Taoist master wants to ascend

Chapter 548 Silent Grandmasters

In the next half month, Li Yuan was rarely free.

He got up at sunrise and went to bed at sunset. During the day, he would go to Long Xixiang and Nie Xianshan to drink tea and discuss Taoism, or go to Jing Shuhu to exchange experiences in refining treasures. In the evening, he would mostly instruct the two little guys in martial arts.

At night, he would change his root bones, visualize, and listen to music.

His life was regular but relaxed, and he didn't practice day and night like before.

But this was not slacking off, but preparation for the impact of entering the Tao.

"All martial arts have the same goal, and what they seek is nothing more than spirit. The key to entering the Dao lies in 'spirit'."

"The spirit of a person is like the rising sun in youth, like the red sun in the sky in middle age, and like the setting sun in old age... The sun rises and sets, the moon sets and rises, and the state of unity between man and nature requires closeness to heaven and earth."

"Relax your spirit, be in harmony with nature, and use this to sense your spirit..."

...

At the edge of the cliff in the evening, Li Yuan looked at the setting sun in the sky, his mind was calm, and he kept thinking about Lao Longtou and Nie Laodao's understanding of entering the Dao.

Li Yuan had already memorized the four steps of entering the Dao: spirit leaving the body, qi and blood unity, body fusion and body change, and body and spirit unity, but he was still sorting out and thinking about them.

"When the sun rises, the heart is full of vigor. When the night falls, the mood is calm... Observe your heart and let it go naturally, then you can feel the spirit."

Li Yuan half-closed his eyes, and his spirit was naturally three-dimensional, overlooking the scenery in the mountains:

"For me, this stage of entering the Tao is not difficult... My talent is not in vain, the talent of the star level is indeed extraordinary."

Om~

Li Yuan closed his eyes, and his spirit left his body.

Feeling the world around with the spirit body is completely different from the physical body. The spirit is more sensitive. The cold wind, snow, sunset afterglow, and even dead leaves and plants are very vivid.

He "looked" at his physical body, and could see the blood and true qi flowing under the membrane, the crystal-like skeleton like a beautiful jade, and the trembling internal organs.

He has mastered the first three steps of the four stages of entering the Tao. In the past half month, he has been thinking about the fourth step, the unity of body and spirit.

This step is also the place where most quasi-grandmasters fail in their attempts to enter the Tao.

When the body and soul are united, the soul will inevitably be burned by blood and true qi, and burned by its own blood and qi. This seems incredible, but it does exist.

"Before the three elements are united, the soul cannot leave the body for a long time, and will be injured by blood and qi. This is like the ghost in the legend, which cannot withstand the blood and qi of the living..."

Muttering to himself, Li Yuan's soul returned to the body.

He did not open his eyes, but concentrated his mind to perceive himself. In the center of his eyebrows, the Niwan Palace was glowing with a faint light, and nine acupoints surrounded the soul like stars.

Under his concentrated perception.

There were all kinds of light in his body.

Qi and blood, true qi, bones, internal organs, and acupoints.

"Without the various secret methods of the evil god cult, it is really difficult to practice the worship method. No wonder the orthodox worship method cannot be passed down. The threshold is too high..."

Li Yuan muttered to himself, and controlled all kinds of bone ornaments one by one. With the sudden increase in perception, he "saw" the acupoints in his body that seemed to exist and not exist.

Gray and dark.

Acupoints exist in subtle places, but they are not fixed. Li Yuan has sensed them many times these days, but the location changes every time he senses them.

This is why acupoints are hard to find.

"Searching for gods, seeing gods, describing gods, worshipping gods, praying to gods, transforming gods... The person who created the method of worshipping gods is also a genius."

Feeling the acupoints in his body, Li Yuan's understanding of the method of worshipping gods has reached a higher level.

Acupoints are hidden in the body, so you need to find and see them. The process of lighting them with blood and true qi can be described or fixed.

"Among all the acupoints, the Nine Palaces of Niwan is the most important. I have achieved this step first, and the other acupoints can be lit slowly..."

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to light up the acupoints. Before impacting the Dao Pass, he needed to maintain the harmony and purity of blood and true qi.

During this period, he only sensed it occasionally, and the only thing he practiced was the Nine Palaces of Niwan.

Other acupoints can store true qi, while the Nine Palaces of Niwan can be used for the soul to reside. He and Long Xixiang have discussed in depth that the essence of the worship method is actually these nine acupoints.

"It is said that those who practice the worship method to a very high level can cultivate nine spiritual forms according to the Nine Palaces of Niwan..."

At a certain moment, Li Yuan seemed to have realized something. When he opened his eyes, he saw a purple-red streamer rising from the bottom of the mountain and landing on the cliff in a flash. It was Qin Yun holding the red silk.

"Senior Qin."

Li Yuan stood up to greet him.

With a "puff", he threw the red silk on the ground. The purple mist rising from Qin Yun's body had enveloped Li Yuan.

Li Yuan glanced at the red silk and did not resist, and then entered Qin Yun's divine realm.

Woo~

It was late at night in the divine realm, with a bright moon hanging high and stars dotted around.

"I found that road."

Qin Yun's face was as dark as water, and he was in a very bad mood:

"That road seems to be very close, but I spent half a month without being able to set foot on it. When I returned, I was shocked to find that I had not moved a step."

"Sure enough..."

Li Yuan's heart sank.

"It seems that only by holding the token of the Eight Directions Temple can you set foot on the road leading to Tianshiyuan."

Qin Yun frowned and asked Li Yuan about how he got the token.

Li Yuan concealed the fact that he climbed the mountain in one step, and only said that it was a reward from the Eight Directions Temple after climbing the mountain 100 steps.

"Climbing the mountain 100 steps?"

Qin Yun's face relaxed slightly. If you only climb 100 steps on the Wanqi Mountain Road, it should not be difficult.

"Do you want to try it?"

Li Yuan's heart moved and he took out the token.

He can also get an extra share of the mountain climbing rewards for those who use his token to enter the temple. In his opinion, how can this senior Qin climb thousands of steps?

"No need, I still need to take Chi Lian with me. It's not easy to catch outsiders today."

Qin Yun waved his hand and refused.

He made two attempts, but only managed to catch one Chi Lian. The old turtle's shell was extremely hard and it would escape from its shell. He was half a beat too late to catch it.

"Then you want to perform a sacrifice?"

Li Yuan put away the token with some regret.

"I have prepared everything needed for the sacrifice."

Qin Yun nodded: "I'm going to the temple today."

"So urgent?"

Li Yuan could feel Qin Yun's urgency.

"Time waits for us."

Qin Yun sighed and took out a map from his arms. It was the one written by Li Yuan, but many more marked points were added:

"I've added a few touches, mainly some tricky places. You should be careful when walking in the secluded realm. Some of them are quite tricky."

"Thank you, senior."

Li Yuan put away the map.

Phew~

Qin Yun waved his hand and walked away from the divine realm without stopping. He picked up Chi Lian and left. Only when he was in the air did he hear a voice:

"I'll keep those two people. It doesn't matter whether the big man is killed or kept. Don't touch the little man!"

"It comes and goes in a hurry."

Li Yuan also sighed. He missed the knowledge ball a lot. If it wasn't bound to the ball, he would have asked for it to have a look.

It's a pity that the general knowledge ball is a child of the Taixu God Realm. One person has one ball, and the owner cannot be changed even if he dies.

"My general knowledge ball..."

The little female dragon's sad and annoyed voice sounded: "What a shame, if I had known I would have bought a few more balls to save, ah, my balls!"

"..."

Ignoring the little female dragon's complaints, Li Yuan turned around and returned to the house.

It was getting dark and he was going to sleep listening to music.

…

…

In a barren mountain.

Qin Shixian stood with a gun in his hand, staring at the wooden platform in front of him, singing loudly, Chi Lian, who was performing the ceremony. She was very alert, as if she would shoot you if there was anything strange at all.

‘These two beasts are actually from the same family! ’

Chi Lian could hardly hold back the shock and anger in her heart, but she could only grit her teeth and perform the ceremony. Qin Yun's eyes fell on her, which was even scarier than that Lingbao spear.

"Change your outfit."

Qin Yun had changed his appearance. He was now hunched over and his face was sallow. Seeing that the ceremony was about to be completed, he looked at Qin Shixian, who then put on the human skin mask and put away the purple gold gun.

Buzz~

At a certain moment, Chi Lian raised his hand and smashed several incense cauldrons on the stage. He only heard a trembling sound, and the incense intertwined like mist, rising several feet high:

"Sacrifice completed!"

"Walk!"

Almost at the same time, Qin Shi moved very quickly, grabbing Qin Shixian with one hand and Chi Lian with the other, and disappeared into the forest with the flash of incense.

Woohoo~

The wind howled and the lights and shadows swirled.

Chi Lian, who had been banned from the spiritual and divine realms, only felt the light and shadow interweaving around her. The old beast carrying her was so fast that she was horrified.

She only vaguely saw the secluded realm, and before she could take a closer look, she felt her body sink, as if she had broken through some invisible barrier. In a daze, she saw an ancient temple:

"Bafang Temple!"

…

Woohoo~

In the cave sky of Bafang Temple, cold wind blows and snow falls.

boom!

boom!

The loud sound echoed in the mountains.

"It's starting again."

At the foot of the mountain, beside the bonfire, Fang Sanyun was roasting a deer. When he heard the sound and looked up, he saw a collision of air machines on the mountain road, and a figure struggled to move forward:

"This old guy has a lot of perseverance."

"Guess how many steps Shen Qisheng can climb this time?"

Looking at Shen Qisheng, who was mobilizing his energy and blood on the mountain road and walking hard like a giant mountain on his back, Zen Master Dading spoke.

"Maybe we can climb to level 20?"

Long Yingchan pinched his long eyebrows and guessed.

"He took a great elixir before going up the mountain. With the power of the elixir, he could climb to level 50, right?"

Taoist Yuan Qing was sitting cross-legged, raising his sword, and raised his head when he heard the words.

"It's hard to say. The unparalleled talent of the 'Prison Dragon' and the palace-level practice have only reached level 100. This old guy's evaluation is only 'poor'. How can he climb to level 50?"

Fang Sanyun sneered: "Bad..."

"Enough!"

Zen Master Dading's face darkened. He couldn't bear to hear the word "evil" the most right now.

"Why don't Master Fang give it a try?"

Long Yingchan glanced at him. He had always been indifferent to emotions and anger, and his face was a little dark. This bad word was too harsh.

"Brother Fang passed."

Taoist Yuan Qing frowned slightly. As the only "inferior (upper)" among the four, he also felt that this word was too unpleasant.

"Fang made a mistake."

Seeing that he had offended the public, Fang Sanyun did not dare to say more.

"No wonder no one has been able to open the Bafang Temple for thousands of years. We asked ourselves about our unique talents, but who would have expected that here we can only get the word 'inferior'."

The long eyebrows that Long Yingchan pinched kept beating. Before entering this room, he never expected that one day he would be judged as inferior.

What gave him some comfort was that among the fifteen people who entered the temple, except for Wan Zhuliu, Qian Di, Fang Sanyun, etc. who had never climbed the mountain, the rest of them had better not be inferior (Part 1).

"Who told Bafang Temple not to like the old guy?"

Zen Master Dading also sighed, but the old monk was very open-minded and took pleasure in suffering:

"I am the banker. If the amount is less than 20, I will not pay. If it is more than 20, I will pay 20. If it is more than 30, I will pay 30. If it is more than 40, I will pay 50... If it is more than 50, I will pay 10."

"... I won't bet."

Fang Sanyun refused subconsciously, but after thinking about it, he said, "I bet that he can climb to level 20. I bet 100 taels of gold."

"Level 50."

Taoist Yuanqing also placed a bet. He really didn't believe that a great master who had risked his life could not even climb to level 50.

"No bet."

Long Yingchan waved his hand to indicate that he would not get involved.

"A little bet is good for your mood."

Zen Master Dading smiled. Since he tried to climb the mountain once and stopped at level 10, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​climbing the mountain. He just sat quietly at the foot of the mountain, feeling the rising vitality in his body.

"No bet."

Long Yingchan ignored him at all. He had always been the banker. He would not touch risky business unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Brother Long Dao is too cautious."

Master Da Ding felt a little sorry, but he didn't persuade him anymore. Instead, he looked towards the mountain path.

Other people at the foot of the mountain were also watching. Soon, with a muffled sound, Shen Qisheng stopped. He roared unwillingly, but still retreated.

Stopped at level 19.

"Stopped at level 19?!"

"How can he not even reach level 20?! Impossible, how could Li Yuan climb to the top of the mountain?"

"A grandmaster climbed 10,000 steps before entering the Dao, and a grandmaster climbed 19 steps? It's ridiculous!"

The mountain was boiling.

All the grandmasters and grandmasters changed their expressions.

This was different from the previous Shen Qisheng who climbed the mountain wearing a divine armor, taking a big pill, and climbing the mountain with an almost desperate posture, but he could only climb to level 19...

"This..."

Everyone was silent by the campfire. Even Long Yingchan, who had always been at odds with Shen Qisheng, felt a chill in his heart.

Master Da Ding, who won the bet, also looked very unhappy.

"Bone age!"

Someone sneered, and the faces of the grandmasters around him became uglier.

"It seems that the Eight Directions Temple really doesn't want old guys."

Fang Sanyun sighed. He didn't gloat over the misfortune. He was not the youngest among the grandmasters.

"It seems that it is true."

Taoist Yuanqing shook his head. He saw Wan Zhuliu's face was not very good either. His mood improved a lot.

What about the Half-Step Divine Palace?

Wan Zhuliu's age is not much younger than theirs!

'I don't know what Wan Zhuliu's evaluation is? '

At this moment, more than one person looked at Wan Zhuliu, but he just glanced at Shen Qisheng, who was sitting cross-legged with a pale face, and slowly closed his eyes.

A stone tablet rose at the foot of the mountain. Everyone looked at it and was silent.

[Shen Qisheng, bone age 173...]

[Realm: Unity]

[Talent: Peerless]

[Divine Endowment: Average]

[Overall Rating: Poor]

"This mountain..."

Emperor Gan looked at another stone tablet, which was the 'Li Yuan Monument'. Even though it was not the first time he saw it, his eyelids were trembling violently:

"Bone age 27, celestial endowment, climbing ten thousand steps..."