Chapter 27: Spring Goes and Autumn Comes, Three Layers of Dharma Gate

  Before Wang Guang could recover from the bloody aura's impact, the old Taoist's voice rang out in the courtyard.

  "In the past five years, no disciples who have just entered the sect are allowed to take the crystal stones that were sent down by the sect. They are all stored in the warehouse and cannot be taken without permission. Only when you break through the bottleneck of your cultivation can you receive the crystal stones."

  As soon as the old Dao's words fell, the practitioners in Wang Guang's courtyard who had not left yet suddenly buzzed. They also didn't know what reason led to the old Dao saying this, they only knew that if there was no crystal stone in hand, many things couldn't be done.

  No matter how many people guessed, no one expected that the old Taoist's words were entirely due to Wang Guang. Some cultivators who had been practicing for about the same amount of time as Wang Guang and some who had entered the sect earlier thought about it briefly and understood the old Taoist's meaning.

  There were those who applauded and praised the old Taoist for considering the sect, but also those who frowned in discontent. However, more people were secretly scolding the old Taoist, resenting him for interfering with others' growth. With so many people, their thoughts were all different, chaotic and unclear, making it hard to discern at that moment.

  But Wang Guang heard this and was shocked in his heart. From the old Taoist's words, he found that the other party had not deceived him at all.

  It's actually his own bad luck. Originally, he didn't often participate in the discussions of Buddhist scriptures every thirty days or so. This time he came, but next time he won't come again. And it just so happened that the old monk's lecture was about to end, and some things were not heard. The words the old monk had just spoken to him had already been repeated several times in previous lectures to his fellow disciples, only he didn't know that he had unnecessarily incurred the old monk's anger.

  But Wang Guang pondered at his own door, took a poor-quality flying sword and sent a message to the monk who was secretly cultivating in the secret room, explaining the answer he got from the old Taoist, and then went straight to the Zangjing Pavilion, which had not been visited for many days.

  "It's just that I shouldn't have doubted the old Taoist, and as a result, the old Taoist shouted loudly, letting many new Qi-refining cultivators walk on the right path, but it also gave me a competitor for the future."

  However, just as he was about to arrive at the Cang Jing Pavilion, his thoughts underwent another transformation. "This world of Qi practice has existed for countless years, with many powerful Qi practitioners like sand on a riverbank, and those hidden, undying monsters are as numerous as the stars in the sky. I can stop some people from taking the right path, but I cannot stop others from taking the right path. There is competition, there is killing, and only then does this life not die in vain."

  He arrived at the Scripture Pavilion, and this guy dove in to browse through various Taoist scriptures. Except for when he returned to the underground secret room to practice his skills with the help of Wan Zai Kong Qing, he spent all his time here and never left. He ate, drank, and relieved himself here, fortunately, there were servants and a special area for this purpose, so as not to pollute the Scripture Pavilion.

  Spring has gone and autumn has come, more than half a year's time has passed in the blink of an eye.

  That day, Wang Guang saw that the time for practicing Qi was almost up, so he threw away his books and used the Treasure Light to wrap himself up and fly back to the secret room. This secret room had been built over three to five years and now had more than a dozen rooms. The formation restrictions were fully open, making it extremely difficult for some Qi practitioners to enter. The effect of the secret room was also considered to have reached his original idea.

  After arriving at the secret chamber where the Wan Zai Qing was stored, Wang Guang did not see the big monk, presumably he had either gone out to find materials or was engaged in a magical duel with someone.

  Sitting cross-legged on the vast, empty Qingyun, stimulated by this treasure, the Dharma Gate automatically rotated. Although it was much slower than actively moving, it was three to five times faster than usual autonomous movement.

  Taking a deep breath to calm his mind, he began to circulate the internal energy in his body according to the requirements of the technique, slowly moving it through the meridians and acupoints.

  All that could be seen was that this guy would occasionally open his mouth and spit out a stream of green smoke, the green smoke condensed in front of him three feet away, churning non-stop, with each mouthful of magic power spitting out, the green smoke grew bigger and bigger, finally stopping when it reached the size of a washbasin.

  Wang Guang then took out several bottles and opened the stoppers, releasing dozens of purple threads that merged into the green smoke. The entire mass of green smoke churned and rolled, but it no longer shrank or exploded like before.

  After the purple energy was fully absorbed into the green smoke, another bottle was opened. The Taoist priest tapped his dustpan on the bottle and a stream of moonlight as thick as an infant's arm burst out from inside. This moonlight poured into the churning green smoke, followed by a sizzling sound, after which the entire mass of green smoke appeared even greener.

  The moonlight dissipated, and about an hour had passed. Along with Wang Guang's breathing, two strands of cyan smoke as thick as chopsticks emerged from his nostrils and drilled into his dantian.

  Feeling the slightly purer mana circulating in his meridians, finally coiling around his dantian and qihai, Wang Guang secretly felt pleased with himself. "My mana may not be as profound as yours, but this mana is pure, I suppose there aren't many people who can compare to me. Hmm! However, those freaks on the back mountain shouldn't be counted. They're not on the same level as me."

  In a flash, Wang Guang suddenly remembered those few madmen who had cultivated their own law power back then. He recalled the bottles of Moonlight and the purple aura being absorbed by these people, and his heart suddenly became unpalatable.

  When the basin-sized green smoke had all returned to his dantian qihai through his nostrils, he moved another orbit and planned to end this practice. However, it was not expected that this would suddenly stir up the whole body's Fa power, not only did the dantian qihai fluctuate endlessly, but also the meridians and acupoints throughout the body began to vibrate.

  "Boundless Heaven Lord!" Where did Wang Guang dare to stand up at this time? He gathered his mind and mobilized his magical powers, wanting to suppress the turmoil.

  But unexpectedly, this mental pressure had no effect on the law power at all. On the contrary, it was dispersed and driven away by the law power. However, Wang Guang did not give up and once again gathered his mind to suppress the law power in his body.

  Repeating again and again, his mind scattered and then gathered, that magical power surged but never stopped for a moment.

  Also didn't know how long it took, Wang Guang felt that he couldn't hold on any longer with his mental energy greatly consumed. At this time, the mental energy he condensed could only barely suppress the turmoil of the law's power in his meridians. He also knew his current situation and knew that if his mental energy was dispersed again, it would be extremely difficult to condense it once more. Therefore, even though he was now extremely exhausted, he still didn't dare relax his mental energy by a single thread.

  At this moment, the fluctuation of spiritual power suddenly disappeared, and the mental energy that had just been consumed in large quantities due to the suppression of the fluctuation was recovering at an extremely crazy speed.

  Just as he had not yet figured out the situation, in a short span of over ten breaths, not only was his exhausted spirit completely restored, but it also surged three to five times more than before.

  What surprised him was not only that, but also the mana that slowly rotated in his body was not only one or two times purer than before, but also much faster than before.

  After carefully examining his own body and finding no other abnormalities, he finally relaxed and observed the situation outside.

  He opened his eyes, took a look around the unchanged secret room, and then jumped down from the Wan Zai Qing to stretch his limbs. Suddenly, Wang Guang burst out laughing loudly. "So that's it! Haha! This is what breaking through the law gate with normal methods looks like! I thought I had to wait for ten years, but it only took half a year! What a coincidence! This must be the opportunity that bird was talking about!"

  Wang Guang's sigh is not unreasonable.

  After he jumped off the giant rock, he felt his whole body relaxed and his mind clearer than before. Silently mobilizing his magical powers, it was as if his heart moved with his intentions, without any delay. This was exactly like the breakthrough result recorded in the law gate.

  Upon reaching the third level of Fa Men, although it can't suddenly increase his magical power by more than tenfold, it signifies that from now on, I will not only be able to refine some powerful magical artifacts but also freely enter and exit Qing Ming, tempering flying swords to fly without relying on this trick of using the Hundred Miles Flowing Light. Thinking about this exciting prospect, Wang Guang involuntarily let out a low roar, turned around, and slapped his palms wildly on the Wan Zai Qing sky dozens of times, venting the excitement in his heart.

  "Haha! The Taoist techniques in my own sect can finally be cultivated. In the past, I actually bought someone else's Yin Lei to fight with others, although I won, but essentially, I was at a disadvantage. One day when I've fully cultivated the Taoist techniques in my own sect, I'd like to see who dares to compete with me for Shifu! Haha!" Although this guy has been mixed up in the Jianghu for over a hundred years, he's now as excited as when he first broke through his inner power all those years ago. It's just that this level of technique is really too difficult to break through.

  Today, breaking through the law gate means that he will cultivate to condense the golden elixir in the future, without any obstacles. As long as his magical powers are sufficient, he can move on to the next level of the law gate route, and does not need to worry about so-called cultivation bottlenecks.

  After using hundreds of breaths, he barely suppressed the excitement in his heart. After exercising his muscles and bones again, he jumped onto the giant Wan Zai Qing once more to start transporting his Fa power. This action was according to the records in the Taoist scriptures, taking advantage of the opportunity that had just been broken through, to quickly open up the next layer of meridian channels.

  This session lasted for a whole day and night, during which the refined spiritual power, now twice as potent as before, worked like an awl, quickly clearing the blockages in the meridians and drilling small holes into the acupoints, allowing the spiritual power to slowly nourish them.

  The third layer of the Dharma Gate, apart from this one-time transportation that took a whole day and night, but after the meridians are unblocked and the acupoints are opened, the next transportation only takes half an hour to transport a week. After the meridians are fully expanded and the acupoints are fully hollowed out, the time it takes to transport a week will be even shorter.

  Moreover, the three-layered Dharma Gate takes a week to transport, but the increase in Dharma power is more than ten times that of the two-layered Dharma Gate. More importantly, the cultivated Dharma power is also more refined than before. As a result, it has reduced the time and material consumption of Wang Guang's Dharma power grinding.