Refine the soul

  Chu Yi's unexpected withdrawal from the battle did not affect the subsequent Great Dueling Festival. After Li Lingyun won a round, a young man dressed in green, with a face as white as jade and exuding a strong scholarly aura, stepped into the trial arena.

  "The three princesses, the elegant and refined teachings. The newcomer has a somewhat extraordinary air about him, with a heroic spirit emanating from his eyebrows, giving people an unforgettable impression."

  Chu Yitian, who had already left the scene, watched with interest for a while and nodded slightly in his heart: "This person's divine charm is introverted, and the primordial energy around him is abundant. The yuan force emitted has its own uniqueness, although it can't compare to the power of one's own divine yuan force, but it's already more condensed than the true yuan force cultivated by ordinary cultivators. It must be related to some kind of extraordinary cultivation method."

  Li Lingyun also seemed to recognize Fengliu Yun, and from her vigilant eyes, it was not difficult to see that she absolutely regarded Fengliu Yun as a very powerful opponent.

  Looking at the latter, he didn't see him making any moves or using any magical powers, but instead stood calmly with his hands behind his back, exuding an aura of grandeur that was unshakeable.

  Since obtaining the Twelve Mysterious Yin Needles from Zi Xia Xianzi, Li Lingyun's combat power has risen sharply. With the might of this top-grade treasure, even though Li Lingyun's cultivation and strength are not yet sufficient to fully unleash the treasure's power, it is still enough for him to dominate with ease, and with one treasure in hand, there will be no opponents left.

  After all, a top-grade treasure like the Xuan Yin Divine Needle is not something that even a Yuan Ying True Lord can deal with carelessly. It's clear just how powerful the "Xuan Yin Divine Needle" is, and it's definitely not something that an ordinary Ling Dong period cultivator can contend against.

  Luckily, Li Lingyun only obtained the transmission of the Twelve Mouths of the Mysterious Yin Divine Needle. If Zixia Fairy had transmitted all thirty-six mouths of the Mysterious Yin Divine Needle to her, this grand competition would have been devoid of suspense. With this, Li Lingyun was certain to contend for first place.

  Under Li Lingyun's fierce attack, the battle began. Unexpectedly, Fengliu Yun was able to parry and counterattack with ease against Li Lingyun's various divine abilities, until Li Lingyun activated the Twelve Mystic Yin Needles, at which point Fengliu Yun's expression turned grave.

  But then he took out a pair of black and white double-colored flags, which were made of unknown materials, and they could actually block the Xuan Yin divine needles' ultimate attack, thus turning the battle into a war of attrition.

  Chu Yi, who was standing outside the arena, learned from the heated discussions of the crowd that the black and white banner wielded by Feng Liu Yun was a mid-grade treasure called "Hun Dun Zhen Qiong Fan", a powerful artifact that could be used for both offense and defense.

  It is said that Wu Chang Daoren relied on this treasure to challenge Hua Shen Zun with his Yuanying Xiu, although he ultimately lost, but also relied on the "Hundun Zhenqiong Fan" to support him for a thousand unions. The power of this treasure can be seen in outline.

  Because of this unexpected and extraordinary encounter, Fengliu Yun's cultivation base soared in a short period of time, transforming from an unremarkable outer sect disciple to a promising candidate for direct lineage succession, envied by countless people.

  He even gained the appreciation of the sect leader, who broke the rules to promote him as an inner disciple. Being noticed by the sect leader among more than a million outer disciples is truly not easy.

  "In this world, there are all sorts of coincidences, and one will never be the only lucky person; this chance encounter is a perfect example..."

  Just as Chu Yi was sighing, the situation in the trial arena suddenly changed. "Hunyuan Zhenqiong Fan" burst out a round of strong and absolute attack under Fengliu Yun's sacrifice, finally breaking the stalemate. Li Lingyun's Xuan Yin Shen Zhen was even stronger than "Hunyuan Zhenqiong Fan" in terms of level.

  Unfortunately, she only had twelve moves, not thirty-six, and Li Lingyun's own cultivation was not as deep as Fengliu Yun's. After a long period of depletion, she was already exhausted.

  This is also a drawback of using treasure-level artifacts, unless one can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth like Yuan Ying Zhen Jun, constantly replenishing their true yuan with the power of the five elements, otherwise even a Golden Elixir True Person cannot continuously activate treasure-level artifacts, such consumption is really too huge.

  Feng Liuyun won, but his victory was not easy. After that, he didn't continue to fight and instead gave up directly. His cultivation and strength were indeed stronger than Li Lingyun's, but the consumption was also extremely huge. What needed to be shown had been shown, and now they had passed the elimination stage. No one wanted to lose in front of others, and he was no exception.

  The duel continued, but Chu Yi didn't have the intention to go on stage. He had just realized that there were still many things he needed to digest, and also found out that sometimes watching others duel could gain him more benefits than joining the fight himself.

  The inner gate competition has reached this point, and it has truly entered the ** stage. Everyone's attention is focused on a trial field inside, where Wan Qiu Shui, known as the number one person in the inner gate, and another inner disciple of the ninth realm of Ling Dong are engaged in an intense battle.

  "Human sword, out――"

  "Earth Sword, Smash――"

  "Heavenly Sword, Annihilate—"

  As three flashes of sword light burst forth one after another, the inner disciple who was fighting against Wàn Qiūshuǐ was actually broken through his defense by the three flashes of sword light and had no choice but to concede defeat.

  "Wan Shi brother indeed lives up to his reputation as the number one inner disciple, this 'Heaven, Earth, Man Three Swords' in his hands is simply used wonderfully, leaving people in awe."

  "It goes without saying, as early as the last Inner Gate competition, Master Wan should have become a direct disciple. If it wasn't for the fact that Master Wan had to go to the Tai Xuan Holy Land on a mission from the master and didn't make it back in time..."

  "I think Feng Shi Xiong Di might not necessarily lose to Wan Shi Xiong."

  "It's simply laughable. Although it's true that Feng Lingyun has a precious artifact, but Master Wan has already formed the Wisdom Elixir and is only one step away from achieving the Golden Elixir. He's already in a different realm than the Spiritual Movement cultivators, how can they be compared?"

  "Unexpectedly, it has already formed a Wisdom Dan!" Hearing the words of debate from several fellow disciples beside him, Chu Yi couldn't help but look at Wan Qiushui with different eyes.

  The only way to repair the truth is that the three most difficult thresholds of the Three Ways are Jin Dan, Ning Fa Xiang and Hua Yuan Shen. The corresponding three realms are Jin Dan Realm, Yuan Ying Realm and Hua Shen Realm.

  The elixir of wisdom has been formed, and it is now that he has broken through the bottleneck of the golden elixir, taking the most crucial step.

  Although it has not been completed in one step, and the golden elixir has not been fully formed, looking at the Xuan Yuan star, those who can break through the bottleneck of the spiritual movement period and directly achieve the great completion of the golden elixir are rare, with only a few in tens of thousands of years.

  Eight or nine out of ten are gradually cultivated through the steps of breaking the bottle neck, gathering false cinnabar, knotting wisdom cinnabar, condensing golden cinnabar, and achieving great completion.

  Even if it was Chu Yi's master, Chun Yangzi, he had only skipped the step of gathering false elixirs and started from the Cong Hui Dan, gradually cultivating to the completion of the Golden Elixir, which was already a remarkable achievement.

  "I don't know how far I can go when I break through the bottleneck."

  Chu Yih's mind pondered: "It is said that the more abundant one's own accumulation, the more benefits one can gain after breaking through. Achieving the Golden Elixir in one step is too illusory, and it's rare to see someone succeed even after ten thousand attempts. However, directly 'condensing' the Golden Elixir might still be possible..."

  On the high platform, Tian Xuanzi cast a glance of appreciation at Wan Qiu Shui in the trial arena and nodded slightly: "Hun Yangzi's disciple is well-taught, having already formed a Hui Dan. Such cultivation is not inferior to those ordinary direct disciples."

  "This broken bottle neck is a clever move, this innate talent and accumulation can be said to be not ordinary, but it's not enough to make you, Shixiong, praise me like that. I still remember that year, you, Tianxuan Shixiong, also managed to condense the Golden Elixir after breaking through the bottleneck..." Tiangongzi said with a hint of a smile.

  Tian Xuanzi heard this, smiled faintly, and cast his gaze into the distant horizon. His soft-spoken words seemed to echo in all directions like the sound of a Buddhist chant, resonating throughout heaven and earth: "Guests have arrived, the mountain gate is open; Brother Xuanyu, please come over for a gathering."

  "Is this the mysterious old freak from the Da Luo Tian Sect?"

  Tian Gangzi and the others heard this, their faces changed slightly, they gathered their eyes and looked towards the sky, only to see a huge nine-colored crane carriage, over ten feet long, decorated with extraordinary luxury, slowly approaching.