I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 86 Refining the Method of Contemplation, Entering the Vast Ocean

The two talked for a long time.

Until the golden glow of the setting sun bathed the entire Hanxu Taoist temple.

Li Xuanying glanced at the sky and said, "I had a very pleasant conversation with my senior brother today."

"However, it's getting late, and I have important matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer."

Ying Chan asked, "It looks like things are about to quiet down, what is Xuan Ying doing here?"

"There will be a small banquet on Yunqu Mountain tonight."

Li Xuanying said, "I must hurry there."

"Xiao Yan?" Ying Chan said in surprise, "Xuan Ying has indeed changed since entering the Immortal Abode."

“I’ve never seen you socialize with your classmates much back in the Taoist academy.”

"This banquet is different—"

Li Xuanying explained, "There are not many people attending this banquet, but they are all outstanding members of the sect and all are virtuous individuals."

"It is truly a delightful thing for everyone to gather together, discuss profound mysteries, debate difficult issues, and expound on the principles and laws."

"Even just listening in can be very beneficial."

“However, I would actually prefer to have a long talk with my senior brother all night long.” Li Xuanying shook his head and said, “But at the last banquet, I received some guidance on swordsmanship from a senior brother, and I promised him that I would show him my progress this time, so I cannot break my promise.”

“In that case,” Ying Chan said. “We will have time to chat and catch up. Xuan Ying, you may go now.”

Li Xuanying nodded and said no more.

After seeing him off, Ying Chanxiang sat in the pavilion for a while longer.

He didn't return to his quiet room until he had finished watching the sunset, his heart now as calm as a lake.

His mind was originally more focused on cultivation. Now that the matter of Cai Que'er has come to a temporary end, it is time for him to concentrate on cultivation.

Ying Chan has a steadfast nature; once he makes a decision, he can truly focus without distraction.

For some time afterward, aside from occasionally going to Linlang Courtyard to inquire about the news of Feng Qiwu and Fenghuang Yu, Ying Chan only went to listen to the lecture once when the master of Xuancheng Mountain gave a lecture.

At other times, Ying Chan devoted almost all his time to cultivation, often sitting in a quiet room, spending the whole day absorbing spiritual energy and increasing his magical power.

During this period, Li Xuanying also visited several times, but whenever he saw Ying Chan taking time out of his cultivation to chat with him, he felt it was a bother. So he would wait a while before meeting with Ying Chan again.

Thus, before they knew it, thirty or forty days had passed.

Finally, on this day, Ying Chan realized that the growth of his magical power had begun to slow down, and he knew that he had passed the stage of rapid advancement in the initial formation of profound light.

Generally speaking, once you reach this stage, you can shift your focus to condensing your magical power.

However, he cultivates the "Myriad Laws and Profound Phenomena Treasure Scroll," and before he begins to condense his magical power, there is still one more lesson to learn—

That is practicing magic!
The "Myriad Laws and Profound Phenomena Treasure Record" emphasizes "understanding all laws to reach the profound phenomena." The more spells one cultivates, the deeper one's understanding becomes, the more profound one's foundation becomes, and the stronger one's magical power naturally becomes.

However, the practice of this magic is not something that can be done haphazardly.

Taking the Five Elements as an example, if one practices the Fire element, it is best not to practice the Water or Metal elements.

Because water and fire are mutually destructive, and fire destroys metal, although those who cultivate the "Myriad Laws and Profound Images Precious Record" have the Myriad Laws Precious Record to control both internal and external affairs and avoid self-harm due to fire deviation, it will still make their efforts twice as hard for half the results to a certain extent.

Conversely, one can cultivate wood or earth methods, which is based on the principle of wood and fire, and fire and earth generating each other, so there is no need to elaborate further.

Of course, there is another way, which is to cultivate all five elements simultaneously.

The five elements generate each other, obstacles are resolved, and there are even great benefits.

This is also one of the most feasible paths to successfully cultivate the "Myriad Laws and Profound Phenomena Treasure Record".

Since Ying Chan has decided to follow the path of all methods, he naturally needs to cultivate the Five Elements simultaneously. He not only needs to cultivate the Five Elements, but also wind and thunder, yin and yang...

However, even a nine-story tower begins with a pile of earth. For now, he still needs to focus his attention on the Five Elements magic.

Once Ying Chan had made up his mind, he flicked his sleeve, rose from the stone bed, and opened the door to the quiet room.

"Huh?" As the morning light chased away the shimmering water in the quiet room, Cai Que'er suddenly popped her head out: "The Taoist priest has come out of seclusion. Is he going to Linlang Courtyard today as well?"

"Fairy."

Ying Chan slowly walked out of the gate and said, "Today, I am going to Cangming Cave Heaven."

"The Cangming Grotto-Heaven?" Cai Que'er said, "Then it seems inconvenient for me to go with you?"

The Cangming Grotto is a library within the Immortal Abode, and no one except members of the Xuandu Sect is allowed to enter. It is indeed inconvenient to bring Cai Que'er along.

Ying Chan nodded and said, "Don't worry, fairy, I will go to Linlang Courtyard myself."

"Alright, if the Taoist priest is not free, it is fine if he does not go today."

After saying this, Cai Que'er suddenly disappeared into Zhaoguang Mountain.

These days he has been busy in seclusion, and Cai Que'er has been exploring Zhaoguang Mountain all day long, and she does not find it boring at all.

Seeing this, Ying Chan ignored him and rode away on a gentle breeze.

Before long, the magnificent Tiandu Mountain came into view.

Instead of heading to the familiar Linlang Courtyard, Ying Chan landed in front of a cave.

Outside the cave stands a stele inscribed with the two characters 'Cangming'.

This Cangming Cave seems ordinary and unremarkable.

Ying Chan stepped inside, but it seemed as if he had stumbled into a changing space. The passages inside the cave seemed to be twisted, leading to an unknown destination, and even seemed to stretch to an endless distance.

As he walked, he sensed the changes and seemed lost in thought.

Unfortunately, although the passage seemed to stretch endlessly, Ying Chan had only taken ten steps when suddenly, a vast and boundless space appeared before him.

He looked back and saw that the passage he had come from was still unremarkable.

Ying Chan raised an eyebrow and continued walking inside.

This Cangming Cave Heaven seems to truly exist only within the body of the Tiandu Giant Mountain. At least, as far as the eye can see, although it is vast and distant, it is still all rocky cave walls.

After walking a few dozen steps, they saw a precipice ahead.

Ying Chan walked to the edge of the cliff, looked down, and saw a sea of ​​books standing before him.

Indeed, it turns out that Cangming Cave Heaven, named after the boundless sea, is truly just a name that reflects reality!
There is a height difference of about 100 feet between the cliff and the ground below. As far as the eye can see, there are bookshelves everywhere. Even at the end of the line of sight, the scene remains the same. The Taoist walks among the bookshelves as if he is walking in a maze or wandering in the sea.

A question arose in Ying Chan's mind.

How many books would it take to fill this ocean?
Can the cultivators of this sect exhaust all the knowledge in this vast sea of ​​books in their entire lives?
Ying Chan subconsciously did some calculations.

He is a Xuan Guang cultivator with a lifespan of two hundred years and exceptional comprehension. Even if he were tireless, he would probably only achieve one in a hundred or a thousand...

This was the first time Ying Chan had ever been born, and because there was so much knowledge to learn, he felt a little troubled.

He couldn't help but shook his head.

"Never mind." Ying Chan shook off these unfounded thoughts, glanced around, and found that there were no steps connecting the top and bottom. So he lightly leaped down and floated down.

At the bottom is a fairly spacious area, separate from the bookshelf, with only a long cabinet.

Behind the long cabinet were more than a dozen Taoist priests, each busy with their own tasks.

As Ying Chan approached the long counter, he heard someone asking in front of it, "Brother, where is the 'Taichang Daojun's Saying There Is an Invisible Scripture'?"

"The original book and rare editions are available in the Xun 37th district. Annotations are needed in the Dui 82nd district..."

(End of this chapter)