To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 343 Life and Death, Creation and Destiny

The pure Bodhi energy surged into the dantian along the twelve-story tower, then suddenly dispersed, transforming into a patch of emerald green auspicious clouds.

Just as it was about to drift downwards, the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo rooted in the sea of ​​consciousness swayed slightly, and wisps of pure energy bloomed from its leaves, suddenly sweeping towards the emerald green auspicious cloud.

The next instant, wisps of pale golden incense smoke were suddenly drawn out from the auspicious clouds.

Gu Fan immediately heard the sound of prayers and kowtows.

The noise was chaotic, with men, women, and children all mixed together, which was very annoying and irritating.

Just then, the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo swayed again, and the pale golden incense smoke melted away like ice and snow upon touching the pure energy, clearing Gu Fan's mind.

Within the dantian, the golden elixir is perfectly round and solid, with six mysterious apertures faintly visible, slowly releasing magical power.

The more mystical apertures are opened, the stronger the spirituality of the golden elixir becomes, but also the more fragile it becomes.

If the pure energy of Bodhi enters other mysterious apertures, or if too much force is used, it may cause the golden elixir to tremble, thereby affecting the previously opened mysterious apertures and ultimately causing all efforts to be in vain.

This is why the more mystical points one opens, the higher the risk.

Gu Fan carefully guided a wisp of Bodhi Qi, but instead of forcibly flushing the golden core with it as before, he gathered it into a root and gently placed it on the golden core.

The pure energy of Bodhi is like a newly sprouted seedling, its roots slowly extending inward.

Gu Fan carefully controlled the direction of the root growth, preventing it from interfering with other mystical apertures.

Outside, large beads of sweat had formed on his forehead and were trickling down his neck.

Time passed by, second by second.

Half an hour later, the wisp of Bodhi Qi finally entered the Golden Core. Gu Fan was overjoyed and immediately drew in the remaining essence, which then entered through the newly opened Xuanqiao.

As the pure Bodhi energy surged in, the golden elixir trembled as if a heartbeat were beating.

After each tremor, the golden core would increase in size slightly.

Gu Fan was not surprised but delighted by this scene.

The Seven Cleanses of the Golden Elixir, also known as the Path to Enlightenment, refers to the principle of nurturing and cultivating.

After the seventh acupoint is opened, the golden core can slowly grow stronger, and the cultivator's foundation will also be enhanced, just like a fetus in the womb growing stronger and stronger. The possibility of the cultivator forming a nascent soul will also increase!

The seventh purification lasted for three days.

Three days later, Gu Fan walked out of the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven with a joyful expression. Looking inward, he could see that his Golden Core had grown by at least 20% compared to before.

Lin Chen, who was engrossed in studying array formations, immediately cupped his hands in congratulations upon seeing Gu Fan appear: "Disciple congratulates Master on your progress in cultivation and your flourishing path to immortality!"

"Hmm." Gu Fan nodded in satisfaction, took a few steps outside, then suddenly turned back and asked, "How's your understanding of the lesson I taught you last time?"

Lin Chen was taken aback upon hearing this, and his lips twitched twice.

Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Within the Lingxiao Sect, numerous disciples leaped and ran, carrying stones and spiritual materials, slowly building a low mountain peak on a wide, flat area.

Gu Fan and Xu Changsheng stood atop Jade Void Peak, looking down into the distance.

Xu Changsheng's eyes showed admiration: "Elder Gu was able to comprehend the secret technique within ten years. If it is truly feasible, our sect can break free from the limitations of the Xuanpin Ancestral Qi. This is a great achievement for generations to come."

"You flatter me, Master," Gu Fan replied softly.

After refining the Golden Elixir for the seventh time, Gu Fan began to refine the elixir to accumulate magical power while simultaneously studying the Rebirth Sect's secret technique of feigning death.

By using the all-seeing eye to deduce day and night, he finally uncovered the mystery.

The essence of the fake death technique is to put oneself into a state of being half-alive and half-dead, thereby greatly slowing down the flow of magical power and divine consciousness, and extending the violent collision that originally occurred in an instant into a long period of time.

This opportunity allows cultivators to potentially achieve the convergence of Yin and Yang even without the harmonizing effect of the ancestral Xuanpin Qi.

When Gu Fan and Chang Yuan discussed the secret technique of feigning death, Chang Yuan's judgment was quite straightforward: "This secret technique is only considered decent in the Qionghua Realm; in other realms, it's practically useless!"

After a moment's thought, Gu Fan had to admit that Chang Yuan's words made sense.

The technique of feigning death does not enhance a cultivator's foundation, nor can it solve problems such as an unstable dantian and suppressed spiritual power caused by an imbalance between spiritual sense and magical power.

The success rate of forming the elixir using this method is even lower than that of forming the elixir using the primordial energy of the mysterious female.

However, in the Qionghua Realm where spiritual energy has declined, this technique is extremely precious.

The problem Gu Fan needs to solve is to figure out how to create a secret technique that conforms to the principles of creation and can be cultivated.

Most of the time in the past ten years has been spent here.

Creating a secret technique out of thin air is extremely difficult, even for someone like Gu Fan who possesses the All-Seeing Eye.

The secret techniques created in the early stages were either completely useless or completely counterproductive.

Fortunately, the All-Seeing Eye protected him, preventing him from harming him.

Until one day, when Gu Fanfu was teaching Lin Chen the art of array formations, he suddenly realized that he could reduce the difficulty by using array formations instead of relying solely on secret techniques.

Gu Fan also knew and was quite familiar with formations that slowed down one's own energy.

It was the formation that Master Xuanji used to seal himself in the Lingxu Cave Heaven.

However, Master Xuanji used this formation to slow down the loss of life force. After the formation is activated, it will suppress the flow of magical power and the divine consciousness will fall into a deep sleep until it is awakened.

Gu Fan then devoted himself to creating a new magic array based on this one!

It took many Lingxiao Sect disciples half a month of hard work to finally complete the construction of that mountain peak.

The mountain peak has a regular shape and is divided into seven corners. Its interior has been hollowed out and is inlaid with various spiritual materials. Countless complex runes are carved on the mountain walls. The mountain peak is connected to the spiritual vein of the Cloud Realm Mountain to maintain the operation of the formation.

On the day of its completion, Xu Changsheng named it "Seeking Immortality Peak".

For some time afterward, the two carefully selected a group of disciples.

These people were all advanced in age and unable to survive the next outbreak of the Soul-Shattering Abyss, or their aptitude was limited and they had no chance to exchange for the Mysterious Female Ancestral Qi. They were all Foundation Establishment cultivators who were determined to fight to the death. There were a total of twenty of them.

The group gradually moved into the quiet room on Qiuxian Peak to cultivate the "Life and Death Creation Technique" created by Gu Fan.

The secret technique embodies the idea of ​​dying before being reborn. When activated, it draws upon the power of the array to forcibly suppress the flow of life force, locking the physical body and consciousness in a state of equilibrium between life and death.

Gu Fan had personally tested it and found that without the aid of an array, his heartbeat could be suppressed to once a month, and the circulation of his magic power could be reduced by nearly a hundred times.

When combined with the Seeking Immortality Peak Formation, it can achieve the effect of the Rebirth Sect's feigned death technique.

Flowers bloom and fade, and years pass by.

Once the process of forming the Golden Core begins, it cannot be stopped. In the first year, a disciple lost his life force.

In the third year, the number of those who perished increased to five.

Ten years have passed, and half of the twenty people are now buried here.

On this day, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and cold rain drizzled down.

Gu Fan stood in mid-air, his magic power forming a light barrier to block the rain. He looked at the last glimmer of life on the Immortal Seeking Peak that had been extinguished once again, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Elder, there's no need to worry." Xu Changsheng appeared quietly and gently comforted him, "The formation of the core is a matter of life and death. Even though our disciples are all of superior talent and comprehension, their chances of forming the core are still less than 10%. Perhaps this batch of disciples just has a shallow destiny."

Gu Fan nodded slowly, knowing that what the other party said was true.

The Lingxiao Sect has over two thousand outer disciples, but only three hundred inner disciples have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and only a dozen or so have successfully formed their Core form throughout the ages.

But a trace of resentment lingered in his heart.

The Myriad Manifestations Dharma Eye repeatedly deduced the secret techniques and array patterns without error, yet no one could succeed.

Gu Fan shook his head helplessly.

A moment later, the two turned and left.

Unexpectedly, before they had gone far, a powerful aura suddenly rose up behind them.

The two stopped and turned around at the same time, both of them filled with astonishment.

The spiritual energy swirled and surged towards the Immortal Seeking Peak, the gale tore apart the rain clouds, and warm light fell upon the earth.

"It's done!"

Gu Fan gazed at the soaring aura, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.