Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 246 The Book of Great Illusion
The Yin-Yang Bead is now an integral part of the sword case, or rather, it is an inseparable "clasp bead" from the sword case.

"It seems that the bead mentioned by that senior must have meant that the stone bead was originally part of this object."

Song Yan's mind stirred, and he subconsciously sensed the Yin-Yang Pearl.

After returning to the sword box, the connection with him still existed, but it was very weak.

But this connection became extremely weak; one could only sense its existence and a vague location, as if separated by a thick fog.

He came to his senses at that moment and suddenly felt that it was somewhat absurd.

Once upon a time, he thought such a treasure was something divine, but now he has discovered that it is just a bead on some other treasure.

Even as a mere "bead," it possessed a strange space, and even allowed him to witness the mysterious power of ancient events.

Now that the stone beads are back in place, what kind of treasure will the sword box itself contain?
The courtyard here is quiet and simple, with purple bamboo and ink pool, a stele and a box, standing alone in the world.

Song Yan's gaze swept across the ethereal courtyard, finally settling on the ancient sword box before him.

"Which senior sword master once cultivated here..."

This place looks ordinary; there isn't even a signboard or nameplate.

"The sect leader?"

He had countless guesses in his mind, but no one could answer them for him.

Without further hesitation, he immediately sat cross-legged between the stone tablet and the ink pool.

He held the sword in a cupped-hand gesture, and a surge of pure, powerful sword energy flowed out, heading towards the sword case, as he began to refine the treasure.

Given the connection between the Yin and Yang Pearls, refining this box shouldn't take too long.

However, the situation was completely beyond Song Yan's expectations.

The refining process was far more difficult and lengthy than he had anticipated.

On the first day, Song Yan, as he had done with refining magical artifacts before, attempted to imprint his divine sense and invade them with sword energy.

But upon first contact, he felt that the black and white light flowing on the surface of the sword box was incredibly flexible. His divine sense and sword energy were like mud oxen entering the sea, only causing a slight ripple before being swallowed up.

Song Yan frowned slightly, but did not give up.

He then turned to the refining method in the Sword Nourishing Chapter, directly using the sword light in his sea of ​​sword energy to refine it carefully, and only then did he make a slight progress.

The flowing black and white light shone brightly for a moment, but then returned to normal, and the establishment of initial contact was still a long way off.

The sun rises and the moon sets.

Song Yan sensed that something was wrong.

How can the refining speed be so slow?

Seven days passed in a flash.

Song Yan was surrounded by a misty aura, and his clothes had been soaked with sweat several times before being dried by his spiritual power.

The internal microcosmic energy circulates within the body, continuously transforming and converting spiritual energy to replenish what is consumed.

However, refining this substance was like pushing an invisible mountain; the resistance was so great that it was almost hopeless.

Ten days have passed.

Song Yan's face was slightly pale, and he was extremely exhausted.

This refining process requires not only the support of abundant spiritual energy and sword energy, but also the guidance of a focused and concentrated mind.

His stubborn streak kicked in, and he was determined to refine this thing.

The vortex of sword energy within his sword palace surged wildly, absorbing the rich spiritual energy around him, and transforming it into a continuous stream of sword beams and sword energy that poured into the box.

However, the longer the refining process took, the more alarmed he became.

What level of treasure is it exactly?

You should know that you are now at the Foundation Establishment stage. Ordinary magic artifacts can be refined in an instant, and even spiritual artifacts and magic treasures generally do not take more than ten days.

It's unlikely to be any more precious treasures, otherwise, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation level, he simply wouldn't be able to refine them.

The 15th... The 18th...

Under such relentless refinement, the faint connection finally transformed from a strand of hair into a slightly thicker thread. Although still weak, it was much more stable than before.

He could vaguely sense the ancient and vast aura emanating from the sword case.

The twenty-third day!
Just when Song Yan almost thought this process would never end, and even began to doubt whether his level of cultivation was really sufficient.

Change finally occurred.

hum-

The sword box, which had been silently absorbing the sword energy, suddenly burst forth with black and white light.

The light was not dazzling, but it carried an all-encompassing and profound quality.

The pure sword energy and divine imprint that had been infused for twenty-three days erupted all at once and were completely absorbed and integrated by the sword box in a strange way.

Song Yan slowly withdrew his sword energy, opened his eyes, and looked deeply weary.

However, it also has an undeniable sense of awe.

Twenty-three days in a row!

During this period, he exerted almost all his strength without daring to slack off in the slightest, and also took a lot of recovery pills along the way.

At this moment, the sword box became an inseparable part of his body, and they were connected in spirit.

The moment he successfully refined the item, a simple and long rhythm resounded deep within Song Yan's soul!

With a slight thought, four sword lights were automatically unleashed.

Unmoored Boat, Sacrificial Linjun, Crying Moon, Lianli, and the two flying swords that had been left by his side were all put into the sword box.

The black and white sheen that had been slowly flowing on the surface of the sword case brightened a bit, revealing a restrained sharpness within its cool and gentle feel.

At the same time, Song Yan's consciousness sensed a strange attraction.

This feeling is so familiar.

That was the feeling of being absorbed into the Yin-Yang Pearl.

Without offering any resistance, he was drawn by the sword box, and his consciousness sank into the world within the box!

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

What came into view was no longer the vast but monotonous black and white world inside the Yin-Yang Pearl; this world was self-contained, with ever-changing phenomena.

Song Yan found himself suspended in mid-air, with a panoramic view of the world below.

Above the sky, fierce winds howled. The sea of ​​clouds churned, and thunder roared menacingly.

The desert sands stretch endlessly, like gold. Towering trees pierce the sky and earth.

Rivers and streams flow ceaselessly. They burn like volcanoes, crimson as blood.

The dividing line between these world landscapes is a vast, bottomless rift valley.

Above the rift valley is a cascading inky waterfall, and deep within lies endless darkness.

In this world, the celestial phenomena and terrestrial veins each occupy their own territory yet are interconnected, with the five elements flowing and yin and yang mutually supporting each other.

No longer like the illusory two-colored world of the past, it's more like...

A small world.

Song Yan's divine avatar was amazed by the magnificence and vastness of this world and was about to wander around when he suddenly sensed another change.

The black and white energies that permeated the world seemed to be drawn together, suddenly surging and converging from all directions.

It instantly flowed into Song Yan's mind between his eyebrows!

hum-

Song Yan felt completely disoriented and had a splitting headache.

The black and white energies between heaven and earth vanished without a trace.

At the same time, the drastic change in his mind forced him out of the sword box world and back to his original body. "Hiss..."

He suddenly opened his eyes. The Purple Bamboo Courtyard was still quiet, and the Ink Pool was calm, but his mind was filled with a lot of information that he had never seen before.

After calming his mind for a moment, he carefully sorted out his thoughts.

He was immediately stunned, his pupils dilated, and his mouth opened slightly in shock.

An indescribable surge of joy instantly welled up in my heart.

These written symbols, patterns, and designs in my mind formed a Taoist book, which was the true Taoist canon cultivated by the disciples of the Sword Sect...

The Great Void Transforms into a Book!

Immersed in it, every word and phrase of this book seems to contain the principles of the universe.

Vast heavenly sounds, ancient charm of the frontier.

It resonated deep within Song Yan's soul.

He suddenly realized that most of the essence of the sword techniques and sword essentials in the Spirit Transformation Chapter he had practiced before came from this Taoist book.

Although this part in his mind is not complete, it is enough for him to cultivate to the Golden Core realm.

Song Yan felt no regret about the incompleteness of the Daoist Canon. He had been worried about finding a cultivation method, but now he had the orthodox cultivation method of the Sword Sect.

There's no need to search far and wide anymore.

Moreover, if this was prepared by the sect leader to leave behind a legacy, then perhaps when the time is right in the future, one should still be able to obtain the subsequent cultivation techniques from this box.

Upon careful recollection, it seems that the black and white energies of the world within the box infused these things into my mind.

The origins of those black and white energies are unknown.

If the subsequent cultivation techniques are already hidden in this world within the box, how can one obtain them?

To elevate one's realm?
Simply thinking or guessing won't get you any answers; taking things one step at a time is the right way.

This book of Taixu is divided into two parts.

One of its names is the Purple Cloud Dao Scripture, which is a method for cultivating pure primordial spiritual power and refining it into sword energy.

Another name is Taixu Sword Chapter, which records the contents related to the sword sect's swordsmanship inheritance and can be called the backbone of the sword sect's lineage.

The sword techniques and sword essentials he had previously practiced, including the Spirit Transformation Chapter, as well as the sword nurturing techniques in the Sword Sect Jade Chapter, all originated from the Taixu Sword Chapter.

Song Yan first eagerly tried out the mental cultivation method of the Zixiao Daojing, relying only on a superficial understanding of the general principles of the method, and followed its description to circulate the energy within his body.

Almost instantly, within the Sword Palace of the Dao Suppressing Body, on the sea of ​​sword energy, the lotus flower suddenly burst forth with brilliant light.

Around the courtyard, a dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth was drawn in by a mysterious force.

The speed at which he exhaled spiritual energy and the purity of the sword energy he refined were several times faster than the Lesser Profound Qi Scripture he had previously practiced.

"Such miraculous effects..."

Song Yan was taken aback.

It's like comparing heaven and earth.

The spiritual energy surging through the meridians is transforming into condensed and sharp sword energy at a visible speed, nourishing the lotus flowers on the sea of ​​sword energy.

Simply by mentally simulating a section of the Small Heavenly Circuit, one could feel the previously somewhat stagnant sea of ​​sword energy subtly shifting faster and becoming even sharper.

Around the lotus, the speed at which sword light appeared and disappeared also increased significantly.

With this method, Song Yan was naturally overjoyed.

This remarkable cultivation speed completely solved the pressing issue of finding a cultivation method.

Song Yan didn't know how precious this cultivation technique was, but compared to the original Qi Condensation Scroll, which was as slow as a tortoise crawl, it was already much better.

He wasn't someone who pursued the ultimate cultivation speed; he was already satisfied with even a slight improvement, let alone such a significant one.

After a moment's thought, Song Yan decided to simply start practicing his cultivation technique right here.

Rebuilding one's cultivation method is completely different from rebuilding one's cultivation method after it has been dispersed. It is not as troublesome, and one's cultivation level will not drop.

It's simply equivalent to refining the sword energy within the body and changing the energy flow path.

Otherwise, with the Dragon Pool meeting imminent, he wouldn't have acted so recklessly.

He summoned a flying sword from the Endless Treasury, and almost instantly, the Spirit Gathering Sword Array took shape in the small courtyard.

Around the courtyard, countless streams of rich spiritual energy surged toward him like a tide.

"Now that the foundation for the Dao has been laid, once we get out, we can prepare a few more flying swords and directly unleash the Spirit-Seizing Sword Formation."

He sat cross-legged under the bamboo and slowly began to circulate the Purple Cloud Dao Scripture.

Although the Lesser Profound Qi Scripture he originally cultivated was inefficient, its spiritual power was balanced and harmonious, so there was no stagnation when he switched to this new cultivation method.

The process of refining the sword energy was surprisingly smooth, as simple as the sword energy dissipating and then recuperating.

"Time waits for us not."

Song Yan took a deep breath, letting the crisp air of the Purple Bamboo Courtyard fill his lungs, completely immersing himself in cultivation and profound insights.

After establishing the foundation of the Dao, cultivators completely transcend the realm of mortals and can achieve complete abstinence from grains.

Spiritual energy flows through the body's meridians, continuously nourishing the internal organs, blood vessels, and flesh.

Meanwhile, the sword energy surged within the Sword Palace, rising and falling like tides, constantly being refined.

……

One month later, in Wushan Valley.

Song Yan appeared here, looking somewhat hurried.

I really didn't expect that.

In the past, cultivating the Qi Condensation Chapter, including the later entire Qi Scripture, was extremely slow, and the arduous practice was quite grueling.

However, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance. Once he started practicing the Purple Cloud Dao Scripture, his cultivation speed was extremely fast, and it was even more solid than before.

At first, he would occasionally stop to study the contents of the Taixu Sword Chapter.

Later on, I became completely absorbed in it and forgot about time.

The sword energy within the former Zhendao Sword Mansion was hazy and drifting, without any attachment, like a rootless duckweed.

Later, when the foundation of the Dao was established, the original dantian and qi sea merged with the Dao-suppressing sword mansion, the Dao seed transformed into a lotus, and the sword qi sea was also formed, which made things much more stable.

However, at this moment, within Song Yan's Sword Palace, sword energy flowed gently and naturally.

Occasionally, activating the Observing Void Sword Eye or nourishing the Unbound Boat will consume some energy, but it will recover on its own.

Furthermore, the sword energy and sword light contained in the sea of ​​sword energy were several times greater than before.

The foundation of his Dao is now infinitely more solid than before.

Even more astonishingly, even when he stopped practicing, spiritual energy would flow into his body with each breath, and be refined in an instant.

Just daydreaming, if one possessed such a cultivation technique during the Qi Refining stage, supplemented by miraculous elixirs, perhaps within a year or even half a year, one could reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage and attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Judging by the time, the Dragon Pool Gathering should have started a few days ago."

The Dragon Pool Gathering is not like the Sword-Touching Gathering, which ends in two days.

As the grandest event in the cultivation world of Chu, it will last for a month.

During this period, there are various exchange activities such as exchange meetings, sermons, and barter meetings among the major sects. The high-level leaders of the six major sects also hold deliberation meetings, and the final few days are the Nine Meridians Grand Competition.

The Dragon Pool Mountain Gathering is not only a stage for cultivators from the Nine Meridians to exchange skills and demonstrate their strength, but also an important occasion to observe the development of various forces.

However, even so, as one of the disciples of the six major sects, it was still somewhat impolite of him to be absent and late without saying a word.

"It's better to arrive early."

After slightly determining the direction, he remained still, his figure blurring instantly like a reflection in water.

Immediately, it transformed into a condensed black and white sword light and flew towards Qiyuan Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)