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Chapter 245 The Taoist Arts of Xiaozhushan (Second Update)

"I wonder if this ability to see ghosts has any special uses."

Looking at his changing pupils in the mirror, Li Chuan murmured something, then began to test the effects of his Immortal Mode, which combined Taoist true essence.

It was basically the same as what he knew about Sage Mode. His chakra level increased significantly, and his physical body was also greatly enhanced by the Sage Mode chakra. His five senses became more sensitive.

The power of the ninjutsu and Taoist magic used was enhanced.

The only thing that's still unclear is the eye that has turned into a yin-yang fish. He can sense that the eye seems to have some special function, but there's no reference object at the moment, and he can't detect it.

However, this is already very good. At least in Sage Mode, his strength has been comprehensively enhanced once again.

The key difference is that unlike Naruto, whose accumulated natural energy can only sustain Sage Mode for five minutes and who needs to rely on Shadow Clones to absorb natural energy, Naruto's Golden Core True Essence is abundant, allowing him to maintain it for two or three hours without much trouble.

Once he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he can probably maintain that level for one or two days.

The attempt at the Immortal Mode went more smoothly than he had imagined, which shows that the true energy transformed by the cultivation method within the dantian is indeed more suitable than the natural energy from the outside world.

After deactivating his immortal mode, Li Chuan went to the city to buy some food from this world, packed it up, and used Phantom Shift to leave the town. He then used the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl to fly towards Little Bamboo Mountain.

An hour later, the small bamboo mountain covered with bamboo groves came into view.

Xiaozhushan hasn't produced a Nascent Soul cultivator for thousands of years, so naturally it lacks the ability to maintain the entire mountain's buoyancy in the air.

However, the entire mountain is protected by the Thirty-Six Divine Bamboos of the Heavenly Evolution Sect, which were placed under the command of the sect's founder. Without the sect's own special Daoist techniques, even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot force their way in, making it relatively safe.

"open!"

Upon entering the forest, Li Chuan, following Li Qingfeng's memory, made a hand seal, and soon the forest before him changed, revealing a path leading into the mountains.

After flying along the path for a while, he came to a small valley covered with flowers and plants.

Inside the valley were several exquisite courtyards, and on the grass in front of the courtyards, several disciples at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment were practicing basic Five Elements Dao techniques.

This is the location of the Xiaozhushan sect.

"The concentration of spiritual energy is about twice that of the mortal realm, which is indeed incomparable to Emei."

Landing on the grass and putting away his magical artifact, Li Chuan immediately sensed the concentration of spiritual energy in this small valley and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It is important to know that the concentration of spiritual energy in Emei is ten times that of the mortal world. Even with the same cultivation aptitude, the difference between cultivating in Xiaozhushan and cultivating in Emei will be enormous.

If Li Qingfeng's master, Daoist Qingzhu, had been taken in as a disciple of Mount Emei instead of Mount Xiaozhu, he probably would have reached the Nascent Soul stage with his talent.

But it's not good to complain about this, because if Qingzhu Daoren hadn't been accepted as a disciple by Xiaozhu Mountain, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to cultivate and would have died at around seventy or eighty years old.

This may be what spiritual practice refers to as the opportune moment.

There are not many people with cultivation aptitude, and even fewer who have the aptitude but are discovered and brought into the cultivation world. Among them, very few can enter top cultivation sects.

Even those who enter top-tier sects cannot guarantee a smooth and continuous cultivation journey; many are killed by demonic cultivators and turned into magical artifacts.

Even if you stay in the sect, there are still the Heavenly Tribulation of the Forty-Nine and the Tribulation of Love waiting for you.

"It's our senior brother back!"

Upon seeing Li Chuan descend from the sky, several disciples who were practicing magic excitedly gathered around him.

Including Li Qingfeng, there were ten people in Xiaozhushan.

The one with the highest cultivation level and the oldest age is Daoist Qingzhu, who has cultivated for four hundred years and is at the peak of the Golden Core stage. He is currently the sect leader.

Then there are Li Qingfeng's three senior uncles, all of whom are at the peak of Foundation Establishment and are over 140 years old. They are basically always in seclusion, in order to accumulate enough true essence to condense a golden core before their lifespan ends.

Li Qingfeng had been a disciple for twelve years, but he had only seen him six times, each time when a new disciple was initiating their studies.

According to Qingzhu Daoren, Xiaozhu Mountain originally had two senior uncles who were at the Core Formation stage, but they were killed by the demonic path while traveling.

As for Li Qingfeng's predecessors, they either exhausted their lifespan or died and were reincarnated.

Therefore, the remaining six people in the sect are all disciples of Daoist Qingzhu.

Those three senior uncles didn't accept any disciples; they simply didn't have time to teach them, as they spent all their time accumulating true essence and forming their core.

Among the six disciples, Li Qingfeng is the eldest disciple, and the rest are junior brothers and sisters who are younger than him. The youngest junior brother is only twelve years old this year.

"Here, have some!"

After distributing the snacks and treats he had packed to his younger fellow disciples, Li Chuan suddenly frowned and asked his second junior sister, who was only two years younger than him:

"Mingyue, is Master not in the sect?"

The valley wasn't large, and since he was also at the Core Formation stage, he immediately sensed that apart from his three uncles who were in seclusion, there was no trace of his master in the valley.

"Eldest brother, Master went out to look for you a month ago because you hadn't returned."

What, you didn't run into him?

Second Junior Sister Mingyue looked surprised when she heard Li Chuan's words.

She thought her senior brother would return because he had met their master, but unexpectedly, the two missed each other.

"It seems they're worried because they've missed the agreed-upon return time."

Li Chuan nodded, having a general idea in his mind.

In fact, Qingzhu Daoren's concerns were not unreasonable. After all, his two junior brothers were killed by the demonic path while traveling, although Li Qingfeng only returned to his rural hometown to sever his worldly ties.

However, as the senior disciple, Li Qingfeng was always steady in his actions. Unless something happened, he would not usually stay away from the sect for more than a month beyond the agreed time.

That is indeed the case, because the original Li Qingfeng had long been killed by the demonic cultivators, and his soul was reincarnated.

"I was delayed for a while because of some things, but it's okay. If Master can't find me outside, he should come back to the sect to check on me soon. We can just wait for him to come back at the sect."

Li Chuan offered a few words of comfort to his second junior sister before heading to the small hut where the sect kept its secret manuals.

When he first came to this world, he was afraid that the Golden Core Peak Qingzhu Daoist would see through his disguise if he returned to the sect because he had not yet cultivated. Therefore, he chose to cultivate in the town for two years before returning to the sect.

Later, he went to Emei Mountain, where his cultivation level had already surpassed Li Qingfeng's, but because he was focused on breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he was two months late.

Now that his cultivation level is at the same Core Formation stage as Daoist Qingzhu, his strength far surpasses that of Daoist Qingzhu. Therefore, he no longer needs to be cautious. He can take advantage of the time while Daoist Qingzhu is out looking for him to browse through the sect's classic texts.

Xiaozhushan is a small sect with few sect scriptures, all stored in a small wooden house. It doesn't have the restrictions and limitations of larger sects, so anyone can go in and read them whenever they want.

(End of this chapter)