Chapter Fifty-Four: The Object in the Bag

  Thought of He Lian Qingchen, and immediately thought of He Lian Qingchen's storage bag and two magical artifacts, couldn't help but ask: "Daozhang, since He Lian Qingchen is not dead, will he reveal the secret of my innate true energy to others? Should we discard his magical artifacts and storage bag to prevent him from coming back to trouble us again?"

  Wu Mu Dao Ren smiled and said, "Don't worry! How could he bear to tell others such an important secret? As for his magic treasure and the residual divine thought mark in his storage bag, it may be able to stump other Golden Elixir cultivators, but in front of me, it's nothing. It's just a waste of a precious talisman."

  Having said that, he took out a three-inch-high dark green square jade pot, placed it in the air, and from the pot took out a half-foot-long cyan jade box.

  Shui watched with wide eyes as Wumu Daoist performed his magic, making the jade jug larger and smaller, and then using his divine thoughts to retrieve items from it, greatly astonishing him. After Wumu Daoist put away the jade jug, he curiously asked: "Daozhang, is this small jug also a spatial treasure?"

  Wumeng Daoren nodded and replied, "This small pot is called the 'Qiankun Pot', it's a spatial treasure refined by a senior with deep magical powers. This pot can not only hold inanimate objects, but also living things. Unfortunately, my current magical powers are shallow and I haven't reached the Yuanying realm yet, so I'm unable to activate the full potential of this pot and store living creatures inside."

  While speaking, he opened the half-foot-long Qingyu small box and carefully took out a palm-sized white talisman with a gold border. He let out a light sigh and said: "If Qiankun knew that I was wasting his carefully refined high-grade talismans one by one, I don't know how heartbroken he would be!"

  Slowly urging the talisman, waiting for the talisman to transform into a five or six feet wide entity in mid-air, humming and buzzing as it flew out with clusters of white light. Only then did Wu Mu Dao Ren throw the emerald jade flute, white jade gourd, and two small bags onto the talisman. As soon as the four treasures landed on the talisman, the white light from the talisman suddenly surged over, enveloping the four treasures in its center.

  As the power of Wumeng Dao Ren was injected, the four corners of the seal slowly rolled up, wrapping the four white light groups in the middle. Amidst the crackling sounds, the four white light groups jumped up and down inside the seal. At this moment, one of the light groups made a soft "ding" sound, and a white light shadow the size of a soybean flew out, piercing through the seal, flashing once, and was about to fly into the hole in the stone cave that was absorbing light. Before it reached the hole, it let out a mournful cry, and dispersed into dozens of small light dots, scattering and falling down.

  Wu Mu Dao Ren let out a cold snort, his right hand rose, and a yellow light shadow flew out from his sleeve, wrapping up all the white light dots within.

  After a meal, the white talisman in the air suddenly emitted a dull explosion, and after a flash, the entire talisman turned into ashes and disappeared. The four balls of white light inside the talisman also went out one by one, leaving only two magical artifacts and two small bags suspended quietly in the air, looking very spiritless.

  Wu Mu Dao Ren held up four items, carefully examining them with his divine sense. Only then did he reveal a hint of a smile and said: "No matter how much He Lian Qingchen tries to play tricks, it can't stop the 'Hua Nian Fu' of Qian Kun!" Shui Sheng asked in confusion: "Who is Qian Kun again?"

  Wumeng Dao Ren smiled slightly and said, "Qiankun Senior was a benevolent and powerful being who cared for all living things. He was a highly skilled cultivator of the Hua Shen period. Over 2,000 years ago, he unfortunately fell in battle against the evil demons from another realm. Today, we two are still able to stand here alive, thanks entirely to the magical artifacts and talismans left behind by Qiankun Senior!"

  Right after that, Wu Mu Dao Ren slowly began to tell Shui Sheng about some past events. How he unexpectedly obtained the treasure of Qian Kun Lao Ren, how because of the treasure he encountered all sorts of difficulties and dangers, and how he narrowly escaped death time and again! Throughout the long period of narration, Shui Sheng was sometimes excited, sometimes silent, and sometimes furious! By the end, he was even stomping his feet and pacing back and forth in the cave, as if it were he who had suffered all the hardships and injustices, not Wu Mu Dao Ren.

  "Wudao Daoren waited for the water to calm down before saying: "I'm telling you this, first, to let you know how treacherous human hearts can be, so that you can walk further on your cultivation path. Second, to make you understand that precious treasures are like the innate true energy in your body - they can bring you countless benefits, but also catastrophic disasters. Therefore, unless it's a matter of life and death, you must not reveal the treasures in your possession to others! The same goes for your cultivation methods and divine abilities - they're not for showing off, but for protecting yourself and killing enemies!"

  He said, picking up the storage bag and tossing it to Shui Sheng, "This storage bag is also extraordinary, called 'Kunlun Bag', which is a spatial object specially refined for Yuan Ying period cultivators and important disciples in the Ice Seal Valley. Its capacity is much larger than that of an ordinary storage bag, and it is more solid. Without the power of the Golden Elixir period or above, I'm afraid it's still difficult to open this bag. You try!"

  Shui Sheng was taken aback and said, "Dao Zhang, I only have the cultivation of four layers of Qi, how can I open this bag?" "Foolish kid, don't you know? He Lian Qingchen wanted to steal your innate True Qi, but in the end, he left his own True Qi in your body. Now, the True Qi in your body is almost the same as that of most mid-stage Golden Elixir cultivators, it's just that you don't know how to use it."

  When Wu Mu Dao Ren said this, Shui Sheng was overjoyed at first, but then immediately became worried and said: "However, my dantian was damaged by He Lian Qing Chen, and my true energy has escaped to three places. Now, in order to gather all my magical powers, I must circulate my true energy inside my body for a long time before I can do it!"

  Wu Mu Dao Ren gave Shui Sheng a glance, and then continued to speak.

  Originally, the essence of the cultivator's body is transformed from the absorption of heaven and earth spiritual energy. In general, due to the inability to absorb enough heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, most cultivators only open up the lower dantian at the 'qi hai' position as a storage place for essence and true energy, as well as the golden elixir embryo, known as the 'jungong'. Only an extremely small number of highly skilled cultivators in the Hua Shen stage will also open up two more dantians at the 'niwan' and 'shenqiao' positions to store even more essence, which is used to support heavenly-level techniques.

  Cultivators in the Qi Refining stage who open up the three major Dantians within their body must simultaneously possess sufficient true energy to collide with the Golden Dan in all three Dantians before they can consider forming a Dan. Moreover, during the process of forming a Dan, the three major Dantians will compete for the true energy within the body, leading to various unpredictable accidents and increasing the risk of failure and death. Even a cultivator with dual spiritual roots that are mutually beneficial cannot guarantee the formation of a Golden Dan when opening up the three major Dantians. Therefore, no one would take this risk during the Qi Refining stage.

  Even if the opportunity is ripe to form a golden elixir, wanting to break through the Yuanying realm and the Huashen realm will be many times more difficult than for an ordinary cultivator. Not only is breaking through the great bottleneck so, but also breaking through the small bottleneck is the same.

  However, the three major Dantians are not without some benefits. If one can truly form a Golden Elixir, even if only one Golden Elixir is formed, no matter where it sinks in any of the Dantians, when absorbing the original energy of heaven and earth to transform into true energy and essence, the speed will be faster than that of ordinary Golden Elixir cultivators. At the same time, the possessed magical power will also be at least twice as high as that of other Golden Elixir cultivators of the same rank.

  If it's a coincidence that's as big as the sky, and you can really condense three golden elixirs, then it'll be even more incredible. There will be even more true energy converted into solid essence, stored in the three golden elixirs. As a result, not only will the speed of absorbing the original energy of heaven and earth be several times faster than that of ordinary Golden Elixir cultivators, but also the recovery of magical powers and the speed of casting spells will be much faster than that of ordinary Golden Elixir cultivators.

  As for whether it is possible to condense into three primordial infants, no one knows, because no one has ever tried.

  Another benefit is that if you can overcome the obstacles and advance to the Realm of Spiritual Transformation, the power of your internal law will be five or six times higher than that of a cultivator of the same rank.

  Shuǐ Shēng unexpectedly opened up three large Dantians, and the capacity of these three Dantians was more than double that of an ordinary Qigong practitioner's Dantian. As a result, the amount of true Qi that could be stored naturally increased, which meant that the speed at which the Golden Elixir would form would slow down by several times. However, Shuǐ Shēng had a large amount of true Qi infused into his body by He Lian Yī Chén, and he also had the assistance of mysterious innate true Qi. Wanting to form the Golden Elixir seemed not entirely impossible, but it would likely be more troublesome.

  Most importantly, Wumeng Dao people knew from the legacy of Qiankun Lao Ren that there was a way to avoid the three major Dantians competing for true energy. Although this method corresponds to the Hua Shen period cultivators, it should also be applicable to Shui Sheng. In this way, the greatest danger of difficult Dan formation is resolved!

  After listening, Shui Sheng became excited again and suddenly felt that He Lian Qingchen was not so hateful. Of course, this thought only flashed by!

  Following Wu Mu Dao Ren's instructions, Shui Sheng finally cast a spell to open the "Kunlun Bag". Looking at the scattered pile of items on the wide stone table in front of him, Shui Sheng couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed. Just as he was about to cast another spell to open the other bag, Wu Mu Dao Ren hastily stopped him: "Little fool, this is a spiritual beast bag! He Lian Qing Chen is a mid-term Yuan Ying cultivator with profound magical powers, capable of capturing 5th or 6th level demonic beasts. I haven't recovered my magical powers yet, if there's a 5th level demonic beast in this bag that's equivalent to the late Gold Dan stage, it would cost us our lives!"

  Shuǐ shēng huāng máng tíng shǒu, bǎ nà zhī dài zǐ xiǎo xīn yì de dān dú fàng zài lìng yī zhāng shí zhuō shàng. Wū mù dào rén xiǎng le xiǎng, yòu qǔ chū yī zhāng yín sè fú xué, tiē zài nà zhī líng shòu dài shàng, zhè cái bǎ mù guāng wàng xiàng shí zhuō shàng de wù pǐn.

  A pile of glittering stones, nine small bottles of different colors, a thick book with a golden cover, and three incomplete pieces of pale yellow jade. As for the most anticipated magical instruments, there were only two: a crystal clear white jade bracelet and a five or six inch long black sword.

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