To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me."

Faced with Lin Qian'er's unwillingness, Gu Fan only smiled slightly.

With Lin Qian'er's cultivation level and secret techniques, it was almost a certainty that she would enter the top 32. However, she encountered Gu Fan ahead of time, which rendered her invincible charm technique ineffective. Gu Fan also saw through the details of her cultivation method.

In addition, the timing of the competition also has an impact.

The power of the "Taiyin Phantom Skill" increases by 30% at night, and the Shadow Step is even more unpredictable. However, it is currently the hour of Si (9-11 AM), and the flat Lizi Peak offers no cover, which greatly restricts Lin Qian'er's abilities.

Gu Fan had expected Lin Qian'er to say a few more harsh words, but to his surprise, after hearing Gu Fan's response, the anger and resentment on Lin Qian'er's face dissipated as if melting snow.

With her eyes as clear as autumn water, she glanced at Gu Fan with a captivating charm, as if complaining and pouting at the same time, and said, "Never mind, I already knew of your talent, Fellow Daoist. It's fate that I lost to you today."

As they were talking, Lin Qian'er took a step forward, bringing the two of them so close that Gu Fan could smell a faint fragrance emanating from her.

"I've heard that you are exceptional in both talismans and artifacts. If Qian'er were to visit in the future, you wouldn't ignore her, would you?"

This caught Gu Fan off guard. He awkwardly looked away from Lin Qian'er's pretty face and coughed lightly, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. Of course not."

Seeing Gu Fan's expression, Lin Qian'er, as if she had successfully pulled off a prank, flashed a bright smile and walked past Gu Fan with light steps.

They seemed to have completely disregarded their previous defeats.

Having already won, Gu Fan left, leaving the battlefield to the next group.

After the young man in blue robes drew a bamboo slip, the next group of cultivators took the stage. Gu Fan immediately perked up when he saw the figures of both sides.

Li Fengyi seemed to be getting impatient, and as soon as she landed, she summoned a ten-foot-long iron spear.

The iron spear was about the thickness of an egg, with the spearhead and body seamlessly integrated, yet it was a deep reddish-gold color. With a casual wave of his hand, Li Fengyi saw a deep reddish-gold flame ignite at the spearhead.

Li Fengyi's opponent was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a broad face and wide nose. He had three short wisps of beard and looked refined. The magical weapon he wielded was a blue jade ruler.

At the command of the young man in blue robes, Li Fengyi rushed towards the middle-aged Taoist priest without hesitation. She took only three steps and arrived in front of the priest, her spear transforming into a fiery python that pierced straight at his face.

The middle-aged Taoist priest inwardly groaned and immediately threw out his magic weapon to defend himself. At the same time, he cast a lightness talisman on his body and retreated quickly. Wherever he passed, vines rapidly grew and wrapped around Li Fengyi.

Unfortunately, Li Fengyi cultivates fire magic, which is the perfect counter to wood magic.

With a flick of his spear, a fiery lotus burst open, engulfing an area of ​​three zhang in diameter. All the vines that touched the flames immediately ignited, not only failing to have any effect but also fueling the fire.

The middle-aged Taoist priest didn't seem to expect the vines to work. While Li Fengyi was dealing with the vines, he took out a handful of green beans from his storage bag and casually waved them around.

Then he chanted incantations and made hand seals, pointed at the ground, and dozens of beans transformed into wooden soldiers at a visible speed. Some held shields, some held long swords, and some even drew bows and shot arrows.

"It's actually the Bean Soldier Technique." Gu Fan raised an eyebrow.

This method is extremely difficult to cultivate. Not only can only cultivators with wood spirit roots cultivate it, but they also need to plant spirit trees in advance, carve them into soldiers after they grow, and then refine them like magical artifacts to create a bean soldier.

As for the strength of the bean soldiers, it is related to the cultivation level of the practitioner and is also affected by the material of the spirit wood.

The middle-aged Taoist priest threw out dozens of bean soldiers at once, clearly indicating that he had been cultivating for many years.

In the blink of an eye, Li Fengyi found herself surrounded.

Seeing this, the middle-aged Taoist finally smiled and directed the jade ruler to strike Li Fengyi head-on.

At this critical moment, Li Fengyi remained calm and dodged several hidden arrows. Then, she kept moving her feet, her iron spear flying up and down, trying to ignite the bean soldiers.

However, when the bean soldier touched the flame, it did not start to burn, but only left black marks on its surface.

Clearly, the middle-aged Taoist knew that wood-based magic was easily countered, and had already dealt with the bean soldiers, making them impervious to water and fire, and difficult to harm from swords and spears.

Li Fengyi failed to break through several times and had to be distracted by the attacks of the jade ruler, which put her in a precarious situation.

"Fellow Daoist, you might as well surrender sooner rather than later, and you can avoid physical suffering," the middle-aged Daoist said with a smile.

"Hmph, is that all the tricks you've got?"

Li Fengyi's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He gave a low shout, and suddenly a dazzling burst of qi erupted from his body. Then, he stomped his foot on the ground, causing the ground beneath his feet to tremble.

The next moment, Li Fengyi shot out like an arrow and collided with the bean soldiers blocking her way.

A continuous stream of qi erupted from Li Fengyi's body, and all the bean soldiers that collided with it were thrown away without being able to resist. After a few steps, Li Fengyi approached the middle-aged Taoist again and swept his spear horizontally.

"Body cultivator!" the middle-aged Taoist exclaimed in surprise, quickly pulling out a wooden shield to shield himself.

Unexpectedly, Li Fengyi continued her spear attack after attack, keeping the middle-aged Taoist firmly planted on her heels, giving him no time to breathe. Finally, she used her spear to knock away the wooden shield, then brought it down vertically, sending the middle-aged Taoist flying. He crashed into the earthen-yellow barrier and slowly slid down.

The middle-aged Taoist priest's robe was charred black from the blow, and half of his long black hair was burned off. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and was unable to move, as if his bones and muscles were broken.

Seeing this, the young man in blue took out a pill and fed it to him.

After swallowing the pill with difficulty, the middle-aged Taoist priest caught his breath for a moment and finally had the strength to get up. He bowed to thank the young man in blue robes and then staggered away in his flying boat.

The young man in the blue robe turned to look at Li Fengyi, his expression quite strange.

Li Fengyi seemed to have gotten used to such looks. She casually put away her spear and took to the air without saying a word.

In mid-air, Gu Fan gazed at Li Fengyi's fiery red figure and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "The Lingxiao Sect actually has a body cultivator, and one with an earth spirit root at that. It's truly amazing."

Gu Fan thoroughly searched through the cultivation techniques and secret arts on the first floor of the Chenxing Pavilion. Although there were some body-refining methods, none of them were particularly sophisticated. In Zhou Furui's words, "If you want to refine your body, what are you doing at the Lingxiao Sect?"

Zhou Furui had his reasons for saying that.

Over the past year, after several inquiries from Gu Fan, Zhou Furui finally recounted the story of the three clans of Wei to him.

It can be said that in the Wei Kingdom and even the entire Qionghua Realm, the sect that is most skilled in body refinement is the Hundred Refinement Sect.

The three sects of Wei are Lingxiao Sect, which cultivates magic, Hualing Sect, which cultivates Dharma form, and Bailian Sect, which cultivates Dharma body.

Through countless trials and tribulations, a body is forged that is indestructible through countless eons—this is the tenet of the Hundred Refinements Sect.

As a disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, Li Fengyi cultivates the Dharma Body Path, and Gu Fan can hardly imagine how many disdainful looks she will receive.

Gu Fan had never heard any words of praise for the Hundred Refinements Sect from the disciples of the Lingxiao Sect.