Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: I Possess the Heavenly Book of Merit

The grand formation of Yuanfu Peak has been repaired, and everyone needs their own identity token to enter.

Yu Yan's token had been destroyed in the great battle, so he could only follow behind Qinglu Daoist, carefully following his steps, not daring to take a wrong step, and finally returned to the sect safely.

The first thing to do upon returning to Yuanfu Peak was to recreate the identity token and make it reflect the life lamp.

Daoist Qinglu led Yu Yan to the dimly lit Hall of Fate Lamp, took out a brand new wooden plaque from his robes, and engraved his name on it.

"Wasn't it Shang Ji who brought you here to light the lamps of destiny?"

The voice beside him sounded slightly tired. Yu Yan paused for a moment, then replied:

"Yes, it was Senior Brother Kong Shangji who personally gave me a life lamp back then."

Speaking of this brilliant senior brother, he can be considered Yu Yan's mentor on the path to immortality. It was thanks to him that Yu Yan was able to quickly enter the Dao by teaching him the "Spirit Talisman Scripture" and patiently answering all kinds of questions for Yu Yan.

He had previously set off for the secret realm with many sect disciples, and no one knew how he was doing now.

There's also the second child.

"Master."

Yu Yan called out softly, waking the somewhat absent-minded Daoist Qinglu.

"Now that the Pavilion and the Valley have intervened, our people sent to the secret realm should have returned by now."

"I would like to ask you about someone."

A hint of sadness appeared on Qinglu Daoist's face as he slowly spoke:

"You want to ask about Tian Erwa, right?"

"He was lucky; he wasn't among the first two groups to enter the secret realm, so he's fine."

lucky.

Yu Yan keenly grasped the key point in the other person's words.

In other words, those unlucky ones were assigned to the first two batches, and those disciples all met with misfortune.

He remembered that Er Gou and Senior Brother Kong were both in this category.

Yu Yan looked up and glanced around the Hall of Fate Lamps, only then noticing how many bronze lamps had been extinguished, which explained why it felt somewhat dim when he first entered.

Is he dead?

No wonder Qinglu Daoist looked sad.

It wasn't just Kong Shangji.

Even Er Gou is dead.

"Within the secret realm, a disciple witnessed people from Hongye Valley and Pojun Mansion besieging Shang Ji and Junior Brother Tao'an. At that time, the two were already seriously injured and looked like they wouldn't live much longer..."

"Some disciples wanted to help, but they were scolded and told to leave."

Qinglu's voice continued to ring out; he had clearly noticed that Yu Yan had discovered the anomaly in the Hall of Fate.

"I didn't want to tell you this, afraid that it would distract you and affect your preparation for the Hundred Arts Competition, but now that I think about it, it's unavoidable."

Yu Yan was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Were the bodies of Senior Brother Kong and Taoist Tao'an brought back?"

Qinglu Daoist shook his head.

"We didn't find it, but we shouldn't have any illusions. The connection between the life lamp and the person is beyond your imagination. Even if they enter the secret realm, the life lamp will not be affected in any way. The only way to extinguish it is to come to the life lamp hall and give up, which means death is the only possibility."

Yu Yan glanced at him.

As a master, knowing this outcome must have been even more devastating.

Hongye Valley, and Pojun Mansion.

Is their goal really just this mysterious place that appeared?

Faced with these two sects, one of which is backed by Xingjian Pavilion, what should Luoxia Sect do?

Putting aside his thoughts for the moment, Yu Yan took the token and prepared to leave.

But Qinglu Daoist suddenly called out to him.

"There's something I think I should give you."

What is that?

Yu Yan was puzzled, but his master didn't say much, only instructing him to follow him.

After leaving the Hall of Fate Lamp, the master and disciple walked up the mountain and arrived at the Library.

The guard bowed slightly, then opened the doorway barrier and let the two inside.

The spirit tablet still stands in the center, unmoved.

The golden runes above flickered, yet were difficult to spot.

"When you first came in, did anyone tell you about the mysteries of this spirit talisman tablet?"

At this moment, Daoist Qinglu spoke, and then sat down on the ground facing the stone tablet.

"As I said, the Spirit Talisman Stele is a collection of the rune inscriptions of all the predecessors throughout the ages, and even the mountain gate formation references the runes in it."

Yu Yan then sat down and looked at the constantly flowing runes above him, and felt something else in his heart.

"Actually, all the runes were originally visible."

Qinglu Daoist's words startled him slightly.

"But for some reason, as more and more runes appeared, the stone tablet seemed to develop a spirit and refused to let anyone know its secrets. It was only through the extraordinary comprehension of those who managed to extract some insights from it."

Snatch it away?

Does this spirit tablet truly possess spiritual power?

"However, there is another way to see the vast sea of ​​runes within. According to what has been passed down orally from generation to generation of Yuanfu Peak masters, it is to draw a new talisman inside."

"Anything not recorded on the spirit talisman stele is acceptable."

New talisman!

Yu Yan's heart pounded wildly, and he involuntarily touched the storage bag at his waist.

There are a full fifty Yin-Yang Connecting Talismans there!

With the help of this talisman, the two spiritual energies within the body seem to have reached a compromise. Even without activating the talisman, as long as the spiritual energy is not used to break the balance, the two will coexist peacefully.

However, once spiritual power is used even slightly, this delicate balance will immediately get out of control, and the two will start fighting again.

"However, what I'm about to say has nothing to do with the new talisman I just mentioned."

The Taoist Qinglu kept his eyes on the spirit talisman tablet and did not notice Yu Yan's little movements at all. He simply told his disciple to stay there, while he stood up and walked alone into the rows of bookshelves.

A moment later, he returned with a book and placed it in front of Yu Yan.

"I don't know if you've learned anything from this, but your senior brother Kong Shangji certainly gained something."

Yu Yan opened the book, where Kong Shangji recorded his insights from his first study of the Spirit Talisman Stele to the day before setting off for the secret realm.

From the age of eleven to twenty-three, for a full twelve years, he came every day except for the days of seclusion, rain or shine.

Nearly four thousand days, all my insights are written in this book, which is filled with densely packed pages.

"Sword Formation Talisman"

This is the name of the talisman that Senior Brother Kong has been researching.

As the name suggests, this is a spiritual talisman that uses the way of talismans to deduce the essence of swordsmanship. Users do not need to hold physical weapons. They only need to activate the talisman to instantly summon a sword array made of pure spiritual energy, which has the dual functions of ranged attack and area defense.

"As time goes by, the Luoxia Sect has also experienced several disasters, and many talismans were lost during this period. The spiritual talisman that Shang Ji comprehended is one of them."

Seeing Yu Yan so engrossed in his studies, Qinglu Daoist felt as if he were seeing that familiar figure studying there again.

"However, the information he obtained was too fragmented, and the talisman was too complex. It seems that it will be a long time before it can be fully restored."

"Although it is only a sword formation of three swords drawn now, the killing aura within it has already taken shape, and a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining has no power to resist it."

He reached out and gently patted his apprentice's shoulder, as if the person before him were a young Kong Shangji.

"Shang Ji said before leaving the sect that he would perfect this talisman after he returned and then teach it to you."

"Now that he's not coming back, I can only entrust this unfinished product to you."