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Chapter 1341 Powerful Celestial Arts

Upon entering the mountain path, Xiaoyu immediately felt the Daoist magic around her rapidly leaving her, and the Daoist aura on her body also lost its spirituality.

To unleash supernatural powers and spells, one needs both magical power and the mental will to drive it. By using the mind to drive magical power, one can manipulate the rules of heaven and earth, and thus the Dao is achieved.

If there are no active principles in the world that can be perceived and manipulated by the spirit and will, how can one practice the Dao?
At this moment, Baiyun Mountain became a space of its own, a space devoid of the laws of the Great Dao.

Xiaoyu seems to have become a martial artist in a pure martial arts world.

However, if a cultivator's cultivation is profound enough, they can still sense the laws of the Pangu world outside the "White Cloud Mountain Space".

For example, Xiaoyu, although the Dao aura was hidden within her, she could always sense the Pangu Dao outside.

However, she had a strong feeling that if she forcibly activated the Daoist technique, she would be thrown out of the "White Cloud Mountain Space" and returned to the Pangu World.

Like everyone else, Xiaoyu used her internal energy techniques to run quickly along the mountain path.

After climbing for about two thousand feet, we arrived at a spacious mountainside platform.

Behind the platform, instead of a mountain path paved with bluestone slabs, there is a vertical and flat stone wall.

The stone wall is two thousand feet high, and thousands of people who have stumbled upon the immortals have already swarmed onto it.

Below the cliff, there were many more people, some hesitant, some with troubled expressions, and some lacking the ability, who could only sigh in despair as they gazed at the mountain.

Without pausing, Xiaoyu used her superb lightness skill to step on the uneven parts of the stone wall with both feet, and her body rose straight up.

She also lost her footing during the climb.

The protruding rock she stepped on suddenly broke off, sending fragments flying everywhere, making it impossible for her to gain leverage.

Over the course of two thousand zhang, she stepped on a total of 129 stones, thirteen of which were as brittle as sand.

This is obviously not normal.

Not only was her lightness skill exceptional, but her eyesight was even better; every foothold she chose was theoretically the most secure. Even if she tried ten thousand times, not a single rock should have fallen.

However, she had already calculated it. The other people who encountered the immortal's destiny used both hands and feet to be more careful, employing skillful force with both hands and feet. As a result, the places they were holding onto and stepping on simultaneously slipped away. Caught off guard, they fell down with screams.

Some who fell managed to grab onto the rock face below, regain their footing, and continue climbing, while others were too terrified to continue.

Some people who fell landed directly on the platform below, either dying or breaking their legs.

Xiaoyu saw her apprentice Xi Juan halfway there.

Xi Juan moved with unbelievable ease; not a single rock broke or fell away. Every step he took was perfectly placed, as if he were walking on the ground.

There are many people like him, including an ordinary person who doesn't know martial arts.

The immortal warriors on the side were climbing with sweat pouring down their faces and hearts pounding with fear; the mortals, on the other hand, seemed to be walking on a flat stone path rather than climbing a 90-degree angled stone wall. They were a little slower, but they were unusually stable and didn't seem to exert any effort at all.

If you say they cheated, they were still in the "White Cloud Mountain Space," which is isolated from the laws of the Great Dao, and their environment was exactly the same as everyone else's.

But to say they didn't cheat is absurd, because every time they took a step, there happened to be a huge rock formation like a staircase next to them.

They walked steadily along, and others wanted to follow in his footsteps and repeat his "easy path," but immediately the stones broke, and they fell down screaming in agony.

"Encountering a celestial encounter at Baiyun Mountain tests one's own fortune. Don't try to take advantage of others; everyone's fortune is different, and their paths are different too," a Qi cultivator who had climbed the stone wall shouted to his companions below.

Xi Juan's cousin fell and broke his leg. The white, broken bone pierced through the flesh and was exposed, looking extremely gruesome.

Xi Juan immediately jumped down, first treating her second cousin's injuries, then using straps to tie him to her back, dragging him up the stone wall one by one.

Some people who climbed up the rock wall and entered the second platform followed his example and went back to carry others, and then the two of them fell down and were smashed to pieces.

After crossing the second platform, there is a single-plank bridge.

Below the bridge lies a bottomless abyss, with roaring waves and swirling mist. On the other side of the bridge stands a massive incense burner with three sticks of incense burning.

The bridge is three hundred feet long and is a smooth, round stone pillar with a cross-section only the width of a hand.

What's even more amazing is that whenever someone steps on it, a magical power immediately gathers on the soles of their feet.

If one uses internal energy, magical power, or true essence, that immortal power will immediately react, entering through the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot, causing one to lose their balance and fall into a thousand-foot abyss.

Whether he will die from the fall is uncertain, but if he falls, his path to immortality will definitely come to an abrupt end.

Even Xiaoyu nearly fell off the cliff three times in the short distance of three hundred zhang.

The first time I slipped was because of the fog.

The fog at Baiyun Peak is of two types: one is normal water fog, which wets clothes and moistens rocks; the other is dry fog that creates illusions and obscures the five senses.

The mist rising from below, sometimes dry, only affects visibility and does not affect the stone pillar bridge beneath one's feet.

If a spray of water mist suddenly comes out from below, it will quickly condense into water droplets underfoot, making the stone surface extremely slippery.

Xiaoyu was walking steadily, but she was caught off guard when a mist of water came down to her feet. The water on the smooth stone pillar was even more slippery than oil. She stumbled and half of her body was hanging in the air.

The second slip was due to a strong wind. With his body suspended more than 4,000 feet in the air, a sudden gust of wind struck, and Xiao Yu, known as the "God of Wind in Western Shu," was almost blown over.

The third was a man-made disaster.

"Ah, this is Yu Fengxian! Grand Tutor Yu of the Great Qin Dynasty has also come to the Ape Lord Immortal Abode to seek a celestial destiny!"

She was so fast on the mountain trail that no one could catch a glimpse of her, so they didn't recognize her. When climbing the rock face, everyone spread out, because if someone fell from the sky or a rock fell from above, they would really be implicated.

This time, with thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, and since she couldn't fly across, her true appearance was naturally revealed to everyone.

Just as she was about to pass the stone pillar, a sudden gust of wind came from behind her. "Yu Fengxian, I'll fight you to the death!"

Someone wanted to "trade" with her, to have a one-for-one exchange.

However, Xiaoyu, with her keen hearing and sharp eyes, lightly tapped her foot without using any internal energy, leaping ten feet into the air and landing her embroidered shoe on the masked martial artist's vital point on the top of his head.

She was unharmed, while the martial artist immediately coughed up blood from all seven orifices and fell straight down into the abyss.

After crossing the log bridge, Baiyun Cave appeared directly in front of us.

You won't mistake it, because the three ancient seal characters "Baiyun Cave" are written on the stone wall of the cave.

At the entrance of Baiyun Cave stands a half-person-high white jade incense burner, with three burning incense sticks inserted above it. The fragrant aroma is soothing and calming, bringing peace of mind and a sense of well-being.

The back of the incense burner is engraved with two lines of small characters: "Burning three sticks of incense, to cut a thread of heavenly secrets for all fellow Daoists; sincerely praying, and making a vow to act on behalf of Heaven and not to do wrong."

Xiao Yu saw the person in front of her rushing into the cave and didn't even notice the two lines of small characters.

Without hesitation, she immediately bowed three times to the incense burner, chanting, "Grand Tutor Yu Fengxian of the Great Qin Dynasty swears to the heavens that if I learn the immortal techniques in the cave, I will never use the power of magic for evil. If I break this vow, may I be struck down by heaven and earth."

Only after making a solemn vow did she feel at ease step into the cave.

Inside the cave was a small blessed land, three hundred miles wide and three hundred miles deep. It was filled with exotic flowers and rare herbs, including many elixirs such as ginseng and lingzhi. Less than three hundred feet inside, there was a stone wall, a thousand feet high and a thousand feet wide, entirely jade white.

Its surface is as smooth as a mirror, and like a mirror, it shimmers with all sorts of fantastic and magnificent scenery.

Xiaoyu ignored the scenery inside the cave and floated straight to the opposite side of the stone wall.

If an outsider were to look at her, it would be as if she were looking in a mirror; on the jade wall opposite her, there would only be her own reflection, nothing else.

From Xiaoyu's perspective, the moment she turned her gaze to the stone wall, it shimmered with a dazzling, ethereal beauty.

As she concentrated her mind to comprehend the celestial aura, lines of obscure and profound incantations appeared directly on the surface of the stone wall.

This is a powerful earthly divine ability called "Pot Heaven".

Although it is a "Pot Heaven" supernatural power, the opening twenty-sentence formula does not explain the specific practice of the supernatural power, but rather uses extremely concise language to explain the basic principles of the Great Dao of Space.

After the twenty-line mnemonic, there are more than three hundred lines of specific practice methods.

For others, the last three hundred or so lines of the mantra might be the key. But Xiaoyu didn't even look at the later parts; she only studied the first twenty lines, the "general principles."

At this moment, the "super comprehension" brought about by the fusion of the humanistic fortune of mending the heavens and the Purple Mansion finally began to truly take effect.

Previously, it was like using a 1000M broadband connection to download small files of tens of KB. Now, I can finally run AAA games on cloud PCs.

Xiaoyu felt an extreme sense of exhilaration.

Unfortunately, the enjoyment came to an abrupt end.

The spatial principles within the Divine Power of the Pot Heaven were too rudimentary and basic. She had barely begun to enjoy it when she had already fully grasped the meaning of the twenty-line mantra.

The feeling of going from high speed to sudden braking was very unpleasant for her.

The next instant, the Earthly Fiend Divine Power called "Rain Prayer" appeared on the jade disc.

She glanced at it and her face showed disappointment.

The spatial techniques of the Pot Heaven could also give her some inspiration, allowing her to update her Sleeve Universe two or three times, upgrading it from 2.0 to 2.4.

The profound meaning of "praying for rain" is too rudimentary and of no benefit to her at this moment.

She even considered picking up a pen, crossing out the part after "praying for rain," and writing an even stronger mnemonic herself.

Fortunately, the Earthly Fiend Techniques on the stone wall were plentiful and satisfying. Next up was the third Earthly Fiend Divine Power, "Divine Power" (which allows non-physical practitioners to reach the limits of human strength through magic).

If we quantify the benefits, with a maximum score of 100, praying for rain would be 0 points, the Heavenly Spring would be 30 points, and divine power would be 5 points.

Xiaoyu had already reached the dual extremes of power and speed in the "magic" category.

Well, her physical body wasn't strong enough to directly touch the dual poles of strength and speed. To reach the dual poles of strength and speed, she had to rely on magical power, which was essentially the same as the supernatural power of "divine power".

After that, she spent about half an hour reading through all seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers.

The highest score was for "Immobilization," which Xiaoyu rated 60 points.

This "immobilization technique" itself isn't very powerful; it's extremely difficult to immobilize even celestial beings. However, this was Xiaoyu's first encounter with this type of technique, which broadened her horizons and opened up new avenues for her research in Taoist arts, hence the score of 60.

The second-ranked company is Hutian.

Heaven have mercy, in Grand Tutor Yu's eyes now, more than 90% of the 72 Earthly Fiends Divine Powers are useless trash.

Just when she was utterly disappointed, the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers on the stone wall began to arrange and combine, eventually evolving into an extremely profound immortal technique.

This brand-new immortal technique does not discuss supernatural powers or secret methods, but only expounds the Great Dao and explains the basic principles by which the power of the Earthly Fiends evolves into all things in the human world.

Its explanation of the principles of Earthly Fiend Transformation differs greatly from the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques" that Xiaoyu learned.

The "Eight-Nine Mystic Arts" cultivates a "Primordial Qi." Primordial Qi is like the fundamental particles that make up protons and electrons. Mastering Primordial Qi allows one to combine it into any atom, and then combine atoms into all molecules, which are all things in the world.

The "Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends" here divides all things in the world into seventy-two categories, and each category is explained and embodies its basic mysteries through a supernatural power.

Just like the periodic table of elements in Xiaoyu's previous life, it is divided into sixteen groups according to the number of outer electrons.

For example, lithium hydrogen, sodium hydrogen, and potassium hydrogen, which belong to the "first group" of electrons.

"The Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends" uses "hydrogen supernatural powers" to illustrate the fundamental characteristics of the First Main Race.

The seventy-two supernatural powers and seventy-two lineages represent the periodic table of elements in the entire Pangu world, and the entire periodic table represents all things in the human world.

Without a doubt, the "Seventy-two Transformations of Earthly Fiends" left by the Jade Emperor in the White Cloud Cave is more accessible and easier to cultivate, and can be learned by junior high school students as the "periodic table of immortal elements".

The "Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts" of the Primordial Celestial Venerable breaks down atoms into quarks, and even goes further. This analysis of matter is clearly more fundamental, something only the most elite scientists can study.

"Sigh, if I had encountered this 'commoner's version of the 72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends' a few years earlier, I could have used it to finish reading the '72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends' series. Now, it's too late, and it's not of much value anymore."

Grand Tutor Yu shook his head, his eyes showing no disappointment or regret, only a faint sense of pride and arrogance.

She believes that her completed version of "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" is more powerful than the original in certain categories of transformations, such as the transformation of the dragon element, so she naturally looks down on this "junior high school level reading material".

After finishing reading "The Seventy-Two Divine Powers of the Earthly Fiends," Xiaoyu closed her eyes, cleared her mind, and looked at the stone wall again.

After a while, another painting emerged from the stone wall.

It is a unique and extraordinary technique.

"Finally, the main course is here." Xiao Yu perked up and carefully read the contents of the immortal manual.

This extraordinary technique, known as "Reversing Yin and Yang," can disrupt the order of heaven and earth, causing the sun and moon to lose their normal course, with yang remaining dormant and yin being suppressed and unable to rise.

Even if we consider it merely as a supernatural power or magic, it is already exceptionally powerful, capable of artificially disrupting the normal order of the existing world.

For example, under normal circumstances, water will boil when it is boiled, and freeze when the temperature is low.

If the rules are reversed, water boils and freezes, or boils when the temperature is low.

If one masters this extraordinary technique and enters a purely technological material world, one can alter the physical constants and natural laws of the material universe with a single thought, causing all creations based on scientific logic to collapse.

Faced with a million interstellar battleships, each equipped with weapons capable of annihilating stars, a cultivator could simply snap his fingers and reduce all technological creations to scrap metal or even less than scrap metal.

It can overturn the rules of the world, making steel no longer hard and solid, but as loose as sand.

The highest level of this Heavenly Dipper Technique is to directly reshape the rules of the world according to one's own will at the level of Yin and Yang.

"Only celestial techniques of this level could possibly be combined to form a celestial immortal technique capable of attaining the Great Luo realm!"

At this point, Xiaoyu truly became excited.

(End of this chapter)