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

Chapter 7 Willow Yingying

"Liu Yingying, a disciple of Qingxu Sect, greets fellow Daoist."

The girl blinked, looked at Li Yan curiously, and greeted him.

"My name is Li Yan, a casual cultivator, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Liu."

Li Yan bowed to Liu Yingying, a warm smile on his face, and thanked her, "Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist Liu."

Liu Yingying shook her head and said, "No need to thank me. Even if I didn't tell you, with your level of cultivation, that evil cultivator's evil magic can't hurt you."

"Speaking of which, this evil cultivator is really bold. His evil magic is fine against mortals, but he actually dared to attack a cultivator like you."

"This kind of evil magic will only be effective against practitioners if their level of cultivation is twice as high. Otherwise, they will suffer backlash like what is happening now."

"Now this evil cultivator will be skinned alive if he doesn't die."

Liu Yingying spoke, her tone full of gloating.

Li Yan listened silently to what Liu Yingying said and glanced at Zhao Xueyan lightly.

Zhao Xueyan's face turned cold after hearing Liu Yingying's words. When she saw Li Yan's gaze sweeping over, she was so scared that her body trembled slightly.

She could never have imagined that Li Yan, who had just recovered to normal not long ago, had actually become a cultivator.

Now that the man's spell had failed, she was instantly at a loss as to what to do.

"May I ask if Brother Liu has a way to find the evil cultivator? I want to ask him why he wants to harm me."

There was a hint of murderous intent in Li Yan's eyes.

If the old Taoist had not left him a book on cultivation methods, he would have probably died under the evil cultivator's spell.

With such an enemy suddenly appearing out of nowhere, he naturally had to find out the reason.

"This is easy. I just intercepted a trace of evil magic, which can be used for tracking."

Liu Yingying nodded. She had practiced a tracking technique, so she habitually intercepted a trace of the breath just now, which came in handy now.

"Okay, then I'd like to thank you, Brother Liu."

Li Yan nodded in thanks, then turned to look at Father Li.

"Father, I need to track down the evil cultivator. If you are in a hurry, you can go to participate in the Palace God Festival first."

Father Li now understood that it was the evil cultivator who had used his evil magic to curse Li Yan to death, and anger flashed in his eyes.

"I'll go too. I want to see who dares to murder my son!"

Father Li looked angry and was wondering if he had offended anyone recently.

And possible enemies of Li Yan.

The Li family's troops were divided into two groups, and part of the Li family's family members continued to go to Yuehua Temple to participate in the local god sacrifice.

Li Yan and others picked out some guards and traveled lightly, preparing to return to the city to look for the evil cultivator.

"Xueyan, you come with me too."

Father Li looked at Zhao Xueyan deeply and called Li Yan's second mother.

Zhao Xueyan forced a smile and followed Li's father into the carriage.

Li Yan and Liu Yingying rode in front.

Although he didn't know how to ride a horse, his physique had become much stronger after practicing, so he adapted very quickly. With the guidance of the guards beside him, he soon became proficient.

Liu Yingying took off a cloth bag from her waist and chanted a spell. A wisp of black gas flew out of the bag and guided the direction ahead.

Li Yan glanced at the guards around him, and they didn't seem to notice the black air.

"How come they can't see it?"

Li Yan asked doubtfully.

Having finally met a practitioner, he was eager to ask all the questions related to practice.

"Mortals can't see these things at all."

Liu Yingying explained to Li Yan.

She also discovered that although Li Yan had practiced Taoism for many years, he didn't seem to know much about cultivation.

"So that's how it is." Li Yan suddenly realized, and the two of them followed the black gas and rushed towards the city.

The two continued chatting on the way.

Liu Yingying asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Li, you seem to lack a lot of common sense in cultivation. Didn't your master teach you?"

Li Yan said with shame: "I am ashamed. This cultivation method was taught to me by an old Taoist priest because he saw that I was weak. I have never had a disciple and no one taught me, so I don't know anything about cultivators."

"So that's how it is. It seems that Fellow Daoist Li's aptitude is not bad. He has achieved such a high level of cultivation through his own practice over the years."

Liu Yingying showed a hint of surprise on her face and sighed from the bottom of her heart.

Although she became a top-class magician at a young age, that was because the sect distributed life-energy pills and she had a master to teach her, so her Taoism improved naturally quickly.

Even without the guidance of a master, Li Yan was able to cultivate his Taoism to the point where he could resist evil magic, which was already quite impressive.

"How many years of practice?"

Li Yan's heart moved, and he asked, "May I ask Daoist Liu, how is this level of Taoism calculated?"

Liu Yingying's face showed surprise again: "You don't even know this."

"I really don't know."

Li Yan humbly asked for advice.

"It takes one year of cultivation to cultivate one life energy. I see that you have been cultivating for nearly ten years!"

"..."

Li Yan was silent for a moment.

"almost."

Although he had guessed it long ago, Li Yan was still shocked after hearing what Liu Yingying said.

Only at this moment did he understand why his body had undergone such great changes after only a few days of practice.

Originally, he thought that spiritual practice was like this and didn't dare to think about it in this way.

Now that I have learned the truth from Liu Yingying, I have realized that I am indeed different from others.

And it's a big difference.

He can gain one year’s worth of Taoism by practicing in just one day!
Whether it was because of his special physique or the supernatural powers brought by time travel, this was great news for him.

In just eleven days, he had cultivated the Taoism of eleven years.

This means that he is not as weak as originally thought.

It also means that as long as he persists in practicing, sooner or later he will be able to practice for a thousand or even ten thousand years.

It is not impossible to cultivate and become an immortal.

But until he grows up, he must hide this secret.

In this dangerous world, he did nothing and was cursed by the evil cultivator.

If this secret were to be exposed, the consequences would be dire.

It is not impossible that he was caught and forced to make elixirs and medicines.

Fortunately, the practitioners in this world seem to have no way of seeing a person’s specific level of cultivation.

Liu Yingying only guessed that he had practiced Taoism for several years, but she didn't know exactly how many years he had practiced.

This is also good news for him.

Liu Yingying did not notice anything unusual about Li Yan, and said, "It is a little harder for a casual cultivator to practice, but it's a pity that you are a little old, otherwise I could introduce you to the Qingxu Sect."

"It's okay. It's the same if I practice alone."

Li Yan laughed dryly twice. Now that he had discovered his own secret, even if he could enter the Qingxu Sect, he would not dare to do so.

If the seniors in the Qingxu Sect discovered something unusual, he would not be willing to gamble his life on their kindness.

In this world of cultivation that is already full of weirdness, he just wants to ensure the safety of himself and his family first, and eventually cultivate to become an immortal.

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(End of this chapter)