Chapter 684 Going Against the Will of Heaven
The Xiao family is an ancient family with a profound foundation and unfathomable strength.
Originally, if Lin Mu relied solely on his own strength and did not go through the tribulation, he would only have a 50% to 60% chance of winning. If the Xiao family was willing to help, at least the chance of winning would increase by 20%, at least 70% to 80%!
Xiao He, the head of the Xiao family, was even more powerful than Xiao Bao. At least he could compete with a monk, and he might be stronger than an ordinary monk.
If the entire Xiao family could have a few top masters, it would be much easier to attack Lingshan Temple.
In a duel between top masters, victory or defeat often happens in an instant. Any slight advantage, gradually accumulated, will become a huge advantage and determine the outcome.
With the Xiao family joining, Lin Mu felt that his strength would increase a lot at once, and it was definitely not a slight increase.
He suddenly felt it was a pity. If Xiao Qingmei had not lost her cultivation, with her stunning beauty and unparalleled grace back then, she would not be any worse than Pushan now, right?
Lin Mu was very sure of this.
He did not know about the Joyful Zen that Pushan practiced, but he was sure that this technique was not as unnatural as Wufawutian said.
Pushan's Joyful Zen relied on plundering and absorbing the essence of female cultivators to improve his own cultivation.
This was similar to Lin Mu's previous practice of improving his own cultivation and spiritual realm by relying on the essence of other cultivators' Nascent Soul.
Lin Mu was well versed in this.
This kind of technique had a very good prospect at the beginning, and the advancement speed was very fast, it was really a meteor, and few people could catch up, but it did not last long. The more time passed, the more shackles there were, and the more difficult it would be to advance.
Just like before, when he absorbed the spiritual consciousness of the cultivators in the Condensation Stage in the Nascent Soul Stage, his spiritual consciousness increased very quickly, but when his spiritual consciousness was promoted to the late stage of Condensation, the speed of increase became much slower when he refined and absorbed the spiritual consciousness of the cultivators in the Condensation Stage.
When his spiritual consciousness cultivation was about to reach the peak of the Condensation Stage, he refined and absorbed the spiritual essence of the early stage of Condensation, and the increase in spiritual consciousness cultivation was already negligible, almost stagnant.
This kind of practice that relies on others must absorb the essence of cultivation that is higher than oneself, or at least the same level as oneself, or the essence of spiritual consciousness, in order to have a good effect, otherwise, the speed is not as good as one's own hard work.
Thousands of great ways, different paths to the same destination.
Pushan's cultivation is Joy Zen, and plundering is the essence of female cultivators. The principle should be the same.
At the beginning, he absorbed the yin of female cultivators in the Nascent Soul Stage, and he could quickly improve his cultivation. The more he went on, the higher the requirements. Later, he became a female cultivator in the Condensation Stage, and finally a female cultivator in the Return to Void Stage. In the end, I am afraid that the Return to Void Stage cultivators would not improve his cultivation.
Lin Mu felt that although his path to advancement was somewhat similar to Pushan's, there was a fundamental difference between him and Pushan.
That is, his true strength was actually far beyond his own cultivation by several realms.
In other words, his foundation is extremely deep, so it is only natural that he can improve his cultivation so quickly. Even if he practices hard, the speed will be just as fast, but the speed of refining and absorbing the essence of the Nascent Soul will be a little faster.
He did not squeeze his potential. In fact, he has been suppressing his cultivation.
If he really let go of his cultivation and focused on improving his cultivation, he might have already been a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage.
Of course, the premise is that he must succeed in overcoming the tribulation.
Lin Mu secretly guessed that three thousand years ago, Pushan was in a period of rapid rise, so he was able to slightly surpass Xiao Qingmei of the same period, and then used Xiao Qingmei as a stepping stone, stepped on Xiao Qingmei's infinitely bright future, and stepped into another realm.
Later, the cultivation promotion will definitely become extremely slow.
And now, Pushan's Return to Void Stage cultivators, even Nascent Soul female cultivators like Mu Wanqing, are coming to snatch.
It is conceivable that the Fire Cloud Marten spent ten thousand years of its lifespan to attack, and the power was so strong that Pushan's cultivation had already fallen to such a level.
Lin Mu even suspected that when Pushan was just injured, he might have almost lost all his cultivation, and it was a stroke of luck that he was able to survive.
After so many years, his cultivation has only recovered to the level corresponding to that of a Yuanying stage cultivator, and now at most he has advanced to the level corresponding to the Condensation stage.
It was not as terrible as he thought.
After thinking this through, Lin Mu suddenly felt relieved.
He was really under pressure before, and was almost driven crazy by his own imagination.
Many times, people are not knocked down by cruel reality, but defeated by their own inner fear.
Thinking of this, Pushan's height in Lin Mu's heart plummeted.
Although it was not the kind of fall from the clouds to the abyss, it was not far away. Lin Mu was no longer afraid, but full of confidence.
Regardless of whether the enemy is strong or not, the belief in victory can support oneself to go further.
When masters fight, victory or defeat often depends on this thought.
After thinking this through, Lin Mu couldn't help but feel extremely sorry for Xiao Qingmei and beat his chest and stamped his feet.
Such a gorgeous woman, relying on her own hard work, surpassed all the geniuses of the same generation. Pushan relied on plundering the essence of countless female cultivators to increase his cultivation, but he was only slightly better than Xiao Qingmei.
At that time, Pushan was in a period of rapid rise and also had a great advantage.
If the two of them were to face off again three thousand years later, Lin Mu believed that even if Pushan kept plundering the female cultivators' essence to increase his cultivation, Xiao Qingmei would certainly be able to defeat Pushan.
Because Pushan relied on others to improve himself, and the most powerful female cultivator in the Lingguang Realm was only at the Return to Void Stage.
But Xiao Qingmei was completely different. She relied on herself, and her future was limitless. As the undisputed number one of her generation, it was not impossible for her to become an immortal in the future, especially since she had an ancient family like the Xiao family behind her, and her foundation was even deeper.
It was a pity that such a prosperous future withered before it bloomed.
The culprit of all this was Pushan!
Lin Mu, who had heard the story only once, was furious and filled with righteous indignation. He wished to chop Pu Shan into pieces. As Xiao Qingmei's father, Xiao He, the head of the Xiao family, had a hatred in his heart that was higher than the sky and deeper than the earth.
If there was a chance to kill Pu Shan, Lin Mu believed that Xiao He would definitely do it.
Now that Pu Shan's strength has not recovered, it is the best opportunity to do it.
If the Xiao family helps him, Lin Mu is unwilling to use his thunder tribulation trump card again. Compared with Pu Shan, the thunder tribulation puts more pressure on him.
No matter how powerful Pu Shan is, he is just a person, and he is not invincible. At that time, Huoyun Diao almost killed him with one blow.
However, the heavenly tribulation is strange and unpredictable, and it is extremely powerful. Many powerful cultivators whose cultivation is far beyond the Return to Void Stage have died under the heavenly tribulation.
This is the reason why people cannot fight against heaven.
No matter how powerful a person is, can he be more powerful than heaven?
However, the cultivators went against the will of heaven and pursued immortality, which was against nature.
On this journey, it was not so bad in the early stage, and there was no heavenly tribulation. However, the later the stage, the stronger the strength, and gradually they could travel between heaven and earth, with great freedom and great freedom, and a life span of tens of thousands of years, which was not much different from immortality.
At this time, the heavenly tribulation would become more and more powerful, and wanted to destroy everything.
People cannot be too outstanding, otherwise even heaven will be jealous.
Heaven is jealous of talents and beauties, which has been passed down since ancient times.
And the heavenly tribulation is the cruelest punishment sent by heaven.
Xiao Qingmei, a peerless woman of her generation, was also envied by heaven. She suffered such a tragic experience and turned into a crazy and crazy woman.
Lin Mu was not arrogant. His current achievements had indeed exceeded the limit that a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage could achieve. It was an insult to describe him as a talent.
Generally, Yuanying stage cultivators can reach the Condensation stage with a consciousness that exceeds their own realm. They are all extremely talented. As for him, his consciousness has not only entered the Condensation stage, but also reached the peak of the Condensation stage. Although he has slipped in the middle, he has also cultivated to the late stage of Condensation.
As for the physique, he has even crossed two levels and cultivated to the Return to Void stage. He has also cultivated to the peak of the Return to Void stage in a heaven-defying way!
Ordinary Yuanying stage cultivators are all stuck at the level of sword skills. Those who comprehend the sword intent are considered to be top geniuses.
And he not only comprehended the sword intent, but also surpassed the four realms of the sword intent. Now he has comprehended the sword domain and can truly control it.
More importantly, his sword domain is the strongest boundless killing domain in the sword domain!
Spiritual magic weapon, in a middle realm, only the Condensation stage cultivators in the most powerful forces can have such a precious one.
And now he is covered with spiritual magic weapons.
Five Elements Magic Mirror, Fire Element Armor, Heart-following Sword, God-control Flying Ring, all of his spiritual treasures were tempered in the Five Elements Magic Mirror, and even the Buddha treasures obtained from the Qinglian Ancient Temple, the golden halberd, were far more powerful than ordinary spiritual treasures.
In addition, when he entered the Five Elements Magic Mirror and saw Xiaoqing before, he remembered that he still had a spiritual treasure, Qingyun Ding, which was a treasure for alchemy!
And the four amazing existences who followed him all the way were extremely powerful, and each of them had the amazing power to kill a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage in seconds.
His best friend Qingniu was a more noble existence than Qilin and Phoenix, and he also had the inheritance of innate memory, and his strength was extremely powerful, and his future was limitless.
During the trip to Lingguang Realm, while he recovered his memory, he also realized the magical power of Buddhism. The Little Compassion Mantra was the prototype of the supreme magical power of Buddhism, the Great Compassion Mantra, and the magical power he had realized before, the soul-stirring smile, was also the prototype of the supreme magical power of Buddhism, the flower-picking smile.
The "Heart Sutra of All Things" he practiced before was a crude version given by Huoyun Diao. Now that he is practicing the real "Heart Sutra of All Things", he has the hope of comprehending these supreme magical powers of Buddhism.
Each supreme magical power can be said to be invincible. Pushan, a top monk in the Lingguang Realm, enjoys everything and also dreams of this, willing to pay any price.
And he has already obtained these.
Take any of these achievements and put them on any Yuanying stage cultivator, and they will be praised, admired, and admired by thousands of people, and the top forces will work hard to cultivate them.
But Lin Mu himself has gathered all these achievements.
Even the heavens would not allow such an achievement. How powerful would the heavenly tribulation be?
Xiao Qingmei, who was so beautiful and charming, turned into a crazy woman.
What would happen to me?
Lin Mu really couldn't imagine it.