Chapter 295: Hard Training in a Secret Chamber
On the way back to the cave, Xiao Lin couldn't help but criticize Tianyi Patriarch in his heart. He thought that since he had met Tianyi Patriarch in person, the number one figure in Dancao Mountain should have given him some rewards.
Even if there were no good spiritual tools or elixirs, it would be good to reward him with some good skills. Even if there were none, it would be better to have some guidance in cultivation than just saying "You are a teachable child."
Now, in Xiao Lin's opinion, this leader of Dancao Mountain was actually a very stingy person. He ran over eagerly and only got two spiritual tools, and they were the most ordinary elementary spiritual tools.
In the end, he just got the reward for the task, which made Xiao Lin feel a little uninterested. When passing by Qinghuo Peak, Xiao Lin directly used his own magic power to wrap the pair of dragon and phoenix golden wheels.
He pinched a floating formula and let the pair of dragon and phoenix golden wheels fly towards the spiritual field on the back mountain of Qinghuo Peak. Of course, Xiao Lin had told Tao Ling in advance through telepathic transmission.
Although these two spiritual weapons were the rewards for him, Tao Ling and Xiao Yishao completing the tasks assigned by Tianyi Patriarch, he promised at that time that as long as the sect contributed points, the two spiritual weapons would be divided equally between the two of them.
Xiao Lin naturally kept his promise. After sending the Dragon and Phoenix Golden Wheel, Xiao Lin completely relaxed. He drove the Bingluan Sword and turned into a green spiritual light, flying towards the valley where the cave was located.
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The next day, Xiao Lin first went to Cui Ning Hall in the back mountain of Qingdan Peak to pay homage to his master Su Qingyun and ask for advice on his confusion in cultivation. He never thought that there was no one in Cui Ning Hall except a few disciples on duty.
After understanding, Xiao Lin learned that Su Qingyun had gone out to travel a year ago and it was unknown when he would be back. His junior sister Su Yuru also went out to practice after entering the ninth level of Qi Refining.
What made Xiao Lin a little strange was that all along, the entire Qingning Hall seemed to have only Master Su Qingyun and Junior Sister Su Yuru. As for his master's wife, he had never seen her.
He had wanted to inquire about it, but when he heard Xiao Lin asking about the news of his master's wife, several disciples on duty changed their faces and kept silent, which made Xiao Lin full of doubts.
After leaving Qingning Hall helplessly, Xiao Lin went straight back to the cave for cultivation.
Sitting on the cushion in the cultivation room, Xiao Lin's face showed a thoughtful expression. He was thinking about his cultivation plan for the next period of time.
Before returning to Dancao Mountain, Xiao Lin was still worried about whether Guxuan Sect had already launched an action against Tianlu Mountain Range, but after returning, this worry disappeared without a trace, but Xiao Lin always felt a little strange.
The old Chiyang monster of the Ancient Xuan Sect has been eyeing the five major sects of the Tianlu Mountains for more than a hundred years. After practicing the Black Sun Magic Art, his strength has greatly increased. Logically, he should have been unable to restrain his ambition and started to take action against the five major sects of the Tianlu Mountains.
But now more than ten years have passed, and the Ancient Xuan Sect has always been calm, and Dancao Mountain is also peaceful and tranquil. Although Xiao Lin is happy to see such a scene, for some reason, he always feels uneasy in his heart.
However, he is also very clear that even if the old Chiyang monster of the Ancient Xuan Sect really leads a large number of cultivators of the Ancient Xuan Sect to kill into the Tianlu Mountains, he, a small foundation-building cultivator, will not be able to cause any waves. It would be good if he can save his life at that time.
"Ah." After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin couldn't help but sigh, put these distracting thoughts out of his mind, and began to think about his practice in the future.
Xiao Lin propped his chin with his right hand and stared at the wall of the practice room. Now he has practiced the Xuanqi Hanyan Jue to the fifth level, completed five mana temperings, and is not far from the sixth mana tempering.
Once the sixth mana tempering is completed, he can start trying to return to the origin for the second time.
Xiao Lin's face flickered with hesitation. The Xuanqi Hanyan Jue he practiced was indeed a side door. Although every time he returned to the origin, once he successfully woke up, his mana would be several times stronger than before.
If he could finally practice the Xuanqi Hanyan Jue to the highest level and enter the foundation-building great perfection level, according to Xiao Lin's estimation, his mana would be at least five or six times that of an ordinary foundation-building great perfection cultivator.
This result is very scary. It means that in terms of mana, few people can surpass him. When fighting with others, he basically does not need to worry about running out of mana. On the contrary, those who fight with Xiao Lin will probably be shocked to find that their mana has been exhausted, while their opponents are still full of energy.
Such a huge benefit is also replaced by a huge risk. Every time Xiao Lin returns to the origin, it is a life-and-death test. He needs to rely on great perseverance to finally walk out of the darkness and return to reality, so as to successfully return to the origin.
And the last self-explosion is even more dangerous. It can be said that if you succeed, you will become a king, and if you fail, your soul will be scattered. There is no compromise. If you can really complete the last self-explosion, then you can rely on your strong mana and several secret arts such as Qingyan Spirit Fire.
Under the Jindan, he will no longer be afraid of anyone, even ordinary Jindan ancestors may not be without the power to fight.
Xiao Lin suddenly thought of the Soul Devouring Fire Gu he raised. During this period of time, he almost forgot about these little guys. Thinking of this, Xiao Lin sank his spiritual consciousness into the spirit beast bag.
In the spirit beast bag, a huge cloud of fire was floating in a corner of the spirit beast bag. As Xiao Lin's spiritual consciousness probed into it, these soul-devouring fire insects came alive one after another, flying around in the entire spirit beast bag, looking very excited.
Originally, there were about 40,000 soul-devouring fire insects. In order to break through the five-color spiritual light restriction issued by the city defense formation in Zi Ri Xian City, Xiao Lin lost thousands of soul-devouring fire insects. Now the number is only about 35,000.
However, this loss is nothing to Xiao Lin. Suddenly, Xiao Lin sensed that some negative emotions came from these soul-devouring fire insects. After sensing this, Xiao Lin couldn't help but be surprised.
After thinking for half an hour, Xiao Lin finally remembered that in the spirit control secret of Qianling Mountain that he had obtained, it was indeed emphasized that if the spirit pets were placed in the spirit beast bag for a long time, they would be depressed and produce some negative emotions.
Once this negative emotion continues to accumulate, in the end, there will even be a situation where the spirit pets kill each other. Once this situation occurs, all the efforts will be wasted.
Xiao Lin recalled the solution to this situation in the Yuling Jue. After a while, his mind returned to his body. After opening his eyes, Xiao Lin stood up and came to one side of the cave.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin used the Bingluan Sword to open another stone chamber between his bedroom and the passage. The whole stone chamber was full of fist-sized holes, and the size was four or five feet in radius.
On the left and right sides of this stone chamber, two side chambers were opened to hatch the soul-eating fire poison.
After building this stone chamber, Xiao Lin pondered for a while, then patted the spirit beast bag on his waist. With a "buzzing" sound that made people's scalps numb, a fire cloud appeared in the stone chamber.
As soon as they came out of the spirit beast bag, these soul-devouring fire insects immediately showed excitement and flew around in the stone chamber. However, under the control of Xiao Lin's spiritual consciousness, these soul-devouring fire insects did not leave the stone chamber, nor did they enter the two side chambers next to them. They just flew excitedly in this stone chamber.
Xiao Lin ignored these excited little guys. He came to the two side chambers and then placed a blocking ban at the door of the two side chambers to prevent these excited little guys from sneaking into the side chambers when he was not paying attention.
After doing all this, Xiao Lin sat cross-legged again and immersed his spiritual consciousness in another spirit beast bag.
When Xiao Lin saw the scene in the other spirit beast bag, he couldn't help but be shocked, and his face turned bitter. The few remaining soul-devouring fire insects that had devoured each other were now lying quietly in the corner.
There was no life at all, and it was dead. This made Xiao Lin a little depressed. He originally thought that these hundreds of soul-devouring fire insects could at least give birth to a few true soul-devouring fire insects after devouring each other.
In the end, it was all in vain. Xiao Lin, who was unwilling to give up, put his spiritual consciousness in front of these lifeless insect shells and observed them carefully.
"Huh?" After observing for a while, Xiao Lin suddenly exclaimed. It turned out that in his perception, the spiritual consciousness he had placed on these soul-devouring fire insects had not been cut off. In theory, once the spirit pet died, the restrictions placed by the cultivator in the spirit pet's spirit would also disappear.
And the cultivator would also feel it, but these lifeless insect shells in front of him, no matter how you look at it, are already dead, but Xiao Lin can still sense a little bit of soul fluctuations through the restrictions placed in their spirits.
This surprised Xiao Lin greatly. Could it be that these little guys were not dead, but entered a state of suspended animation?
However, this is not surprising. The spiritual insects and beasts between heaven and earth have various ways of advancement. Some of them accumulate cultivation and reach a certain critical value, then suddenly explode and break through the original realm.
Some of them increase their potential by constantly devouring other spiritual beasts. When the potential reaches a certain level, they can also break through. The Soul-Eating Fire Gu is similar to this method.
Of course, there are some extreme methods, such as the Phoenix's Nirvana Rebirth, which directly burns itself to ashes, regains a new life between life and death, and thus breaks through itself.
In fact, the last step of the Xuanqi Cold Flame Art practiced by Xiao Lin, the self-explosion, is also a similar method. Although it is simple and crude, once successful, the effect is immediate.