Junior sister, I really need to control you

"Therefore, there is no universally accepted definition of how strong a Dharma Form must be to be considered a top-grade Dharma Form."

Shangguan Ling'er covered her mouth and chuckled: "Some Dharma Aspects that are not even very strong among the high-grade ones will be touted as top-grade Dharma Aspects by sycophants. As a result, when they encounter a more powerful Dharma Aspect, they are beaten and flee in all directions."

Li Yinsheng couldn't help but chuckle.

"However, if we must further define the category within the superior grade..."

She pondered for a moment and said, "The one that is cultivated solely through the Six Rejuvenations of Withering and Flourishing is only the lower grade of the upper grade. If the Dustless Sword Soul of Condensation is successfully condensed, it can be considered the middle grade of the upper grade."

“I don’t think it’s just average. I’ve been perfecting the Dustless Sword Soul!” Jiang Ningzhi retorted.

"As for you," Shangguan Ling'er looked Li Yinsheng up and down, "with your current foundation, if you were to learn the method of condensing the Dustless Sword Soul from your martial uncle, you would have many advantages combined..."

"Then your Dharma form would probably be the best of the best."

Li Yinsheng seemed to be deep in thought.

Although the "top-grade Dharma form" that Shangguan Ling'er mentioned did not have a clear standard or definition, he still wanted to give it a try.

Anyway, he has plenty of time now, and there is indeed still a lot of room for improvement in terms of the Azure Sword, body refinement, and array formation.

We should at least improve these aspects further before considering the formation of a Dharma image, right?

"Alright, alright, you can ask Ningzhi about the Dharma Image slowly," Shangguan Ling'er patted Li Yinsheng's shoulder. "Anyway, you'll have plenty of opportunities to ask her for advice in the future."

Uncle Jiang nodded: "Yinsheng, I will teach you all the key points about the Dustless Sword Soul Dharma Form as soon as possible."

"However, your talent surpasses mine. The Dustless Sword Soul is merely a reference for you. Ultimately, you should condense a Dharma body that is stronger than the Dustless Sword Soul."

"The Dustless Sword Soul..." Li Yinsheng pondered, "Uncle-Master, when I entered your sea of ​​consciousness, I sensed some unusual power within your soul. Could that be the nascent form of a Dharma Body..."

"The Sea of ​​Consciousness!!!" Shangguan Ling'er suddenly stood up, looking at Li Yinsheng with disbelief. "You entered Ningzhi's Sea of ​​Consciousness!?"

Jiang Ningzhi's cheeks flushed a delicate blush, her eyes darted around, and her fingers gripped the corner of the blanket tightly.

If running away were useful, she would just want to hide herself under the covers and ignore everyone.

Li Yinsheng looked blankly at the suddenly excited Shangguan Ling'er and asked in confusion, "I entered once, when my martial uncle gave me a sword intent to protect me..."

"You! Entered! Ningzhi's! Sea of ​​Consciousness!!!" Shangguan Ling'er's face was full of disbelief.

His gaze shifted from Li Yinsheng's face to Jiang Ningzhi's face, then back to Li Yinsheng's face, back and forth.

"Senior Shangguan, is there something wrong with entering the consciousness of other True Immortals?" Li Yinsheng asked in confusion.

"Don't you know?" Shangguan Ling'er's eyes twitched. "For a True Person, the sea of ​​consciousness is a forbidden area that is almost never opened to outsiders. Even Daoist partners will not enter each other's sea of ​​consciousness except for spiritual communication."

“Dual cultivation among ordinary cultivators is already an extremely intimate act, but in the face of spiritual communion, dual cultivation seems very distant.”

“And the first step in spiritual communion is for one party to enter the other’s sea of ​​consciousness…” Shangguan Ling’er said this, her earlobes couldn’t help but feel a little hot.

Li Yinsheng was stunned and couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Huh?"

"Shut up!!!" Jiang Ningzhi screamed, glaring at Shangguan Ling'er. Gone was her usual cold and elegant demeanor. She hissed, "What nonsense are you spouting about spiritual communion!"

"I'm not letting... letting Yin Sheng's soul enter his sea of ​​consciousness, I'm just letting his divine consciousness in... It's different!"

Li Yinsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He said that when he entered his uncle's sea of ​​consciousness, he didn't experience any strange sensations.

"Oh, divine sense? That's alright... my foot!" Shangguan Ling'er retorted in a low voice, "That's still more intimate than many Daoist couples!"

“Fellow Daoist Shangguan, you must have misunderstood,” Li Yinsheng said. “When I entered my master’s sea of ​​consciousness, it was only to obtain a sword intent.”

"What kind of divine... cough, spiritual communion? There's no such thing."

"That's not important. The key point is that entering the sea of ​​consciousness itself is..." She looked at Li Yinsheng, covering her forehead, "Sigh, I can't explain it to you!"

"Alright!" Jiang Ningzhi said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. At that time, I didn't know that Yin Sheng was already a Great True Man, and he lacked the means to fight. Naturally, his safety was of paramount importance."

"In times of emergency, one must act expediently. Giving him a sword intent for protection was a last resort."

After explaining this, she stared intently at Shangguan Ling'er: "Let this matter rest, and don't mention it again!"

"But..." Shangguan Ling'er wanted to say something, but when she met her best friend's intimidating gaze, she swallowed it back.

Li Yinsheng remained relatively calm, because when he entered his uncle's sea of ​​consciousness, he genuinely didn't feel anything inappropriate.

It's just about sword intent, how is there any intimacy between them?

He even glanced at Shangguan Ling'er with some suspicion.

Could it be that people with heart conditions see everything as dirty?

As the flush on Jiang Ningzhi's face faded, she glared fiercely at her best friend.

What nonsense are you talking about?

I originally wanted to let Yinsheng come into my sea of ​​consciousness so that he could personally observe and experience the half-complete Dharma form!

Chapter 89 The Will to Cultivate, the Elixir of Life and Creation

"Alright, alright, let's put this matter aside!" Shangguan Ling'er waved her hand and said, "Let's get down to business, about restoring Ningzhi's cultivation!"

She was about to speak when she suddenly stopped and looked at Li Yinsheng: "Wait, that blond girl you brought is here."

Li Yinsheng nodded, sensing that his junior sister, who had just finished bathing, was approaching.

When Mu Xiaoyu reached the door, before she could knock, Li Yinsheng said, "Junior sister, come in and tell me what's wrong."

Mu Xiaoyu pushed open the door and entered, bowing to Uncle Jiang and Shangguan Ling'er.

"Greetings, Uncle-Master; greetings, Senior."

Uncle Jiang nodded in response, and Shangguan Ling'er looked at Mu Xiaoyu with great curiosity.

Mu Xiaoyu's cultivation level was very low, and she could see through this girl's background at a glance. Her talent was extremely poor, and she didn't even have any potential.

It's only because he underwent a thorough cleansing and transformation that he's still passable.

She possesses an unrefined energy that is quite pure even for a real person, likely some kind of rare and precious material given to her by Li Yinsheng.

It's strange. Ningzhi's talent goes without saying, and Li Yinsheng is an oddball among oddballs. Why did they take in such a young girl?

Moreover, judging from Li Yinsheng's demeanor, he seems to have quite a bit of intention to cultivate her.

What makes her so special?

Although she couldn't understand it at all, Shangguan Ling'er still put on the airs of a senior, gently patted Mu Xiaoyu's head, and gave her two bottles of pills and a five-colored talisman as a greeting gift.

Mu Xiaoyu accepted the pills and talismans, bowed obediently, and kept her gaze fixed on Shangguan Ling'er's colorful adornments and bright face.

"Little girl, why are you staring at me like that?" Shangguan Ling'er asked with a smile.

"Senior is so beautiful! She's beautiful, and her clothes are beautiful too," Mu Xiaoyu said with some envy. "Senior is the most beautiful person I've ever seen, a hundred times more beautiful than any imperial concubine I've ever seen!"

"Hahaha..." Shangguan Ling'er covered her mouth and giggled, "This little girl has quite the unique way of praising people, actually comparing me to a mortal imperial concubine."

Li Yinsheng beckoned to Mu Xiaoyu: "Junior Sister, what brings you here?"

Mu Xiaoyu ran to Li Yinsheng's side and whispered somewhat shyly, "Senior brother, I've finished my training materials, could you give me a few?"

"Oh!" Li Yinsheng realized.

He had promised Mu Xiaoyu on Bamboo Forest Peak that as long as she cultivated diligently, he would give her a few Refinement Fruits to eat every day.

Firstly, it can maintain her motivation to cultivate, and secondly, as long as she practices and eats enough, her spiritual sense will greatly increase, which will be helpful for the upcoming Shifeng Conference and Shaoyang Dao Examination.

However, because he could only buy a few Refined Fruits each day, Mu Xiaoyu had never asked him for any.

After leaving Bamboo Forest Peak, Mu Xiaoyu couldn't buy any more training materials, so she naturally came to him to get some.

He did have a thousand practice coins given to him by Huangzhu Temple as payment, as well as a pair of fine, transparent bamboo shoots.

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"Here you go, junior sister." Li Yinsheng handed Mu Xiaoyu five snow-white pills.

He had plenty of money and wanted to give her more, but with his junior sister's current cultivation level, five a day was already her refining limit.

Mu Xiaoyu took the practice tablet, but instead of leaving, she ran to her martial uncle and said, "Martial Uncle, try this! It's delicious!"

Jiang Ning was taken aback, then chuckled and took a practice pill.

Mu Xiaoyu ran to Shangguan Ling'er again.

Li Yinsheng was both amused and exasperated. He grabbed Mu Xiaoyu by the back of her collar and pulled her back, saying, "I don't need you to divide it!"

A dish of alchemical refining powder flew out of his Qiankun bag and landed on the table. He smiled at Shangguan Ling'er and said, "Fellow Daoist Shangguan, try some alchemical refining powder from Huangzhu Temple."

Besides being delicious, Lian Shi (a type of medicinal substance) is of no benefit to real people, so he had never thought of using it to entertain Shangguan Ling'er.

It was Mu Xiaoyu who reminded him this time.

"Let's practice, forget it, I'm tired of it." Shangguan Ling'er shook her head repeatedly.

Before she became a true immortal, she had to eat these things every day to aid her cultivation.

Mu Xiaoyu looked at Shangguan Ling'er with even more envy.

Li Yinsheng didn't insist. He picked up a Refining Fruit and popped it into his mouth, then looked at Shangguan Ling'er: "Fellow Daoist Shangguan, regarding the matter of helping my martial uncle recover his cultivation..."

Mu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, and her face lit up with joy.

Although Uncle Jiang looks fierce, she can sense that he is actually very kind to her.

Just like the female tutors who taught her at home, they seemed cold and sarcastic on the surface, but in fact they were very concerned about her studies.

Although she hadn’t heard what had happened before, it was wonderful that the senior said there was a way to restore Uncle Jiang’s cultivation!

Shangguan Ling'er glanced at Mu Xiaoyu and, seeing that neither Li Yinsheng nor Jiang Ningzhi intended to drive the young girl away, spoke up directly.

"I do have some ideas about helping Ningzhi restore her cultivation. This matter... still needs to be addressed through the Bixiao lineage."

Li Yinsheng, Jiang Ningzhi, and Mu Xiaoyu, who still didn't fully understand what had happened, all looked serious.

Jiang Ningzhi seemed a little nervous and subconsciously grasped Li Yinsheng's hand. Li Yinsheng placed his other hand on his uncle's shoulder to comfort her.

Mu Xiaoyu, on the other side, held her uncle's slightly cold hands and listened attentively.

"As you all know, the three Dao Palaces are closed year-round and will not be opened easily except for the gathering of immortals once every three hundred years."

"Not counting the three major Dao Palaces and the Supreme Elders, the cultivator with the highest alchemy skills in the entire Taihao Immortal Sect is the Grand Elder of the Bixiao lineage—Tian Ding Zhenren."

Shangguan Ling'er said, "Tian Ding Zhenren has been in seclusion refining pills for many years, but he has not succeeded. When my master visited the Bixiao lineage last time, he learned some news."