The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 6 Puppet Refining
Li Yuan's expression flashed, and he did not step forward first. Instead, he waited until the other four fellow disciples had collected their puppets before he collected the last Yimu puppet.

The following ceremonies were mostly complicated old rituals, such as worshiping the ancestral tablets, bestowing crowns and seals, etc. It was already noon when they were finished.

After the peak masters and elders left, Li Yuan and the other five were surrounded by the disciples and came forward to congratulate them.

"Junior Brother Li, you actually became a deacon disciple!"

A rough voice sounded, and Ruan Jinghu was the first to run to his side, still a little unbelieving, and said: "I have a superior spiritual root, plus the spiritual pill and the skills are compatible, so I can enter the middle stage of Qi Refining so quickly.

You are so lucky!"

Li Yuan said embarrassedly: "Brother, I am also relying on the blessing of the senior from Qingfeng Pavilion!"

"I know, I know. Otherwise, how can I say that you are so lucky?" Ruan Jinghu smiled and said to the person behind him, "Come, this is the Junior Brother Li Yuan I told you about. He is kind and absolutely reliable!"

"I've heard of your great name for a long time. Nice to meet you!" A young man with narrow eyes and a broad forehead smiled and bowed. "My name is Qi Hongzhi. Congratulations to my junior brother for becoming a deacon disciple!"

"My name is Li Yuan, nice to meet you, Senior Brother Qi. I am unworthy of your great name, as you are often ridiculed." Li Yuan also returned the greeting.

"Hahaha, since we know each other, there's no need to be polite between fellow disciples!" Ruan Jinghu smiled and put his arm around his shoulders, saying, "Let's go to your little courtyard today and drink three jars of wine!"

"This..." Li Yuan said helplessly: "There is no wine in my courtyard."

"I have it." Qi Hongzhi smiled and took out a jar of wine from his sleeve pocket, "I must drink it today!"

So Li Yuan had no choice but to take the two of them to his own courtyard, and the three of them sat down. One of them took out a few plates of side dishes and fragrant meat, and the other took out three jars of good wine. It was obvious that they had made preparations in advance.

Li Yuan became alert in his heart, but his face still looked a little reserved.

After the three of them had a good meal, Ruan Jinghu, a little tipsy, asked, "Junior Brother Li Yuan, what do you think is the most important thing in this world of cultivation?"

"What's the most important thing?" Li Yuan was stunned. His face was slightly red from the wine. He thought for a while before saying, "That's hard to say. Which one is less important, wealth, friends, Dharma, or land?"

After taking a sip of wine, Qi Hongzhi said with a smile: "I think it's good luck!"

"Good luck?" Upon hearing this, Ruan Jinghu laughed and slapped the table, almost causing it to crack.

"That's right, it's good fortune! It's also called good fortune, or opportunity!"

He went on to say, “I heard that the ancestor of the Qinghe Xu family was just a casual cultivator five hundred years ago, but one day he explored a secret cave and found the Xuanxu Dan Sutra. After that, he soared into the sky and became a true cultivator of the foundation-building stage. He established a family in Qinghe, and the inheritance from generation to generation is almost the same as our Qiling Sect, which has been passed down for thousands of years!”

“Yes, although there are those with outstanding spiritual roots and talents, many of them die halfway. Even if the disciples of a family have the protection of their elders, they still encounter various bottlenecks and it is difficult to follow the path of immortality.

If we also have the fate of the Xu ancestor, maybe we can also get a glimpse of the realm of true cultivation in this life!" Qi Hongzhi echoed after hearing this.

After hearing what the two said, Li Yuan naturally understood their intention.

"Junior Brother Li, I discovered a cultivator's cave in Pingyang Mountain three months ago. The stone door is in the shape of a thousand years ago. There is an 80% chance that it is an ancient cultivator's cave!"

"What! Ancient Cultivator's Cave!" Qi Hongzhi exclaimed, "Brother Ruan, you actually told us such a shocking secret!"

"What's the big deal? We are all trustworthy brothers. Brother Qi and I are friends who have risked our lives together, while Junior Brother Li and I are classmates. He is a kind person. The three of us will enjoy this great opportunity together. When the time comes, we will all advance on the path to immortality. Maybe we can achieve true cultivation and live to be five hundred years old. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Would you two like to go with me?"

"Of course we will go together! Brother Ruan has told us about such a great opportunity, how can we let him down?" Qi Hongzhi immediately agreed.

"Junior Brother Li, what about you?"

Ruan Jinghu looked at him with burning eyes.

Li Yuan showed greed and envy on his face and said, “I also want to go for such a great opportunity.

However, I, a junior brother, have limited magical powers and am not proficient in magic. I am afraid that even if I go, I will not be able to help much, and will instead be a burden to my two senior brothers.

Alas, I am not afraid of being laughed at by my two senior brothers. I was almost killed in the throat by a sword from that mortal swordsman a few years ago. Since then, I have developed a problem. Whenever I want to fight with others, I will be frightened and unable to control myself, and I can't even distinguish between friend and foe.

Junior brother, I really don’t dare to go out of the mountain gate! "

Hearing this, a hint of impatience and even disgust flashed in Qi Hongzhi's eyes.

Ruan Jinghu advised, "Brother, don't worry, I'm here. The Luoshang Zhengong I practice is one of the best in the sect. Even if I encounter a cultivator of the late Qi Refining stage, I can retreat calmly!"

"This..." Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "But brother, I haven't even cultivated one of the easiest five-element spells for a mid-stage cultivator, let alone..."

"What?" Qi Hongzhi asked in surprise, "Junior Brother Li, it's been more than a year since you broke through to the middle stage. How is it possible that you haven't even mastered a spell for the middle stage cultivation?"

"This... this is true." Li Yuan lowered his head in shame, "I have been practicing the Ice Cone Technique for five months, and I have not succeeded once so far."

"Junior Brother Li, you..."

Hearing this, even Ruan Jinghu was a little surprised, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Brother Ruan, how could I lie to you?" Li Yuan stood up. "If you don't believe me, I'll show you a few things."

After saying this, he made a hand gesture and it was obvious that he was very skilled at casting the spell. However, the spiritual power dissipated everywhere when it flowed into his palms. By the time he completed the hand gesture, it was obvious that the spiritual power had dissipated.

Qi Hongzhi couldn't help but want to laugh, "This is, the spiritual power is dissipating, this really can't be faked. Junior Brother Li is really..."

Ruan Jinghu was also a little confused. "Junior Brother Li, weren't you very smart when you were studying? How come when it comes to practicing magic..."

Li Yuan frowned and looked down at the blue bricks under his feet in shame. "I don't know why this happens. It always happens every time I practice some magic."

Qi and Ruan witnessed this scene and obviously gave up the idea of ​​persuading him to explore the ancient cave. Even if the disciples of their Qi Ling Sect were incompetent, as long as they learned some spells and used puppets, they would be quite powerful.

But for someone like Li Yuan, who couldn't even learn a mid-level spell in more than a year, it was really shocking.

So, in the evening, Li Yuan sent the two of them out of the courtyard with a wry smile and waved goodbye to them.

Only after he closed the gate and returned to the attic did his expression return to calm.

People's hearts are hidden, let alone something as important as the path of cultivation. In Li Yuan's opinion, going on an adventure with others is tantamount to seeking death.

Even if the two of them invited him sincerely, if there were any unexpected situations during the expedition, he would not be able to resist it with his current strength.

Moreover, even if everything goes smoothly, when it comes to dividing the treasure, people will make choices under the temptation of interests. He doesn't dare to gamble with his life!

Li Yuan wanted to achieve immortality, so he had to be cautious. There would be disputes and fights along the way, but he didn't have to fight now. The most important thing now was to practice steadily and refine the puppet quietly.

With a flick of his sleeve, the Yimu puppet appeared in front of him. This kind of puppet is good at long-range attack and can shoot Yimu arrows. Each arrow is equivalent to a medium-level spell of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining. It can penetrate the body and stagnate blood. If an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of Qi Refining is hit, he will probably be half-wasted. Li Yuan used his mind to activate the spell and control the puppet's actions. It walked around the room, adapting to it and mastering it.

After getting a little familiar with it, he put it away and took out the storage bag from his sleeve.

In the world of cultivation, few people hang their storage bags in such a conspicuous place as around their waists. Most of them are hidden in the lapels or wide sleeves. This way, they can collect things with a flick of their sleeves. It looks ethereal and does not easily attract people's attention.

The storage bag suddenly lit up, and three more materials appeared on the ground.

"Spiritual water, light feather wood, and three-color light pulp.

Apart from the main spiritual wood material, there are only three of the remaining five spiritual objects left."

Li Yuan thought in his heart that the remaining silver mercury silk and Xuanzhong water were all in the mountain gate. Unfortunately, these two kinds of things were more precious, and there was a quota for each puppet, so it was not so easy to get them.

The Qiling Sect has been passing down puppetry for thousands of years and has developed the lowest cost and highest output of puppetry, just like the assembly line in the factory in the previous life. When Li Yuan was doing chores, he would often secretly take some spiritual materials and save them. The first three spiritual materials were secretly saved in this way.

He was not the only one who did it. Many disciples did it secretly without tacit consent, and the elders just wanted to see them complete the task and let them take these scraps.

Now that Li Yuan has become a deacon disciple and can choose his own affairs, it will be much easier to obtain these two spiritual materials.

He has almost finished studying the four core internal restrictions of the Jiamu puppet, and it is time to start work.

Making a puppet is not something that can be done instantly. Unless you have real skills, you have to follow the process step by step.

Li Yuan's mind flashed, and he appeared in the Xuanyuan Wanmu Realm. He was surprised to find that there was a magic furnace inexplicably behind the stone tablet, and there was a roaring fire under the furnace.

"This is really easy to get!"

He was overjoyed. He had been planning to use the underground fire room at the mountain gate to refine the puppet's body. Now there was underground fire and magic furnace in the Wanmu Realm, which saved him a lot of effort.

A line of text reappeared on the stone tablet.

"Receive the seal of the Dharma and obtain the luck of the clan.

I was given the Xuanyuan Refining Furnace, which can ignite fire to make puppets. "

Li Yuan looked at the words and said thoughtfully: "The sect's luck?
If I make another breakthrough in the future and become a mountain gate elder, won’t I receive another gift?"

He bowed to the stone tablet with great respect, then pushed the door open and looked at the lush forest in front of him.

Each of them is a hundred-year-old spiritual wood, most of which are green sinking trees. This green sinking wood is the most important material for refining Jiamu puppets.

Jia wood is towering, and it needs fire to be reborn. Therefore, it is necessary to use fire to shape it, and then use various spiritual materials to make it stable when it encounters the pig, so that it can exert its power.

As the saying goes, Jiamu is towering, and it needs fire to be reborn. Spring does not tolerate metal, and autumn does not tolerate earth. Fire rides on the dragon, and water rides on the tiger. The earth is moist and the sky is harmonious, and the plant stands for eternity.

Therefore, the Jiamu puppet has thick skin and flesh, is strong and virtuous, and is two points stronger than the Yimu puppet. This is why all disciples choose the Jiamu puppet when choosing a puppet.

Li Yuan aimed his eyes at a century-old green sunken wood. He took out the axe he had prepared for a long time, chopped down the huge tree, peeled it flat, and then soaked it in Linghui water. It takes 81 days for the water to soak the wood, turning it into Ren water to hide the wood, making it not afraid of water or fire.

After doing this, he felt dizzy and when he opened his eyes he found himself in his own courtyard again.

He felt dizzy and his mind was obviously over-consumed.

Li Yuan hurriedly fell asleep. In this situation, sleep was the only way to calm his mind and relax his thoughts.

Outside the carved wooden window, the autumn rain was bleak and the weather was getting colder. Raindrops fell on the eaves, and the dripping sound was incessant. Li Yuan in the room had just woken up after two days' sleep, and he felt refreshed.

He stood up, stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the broken yellow osmanthus leaves that had fallen to the ground in the yard after being beaten down by the rain, and sighed, "It's autumn again."

"Hey, why is my spiritual sense stronger again?"

Li Yuan looked at it carefully for a while. After he broke through the middle stage, his spiritual sense could cover a distance of more than thirty feet centered on himself, but now it has reached forty feet.

"Is it possible..."

He had a guess in his mind that he entered the Xuanyuan Wanmu Realm with his spiritual consciousness, and that being able to use his spiritual consciousness to form his own appearance was obviously a natural characteristic of this world, otherwise a Qi-refining cultivator would not be able to do it.

He had exhausted the power of his spiritual consciousness to transform into a human form in the World of Ten Thousand Trees, and it was obvious that he would be able to slightly enhance his spiritual consciousness after recovering.

Naturally, a strong spiritual consciousness has many benefits. The most direct manifestation is the ability to control more puppets. For other cultivators, it can also provide some assistance whether they are practicing martial arts or breaking through realms.

However, the technique that can cultivate and strengthen spiritual consciousness is definitely an unparalleled secret book, which the Qi Ling Sect certainly does not have today.

Li Yuan was ecstatic. If this was true, his spiritual awareness would definitely be strengthened a lot in the long run, and it would be easier to break through the realm.

Unfortunately, it was his turn to take care of the general affairs, and he could not delay any longer. He had to get up and pack up to go to the Lingfeng Hall.

Along the way, he became much more proficient in using the light body technique. After all, this spell was only of a lower grade, and it was still easier for Li Yuan to perform it now.

It took him less than two hours to reach the Lingfeng Hall, where he was accompanied by five other disciples.

The deacon disciples are assigned miscellaneous duties one day earlier than the ordinary disciples. There are not many deacon disciples in Lingfeng, and they take turns on duty throughout the year, so it is rare to meet five of them today.

A middle-aged fat man in a yellow shirt was standing in the hall. He stroked his beard with one hand and looked at everyone with a smile in his small eyes. He seemed quite kind.

Seeing him open up, he smiled and said, "You are the new deacon disciple of our Lingfeng this year.

Your name is... Li Yuan, right?"

"Yes, I am disciple Li Yuan, and I am here to meet the elder." He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to perform the ceremony.

"Well, it's rare. He has average spiritual roots, but he has reached the middle stage at such a young age. If he cultivates for another sixty years, he might become the youngest elder in the mountain gate."

As soon as these words came out, the other five disciples looked at him sideways. Li Yuan waved his hands and said, "Elder, you think too highly of me. I have reached this level thanks to the help of the senior cultivators from Qingfeng Pavilion. Without a hundred years of hard practice, how could I have obtained the Spirit Blood Condensation Immortal Root?"

The fat man in yellow said with a smile: "Sometimes, good fortune is also a good aptitude.

Our Lingfeng has a weak foundation, and our disciples come from all kinds of people. We are not like Qifeng, who is from the Wang family of Yuncheng. We can't compare."

This was something that everyone in the mountain knew, but no disciple dared to talk about it easily. Although Lingfeng was weaker than Qifeng, the ancestor Yuhe Zhenxiu from Lingfeng was 200 years younger than the ancestor Wang Xun Zhenxiu from Qifeng.

More importantly, Wang Xunzhen is already 400 years old. In another 60 years, it is still unclear who the power within the mountain gate will be on.

(End of this chapter)