The stolen magic is a bit magical

Lin Xiaosu was also taken aback.

His sky-piercing rift is a manifestation of the laws of space.

It was used infrequently, but each time it proved incredibly effective. Even though he was only at the Earthly Realm at the time, the Sky Rift he unleashed still made the Enlightenment Realm giant Zheng Tianyan retreat in fear.

Now his cultivation has greatly improved, and the power of the Sky-Splitting Rift has increased tenfold.

But under the old monk's hand, a white light instantly vanished.

This white light is the very light that erases all the documents in the Wenhua Pavilion.

This primordial spirit is precisely the culprit they are pursuing.

Although Lin Xiaosu was powerless against a primordial spirit of this level, the appearance of this white light gave Huo Gang a clear direction. Huo Gang took a step forward, and his figure in that area truly resembled a celestial god. The primordial spirit wanted to escape, but it had already missed its chance...

There are indications that this incredible manhunt is nearing its end.

The old monks in the Buddhist hall no longer had the tranquility of Buddhism in their hearts.

Even the most accomplished monks, whose hearts were already pure and untainted by worldly defilement, were completely disturbed by this sudden and bizarre event.

They are highly accomplished monks.

They have exceptional knowledge.

They have sorted out all the logic.

Master Xuan Kong was not the master they knew, nor the kind and benevolent enlightened monk the world spoke of; he was truly a great villain.

Ten years ago, he recklessly disrupted karma, which wiped out all his cultivation.

Xuan Kong is not in a hurry.

He was suffering divine retribution the night before last, but he wasn't in a hurry.

Why?

Because of the severing of the three corpses.

Xuan Kong had already separated the three corpses ten years ago.

He committed evil deeds, and the retribution was borne by his two corpses.

The Buddha's corpse had its cultivation destroyed, while the demonic corpse was directly annihilated.

The corpse he left behind, which Lin Xiaosu called a "yin corpse," was completely unharmed.

This is a flaw in causality!
In the cause-and-effect framework, one crucial element is missing: the Three Corpses.

What an unbelievable thing.

What an exquisite layout!

This young official, however, saw through this scheme.

Lin Xiaosu was also filled with mixed emotions...

Suddenly, a gray-robed monk in front of them raised his hand and grabbed down with his palm.

This palm strike, like a lotus mountain of Buddha and Taoism, crashed down.

Lin Xiaosu's hand trembled, and she drew her sword!

As soon as the sword was drawn, all the gray-robed monk's movements slowed down.

Chi!
A single sword severs time!

The gray-robed monk's palm had barely reached the top of his head when the blue light of Lin Xiaosu's sword had already grazed his neck.

This monk has reached the pinnacle of enlightenment.

He was Xuan Kong's disciple, and he couldn't help when his master was in trouble. However, if his master was captured, all the melons under his master's vine would be uprooted. Therefore, he couldn't care less about that.

Unfortunately, although he was resolute and daring, he was not capable of achieving his goals.

However, they underestimated the young official's reaction, and in just a microsecond, he was killed by Lin Xiaosu's Time Sword Dao.

However, this launch also triggered a chain reaction.

The two gray-robed monks suddenly attacked together.

The moment these two appeared, their bodies radiated a tangible Buddhist light.

This is a sign of the unity of the primordial spirit and the physical body.

Enlightenment realm!
The two enlightened gods combine their attacks!

This should be Lin Xiaosu's limit.

With a flick of her sword, Lin Xiaosu conjured up a scene of misty, rainy Jiangnan, so vivid it seemed to materialize.

As the sword fell, a soft boom resounded, and the Buddhist hall space was filled with bizarre and fantastical light.

Two experts at the Enlightenment Realm were annihilated, both in body and soul.

The red-robed monk's eyes suddenly widened...

Suddenly, Lin Xiaosu felt that the scenery around her had completely changed!

The Buddhist hall was nowhere to be seen, and the world was shrouded in mist. Behind the red-robed monk in front of him was endless streams of Buddhist and Taoist light. He seemed to be a true Buddha among all the heavens.

His heart sank to the bottom!
Enlightenment realm!
The Enlightenment Realm is the current ceiling of combat power in that world, and is an existence of the same standard as Mad Blade and Li Qianzong. No matter how talented Lin Xiaosu is, how can he be a match for someone in the Enlightenment Realm?

However, faced with the overwhelming pressure from all heavens and an expert whom he could never defeat, Lin Xiaosu felt a sword cry resound in his heart.

The sword heart I had just obtained last night soared into the sky, transforming into an indestructible and unwavering belief.

A sword would rather break than bend!

The way of the sword: daring to kill even the Buddha, daring to slaughter even the demon!
With the sword heart unleashed, the power of his Void Sword increased tenfold, forming an immense and misty Jiangnan region, within which spacetime turbulence was everywhere.

The red-robed Buddha raised a single palm!
Tear the heavens apart.

Lin Xiaosu's ultimate cultivation, with a sword heart that is rare throughout the ages, unleashed the Void Form, which shattered upon encountering this palm strike...

He drew upon the power of the Milky Way and pressed down on Lin Xiaosu.

Just then, the sky suddenly moved, and the light of the Buddhas in the heavens split in two, and a huge yin-yang fish spun around!

puff!
The red-robed Buddha was caught in the yin-yang symbol, his body and head separated.

Above a sky full of stars, a fairy in white descended from the sky. Her left foot shone with dazzling white light, while her right foot was as dark as the night.

Lin Xiaosu stared at her in surprise.

At this moment, he was high in the sky, with the Western Hills at his feet, and Tunyun Temple was just a tiny, almost imperceptible dot.

In just a brief moment, he was carried directly to the heavens by the red-robed monk.

They had complete control over his life and death.

However, the white-clad fairy appeared and killed the red-clad monk in a single move, appearing gracefully before him.

Who is she?
Qingqiu Hu Ji!

Qingqiu Hu Ji is the first legendary figure Lin Xiaosu encounters upon entering the Desolate Ancient Land.

When we first met, she was just a hair's breadth away from Zhidao.

The Holy Maiden of a Thousand Spirits said that once her Yin and Yang trajectories were fully formed, she would break through the Gate of the Dao.

Now, when she strikes, there is no trace of yin and yang, yet two lifelike yin and yang fish appear.

Today, she has already taken up her path!
What thrilled Lin Xiaosu the most was that, at the moment when his life hung by a thread, she suddenly appeared, wiped out the red-robed monks of the Wugui high-ranking officials with a single blow, and then looked at him with a pair of insightful eyes.

There was no reason for Hu Ji to know Li Chengnian.

She had even less reason to help Li Chengnian.

The only reason is that this legendary fairy recognized his true identity!
Lin Xiaosu met those insightful and bright eyes and bowed deeply: "Thank you for saving my life, fairy!"

Hu Ji chuckled softly, and a wisp of her voice entered his mind: "I entered the path of righteousness because of the yin-yang fish you gave me. Young Master Su, do you think this great favor deserves my help?"

Lin Xiaosu took a deep breath: "You finally recognized me!"

"Don't forget, we are, after all..."

The sound stopped abruptly, but a blush clearly appeared on her face.

Lin Xiaosu carefully added, "Have we been friends for a long time?"

Hu Ji gently bit her red lips.

With a loud bang, Lin Xiaosu was inexplicably knocked down into the dust.

The mountain peak beneath his feet rapidly approached, but just before they were about to touch, a white cloud silently drifted by. Lin Xiaosu felt as if he were stepping on solid felt. The cloud receded, and he was standing under a tree on the western mountain. The wisp of cloud, like a nimble snake, darted under the skirt of the Hu woman in front of him. The Hu woman glared at him and said, "This is a little warning for you. Don't say those four words again."

"Is the fairy afraid that these four words will disturb her Daoist resolve?"

The moment the words "disrupted his Daoist mind" were uttered, the blush that had just faded from Hu Ji's face returned, as if she wanted nothing more than to punch him.

Finally, she took a soft breath: "Why pretend to be like this?"

The process of her recognizing Lin Xiaosu needs to be omitted.

Why?

Because this is indeed a bit ambiguous.

After all, she had been spiritually connected with him for a long time; it truly was a long-standing spiritual connection.

They were intimately familiar with his primordial spirit and energy.

Within her Dao fruit lies his Yang.

Within his Dao seed lies her Yin.

Because of the interconnectedness of the two, she was able to quickly and accurately determine that Lin Xiaosu's true identity was the little nemesis who accompanied her on her cultivation journey to Qingqiu and disturbed her Dao heart.

No matter what he becomes.

"There's really nothing we can do about it!" Lin Xiaosu said.

"There's no way?" Hu Ji didn't understand.

"After coming down from Qingqiu that day, I met Li Chengnian. That kid is really petty. He hates me for ruining his marriage proposal and wants to kill me. If I don't want to die, I have no choice but to kill him, then disguise myself as him and enter Xin Ge."

"And then what? The people from Xin Ge failed to discover it?"

"Are you worried that everyone in the Pavilion is as resourceful as you?" Lin Xiaosu said. "Besides, Li Chengnian doesn't have any close relatives. It's not difficult to impersonate him."

"Your disguise is flawless in terms of appearance and demeanor. However, people do have their own circles, especially in a place like Xin Ge, which is known for its scheming. It's almost impossible to keep up the disguise indefinitely!" Hu Ji said. "Therefore, I still suggest you make a change and not stay in Xin Ge any longer."

Lin Xiaosu stared at her in surprise...

Hu Ji's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, didn't you notice that Xin Ge is gone?"

Hu Ji suddenly looked up, and the mountain mist in front of her seemed to be pulled apart by an invisible hand, revealing the Heart Pavilion in her sight.

At this moment, the Heart Pavilion was completely empty.

“Xin Ge… is gone! Why did this happen?” Hu Ji was a little shocked.

Originally, Xin Ge had nothing to do with her, but she was, after all, a person from Qingqiu, and Li Chengnian in Xin Ge happened to be the son-in-law that Qingqiu had already arranged. In this way, Qingqiu became connected with Xin Ge.

That's when it came into her view.

Today, her mind stirred, and she sensed that her little nemesis was in trouble. She rushed over, only to find that Xin Ge was gone.

"This is a long story. Why don't we talk about it as we walk?"

The woman nodded slightly, and the two of them walked down the hillside...

At this moment, Tunyun Temple was in complete chaos, with three thousand imperial guards descending from the sky and surrounding the entire temple.

Huo Gang's five fingers, like the pagoda in the hands of the Heavenly King Li Jing, firmly locked Xuan Kong's primordial spirit. His pair of divine and demonic eyes swept over the monks below, and he gave the order: "Everyone, arrest them all!"

Upon receiving this order, the entire Western Hills were emptied.

Xin Ge and Tun Yun Temple were subsequently emptied.

Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ji descended the Western Hills, walking and talking along the way...

Hu Ji finally learned that the destruction of Xin Ge was due to Xin Ge's involvement in court infighting, acting as the Crown Prince's henchman.

Hu Ji sighed deeply, "A grand pavilion was reduced to ashes simply because it was caught up in the power struggle for the throne. The martial world is truly treacherous! You cannot stay in the desolate capital any longer. Perhaps I should send you back to the Ancient Gate." The Heart Pavilion was destroyed.

He narrowly escaped death.

However, the Heart Pavilion is not just located in Xishan. Such pavilions exist in various countries, and their people have infiltrated all sides, including the imperial court and the martial arts world. If he knew that this young master Su had killed someone from the Heart Pavilion, he would be in great danger.

Therefore, Hu Ji's first plan was to send him back to his sect: the Ancient Sect.

Lin Xiaosu gently shook her head: "Don't worry about me, I'm doing fine in Huangdu."

"Good? How can you be good?" Hu Ji glared at him. "Don't count on me. I'm currently in seclusion, preparing for my final battle. I don't have time to stay by your side for long."

Lin Xiaosu's eyes widened: "You were in seclusion, and you sensed I was in danger. You immediately stopped your seclusion and came to save me?"

"What do you think?"

"Fairy, you can't be this kind. If you keep being this kind, I might really... lose my Dao heart!"

Looking at his expression, Hu Ji really wanted to kick him, but then she thought he probably couldn't take it, so she sighed and compromised: "Really, young master, can you behave yourself for now? Stay in the sect properly. If you really can't stand it anymore and want to go out into the world, I promise you, I'll accompany you for a while once I truly break through to the Dao."

"I'm a little touched!" Lin Xiaosu stopped. "I feel like if I don't be honest with you, I'd be worse than a beast! ... Fairy, the reason I told you not to worry is because I've already become an official."

"To become an official?" The beautiful Hu woman's eyes widened even more than his.

"Yes, my career in the government is going smoothly right now, and no one can do anything to me," Lin Xiaosu said. "By the way, the government also gave me a house. It's a bit small, but it's quite elegant. Let me take you home for a visit."

"They even gave you a house?" Hu Ji was quite surprised. "What did you do?"

"We didn't do much, just cooperated with the royal family to destroy Xin Pavilion."

Hu Ji was a little confused...

She touched her head and her brow, then followed Lin Xiaosu into the city, stumbling along the street. Ahead lay Zhuque Lane.

Yes, this street is called Zhuque Lane.

The location of the Dingbei Prince's Mansion.

Next to the Prince of Dingbei's Mansion, there is an elegant courtyard with a sign above the gate that reads: Li Mansion.

The two small characters in the bottom left corner read: Imperial Gift.

The Li family residence was bestowed by imperial decree.

This is his home.

As soon as the gatekeeper saw Lin Xiaosu arrive, he flung open the main gate and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Master, return to the manor!"

The butler ran over to greet them.

Lin Xiaosu led Hu Ji through the long corridor to the red pavilion at the end, followed by three or four maids carrying fruit, tea sets, and snacks.

Hu Ji looked at the Liuxiang River in front of her, her mood was just as bad as the river itself.

She is thousands of years old.

But she rarely appeared in public, and few people met her.

She is still quite naive overall.

There was one thing she just couldn't understand...

The martial world is treacherous and unpredictable. This person is from outside the region and has no foundation in the Great Wilderness Kingdom. Why is it that he navigates such a dangerous martial world so smoothly?
He encountered a thug who tried to kill him, but the thug disappeared, and he became the thug.

Entering a place like the Heart Pavilion, even a dragon has to coil up and a tiger has to shrink back. A spy who killed someone from the Heart Pavilion and infiltrated it, in theory, could hide from the Heart Pavilion's eyes and ears for ten or fifteen days and be considered a first-rate talent. But he was different; the Heart Pavilion was gone the day after he entered.

He took office amidst the ruins of the Heart Pavilion.

And judging from his demeanor, he must hold a very high-ranking official position.

What ordinary official could possibly receive a residence bestowed by His Majesty?

Oh, my little darling, do you really have some kind of magic that makes everyone who meets you like you?
Including His Majesty the Emperor.

include……

No! It doesn't include me!

I don't like you, I just... I just can't forget the feeling of spiritual connection for a while...

Suddenly, Hu Ji's gaze fell upon the river.

In broad daylight, no one was visible on the river, but in Hu Ji's eyes, every inch of the beautiful woman's body was clearly visible.

Who is this beautiful woman?
With a whistling sound, a beautiful woman appeared before Lin Xiaosu: "My lord!"

"Qingying, let me introduce you, this is... my cousin!"

Hu Ji's beautiful eyes froze for a moment.

cousin?

Qingying bowed deeply: "Qingying greets Miss Biao!"

"Hmm..." Hu Ji's beautiful eyes subtly shifted: "You are..."

“This is my close confidant, one of my most trusted people!” Lin Xiaosu said.

Qingying was very unhappy.

One of the people I trust most!

This was his assessment in front of his own family: someone who shouldn't have been trusted had become the most trusted person...

"Qingying, have Hong'er tidy up the room next to mine for my cousin to stay in," Lin Xiaosu said.

"Yes!"

With a gust of wind, the bluebird vanished from the spot.

Hu Ji turned her gaze, and suddenly all the sounds around her disappeared. It was a sound barrier that isolated her from the outside world.

"You really dare to talk nonsense? I'm thousands of years old, and you call me 'cousin' so easily." Hu Ji rolled her eyes at him.

"What can I do? You're so beautiful and delicate. Even if I told you you're a senior expert, no one would believe me. I was even thinking of telling them you're my cousin..."

"You! With your mouth, I can't even imagine how many girls you've deceived." Hu Ji rolled her eyes at him and sat down in front of him. "Although you've arranged accommodation for me, I probably really can't stay here with you."

"Stay for one night! I won't ask you to stay tomorrow."

"Why do we have to stay here for one night?" Hu Ji was a little confused.

She was genuinely a little panicked.

When she and he were comprehending the laws of Yin and Yang, it was probably the laws themselves that drew them together, leading to a spiritual connection.

Although the interaction between the primordial spirit and the physical body is not physical, the experience is no different from that of the physical body.

Just thinking about that wonderful sensation of yin and yang in harmony makes her body feel hot.

It feels unbearable.

If I lived with him, things might really get messed up and my Daoist heart would be disturbed...

"Because I have many questions about spiritual practice that I would like to ask you."

As for spiritual practice, it's alright!
Hu Ji quietly composed herself: "You speak!"

"My next step should be to break through to the realm of enlightenment. What method do you think I should use to enter this realm?"

In short, Hu Ji was greatly surprised.

She understood every single word of that sentence.

Why did it sound like gibberish to her when they were put together?
What do you mean?
You really haven't entered the state of enlightenment?

Who was it that intertwined with my primordial spirit?

Did I get fucked by a ghost?
She had sensed Lin Xiaosu's cultivation level and found that it was indeed at the peak of the Heavenly Gazing Realm, but not yet at the Enlightenment Realm.

However, ever since she sensed his spirit, she naturally regarded it all as a disguise.

After all, there are many wondrous methods in this world that can prevent people from seeing through one's physical cultivation level.

However, there is an ironclad rule: if one has a primordial spirit, one should naturally seek enlightenment from above.

He possesses a primordial spirit, therefore, he should be an enlightened being ascending to heaven.

But now, he was actually asking her seriously how to enter a state of enlightenment.

"Cousin, have you been misled by my primordial spirit? My primordial spirit has another opportunity. My true cultivation level is really just a Breaking Through Heaven." Lin Xiaosu told the truth.

Hu Ji let out a soft breath: "When I arrived just now, you were fighting in the sky with someone at the Enlightenment Realm."

“That’s not fighting, that was me being beaten on my own…” Lin Xiaosu said, “Cousin, I really want to enter the Enlightenment Realm, I don’t want to trouble you to rush back and forth every day.”

Hu Ji was confused by his repeated calls of "cousin".

He explained the path to enlightenment.

Enlightenment is actually very simple.

The internal energy is continuously compressed until it is compressed into true essence (in scientific terms, this is the process of compressing gas into liquid).

It's really not a skill at all.

But there's a lot to learn about it.

If we compare the dantian to a container for compressed air, the reasoning becomes obvious.

A small dantian is easy to compress.

However, the total amount of liquid after being squeezed out will be less.

The consequence of this is that such a state of enlightenment would be terrible.

Therefore, practitioners all hope to have a large dantian and broad meridians.

However, a new problem arises: your dantian is too large and your meridians are too wide, so if you want to compress it all into true essence, you will need a lot of resources.

In the cultivation world, what matters most is not only one's foundation, but also one's resources.

Some geniuses have exceptionally solid foundations, but when they cultivate, they consume hundreds or thousands of times more resources than others. It is not uncommon for a genius to drain an entire sect. Many people say that geniuses cannot emerge from humble backgrounds, and this is the reason why: they cannot afford to support them!

Hearing this, Lin Xiaosu nodded gently: "It seems that many principles are still interconnected. Hey, I have an idea, do you think it makes sense?"

"you say!"

Lin Xiaosu said, "You keep saying that the dantian is the cauldron, but if we broaden our perspective, isn't the whole body a cauldron?"

"Yes!" Hu Ji replied.

"What would happen if every cell in the body underwent true essence compression?"

"Every cell in the body? What is a cell?"

"..." Lin Xiaosu's gaze shifted slightly: "You can think of it as the...micro-meridians of the whole body."

Hu Ji laughed: "You really have a wild idea. There are two answers, both of which are unsolvable. The first answer is that the true qi pathways are only opened up at the 'Seeking Humanity' realm. No one can open up all the micro-meridians in their body at that stage. If there is no true qi in the micro-meridians, how can there be any compression? That's one point. The second point is that even if there were a method to cultivate geniuses, allowing them to open up all the micro-meridians in their bodies in their childhood using special laws, their flesh and blood simply could not withstand such an impact when they reached the true essence compression stage, and they would explode and die. I said that the compression of true qi into true essence must be carried out in the dantian, because the dantian's chakra wall is itself an extension of the blood tower, which can block this turbulent wind and clouds."

"Aren't there any exceptions?" Lin Xiaosu asked.

“Yes!” Hu Ji said, “For example, the magic arts practiced by your ancient sect are for strengthening the physical body. With a strengthened physical body, it is possible to withstand the impact of true qi turning into true essence. However, there is still a paradox.”

"paradox?"

“Yes, the Divine Magic Technique is a standard external supernatural power. When it is practiced to the extreme, one becomes an ancient god or demon, invulnerable to all laws, comparable to the ultimate Daoist. He can do everything that internal cultivation can do, so why does he have to break through to the Enlightenment Realm?” Hu Ji said, “I think I understand. What you asked is not how to enter the Enlightenment Realm, but what you are thinking about is which path to choose in the future.”

She knew that Lin Xiaosu was from the Ancient Gate, which was the representative of magic and divine arts.

His path seems to have gone astray; he's taken the path of spiritual practice.

These are two completely different directions.

Divine magic is a method for refining the physical body. When practiced to the highest level, one can achieve physical sainthood and become impervious to all magic.

The path of cultivation is to comprehend the rules, and ultimately to master the rules.

He is now questioning his choice of path.

That's why I'm seeking answers from myself.

Lin Xiaosu asked, "Can't we choose both at the same time?" (End of Chapter)