Chapter 17: The Great Music Competition (Part 2)

  Dragon's brooch and precious canopy support the morning sun, Phoenix spits out flowing silk and carries the evening glow.

  At the time of the first exposure of the moon bud, there was still a faint red glow on the horizon at dusk, as red as blood.

  The earth and mountains have already fallen into a state of semi-darkness.

  The only ray of light has slowly disappeared under the engulfment of darkness.

  Light and shadow are dancing ceaselessly.

  Changchun residence also fell into darkness, only the main room had lit up a lamp, the faint light ignited this piece, driving away some of the darkness.

  In the long room.

  The medicine is being decocted in a red clay pot, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance.

  Li Yuanbai laughed heartily, this time slapping Sima Changbai in the face, it was really not an ordinary pleasure, he hadn't laughed so happily for a long, long time. Thinking of Sima Changbai's iron-green face, Li Yuanbai couldn't help but laugh again, if two words could describe it, they would be "extremely satisfying"!

  It is, refreshing!

  It's been a long time since I've had a good time. Ever since I found out that my lifespan is limited, I haven't had a good time.

  I still can't let go.

  Forget it, forget it, don't want to bother with troubles. Just this once, slap Sima Changbai's face, and it turns out to be so refreshing.

  "You've done quite well, but don't think that Sima Changbai will give up so easily. You've only won a small victory over him, and given my limited lifespan, he'll come after you again. Sima Hao still wants to take the position of one of the Ten True Disciples from you, what's happened so far is just the first challenge."

  "There are still other challenges waiting for you in the back."

  Lu Yuan nodded.

  This time, although I was reborn and slapped Sima Changbai, Sima Bo, and Sima Hao in the face, as long as Master Shouyuan's lifespan is not changed, I will inevitably face other challenges. Of course, due to this failure, they won't act on their own for a short time.

  However, if you want to challenge me, then come on.

  Those who dare to think of taking my place will not have a good ending.

  This time, I can slap Sima Changbai's face heavily, and slap Sima Hao's face. Next time, I will definitely hit even harder and more severely.

  Li Yuanbai said, "This time, even among the six sword immortals of Beifeng, there are people who suspect that I, as a teacher, have interfered and used some very unusual methods to help you understand the intent of the sword. This matter, I should acknowledge, which is to say that in the eyes of the six sword immortals of Beifeng, half of your win this time was due to me."

  In the Xianxia world, sword intent is quite difficult to comprehend, but there are indeed some strange methods that can help people possibly comprehend sword intent. For example, a person who possesses sword intent, if they are willing to sacrifice their own sword intent, can then help others possibly comprehend sword intent.

  Just look at it clearly, here is the helper's own loss of sword intent such a swordsmanship realm, falling back to a lower sword intent realm, and never being able to cultivate sword intent again. And as for the person being helped, they only have the possibility of comprehending sword intent, especially note the three words "have the possibility".

  This method has never been used by anyone before, it's really too unprofitable.

  Some people may think that Li Yuanbai, who is now aware of his limited lifespan, has resorted to such tactics. However, heaven knows that this was not Li Yuanbai's doing, but rather Lu Yuan's own epiphany.

  Putting aside idle chatter and focusing on the present, Lu Yuan listened and knew in his heart that Master would never harm him.

  "A tree that stands out in the forest will be blown down by the wind. In our school, generally speaking, everyone is harmonious, but there are still some discordant factors. For example, the ambitious Dajian Sima Changbai has cultivated so many subordinates, can't they just be for fun? And your generation's eldest disciple Yun Yi and second disciple Yun Ping are also competing with each other, fighting with each other."

  "If you show off too much, you'll attract some trouble and get caught up in unnecessary whirlpools." Li Yuanbai suddenly started coughing violently, and after he finished, he slowly said: "Your temperament has always been lazy, but this time you were forced to be anxious, so you made an effort. Your master knows that."

  "You don't want to take the lead either, nor do you want to stand out from the crowd."

  "This time, attribute half of the reason for your victory in the Northern Peak Grand Competition to Master's reputation. They must have thought that you are nothing special and wouldn't pay much attention to you. On one hand, it protected you, and on the other hand, it suited your temperament. You were always like that." Li Yuanbai explained slowly.

  Lu Yuan nodded slightly, it's also good this way, Beifeng was forced out of desperation and only made a move once.

  I'll just continue recovering from my lazy life, this is what I'm used to.

  What's the point of fighting for power and profit, isn't it tiring?

  Of course, Lu Yuan also understood that this was still a righteous sect, and it was considered good. Everyone on the surface was harmonious, with brothers being friendly and uncles being loving. It's just that occasionally there were some small conflicts. He heard that in the demonic sects, demons and monsters, it was all about same-door killings, same-door calculations, killing masters and fathers, and it was chaotic.

  With this kind of temperament, if placed in that environment, it would be strange if I wasn't eaten alive, flesh and bones together.

  ——————

  Still living in Changchun, but this time it's in my own bedroom.

  In this bedroom, there is a table, a chair and a bed, very simple.

  There were some hanging long swords on the wall, Lu Yuan put back his sword to its original place and hung Changhong Sword onto the wall. The two flying swords hung together, making the room seem much brighter.

  It is said that in the world of cultivating immortals, some sword cultivators even sleep with their swords by their side. When eating, they use their left hand to eat and hold their sword in their right hand. Even when bathing, they hide their sword in the bathtub. Unfortunately, this isn't my style, I don't have such powerful methods.

  Look at the Long Hong sword, Lu Yuan hummed with a sound, this is won, feeling particularly good.

  That's right, this time I've won not only the sword, but also other things, such as 40 low-grade spirit stones. This time I've really made a big profit. The 40 low-grade spirit stones have already been sent to my hands. Thinking of Sima Bo's expression when he sent over the 40 low-grade spirit stones makes me feel extremely comfortable, just like eating a ginseng fruit. Every pore on my body feels relaxed and comfortable, this kind of spiritual comfort is extreme.

  It took forty low-grade spirit stones to use them up, what's the point of keeping them? Low-grade spirit stones are originally meant for people to use, and there's no use in keeping them. It's said that in the cultivation world, some people like to collect low-grade spirit stones for their aesthetic value. Some powerful cultivators can even appreciate their beauty to the point of gaining insight into the mysteries of the universe. As for Lu Yuan, he could only sigh in admiration at this.

  I'm a common person, a very ordinary person.

  We just want to absorb the spiritual energy inside and improve our own magical powers, nothing else.

  The cinnabar picture is on the talisman paper, a total of five talisman papers, with some strange characters written on each one. These strange characters are actually ancient seal characters from before. I also learned some ancient seal characters from my master. Basically, the talismans in the Xianmen world are all drawn with ancient seal characters that are completely different from those used today.

  The characters on the five talismans can be interpreted in modern language as "Gold Seal", "Wood Seal", "Water Seal", "Fire Seal" and "Earth Seal".

  "Quick!" He muttered to himself, and slapped the five talismans onto the five directions. In an instant, a Five Elements Sealing Spirit Array was set up. The Five Elements Sealing Spirit Array is a kind of forbidden technique that seals spiritual energy. In this era where resources are scarce, everyone is reluctant to waste even a bit of spiritual energy, so they invented the Sealing Spirit Array. Once you're inside the array and break open the spirit stone, releasing the spiritual energy within, it will be tightly trapped inside the Five Elements Sealing Spirit Array, not leaking out in the slightest. This way, the energy is utilized to its maximum potential, without any waste whatsoever.

  This is all forced out, who let the resources of the Great Jin Dynasty be so scarce, and everyone can only open up one side and cut off the other, thinking of ways to save spiritual energy.

  At this time, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the Five Elements Seal Spirit Array, with the Long Hong Sword in hand. With a wave of his hand, forty lower-grade spirit stones were opened, and instantly, forty thin streams of spiritual energy dispersed and escaped. One stream was still very thin, but forty streams gushed out, which was equivalent to a very majestic spiritual energy.

  Forty pieces of low-grade spirit stones cracked open one by one, forty streams of spiritual energy converged together, and the entire Five Elements Seal Spirit Array's spiritual energy was astonishingly dense.

  Lu Yuan is now extremely pleased.

  What a luxurious act, I'm afraid even among the top ten true disciples, not many have enjoyed such a luxurious act, shattering forty spirit stones at once and releasing the spiritual energy inside to cultivate, this extremely luxurious act can shock many people when taken out, such a luxurious act has already made people feel extremely cool.

  Of course, what's even more enjoyable is that these forty low-grade spirit stones were won from his opponent, Sima Bo. Using the spirit stones he won from his opponent to indulge in a bit of luxury, this makes one feel like every inch of their body has been satisfied to the extreme.

  The spiritual energy is too thick, just sitting in it, I haven't even started practicing yet and I can feel the spiritual energy rushing into my body, so I sat down cross-legged.

  One breath in, one breath out.

  Vomit.

  Along with the breath, such a thick spiritual energy quickly entered the body, rushing into the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians.

  ……

  One breath in, one breath out; one exhale, one relaxation.

  At this time, Lu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes. He had just absorbed all the spiritual energy from the forty spiritual stones, and he himself had already reached the middle period of the fifth layer of the small week of the Qi Refining stage, with a huge improvement in his cultivation.

  In the Xianxia world, each small boundary has three periods: early, middle and late. Each period is extremely difficult to break through. Of course, this breakthrough doesn't require any enlightenment, the difficulty lies in the accumulation of Fa Li (mystical energy). Accumulating Fa Li isn't easy, it's as hard as climbing Mount Shu Dao. This time, relying on his own strength, he stepped into the middle period of the fifth layer of Small Zhou Tian from the early period, which can be said to be a huge progress.

  If Sima Bo knew that relying on the low-grade spirit stone he won from him, his magical powers had made some progress, I'm afraid his nose would also be crooked.

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