destiny eternal calamity

Chapter 140 Breaking Through the Dharma Form

Xie Youshan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, but she quickly remembered what Li Wei had told her before: after he officially descended into this world, his strength was low, but it was rapidly improving.

Xie Youshan then realized that if Li Wei's strength improved too quickly, it would definitely attract the attention of others.

"Well, I can use the dream coordinates to transfer some of my mirage energy over there, but because it needs to be concealed from the heavenly tribulation, it will consume a lot of my authority power, so we can only meet once every seven days from now on."

Xie Youshan said with some frustration.

However, she was very clear about her feelings and, after spending some time with Li Wei, she ended the dream.

Li Wei's consciousness returned to reality. He sensed the coordinates of the dream in his mind and, sure enough, wisps of lip breath seeped out from them.

Li Wei first mentally shouted "Long live Shanbao!" before following the tips Xie Youshan had taught him, he used the mirage to guide the mirage energy and spread it throughout his body's meridians and acupoints.

With a thought, these mirages disguised him as an ordinary Spirit Bridge cultivator.

From then on, no one below the Immortal Venerable realm could see through his true cultivation level.

My sense of security has increased dramatically.

Time flies, and soon it's mid-January, the Lantern Festival.

During these ten days or so, Li Wei practiced dual cultivation with Yaoyue every three days and with Long Bilin and Xiao Shuying every five days, and his understanding of the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique grew rapidly.

Finally, after a sweet duo queue session with Aunt Yaoyue the day before yesterday, I pushed this skill to its perfect state.

The growth of spiritual consciousness also seems to have reached a bottleneck.

Li Wei knew that his Spirit Bridge realm had been completely completed.

At the same time, his internal organs seemed to have been tempered to their limit.

This means he has entered the realm of perfect divine treasure.

At this moment, he was supervising Xiaoxiao's piano playing while looking at the system panel.

[Learnable Techniques: Ascension to Immortality with Women (Tier 4), Blood Refining and Joyful Union Technique (Tier 5), Complete Manual of A and B (Tier 6), Meditation and Forgetfulness Technique (Tier 6), Shadowless and Formless Technique (Tier 6)]

The entire book, A and B, is about the Xuan Yin internal energy cultivation technique, which I borrowed from Aunt Yaoyue.

The special effect is that after practicing it, you can reduce the number of acupoints on your body that could become weaknesses.

As for the Sitting in Oblivion Mystery Technique and the Shadowless Formless Technique, they were naturally obtained from Aunt Ying, a secret manual passed down through generations of the Xiao family.

The former effect can reduce the consumption of Zixia True Qi and increase the casting speed of martial arts techniques released using Zixia True Qi, which is a boon for those with insufficient True Qi, but it has little effect on Li Wei, who has abundant True Qi.

The latter, of course, is Aunt Shadow's signature skill—invisibility.

Just collecting these techniques cost him 67200 recharge points (already discounted by 30%), and these recharge points are becoming increasingly inexpensive.

Fortunately, the profits from his shops this month are about to be realized.

With a thought, Li Wei spent 35840 recharge points (at a 30% discount) to directly upgrade the Invisible Form skill to the perfect level.

Suddenly, a surge of advanced application techniques regarding the primordial energy of heaven and earth flooded his mind.

He learned how to use his divine sense to control the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and his cultivation officially entered the Dharma Aspect Realm.

The Divine Treasury Realm allows one to sense and refine the primordial energy of heaven and earth, while the Dharma Aspect Realm allows one to manipulate the primordial energy of heaven and earth!

Dharma Aspect cultivators can use the primordial energy of heaven and earth to construct Dharma Aspects for various attacks and controls, and can also manipulate the primordial energy of heaven and earth to make themselves float and fly.

For Li Wei, his current Dharma form is too weak and impractical compared to his physical body, but his ability to fly is extremely useful.

This invisible and formless technique utilizes the primordial energy of heaven and earth to refract light, creating the illusion of invisibility.

Normally, this technique is very profound, and it is extremely difficult to achieve anything from it. Xiao Shuying was also exceptionally gifted to master this invisibility technique at the Dharma Aspect realm.

However, the system is illogical; once you add points to it and reach the perfect state, it is a genuine state of perfection.

Therefore, Li Wei's mastery of the formless and invisible is far superior to that of Xiao Shuying at this moment.

Xiao Shuying's invisibility and formlessness can be exposed when her movements are too fast, but Li Wei's use of this technique is completely flawless.

"With this skill, we might consider robbing the rich to help the poor."

Of course, the poverty mentioned here refers to himself.

If you want to benefit the world, you have to wait until you help your princess wife ascend the throne.

As he was pondering, Xiaoxiao's practice had already ended before he even realized it.

"Brother-in-law, are you going to attend the Lantern Festival gala tonight?"

"Yes, I've received the invitation."

"This kind of banquet is so boring. It's much better to stay home and listen to my brother-in-law tell stories. I don't know why Father Emperor likes it so much."

"To share joy with the people."

Li Wei could only say that to the child, after all, he didn't want Long Xiaoxiao to think too deeply or overthink things.

While it was said to be a celebration for the people, in reality, only the wealthy and powerful could attend this banquet.

It's more like enjoying the company of the literati.

As for the impact on the general public, it is this: if such events are not held frequently, how can the authority and presence of the royal family be demonstrated?

Anyway, taxes will still be spent where they need to be spent, whether they're spent here or there.

This world has very little infrastructure, mainly consisting of roads and waterways, so tax revenue expenditures are also quite fixed.

As long as enough is set aside for disaster relief, the remaining tax revenue will be used for the royal treasury.

Even the officials' salaries were paid from the imperial treasury.

Furthermore, due to the existence of extraordinary powers, it is very difficult for the lower classes to successfully stage an uprising.

Li Wei observed that in the history books of this world, the changes of dynasties were basically achieved by powerful aristocratic families leading other aristocratic families and great cultivators to overthrow the corrupt previous dynasty.

There was no peasant uprising at all.

Therefore, the royal family does not need to care about the gap between rich and poor or the annexation of land, and the expenses for maintaining stability are very small.

It was precisely because of the court's laissez-faire attitude that the lower classes of this world lived like livestock, while the upper classes indulged in extravagance and debauchery.

They even created a brothel called "Sky Cloud Pavilion," which generated a staggering monthly profit of up to a million taels of silver.

But I digress. To get back to the point, since the Lantern Festival Gala was funded by the emperor, compared to building palaces and keeping beautiful concubines, this kind of festival celebration was not such an extravagant act.

Moreover, Emperor Longyin was indeed quite frugal in his daily life, so he could be considered a relatively good emperor.

However, Li Wei felt that although he was able to build up a great empire, he was unwilling to help the world.

This is also due to the historical inertia of this world. Since the lower classes have no ability to resist, why spend money to buy them off?

Therefore, the royal treasury of the foreign country must be incredibly wealthy, making it an excellent target for robbing the rich.

No, I can't get too carried away; that place is definitely heavily guarded.

Li Wei quickly stopped fantasizing about his father-in-law's "secret stash" and looked at Long Xiaoxiao, whose eyes were clear.

"Don't call me brother-in-law in front of your father tonight—" he warned.

This was the first time Long Xiaoxiao had participated in a public event with him since she learned about his relationship with Long Bilin.

He was a little worried that the little girl wouldn't be able to control her mouth.

"I'm not stupid. I know what I should say and what I shouldn't say."

Long Xiaoxiao lifted her feet onto the seat, hugged her knees, and said.

She had known all along that her older sister's relationship was something that couldn't be made public.

That's why she called Li Wei a big liar back then.

She just hadn't expected that Long Bilin not only didn't mind sharing a husband with another woman, but could also endure such a shameful and humiliating situation.