I use myths to create immortality

Chapter 45: The method of Qi restraint, accepting the sect mission
At the foot of Tenghai Peak, many Xuanwei disciples came upon hearing the news.

Extremely lively.

“It was such a big scene just now, how come it suddenly disappeared?
"What kind of magic weapon did Senior Sister Ling Miao master? Can you open our eyes..."

"I haven't seen any thunder tribulation, so I guess it's a failure."

Many Xuanwei monks were talking at once and discussing the matter.

But no one dared to go up the mountain easily.

Yuqi Tong'er looked towards Tenghai Palace with some doubt, even though everyone said that it was his master's ingenuity that made the magic weapon.

In the entire Tenghai Peak, Lingmiao is indeed the only one who has the greatest chance of attracting the Dao rhythm and practicing it into a treasure.

The subtle rhythm of Taoism just now instantly enveloped Tenghai Peak for hundreds of miles, and no one knew where it came from.

However, she always felt that the mysterious Taoist rhyme did not come from Tenghai Palace.

In her mind, there flashed across the images of masters who were practicing in Tenghai Peak and had certain magical powers and spells.

"Who is the one?"

Finally, the picture freezes on Wuyou Rock, on the young man in green with childish cheeks and generous spending.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..." Yu Qi shook her head.

Can a magic weapon made from a pile of iron materials also bring about the rhythm of Tao?

This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

At this moment, the gates of Tenghai Palace opened wide.

Zhenren Lingmiao frowned slightly and walked out slowly.

"Master." Yu Qi's eyes were full of curiosity.

She was also curious whether her master had mastered some new magical power.

"I have been in seclusion for these years. Is there any famous and powerful person who would like to come to my Tenghai Peak?"

"No, we now have more than 300 Qi Refiners in Tenghai Peak; the one with the highest magic power has 500 years of magic power." Yu Qi shook his head.

In each generation of Xuanwei Sect, the disciple with the strongest magical power and the most extensive supernatural powers is selected as the leader, and each of them sits on a peak.

As for other junior brothers and sisters of the same generation, they can only live with these peak masters and practice.

Just like Ji Yuan was arranged in Tenghai Peak.

In name, he, Lingbao Taoist, and Lingmiao, were both disciples of Xuanwei Sect. There was no difference between them, and neither of them had the true teachings.

But if Ling Miao needed some elixir to increase her power, or needed help with something, she could assign Ji Yuan or any cultivator from Tenghai Peak to collect the herbs for her.

Every chief peak master is a designated true disciple and has many conveniences in the sect.

It gathers all the luck and resources of the monks in the peak.

Kunwu Mountain is vast, and there are thousands of peaks with spiritual veins. Some peak masters have only two or three monks under their command, while some peak masters have more than a thousand monks under their command.

There are seventy-two peaks that are the most advanced, with the most monks, the most abundant luck and spiritual energy, and the status of the peak masters is even higher than that of the elders.

"Yuqi, go gather all the fellow apprentices to Tenghai Palace. I need to issue a decree."

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Yu Qi rushed down to pass on the message.

"Let's see who has such ability." A thought flashed through Ling Miao's mind.

……

Soon, more than 320 monks from Tenghai Peak arrived at Tenghai Palace, either by flying in the mist, walking with the spirit, or flying on the ground.

"Senior Sister Ling Miao!"

“Greetings, First Master…”

Ling Miao did not act arrogantly. He returned the salute and looked around at all the monks from Tenghai Peak, looking at the few with the highest magical powers among them.

She frowned slightly.

The people with the highest magical powers have been practicing in Tenghai Peak for a hundred years, and she is very familiar with them.

She scanned every Tenghai Peak monk and saw no suspicious people. She asked Yu Qi, "Is everyone here?"

"Master Lingbao from Wuyou Rock hasn't arrived yet. I just went to see him and he's not at home today. I think he went to Jinque Palace." Yu Qi replied.

"Lingbao? Who is he? How advanced is he? When did he come?"

"He was arranged by Senior Uncle Lingquan of Jinque Palace a few days ago. He is said to be a talented disciple from Zhongzhou Taoist Academy. However, he looks very young, and his magical powers are only twenty years old..." Yu Qi curled her lips.

Seeing that everyone in Tenghai Peak looked contemptuous upon hearing this, Yu Qi thought for a moment and said, "But Master Lingbao is indeed a man of Taoism, and his Taoist skills are exquisite. If Master has any decrees, you can leave it to Master Lingbao to do it."

When other monks from Tenghai Peak heard the peak master suddenly ask about a new Lingbao Taoist, they thought the peak master looked down on them and started to speak out.

"What a joke! With only twenty years of magical power, what can be so wonderful..."

"It's just that the people of Zhongzhou have never seen the world. They know a few tricks and have little experience, but they are listed as geniuses. They are simply sitting in a well and looking at the world..."

"What is the purpose of the Peak Master summoning us? Is it to collect spiritual herbs or to gather magical materials? Even if you issue a decree, how can we easily give away hundreds of years of magical power?"

"That's right, Senior Sister, please tell me what you want. Since we are practicing in Tenghai, we will do our best to help you!"

They choose to join Yifeng to practice, share weal and woe, and if Lingmiao can cultivate great magical powers, they will be valued by Tenghaifeng and even become a true Dharma lineage, then they will naturally rise to great heights.

It's like betting.

If the peak master can leave others far behind, or even become the head of a sect, then they can all follow suit and ascend to the ranks of elders and deacons directly, controlling hundreds of thousands of disciples and resources of the entire church.

So everyone seems to be extremely proactive.

Ling Miao shook her head: "Since Junior Brother Lingbao is not here, there is no need to worry about him."

Twenty years of magic power. I guess there is no one with such low magic power in the entire Tenghai Peak.

It was dispensable and not worthy of her attention.

Her spell still needs the last step, which is the feather of a fire-attributed beast. She needs to summon all the powerful monks in Tenghai Peak to go to the wilderness to help her kill the beast.

Ji Yuan's tiny magical power is useless, and will only hold everyone back.

………As the core of Xuanwei Sect, Jinque Peak has continuous palaces. From the top of the peak, there are rows of jade walls and red steps, which are extremely gorgeous.

Ji Yuan once again rode the wind and landed on Jinque Peak. This time he was going to the Merit Hall.

There are many institutions on Jinque Peak, including magnificent buildings, the Treasure Pavilion for storing spiritual objects and magical materials, the Chuanfa Pavilion for learning magic, the Ziwei Pavilion for lectures and discussions, the Yanwu Arena for martial arts competitions, the Law Enforcement Hall, the Sutra Hall, the Patriarch Hall, and many other buildings.

And behind the Jinque Peak, there is said to be the Xuanwei Cave Heaven, where all the ancestors, grandmasters, and senior masters of the sect are located.

Compared to other places, Jinque Peak is simply crowded with people. From the top of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, it is densely packed with Xuanwei disciples.

Unable to fly up to Jinque Peak, Ji Yuanjiafeng landed at the bottom of the peak and walked up the several-zhang-wide white jade steps to climb up the mountainside.

I asked for directions along the way, and after turning around in the mountains several times, I finally found the Merit Hall.

In the square in front of the hall, which is about a thousand feet wide, there stands a stone tablet that is thousands of feet high. On the tablet is a document, similar to a list, which is open to the monks to read.

Some people looked at the inscriptions on the stone tablets one by one, picking and choosing, while others took off the inscriptions, lined up in front of the Merit Hall to register, and then flew away.

Ji Yuan followed suit and walked to a stone tablet with fewer people. He found that there were ten blank spaces on each tablet, with ten documents posted on each space.

"To carry 5,000 branches of the Fire Tong tree at Fire Tong Mountain, you must have more than ten years of magical powers. It is best if you have great strength and endurance. Twenty merits..."

"The Royal Sanyuan Temple of Liyang State in the Southern Shan Region is in need of a master. The master must have more than ten years of magical power. Those who know magic such as exorcism, pregnancy protection, and fortune-telling are preferred. The master must guard the temple for ten years and must have fifty merits..."

"Go to Zhongzhou to pick up the descendants of the elders of Ziji Palace. They must have at least a hundred years of magical power, be steadfast and patient, be hardworking and considerate, and preferably be good at martial arts... Twenty merits."

"Brush the ancestor's mount and trim his hair and nails. Experienced people are preferred. Five merits..."

Ji Yuan looked at them one by one and shook his head slightly.

No wonder no one is interested in the documents on this stone tablet, as they are all complicated, laborious, time-consuming and low-paying tasks.

The books distributed to him by Lingquan contained an introduction to merits.

This merit is not that merit, but it means achievement, which is recorded in the identity badge.

In religion, merits have many uses and can be used to exchange for spiritual objects and magic spells.

"One magic spell requires hundreds of thousands or even millions of merits. How long will it take to collect them all with these small things?" Ji Yuan complained in his heart.

The Xuanwei Sect has been passed down for countless years, so the magic spells it has inherited are naturally numerous, ranging from the great powers of burning the sky and boiling the sea, and the secrets of refining rare treasures, to the small ones of exorcising evil spirits and stabilizing pregnancy, and drawing talismans to cure diseases.

In the books distributed by the sect, there is a brief introduction to the exchange prices of some spells.

The cheapest one, a "Water Avoidance Technique" that allows one to enter water without drowning and breathe freely in the deep sea, is worth "two hundred thousand merits".

A superior illusion, such as the [Xuanguan Zhanmu Technique], which is a trick to deceive the eyes, requires "three million merits".

There is also a technique called "Cloud Ladder to Heaven", which absorbs the energy of smoke and haze. After ten generations of practice, one can cultivate a colorful cloud, which can travel across the five lakes and four seas, three mountains and nine swamps in one day, and is worth "ninety-nine million merits".

On par with it is the magical power [Ten Thousand Miles Flying Rainbow Technique], which allows one to move a short distance, a thousand miles in an instant, at an incredible speed. After mastering it, it is said to be [the best ability to go up to heaven and down to earth like a wheel, and to fly across the sea and over mountains], and it also has 'Nine Thousand Nine Million Merits'.

Simply exaggerated.

No wonder the sects gather disciples into groups to form various magical forces.

Spells and various knowledge are so expensive that one person cannot afford them at all.

Only by forming a Lingfeng lineage and having hundreds or thousands of disciples under one's command to complete a large number of tasks together can one accumulate enough merit to exchange for spells.

Compared to spells and knowledge, the prices of some elixirs and spiritual materials are cheaper and not so exaggerated.

However, the channels for obtaining spells are not just through exchange of merits.

After becoming a disciple, the elders and masters will teach you. For example, Master Linghe once taught Ji Yuan the [Rain-Gathering Talisman].

Or exchange with others.

Ji Yuan walked around this stone tablet and came to a stone tablet with a larger crowd of onlookers.

"Huh? This thing can be sent on behalf of others?" Ji Yuan was a little surprised.

"The Hall of Merit sends this message: The head of Changyang Peak needs a spiritual lotus. Anyone who can pick it within nine years is willing to exchange it for 10,000 catties of magic silver or ten thousand-year-old spiritual herbs..."

"From the Merit Hall: Senior Brother Lingji needs a gourd of real water. If anyone can deliver it within nine years, I will exchange it for a fire sparrow egg..."

"A message from the Hall of Merit: Master Xu Hong wants a fire silkworm. Whoever can go to the Great Wilderness and catch one for Master will be rewarded with a beheading technique that will allow him to remain immortal..."

Sending on behalf of others means that the elders, true disciples, and peak masters in the sect can ask the Hall of Merit to send out whatever items they need.

Compared with sect missions, this kind of mission is obviously more difficult and the rewards are also more generous.

"One fire silkworm in exchange for the art of immortality by beheading!" Ji Yuan's eyes were immediately attracted.

Beheading but not dying! Could it be some kind of divine or demonic skill?
At this time, someone nearby reminded: "Junior brother, don't be attracted by the magic and accept the mission. The fire silkworm is a prehistoric species. How can an ordinary person easily deal with or capture it?"

"That's right. The so-called immortality technique of beheading is nothing but the [Qi Confinement] method of Zhihongmen. It is just to trick some ignorant people into committing suicide." Someone sneered.

The so-called [Qi Ban] is a kind of strange technique such as Xuanmen Qigong.

The above is to stop bleeding by cutting a wound on your body with a knife, and then hold your breath with the Qigong method to stop bleeding.

If you want the wound to heal, it can heal instantly.

When one has mastered the skill to a high level, one can take off one's head and fly in the sky, which looks so magical that one would think that an ancient god or demon is still alive and can take out one's intestines, wash them, and then put them back together to grow properly.

But there is a big flaw, and one cannot be startled during the practice.

Once the person is frightened and loses his breath, blood will gushed out immediately and the person may be seriously injured at best, or die on the spot at worst.

It is not as good as the [Xuan Guang Zhan Blindness Technique]. If you master the Xuan Guang Zhan Blindness Technique, you can cut off your head and let it fly in the sky, and you can also reattach it without losing your essence. It is just an illusion.

Ji Yuan listened to everyone's discussions and finally realized that there were many pitfalls in this kind of task of sending messages on behalf of others.

If it was such a good thing, how could I keep it for myself? Someone would have rushed to take it away.

"I see that my junior brother's magic power is not high. It is better for him to take some simple tasks within the sect. The difficult ones are also very dangerous. If you lose your life, it will not be worth it." The man who had just reminded gave further advice.

"Thank you, senior brother." Ji Yuan walked out of the crowd and went to the next stone tablet that no one cared about.

Then his eyes lit up: "This is good! This is it..."

After confirming it, he reached out and took it off on the spot.

(End of this chapter)