The Second Collection: Misty Valley Chapter One: Suspended Light

  The black-clothed assassin was also getting anxious, and when Wang Guanlan threw the light golden elixir into his mouth, he began to get flustered, intensifying his attack. However, the effect of the Dragon Tiger Golden Elixir was too fast, and although Wang Guanlan was still suffering from severe pain, the pain had also made his mind extremely clear. At the beginning of the medicine's effect, he dodged the assassin's most dangerous attack, and when the Dragon Tiger Golden Elixir finally brought his cultivation to the third layer of Qi Refining, the situation on the scene finally changed.

  The more painful it was, the clearer Wang Guanlan's spirit became. The clearer his spirit was, the more painful his body was. Under this torture, Wang Guanlan felt like he was about to go crazy, but in the circulation of his internal energy, he was incredibly agile. With enough internal energy support, the "Lingyuan Play Snow Cliff" movement was finally executed flawlessly by him. The black-clothed assassin was shocked to discover that his own movements could no longer keep up with Wang Guanlan's figure.

  "You want me to die, huh? Well, I'll let you die first. Not only do I want you to die, but I also want you to die without a place to rest your bones!!!” Wang Guanlan circulated his internal energy, and his spiritual power also circulated with it. In an instant, a strange and quiet aura appeared on his body.

  His entire body was bathed in blood, yet he let out a crazed howl and remained eerily calm. This incongruous state somehow merged together perfectly on Wang Guanlan's person. The black-clothed assassin only felt an unusual pressure emanating from him, and his heart suddenly gave rise to a strange feeling, with the intention to retreat sprouting forth.

  But it's too late to back down now.

  A loud and majestic sword hum resonated within Wang Guanlan's body, this sword hum was grand and solemn, directly targeting his soul. The black-clothed assassin himself had already intended to retreat, but under the impact of this sword hum, he felt as if his own soul was being struck by a kind of powerless force, everything before his eyes turned dark, and countless small stars danced in front of him.

  No good!!

  His mind was not good, he was also a decisive person, the long sword in his hand fiercely stabbed back, and with one stroke, he pierced his own left arm, using this painful force to restore his soul to normal.

  But it's too late!!

  The assassin, who had just come back to his senses, saw a flash of green light in front of him. A green blade aura appeared before him, and before he could even dodge, the blade aura pierced through his body, splitting him in two with one swift stroke.

  Wow!!!

  Blood and flesh were scattered with internal organs all over the ground, the black-clothed assassin's two pieces of body fell to both sides, the two eyes still shone with an unbelievable gaze, then became dull and empty.

  Buddhist divine power, Bodhi suppresses the law knife!!

  Wow!!!

  Seeing the black-clad assassin being cut in two, Wang Guanlan finally let out a breath and also fell to the ground. Then, with an extremely ungraceful posture, he rolled around on the ground, wailing loudly for more than half a day before his movements slowed down and he fainted.

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  Ouch!!

  Heart-wrenching pain

  When Wang Guanlan regained consciousness for the first time, his first feeling was that endless pain.

  Subconsciously, he wanted to move a little, but even moving one finger would transmit the intense pain through his fingertips to his brain, causing his body to convulse in waves.

  "Fourteen Shao, fourteen Shao, how does it feel!!"

  A faint, urgent cry seemed to come from beside his ear, and the consciousness that had been lost in confusion gradually cleared up. His eyelids moved slightly, but this slight movement also brought him immense pain.

  "Green Lotus Girl, let the Fourteenth Young Master rest for now, his internal injuries are severe and it will be difficult for him to wake up for a while!"

  "Master Ming, you must save Shi Qi's life!!" Green Lotus's choked voice once again reached Wang Guanlan's ears.

  "Don't worry, young lady, the Fourteenth Young Master has only suffered some internal and external injuries. Although his internal injuries are severe and he's lost an eye, it's not a big problem. With proper care and rest for a period of time, he should be able to recover." Doctor Ming said, "Judging from his condition, the Fourteenth Young Master should wake up soon. First, let him eat some light, easy-to-digest food, and use the medicine according to the dosage I specified, not too little or too much. Do you understand?"

  "Yes, thank you Dr. Ming!!" After finishing speaking, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, but soon after, he felt a cool sensation on his forehead, which should be Green Lotus wiping his face again.

  "It seems I'm not dead, heh heh!!" Although the pain inside still existed, it was much better than when fighting against the black-clothed man. However, his body couldn't move, his mouth couldn't speak, and even his spiritual energy had become somewhat sluggish. The intense pain disrupted his consciousness, causing the range of his "Circle" to shrink to within half a zhang (about 1.67 meters) when he tried to sense his surroundings.

  "Huh!!" Suddenly, he felt a sense of abnormality.

  In his spiritual awareness, he clearly "saw" that the green lotus was actually a cool towel soaked in water on his forehead, but this feeling was much clearer than before. He could even clearly feel the sound of the water stains flowing on the cool towel, smell the fragrance and breathing of the green lotus, and feel the flow of fire energy in the Chiyan crystal pendant hanging on his chest.

  He knew what was going on, and this state indicated that his spiritual power had become more refined and purified than before.

  "Could it be that the legendary 'good fortune from misfortune' has occurred, but now this spiritual energy is pure and refined, yet compared to before, it's withered by a lot? No, where's my 'One Thought Gives Rise to Myriad Laws' symbol?! In an instant, Wang Guanlan finally realized what the biggest problem was."

  The symbol of "a thought gives rise to all dharmas" is gone!

  A thought gives rise to all Dharmas, the life of the talisman is the foundation of his becoming a Daoist, its importance to him is no less than that of Buddhist supernatural powers, and even more important than Buddhist supernatural powers. However, now this talisman has disappeared.

  "Could this be related to the mutation of my spiritual power?!" After the initial panic, Wang Guanlan began to look for a reason. Now his body couldn't move, his internal energy couldn't be transported, but his spiritual strength was only interfered with by pain and wasn't completely unusable.

  Subconsciously, he activated his Yuan Chen spiritual power, and with this activation, he immediately felt a difference.

  Before, his spiritual power was a very illusory feeling, although he could feel it, but just like a spirit, there wasn't much of an existence. To put it simply, it's like having an insect crawling on your body, when it moves, you have the feeling, you can feel that something is crawling on your body. The first stage of a practitioner is to expand this range of feeling within the spiritual realm, like Wang Guanlan's "circle" range, everything within this range is considered your "body". Therefore, even if a gust of wind blows by or an insect crawls past, it won't escape your spiritual awareness. This is the principle behind the first stage of a practitioner, which is why it's called Cicada Awareness.

  The second stage of the Taoist is different.

  At the second stage of cultivation, his spiritual energy became even more refined and pure. This refinement and purity were not only reflected in his perception of the external world but also in his internal awareness. The biggest difference between the second stage and the first was that he could now use his spiritual energy to introspect. With the help of his refined spirit, Wang Guanlan clearly saw the situation inside his body: the injured internal organs, meridians, bones, and even the scattered and chaotic aura of Adnan's broken knife all appeared before him.

  Of course, this presentation is just an outline, just like a person taking an X-ray, he can now see the most important veins, as for more subtle places, more subtle clues, it's not something that his current state of mind can see, but even so, it's still extremely helpful to him.

  Especially when cultivating Wu Jue, in the past when cultivating Wu Jue, the movement of internal energy was from inside to outside. By referring to the cultivation method and slowly exploring, one also had to understand the direction of the human body's meridians, acupoints, and other things that needed to be learned. At the same time, the speed of internal energy movement was extremely slow, firstly because it was feared that moving too fast would damage the meridians, and secondly because it was feared that the energy would go awry and be difficult to adjust. However, if one could practice inner vision, then everything would be completely different. To say nothing of other things, now Wang Guanlan had suffered a severe internal injury. If he couldn't practice inner vision, he could only rely on medicine to slowly regulate his body. The scattered knife energy in various parts of his body would continue to torment him for a long time. These fragmented knife energies caused even more trouble than his internal injuries, after all, internal injuries only needed slow regulation to slowly heal, while these knife energies were like time bombs. Now that he could practice inner vision, he could target and clear out these knife energies, gathering them in the Dan Tian. The most troublesome things had become the easiest to resolve.

  Also his internal injury, after being able to introspect, during the treatment, he can also have targeted actions, greatly speeding up the healing speed of internal injuries, this is the wonderful use of the second stage of the technician.

  Second-tier cultivator, inner vision of the body, peering into the mysteries and communicating with the spirits, the power of the soul is like a bright mirror suspended high, hence it is called Suspended Illumination!

  At present, Wang Guanlan is at a critical juncture.

  But this cannot resolve the doubts in his heart, to exchange the One Thought Births Myriad Laws symbol for the Suspended Reflection stage, he is also unwilling, after all with his Innate Spirit Technique, wanting to cultivate to the Suspended Reflection stage, it's just a matter of time, whereas the One Thought Births Myriad Laws fate symbol has even greater uses.

  Wait!

  Suddenly, he seemed to recall something, and a scene flashed through his mind.

  "At that time, I was fighting with the black-clothed assassin. Yes, during the fight, my strength was insufficient, so I took a risk and swallowed the Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixir. The medicinal power of the Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixir was extremely strong, and in an instant it transformed me into the Blade General of Ananda's Broken Vow, bursting through my meridians and severely injuring my body. That's right, it was here!"

  In an instant, he seemed to have realized something. The medicinal power of the Dragon and Tiger Golden Elixir was extremely strong, and it was not something his body could withstand. Now that his body had suffered severe injuries, it was clear evidence. However, under such pain, he was still able to fight with the assassin, and even managed to kill the assassin in the end. Was his willpower really that strong? Or was there another reason?!

  As he thought of this, his memories gradually became clearer. He had swallowed the Dragon and Tiger Golden Elixir, suffering severe internal injuries. The immense pain was not only physical but also dealt a massive blow to his consciousness, almost tearing it apart into countless pieces. It was at that moment that the One Thought Illuminates All Dharma Seal lit up, bursting forth in an instant as his consciousness was about to shatter, transforming into pure spiritual energy that enveloped his fragmented consciousness, withstanding the impact, and then exploding.

  Wang Guanlan finally understood, a thought gave birth to all things, and the seal of fate was shattered!!