Junior sister, I really need to control you.

late at night.

Li Yinsheng emerged from Uncle Jiang's bedroom with a satisfied expression.

Thanks to his master's meticulous explanation from daytime until now, he has completely mastered the Heart Seal Sutra.

Unfortunately, her martial aunt's main cultivation method was a sword scripture, so she had never practiced or remembered the other scripture, the "Precious Illumination Scripture".

Otherwise, Li Yinsheng actually wanted to switch to studying the Baozhao Sutra.

The reason why the few true people in the temple who did not practice the Baozhao Sutra, including my uncles, mainly practiced other cultivation methods was mainly due to their own innate abilities.

For example, my martial aunt's innate talent is very suitable for sword cultivation, and she herself is also devoted to the way of the sword, so she chose the sword scripture as her main cultivation method.

A senior who left behind a handwritten note possessed the talent for body refinement, but the Baozhao Scripture did not emphasize body refinement. Therefore, his main cultivation method was the "Five Chariots and Three Vehicles Life-Giving Technique" that Li Yinsheng had previously read.

Even the senior who cultivated to become a True Person using the Qingxuan True Scripture chose this cultivation method because it was more compatible with him.

But Li Yinsheng was not like that.

He cultivated the Pure Profound Scripture simply because it was the best cultivation method he could obtain at the time.

If the "True Interpretation of the Mind Seal of the Mysterious True Illumination" had not been lost at that time, he would definitely have practiced the Precious Illumination Sutra.

However, the Qingxuan True Scripture itself is not bad either, and the cleansing and marrow-refining effects of the Qingxuan Divine Light are very useful to my junior sister.

If one were to switch cultivation methods, the Pure Profound Divine Light would be lost.

Compared to a new cultivation technique that is only slightly better than the Qingxuan True Scripture, the benefits that the cave heaven can provide are obviously many times more important.

In addition to learning the Heart Seal Sutra from his master today, Li Yinsheng also asked her another question.

Junior Sister Mu has already reached the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture and can now learn spells. If her goal is to "prepare for the Shaoyang Dao Examination", what spells should she learn?

As a prodigy who had shone brightly in the Shaoyang Dao Examination, Uncle Jiang did not disappoint Li Yinsheng. After a moment of thought, he recommended a very suitable sword technique.

This is one of the advantages of having a reliable mentor.

The Xuanzhen Temple's scripture pavilion is full of cultivation techniques, but finding the most useful ones from those densely packed bookshelves is extremely difficult.

……

After leaving his uncle's bedroom, Li Yinsheng walked to the front of the main hall.

Junior Sister Mu was still diligently cultivating, sweat pouring down her face.

Of course, the main reason was that Li Yinsheng's consciousness had never left her.

Whenever she slacked off, she would immediately receive a friendly reminder from Li Yinsheng.

"Senior brother, you're here! I've missed you so much!"

Upon seeing Li Yinsheng, Mu Xiaoyu stopped practicing her martial arts, cheered, and was about to run towards him.

She looked very well-behaved.

"Junior sister, keep practicing, or you'll lose your snacks," Li Yinsheng said.

Mu Xiaoyu, who had tried to slack off in this way but was seen through, froze and had no choice but to walk back to her original spot dejectedly to continue practicing.

But soon, she realized something.

Wait a minute! The reason she was threatened with snacks by her senior brother before was because she couldn't use the Qiankun Bag herself, so the snacks she bought could only be put in her senior brother's bag.

She could only eat if her senior brother gave it to her.

But now that she can use the Qiankun Bag herself, doesn't that mean...?

She can hide in her room and eat secretly!

Thinking of this, Mu Xiaoyu looked down at the Qiankun bag at her waist and slowed down her training movements.

Hehehe... Now even if I slack off a little bit now and then, my senior brother can't do anything about it, right?

"Junior sister, are you thinking that since you can already use the Qiankun Bag, even if you slack off, I can't confiscate your snacks anymore, right?"

Li Yinsheng suddenly spoke up from the side.

He had already thought of this when Mu Xiaoyu was able to use the Qiankun Bag. Now that she dared to slack off in front of him after looking at the Qiankun Bag, it was not hard to guess what she was thinking.

Mu Xiaoyu was startled, but she kept her movements slow and looked at Li Yinsheng with an innocent expression.

"Senior brother, you're slandering me! I would never slack off in my training!"

Li Yinsheng looked at her, not refuting her, but instead smiled and said, "Junior sister, how many snacks do you have left in your Qiankun bag? How long will they last you?"

"Well……"

Mu Xiaoyu examined the Qiankun bag and immediately felt a chill run down her spine.

The snacks in my Qiankun bag are almost gone; the rest will last for another three to five days at most.

A month ago, she bought a lot of snacks at Baoguang Temple, but she ate them all very quickly.

"Your storage bag has limited capacity. Even if you stuff it full of snacks, given how much you eat each day, there probably won't be much left, right?"

Li Yinsheng said quietly, "I wonder where Junior Sister will buy more snacks after we finish these?"

"Senior brother, you know perfectly well why you're asking. Of course, you should go to Baoguang Temple to buy it..." Mu Xiaoyu suddenly had a very bad feeling.

"So, how does Junior Sister plan to go?" Li Yinsheng asked.

"Just like last time, senior brother, take me flying there." Mu Xiaoyu looked innocent, but she was already wailing in her heart.

"This..." Li Yinsheng looked troubled. "Junior sister may not know, but leading someone to take off is actually very tiring."

"How about you, junior sister, learn the art of armor-piercing and then go to Baoguang Temple on your own?"

"Anyway, it's not very far. It's only a dozen or so mountains away. If you travel all the way on foot, it's just a few hundred miles of mountain road, including the round trip."

Li Yinsheng chuckled and said, "Oh, but you can't get lost on the way, otherwise I don't know how many miles I'll have to go around in circles."

Mu Xiaoyu's practice movements immediately became precise and meticulous: "Senior brother! I promise I won't slack off!"

Compared to having to climb over a dozen mountains on foot and then back, Mu Xiaoyu suddenly felt that practicing martial arts wasn't so tiring anymore.

Besides, she has always had a terrible sense of direction since she was a child.

Anyway, if I just hold on for a while longer, I'll be able to fill the Qiankun Bag completely when I go to restock next time!

However, my Qiankun bag isn't very big; even if it's full, it seems to only last about a month.

Or... should I secretly buy a bigger one?

Just as Mu Xiaoyu was having wicked thoughts, Li Yinsheng spoke up.

"Oh right, junior sister," Li Yinsheng reminded her, "I forgot to tell you, don't even think about secretly buying a bigger Qiankun bag to store more snacks in it."

"With your current magical power, you can't use a larger Qiankun bag."

Mu Xiaoyu, who was practicing her martial arts, stumbled.

……

It was midnight, and Mu Xiaoyu was in her bedroom.

Mu Xiaoyu dragged her heavy body step by step from the door to the recliner, and then "plop" threw herself in.

After a few days of adaptation, the weight of the Tempering Yuan Lock on her body has stabilized at 350 jin.

The vital energy from the crane's egg was slightly better for Mu Xiaoyu than Li Yinsheng had anticipated.

Looking at Mu Xiaoyu lying on the recliner, Li Yinsheng raised his hand.

Two hundred thousand talisman coins flew out of his Qiankun bag and were neatly stacked on the table next to Mu Xiaoyu.

Mu Xiaoyu looked up at Li Yinsheng.

Practice makes perfect. This time, although her expression was also a mixture of surprise and confusion, it wasn't as exaggerated as when she was given 100,000 talismans in one go last time.

"Senior brother, what's the reason this time?" Mu Xiaoyu asked, puzzled.

Li Yinsheng remained unfazed: "Didn't those people from Huanghe Temple come to pay compensation a few days ago?"

"They stole the spiritual essence of Xuanzhen Temple, and the loss is borne by all the disciples of Xuanzhen Temple. Therefore, the compensation should naturally be given to all the disciples of Xuanzhen Temple."

"You're also a member of the Xuanzhen Temple, and a steward at that. It's reasonable to give you so much, isn't it?"

"But I've only been here for a month!" Mu Xiaoyu shook her head repeatedly. "Senior brother, just give me a little bit. I've only been here for a month, how can you give me so much? Besides, I don't need any more money for talismans..."

"Stop being so wishy-washy, like a little girl!" Li Yinsheng walked over and tapped her on the head. "I told you so, here you go. Consider it your share of the profits as a steward."

"Besides, you're going to take the Shaoyang Dao exam, so this money might not even be enough."

"Wow! Is it really that expensive to take the Shaoyang Dao exam?" Mu Xiaoyu exclaimed, clutching her head and ignoring the pain. "Is the registration fee that high?"

"Registration is free, but the cost is in other aspects," Li Yinsheng shook his head.

If the goal is to obtain a top-grade magic weapon, a single high-grade magic weapon would cost over 100,000 talismans.

Furthermore, none of the talismans, elixirs, battle formations, and other items that need to be prepared will be cheap.

"In short, as long as you still consider yourself a steward of Xuanzhen Temple, you can accept these talisman coins. But remember, you are still not allowed to spend them recklessly. Apart from snacks, you have to ask me before you can buy anything," Li Yinsheng said.

"Yes!" Mu Xiaoyu nodded emphatically, her face resolute. "Senior brother! From now on, I will be a member of Xuanzhen Temple in life and in death!"

Xuanzhen Temple is so wonderful, she'd rather die there!

The moment Mu Xiaoyu nodded, a bell rang in Li Yinsheng's ears.

He then stood on the white jade platform, ignoring the bright moon overhead and the lotus ponds around him—scenery he had seen countless times—and looked down at the golden characters that appeared on the platform.

[Congratulations to the Lord of the Grotto-Heaven! In less than a year, through your arduous and extraordinary efforts, you have accumulated a huge amount of talisman money, perfectly achieving your cultivation goals. This reward is fifty years of cultivation; please cultivate and claim it yourself.]

Li Yinsheng stretched and, with practiced ease, sat down cross-legged on the spot.

The Heart Seal Scripture, a technique for tempering the soul, does not conflict with the main cultivation method; the two can be practiced simultaneously.

In addition, with the Blood Refining Pivot in Li Yinsheng's heart, which was forged with the Qi of Bing Fire, his cultivation can now be described as reaping three parts of the rewards for one part of the effort.

Moreover, it must be admitted that although this Blood Refining Pivot has many flaws, the Bing Fire Qi within it is of extremely high quality.

Even though his True Blood Secret Manual is already at the seventh level, he can still use it to temper his blood and qi.

He knew very well that once his blood and physique became strong enough, the tempering effect of the Blood Refining Pivot would definitely be much less than before.

But now that the Blood Refining Pit is still strong, he doesn't need to rush to find other methods.

When he needs to replace the Blood Refining Pivot in the future, his junior sister's Qi Tempering Lock will probably be outdated, so it's a good idea to leave the Blood Refining Pivot to her without wasting anything.

During his years of cultivation in the grotto-heaven, Li Yinsheng always used his magical power to envelop the Blood Refining Pivot, preventing the Bing Fire Qi within it from leaking out.

The Blood Refining Pivot is still 99% new!

Feeling his blood and qi flowing through the Blood Refining Pivot, undergoing tempering amidst a burning pain, Li Yinsheng calmed his mind and focused on cultivation.

He was already extremely familiar with the Pure Profound Scripture and the True Blood Secret Manual, and could simply cultivate and circulate them normally.

His main focus was on the newly learned Heart Sutra.

As a technique for tempering the soul, the Heart Seal Scripture is quite unique.

Unlike the Pure Mystery Scripture or the True Blood Secret Manual, it does not produce any miraculous effects after being cultivated to a certain level.

The Heart Seal Sutra has only one effect: to temper the soul and strengthen the sea of ​​consciousness.

This cultivation method itself is only divided into nine levels. With each level that is mastered, the soul and sea of ​​consciousness will reach a higher level.

However, as a cultivation method for true cultivators, the Heart Seal Scripture requires far more time and is more difficult to master at each level than the Pure Profound True Scripture.

It only takes one or two years to cultivate from the first level to the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture, and at most four or five years for the slowest.

It took Li Yinsheng ten years to go from the first level to the second level of the Heart Seal Sutra.

Of course, since he cultivated without stopping, this ten-year figure was calculated based on the increase in his cultivation level from the Qingxuan True Scripture.

"The cultivation methods of real people are truly inhuman," Li Yinsheng couldn't help but complain. "I thought the True Blood Manual was slow enough, but I didn't expect there were even experts like it."

However, he had nothing to be discouraged about. Anyone who tried to cultivate the Heart Seal Scripture would be this slow, unless they had an extremely rare talent related to the soul.

According to Uncle Jiang, most of the true masters in the temple will eventually stop at the third or fourth level, and only a very few can reach a higher level.

As for which floor she was on, Li Yinsheng asked her several times, but she did not answer.

Li Yinsheng could only guess that she might not have practiced well enough, so she was ashamed and didn't want to talk about it.

Perhaps Uncle Jiang is at the second level, just like I am now?

After pondering about his elders for a while, Li Yinsheng continued his cultivation.

……

There is no calendar in the cave; when the year ends, one is unaware of the passing years.

Many years later, Li Yinsheng opened his eyes again.

He has received almost all the rewards he has received over the past fifty years.

He had only reached the third level of the Heart Seal Sutra, and was not close to the fourth level. If he were to estimate, he had only gone a little over halfway on the path to the third level.

This was within his expectations, considering that this broken cultivation technique took ten years just to go from the first level to the second.

It took him almost twenty more years to go from the second floor to the third floor.

Even so, he could feel that his soul and consciousness were completely different from before.

The soul of a true person, which was originally perfectly unified, has now been condensed to twice its original level.

He didn't actually feel much benefit from the increased refinement of his soul.

But the changes in his spiritual consciousness truly surprised him.

The third level of the Heart Imprint Sutra increased his spiritual strength by at least two times.

He estimated that if he were to fully unleash his divine sense now, he should be able to sense almost anything that happened within the entire Xuanzhen Peak area.

If such precision is not required, and one simply disperses their divine sense, the range will be much larger.

As for the Qingxuan True Scripture, which had already reached the eleventh level, after fifty years of arduous cultivation, it finally reached the twelfth level and solidified its foundation there.

However, the twelfth level of the Qingxuan True Scripture did not bring any new miracles.

The third level expands the meridians and dantian, enhancing magical power; the sixth level gives birth to pure spiritual energy; and the ninth level transforms the pure spiritual energy into the divine light of pure mystery—these are not present in the twelfth level.

Besides improving the quality of magical power, the only pleasant surprise of this breakthrough was that the quantity and recovery speed of the Pure Profound Divine Light tripled.

To be fair, this improvement is quite significant. After all, while the Pure Profound Divine Light is powerful, its limited quantity and slow recovery are major drawbacks, which have now been addressed.

However, compared to the qualitative changes brought about by the sixth and ninth levels, it is somewhat disappointing.

In particular, Li Yinsheng himself had to go into the cave for further study from time to time, so the Qingxuan Divine Light did not lack time to recover.

In addition, there is the True Blood Codex.

He truly didn't expect that even with over 130 years of experience in this technique, he still hadn't reached the ninth level, and was even two or three tenths of a step short.

Although this technique allows one to break through to the True Person realm at the eighth level, the difficulty of cultivation is simply too high.

As expected of the Blood Refining Path, which is known for its slow cultivation even among body cultivators.

The senior who achieved the True Blood Secret Manual seems to have stopped at the ninth level and failed to reach the higher tenth level.

It can only be said that the upper limit of the True Blood Secret Manual is indeed much higher than that of the Pure Profound True Scripture. Reaching the tenth level, it may even be slightly better than the twelfth level of the Pure Profound True Scripture.

However, no matter how high the potential is, it's only useful if it can be repaired.

Like that senior master who cultivated the Pure Mystery Scripture, he not only truly mastered the twelfth level, but also created many tips and ideas for using the Pure Mystery Divine Light, which greatly benefited Li Yinsheng.

One of these methods, when enhanced by profound cultivation, further elevates the effects and limits of the Pure Profound Divine Light in cleansing the meridians and marrow.

Of course, as the effects of marrow cleansing become stronger, the pain will inevitably increase as well.

However, this method requires a foundation of twelve levels of the Pure Profound Scripture cultivation to use, which is why Li Yinsheng had never tried it on his junior sister before.

"Hmm, let's cultivate a little longer. When the time comes, we can go out and try it on my junior sister directly."

Li Yinsheng sat cross-legged, gazing at the bright moon, and muttered to himself.

He stopped trying it himself, and using the Pure Mysterious Divine Light to cleanse his tendons and marrow was no longer of any use to a true person's body.