."

Xu Boyang was shocked when he heard this and quickly said, "Ma Lingguan, I will not exchange the spirit stones for the time being. However, I want to ask a question. This spiritual energy has been taken away by the Fate Palace. If I want it in the future, can I take it back?"

Ma Lingguan smiled and said:

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has always existed in all things in the world. It has never been taken away or destroyed. It has only been separated and decomposed. The Fate Palace existed before, then disappeared, and now it exists again."

"As long as you take back what you have, the Palace of Life will always have it, and the world will always have it. It's just that you need to exchange it and pay the same price."

Xu Boyang bowed and said, "Disciple, I understand."

After saying that, he took out eight jade slips of different colors from his storage bag and suspended them in the air.

When Wang Lingguan saw the jade slip, his expression changed slightly. Before he could speak, he stretched out his hand to take it, frowned and said several times:

"'The Mysterious Dao Sutra of Lihuo Yuqi'... 'The Journey to the Fire Mountain'... 'The Fire and Wind Cauldron'... 'The Fengshui Huan'... and there's also a sword technique called 'The Greedy Fire Burning God Sword'. Yes, it's a foundation-building sword technique."

Xu Boyang bowed and clasped his hands:
"Greetings, Wang Lingguan. This is a Taoist method I stumbled upon. According to fellow Taoists, it's not complete, but it can be cultivated to the Huangting stage. I don't know if it's true, so I've come to seek your advice."

Wang Lingguan rolled his eyes several times, as if he had quickly scanned the whole thing before replying, "The scripture is indeed true, but it's not entirely a Taoist technique. It's a cultivation technique. This scripture is originally a Purple Mansion cultivation technique. The scripture is divided into a main chapter and a minor chapter. Unfortunately, the Purple Mansion chapter of the main chapter is missing."

"I have one thing I don't understand."

Xu Boyang expressed his doubts, "I wonder if the spiritual official can help me solve this problem?"

Wang Lingguan waved his sleeves, turned around and entered Daoyan Palace, saying:
"This is natural. [Daoyan Palace] deduces countless Daoist methods. Please enter the palace."

Seeing this, Xu Boyang turned around and bid farewell to the other two Lingguans, then followed Lingguan Wang inside.

Wang Lingguan waved his sleeves and sat down at the table in the hall. He said, "Tell me! What's the matter?"

Xu Boyang bowed and asked:
"Forgive me for being so presumptuous, but I would like to ask you, Spiritual Officer. Both the 'Lihuo Yuqi Xuandao Jing' and the 'Tianhao Daoqi Changshuo Jing' are Taoist cultivation scriptures. I wonder if there is any difference between the Dao methods and the Gong methods, and how strong or weak they are?"

Wang Lingguan shook his head and said:

"The origin is the same, but the end result is different. The Tianhao Daoqi Changshuo Jing can be called the root, the trunk, while the Lihuo Yuqi Xuandao Jing can be called the bud, the branch."

"The Tianhao Daoqi Changshuojing is a general description. Although it can only reach the Huangting, it is not limited to the [Lihuo]. Do you understand?"

Xu Boyang was a little confused and replied honestly, "Disciple really doesn't understand."

Wang Lingguan seemed to be in a good mood today and explained gently:
"This is not difficult to understand. If you only practice the 'Separation Fire Control Qi Mysterious Dao Sutra', as long as you have perseverance and opportunity, you can also reach the Huangting. However, after you reach the Huangting, you can only cultivate the 'Separation Fire' in this life, relying solely on cultivation. You can't cultivate anything else."

Xu Boyang frowned and thought, "But my disciple has already gathered this [Shanyin Night Snow], doesn't that mean he has already entered the [Lihuo] lineage?"

Wang Lingguan pursed his lips and said:
"The great Dao of the world, different paths lead to the same destination. No matter how the myriad laws change, they cannot escape the cage of the 'Tianhao Daoqi Changshuo Jing'. It doesn't matter what kind of Qi you draw. What matters is that you can successfully build your foundation. After building your foundation, you can practice and learn all the laws at your will!"

Xu Boyang suddenly understood, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He asked again:
"May I ask Spiritual Officer, a fellow Daoist seeks to inherit the Immortal Palace's [Lihuo] lineage. Using the Palace's Lihuo main vein and its seven branch veins, I'd like to refine essence into qi, draw spirit into essence, and establish a foundation for immortality. I wonder if this method is feasible?"

"can."

Wang Lingguan said calmly,

"No matter what kind of Taoist technique, before Huang Ting, they were all similar, more or less having their own paths. If one uses this [Fire of Separation] to build a foundation, they will indeed be much more powerful than others of the same period, and the speed of cultivation will be much faster after building a foundation. However, other paths can also make up for the gap after building a foundation. By then, the gap will gradually narrow, and by Huang Ting, they will be back to being on par."

"This method is good, but times have changed. According to the current situation, this method will take too long and is too difficult for those in the Condensation Stage. It's no less difficult than Kuafu chasing the sun or Jingwei filling the sea. This path is not easy to follow. You only took a shortcut today. I advise you to think twice before you act in the future."

"Moreover, if you want to attain the Purple Mansion, it is impossible to do so by just practicing blindly like this. Human life is limited, and you don't have that much time to waste. However, this matter must not be revealed. If I tell you now, it will do you more harm than good, and will mislead you on your path." After hearing this, Xu Boyang basically understood. For a moment, he couldn't help but sigh. He thought about how Monk Li was obsessed with [Li Fire] all his life, and spent a hundred years refusing to build the foundation, spending countless prices. He didn't expect that he could be so arrogant in the foundation-building stage. When he reached the Huangting, he still had to return to the starting point, and was not much better than others.

"If he knew about this, I'm afraid he would have a mental breakdown and go crazy."

After thinking for a while, he smacked his lips, collected the jade slip floating in the air, and said with a bow:

"Thank you for your guidance, Spirit Officer."

Wang Lingguan waved his sleeves and said:

"Today, the [Lihuo] has returned to its place. Since you have first cultivated the [Shanyin Night Snow] and obtained the [Lihuo] technique, while practicing the [Tianhao Daoqi Changshuojing], you may wish to practice this way after building your foundation and before the Huangting. In the future, you only need to find the Purple Mansion technique, the [Lihuo] lineage, and achieve the Purple Mansion Dao, and the road will be smooth."

"Also, today you have to have Suzaku from [Li Palace] plant the Fire God's Mark on you, so hurry up and start practicing!"

Xu Boyang was startled when he heard this. He raised his eyebrows and found that he had returned to the Lihuo Cave. The stream of [Xiaohan Zhenglan] next to it was still gurgling. He didn't know how much of this spiritual energy Monk Li had collected. The [Chanyu Lantern] was full, but there was still some left.

Xiang Xiang took out the [Greedy Fish Lamp] again and placed it in the stream. Under the reflection of the spiritual lamp on the stream, Xu Boyang suddenly saw his own reflection vaguely, and a beam of red flame was imprinted on the center of his purple eyebrows.

He was immediately startled and took out an ordinary brass mirror from his storage bag. He shone it with the help of the spiritual lamp on the stone wall.

That's right!

Inside the brass mirror, there is a flame mark shaped like a firebird right in the middle of the eyebrows!

In an instant, Xu Boyang suddenly had an epiphany. He quickly sat cross-legged, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and carefully recalled in his mind the "Tianhao Daoqi Changshuo Jingshu" about using Qi to contain the spirit, using spiritual consciousness to break through the three barriers, and then concentrating the spirit to cultivate the essence.

When Xu Boyang meditated, the mark of the God of Fire on his forehead immediately dissipated and disappeared in his purple palace like a watermark.

In an instant, a powerful, fierce and extremely hot spiritual energy like a fire dragon rushed into his Huangting like a torrent and a huge wave, and then a blazing flame rose in the entire Huangting. All of [Shanyin Yexue] merged into a red and hot flame!

Looking closely, this flame was divided into eight parts, like a twisted rope, gathered together and entangled with each other. In the middle was a flame that was red on the outside and yellow on the inside, which burned brighter and brighter, illuminating Xu Boyang's entire Huangting in every detail.

"Is this [Lihuo]?"

Xu Boyang was inexplicably surprised. He didn't know why, after being glanced at by the firebird, all the spiritual energy of the [Li Fire] formed by the spiritual energy of the eight meridians of Li Palace actually entered his body. In this way, he was now the same as the "Li Taoist" mentioned by Monk Li!
Strands of red flame spiritual energy, as thin as hairs, penetrated into his limbs and bones through the meridians throughout his body, burning his body with heat. This feeling was really uncomfortable, it could be said to be extremely painful, as if someone was constantly attacking his defenseless body with "fireball magic".

In front of this, the fire-sitting technique I practiced before was just like a child playing house!
Xu Boyang gritted his teeth and persisted, not daring to move, allowing the red flame spiritual energy to temper every meridian in his body inch by inch. After an unknown amount of time, the burning sensation on his body suddenly disappeared, and the spiritual energy in his limbs and bones suddenly retracted into the Huangting. He felt surprised.

"Oh!"

After the reddest and hottest flame continued to rotate, the spiritual energy in his limbs and bones suddenly retracted, and an explosion suddenly occurred in his Huangting. In an instant, the Huangting Qi Sea suddenly expanded by more than twice!
"This... is the Huangting Pass broken?"

Xu Boyang was shocked and took out a pill of Peiyuan Pill and swallowed it.

Not only that, this red and hot flame soared into the sky like a firebird, rushing straight to the spiritual place of the Crimson Palace. The Crimson Palace burned fiercely, suddenly opened, and flew unobstructed, quickly passing through the twelve floors and rushing straight to the purple palace between the eyebrows!
"Oh!"

Another crisp sound came from Xu Boyang's mind, which made him lose consciousness, dizzy, as if he had been hit hard!

For a moment, he was drowsy and almost fell to the ground. He opened his eyes unconsciously, but found a sea of ​​fire in front of him, which was so dazzling that he could hardly see. The flames immediately brought his mind back to clarity. He subconsciously took out a Peiyuan Pill and swallowed it. He closed his eyes and found that the sea of ​​consciousness in his purple palace, where his spiritual consciousness was stored, had suddenly expanded by more than double!
The sea of ​​consciousness was filled with chaos and emptiness. Countless seas of fire rolled like clouds, expanding outward wantonly and orderly. After an unknown amount of time, a powerful and crazy heat wave cyclone suddenly formed in the middle of the sea of ​​consciousness. The vortex grew bigger and bigger, constantly sucking in the surrounding spiritual consciousness, destroying everything in its path, like a hurricane between heaven and earth, destroying the world.

The hurricane grew bigger and bigger, as if it went straight to the sky. Above the burning sea of ​​consciousness, the wind was blowing and the clouds were surging. A green gas that covered the sky was looming, flashing with brilliance.

"Oh!"

The powerful red flame hurricane in the sea of ​​consciousness was attracted by the green air in the sky. Finally, the sea of ​​consciousness shook, and countless red flames followed the hurricane, turning into a fire dragon, rising into the sky, breaking through the clouds, and breaking through the blue sky!
After leaping across the blue sky, the fire dragon rolled in the sea of ​​clouds, then swooped down, broke through the Purple Mansion's Sea of ​​Consciousness, rushed through the twelve floors, rushed through the Crimson Palace's Lingxi Gate, and finally slammed heavily into the Huangting Qi Sea!
"Chucky!"

The Huangting Qi Sea expanded several times, and countless raging fires burned in the Qi Sea. The flames shot up into the sky, even more powerful than the alchemy furnace. Countless strands of red flame spiritual energy flowed out from the meridians like blood, flowing slowly or fast at will.

Xu Boyang sat upright by the stream and suddenly opened his eyes. A green aura appeared above his head, a purple aura lingered between his eyebrows, fire flashed in his eyes, and a red light flashed in his lower abdomen. His white robe was visible through, as if countless fireflies were dotted among them, appearing and disappearing.

He took out another Peiyuan Pill and swallowed it, quietly feeling the changes in his body. Looking at the dark cave illuminated by the spiritual lamp, his spiritual consciousness turned, and he followed the corridor, through the stone door, and actually saw the sea of ​​magma and fire outside!
He looked down and saw the [Fish-Greedy Lamp] flashing with spiritual light in the stream. With an idea in mind, he squatted down and stretched out his hand. His spiritual consciousness moved as fast as his arm. In an instant, the stream in the cave was like a dragon sucking water. In just a moment, it all disappeared in the [Fish-Greedy Lamp].

Xu Boyang put away the [Greedy Fish Lamp], and a flash of light appeared in the storage bag, and a green light and a red light flew out one after another!
With a wave of his hands, he grasped [Biyouxian] and [Funanyan] in his hands at the same time, one on the left and one on the right!
"Tsk! Tsk!"

Only two slight sounds were heard!
Driven by [Shanyin Yexue], [Biyouxian]'s green water keeps flowing, spitting out a three-foot-long green sword light!

Under the urging of [Yan Yao Chong Guang], [Fu Nan Yan] ignited a red and yellow flame, flickering like a long and thin torch!
Xu Boyang looked quietly at the two magic swords, one red and one green, on his left and right, and his body floated lightly.

A breeze blows under my left foot, wrapped in clear white water splashes, which is the moisture brought by [Spring Breeze Yishui]!

A strong wind blew under his right foot, wrapped in a ball of red flame, which was the fire brought by the [Red Flame Flint Wind]!

Xu Boyang took a deep breath, understood the changes in his body at this moment, and said to himself:
"Ninth level of Condensation!"

Thanks to book friends Langlang Suifengqi Wanshi Keqi and Heiyunke for their monthly tickets!
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