Refining Taoism and ascending to immortality

As time went by, the indescribable red gold color, invisible but substantial, seeped in from the void, strand by strand, gathered together, and then entangled, condensing into a three- to five-foot golden treasure wheel, with spiritual texts falling all around, stirring and echoing.

The whole four sides were stirring with sharp energy.

A slight induction made people feel the clanging of swords and knives on their bones.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing made a prompt decision. He used the method of taking medicine in the "Spiritual Life Gold Book". An amazing light burst out from his eyes, as if it were real, staring at the spiritual moves on the secret medicine chapter.

Generally speaking, after the cultivator has entered the perfect state, taking medicine to impact the soul, he needs to swallow the secret medicine. But Zhou Qing has broken through to the third small realm of Qi Refining and soul condensation in this mysterious skill because of his practice of "Yuanhuang Hualongtu", and has forged the soul, so directly using the soul to "take medicine" can better exert the efficacy of the spiritual moves on the secret medicine chapter.

After taking all the spiritual moves in the secret medicine, Zhou Qing used the method of "Spiritual Life Gold Book" and began to break through.

Looking inside himself, he could see that in his body, as different acupoints vibrated, the spiritual gold true qi that absorbed the effect of the secret medicine shone a straight golden light, which went up and rushed straight to the sea of ​​consciousness.

The next moment, the sea of ​​consciousness was already golden, as if it had become a golden ocean, with countless golden rays jumping and colliding, ding-dong-dong, and making a continuous sound.

The cultivator's soul condensation is to use the true qi to cleanse the sea of ​​consciousness, and the soul goes from virtual to real and forms a spiritual consciousness.

Zhou Qing has condensed the soul through practicing "Yuanhuang Hualongtu". There is only one soul in a cultivator, so this time using "Spiritual Life Gold Book" to break through the barrier is to use the secret technique in "Spiritual Life Gold Book" that is different from "Yuanhuang Hualongtu" to cleanse the soul and let the soul go further.

Following Zhou Qing's movements, Zhou Qing stood on the soul of the sea of ​​consciousness, and suddenly a wisp of golden spiritual patterns appeared, which was outlined like a magnificent painting, telling the meaning of sharpness and changeability.

Three days later, Zhou Qing opened his eyes, his eyebrows were sharp, and he completed the breakthrough.

After he was promoted to the soul-condensing realm with the Biyou Palace's true skill "Yuanhuang Hualongtu", he was promoted to the soul-condensing realm again with the "Spiritual Life Gold Book", one of the five qi and four methods of Zhenyi Sect. The two swords combined, and reached a higher level.

Using two first-class Qi refining methods to break through the barrier and condense the soul is very rare in this realm. At the same time, it also makes the soul mutate and become more powerful.

Zhou Qing sensed the strength of his soul and nodded secretly. If he were to fight against Yuan Yan of Taixiao Sect again, he would not dare to say that he would win the battle, but he would definitely not be able to defend like last time.

In the battle between cultivators at the Qi refining level, the strength of the soul is very important.

To some extent, for cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm, two aspects are important: one is the true Qi, and the other is the soul.

"The mutated soul."

Zhou Qing thought about it, and the soul standing in the sea of ​​consciousness moved, and the consciousness suddenly expanded and went outside.

In the distance, the sky light fell into the sky, and the valley was full of bright colors, like a group of silver light running around, and then hitting the stretched pine branches, and reflecting the rustling pine color, between the light and dark, there is a kind of poetic and picturesque feeling.

The sunlight in the sky, the sound of water below, the pine color in the middle, everything, was seen by the consciousness, and then fed back to the soul, frame by frame, very clear.

Zhou Qing was familiar with his own stronger soul, and his consciousness swept up and down, sharp and clear.

Generally, after a cultivator is promoted to the third small realm of Qi Refining and condenses his soul, his soul becomes real from virtual, and his consciousness is born, and the range of his consciousness can be extended to three or five feet.

The "Yuanhuang Hualongtu" he practiced before laid a very solid foundation. When he just entered the soul-condensing realm, his consciousness range could be extended to more than ten feet.

Now, through the "Spiritual Life Gold Book", his soul is strengthened, and his consciousness range can be extended to twenty feet.

Such a range of consciousness is beyond the reach of most cultivators in the fourth small realm of Qi Refining, the Yin-Yang realm.

And when Zhou Qing cultivates to the perfection of concentration, the range of consciousness will be even greater!

"Hmm?"

At this time, Zhou Qing's consciousness moved. Outside, mountain flowers fell into the valley, and there seemed to be a fragrant fragrance in the falling sound. Huang Yue was walking over. On her jade face, the skylight was reflected, and there was a kind of joy.

Good things are coming?

He pondered for a moment, got up and went outside, waiting quietly. In less than half a minute, Huang Yue, with a spring breeze on her face, turned around from the corner.

"Deacon Huang." Zhou Qing smelled a faint fragrance from a distance and smiled, "Is there good news?"

"Great news indeed." Huang Yue came closer, her eyes as bright as autumn water, and she said, "The latest ranking list of candidates competing for the title of True Disciple has been announced."

"It looks like there will be a good result." Zhou Qing's eyes flashed. This list may not look formal, but it is actually very accurate.

Because the list has been passed through the hands of the powerful real people in the sect, and they are responsible for the promotion assessment of inner disciples to True Disciple, and they are well-deserved "examiners".

How can the list from their hands not be accurate and authoritative?

Zhou Qing thought about it and said, "I just don't know which one it is?"

Huang Yue didn't keep him in suspense and said directly, "First."

"First?" Zhou Qing was really surprised when he heard it. He was the last one last time, but he didn't expect that he would jump to the top of the list this time?

He couldn't help but look Huang Yue up and down. Did he underestimate this person who was arranged by the clan to challenge the True Disciple? Does she still have such strength?

Huang Yue noticed Zhou Qing's gaze and quickly explained: "I just did what I could. With this result, on the one hand, Mr. Qing, you have really been dazzling recently, unmatched and impressive. On the one hand, the clan has great support for you and is trying its best to help you.”

Although she presided over various matters related to Zhou Qing's attack on the True Inheritance, she was more often used to add icing on the cake. Her work not only requires Zhou Qing to rush forward and open up the situation, but also requires the support of the Luochuan Zhou family behind her to turn her ideas into reality.

Zhou Qing's eyes were as bright as lightning and he said, "Let me take a look."

"Here it is." Huang Yue was prepared, took out a jade book from her sleeve and handed it over.

Zhou Qing took it and unfolded it. It was densely packed with words, not only rankings, but also various scores, detailed introductions, analysis and judgments, etc., etc., everything.

"Zongmen."

Zhou Qing looked at the jade book with an inexplicable smile on his face.

The sect has its own style in this regard.

There are two versions of the list of competing true biographies in each issue, an abridged version and a detailed version. Although the abridged version is free, it only has one ranking and very little information. Detailed versions are available, but you have to pay for them.

Don't underestimate this, after all, the price of the detailed version is not low at all, and with so many people buying it, the sect can gain a lot of money in this aspect with just one update.

However, Zhou Qing knew that the real person in charge of the true inheritance in the sect would not get any benefit from this aspect. They sent it to the sect for overall planning and use for sect affairs.

Anyway, in the Zhenyi Sect, the game between the sect and the major families and forces below has always been exciting.

"Definitely number one."

Zhou Qing suppressed his thoughts and flipped through the jade book. He himself topped the list this time, but his advantage was extremely weak. There was only a slight difference between Xiao Xin and Li Bixiao in second place, and the gap between Lin Li in third place and Hou Zhang in fourth place was also very small.

The fifth and sixth teams followed closely behind, but did not widen the gap.

Nowadays, the competition among true disciples has become fierce. The gap between them is very small. Until the end, I don’t know who will lose and who will win.

Huang Yue saw Zhou Qing flipping through the jade book attentively, so she stood aside and said, "With less than three months left before the deadline, the ones who have the best chance of being promoted to the True Successor of this session are probably the top six on the list."

Zhou Qing nodded. There are only three true successors in this session, and there are seven people in the top six on this list. The competition is indeed fierce.

Zhou Qing turned the jade book to the page where he introduced himself. He looked at it and pointed out his shortcomings. His face was calm and he said: "Deacon Huang, you continue to work and maintain this momentum. I know the missing part well." , will make up for it and won’t let it hold us back.”

Lingyao Qi Mansion.

In the cave, there are large flags standing one after another, some are long, some short, some wide, some narrow, some three feet high, five feet, seven feet, nine feet, one foot high, some are connected with gold and jade, or are decorated with beads. The embroidery or colorful carvings are all different and varied.

Different large flags are inserted in different directions, connecting to the earth's veins, and the spiritual energy is drawn over, and then gathers in the center through a mysterious trajectory, forming a different phase like hanging beads, and hangs down.

Obviously, this is a very powerful formation arranged in the cave. It uses the earth veins as the eyes of the formation to continuously refine and sublimate the earth energy.

Not to mention the mysterious formation method, just looking at each big banner, you don't know how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures were used, which ordinary inner disciples cannot afford.

Lin Li was sitting on the cloud couch, tall and straight with broad eyebrows and long eyes. Above the door, a stream of true energy rushed straight upward. The top end spread out like a fan, holding up a treasure like a bronze axe.

He also held a jade album in his hand and was flipping through it. He raised his eyebrows and said nothing. Reflected by the lights in the cave, you can see that the jade book is full of pictures and texts, with lists and detailed introductions.

It is the ranking of the competing true disciples, the same as the one in Zhou Qing's hands, a detailed version purchased at a high price.

In the cave, there was another person standing. He had a pair of impressive red eyes. He spoke and said: "Zhou Qing's name in the Tianxiang Academy and his fight with Taixiao Zong Yuanyan have a great impact. , beyond our expectations.”

Speaking of this, his voice was deep.

After all, he had overestimated the impact of these two things as much as possible, but now that the list has been updated, it turns out that the impact is greater than he imagined.

At the very least, the big shots responsible for the promotion of true disciples recognized this matter.

"Zhou Qing is also very lucky." Lin Li closed the jade book, raised his sword eyebrows, and said: "There has been nothing major happening in the mountain gate recently. As a result, the influence of Zhou Qing's name in the Astronomical Academy has continued without interruption."

"Don't worry too much." Lin Li glanced at his right-hand man across from him, with a smile on his face, and said: "Although Zhou Qing has jumped to the top of the list, you have also seen the jade book. There is no difference between the few of us. widen the gap.”

"Furthermore," Lin Li pushed gently with his hand, put the jade book on the case, and said, "Zhou Qing's rise is indeed extremely fast, and no one can match it. However, if he goes too fast, he has irreparable flaws in his impact on the true legacy. "

"Compared to the rest of us, he is the only one with obvious flaws and shortcomings."

The man with a pair of red eyes briefly changed his mind and remembered the contents of the jade album he was flipping through, and said: "Zhou Qing's accumulation of merit is seriously insufficient."

"Not bad." Lin Li stood at the top of the door, his true energy surged, and said in a clear voice: "With Zhou Qing's talent and background, he is a sure winner in competing for the next True Successor, but he is not competing for this True Successor."

Accumulating merit in the sect is not a difficult thing. You just need enough time and energy to complete the tasks of the Merit Courtyard.

But Zhou Qing rose in a short period of time, and most of his time and energy were spent on cultivation. How can he spare enough time and energy to accumulate merit?

The man with a pair of red eyes shook his head secretly after hearing this.

Zhou Qing would definitely not let go of the opportunity to compete for the true teaching of this session.

After all, it is better to practice early than late. The sooner you are promoted to the true teaching of the Zhenyi Sect, the sooner you can get more resources and support from the sect, and the more hope you have for progress. And if you delay for too long, variables are likely to appear.

Who knows if there will be someone who will emerge in the next competition for the true teaching? No one can say for sure.

Lin Li turned around a few times and made a decision. He said, "The deadline is approaching. During this period, I plan to take on a few tasks in the sect and accumulate merits."

Almost at the same time, Li Bixiao, Xiao Xin, Hou Zhang, and so on, all those who were on the list of true disciples in this competition, all agreed with Lin Li and went to the Merit Courtyard to take on tasks and accumulate merits.

In the sect, the Merit Courtyard.

There is a river running through the pavilion. Thousands of carefully prepared golden lamps are floating on the water, shining like stars.

From a distance, thousands of golden lamps are flowing down the river, and from time to time, golden fires soar into the sky, and when they touch the Qi machine, they turn into brilliance.

In the pavilion, on the jade-clean table, there is a lampstand decorated with lotus flowers, and under the lampstand, there is a jade box. From the hollowed-out part of the jade box, fragrance emerges, lingering around, like smoke and clouds.

Zhu Zhenren sat still, he pressed his white eyebrows, flipped through the jade book in his hand, and after a while, he put it down and smiled: "You have been very diligent recently, and the tasks in the Merit Courtyard have been completed very quickly."

There was also a middle-aged man in the pavilion. Judging from his realm and cultivation, he had just condensed the pill, but he stood there without any restraint.

It was obvious that he was the direct descendant of Zhu Zhenren's direct descendant, and he was one of them.

Hearing Zhu Zhenren's words, he turned his eyes and said: "They are all geniuses in the sect who are competing for this session of the true transmission. They seem to have agreed to take tasks frequently in the Merit Courtyard recently."

Zhu Zhenren's face was calm, but his heart was like a mirror. The more tasks they took, the fewer tasks were left for Zhou Qing. It became more difficult for Zhou Qing to accumulate enough merit in a short time.

But he would not care about such things. Anyway, it did not violate the sect rules, and such actions were also beneficial to the Merit Courtyard.