Chapter 53 The Monk Has a Disaster

Taian Island, inside the island protection formation.

"Bottleneck? Heaven's calamity?" Li Fan frowned as he flipped through the "Miscellaneous Notes on Cultivation" he had purchased.

Since returning from Wanxian Island a few days ago, he has not stopped practicing for a moment.

Originally, he wanted to strike while the iron is hot and break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.

But he clearly felt that he was not far from breaking through, but no matter how Li Fan practiced, he always felt that he was a little short of it.

It was this seemingly subtle gap, but it was like a natural moat, blocking Li Fan in front of him.

After flipping through the "Miscellaneous Notes on Cultivation", Li Fan finally confirmed that he had encountered a bottleneck.

In ancient times, there was a saying of bottleneck in cultivation.

During the process of cultivation, the cultivation may be stuck at a certain node and cannot make any progress.

In today's world of cultivation, the impact of bottlenecks on cultivators is even greater.

Since the middle stage of Qi Refining, every cultivator will inevitably encounter a bottleneck when breaking through each small realm.

This bottleneck cannot be broken through by just practicing hard.

You must find the opportunity in your own mysterious induction to transform it and successfully break through.

This opportunity may be seeing a painting or drinking a cup of tea.

It may also be a temporary epiphany, a flash of inspiration in the fight between life and death.

It may also be a casual remark by others or the careful guidance of the predecessors.

In short, there is no rule to follow, and you can only look at the "number of days" in the dark.

The existence of this bottleneck undoubtedly suppresses the cultivation speed of the cultivators to a great extent.

It is like a disaster sent by the sky, preventing the cultivators from practicing.

So the cultivators called it the disaster of heaven.

In short, now this disaster of heaven has fallen on Li Fan's head.

His plan to break through in a short time has come to nothing.

After sitting in the big formation for a few days, Li Fan did not feel where his opportunity for breakthrough was.

Knowing that this matter cannot be forced in a short time, he was not anxious. He temporarily put down the practice of "Xiao Yan Shui Jue" and turned to practice "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".

There are five levels in "Thousand Machines Jade World Gold Chapter", which correspond to the five realms of Xiantian, Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Elixir, and Yuanying in ancient times.

Xiantian realm is a special existence in some sects' skills in ancient times.

It emphasizes expelling all the filthy breath after birth and returning to the pure realm of Xiantian.

Those sects believe that it will be easier to comprehend the way of heaven if you start practicing from the Xiantian realm.

Both the speed and upper limit of practice will far exceed that of ordinary cultivators.

Tianji Sect is one of the sects that advocates that all practice should start from Xiantian.

But since the new method replaced the old method, the cultivators plundered the sky and the earth and no longer emphasized the unity of heaven and man.

Naturally, there is no such thing as Qi returning to Xiantian.

But the most basic part of the whole practice of "Thousand Machines Jade World Gold Chapter" is the Xiantian realm.

So what Li Fan has to do is to replace Xiantian with Qi Refining and complete the first level of practice.

Generally speaking, replacing a low realm with a high realm will naturally be compatible with the lower realm, and it will often be easier to practice.

But the matter involves the difference between the ancient and modern cultivation systems, which is not so easy.

Especially Li Fan is only a beginner who has practiced for a few years, and the relevant knowledge reserves are seriously insufficient.

This is why Li Fan spent a lot of time just to get started.

This is still the case with the addition of Liuli Dan, which has a bonus of comprehension.

Now, when Li Fan fell into a bottleneck in practicing "Xiao Yan Shui Jue", he began to practice the second level of "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".

He plans to practice both techniques to the middle stage of Qi Refining at the same time to see if he can break through the bottleneck.

After all, in this era, techniques are precious, and ordinary cultivators like him who can practice multiple techniques at the same time are really rare.

According to the description of "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang", after the second level of the technique is successfully practiced, the magical power of "distinguishing the mechanism" can be mastered.

The so-called "distinguishing the mechanism", as the name suggests, is the ability to distinguish and sense the various qi mechanisms between heaven and earth.

This is also the foundation of "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".

Only by distinguishing and sensing the Qi first can we capture and refine it later.

The difficulty of practicing the second level of the technique is beyond Li Fan's imagination.

If "Xiao Yan Shui Jue" tells you how to practice simply and clearly without any nonsense.

Then this "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang" hides how to practice in a bunch of pretentious words, allowing you to guess and ponder it yourself.

Not only that, it is also mixed with some insights into the way of heaven from time to time, and anecdotes from the ancient practice world.

All kinds of messes are mixed together, and Li Fan is dizzy and his blood is surging.

After reading it once, it seems to be understood. When I practiced it myself, I found that I didn't understand anything.

Fortunately, Li Fan is not a person who gives up easily.

Even though there are many difficulties, Li Fan is patient and studies and comprehends word by word.

In Li Fan's hard practice, another year has passed.

There is almost no progress in the practice of "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".

Li Fan was not discouraged.

When he went to Wanxian Island for the second time to collect his agent's compensation, he exchanged all his 800 contribution points and the five Tai'an fruits he had accumulated over the past two years for some ancient cultivation techniques.

After that, Li Fan started the auxiliary cultivation mode in Tianxuan Realm.

He did not practice any techniques, but just read these experiences and compared them with the experience he had summarized over the past year.

Like an enlightenment, all the questions that I had never been able to figure out in the past were now answered.

Seeing the wonderful things, Li Fan couldn't help but dance with joy.

At this moment, Li Fan finally understood the so-called Taoism in the morning and death at night.

Five days passed quickly.

Li Fan, who had some understanding, hurried back to Tai'an Island and began to retreat again.

When I practice again this time, it is really different from before.

All the obscure aspects of the technique have been clarified, and there will be no obstacles to practice.

Li Fan quickly became immersed in it.

You don’t know the years of practice.

On this day, a golden mist-like spiritual energy that was completely different from the water-based spiritual energy suddenly appeared in Li Fan's dantian.

Li Fan opened his eyes suddenly, his face beaming with joy.

"I finally completed the second level of the "Qianji Jade World Golden Chapter"." Li Fan let out a long sigh of relief.

After stretching his slightly stiff body, he turned his head and looked at the time, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Unexpectedly, this retreat actually lasted for a full year.

In Li Fan's senses, he just felt like he had slept.

Fortunately, hard work always pays off.

Li Fan's heart moved, and as the golden spiritual energy gathered in his eyes, he performed "Discrimination".

"Let me see what the so-called qi mechanism of heaven and earth is like." Li Fan was a little excited when he tried his magical power for the first time.

He looked towards Tai'an Island.

But he saw a scene that made him feel terrified.

Thick black death aura, like dense dark clouds, enveloped the entire Tai'an Island!

The thick death aura is almost like substance, making Tai'an Island in the daytime look like the underworld!

Remove the spell and cast it again.

After reading it several times, Li Fan was sure that he had read it correctly.

"How could this be?" Li Fan was surprised.

Suddenly, he seemed to finally remember something, and quickly used the Water Mirror Technique to look at himself in the mirror.

only saw,

Li Fan in the mirror, the death energy gathering on his head is a thousand times higher than that of the mortals on the island!