The Path to Immortality

In the cave.

Fang Ping lit a stick of meditation incense, letting the vast fragrance spread.

When his mind was calm, he took out the jade slip of [Purple Yang Sutra], put it on his forehead, and began to ponder this technique word by word.

Compared with [Five Elements Sutra], the Purple Yang Sutra is more than a level higher in terms of the purpose and sophistication of the technique.

It took him half a month to comprehend the first level of the Purple Yang Sutra, which was less than a thousand words.

It was about to dawn, Fang Ping timed it and flew to the top of Yunyang Peak.

He set up a dry bone illusion array nearby to ensure that the array could be activated at any time. He sat on a huge rock on the top of the peak facing the sun, silently reciting the formula of the Purple Yang Sutra while patiently waiting.

Soon, at the end of the dark sky, a purplish red light broke through the darkness and jumped out of the clouds!

The first ray of sunlight at sunrise was not conspicuous, but it contained a faint warmth and vitality.

Invisibly, it coincided with the true meaning of the Purple Yang Sutra!

One sentence after another of the mysterious formulas flowed through his heart.

In an instant, the Five Elements Sutra mana cultivated quickly dissolved and flowed through the meridians along the route of the Purple Yang Sutra.

The mana, which was originally slightly light blue, gradually turned into purple-red as it flowed.

Not only is the purity and quality of the mana much higher than the original Five Elements Sutra mana, the mana cultivated by the Purple Yang Sutra also has the power of the Great Sun Fire and the vitality of the rising sun.

Advancing can kill strong enemies, retreating can speed up the healing of injuries, and it is much more useful in fighting than the Five Elements Sutra.

The Fiery Sun True Fire driven by this mana is also more powerful than before.

With this method, Fang Ping will definitely not be afraid of cultivators of the same level in future battles.

The mana of a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi training is limited. Fang Ping did not deliberately pursue speed, but even so, it only took a few days to initially transform the mana of the Five Elements Sutra in his body into the mana of the Purple Yang Sutra.

The price was that his total mana dropped by 40%, and he almost couldn't even maintain the fifth level of Qi training.

"Although there is a certain proportion of loss of original mana when changing to a new practice, the fact that it was reduced so much at once is enough to show the power of the Purple Yang Sutra."

Feeling the slightly unfamiliar mana, Fang Ping was quite surprised.

He could feel that although his realm had regressed, his real combat power had not decreased but increased.

If he really fought with himself a few days ago, he was confident that with the mana of the Purple Yang Sutra, he could defeat his former self without injury in a cup of tea!

In addition to combat power, the speed of practicing the Purple Yang Sutra is also obviously faster than the Five Elements Sutra.

If he is lucky enough to build a foundation in the future, he has no way of knowing to what extent the speed of practice will slow down. But at least for now, I, who had just switched to the Zi Yang Sutra, was in a period of rapid progress in my cultivation.

"It really deserves to be called the Golden Elixir Method!"

Fang Ping was more and more surprised. In this way, his speed of advancing to the late stage of Qi training would be faster than expected!

………

A few days later.

When Fang Ping was comprehending the subsequent part of the Zi Yang Sutra in the cave, the restrictions of the cave were slightly triggered, giving a warning.

"At this time, it should be..."

Fang Ping immediately guessed in his heart, stopped comprehending, got up and came to the outside of the cave.

As expected, the person who came was Jiang Yucheng.

In addition to himself, four spiritual plant husbands who had been promised before also came on this trip.

Two men and two women, their cultivation was basically in the early stage of Qi training, and only one was in the fourth level of Qi training.

"This is the junior brother Fang Ping I mentioned to you, the newly promoted inner disciple of Luoyang Sect."

Jiang Yucheng greeted Fang Ping and then introduced him briefly.

The four of them immediately understood that Fang Ping was the one who decided whether they could stay, and they immediately bowed respectfully.

Fang Ping nodded slightly and glanced at Jiang Yucheng. Seeing that he had no intention of recommending, but was letting Fang Ping choose, he said without being polite: "You four, introduce yourselves first."

The young man standing on the left of the four people, who was at the second level of Qi training, spoke first.

He said nervously: "Reporting to this senior, my name is Guo Fuyou. My elders were once outer disciples of Luoyang Sect. Unfortunately, they failed to advance to the third level of Qi training within five years and were unfortunately expelled from the sect. Finally, they worked as spirit farmers in Luoyunfang to barely make a living. I have learned from my father and know some skills of spirit farmers. I hope that the senior will let me stay. I can do any hard work!"

Guo Fuyou?

Not a bad name.

Fang Ping smiled warmly: "Don't be nervous, and don't call me senior. How can you be considered a senior at the fifth level of Qi training? Just call me senior brother."

As he said that, he motioned the other three to continue.

Seeing that Fang Ping was easy to talk to, another man in his forties with a bitter face said in a muffled voice: "I am Cheng Guan, born in the secular world of Liang State, and I have the strength of the third level of Qi training. I used to be a spiritual plant husband in Jinghu Taoist Temple. Later, because the Taoist temple's manager treated people too harshly, I was forced to leave and wanted to move to a stable place."

After the two of them introduced themselves, the two female cultivators also introduced themselves one after another.

I don't know if it was intentional or accidental, these two female cultivators are young and beautiful women, with soft and charming looks, white and plump bodies. Although they mentioned that they had some experience in spiritual plants when introducing themselves, they always gave people a feeling that they were not interested in wine.

Looking at Jiang Yucheng again, there was clearly a look of watching a good show in his eyes.

"Brother Jiang, I'm looking for a spiritual husband who can endure hardships, not a maid!"

Fang Ping sent a message to him.

Jiang Yucheng chuckled: "Who said that female cultivators can't be spiritual plant husbands? Can't endure hardships? Look down on female cultivators, right?"

Then, he winked at Fang Ping: "How are they? Are the two women pretty? If you are not satisfied, I can help you change a few more. I guarantee that they are all young female cultivators from nearby small families with clean backgrounds."

This guy must be collecting spiritual stones again!

Fang Ping had strong doubts in his heart.

He thought about it and felt that he really couldn't judge people by appearance.

He immediately called four people and asked them one by one some questions related to spiritual plant husbands that he had prepared in his spare time recently, and asked them to demonstrate the necessary spells for spiritual plant husbands such as the small cloud rain technique.

In the end, the middle-aged man named Cheng Guan performed the best.

Fang Ping gave clear and coherent answers to almost all the questions he asked, and some even exceeded the "standard answers" that Fang Ping had copied from the classics.

Guo Fuyou and the other two women were not as good as them, but they were roughly at the same level. They were not just pretty girls.

Fang Ping gradually became inclined and asked a few more questions. Seeing that Cheng Guan really looked like someone who could endure loneliness and hardship, he made a decision.

He was the only one left!

As Fang Ping announced the result, Cheng Guan's distressed face finally showed some joy, and he thanked Fang Ping again and again.

The other three were a little disappointed, but they couldn't say anything. They could only bow with regret and retreat behind Jiang Yucheng.