Chapter 351: Luck Competition, Speed of Life and Death
"How did the dead air that gathers and persists in Longmen Grand Canyon come about?"
When Li Dingguo was riding a golden eagle over the Longmen Grand Canyon, he found that the dangerous rapids at the mouth of the valley were filled with a thick aura of death, which was puzzling.
After confirming that the government troops would not attack for the time being and that there was a strange period of peace between the enemy and us, Li Dingguo decided to take the Great Jin back to the base camp on the island in the middle of the lake outside the Great Wall.
It was not for any other reason, but because the golden eagle had already adjusted its own state and could take the top-grade acquired spiritual fruit to go into seclusion and break through.
Recently, Li Dingguo has been feeling vaguely frightened, and naturally wants to urgently enhance his own top combat capability to see if the crisis comes from the enemy having a master breaking through to the initial level six realm.
Although level six and level five both belong to the Qi Refining Realm, the gap between them is huge.
When a practitioner breaks through to the sixth level, his innate Dharma image can be repeatedly tempered through various evil energies of heaven and earth, achieving qualitative changes time and time again.
A practitioner's innate Dharma image is formed by the integration of most of his own essence, energy and spirit, and is more important than the practitioner's physical body.
The continuous upgrading and evolution of the natal Dharma image can continuously remove the various impurities contained in the practitioner's essence, energy and spirit, thus turning it into a pure yang Dharma image.
Only when the innate Dharma form is transformed into the Pure Yang Dharma form, can one be considered to have reached the pinnacle of the Qi Refining Realm, thus being qualified to break through to the Spirit Refining Realm. When breaking through to the Spirit Refining Realm, the qualitative change of the Qi Sea will be triggered, and the Qi will condense into a martial arts golden elixir in the Qi Sea Dantian.
The Spirit Refining Realm is also known as the Golden Elixir Realm, which is also the Transcendental Realm during the Xian Qin period.
Practitioners in the Spirit Refining Realm focus on cultivating their innate magical powers.
Every master in the Spirit Refining Realm can obtain a maximum of nine transformation upgrades for his or her awakened innate magical power.
It is also known as the Nine Transformations of the Golden Elixir.
During every three transformations of the golden elixir, it is divided into low-grade golden elixir, medium-grade golden elixir, and high-grade golden elixir.
According to legend, only practitioners who have completed the nine transformations of the golden elixir and reached the Qi Refining stage are qualified to transform from mortals into immortals.
This is also the origin of the Golden Elixir Realm of Martial Arts, which is also called the Transcendent Realm.
During the cultivation process in the Spirit Refining Realm, after each transformation of the golden elixir, the practitioner's life span will increase by three hundred years.
Once the nine golden elixir transformations are completed, the lifespan can reach a terrifying 2,700 years. Combined with the original 180 years of lifespan, one can live for a full 2,880 years!
In this world, the legendary land immortal Zhang Sanfeng lived for 2,800 years before he suddenly disappeared.
No one knows whether he went to choose a place to sit and die, or to overcome the calamity and become an immortal.
The reason why the Golden Elixir Realm is called the Spirit Refining Realm is that every time a practitioner's Golden Elixir transforms, his own innate Dharma image will move into the magical Golden Elixir and upgrade and transform together with the Golden Elixir.
In essence, it is still about improving one's own martial arts, and the golden elixir is just a byproduct.
There are also rumors that only the natal Dharmakāya that has undergone nine transformations can be transformed and upgraded into the natal soul Dharmakāya when overcoming the tribulation and becoming an immortal, thus truly possessing the magical ability to fly, escape the earth, and be omnipotent.
Although all this is still very far away from Li Dingguo, it does not prevent him from reading the massive ancient books collected by the Fuxing Army to learn the essential common sense for these practitioners.
After the army entered the pass, the Fuxing Army destroyed countless aristocratic families, wealthy gentry and wealthy people. One of their biggest gains was the seizure of countless ancient books.
This plays an extremely important role in broadening the horizons of the soldiers of the Renaissance Army.
Only when you understand the road ahead clearly can you know how to go forward.
Just like an ordinary mortal, only by truly opening one's horizons can one see through the truth of various things and live transparently, so as not to work hard in a daze all one's life, only to end up living at the bottom of society.
Only when you live clearly and see through the various foggy truths in the world, can you find a way to break free from the shackles imposed on you by the so-called upper-class elites.
Then work hard to live like a human being instead of being like those lower-class people who only hurt each other, and let your descendants suffer together.
Once an ordinary person has a pair of eyes that can see through the essence of things, making money and getting rich will become very easy.
You will also understand how much money you should earn as an ordinary person without any background.
There is a safety limit to the money an ordinary person can earn. If you keep earning money endlessly, you will find that you don't have the life to bear it.
Once you earn too much money, you will soon be targeted by the powerful, which will bring you endless troubles and disasters.
For example, if you live in a county town, no matter how low-key you are, if you earn between five and eight million, it has already reached the limit of security.
If you do not have self-awareness, do not know when to stop, and continue to greedily amass wealth, what will follow will not only be endless troubles, but more likely, not only will your huge fortune quickly become someone else's, but you may even lose your life.
This is not to scare people. Just look at the counties where you have lived. Once those ordinary people without power become multi-millionaires, how many of them can still live on?
Either they died of various serious illnesses, or went in to work on sewing machines, or just blended into the crowd and disappeared inexplicably.
Only when you live a transparent life can you truly understand the meaning of being low-key and avoid all kinds of disasters.
The same is true in the world of practitioners. Only by completely broadening one's horizons can one move forward toward the goal unswervingly and obtain what one wants.
"Do you want to go to this large dangerous rapids in Longmen Grand Canyon to check it out?"
Li Dingguo thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said to himself, "Forget it, let's not make trouble this time."
"Now that the destiny has given us a warning, the most urgent thing is to make Dajin break through, and the same goes for me."
"When we both break through to the sixth level, we can come here to explore the secrets again. The safety will be improved by at least several times."
"I have been feeling frightened these days. I guess some enemies have acquired power beyond what I can handle now, and my great luck is giving me a warning."
A cultivator's sixth sense is very effective. For example, Li Dingguo is now warned by his own destiny that he is either going to have good luck or bad luck.
So it is better to be cautious.
Anyway, this time they returned to Fuxing Island, the base camp, with Da Jin, and they were both preparing to break through to a higher realm.
Once you enter the sixth level, your strength will increase more than tenfold, and many crises will no longer be crises and can be easily solved.
The Longmen Grand Canyon is right here. It’s not too late to stop by and take a look when you pass by here on your way back.
"Dajin, let's go quickly and return to the island in the middle of the lake outside the pass as quickly as possible!"
After making the decision, he gave instructions to the golden eagle that was hovering in the sky, waiting for his orders.
"Chirp!"
Seeing that its master no longer hesitated, the golden eagle neighed, flapped its wings, and began to accelerate at full speed. It turned into a golden stream of light, shot towards the north, and disappeared at the end of the sky in an instant.
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"Hahaha……"
In a secret place on the top of Mount Huashan, Cao Bianjiao was looking up and laughing!
The aura coming from him clearly revealed the aura of an early sixth level cultivation!
Two months ago, after a big quarrel with his uncle Cao Wenzhao, he left Puzhou City in extreme boredom to relax.
As a result, during a hunting trip deep in the mountains, he encountered a seriously injured and dying top-level spiritual bird, the Red-crowned Crane.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of the other party, Cao Bianjiao felt soft-hearted for a moment and did not kill it to roast and eat it. Instead, he used an ancient elixir he had obtained in a previous adventure to save the crested red-crowned crane. This ancient elixir, which he had been cherishing and reluctant to use, was indeed very effective. It not only allowed the fifth-level peak spirit bird to recover quickly, but also restored it to its prime state.
Not surprisingly, this crested red-crowned crane wholeheartedly became Cao Bianjiao's spiritual bird mount.
A bigger surprise was waiting for Cao Bianjiao. He was brought to the top of Mount Hua by this top-level spiritual bird and entered an ancient secret realm, where he actually discovered two legendary acquired top-grade spiritual roots of immortal grass.
From a jade slip of inheritance left in this secret realm, it was learned that these two acquired top-grade spiritual roots of immortal grass were actually left behind by the Huashan Mother in ancient mythology and legends.
On the eve of a shocking battle in ancient mythology, the Old Mother of Mount Hua had a premonition that she might meet with an accident, so she casually left behind a jade slip as a legacy.
Also left behind were two seedlings of the immortal grass, a top-grade acquired spiritual root.
This crested red-crowned crane discovered this secret realm only recently. The reason was that the guardian formation of this secret realm had been broken, leaking the aura of the secret realm, which was accidentally detected by this crested red-crowned crane.
Unfortunately, it encountered a level five peak demon bird, the Nine-headed Black-feathered Vulture, which had also noticed the changes here, and the two immediately started a life-and-death battle.
This battle lasted for more than ten days, and the two level five birds even chased all the way to the vicinity of Puzhou City in the northeast.
At the last moment of life and death, the Crested Red-crowned Crane used its innate magical power to kill the Nine-headed Black-feathered Vulture. However, it could no longer hold on and fell from a high altitude into a dense forest, where it was met by Cao Bianjiao.
After arriving at the secret realm on the top of Mount Hua, the man and the crane each relied on the magical effect of an acquired top-grade spiritual root, the Immortal Grass, to retreat for three days and successfully broke through to the initial stage of the sixth level!
If nothing unexpected happens, Cao Bianjiao will undoubtedly be the first human cultivator in this world in the past few hundred years to break through to the sixth level of cultivation.
This made him unable to contain his joy any longer. He raised his head and burst into laughter, venting most of the resentment that had accumulated in recent times.
"Now that I have broken through to the sixth level of cultivation, and have a sixth-level spiritual bird mount, I no longer want to go back and suffer the wrath of the imperial court!"
"If I have such strength and still work for the corrupt Ming Dynasty, I will inevitably develop a demon in my heart, which will be detrimental to my future cultivation and may even cut off my own path!"
As long as he is not stupid, he will know what the biggest taboo for practitioners is.
There is no doubt that it is the inner demon that grows within oneself.
If you do too many things that go against your own conscience, it will undoubtedly be easy to develop inner demons, which is more terrifying than death for a monstrous genius!
"I will go find Li Dingguo and fight him head-on. After I kill him, I will give his head to my uncle to report to the court. This will be considered as repaying his kindness in raising me. From now on, I will leave the army and live my own free life."
"Otherwise, it would be very disadvantageous for me to continue to stay in the government army. It's time to make a break."
After Cao Bianjiao stopped laughing, he thought for a while and made a decision, "I wonder if Li Dingguo is still in charge of Yumen Ferry?"
"It doesn't matter if he's not here. With Dabai, a level 6 spirit bird, it will be easy to find him."
"Although he is an upright and unrivaled genius, we are now enemies."
"Since Li Dingguo is an enemy rather than a friend, it doesn't count as burying him if he dies at my hands in a direct battle."
"I hope that when he comes back in his next life, he will understand that if he wants to be strong, he must be strong himself, and not rebel without confidence."
He has already broken through to become a level six expert, and now has a level six spirit bird. Among all the major human forces in the world today, who is his enemy?
Alas! Being invincible is really lonely!
For a moment, Cao Bianjiao even did not want to kill Li Dingguo, a rare young Han genius. But when he thought of his uncle's current appearance, he felt upset and simply wanted to end the matter quickly, cut off all ties with him, and never contact him again.
"Dabai, this secret realm is too old and will collapse soon."
Cao Bianjiao then said to the big white crane beside him, "All the vitality of the spiritual herbs and roots here has been plundered and absorbed by the two immortal grasses. They are no longer of any value."
"We should leave this secret realm that is about to collapse due to the loss of the Immortal Grass and head north together."
"I am going to kill a great enemy with my own hands. After reporting to my uncle, I will take you to live a carefree life and enjoy life to the fullest."
Cao Bianjiao regarded this level six spiritual crane as his companion who would be with him day and night in the future, so naturally he would not hide anything from it.
"Well..."
The crane, which he named Dabai, raised its head in joy, stretched out its long neck and cried out loudly. When Cao Bianjiao flew to its back and sat on it, it immediately activated the Qi shield that had undergone a qualitative change.
The ability of this Qi shield is more powerful and practical than the special saddle equipment magic tool refined by Li Dingguo, and it is much more convenient.
Not only can it completely block the strong winds when the white crane is flying rapidly, but it also greatly increases its speed.
This is one of the biggest differences between a level six spirit bird and a level five spirit bird.
The protective energy of a sixth-level spirit bird is at least ten times better in terms of durability and strength than at level five.
Cao Bianjiao sat on the back of the big white crane as if he was sitting on soft grass, and was not affected by its rapid flight at all.
"Whoosh!"
After the owner sat down, the white crane flapped its pair of large wings and turned into a stream of white light. It instantly rushed out of the secret realm guarding formation that was about to collapse, reached a height of thousands of feet, and flew towards the northern sky.
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"Woooo..."
At the base camp of the Fuxing Army outside the Great Wall, on a large branch of the huge five-colored sacred tree on the island in the middle of the lake, the aura of the big golden eagle that had not moved for nine days and nine nights began to surge!
"Woo..."
Several miles away from the golden eagle, Li Dingguo, who was sitting cross-legged on a branch several meters in diameter, began to breathe rapidly at the same time!
A month ago, Li Dingguo returned to the base camp on the island in the middle of the lake and ate a high-quality acquired spiritual peach, successfully breaking through to the peak of level five.
He then adjusted for more than half a month, and finally accumulated his energy and spirit to a perfect state.
Nine days ago, he and the giant golden eagle each took a piece of acquired top-grade Phoenix Blood Fruit, and then came to a large branch of the Five-Colored Sacred Tree and officially went into seclusion to break through.
Li Dingguo, who was connected to the Qi of the Five-Colored Divine Tree, felt that his own spiritual root, the Five-Colored Divine Tree, suddenly emitted an extremely mellow breath of the origin of life, which enabled him to immediately break through the bottleneck of the fifth peak and began to break through.
The giant golden eagle, which was connected to Li Dingguo's destiny, also received a breath of life origin from the five-colored sacred tree entering its body. Like Li Dingguo, it instantly broke through its own bottleneck and began this long-awaited breakthrough to a new realm!
As two air vortices quickly formed above the heads of the man and the golden eagle, endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth and special life breath swarmed in and continuously poured into the sea of consciousness of Li Dingguo and the golden eagle.
Unlike the giant golden eagle, a void passage as thick as a bucket appeared above Li Dingguo's head. Endless power of his natal star rushed in and merged into the vortex of air flow above his head, and then poured into Li Dingguo's sea of consciousness.
"Buzz..."
In Li Dingguo's sea of consciousness, the nine-colored martial arts rune began to spin rapidly and grow rapidly at the same time!
In just nine breaths, it suddenly expanded nine times!
The Great Circulation of Qi driven by the runes of the technique was running at an unimaginable speed. Li Dingguo's aura was surging rapidly as if there was no end!
At the same time, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, the innate companion artifact that had become one with the innate method, began to rotate slowly.
Every time it rotates, its size grows, and the aura of oppression it exudes doubles!
After it turned nine times, exactly nine hours had passed.
At this time, the aura emitted by the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell had reached a terrifying level!
Its entire body glowed with dark yellow light, and its size suddenly expanded to thirty-six feet in radius!
At this time, the vortex of air flow above Li Dingguo's head suddenly disappeared without a trace, and this breakthrough to a new realm was completely over.
The strong sense of crisis that weighed on his heart had disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
