At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

After ditching Tie Niu, Li Lan went straight to the incomplete technique section of the Scripture Pavilion.

Based on his memory, he found what he needed most right now.

【《Secret Transmission of Qimen Arts》Fragment: Completing the Art of Scattering Beans into Soldiers requires consuming one year of lifespan】

【Completing the Art of Miraculous Brush Creating Dragons requires consuming one year of lifespan】

【Completing the Art of Cutting Grass into Horses requires consuming one year of lifespan】

【Completing the Art of Cloud Riding and Mist Spraying requires consuming three years of lifespan】

【Completing the Art of Drawing a Line on the Ground to Make a River requires…】

… …

【Current Remaining Lifespan: Forty-two Years】

In the world of cultivation.

Although both techniques and arts are immortal methods that can only be learned and mastered by those with spiritual roots, there is an essential difference between the two.

After cultivating a technique.

It can be used to expand a cultivator's meridians, increase their perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and provide techniques for circulating the heavens and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

For a cultivator, it can only play an auxiliary role in cultivation and cannot be used to harm people.

The latter is completely different.

Arts specialize in destruction and ways to kill.

Its main function is to maximize the development of a cultivator's potential, transforming originally harmless mana into deadly weapons.

Techniques and arts complement each other, much like the difference between inner strength and martial arts in Wuxia.

Techniques focus on the foundation; if a cultivator's dantian does not have the support of thick mana, having arts alone is just a castle in the air.

Arts focus on attacking and killing; if one does not know how to use mana, no matter how high a cultivator's realm is, they will be restricted everywhere and unable to use their full abilities when fighting.

Legend has it that in the beginning, the world of cultivation had no inheritance of arts.

All cultivators were focused on studying the path to immortality, and they were very harmonious with each other.

Later.

In order to compete for limited cultivation resources, cultivators created arts, a method of harming enemies.

Before stepping into the Qi Refining stage.

In order not to be ruthlessly eliminated by Guangji Temple.

Li Lan put all his thoughts on how to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.

Naturally, he had no extra energy to study any arts.

Now that he has successfully broken through to the first level of Qi Refining, the pursuit of cultivation is no longer as urgent as before.

In order to avoid being forced into a desperate situation by unforeseen accidents when completing sect contributions in the future.

Various self-preservation methods have become what Li Lan needs most at this time.

Compared to techniques, the lifespan required to complete arts is generally not much.

After thinking for a while, Li Lan chose the two arts that were most helpful to him at present.

Scattering Beans into Soldiers and Miraculous Brush Creating Dragons.

These two types of arts belong to the wood attribute lineage, and their functions are similar.

One can transform special beans into soldiers, and the other can summon ink dragons from drawn talismans.

Both can be used for reconnaissance, defense, and rearguard actions.

As for the other arts, the effects are also good.

But their functions are not as comprehensive as these two.

The conditions for use are also quite harsh.

For example, after learning Cloud Riding and Mist Spraying, one can fly on clouds, which is very convenient for transportation.

But unfortunately, this art belongs to the water attribute lineage.

In order to learn it, in addition to consuming three years of lifespan, it also requires the cultivator's dantian to contain water attribute mana, which is a rigid condition.

Li Lan has a pseudo-spiritual root with four attributes, complete with metal, wood, fire, and earth, but lacks this water spiritual root.

Even if he could complete this art, he wouldn't be able to use it, so he could only give up.

Consuming two years of lifespan, the complete chapters of the two arts, Scattering Beans into Soldiers and Miraculous Brush Creating Dragons, have appeared in his mind.

After searching several times, Li Lan frowned slightly.

Currently, at his realm, performing arts is not as easy as chanting a few incantations.

He must also have the assistance of spiritual beans, spiritual ink, spiritual talismans, and other things.

He doesn't know how much of this kind of spiritual material cultivation resource eight taels of spiritual sand can buy.

Li Lan pondered for a while and put the 《Secret Transmission of Qimen Arts》 back in its place.

He was not in a hurry to go to the market now to purchase these things.

Li Lan was not sure whether his eye-catching performance today had attracted the attention of those outer sect elders.

If the other party is secretly observing him at this moment.

If he rashly makes an unusual move, he may immediately expose his secrets.

The meticulous Li Lan would naturally not make such an obvious mistake.

He wandered around the Scripture Pavilion twice, seemingly looking at various techniques as usual.

But secretly, he was repeatedly memorizing the key points of the two arts, Scattering Beans into Soldiers and Miraculous Brush Creating Dragons.

Secondly.

The corner of Li Lan's eye was also sweeping back and forth, wanting to find Zhou Huairen's trace.

In addition to thanking him again for the Peiyuan Pill assistance some time ago, he also planned to borrow some more spiritual sand from the old man.

Anyway, no matter what, this favor has already been owed.

One favor and two favors are not much different, after all, one doesn't worry about having too many debts.

But strangely speaking.

This guy seemed to be avoiding him today, and he never showed up.

Li Lan had no choice but to temporarily dismiss this idea.

Seeing that it was getting late, he turned around and returned to the small bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.

… …

Time flies, and two seasons have passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past six months, Li Lan has always maintained a two-point-one-line life between the small bamboo forest and the Scripture Pavilion.

Apart from these two places, he has not been anywhere else.

He spends almost all of his time every day on tedious cultivation.

Even Li Lan himself can't remember how many times he fell asleep cross-legged.

Such days are extremely boring and monotonous, but Li Lan has long been accustomed to it.

Before breaking through to the first level of Qi Refining, he spent every hour of every day like this.

Li Lan is very clear.

Only by working so hard with everything he has, is there a slight possibility of narrowing the gap between the pseudo-spiritual root and other spiritual roots.

This early morning.

Li Lan, who had finished his morning spiritual energy breathing exercise, slowly opened his eyes.

After a simple cleanup, he left the bamboo hut.

However, this time Li Lan did not go to the Scripture Pavilion as usual.

Instead, he went to the direction of Qingyun Peak for the first time.

That is where Qingyun Market is located.

The reason why Li Lan chose to act today.

In addition to the fact that the lurking time has been long enough.

The main reason is that he accidentally heard Zhou Huairen mention this old man during these six months.

Every year on the day of the Cold Dew Festival, it is the day when Guangji Temple counts the contributions of the outer sect elders.

Those who make significant contributions to the sect may also be eligible to join the inner sect.

This kind of day has nothing special for low-status outer sect disciples.

But for the outer sect elders, it is of great significance.

It is said that this day is also one of the few days each year when you can see the Great Elder.

All outer sect elders must be present in person.

Li Lan also precisely saw this point before deciding to take a stroll in this market today.

Before reaching the foot of Qingyun Peak, a lively and noisy sound entered his ears.

Apart from the Dust Washing and Entering the Dao Ceremony, this market can definitely be called the place with the most cultivators in Guangji Temple.

After all.

No matter what realm a cultivator is in, they cannot do without cultivation resources such as elixirs, magic weapons, and art secret books.

And the market in the world of cultivation is the easiest place to obtain these cultivation resources.