Immortal Life: Starting with Daily Last Words

Time flies like an arrow, summer comes and winter goes, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside a bamboo courtyard, Yu Daoxuan faced the sky with his five hearts facing upwards, the Mysterious Female Pearl atop his head, continuously absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body to consolidate his newly broken-through realm.

Several hours later, when his internal energy was full and his spirit was high, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Finally, I've broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining!"

Feeling the improvement of the magical power in his dantian, Yu Daoxuan was filled with countless thoughts.

At the young age of twenty-nine, he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Such a cultivation speed is comparable to that of the inner elites of a power like the Feathered Ascension Sect.

Of course, the reason he was able to cultivate so quickly was mainly due to the many opportunities he gained from the golden tablet's last words.

After taking the Heaven-Mending Pill to cleanse his meridians and marrow, his cultivation aptitude surpassed that of ordinary high-grade spiritual root practitioners.

With the blessing of the Mysterious Female Pearl, his cultivation speed will be much faster.

In addition, his diligent practice over the past three years has enabled him to advance from the eighth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level in just three years.

Pulling himself back to his senses, he extended his divine sense to probe outside the door. In an instant, all the plants, trees, flowers, and rocks within a radius of 250 feet were clearly visible.

He had previously consumed the Nourishing Spirit Herb, which increased his spiritual awareness to 210 zhang.

Now, having broken through the ninth level of Qi Refining, he has grown forty feet.

"The next step is to attempt the Foundation Establishment stage."

Yu Daoxuan thought to himself.

Foundation building is the first hurdle in cultivating immortality.

Throughout history, countless cultivators have been trapped before this threshold, ultimately exhausting their lifespan and turning into a handful of dust.

Fortunately, he was not yet thirty years old when he broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and he still had decades to break through the bottleneck.

However, when he tries to break through the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment, he does not intend to use Foundation Establishment Pills to achieve this breakthrough, but instead uses the Five Elements Foundation Establishment Secret Method to establish his foundation.

However, this requires extremely high levels of magical power, spiritual awareness, and physical strength, making it far more difficult than taking a Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, if successful, the foundation of one's cultivation will be more solid and profound, allowing one to go further on the path of cultivation.

"We still need to calm down and slowly refine and solidify it."

Yu Daoxuan knew that breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining did not mean that he could immediately establish his foundation.

One also needs to solidify one's foundation and hone one's magical power; only then will the success rate of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage be higher.

In addition, there is another important matter: to find high-level Five Elements treasures.

He has already found three of them, and now only the gold and wood treasures remain.

Therefore, he plans to go to Haiyue Island Market in the neighboring Jiuyuan Continent soon to find the high-level Five Elements treasures he needs.

Haiyue Island Market is the largest cultivation market in Jiuyuan Continent, and a grand market assembly is held every ten years.

Counting the days, there are still more than three months until the conference will be held.

At that time, cultivators from thousands of miles around will go there, and all kinds of rare and precious materials will increase accordingly.

He has a greater chance of obtaining the two treasures of the Five Elements: metal and wood.

With this in mind, Yu Daoxuan continued to circulate his cultivation technique until the realm he had just broken through to stabilize before slowly stopping.

Then, he used the sect's concealment technique to reduce his cultivation to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

There are two reasons why he concealed his cultivation level.

Firstly, his position within the sect is secure, so there is no need for him to deliberately display his strength anymore.

Secondly, and most importantly.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was just a mediocre person with a low-grade spiritual root.

Those with ordinary low-grade spiritual roots are usually stuck in the later stages of Qi refining for their entire lives, and slow progress is the norm.

However, in just three or four years, he broke through from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the ninth level. Such a cultivation speed is simply unbelievable.

Once this matter spreads, it will inevitably attract the attention and covetousness of other sects and forces in the Southern Sea Continent.

Others will surely investigate the reason for his sudden increase in cultivation level, and suspect that he possesses a heaven-defying opportunity or a peerless treasure.

At that time, troubles will be endless and the consequences will be dire.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

On the path of spiritual cultivation, keeping a low profile and concealing one's talents is the only way to achieve lasting success.

After calming his mind, he focused on practicing the "Wind and Thunder Steps" once again.

The Wind and Thunder Step is a superior movement technique within the Qingyuan Sect.

This technique is divided into three levels. Once you master the first level, you can move and dodge within a small area, which can help you avoid enemy attacks or chase and ambush them.

Three years ago, during the battle of the Huang family in Jinyang, he had personally witnessed Tie Ting use this technique. His movements were as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning, his advances and retreats were ethereal and unpredictable, which filled him with longing.

After the battle, when rewards were distributed for meritorious service, Yu Daoxuan was credited with capturing Li Jiheng, the son of the deputy hall master of the Asura Hall, and rescuing Lü Yaoyin, who possessed the Yuan Yin Cold Soul Body. He had made outstanding contributions.

Therefore, Tie Ting greatly admired him and not only taught him the "Wind and Thunder Steps" without reservation.

He also shared his years of experience and practical tips, saving him from countless detours and trial and error.

For the past three years, he has been diligently practicing this method, and with the blessing of the Mysterious Pearl, he has already mastered the first level.

After practicing several times, he temporarily stopped and got up, then went to the backyard.

In the backyard, a three-legged bronze cauldron stands in the center.

The cauldron was filled with a black-gold medicinal liquid, brimming with spiritual energy and rich in color.

It is the Five Elements Body Tempering Liquid that is prepared according to the secret method in the "Five Elements Body Refining Technique".

Over the past three years, his body refinement cultivation has reached the third level.

With his physical cultivation alone, he could kill ordinary late-stage first-tier demonic beasts.

The reason he was able to improve so quickly in such a short time was not only because he had been using spiritual liquid to temper his body.

Another crucial reason is that he had taken the Heaven-Mending Pill in his early years, which cleansed his body and strengthened his foundation, making his cultivation and body refinement twice as effective.

As Yu Daoxuan stepped into the bronze cauldron, the moment he came into contact with the body-tempering liquid inside, a needle-like stinging sensation instantly spread throughout his body.

Fortunately, he had gotten used to the stinging sensation over the past three years. He immediately sat cross-legged in the medicinal liquid as if nothing was wrong, circulating the body-refining techniques from the Five Elements Body Refining Technique and absorbing the medicinal power with all his might.

As his breathing gradually stabilized, a layer of black-gold mist began to swirl around him.

The medicinal liquid in the cauldron slowly began to churn, and strands of medicinal power continuously seeped into his pores, flowing along his meridians to his limbs and bones, tempering every inch of his muscles and bones.

Half an hour later, when Yu Daoxuan opened his eyes again, his skin was covered with a faint black-gold light.

The Five Elements Tempering Liquid in the cauldron lost its original luster and became as clear as water.

He got up and stepped out of the medicine cauldron, feeling the surging physical power within his body, and was quite satisfied.

Although the Five Elements Body Refining Technique does not have any special supernatural powers, it can release basic protective qi to resist attacks.

He had previously tested the defensive capabilities of this protective aura.

The protective shield was hard and powerful; with his current cultivation level of the third stage of body refinement, he could withstand the blows of a high-grade magic weapon.

"At this rate, after another year or two of cultivation with the Five Elements Body Tempering Liquid, I will be able to attempt to break through to the fourth level of Body Refinement."

Yu Daoxuan was secretly making plans in his heart.

"Squeak!"

Just then, a clear chirping sound interrupted his thoughts.

A white-furred, big-eared rat carrying a letter leaped swiftly to his feet.

This white-haired mouse was the same eared mouse he caught in the herb garden three years ago.

After capturing it, he formed a demon beast spirit contract with it, so the ear rat could not escape. After several attempts to tame it, it finally obediently recognized him as its master.

Several years have passed, and under his careful nurturing, the Ear Mouse has grown from a mid-first-tier monster to a late-first-tier monster.

Unfolding the letter, it was indeed another letter from Lü Yaoyin sent from her sect.

He rescued Tian from the dungeon at the foot of Jinyang Mountain, and Tian was able to become a disciple of the Qingyuan Sect.

However, Lü Yaoyin had a special physique and possessed the Yuan Yin Cold Soul Body, making her exceptionally talented. Her grandmaster, Daoist Yuzhen, made an exception and accepted her as his closed-door disciple.

In this way, he would have to call the other party "Uncle-Master".

Thinking of this, Yu Daoxuan couldn't help but feel a slightly awkward and exasperated feeling.

On the plain paper, the junior uncle had written densely, just like the letters he had received before.

Most of the letter consisted of Lu Yaoyin's daily experiences cultivating in the sect, while the end of the letter asked when he could return to the sect.

After reading it carefully, Yu Daoxuan immediately wrote a reply.

His mission to guard Xiexing Island was for five years, and three and a half years have passed, leaving one and a half years remaining.

After the destruction of the Huang family of Jinyang and the elimination of evil spirits on Shura Island, the surrounding seas returned to peace, and his days on Xiexing Island became leisurely and stable, with no more demons or monsters appearing on the island.

Therefore, he had plenty of time to go out and search for the Five Elements treasures and Foundation Establishment spiritual objects he needed, so as to prepare for his future breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.