The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 260: Refining Swords into Silk
Li Yan has been practicing in the back mountain for more than three months, and his own realm has also increased rapidly during this period of time.

He soared all the way from the early stage of Golden Elixir to the peak of Golden Elixir.

Just one step away from entering the Nascent Soul stage.

For Li Yan, there is no such thing as a bottleneck in realm.

After he felt that he had reached a bottleneck, he did not hesitate to practice his skills and prepare to break through.

Inside his body, the Mo Yuan Sword was located at the core of his Dantian, suppressing the countless true essences in his body.

"Buzz!"

From inside the Mo Yuan Sword, a green sword base suddenly flew out.

This is the sword-fighting foundation that Li Yan condensed from practicing the Taiyi Sword Canon.

Now that he was about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he separated from the Mo Yuan Sword again.

Li Yan's sword foundation has been nurtured by the Mo Yuan Sword, and now the sword power is majestic.

As soon as it appeared, it displayed power that was no less powerful than the Mo Yuan Sword.

If Li Yan's spiritual sense probed out of the bamboo forest, he would notice that the magical sword image appeared again in the sky above Qingya Sect.

Chen Yuanying had just let go of his obsession.

But suddenly, he sensed a fierce aura rising up between heaven and earth.

His mind moved, and he immediately felt something strange.

When he looked up, there was a look of astonishment and shock in his eyes.

"This is……"

"How can this be!"

"The vision of the divine sword has really reappeared in the world?"

Chen Yuanying was suddenly very excited, and only calmed down after taking a deep breath.

He looked carefully and saw four shadows of divine swords in blue, white, red and yellow suddenly appearing above the blue sky of Qingya Sect.

The shadows of four divine swords stood in the sky in the east, west, south, and north. The four divine beasts of the four directions, the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise, were engraved on the sword bodies, emitting a majestic sword intent.

The four phantoms of divine swords emitted various colors of sword energy, constantly circling around Qingya Sect, dyeing the sky above their heads into blue, white, yellow and red.

The Qingya Sect cultivators below couldn't help but look towards the shadow of the four-colored divine sword.
But they were all hurt by the awe-inspiring sword intent emanating from the magic sword's phantom, and tears could not stop flowing from their eyes.

"This is the ancient four-sided divine sword!"

Some people are knowledgeable and have recognized the mythical beasts engraved on the four swords as the four divine swords that were born naturally from heaven and earth in the ancient times of the Taiyi Sword Realm.

It is so powerful that it was obtained by the Holy Emperor of the human race in the Taiyi Sword Realm, the Emperor of Jiuhuang Dangjie, Shuo Mingxi.

It was eventually lost in a great battle with the Emperor of the Skeleton Clan, Youhuang, and is suspected to have collapsed.

However, I never thought that it would reappear today in the vision of the divine sword that appeared in the sky above Qingya Sect.

Although it was just a phantom, it was enough to shock the world.

On the Wenjian Peak, Wei Xu extended his spiritual sense and discovered the shadows of the four divine swords in the outside world. His eyes were filled with excitement.

Because under the influence of this divine sword vision, he felt that his understanding of the way of the sword was improving rapidly.

At this rate, he might be able to reach the realm of Sword Qi and Thunder Sound today.

By then he will become a third-rank sword master.

It should be noted that in the entire Ziling Province, there are only a few people who have reached this level.

Even Wei Xu has made such great progress, let alone other Jindan elders and ordinary disciples.

As the Immortal Sect Conference was about to begin, some of the most talented disciples in the Qingya Sect also returned to the sect.

Many of them did not experience the last vision of the divine sword, which they originally felt was a great pity, but now they have made up for the shortcoming.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he made great progress in kendo.

Ancestor Qingya was also born from the back mountain. He was also confused about the origin of the magic sword, but he had a vague guess in his mind.

"Impossible, Li Yan has just established his foundation, how could he cause such a strange phenomenon!"

He shook his head vigorously and looked down at the small bamboo house where Li Yan was in retreat, and his heart suddenly moved.

He discovered that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth near the bamboo forest residence seemed to be constantly being drawn towards it.

"Li Yan is only at the foundation-building stage, why can he attract so much spiritual energy from heaven and earth?"

"Could it be that a magic sword appeared in the bamboo forest?"

Patriarch Qingya was somewhat puzzled, but the bamboo forest residence had a formation that blocked divine thoughts, and even with his divine thoughts, he could not directly penetrate inside to investigate.

Unless he directly breaks the formation with violence, he can't explore the situation inside.

But Patriarch Qingya had already regarded Li Yan as his hope to recover his Nascent Soul, so how could he do this and disturb Li Yan's practice?

So even though he suspected in his heart that the magic sword phenomenon was most likely created by Li Yan, he still did not take action to break the formation.

"If there really is a magic sword born in the bamboo forest, then I don't have to look for a suitable flying sword for Li Yan."

Although Patriarch Qingya did not practice the Taiyi Sword Canon, he also comprehended this method.

He knew that in order to break through the Jindan stage, he needed to refine his natal flying sword.

However, the highest grade weapon he had was just a flying sword of the highest grade magic weapon.

Although it could be used as Li Yan's natal flying sword, he always felt that it was not up to standard.

So he originally planned to go out and see if he could find a flying sword of spiritual treasure level for Li Yan.

However, Li Yan had just entered the foundation-building stage. In his opinion, it would take at least a dozen years of practice before he could break through the golden elixir stage, so he was not too anxious.

But now, visions of the divine sword appear one after another, coupled with the fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from the small home in the bamboo forest where Li Yan is.

This made him wonder whether a magical sword naturally born from nature had just appeared in Li Yan's little bamboo forest residence.

That’s why the strange visions of the divine sword have appeared one after another in the Qingya Sect in recent times.

"If this is true, then perhaps it is God's will that my disciple should master the Taiyi Sword Canon and become an unrivaled swordsman!"

Ancestor Qingya’s eyes flickered slightly.

His Nascent Soul was damaged and his cultivation could not improve at all.

Therefore, for him, the appearance of the divine sword was not very attractive to him.

As for obtaining the magic sword, in exchange for the secret medicine to restore the Nascent Soul.

He had been out there for quite a while and knew very well that this method would not work.

With his current cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage, he might be targeted by robbers before he finds a suitable buyer.

“But now that the divine sword has reappeared, I’m afraid these sects in Ziling Province will become even crazier!”

Patriarch Qingya felt a little heavy in his heart.

The Qingya Sect had already been targeted.

The Immortal Gate Conference is a way for various sects in Ziling Prefecture to send people to investigate the origin of the Qingya Sect's divine sword phenomenon in an open and aboveboard manner.

Now that the strange phenomenon of the divine sword has reappeared in the world, I am afraid that the sects in Zilingzhou will spare no effort to find out the reason for the strange phenomenon of the divine sword in Qingya Sect.

By then, I'm afraid these sects will no longer even have the dignity they need on the surface, and will use even more extreme means to search the Qingya Sect.

If the Qingya Sect originally had no secrets, then that would be fine, just let these sects investigate.

But now, Patriarch Qingya suddenly discovered that a secret magic sword seemed to have really appeared in the Qingya Sect, and it seemed to be in the hands of his disciple.

In this way, we can no longer allow these sects to come and search at will.

If the conspiracy is traced back to his disciple, causing him to lose his spiritual sword and suffer damage to his spiritual path, that would be a huge loss.

"I don't know whether this magic sword has appeared in the world. If it has, it would be better for Li Yan to take the magic sword and leave Qingya Sect as soon as possible. If it has not appeared in the world yet, it will be troublesome."

The Qingya Patriarch thought for a moment, took out a sound transmission note, muttered something, and then the sound transmission note flashed and disappeared into the formation of Qingzhu Xiaoju. However, at this time, Li Yan was too late to receive the sound transmission note from the Qingya Patriarch.

He is at the critical moment of breaking through the Nascent Soul stage.

Although the Taiyi Sword Canon does not cultivate the Nascent Soul, it will integrate one's own spiritual thoughts into the sword base, and then break the sword base to directly give birth to the sword soul.

Once the sword spirit is achieved, it means one has broken into the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, the sword spirit not only possesses all the abilities of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but also has a more subtle and acute control over sword energy.

The speed of Yuanshen Sword Escape is faster than teleportation, and it can also be integrated into the natal flying sword, greatly increasing the power of the natal flying sword.

Li Yan has now integrated his divine consciousness into the sword base.

In an instant, the green sword base emitted a fierce and strong light.

The next moment, the green sword base shattered and turned into countless tiny flying swords, shooting in all directions.

At the place where the green sword base was originally located, a three-foot-tall green figure sitting cross-legged suddenly appeared.

The little green man opened his eyes, revealing eyes as calm as Li Yan's.

He opened his mouth and sucked, and the tiny flying sword that shattered and flew out from the green sword base was sucked into his mouth.

The body of the little green man suddenly became more solid and taller, just like a real person.

The Mo Yuan Sword emitted a cheerful sword sound in Li Yan's Dantian, swirled around the green man, and finally stopped and landed on the green man's crossed legs.

Li Yan opened his eyes, restrained his own pressure, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Nascent Soul Stage, that's it."

After he condensed his innate sword energy and entered the foundation-building stage, his cultivation has been smooth sailing.

Now, in such a short period of time, he has achieved the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, it is a Nascent Soul that was achieved through the Taiyi Sword Canon. When it first enters the Nascent Soul stage, its foundation is even stronger than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul in the late stage.

"You can also start practicing the fourth-grade sword technique."

Li Yan had already studied the fourth-grade sword technique.

However, according to the rules of the Taiyi Sword Realm, one cannot reach the realm of refining the sword into silk unless one reaches the Nascent Soul Stage.

So he just comprehended and did not practice formally.

And now that he has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, it is naturally time for him to practice the fourth-grade sword technique.

He stretched out his right hand and formed a sword finger.

A three-inch long green sword energy suddenly appeared at the tip of his sword finger.

Li Yan's mind moved, and in an instant, the green sword energy became like a silk thread, being stretched suddenly by his control.

One zhang, ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang!

As the sword energy continued to stretch, it also began to gradually become thinner.

In the end, don’t say that it can’t be seen with the naked eye.

Even if one uses divine sense to investigate, it is still difficult to find the trace.

However, although the sword energy was stretched, its sharpness did not diminish at all, and it was even three points sharper than before.

"Sword cultivators practice swords into silk threads, pursuing the ultimate lethality. They condense the sword energy into silk threads. At this point, most of the spells in the world can be broken by the sword!"

Li Yan soon understood.

When the sword reaches this level, it begins to show its ferocity. The sword energy condenses into threads that can break all kinds of spells.

This means that if the enemy does not have a suitable magic weapon to resist the sword energy and fails to dodge in time, he will be directly cut by the sword energy. The power can be imagined.

What he practiced was the top-notch sword technique, and the true energy he cultivated was most compatible with sword energy and was easier to control.

In addition, Li Yan already had an extraordinary comprehension, so after only practicing for a while, he was able to perfect the sword-training technique.

The sword thread is invisible and the divine thoughts are hard to detect.

It also contains the sword intent that Li Yan has comprehended, which is extremely lethal to the Nascent Soul.

"With my current strength, I finally have a place in this Taiyi Sword World!"

Li Yan sighed slightly.

A sword cultivator can fight against opponents of higher levels, not to mention that the skills he has practiced and his current sword realm are both top-notch.

Even if it was a fifth-level peak monster, he didn't need to take it seriously at all.

"Hmm? Grandmaster thought that a magic sword had appeared in my cave, and asked me to take the magic sword and leave Qingya Sect?"

Li Yan completed his practice of refining the sword into silk and finally discovered the sound transmission note sent by Patriarch Qingya.

He thought about it for a moment and understood.

It should be the vision of the magic sword brought about by his breakthrough, coupled with the fluctuation of spiritual energy caused by the breakthrough, which led to the misunderstanding of Patriarch Qingya, who thought that a magic sword was born in this Qingzhu Residence.

"But there is no spiritual sword in my cave, so there is no need for you to worry, Master."

Li Yan's Mo Yuan Sword was given to him by his original body.

Now it has become his natal flying sword in the Taiyi Sword Realm.

But as long as he doesn't show it, no one will notice it.

He also sent out a sound transmission note.

Explain to Master Qingya that there is no magic sword in the Qingzhu Residence.

Then he began to practice in seclusion again.

Although he has entered the Nascent Soul stage, his current level of swordsmanship makes it no problem for him to advance to the Spirit Transformation stage.

After he reaches the Spirit Transformation Stage, his strength will grow even more rapidly.

Only then would it be time for him to come out of seclusion and look for the fifth-grade sword technique.

"The ancestor does not have the fifth-grade sword technique. If I want to obtain the fifth-grade sword technique and advance to the fifth level of swordsmanship, the sword light will be divided, but I still need to find it myself."

Li Yan knew very well that the help that Qingya Sect could bring to him would end once he broke through to the Spiritual Transformation stage.

However, with his strength, once he reaches the Spirit Transformation Stage, he can go anywhere in the world even without activating the Mo Yuan Sword.

Although there are many powerful people in the Taiyi Sword Realm, those in the Spirit Transformation Stage are definitely the backbone.

Moreover, with his strength by then, he should be comparable to Lianxu.

The Lianxu Realm can already be called a great power, and its status in the Taiyi Sword Realm is extremely respected. It is naturally easy for it to obtain the fifth-grade sword technique.

As Li Yan went into seclusion again, the sound transmission note he used to send messages fell into the hands of Qingya Patriarch.

"Without the advent of the spirit sword, how could there be such fluctuations of spiritual energy and visions of the spirit sword?"

A look of disappointment appeared in the eyes of Patriarch Qingya.

He felt that Li Yan didn't trust him, so he said this.

"In that case, I can only stop those sect members from breaking into my disciple's cave."

Although Li Yan didn't believe him, he couldn't allow the sect in Zilingzhou to snatch the spiritual sword that belonged to Li Yan.

With his strength at the late Nascent Soul stage, if those people from the sects wanted to force their way into the Bamboo Forest Residence, they would have to get past him first!
After Patriarch Qingya figured out everything, he prepared to recuperate his energy immediately in the cave.

His Nascent Soul was damaged, and if he took action, it would severely damage his vitality.

Therefore, preparations must be made in advance.

With Patriarch Qingya in seclusion, the Immortal Gate Conference was finally officially opened in Qingya Sect.

Sects from all over Ziling Prefecture couldn't wait to enter, and disciples in the Qi training stage stepped into the venue of the Immortal Sect Conference, ready to compete with disciples from various sects.

Those high-level monks went straight to Chen Yuanying and a group of elders.

(End of this chapter)