Chapter 16 Invitation

Just when Liang Yan was confused, another purple light appeared in the spiritual spring and shot toward Liang Yan. This time, Liang Yan was well prepared and turned around to get out of the way. Unexpectedly, the purple light seemed to have eyes, turned in the air, and shot towards Liang Yan again, and the speed was faster. Liang Yan dodges in a hurry, but is eventually caught up by Zimang.

As soon as the purple light entered the body, the whole body felt like falling into an ice cave. However, Liang Yan observed carefully this time and found that the purple light seemed to be pulled down, along the meridians, and finally absorbed by the Dantian. To be precise, it was absorbed by the Tianji Pearl in Dantian.

The Tianji Pearl absorbed three rays of purple light in a row and vibrated slightly. After a moment, it spit out a stream of extremely rich spiritual energy and slowly dispersed towards the limbs and bones.

Liang Yan was overjoyed. Although he still didn't know why, he couldn't let go of such a good opportunity. Immediately sit cross-legged and meditate, exercising your skills to refine the pure spiritual energy.

Over the night, the spiritual power in Liang Yan's body became more and more pure. After a night of observation, he came to an inference that these purple lights seemed to be attracted by the Tianji Pearl and were actively drawn from the spiritual spring. This can be concluded from Sun Qianli's side, because he was not affected by Zimang at all.

"I'm afraid there is another mystery in this spiritual spring." Liang Yan thought to himself.

But this is just what he thought about. He has no ability to explore the mystery. Being able to obtain the spiritual energy and purple light of this spiritual spring is already a huge benefit. Liang Yan was secretly happy. As long as he practiced like this, he might be able to try to break through the current bottleneck of the second level of Qi training in a few days and hit the third level of Qi training.

At this time, the sky had turned slightly white. Liang Yan stood up and stopped his work. Sun Qianli also stopped his work and walked towards him.

"It seems that Brother Liang gained a lot overnight." Sun Qianli looked at him in surprise.

You must know that their low-level Qi training monks are just equivalent to the great masters of the secular family. Sun Qianli still had to eat and sleep. After practicing all night long, Sun Qianli felt no physical damage, but he was still very tired mentally. At this moment, he had a tired look on his face, just like what he usually sees during the day.

On the other hand, Liang Yan's face was indeed full of energy and full of energy at this moment, not even the slightest bit tired. Liang Yan knew that this was the nourishing effect of purple light, but he couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only nod vaguely.

Both parties had their own thoughts and neither asked more questions. After exploring the area together, they went back to the dormitory.

For the next few days, Liang Yan worked and read during the day, and late at night he and Sun Qianli came to the cave to practice. That night, Liang Yan suddenly felt that the spiritual energy had been circulating in the meridians for several days. However, when the spiritual energy reached the Baihui point on the top of his head, it began to move slowly. It's like there is an invisible invisible barrier blocking you in the dark.

Liang Yan knew that this was the bottleneck of the second level of Qi training. Only by breaking through this bottleneck could he enter the third level of Qi training. So he calmed down, constantly mobilized the spiritual energy in his body, and rushed towards the Baihui point on the top of his head again and again.

Following the crazy stimulation of the nameless mantra, the pure spiritual energy quickly gathered into a slender ball of energy, which began to surge along the meridians.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly I heard a faint muffled sound, and in the empty and silent cave, there seemed to be a gentle breeze blowing from the ground. This caused Sun Qianli to open his eyes and look at Liang Yan suspiciously, but he didn't find anything strange, so he closed his eyes again and meditated, and continued to practice.

At this moment, only Liang Yan himself knew that just now, he had successfully entered the realm and successfully advanced to the third level of Qi training. It's just that while he broke through the bottleneck, he secretly activated the Tianji Pearl to cover his aura, which resulted in almost no fluctuations being transmitted. Even Sun Qianli, who was close at hand, only had a slight feeling, and nothing more happened.

Feeling the pure spiritual power clearly rising in his body, Liang Yan was filled with joy. However, he did not relax at all, but silently used his skills to continue to consolidate the realm he had just broken through.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already bright. Liang Yan looked aside and saw that Sun Qianli was no longer there. Apparently, he waited for a long time without success, and it was not easy to interrupt his practice, so he went back alone.

"Calculating the time, it's almost time to report to Wang Yuan." Liang Yan said to himself. However, he still planned to go back to the dormitory to wash up a little first, because he broke through the third level of Qi training last night and unknowingly discharged some impurities from his body, which was very uncomfortable sticking to his body at this time. Liang Yan knew that each level of Qi refining could improve the body's constitution, cleanse the meridians and drain out some of the body's innate impurities, making the body more suitable for cultivation.

Liang Yan walked towards the dormitory, and soon he came to the Xinglin thatched cottage. But at this moment, there was a person standing in the courtyard, wearing a moon-white robe, a sharp sword hanging from his waist, and wearing a Confucian scarf on his head, looking very chic and carefree.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, this person turned around and looked at Liang Yan with a smile on his face and said, "Junior Brother Liang, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Liang Yan felt strange in his heart, but also secretly alert. After all, he stayed away all night, and he didn't know when this person came. The spiritual spring was of great benefit to his cultivation, so he couldn't reveal any clues.

With this thought in his mind, Liang Yan saluted him and said, "I have met Senior Brother Zhuo." Then he said with a puzzled face: "Senior Brother Zhuo is one of the top elite disciples in the outer sect, and Liang is just an ordinary I didn’t expect Brother Zhuo to condescend to come and visit me, I’m a handyman disciple, I’m really ashamed of myself.”

Zhuo Bufan still had a smile on his face, and his smile was like a spring breeze. He replied calmly: "No, Junior Brother Liang's attainments in formations can be said to be extraordinary talents, which are rare in the world. Although I was born in Dan vein, I am also quite obsessed with formations, so I wanted to see Junior Brother. , but also forgot to teach me."

Liang Yan felt a little embarrassed when he heard him praise himself so much. He could only reply: "It's just a small trick. Once Senior Brother Zhuo comes out with his divine sword, these heretics are not worth a blow from Senior Brother Zhuo."

After hearing this, Zhuo Bufan's face straightened and he said to Liang Yan: "Junior brother, don't belittle yourself. Each of the three thousand avenues has its own magic method. At that time, my ancestor Yixing Zhenren was known as the master of chess formations. He relied on this formation method to enter Taoism and passed down the teachings. A thousand-year-old sect like Xia Yixing Pavilion."

Liang Yan's face turned slightly red after hearing this, and he said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhuo, for your advice. I will keep it in mind."

Zhuo Bufan's expression softened slightly, and he smiled at Liang Yan and said, "Actually, I came here today specifically to ask Brother Liang to set up the formation for me."

"What? Senior brother, do you still need me to set up the formation for you?"

"That's right," Zhuo Bufan nodded and said, "Actually, brother Wei has been refining a kind of elixir, but this elixir is extremely difficult to succeed. Especially during the refining process, the spiritual power of the materials cannot be gathered, resulting in the final failure of the elixir. At that time, the spiritual power dissipates and eventually becomes a useless elixir."

Liang Yan's mind lit up after hearing this, and he blurted out: "Senior Brother, could it be that he wants to set up a spirit gathering array?"

Zhuo Bufan looked at him approvingly and nodded: "Yes, I asked my junior brother to help me set up this spirit-gathering formation when refining the elixir, so that the spiritual power of the material can be condensed and not dispersed, thus increasing the chance of finally forming an elixir."

Then he said rather embarrassingly: "Actually, Zhuo himself has studied some formations for this purpose, but he has never been able to figure it out. To tell you the truth, I have a huge demand for this kind of elixir, but so far I haven't found it yet." I haven’t managed to get one, but if my junior brother can help me make the elixir, Zhuo will be richly rewarded.”

As he spoke, he opened his right hand, and there were three snow-white pills on the palm of his hand. There were white cloud-like lines on the pills.

"Spirit Gathering Pill!" Liang Yan took a deep breath.

This spirit-gathering pill is a rare elixir for monks in the Qi-training period. It has the function of improving the monk's physique and increasing the speed at which the Qi-training monk absorbs spiritual energy. Especially for a monk like Liang Yan, who has complex spiritual roots and is extremely slow to absorb spiritual energy, he cherishes it even more.

Originally, the handyman disciples within the sect could receive a spirit-gathering pill every six months to assist in their cultivation. Unfortunately, the resources of Liang Yan and the others were cut off by Wang Yuan. Now Zhuo Bufan actually took out three of them at once, which was quite tempting.

Liang Yan suppressed the shock in his heart and said to Zhuo Bufan, "I don't have much knowledge, so I'm afraid that I will disappoint Senior Brother Zhuo's high expectations."

"It doesn't matter, just do your best. As the saying goes, it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to succeed. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will."

Liang Yan nodded slightly, and then said: "And Liang, as a handyman disciple, I'm afraid he still needs to wait for me to finish my work."

Before he finished speaking, Zhuo Bufan interrupted and said: "You don't have to worry about this. I have already said hello to Wang Yuan. From now on, whenever I am refining elixirs, you can skip the chores for the day and just come and help me refining elixirs." .”

Liang Yan didn't expect that he was so capable that he could actually command the servants, deacons and disciples. However, recalling the discussions of several Qin Dao disciples that day, it seemed that Zhuo Bufan had an uncle who was a cabinet elder, which meant he had some privileges.

So Liang Yan no longer had any worries and said, "Since Senior Brother Zhuo has extended your warm invitation, it's hard for Liang to refuse. Let's set off now, shall we?"

"Hahaha, Junior Brother Liang is really happy, come! Follow me to Cuizhu Peak." After saying this, he made a seal with his right hand, and the fixed light sword flew out in a circle, and then floated quietly at the height of their chests. Zhuo Bufan pulled Liang Yan, The two stood on the flying sword and flew towards Cuizhu Peak.

Although the sect prohibits low-level disciples from flying in the sky within the sect's territory to show respect for the sect. However, when you are usually on the road, you can drive objects to fly close to the ground, but this is allowed. After all, the Zongmen Valley is so large that it is inevitably inconvenient to rely only on your legs.

The two of them walked with their swords, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the foot of the Green Bamboo Peak. This Green Bamboo Peak was where the disciples of the Dan Meridian Outer Sect usually practiced. As one of the top disciples among the outer disciples, Zhuo Bufan even had an independent cave near the top of the mountain.

Liang Yan jumped off the flying sword, his eyes still filled with excitement. He was fascinated by the sword cultivator and was obviously very excited about this first flying sword.

Looking at his expression, Zhuo Bufan just smiled faintly, made a gesture and put away the flying sword, and the two of them climbed up the stairs along the Cuizhu Peak Mountain Road.

As the name of Cuizhu Peak suggests, there are standing green bamboos on both sides of the mountain road. The breeze blows and the bamboo forest sways, and there is a subtle melody, like the sound of nature.

"It is said that this green bamboo forest was planted by the ancestor himself. It hides the avenue of music and rhythm. Those who are destined can even get the magical method to refine the soul and nourish the sea of ​​consciousness."

"Is there such a thing? Junior brother is really ignorant," Liang Yan said with a slight wry smile.

"Haha, rumors are always rumors. At least Zhuo has been practicing Taoism here for more than ten years, and I have never heard of anyone having such an opportunity. I am just telling my junior brother anecdotes, don't take it seriously."

"Haha" Liang Yan also laughed out loud.

The two chatted and laughed, and in a blink of an eye they arrived in front of Zhuo Bufan's cave. Zhuo Bufan fired a magic spell and flew into the courtyard. The door opened in response, and then led Liang Yan into it.