A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 158 Only Mr. Li, 'My Law Alone'

The corner of the second floor of Xuantian Tower.

"Little junior brother."

Tao Ling'er suddenly called out.

"Ok?"

Li Weizhou looked at her.

Tao Ling'er's face was somewhat square, but her eyes were so clear. She looked at Li Weizhou earnestly and said, "Junior Brother, you must cultivate diligently and work even harder. You don't need to worry about spirit stones. I can earn them by taking on missions, and so can Mother."

Li Weizhou said seriously, "Senior sister, I can do that too. Look, I got two pieces, didn't I?"

Tao Ling'er became even more serious and said, "You're not good enough. You're destined for a bright future. I'm even more convinced now that you'll become an extraordinary person in the future! So, don't waste your energy on such trivial gains! Do you want to be the leader of the Five Elements Sect in the future?"

Li Weizhou was startled and said, "Senior Sister, you are both the sect leader's eldest sister and the beloved daughter of Master and Mistress. How come I'm going to become the sect leader in the future? I have no intention of seizing the position!"

Seeing his exaggerated expression, Tao Ling'er couldn't help but laugh for a while. Then, she waved her small, fan-like hand and said, "If you misbehave again, I'll beat you!" She then said seriously, "Your talent for cultivation is secondary. Look at how well you handled things just now. You could hide your anger, keep your emotions hidden, and even hold a grudge and plan to scheme against someone..."

"and many more!"

Li Weizhou interrupted, saying, "Senior sister, let me process this for a moment. I need to think carefully about whether you're praising me or not."

Tao Ling'er laughed again, then said wistfully, "Of course I'm praising you. Mother said that a sect leader shouldn't be like me, laughing like an idiot when happy, getting furious when angry, and forgetting everything, not even grudges. I forget everything in the blink of an eye and start laughing and joking with people again. Sigh... So, junior brother, you must seize the time to cultivate more! There's a spirit-gathering array in the Five Elements Hall. When your parents aren't using it, you can sneak in and cultivate. One hour of cultivation inside is more effective than three hours of cultivation outside by yourself!"

Li Weizhou smiled and said, "Senior sister, but the time for cultivation each day is limited. But don't worry, I will definitely work harder and harder!"

"Are you telling the truth or not? Are you really going to practice asceticism?"

Tao Ling'er asked with some skepticism. She could tell that this junior brother had a very twisted mind and was no pushover.

Moreover, boys are incredibly mischievous; as soon as they reach a certain level of agility, they're already thinking about running wild.

She managed to reach the fourth level before secretly slipping down the mountain.

Li Weizhou patted his chest and assured him, "Of course it's true. You can't lie about cultivation level. I guarantee it will improve by leaps and bounds every day!"

Cultivation involves using the mysterious aperture to capture the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This process consumes spiritual energy and is very tiring.

Forget about spiritual practice, just think about it. Even playing games all day long would leave you exhausted.

Those who claim to be practicing asceticism in seclusion often just train for a while and then sleep for a while...

For a normal cultivator, being able to persist in cultivating for two hours every day is considered diligent.

If it were truly the case that the more you practice, the more comfortable you would feel, then who would be forced to practice, and why would there be any talk of arduous cultivation?
But Li Weizhou was different...

He has a sapling of Jianmu wood, which automatically absorbs the spiritual energy of wood between heaven and earth throughout the twelve two-hour periods of the day.

The Jianmu tree is still young, barely equivalent to a top-grade wood spirit root cultivator's full-force cultivation.

The results of these twelve hours of cultivation were divided equally between Jianmu and Li Weizhou, with each person contributing six hours.

Then, the Tai Chi diagram is used to re-divide the five elements, with each element corresponding to one and two hours...

However, it doesn't matter. In addition to Jianmu being able to cultivate on its own, Xiaojian can also spontaneously absorb metal-type spiritual energy. In this way, each element will have 2.4 hours of cultivation results.

Once the water system imprint is projected into the spirit river, such as the spirit river on the Hidden Water Peak within the Five Elements Sect, it will take another 1.2 hours, making it equivalent to 3.6 hours.

Moreover, as the Jianmu tree grows and the small sword materializes, the more spiritual river water is poured in, the faster the cultivation speed will become.

Isn't that a matter of traveling a thousand miles a day?

These things are not worth telling outsiders; it is enough to show his diligence.

"You want to buy 'The True Explanation of Talismans' too? You not only want to learn formations, but also talismans... Hmm... You little shrimp at the first level of the Spirit Realm, don't go too far!!"

Tao Ling'er was about to explode with anger.

Li Weizhou hurriedly raised his finger and swore, "Senior sister, just you wait and see! I'll advance one level per month, and within four months, I'll definitely reach the fourth level of the Spirit Realm!"

Tao Ling'er blinked, then lowered her fist and said, "Are you serious? What if you can't do it?"

The first level of spiritual cultivation was easy; she completed it in just half a month back then. But starting from the second level, it became increasingly difficult, and it took her more than half a year.

It's not that simple to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into one's own spiritual energy.

After reaching the third level, it took two years to fully complete the repairs, and I was stuck at the bottleneck for a whole year before finally breaking through to the fourth level.

Four months, four different worlds—this kid really knows how to brag.

Li Weizhou vowed, "If I can't do it, then from now on, if you ask me to play the gong, I will never play the drum. If you ask me to play the zither, I will never play the gong!"

Tao Ling'er giggled and said, "That's more like it! Then hurry up and buy it. After you're done, I need to take you back quickly so I can go do my mission."

She waved the small jade tablet in her hand.

Li Weizhou tried to negotiate: "Senior sister, could you take me with you...?"

"Don't think about it!"

Tao Ling'er clenched her fist again as a warning, her eyes looking fierce and dangerous.

Judging from the situation, if Li Weizhou continues to pester her without knowing what's good for him, she will really have to exercise her authority as the senior sister and teach him a lesson.

Li Weizhou chuckled and, not daring to linger, bought the "True Explanation of Talismans" and had Tao Ling'er deliver it back to the mountain gate.

……

Inside the cave.

Li Weizhou gathered his four wives and one younger sister, intending to perform a crisp performance for them.

Although the cave dwelling was comfortable, quiet, and sheltered from the wind, it had one problem: it collected dust.

If you leave your bedding out for a day, a thin layer of dust will appear on it.

but now……

Li Weizhou held eight low-grade spirit stones between his hands and launched them one after another at several spatial nodes with a "biubiubiubiu" sound.

Of course, these were all holes that had been dug beforehand, and now they were being filled in.

"Next, it's time to witness the miracle!"

After Li Weizhou finished speaking, he used his own earth-elemental spiritual energy to "thread the needle" between the eight array nodes...

"Oh no! Brother, the dust on the ground is gone!!"

Xi Mei was pleasantly surprised to discover this amazing scene, and Zhou Yue Niang and the others quickly looked down.

Sure enough, the ground, which used to leave footprints everywhere, became smooth and clean.

Situ Qingyue looked up and it seemed that even the top of the cave had been seen.

Zhou Yueniang, Feng Biwu, and Qi Erniang also touched and looked around, each with a smile on their face.

How amazing, how interesting!

If Tian Ru saw this, she would definitely be very moved.

This family's happiness came so simply...

The Cleansing Dust Formation is a formation that most independent cultivators outside look down upon, yet they seem to be having so much fun with it.

Feng Biwu asked Li Weizhou, "Are formations difficult?"

Li Weizhou nodded and said, "Because the distribution of spiritual energy is different in each location where an array is set up, the array nodes are naturally different as well. So it's definitely not possible to memorize an array diagram and then set up the array according to it. Moreover, after determining the array nodes of the location, a lot of calculations are needed to calculate the method of spiritual energy activation and then draw the array diagram. For complex arrays, a three-dimensional array plate needs to be made, and then the array is set up according to the array plate. Even a small mistake will make it difficult to form an array, or the effect of the array will be poor."

Qi Erniang clicked her tongue and said, "This is too troublesome."

Situ Qingyue shook her head and said, "The mountain-protecting formation is so important that it concerns the lives and safety of everyone. This kind of trouble is nothing." She then asked Li Weizhou, "Do you think you have a talent in this area?"

Li Weizhou smiled and nodded, saying, "Invincible. Other array masters have to rely on skills and experience to test the array nodes one by one, but in my eyes, it is indeed obvious at a glance."

Moreover, he has many old scholars who have spent their lives studying the Book of Changes, and they can first learn the "Diagram of Battle Formations" and then become his mentors, explaining it to him in detail.

Even in the spirit world, very few people possess such learning resources.

Next comes the tedious calculations.

There are patterns to the reactions between different inspirations, and the results of mixed reactions between different inspirations can also be summarized.

Patterns can be observed in different amounts of spontaneous reactions and mixed reactions.

Of course, this requires a lot of data to prove it, and it requires testing each array one by one. In addition, Li Weizhou also needs to film the effects to provide the experts and scholars with a video for them to study and analyze.

They witnessed a miracle, and Li Weizhou used their talent and wisdom to learn formations.

After verifying the interaction patterns between the supercomputers using massive amounts of data, Li Weizhou believed that the supercomputers at Dongda University would play an extraordinary role.

Once the model is successfully built, he doesn't believe that any calculator in the spirit world could have such a computing power of hundreds of billions of calculations per second.

Supercomputers also contain countless mathematical formulas as core tools, which embody the wisdom of countless mathematical geniuses throughout history.

Li Weizhou is currently unaware of how the profession of Spirit Realm Calculator is developing.

But he estimated it was unlikely.

It's not that people in the spirit world are less intelligent than Earthlings. In terms of intelligence, spirit world planners are definitely no less intelligent than Earthlings, and because of their divine consciousness, they are even stronger, much stronger.

However, being a strategist is a profession. According to the rules of the spiritual realm sects, if a genius were to summarize a formula, they would definitely cherish it and keep it for their own use.

It is absolutely impossible to publish a paper for everyone to share and for others to build upon it and make further progress.

This formula is probably like the secret manuals of various schools, all of which are closely guarded secrets.

In this way, even if the plans of the spirit world develop, they will probably be very limited.

Therefore, Li Weizhou was full of confidence in the art of formations.

His wisdom alone may not amount to much, but when the wisdom of so many people is combined, and with a civilization as its foundation, he doesn't believe anyone's conditions are better than his.

And once he's accumulated enough data, he believes the new formations that Earth's AI can continuously deduce might give him a huge surprise. He imagines setting up countless super formations around his home in the future... hehehehe...

Even if a great immortal descends to the mortal realm, I'm not afraid!
"It's really fun."

Zhou Yueniang watched the dust-clearing formation for a while, and even brought back some sand from outside and sprinkled it, which quickly sank into the ground and disappeared.

Feng Biwu said, "It feels like the formation can only be used for defense. As for attacking, it's like setting a trap and waiting for people to come to you."

Qi Erniang said irritably, "It's already very good!"

Situ Qingyue stood up and said, "We should also hurry up and cultivate, at least until we are strong enough to protect ourselves. If Li Lang has time, he can find some books about the spirit world, such as local chronicles and biographies. We need to familiarize ourselves with this world as soon as possible. We can't delay our cultivation now."

"it is good!"

Even Xi Mei agreed with great pride and left without looking back.

They must strive to improve themselves!
Li Weizhou curled his lip, not afraid at all. Anyway, he had the Void Step, so he could come and go freely at night.

Let alone caves without protective formations, even caves with protective formations...

Hmm, he's never actually tried going through an array before.

It's time to find an opportunity to give it a try; this is very important...

With this in mind, he didn't stop and set off for the Five Elements Hall.

They went straight to the scripture pavilion.

Standing before the gate of the Scripture Pavilion, Li Weizhou did not use the incantation Tao Ling'er had taught him to open the formation. Instead, he took a deep breath and slowly squeezed into the void...

It's like squeezing in, because the pressure of entering the void inside the Five Elements Hall is more than ten times greater than outside, like forcing your way into a lump of fresh concrete that hasn't been poured yet.

This was alright, but as he continued to push his way into the formation, it felt like he was being forced into a lump of hard plastic.

There is absolutely nothing we can do.

After drilling for a while, it was no use; it was about to be crushed by the spatial forces from all directions.

Suddenly pushed out, Li Weizhou was covered in sweat, touching his head, feeling as if he had been squeezed smaller...

It seems that brute force won't work; we need to think of something else...

Actually, there is a way: use the spatial power stored in the Hidden God Palace to force a way in.

He just realized that it was possible.

But this method is definitely not worth using now.

Good steel should be used where it's needed most; the power of space is too precious to be wasted.

Li Weizhou thought about it and felt that the formation here might be too advanced, and his current skill level was far too low.

Furthermore, their understanding of formations is too limited.

If you continue to study diligently and find the weaknesses of the formation, it might be easier.

After letting out a sigh of relief, Li Weizhou returned to his cave to urge the experts on Earth to study diligently!
Once you've mastered it, then you can teach it to him.

When Li Weizhou left the Scripture Pavilion to continue his studies, Tao Xixing looked at him strangely in the deepest quiet room of the Five Elements Hall.

As the one in charge of the entire hall's formation, he naturally knew what his newly accepted disciple was up to.

What's strange about him isn't that Li Weizhou failed, but that...

This kid actually managed to lure someone into the void inside the hall?!
Although the Five Peaks were leased out, the Five Elements Grand Array, which was previously supported by the Earth-level spiritual veins supplied by the five Xuan-level spiritual veins through the array, has lost more than 30% of its power.

but……

How did a mere novice in the early stages of the Spirit Realm manage to squeeze into the void?
After turning off the mirror, the couple looked at each other in bewilderment.

Has the power of innate supernatural abilities really reached this level?
After a long while, Tao Xixing said with a wry smile, "If this boy hadn't come from the lower realm, I would have suspected that he was a spy planted by some force."

Tian Ru said irritably, "Which power would be willing to send such a promising talent out as a spy?"

Tao Xixing chuckled self-deprecatingly and said, "That's true. It was only because the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect saw that the sect had fallen into such a state of decline that they sent us such a disciple with exceptional talent."

Ru'er, you are quite skilled in formations and talismans, so you should teach him.

The people of Xingluo Temple are too despicable. If they fail this time, they might try to lure you into becoming a vessel again next time.

For now, we can keep him training on the mountain. Once he reaches the fourth level of the Spirit Realm, he'll still need to go down the mountain for experience. We can't give that old bastard Song Muran that chance.”

Tian Ru shook her head and said, "Wei Zhou will definitely not go. In order to ensure the strictness of the formation, Xingluo Temple attaches great importance to the hierarchy. Everything must be done according to the rules, and any mistake will be punished. Although Wei Zhou's family members have different personalities, they all cannot stand being restrained."

Tao Xixing advised, "Whether he can handle it or not is his business. We need to do what we should do. I know you are eager for your new disciples to train hard every day so they can become proficient as soon as possible and prepare for the sect's grand competition in five years. You want to make a final effort..."

Tian Ru said anxiously, "Yes, otherwise, why would we spend so much to bring disciples up from the lower realm? I just hope they can work hard day and night, and in five years, they can prove themselves and stop being at the bottom. Their whole family has such good talent, they have a chance."

Tao Xixing laughed and said, "Yes, their talents are excessively good. That kid is already so monstrous, but his wife, Lady Situ, seems to be even more amazing. She entered the second level of the Spirit Realm in a single day with only half a copy of the Thunder Sword Manual. Although it was also thanks to the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, she is still extraordinary after all."

However, the more difficult it is to force a disciple like this, the more prideful they are. Fortunately, there's only one troublemaker, like Situ and the others; they don't need persuasion, they just diligently cultivate every day. But Li boy, persuasion is useless; his heart is wandering. If you force him, he'll feel uncomfortable, and if the people from Xingluo Temple tempt him again, he might really choose to join another sect.”

Tian Ru said angrily, "The people of Xingluo Temple are too despicable. They actually tricked Wei Zhou into becoming their disciple outside the gate. Wei Zhou doesn't understand. Don't they know that this is a major taboo in the sect? What kind of true disciple is allowed to become the disciple of an elder from another family? Sowing discord is despicable and shameless."

Tao Xixing said, "So, you should teach him yourself. Ling'er said he even bought 'The True Explanation of Talismans'? That kid is greedy."

Tian Ru said worriedly, "With his greedy nature, he wants to eat everything but eats it all carelessly and in a mediocre way. What are we going to do?"

Tao Xixing laughed and said, "You're still worried about him? He's so young, and he's already married four wives. Of course he's greedy. But he's already made a bet with Ling'er. If he can't reach the fourth level in four months, he should settle down. Go ask him if there's anything he doesn't understand. It's better to guide than to block."

Tian Ru nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go take a look. You should get some rest too..."

Tao Xixing smiled and nodded. Tian Ru felt a pang of sadness and got up to leave.

After she left, a dark aura suddenly flashed across Tao Xixing's gaunt face, and his originally refined and upright appearance was now tinged with a demonic aura.

He reopened the mirror stone and replayed the moment Li Weizhou squeezed into the void. After watching it several times, he sighed softly and said, "What a powerful physical body."

The lustful look in his voice was chilling...

However, a faint golden aura quickly appeared, forcefully suppressing the black aura.

Tao Xixing's face darkened. It turned out that a trace of demonic energy had seeped into his sea of ​​consciousness and even started to cause trouble.

We must find a way to suppress the demonic energy, otherwise he won't even last a year.

Unfortunately, I cannot practice the highest level of our sect's cultivation technique, the "Five Elements Primordial Scripture".

Otherwise, they could at least suppress some of them...

……

Earth, Kyoto.

Inside a courtyard house.

Several important elders were present...

Three years have passed, and Old Xue has aged considerably, but he is still in good spirits. He smiled and said, "Old Zhao was in such a hurry to invite us here, it seems he has some great news to tell us."

Old Song, standing nearby, laughed and said, "In recent years, Old Zhao has indeed accomplished a lot of important and joyous events, and deserves great credit."

Zhao Jiugu laughed heartily, "Old Song is too kind... I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I've taken time out of your busy schedules to invite you all here because I have two important matters to report. The first important matter is indeed good news! Old Xue, Old Song, I received a batch of ore from Mr. Li. He said that the ore was not from Earth and might contain something we need. Naturally, I didn't dare to underestimate it. I immediately mobilized the best personnel from units such as Songshan Lake Materials, the Materials and Engineering Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing University of Science and Technology New Materials to produce results as quickly as possible. Just now, we found something good. According to the joint report, we have overcome another of the extremely difficult problems that have plagued nuclear fusion!"

"Oh? Which one?"

Professor Xue and the others, all with bachelors in engineering, understood the material problems that plagued nuclear fusion even better than Zhao Jiugu. Hearing him say this, they were invigorated and hurriedly asked him more questions.

Zhao Jiugu said, "It's the first wall material! According to the report, after the new metal elements extracted from that pile of ore were added to the tungsten-based alloy, it successfully withstood the bombardment of high-energy X-ray radiation and high-speed particle streams, and also withstood the corrosion of helium ash and the nuclear reaction caused by neutron collisions, without changing the material structure!"
I don't have a science or engineering background, so I can't really explain it clearly. However, Director Liu of the Southwest Institute of Physics was so moved that he even cried!

Although the challenges of superconducting materials remain to be overcome, Director Liu stated that significant progress has been made towards large-scale commercialization. The original plan to achieve commercial nuclear fusion power generation by 2050 can now be achieved at least eight to ten years ahead of schedule!

Even the most seasoned elders, upon hearing this, couldn't help but show their delight and exclaimed with joy, "Excellent!!"

Dongda University imports far too much energy every year to supply the lighting, heating, production, and daily life of 1.4 billion people.

Although we have been vigorously developing clean energy, it is not stable enough.

Once nuclear fusion achieves a complete breakthrough, Tokyo University will end its history of importing massive amounts of energy.

Because seawater is rich in deuterium, nuclear fusion utilizes the fusion of hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium to generate energy.

Each liter of seawater contains approximately 0.035 grams of deuterium, and through nuclear fusion, the energy released is equivalent to burning 300 liters of gasoline!

That means that humanity is about to embark on a completely new chapter!
Old Xue asked, "Did Mr. Li say how much of this ore there is?"

Zhao Jiugu smiled and said, "I asked when they were shipping it, and they said they would try their best to meet your needs."

Old Master Song asked, "Mr. Li, did you make any requests?"

Zhao Jiugu said, "Mr. Li said that we should evaluate the value according to objective and rational criteria to offset his payment for the pig's blood."

All the elderly people laughed.

Old Yan joked, "It seems that this Mr. Li is a gentleman after all."

Zhao Jiugu said, "The second thing is a request made by Mr. Li."

"What request?"

Old Song hurriedly asked.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Jiugu said, "Mr. Li took out a formation diagram and asked me to help find some scholars who understand the I Ching and Qimen formations to analyze it and give him lessons. According to his description, that formation has a very magical effect."

Mr. Xue, your previous speculation may now be confirmed. Mr. Li may indeed be able to travel to another world, just as depicted in some online novels.

And that world was a world of cultivation.

Our world belongs to the Dharma-ending Age, and only Mr. Li stands alone, embodying the "Dharma-only" principle.

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(End of this chapter)