Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 497 Sword Qi Eighteen Stops Moon Shadow Lingzhu picked up a treasure!
[My grandfather never mentioned this Peak Master of Xiaoqing Peak.]

[You frowned slightly, revealing a thoughtful look. However, to be able to control one of the eighteen peaks of Fangcun Mountain, you must be a person with profound cultivation, at least a great cultivator at the Dragon Court realm.]

[You secretly wondered why, even though Xiao Qingfeng had fewer people, the short and fat Taoist You Sanfeng and the woman in green were still there the next day.]

[How could the disciples of the Fangcun Mountain lineage be so few? ]

[You come back to your senses, with a hint of curiosity on your face.]

【Lü Qingyu saw this and raised his chin in satisfaction, with a hint of pride in his tone: "Our peak master is a rare genius, especially in the use of swords. Few people in the sect can match him. He was entrusted with the important task of peak master before he was sixty years old, and he is even the sect master's last disciple!"】

[The implication of her words couldn't be more obvious. Not only does the Peak Master have a high level of cultivation, he also has the support of the Sect Master.]

[When several disciples around heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. ]

[“Okay, Junior Brother Zhou. You will know these things in the future. Now, I will teach you the key points of the Gengjin Sword Finger in the Five Elements Dunjia Sword Sutra.”]

[“This method is called Eighteen Pavilions. It is difficult to get started if you only have the scriptures but not this formula.”]

[Lü Qingyu's expression was solemn. In an instant, hundreds of words of profound magic formula flowed into his ears like a clear spring.]

[After a while, the young girl in green focused her eyes and spoke solemnly:]

[“Remember the origin of this Qi in your body,” she taps your Dantian with her fingertips, “All the names of the Qi Palaces and their circulation routes are like the continuous dragon veins. It starts at “The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains, Linchong. This is the first-class Qi Palace for cultivating swords. This is the first stop.”]

[Her speech speed gradually increased, "Quickly pass through the three mountains and six gates, and reach the three Fuji caves for the second stop; then quickly pass through the six caves and nine palaces, and directly reach the 'Chun Yang Palace' and pause here for a while, which is the last stop, a total of eighteen stops."]

[“Do you remember? This is my little Qingfeng’s secret that I will never pass on.”]

[“It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember it. The formula is secondary. The real thing is to put it into practice. It took me half a year to complete the Eighteen Pavilions.”]

[Lü Qingyu said this in a calm tone, but with a subtle sense of pride.]

[Being able to run the Eighteen Pavilions within half a year, even if you look at the entire Fangcun Mountain, you deserve the word "genius". ]

[The luck method of the Eighteen Pavilions is actually more profound than the "Five Elements Dunjia Sword Sutra" itself, but the threshold is too high. Ordinary cultivators may not be able to complete the Eighteen Pavilions even if they spend decades. ]

[The girl immediately became proud and shook her head. How could you, a new disciple like you, understand all this? ]

[“Junior Brother Zhou, have you memorized the formula?”]

[You slowly open your eyes, the Qi in your body has already formed a cycle, and the movement trajectory of the Eighteen Pavilions is as clear as an engraving. ]

[The mystery of this technique is far beyond imagination, and it seems to be three times more precious than the "Five Elements Dunjia Sword Sutra".]

[“I’ve remembered it, Senior Sister.”]

[Lü Qingyu nodded slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. When ordinary disciples first heard about this kind of profound skill, they would have to ask for instructions three or five times before they could barely remember the route, but he didn't care.]

[“Go ahead, Junior Brother Zhou.”]

【Next! 】

[You followed the instructions and walked through the winding mountain path. Suddenly, the view in front of you opened up - a 4-5 mu square cemetery came into view.]

[The garden was surrounded by a simple bamboo fence, and the magical herbs planted inside were indeed as Lu Qingyu said, not rare species.]

[It was noon, the sun was shining brightly.]

[Under an old locust tree in the garden, there lies a wealthy old man. ]

[He held a palm-leaf fan in his hand and covered his face with it. The bamboo chair beneath him swayed slowly as he hummed a tune. He felt very comfortable.]

[You stepped forward and explained your purpose. The old man then lazily moved away the palm-leaf fan, revealing a plain face.]

[There is a bit of kindness in his brows, and he narrows his eyes to look you up and down: "Oh? It was arranged by Qingyu. It seems that Xiaoqingfeng has recruited a lot of new people this year."]

[You are surprised that this seemingly ordinary old man has already reached the Tianmen realm! ]

[What surprised you even more was that underneath his intentionally concealed aura, there was a hint of decline, as if he had suffered a serious hidden injury.]

[If not for this, your mid-stage Tianmen cultivation would be difficult to detect.]

[You can't help but sigh secretly, Fangcun Mountain is indeed home to many hidden dragons and crouching tigers.]

[No wonder he is ranked among the nine righteous sects. Even the old man guarding the medicine garden has such a high level of cultivation.]

[“There’s no need for any red tape. Just call me elder. That’s what Miss Lu and the others call me too.”]

[You naturally wouldn’t address him like that, “Disciple Zhou Jing, nice to meet you, old man.”]

[The old man nodded and said with a smile, "That's good. This deserted herb garden finally has someone to talk to."]

[He pointed to an old pine tree in the garden and said, "From now on, you can meditate under that tree. You can see clearly what is going on in the garden, but you won't be exposed to the sun."]

[“The job is simple. I will keep watch for eight hours, and the rest is up to you. In fact, it’s just to watch out for those sneaky birds and occasionally weed.”]

[You understand what he means - this is clearly to give you enough time to practice, "Thank you for taking care of me."]

[The old man narrowed his eyes and looked towards the distant mountain mist: "You can come and take over at noon tomorrow."]

[After saying this, he lazily lay back on the bamboo chair, covered his face with a palm-leaf fan, and hummed an unknown tune.]

[You look around this quiet and peaceful spiritual garden, and suddenly realize: Rather than being a guard, it is more like a place for cultivation prepared by Xiao Qingfeng for his disciples.]

[Thinking about the "Five Elements Dunjia Sword Scripture" I taught today, I feel more and more that Xiao Qingfeng's teaching is tailored to the students' abilities, and there is a mystery behind it.]

【You say goodbye and leave.】

[The old man opened his eyes from behind the palm-leaf fan, looked at your departing figure, and murmured, "Although this boy has average talent in cultivation and has just begun to shape his body, his foundation is solid."]

[“He can be considered a promising talent!”]

[You follow the mountain path to the second errand location - the "felling area" of Moon Shadow Bamboo. ]

[As soon as you reach the back mountain of Xiaoqing Peak, the scene before you will make you pause for a moment. ]

【See! 】

[The bamboo forests all over the mountains and plains surged like the sea in the wind, but the magical bamboos were very different from ordinary bamboos. Each one was as thick as a bowl, and the bamboo joints had a cold metallic luster, reflecting the moonlight in the sun.]

[You have heard that Xiaoqingfeng is famous for the abundance of this bamboo. Most of the new disciples who came yesterday received this sect mission.]

[But the scale of this sea of ​​bamboo in front of you is still beyond your imagination - the green bamboo waves extend all the way to the depths of the clouds and mist, as if there is no end. ]

[When you walk into the bamboo forest, you will see dozens of disciples working. Some of them are holding axes, some are wielding swords, and all of them have sweat on their foreheads. Many of them look miserable.]

[You saw a sturdy young man you saw yesterday, he used all his magic power to chop down with all his strength, the axe blade hit the bamboo and sparks flew, but the spiritual bamboo only had a white mark.]

[The female disciples nearby were panting, their hands holding the swords were shaking slightly.] [The mountain breeze brought intermittent conversations: "This is not bamboo, it's clearly black iron."]

[“My sword has been bent.”]

[You frowned slightly, quietly walked to a secluded place in the bamboo forest, and lightly touched a magical bamboo with your fingertips. ]

[The sun is blazing brightly, but the bamboo leaves are slightly cool.]

[The touch from your fingertips makes you secretly surprised - inside the seemingly hollow bamboo joints, there is actually a trace of spiritual energy flowing like a living thing, making the bamboo body both hard and soft, and its texture is three times better than ordinary magic weapons. ]

[After careful observation, the surface of the bamboo skin was covered with a layer of faint energy, like a natural armor. No wonder those disciples could hardly hurt it even with their full strength.]

[You put your fingers together like a knife, the power of the body-shaping realm condenses at the edge of your palm, and you chop it down lightly——]

[“Kang!”]

[The sound of metal hitting stone suddenly rang out, leaving only a hair-like white mark on the bamboo, and even the amplitude of the shaking was barely noticeable. I knew in my heart: If I rely on brute force alone, I would probably not be able to cut off a single bamboo even if I exhausted all my strength.]

[You pondered for a moment, and took stock of what you have learned - you only have two spells at the moment: the "Sword Escape Technique" you created as the main escape technique, and the "Heavenly Thunder to Punish Evil and Break Demons" from "Taiping Essential Techniques", which is powerful but not suitable for use here.]

[Only the "Gengjin Sword Finger" that I just learned today is the most suitable. ]

【Once your mind is set, you point your finger into a sword.】

[The Eighteen Pavilion Qi channels in the body suddenly started to circulate, and the surging Gengjin Qi surged like a river, but under your suppression, it condensed into a sharp edge. ]

[I saw a cold light bursting out from the tip of the middle finger, and the sword energy was condensed and did not dissipate, reflecting a cold light like frost and snow in the sunlight. ]

[Sword energy burst out from the fingertips, breaking through the air. The moment the cold light passed through the bamboo body, it actually made a clear sound like gold and jade hitting each other.]

[“Crack——”]

[Three bamboos as thick as bowls fell down, and their broken ends were as smooth as mirrors.]

[If you hadn't deliberately restrained your sword energy, this strike would have cut through the entire bamboo forest nearby. What's even more amazing is that the Gengjin energy lingering at the cut of the bamboo actually melted into the energy of the bamboo itself, making a subtle "sizzling" sound.]

[You stroked the bamboo's cross section, the corners of your mouth slightly raised. This "Gengjin Sword Finger" and the Moon Shadow Bamboo seem to be naturally incompatible.]

[You deliberately restrained the fluctuations of the sword energy, and even used your strength to dissolve the sound of Zhu's body falling to the ground, so as not to attract the attention of those around you.]

[It seems that chopping down 300 clumps of spiritual bamboo in a month is not a difficult task for you. ]

[Three hundred sticks a month, which is ten sticks a day at best.]

[You will not need to chop any more after chopping down three more spiritual bamboos. The first day is to familiarize yourself with the sword skills. It is not easy to chop down six spiritual bamboos when you first arrive.]

[I familiarized myself with the Eighteen Stops again. The more I studied this secret technique of nurturing sword energy, the more exquisite it seemed. Although it was easy to learn, to create such a technique, one must have an almost obsessive study of sword energy. The wonderful ideas were truly the result of studying sword energy to a very subtle level.]

[After handing over the six spiritual bamboos to Xiaoqingfeng Hall, he returned to his own courtyard.]

[It means that the day's mission has been completed. ]

[The merit system of Fangcun Mountain is quite interesting: guarding the spiritual garden is worth 100 merits per day, and cutting down ten bamboos is worth 200 merits. When you have accumulated 100,000 merits, you can exchange them for lower-grade spiritual tools. All spiritual pills, spiritual beasts, and magic swords are clearly marked with prices and can be purchased with good merits.]

[This good deed is like gold and silver in the mortal world within the sect.]

[As dusk falls, you return to the courtyard and begin to practice the Great Dao Golden Elixir Realm as recorded in the "Taiping Essential Techniques".]

[You are not lacking in cultivation. In a few months, you will be able to reach the middle stage of Tianmen.]

【Practicing too fast is not necessarily a good thing. 】

[After conquering the drought demon and traveling in Qinghe for a year, you feel more peaceful. ]

[Practicing is like climbing a mountain. In addition to being able to see the mountains from the top, there is also the scenery of the mountain. 】

[The night wind blows through the hall, and you finally enter into a state of meditation. This time, the spiritual energy in your sea of ​​​​qi flows particularly gently. 】

[Although you tried to restrain yourself, your cultivation speed increased by half a point.]

[The next day, in the dim morning light, you went to the cemetery early and sat cross-legged under the pine tree in the cemetery for a long time.]

[The Qi of "The True Explanation of Hunyuan Yiqi" slowly flows through the meridians, sealing the original Tianmen Realm cultivation layer by layer, and starting from the Qidong Realm to polish the foundation. ]

[This skill starts from the initial "Qidong Realm" and has a total of ten levels up to the Daotai Realm. ]

[He cultivated to the fifth level in one day. 】

[The sound of the old man who was guarding the cemetery waving a palm-leaf fan came from not far away. 】

[He squinted his eyes, seemingly taking a nap, but in fact he keenly caught the fluctuations of your breath, which were sometimes strong and sometimes weak. His eyebrows trembled slightly, and then stretched into meaningful smile lines.]

【In the afternoon, you say hello to the old man and leave.】

[Half a month has passed like this, and you repeat the process of sealing your spiritual orifices and re-cultivating your skills every day.]

[The mana in the body became more and more solid through repeated tempering, as mellow as aged fine wine. There were several times when the power was at a critical point, and the shadow of the Tai Chi of Hunyuan Qi appeared faintly around the body. ]

[The old man looks at your back with increasing appreciation, "Don't be impatient. Few people practice this 'True Explanation of Hunyuan Yiqi'. Although progress is slow, it is indeed suitable for people with low aptitude for practice."]

[“With a lot of accumulation, you will not lose to others in the long run.”]

[The old man laughed at himself and covered his face with the palm leaf fan again, "Thick soil can support things. Those bamboos that are eager to grow high are often the first to be broken by the wind and snow."]

[You have learned from your fellow disciples at Xiaoqing Peak these days that there is a library open to disciples from other mountains at the junction of Tianxiang Peak and Longshou Peak.]

[The cultivation manuals below the Daotai realm collected there not only do not require the expenditure of good deeds, but can even be borrowed and taken out after being registered.]

[It is said that every new moon and full moon day, you can always see many outer disciples queuing in front of the pavilion. ]

[The books in the library are as vast as the sea of ​​smoke. It is said that there are tens of thousands of Taoist books. Even if the outer mountain disciples spend several years to read them all, it would be difficult. ]

[With such a large collection of books, you won't be idle for a few years in the outer sect. ]

[You are going to impose nine levels of restrictions on "The True Explanation of Hunyuan Yiqi" and go to the library after revising it nine times.]

[Time flies, and suddenly another month has passed. ]

[Recently I heard a strange thing: the purple-clothed girl who entered the sect at the same time as you, and now your neighbor, has broken through the realms in just two months and has reached the late stage of body shaping.]

[This woman is gifted with extraordinary talent. She can cut down more than a hundred magical bamboos a day and still have energy left.]

[Masters Lu Qingyu and You Sanfeng were overjoyed. They never thought that Xiao Qingfeng would receive such a talented disciple.]

【I found a treasure! 】

(End of this chapter)