Chapter 241 Illusion

In the following time, Yuan Ming and the little emperor talked about some experiences and interesting things in cultivation. When he was telling about his experience in Biluo Cave, Yuan Ming suddenly thought of someone and asked, "Your Majesty, can you help me find a disciple of Changchun Temple?"

The little emperor heard this and asked curiously, "Who is worth Brother Ming's special inquiry? Could it be a confidante you met outside?"

Yuan Ming rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "What are you thinking about? This person is called Ma Xingkong. He was originally a disciple of Biluo Cave, and then joined Changchun Temple. That's why I asked."

"Ma Xingkong? I seem to have heard of this name. I will ask for you when I go back." The little emperor agreed.

Yuan Ming also talked about Ma Xingkong's appearance, personality and some of his past.

After that, the two talked until the evening, until they drank all the wine in the jar, and the eunuchs guarding outside the pavilion began to urge them, and they reluctantly parted.

…

The tribute wine brought by the little emperor was indeed good. Not long after Yuan Ming parted with him, he was drunk and went back to the house and slept until midnight.

Looking at the rich night outside the window, Yuan Ming chuckled a few times, and his magic power traveled through his body, dispelling the last trace of drunkenness.

In the past three years in southern Xinjiang, although he could not say that he was worried every day, he did not dare to talk with his confidant and get drunk as he did today.

After calming down a little, Yuan Ming took out the "Nine Yuan Jue" given by the little emperor, opened it and read it carefully.

When Yuan Ming possessed the little emperor before, he only got the first part of the "Nine Yuan Jue" from the national teacher, but this time, the little emperor did not hide it and directly sent the whole "Nine Yuan Jue".

In addition to the first part of the previous Qi Refining Stage practice, the "Nine Yuan Jue" also has a middle and a lower part, which correspond to the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Core Formation Stage cultivators respectively. In addition to the corresponding practice methods, it also records some magical spells.

With Yuan Ming's current cultivation level, the content recorded in the lower part is too obscure and profound, so he focused on the middle part.

The middle part has four levels, corresponding to the four stages of the foundation-building period. The focus of cultivation has also shifted from consolidating the meridians and regulating qi and blood to warming the sea of ​​consciousness and tempering the dantian.

This also shows how terrifying soul cultivation is as an alien in the world of immortal cultivation.

The "Mingyue Jue" given by Xiying requires warming the sea of ​​consciousness and tempering the soul during the Qi training period. Looking at the description of the middle part of the Jiuyuan Jue, in terms of warming the sea of ​​consciousness, it is not even as effective as the "Mingyue Jue" during Qi training.

Yuan Ming thought about it and soon felt relieved.

After all, as an orthodox Taoist practice, the effect of absorbing spiritual energy and accumulating mana is rare in the world, and it is understandable that it is lacking in the sea of ​​consciousness and the soul.

Suppressing the distracting thoughts in his heart, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and began to practice the "Jiuyuan Jue-Middle Part".

As the technique was running, the originally calm mana lake in Yuan Ming's Dantian suddenly had waves.

The transparent liquid mana rolled and surged, like waves washing the inner wall of the Dantian wave after wave. Each wave of waves would make the Dantian more and more compact, and the liquid mana gradually became viscous in the process.

At the same time, the pores of Yuan Ming's body opened up, just like when he had just broken through the foundation, sucking the spiritual energy of heaven and earth crazily, transporting it to the Dantian through the meridians, further compressing and quenching it, and filling the loss of liquid mana.

After practicing like this for about a quarter of an hour, Yuan Ming opened his eyes, surprised and happy.

The familiar feeling came back. "Nine Yuan Jue" is worthy of being the secret transmission of Changchun Temple. The practice of the middle part is just like the previous part, and there seems to be no bottleneck in the practice.

In this way, he can have no worries in practice.

After a moment of excitement, Yuan Ming restrained his mood, put the "Nine Yuan Jue" aside, and turned to practice "Mingyue Jue".

After building the foundation, his soul power increased greatly, and he could truly operate the fourth level of the "Underworld Moon Art".

In addition to the increase in the number of soul crows and the range of movement with each level, the improvement of soul cultivation also allowed Yuan Ming to master the illusion ability he had long coveted.

In the battle of Biluo Cave, the illusion cast by Chen Cangqiong covered a large area. Not only were the three Jindan stage cultivators in it unclear, but even Yuan Ming and others who were watching outside could not tell the truth from the false.

With Yuan Ming's current cultivation, the illusion he can cast now naturally cannot reach this level.

According to his estimation, when he exerts his full strength, his illusion can only affect people and objects within ten feet, and can only last for half an hour at most. As more people are affected, the time will be further shortened.

However, through repeated attempts, he has figured out several new uses.

After silently operating the "Underworld Moon Art" for a while, Yuan Ming suddenly got up, left the room, and walked around the general's mansion at will.

On the way, a night watch servant saw Yuan Ming, was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Wang Shun, why are you running around in the middle of the night?"

Yuan Ming looked at him and didn't say anything, but the man nodded as if he heard something: "There is a sick horse, you go and see it? Okay, you go quickly and come back quickly, you know the rules, don't run around."

After saying that, the servant was about to leave, Yuan Ming's mind moved, and the servant suddenly turned around and walked in the direction he came from.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming smiled slightly, turned back to the house, and lifted the illusion cast on the servant.

At the same time, the servant's body suddenly stiffened, looked around, and found that the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and a drop of cold sweat instantly fell from his forehead: "Ghost...ghost wall?"

Yuan Ming had just used two illusions. One covered his body, so that no matter who saw him, they would think he was Wang Shun. The other was aimed at the servants, changing his five senses and making him see a scene that was completely opposite to reality.

Anyone whose spiritual power was not as strong as Yuan Ming's could not see through the former's disguise.

The latter was only aimed at a single person, and anyone else present would not be deceived.

Yuan Ming returned to the house, sat cross-legged again, felt the consumption of spiritual power, thought about the shortcomings of the illusion for a moment, and then devoted himself to practice again.

…

More than half a month later.

Yuan Ming had just finished practicing and opened the door, and saw several servants coming over with a lot of things.

"Master, these are the letters and gifts sent to the mansion today."

Yuan Ming held his forehead and said helplessly: "Alas, just follow my previous instructions, put the letters and gift lists on the table, and send the rest to the warehouse."

During this period of time, such scenes have been staged almost every day.

As more and more people knew about his return, his former friends wrote to congratulate him, asked about his well-being, and sent him many gifts.

In addition, there were many people who did not know his experience, but simply because they loved "Mr. Sheng's Journey to the South", they sent their own thoughts and greetings.

During this period, many old friends also made a special trip to visit him. Yuan Ming could not refuse, so he drank and talked with them until he was satisfied.

In this way, the time Yuan Ming could really use for cultivation was really very little.

He had just finished instructing the servants when he suddenly saw a doorman running over.

"Master, there is a man named Ma Xingkong outside the mansion. He said he was your old acquaintance." The doorman bowed his head and reported.

"Please invite him in quickly." Yuan Ming's heart moved. He did not expect this person to come, so he ordered immediately.

The doorman took the order and left, and soon came back with a young man with sword eyebrows and star eyes.

As soon as he saw Yuan Ming, Ma Xingkong immediately bowed and smiled, "During the battle at Biluo Cave, I was blind and didn't know Brother Yuan's identity. If I have offended you, please forgive me."

"Brother Ma, that's not right. You and I have similar experiences, and now we are both cultivators. Why should we mention our ordinary identities?" Yuan Ming waved his hand.

Ma Xingkong nodded and said yes, with no restraint in his expression. Yuan Ming pulled him into the house and sat down, and told him about his experience in Biluo Cave. Ma Xingkong felt the same and also talked about his own experience in the past.

The two talked for a long time, recalling the hardships of the beast slaves and the current situation, and they were all sighing.

Seeing that he gradually let down his guard, Yuan Ming suddenly said, "Is the magic weapon that Brother Ma used before still with you? I wonder if you can lend it to me?"

"That's fine. This magic weapon is not a rare thing. It can be found in the Xiuxian Market outside the city. If Brother Yuan wants it, why don't you buy it yourself?" Ma Xingkong was curious.

"I just returned home recently and have been meeting with relatives and friends all day. How can I have time to go to the market?" Yuan Ming said with a wry smile.

"That's true, but if Brother Yuan is free, you really have to go to the market near the capital. Our Central Plains is rich in real estate, not to mention the capital. The prosperity of the market is incomparable to that of small places like Southern Xinjiang." Ma Xingkong suddenly realized and said so.

"Okay, I must go and see it when I have time."

Seeing Yuan Ming's vague answer, Ma Xingkong didn't care. He took out the blue gem from the storage bag and handed it to Yuan Ming.

"Since I returned to the Central Plains, I have never used this magic weapon again. Brother Yuan, use it first."

The use of the gem is very simple. Under Ma Xingkong's guidance, Yuan Ming quickly learned it.

The two chatted for a while before parting ways.

After seeing Ma Xingkong off, Yuan Ming asked the servants not to disturb him, and then closed the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and moved his perspective to the soul crow in Lin Junsheng's mansion.

On the first night after returning to the capital, Yuan Ming quietly sent a soul crow to Lin Junsheng's house to monitor his every move.

But Lin Junsheng seemed to have taken root, and he only practiced in seclusion every day and night, and never stepped out of the door.

If Yuan Ming had not confirmed that Lin Junsheng was in the house through the incense burner, he would probably have thought that he had left the capital long ago.

And through this month of observation and surveillance, Yuan Ming also found that other people in the Lin Mansion did not seem to know the truth about the trip to Southern Xinjiang that year.

Lin Junsheng's father even prepared a gift for him after hearing the news of his return.

Yuan Ming monitored for a while and found that Lin Junsheng still had no intention of going out, so he withdrew his mind and lowered his head to think.

"Huh!"

He suddenly raised his eyebrows, uttered a light "huh", and then used illusion to cover his body, got up and left the house.