The core area of the Seven Mysteries Sect is where the disciples of the Seven Absolutes Hall live, practice martial arts, and reside.
Yunhua sat up from the wooden bed and looked at her wounds, which had healed, but some scars remained.
I have been in the Seven Mysteries Sect for three days now. I have learned that during the last trial, Doctor Mo from Divine Hand Valley took in two disciples, who seem to be Han Li and Zhang Tie.
After entering the sect, the sect leader, Wang Lu, examined his physical attributes and was very satisfied.
He said it was very suitable for external martial arts training and mentioned that he would ask a highly skilled elder to take him as a disciple.
During this period, allow yourself to learn some basic meridians from the instructors at the Seven Absolutes Hall. You can also go to the Hidden Skills Pavilion to see if there are any martial arts that suit you.
There are no free lunches in this world. The reason I am receiving such treatment is firstly because, although my talent is not particularly amazing, it far surpasses that of my peers.
Secondly, the Seven Mysteries Sect has been confined to this place for a long time and has not been able to recruit any outstanding disciples.
Wang Lu, eager to make a name for himself in his new post, has taken the revitalization of the Seven Mysteries Sect as his inescapable responsibility. Therefore, he wants to cultivate himself as one of the seeds to help the Seven Mysteries Sect return to its peak.
However, although Yunhua saw all of this, she didn't feel any resentment. After all, why wouldn't she be happy to receive better training?
During these three days, Yunhua went to the Seven Absolutes Hall to be taught basic martial arts such as literacy, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and acupoints by instructors specifically responsible for core disciples. He also received the clothing and tokens belonging to core disciples.
The Seven Mysteries Sect is divided into eight halls, both inner and outer. The outer hall is divided into the Flying Bird Hall, the Treasure Gathering Hall, the Outer Blade Hall, and the Four Seas Hall; while the inner hall is divided into the Hundred Forging Hall, the Seven Absolutes Hall, the Offering Hall, and the Blood Blade Hall.
Among them, the Seven Absolutes Hall is the most valued and protected. After three days of contact, Yunhua learned that the number of core disciples in the Seven Absolutes Hall is not large, only about sixty people.
The youngest, like myself, is only ten years old, while the oldest is twenty. Once they turn twenty, they can no longer stay in the Seven Absolutes Hall and will be assigned to important positions in other halls.
Many high-ranking members of the Xuanmen sect come from the Seven Absolutes Hall. It can be said that the future of the Seven Absolutes Hall is, to some extent, equivalent to the future of the Seven Mysteries Sect.
This is why one can focus wholeheartedly on practicing various superior martial arts in the Seven Absolutes Hall without being entangled in worldly affairs.
Wearing the newly received black brocade robe, the silver "Absolute" character on the chest looked extremely sharp.
Although there are no fixed rules for the outer disciples' attire in the Seven Mysteries Sect, those who are active on Rainbow Cloud Mountain all wear gray clothes, while the inner disciples wear blue clothes.
Only core disciples of the Seven Absolutes Hall are allowed to wear black brocade robes with the character "Absolute" on them, which is also a symbol of the Seven Absolutes Hall's identity. As for elders, hall masters, and the like, there are no such requirements.
Stepping out of the room, Yunhua planned to go to the Hidden Skills Pavilion. Although Sect Leader Wang said he would find an elder from the previous generation to be his master, he still had to go to the Hidden Skills Pavilion to see the martial arts.
They walked towards the Zanggong Pavilion. As the core and important place of the Seven Mysteries Sect, the Zanggong Pavilion was heavily guarded, with guards every three steps and sentries every five steps.
With the Seven Wonders Hall's token clearing the way, Yunhua arrived at the Hidden Merit Pavilion without any hindrance. It wasn't as magnificent as he had imagined; it was just a two-story pavilion made of bluestone.
Upon entering the Hall of Martial Arts, although he saw no one, Yunhua still cupped his hands and said:
"Yunhua, a disciple of the Seven Absolutes Hall, wishes to enter the second floor of the Scripture Repository to select a cultivation technique. He has come to request an audience with Elder Tie!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yunhua suddenly felt a gust of evil wind and saw a disheveled old man looking her over.
"Hmm, good physique, indeed suitable for external martial arts techniques. Go on, you know the rules yourself." With that, he left.
When Yunhua arrived on the first floor, he found that it was full of basic martial arts manuals. However, Yunhua did not mind and flipped through the books one by one.
Although these techniques are extremely basic, they contain the inspiration of their creators and have some enlightening effect on Yunhua, at least allowing him to understand the principles of cultivation techniques in this world.
Before long, Yunhua finished reading the cultivation techniques on the first floor, which included more than twenty internal energy cultivation methods, hundreds of sword and saber techniques, more than ten lightness techniques, and two external strength cultivation methods.
The martial arts in this world are based on principles similar to the internal energy cultivation in Yunhua's previous life novels. The realms are limited to the third-rate realm of opening the dantian, the second-rate realm of opening the twelve regular meridians, the first-rate realm of opening the eight extraordinary meridians, and the innate realm of opening the bridge between heaven and earth and drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
However, although those at the Innate Realm can draw in spiritual energy, they cannot refine it because they lack spiritual roots. Instead, they can only mix it with their internal energy, reaching the point where their internal energy can leave their body and harm others.
Yunhua felt that the spiritual roots of this world were like the Sea of Wheels in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, caused by a cultivator who, when creating a method, inscribed his own Dharma imprint into the laws of heaven and earth.
How can one cultivate without a Sea of Wheels in the world of Shrouding the Heavens? Yun Hua was able to retrace the Chaotic Ancient Method to open his Sea of Wheels, so what about the world of mortals cultivating immortality?
Yunhua knew that in the Spirit Realm, the Heavenly Origin Saint Emperor had no spiritual roots, yet he cultivated the Vajra Technique and embarked on the path of cultivation.
In Yunhua's view, body tempering might be the only way. Both body tempering techniques on this level are external training methods and do not have corresponding internal cultivation methods.
Upon reaching the second floor, there are far fewer cultivation techniques. There are only a few mental cultivation manuals, two of which can reach the Innate Realm. There are also about ten martial arts moves, a few body techniques, three body-refining techniques, and the famous Blinking Sword Technique.
After reading it, Yunhua felt an endless inspiration and had an idea for creating his own unique combined martial arts technique. However, the blinking sword technique was useless to Yunhua. It was just a book that taught you how to use everything to kill enemies and could cultivate combat talent and awareness.
The three external martial arts techniques are the Golden Scale Technique, which has four levels, corresponding to the stages from the third level to the innate level, and are biased towards defense.
The second book is the Mountain-Carrying Technique, which has only three levels and focuses on strength. The third book is more interesting: the Savage Beast Body, which has thirteen levels and no one has successfully cultivated it to this day.
This "Beast Body" technique requires absorbing the essence of demonic beasts and drawing upon the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to refine the body. It's incredibly mysterious and clearly not a mortal cultivation method.
The thirteenth level also corresponds to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. Demonic beasts are things that ordinary people cannot come into contact with, let alone temper their bodies with the essence and blood of demonic beasts.
Chapter Nineteen: First Meeting with Han Li
Back at his residence, Yunhua sat cross-legged on the bed. He planned to deduce a body-refining technique suitable for himself. Yunhua's accumulation of knowledge from several worlds was not just talk, whether it was the essence, energy, and spirit path from the world of Jade Dynasty, the immortal mode from the world of Naruto, or the Heaven-Covering Technique.
Drawing upon cultivation methods from several worlds and combining them with the savage beast body, Yunhua, through a fusion of countless inspirations, created his own unique body-refining method.
The first stage, Qi Seed, involves training the body through nine movements to reach the point of perceiving bodily energy. Then, through self-contemplation, one refines the spirit and soul, combining bodily energy and spiritual abilities in the middle dantian to form an internal force seed. Finally, through breathing techniques, a bit of spiritual energy is combined with internal force to form the Qi Seed.
The second realm, the Innate Realm, involves opening up the meridians throughout the body and creating a bridge between heaven and earth by cultivating Qi that surpasses internal strength in intensity and mysticism, thus drawing in spiritual energy.
The third stage is skin refining, which involves using Qi to draw upon spiritual energy to temper the skin membrane, making it impervious to swords and blades and able to withstand low-grade magical artifacts.
The fourth stage is flesh refining. After the skin and membrane are refined, the spiritual energy penetrates deeper and begins to refine the muscles, reaching a strength of over a thousand pounds.
The fifth realm, Bone Forging, transforms the bones into jade, making them indestructible and capable of bearing even greater power, increasing the strength to ten thousand jin, and able to withstand mid-grade magic weapons.
The sixth realm is the Refining of the Organs. The five internal organs are strengthened and are no longer fragile. The digestive and absorption abilities are extremely strong, and one is immune to all poisons. The combat endurance is greatly improved, and the lower dantian is opened to store divine power, mainly body energy.
The seventh realm, Marrow Cleansing, enhances hematopoietic function, turns bone marrow into a pale gold color, and can consume divine power to restore all parts except the brain, greatly improving survival ability.
The eighth realm is Blood Exchange, where the blood is like lead and mercury, nourishing the whole body and comprehensively enhancing all aspects of ability. It can decompose toxins in the Qi Refining stage, strengthens defense to defend against attacks from high-grade magic weapons, and increases strength to 100,000 jin, achieving flesh and blood regeneration.
The ninth realm is to strengthen the brain, open up the upper dantian, allow the soul to reside in the Niwan Palace to store soul power, give birth to divine consciousness, and carry out soul attacks and defenses, leaving the whole body without any vital organs.
The tenth realm is the Spiritual Body. The body is clear and flawless, and the affinity with spiritual energy is increased to the level of a Heavenly Spiritual Root. The soul power in the upper dantian, the qi in the middle dantian, and the divine power in the lower dantian are liquefied. Both the spiritual energy storage and the recovery speed are three times that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage. The thirty-six major acupoints around the body are opened to receive spiritual energy.
The eleventh realm is the Golden Core. In the upper dantian, a Golden Core of Soul Power is condensed, nurturing the primordial spirit; in the middle dantian, a Golden Core of Qi is condensed, nurturing the Dharma body; and in the lower dantian, a Golden Core of Divine Power is condensed, nurturing true blood and opening one hundred and eight acupoints.
This is the new method created by Yunhua, which he calls the Qi Body Source Flow. The first nine realms correspond to the Qi Refining stage, the tenth realm to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the eleventh realm to the Golden Core stage. It can be said that all of them are invincible at the same level. The primordial spirit can be possessed and reborn, the Dharma body can be transformed into a Gundam, and the true blood can be reborn by dripping blood.
Although she lacked spiritual roots, Yunhua still managed to forge her own path. The only drawback might be the high resource consumption.
No matter, the Gate of the Other Shore distributed this world's treasures as soon as Yunhua arrived. That's right, it's the Heavenly Bottle. With this, cultivation resources will be plentiful. In addition, there's the Profound Fire Mirror, a magic weapon similar to the ancient treasures of this world, which is enough for Yunhua to use until the Nascent Soul stage. If the Eight Desolate Profound Fire Array is set up, even a Nascent Soul stage monster can be defeated.
In the days that followed, Yunhua collected medicinal herbs, seeds, and pill formulas while cultivating with the limited resources he received. A month later, Yunhua condensed a Qi seed and successfully opened up his middle dantian.
Fortunately, the first three years after entering the sect are a period of growth for disciples, and they do not need to fulfill the sect's tasks. In the past two weeks, Yunhua has collected hundreds of kinds of medicinal herb seeds, as well as the planting and maintenance methods and medicinal properties, and has thoroughly understood them through the miscellaneous books and medical knowledge in the Sutra Repository.
As for the collected pill formulas, there are very few. There are only three kinds of auxiliary cultivation pills: Huangya Pill, Huanglong Pill, and Zhuangti Pill. I only have a slight understanding of other poisons, wound medicines, or antidotes.
Time flies, and soon a year has passed. In a secluded valley behind Caixia Mountain, Yunhua named it Lingxi Valley because a stream flows through the middle of the valley. The source of the stream is a mountain spring at the foot of the mountain wall, flowing out from a crack.
The mountain spring water contains a faint spiritual energy, which is extremely beneficial for planting medicinal herbs. This valley has been hidden by Yunhua using a mundane illusion array, and it is impossible to enter without a certain level of cultivation and knowledge of array formations.
Yunhua cultivated three acres of medicinal herb fields and two wooden houses in the valley. The scenery was beautiful, with clouds and mist swirling around, like a fairyland.
At this moment, Yunhua was sitting cross-legged on the small bed, refining the last layer of skin on his body. As the Qi surged, a large amount of spiritual energy was drawn in and invaded the skin, making it firm and filled with a faint spiritual light, as white as snow.
Yunhua exhaled a breath of air, looking at his skin shimmering with spiritual light, the dozens of bottles of pills displayed on the medicine shelf, and some spiritual herbs that had been catalyzed for a hundred years. Yunhua was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
As for why it's not a herb that's hundreds or thousands of years old, it's naturally because of drug resistance. At the beginning of cultivation, you don't need that much medicinal power. Furthermore, if you start with a thousand-year-old herb, the accumulated medicinal power cannot be fully refined, and drug resistance will increase extremely quickly.
Yunhua initially used medicinal herbs that were over ten years old to refine pills. As Yunhua cultivated to the perfection of the Skin Refining Realm, he began using medicinal herbs that were a few decades old but less than a hundred years old. These hundred-year-old medicinal herbs were used by Yunhua to break through to the Flesh Refining Realm.
In this year, Yunhua not only developed this valley medicinal garden, but also perfected his skin-refining cultivation, and even deduced several kinds of pills for cultivation.
For example, with the help of pills like Body Tempering Pill, Qi Enhancement Pill, and Azure Spirit Pill, Yunhua was able to break through to the Flesh Refining Realm within a year, which is equivalent to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
"After a year of seclusion, it's time to go out and explore. I wonder what Han Li's cultivation level is now?" Yun Hua got up, left the wooden house, and then walked out of Lingxi Valley.
Upon arriving at a mountain path behind Caixia Mountain, we saw a dark-faced boy and a sturdy young man walking and talking.
'It seems these two are Han Li and Zhang Tie,' Yun Hua thought to himself. In Yun Hua's spiritual perception, the dark-faced boy, Han Li, had spiritual light flickering in his dantian, but judging from his weak spiritual appearance, he was probably not even at the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage.
"Greetings, senior brothers. I am Yunhua from the Seven Absolutes Hall." Yunhua clasped his hands in a salute to the two of them.
"Greetings, Junior Brother Yun. My name is Han Li, and this is Zhang Tie." Upon hearing Yun Hua's voice, Han Li turned to greet him.
"I wonder if you two senior brothers are disciples of the legendary Doctor Mo?"
"It was us who were taken in by Master Mo two years ago," Zhang Tie replied with a smile.
"Junior brother looks unfamiliar." Han Li wondered what Yun Hua wanted to talk about.
"I have just emerged from seclusion and saw you two senior brothers discussing cultivation techniques. I was intrigued and eager to learn. Please forgive me, senior brothers."
"We two just happened to meet by chance. Since Master Mo's teachings are different, we're just verifying what we've learned together." Han Li had some doubts about the nameless incantation that Doctor Mo had taught him.
"I wonder if I may discuss this with you two senior brothers? I am extremely familiar with all the cultivation methods in the Sutra Repository."
"Haha, of course, no problem. I was just about to discuss this with the disciples, so your timing is perfect." Han Li had long been skeptical of the nameless incantation he was practicing. Not only was the cultivation extremely slow, but it also had no power whatsoever.
"I wonder what concerns you have, Senior Brother? I will answer all your questions without reservation." Yunhua intended to extract the Everlasting Spring Skill and the Elephant Armor Skill from him.
"My question is, Master Mo only taught me an unnamed mental cultivation method, without any moves. I wonder if the other disciples in the sect are the same?" Han Li, who had not yet been tricked by Doctor Mo, was still quite naive and didn't hide anything from him.
"Senior brother's problem is indeed an exception. As far as I know, all disciples in the sect have corresponding martial arts skills and movement techniques. Perhaps Doctor Mo has some special reason!"
Han Li frowned slightly, unsure of Doctor Mo's purpose, but sensing that telling him something was amiss. He then asked, "So, is the Gate of the Heart Technique completely powerless?"
"As far as I know, all internal energy cultivation techniques enhance a person's strength and reaction speed," Yunhua told him truthfully.
"Junior Brother Yun, my question is, I am practicing a body-strengthening technique, but the process is extremely painful and almost unbearable. I wonder if other techniques are like this?" Zhang Tie had wanted to ask this for a long time, and took advantage of Han Li's distraction to ask the question.
"I have also practiced the external martial arts technique of the sect. Although it is somewhat painful, it is bearable." Although Yunhua has not practiced the external martial arts technique, he knows it very well.
Han Li frowned deeply; he sensed something was wrong.
"Junior brother, could you please check if there are any problems with our cultivation techniques?" Han Li didn't think his cultivation techniques were anything special; on the contrary, he thought there were problems. Fortunately, Yun Hua was very knowledgeable.
Han Li then revealed his nameless martial arts technique, and after confirming that Yun Hua had memorized it, Zhang Tie also began practicing the Elephant Armor Technique.
"I wonder if Junior Brother has made any discoveries?" Han Li and Zhang Tie looked at Yun Hua with some anticipation.
Yunhua frowned in thought. The Everlasting Spring Technique wasn't a big deal. Although he could only cultivate it to the fourth level of Qi Refining, it made Yunhua understand the connection between spiritual roots and cultivation techniques better.
As for the elephant armor technique.
"Reporting to my two senior brothers, Senior Brother Han's nameless incantation is completely different from the sect's internal energy cultivation method. The sect's internal energy cultivation method is to cultivate internal energy, which is transformed from the essence of the human body."
Senior Brother Han's cultivation method begins with sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and drawing it into the body. It is not an internal cultivation method at all. As far as I know, it is more like the cultivation method of immortals.
"I read in the miscellaneous books within the sect that there exist immortal beings in the world who live forever. They consume qi and travel freely, roaming the earth with their spirits. Legend has it that traces of immortals have been discovered in the Tai Nan Mountains." Yunhua decided to give a spoiler to see if Han Li would be ambushed again.
"As for Senior Brother Zhang Tie's Elephant Armor Technique, it is completely different from the internal martial arts techniques of the sect. All the techniques of the sect involve internal energy, but Senior Brother's technique has no corresponding mental cultivation method to cultivate internal energy, and it is like Senior Brother Han's technique, which requires the introduction of spiritual energy."
It would be a miracle if it didn't hurt. This kind of evil technique, specifically designed for puppets, requires strengthening the body with spiritual energy. Without the guidance of mental cultivation methods, it's practically like being slowly sliced to death.
"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Junior Brother. Zhang Tie and I are extremely grateful." After hearing Yun Hua's words, Han Li's doubts grew stronger. Thinking back, it seemed that Doctor Mo harbored great malice towards them.
"No need to thank me, I'm just glad it can be of help to my senior brother."
"By the way, junior brother, could you teach us some movement techniques and martial arts skills? We two have cultivation levels, but we don't know how to use them." Han Li felt something was wrong and just wanted to increase his strength so that he could deal with any situation.
"Hmm, that should be fine. As Doctor Mo's disciple, Senior Brother is essentially a true disciple of the sect, so naturally he can learn from him." Yun Hua didn't refuse, hoping to see if he could change the outcome for the two of them.
“Senior brothers, this is the Luoyan Step, the Blinking Sword Technique, and a manual from within the sect that looks exactly like a combination of your two techniques. No one in the sect has ever successfully cultivated it.”
Yunhua handed the three copied cultivation manuals to the two of them. Then he said, "I wonder if you, as a disciple of Doctor Mo, have any elixir formulas? I enjoy studying these kinds of things."
"Thank you for the cultivation techniques, Junior Brother. These are the formulas for the Golden Marrow Pill and the Yellow Dragon Pill." Han Li glanced at the three cultivation techniques and found that they were indeed extremely suitable for him.
Chapter Twenty: Three Years
After bidding farewell to Han Li and his companion who were rushing back to study cultivation techniques, Yun Hua went to the Seven Absolutes Hall to find Wang Lu, intending to confront him directly, as he had no rivals within the Seven Profound Sect at his current level of cultivation.
"Sect Leader, I have mastered my divine skills and intend to make a deal with you." Yun Hua spoke frankly. Although he planned to stay in the Seven Mysteries Sect for a few more years, he did not want to be bound by the sect's rules and regulations.
“You are Yunhua, don’t talk nonsense. You’ve only been a beginner for a year, how could you have mastered such a great skill?” Wang Lu was speechless, but still patiently advised him.
Yunhua was too lazy to say anything more, and directly smashed a 500-pound stone lock into pieces with a single palm strike.
"Could it be that you've successfully cultivated that technique? No one has ever successfully cultivated the Savage Beast Body!" Wang Lu was dumbfounded. The Savage Beast Body was a technique passed down from the patriarch, and no one had ever successfully cultivated it. Many elders thought it was just a fabrication.
"Yes, I will help the sect leader destroy the Wild Wolf Gang, and I can choose any treasure from the sect's vault. I will also have priority in choosing any treasure from the Wild Wolf Gang's vault. How about it?"
“Of course, I will immediately gather the elders and disciples of the sect to wipe out the Wild Wolf Gang in one fell swoop. Here are the sect’s treasure vault tokens; feel free to choose one.” Wang Lu had long wanted to destroy the Wild Wolf Gang, but his strength was insufficient.
"Guards, announce that Elder Yunhua has mastered his divine skills and has been appointed as a Supreme Elder."
Yunhua took the token and walked towards the treasure vault inside the gate.
He showed his token to the guards and went inside. The first thing he saw was a pile of gold and silver valuables, which were of no use to Yunhua.
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