Junior sister, I really need to control you

"How is it, Senior Brother?" Mu Xiaoyu looked at Li Yinsheng with anticipation. "Is it delicious?"

Li Yinsheng licked the egg yolk stuck to his lips and patted Mu Xiaoyu's head: "Little girl, you schemed against me?"

"Is it delicious?" Mu Xiaoyu pressed.

"Hmm, not bad." Li Yinsheng nodded.

"Just okay?" Mu Xiaoyu was somewhat skeptical.

“You’re just a mortal, but I’m not,” Li Yinsheng shrugged. “I’ve eaten all sorts of delicacies, from dragon liver to phoenix marrow. If I say it’s alright, that’s already a very high compliment.”

“That’s true,” Mu Xiaoyu nodded. “Then, senior brother, could you take me to try some of the delicious food you’ve eaten in the future?”

"If you practice diligently, I'll consider it," Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

Mu Xiaoyu's face immediately scrunched up into a bitter expression: "Practicing martial arts is so tiring..."

Li Yinsheng pointed to the remaining crane eggs: "Eat these. With these crane eggs to nourish you, your cultivation will be faster in the future, and you shouldn't be so tired."

"Mmm!" Mu Xiaoyu nodded, picked up the remaining crane eggs, and began to eat them heartily without any regard for appearances.

Watching Mu Xiaoyu eat with a satisfied expression, Li Yinsheng secretly licked his lips.

To be honest, although the energy inside was useless to him, it was indeed quite delicious.

If you're not short of money in the future, you can go and ask that Master Huanghe if he still has any crane eggs left and if he'll sell them.

Thinking of money, Li Yinsheng reached out and touched his Qiankun bag.

The 500,000 talisman coins inside, minus the final payment to Yutan Temple... no, he didn't even pay the down payment, so it was actually the full amount.

Anyway, even after deducting that money, there's still over 400,000 left, which is more than enough to immediately complete the final stage of the "Wealth for Cultivation" mission and receive fifty years of cultivation.

But Li Yinsheng doesn't plan to collect it immediately this time.

That's such a waste.

Once a true cultivator has condensed their soul and opened their sea of ​​consciousness, they can cultivate techniques specifically designed to refine their soul and spirit.

Moreover, the notes of the predecessors clearly state that this kind of technique is of utmost importance to a true master.

Li Yinsheng searched the entire library but couldn't find any techniques for tempering the soul and spirit. Therefore, if he were to claim the reward now, it would be equivalent to wasting fifty years of time tempering his soul.

Fifty years...

Strictly speaking, his current cultivation level is less than 150 years, only 148 years.

Fifty years is more than a third of his current cultivation level. How can he waste it like that?

Moreover, although he couldn't find any techniques for refining the soul in the library, he wasn't completely clueless.

As a former True Person, Martial Uncle must have practiced this kind of technique, right?

Find a suitable opportunity in the next few days to confess your cultivation level to your martial aunt, and then ask her about the soul tempering technique.

It wouldn't be more than a few days, so Li Yinsheng wasn't in a hurry to collect it.

Just as his thoughts were wandering, Mu Xiaoyu had already put down the plate.

Then she suddenly screamed, "Oh no! I ate too fast and forgot to try it with soy sauce and minced garlic!"

Looking at the clean plate, Mu Xiaoyu clutched her chest, her face filled with unbearable grief, as if she had missed out on a million taels of silver.

"Junior sister, don't be sad. If you work hard in your cultivation in the future," Li Yinsheng tempted, "I will consider going to Huanghe Temple to ask if they still have any crane eggs and if they will sell them."

"Really!" Mu Xiaoyu's sorrow turned to joy.

Just then, a series of light and delicate crisp sounds rang out from her body, like a dozen or so pieces of broken jade being shaken and colliding with each other.

This voice had also appeared when she was learning the Qingxuan True Scripture, but this time the voice was clearer and more melodious.

"Huh? Why do I suddenly feel so light?"

Mu Xiaoyu was stunned, her face full of surprise. She took a few steps back away from the table and chairs, then jumped up with all her might, raising her arms high. Even with the weight of the 120-pound Tempering Yuan Lock on her body, her fingertips almost reached the roof of the study room.

"Wow, the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture?" Li Yinsheng nodded in satisfaction.

The first level of the Qingxuan True Scripture only cultivates vital energy and not magical power, so it is not surprising that this crane egg directly led to a breakthrough to the second level.

To break through to the third level, both vital energy and magical power are indispensable.

"Junior sister, try to concentrate your mind and gather your energy, focusing your energy in your dantian," Li Yinsheng instructed from the side. "Imagine a cool stream flowing out of your dantian."

Mu Xiaoyu did as she was told. After a cup of tea, she opened her eyes and said, "Senior brother, I can feel it! But it's so thin, as thin as a sewing needle."

"Yes, this is magic power. After the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture, the first wisp of magic power will be generated spontaneously, but it is still very weak now."

Li Yinsheng said, "However, compared to those cultivation methods that don't involve cultivating the foundation and directly build up mana, yours is already quite good. Ordinary cultivators who directly condense mana feel that it's only slightly thicker than a hair."

"Once you follow the second level of the cultivation method and practice for a few more days to strengthen this strand of magical power, you can try to learn some simple spells."

"Magic power!" Mu Xiaoyu exclaimed with delight, "Then can I unlock the Qi Refining Lock... cough, I can adjust the weight of the Qi Refining Lock myself and cultivate even harder!"

“Oh, I almost forgot if you hadn’t mentioned it, Junior Sister,” Li Yinsheng said. “After reaching the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture, one becomes even stronger and healthier, and these 120 jin are completely insufficient.”

He snapped his fingers: "Turn it to 300 jin."

"Boom-"

Caught off guard, Mu Xiaoyu felt a sudden heaviness and fell face-down, her chin hitting the wooden floor.

"Uh..." Li Yinsheng scratched his face awkwardly, "It seems that Junior Sister needs to adapt for a couple of days before adjusting to 300 jin. Let's start with 250 jin..."

"Senior Brother!"

In the darkness of night, Mu Xiaoyu's respectful shouts to Li Yinsheng echoed from the meditation room.

……

At the same time, at the largest spiritual eye in Xuanzhen Temple.

The moon hung high in the sky, and the wind rustled the surrounding tree canopies.

Meng Yu, along with his junior brothers and sisters, continued to diligently build the Transparent Spirit Refining Array.

"Senior Sister Meng," the junior sister complained as she used a spell to wed a thin, intricately patterned pillar into the ground, "it's almost midnight, shouldn't we go back and rest?"

"I haven't cultivated any techniques to preserve my youth. Even for cultivators, staying up all night like this will make them age faster."

The junior apprentice who was connecting and assembling several different materials also chimed in.

“Junior sister is right, senior sister. There’s not much profit to begin with, so let’s just earn a little bit of hard-earned money.”

"Since we're already getting paid for our hard work, there's no need to work so hard, right? They won't pay us extra if we finish early."

Meng Yu was inscribing the core array patterns when he heard the two complaining. He said calmly, "I have to go back to the temple. I'll finish this job as soon as possible so I can go back."

According to the rules of Yutan Temple, disciples who have unfinished orders outside must prioritize completing those orders unless they encounter something urgent, and must not waste time on irrelevant or trivial matters.

She wants to return to her sect, but she needs to settle this deal first.

"Senior sister, it's not like we want to go back. The rules in the temple are so strict. It's much more comfortable in the shop..." the junior sister muttered.

Although the junior brother didn't speak, he nodded in agreement.

"Once this job is done, I won't take my payment. I'll give it to you two as a token of appreciation for your hard work working day and night with me," Meng Yu said calmly.

"Senior sister is so righteous!" The junior sister's spell for striking the pillar suddenly became three times faster.

"Senior sister is so righteous!" After finishing connecting the various materials, the junior brother immediately headed to the next location.

Seeing the two regain their energy, Meng Yu nodded and continued to inscribe the formation.

The sooner we finish this order, the sooner we can see Li Yinsheng.

Of course, more than seeing Li Yinsheng, she was more concerned about returning to the temple after completing the task and asking her master what kind of Taoist temple Xuanzhen Temple was.

I had never heard of this Taoist temple before. Like the Yellow Crane Temple, it didn't even have a shop named after itself in the Baoguang Temple.

But one of the cultivators inside, who looked to be no more than twenty years old, actually had a much deeper cultivation level than her, the direct disciple of the abbot.

She's not usually one to pry into things, but this time she was genuinely curious.

Chapter 33 Clarity and Spiritual Aura

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Xuanzhen Temple, behind the main hall, Meng Yu and two others were surrounding a magic array the size of a pavilion, continuously casting spells to outline the array patterns.

Li Yinsheng stood not far away, his gaze fixed on the three people who had set up the formation.

Thanks to Meng Yu's efforts and the hard work of his junior brothers and sisters, the "Tongming Refining Spirit Array," which was originally supposed to be built in seven days, was completed in just five days.

The three array masters are now completing the final step: setting up the core of the Transparent Spirit Refining Array, the most important element of the array, which can refine ordinary spiritual energy into "transparent spiritual energy."

Once this step is completed, the Transparent Spirit Refining Array will be completely finished.

The spirit-gathering array set up at the Spirit Eye in the distance will continuously send spiritual energy to the spirit-refining array here. The clear spiritual energy refined from this energy can then be distributed according to the array master's will.

Although Fellow Daoist Meng is a bit aloof, his loyalty and dedication are truly impeccable.

Li Yinsheng couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Although his gaze was fixed on the three people, his divine sense was always focused on Mu Xiaoyu, who was practicing her skills in front of the hall.

Although the second level of the Qingxuan True Scripture allows for the cultivation of magical power, the part about cultivating vital energy still cannot be neglected.

When she broke through to the second level, she only refined a small portion of the primordial energy in the crane egg. She still needs to continue cultivating to refine the remaining primordial energy.

A moment later, as Meng Yu and the other two finished their work, the bright, shimmering array patterns on the formation also disappeared, leaving only the millstone-sized core of the formation suspended in the air, slowly rotating.

Meng Yu walked towards Li Yinsheng, took out an array plate and handed it to him: "Fellow Daoist Li, this is the core of the array. Try refining it."

Li Yinsheng took the array plate, channeled his magical power, and completed the refining process in an instant.

Through the array plate in his palm, he could feel that the Spirit Gathering Array in the distance was already sending spiritual energy, and the Transparent Spirit Refining Array was also releasing special spiritual energy at a very slow but steady pace.

Although Meng Yu knew that Li Yinsheng was a highly skilled cultivator, she was still surprised to see how easily he had completed the refining of the array plate.

After calming down, she said, "Fellow Daoist Li should have sensed it; the Transparent Spirit Refining Array is already producing Transparent Spiritual Essence."

"Besides helping cultivators practicing the righteous and peaceful cultivation method, the clear spiritual energy can also clear the mind and is slightly helpful for practicing spells, but not as much as it can help with cultivation methods."

Li Yinsheng nodded and tried to imbue Mu Xiaoyu, who was practicing her martial arts in front of the hall, with his luminous spiritual energy.

He didn't know how Mu Xiaoyu felt, but in his perception, Mu Xiaoyu's movements immediately became more fluid and graceful.