Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 404 Cultivation (Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy Dragon Boat Festival)

He's only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Loud laughter came from behind, sounding particularly jarring in the empty mountains.

On the way down the mountain, Xu Yunfan recalled what he had seen and heard at Yuanshi Sect in the past few days, and he understood more and more why the outside world said that Yuanshi Sect was a demonic sect.

The people kept here are not seekers of the Way, but a group of twisted and morally bankrupt demons. They use the suffering of their fellow disciples as fuel for their cultivation, harming others without benefiting themselves is their law of survival, and betrayal is commonplace.

In such a den of iniquity, the more insane a person is, the more comfortable they become.

But since we've already chosen this path, there's no turning back.

Xu Yunfan clenched his fists, his gaze fixed firmly on the direction of Huanxi Courtyard in the northeast corner of Baiyu Peak.

In the Yuanshi Sect, to survive, one must be more ruthless and cunning than others.

As night deepened, a light mist rose from Baiyu Peak, shrouding the dark corners in even greater mystery.

Xu Yunfan's figure gradually disappeared into the mist, leaving only the copper bells on the eaves of the Sutra Pavilion, which made a crisp sound in the wind, as if mocking yet another pitiful person who had fallen into the trap of the Yuanshi Sect.

As dusk settled, the lingering sound of the bronze bells still echoed through the mountains.

Disciple Zhao San, humming a little tune, walked down the stone steps, tossing the jade token containing the contribution points he had earned that day between his fingers.

Although the job in the Scripture Pavilion was not very lucrative, with only six contribution points paid each day, it was truly meager compared to the dangerous and perilous missions of the sects.

But the advantage is that it's safe and secure, without the worry of being stabbed in the back by fellow disciples. What's even better is that you can watch the wonderful expressions of the newly joined junior disciples every day, as if they've lost their parents.

Watching them transform from hopeful to ashen-faced, the twisted pleasure was far more satisfying than earning a few more contribution points.

He had just turned the corner of the mountain road when a chilling sensation suddenly struck the back of his neck.

"Who"

A hammer blow, accompanied by a whooshing sound, struck his temple. His protective inner energy burst like a bubble, allowing him to take the full force of the blow.

A crimson light exploded before Zhao San's eyes, his true energy instantly dissipated, and he collapsed into the roadside bushes like a broken sack.

Through the haze, he saw Xu Yunfan squat down and, with swift movements of his fingers, tear off all three storage bags from his waist.

"Senior brother, you seem to be laughing quite heartily during the day?"

Xu Yunfan ignited a wisp of dark golden true energy at his fingertips and thrust it hard into Zhao San's dantian. "Three hundred contribution points for a few erotic pictures?"

Zhao San's body convulsed like a shrimp, and black blood spilled from his seven orifices.

He was horrified to discover that the True Martial Subduing Demon True Essence that Xu Yunfan had infused was raging through his meridians, crushing the Hundred Desires True Essence he had painstakingly cultivated over many years into dust like a millstone.

He wanted to scream and beg for mercy, but a hand like an iron clamp gripped his throat.

"Don't worry, you will die a quick and painless death."

Xu Yunfan whispered in his ear, his voice colder than the mountain wind, "Senior brother, we disciples of the Demonic Sect are all sinking in the sea of ​​suffering, everyone is struggling, why do things that harm others and do nothing for ourselves? Look, this is the result."

As the third vertebra of his spine was shattered by the finger strike, the Subduing Demon True Essence swept back the True Essence that Zhao San had cultivated for many years. His whole body collapsed like mud in the pile of decaying leaves, his vitality quickly vanished, and he swiftly turned into dried corpse dust that filled the forest.

Xu Yunfan weighed his spoils: three bottles of Jade Marrow Nourishing Heart Pills, seventy contribution points, and a jade slip inscribed with the initial understanding of array formations.

Footsteps approached from afar, and his figure flickered and disappeared into the mist, leaving only Zhao San's shattered body slowly sinking into silence in the forest.

Xu Yunfan's figure swept across the mountain path like a ghost, his toes touching the moss without disturbing a single dewdrop.

Back in the stone chamber, his brow furrowed slightly, and his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye suddenly opened. The golden light in his pupils reflected every subtle fluctuation within a hundred feet. The amplitude of the spider web trembling in the corner, the trajectory of dust falling between the tiles, and even the heartbeat of the insects lurking deep in the earth's veins, were all exposed under the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye.

After confirming that it was safe, he took out the jade slip that was glowing with a bluish light from his pocket.

Although this "Introduction to the Dao of Arrays" is only an introductory text, the "Spirit Gathering Array" recorded in it already made his eyes light up.

The array formations recorded therein are extremely useful for beginners and those in the Qi Refining stage.

However, the array was extremely complex, and the spiritual power output of each rune had to be precise to the "tiniest degree".

If one is not careful, at best the formation will backfire, and at worst the spiritual energy will go berserk and shatter one's soul.

"The Kan position transforms three times, and the Li fire gives birth to the lotus."

Xu Yunfan murmured the array incantation, his ten fingers tracing lines in front of him.

Dark golden true essence seeped from his fingertips, but suddenly twisted when he condensed the third array base.

The true energy threads seemed to have struck an invisible barrier, tearing through the air with a piercing ripping sound. The free-floating spiritual energy in the air seemed to have been detonated, exploding around him with a muffled thud that echoed throughout the courtyard.

He groaned, and the smell of rust filled his nostrils.

He wiped the blood from his nostrils, his eyes gleaming.

"Something interesting..."

Despite his current physical condition, he was actually shaken so badly that he suffered some minor internal injuries.

In the next instant, the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture within Xu Yunfan's body suddenly began to operate, and a dazzling golden light burst forth from the spine, with true essence surging like a river to cleanse his limbs and bones.

Tortoise shell patterns appeared between the skin and flesh, and a chant-like humming sound came from deep within the flesh. The tiny cracks caused by the back shock of the formation were repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye as the profound true essence flowed.

After recovering his breath, Xu Yunfan remained calm and continued to ponder the initial understanding of this array technique.

'You are currently comprehending the initial principles of array formations, and it seems you are making some progress...'

You attempted to set up a spirit-gathering array, but failed; however, you gained some benefits.

Xu Yunfan glanced at the attribute panel on his screen. Although he was only at the initial stage of array formation, a towering building starts from the ground up.

Once you've mastered the basics, with the help of the attribute panel, you can naturally progress and elevate your mastery of array formations to a profound level.

This profound art of array formation places great emphasis on a solid foundation. In the beginning, one merely outlines runes and draws upon spiritual energy. As one's skill deepens, one can use a small array plate as a guide and draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

At that time, with a flick of the wrist, an array can be set up and its power can be unleashed. Even those with Qi Refining cultivation can use the power of the array to shake Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"The array is like a woven net; a single mistake can create countless gaps..."

Of course, this is the ideal situation. In reality, even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator lays down a powerful array with a single palm strike, it will still be destroyed.

After establishing the foundation of the Dao, one is recognized by Heaven and Earth and can obtain innate divine abilities, thus surpassing the imagination of cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.

"In the days that followed, Xu Yunfan stayed indoors and immersed himself in cultivation."

At dawn, he would circulate the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture, his spine undulating like a dragon, with dark golden true essence surging like a river in his meridians. In the afternoon, he would study the initial understanding of array formations, his ten fingers drawing runes in the void, occasionally triggering bursts of spiritual energy that shook the stone chamber.

By March, the skill list on the attribute panel had already included the Array Dao skill, and with the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture, the proficiency of both skills was slowly but steadily increasing.

(I got back late today, I'll try my best tomorrow. Thank you all for your support! Thank you for your votes, I'll update more frequently when I'm in better shape.)
(End of this chapter)