The root of the elixir had finally grown. Luo Yan looked inward for a moment and could see that the meridians in his elixir field were clearly visible, like a lush flower bud that had not yet opened.

To put it strangely: it's a bit like a woman's uterus.

From the perspective of nurturing the Nascent Soul, it does not seem to be wrong. It's just that women are carrying their own children, while the Nascent Soul carried by cultivators is a higher level, energetic self.

Just like a larva forming a pupa, the Nascent Soul is its own pupa.

When one’s practice at the Nascent Soul stage reaches the Great Perfection and is about to ascend to heaven to become an immortal, it is called “metamorphosis”… So in this sense, it is very similar to an insect.

The problem now is that after the root of the elixir has finished growing, the golden elixir still has not changed.

From the Root-Seeking Stage to the Mysterious Stage, according to the records in classic scriptures, there needs to be "thunderous sounds" in the Dantian and "the golden elixir must vibrate continuously", but there is nothing unusual about the first-grade golden elixir in Luo Yan's body at this time.

And Dan Gen has indeed reached its maximum growth and has reached the state of great perfection.

In other words, we have encountered a bottleneck again.

For ordinary cultivators, the thing they fear most is encountering a bottleneck in their cultivation.

The reason is that everyone's bottleneck is different, so there is no fixed way to solve it. The methods that others use to solve the bottleneck are probably useless to you, so it is normal for many people to waste decades or even hundreds of years before reaching the bottleneck.

But Luo Yan is not afraid of bottlenecks, because he knows very well that practicing Taoism is like rowing against the current, if you don’t move forward, you will fall behind. He has the determination and perseverance to overcome any bottleneck!

"My dear." Luo Yan found Shi Liuli who was still teaching Shi Qing and said with a smile, "I have encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation again. Can you help me calculate where the opportunity to break through the bottleneck is?"

Shi Liuli ignored him and just said to Shi Qing:

"You see, my husband still has his merits - at least in terms of his speed of cultivation, I'm afraid no one in Yuqing Temple can catch up with him."

Luo Yan: ???

Wait, what were you discussing?

Although he was quite skeptical in his heart, in order not to reveal his flaws, he quickly said modestly:

"My lady, please don't praise me like that. There are many talented monks in Yuqing Temple. I dare not claim to be the best."

"Yeah." Shi Liuli responded perfunctorily, then said a few words to Shi Qing before following Luo Yan out of the room.

"Won't you explain?" she asked calmly.

"What to explain?" Luo Yan played dumb.

"It's about the improvement of your cultivation." Shi Liuli asked calmly, "How long have you stayed in the Root Seeking Stage?"

"Looking at the Jade Purity Temple, I have never heard of anyone who can break through the two stages of Concentration of Spirit and Searching for Roots in three to five years and directly reach the gate of the Youwei Stage."

"I don't mean to pry into my husband's privacy. It's just that between husband and wife, there are some things that need to be clarified. If my husband really used some method to force the issue and harm the root, as his wife, I am not aware of it, do not care, and do not teach him. This is a violation of the virtues of a woman."

Luo Yan: ...

"Well, how should I put it?" He pretended to be embarrassed and hesitated, but in fact he was carefully paying attention to Shi Liuli's expression.

As the saying goes, "Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog." Since Shi Liuli has become my Taoist partner, given her personality, she will definitely not do anything to do anything bad to me.

Although she began to doubt the speed of her own improvement, this alone would not allow her to associate it with opening more secondary accounts.

I just need to fool around and show that it is not convenient to talk more. I think with Lady Liuli's intelligence, she will definitely know what to do and stop asking...

"I don't know, actually." Luo Yan spread his hands and said frankly, "It feels like an epiphany. One day I woke up from meditation and suddenly reached the Great Perfection of the Root Seeking Stage."

Shi Liuli stared at him in silence.

After a long time, she slowly lowered her eyelids and said:

"I see."

"But my husband, although our Tiangong Workshop lacks high-level cultivators, it is not yet to the point where we need to break through our cultivation at all costs."

"If you have any troubles, you can always come to me to communicate, okay?"

Luo Yan was deeply moved when he heard this. He knew that Shi Liuli thought that he had used some tricky method to rapidly increase his cultivation in order to make up for the absence of Elder Shi Ding, so he spoke such concerned words.

He then took Shi Liuli's delicate body into his arms, gently kneaded her shoulders, and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, my lady. I didn't use any evil methods that would damage my essence. I just... ahem, my cultivation progressed a little faster. I don't know what happened."

Shi Liuli hummed, and stayed in his arms for a while before taking out six copper coins and throwing them into the air.

After repeating this several times, she finally put the coin away and fell into deep thought.

Luo Yan didn't dare to disturb her and just let her think alone.

After a while, Shi Liuli finally said:

"This hexagram... is strange."

"How is it so strange?" Luo Yan asked hurriedly.

"My husband should know that the so-called bottleneck in cultivation is actually the pursuit of a transformation in one's state of mind." Shi Liuli said seriously, "Since it is a change in state of mind, something that can touch one's state of mind must happen."

"According to the hexagram, my husband should face some extremely important life choices. This is the opportunity for my husband to break through to the subtle realm... But I am very curious. My husband is living such a comfortable life now. He doesn't have to worry about the expenses of cultivation, and he is not bothered by trivial matters. How can he face life choices?"

Luo Yan was also dumbfounded after hearing this: What major life decision?

It can't be that Jing is going to leave me, right? Hahahahaha...

"I don't know either." He looked puzzled. "Does anyone say when this important life decision will come?"

"I don't know." Shi Liuli shook her head. "The divination this time is too confusing, especially in terms of time. I really don't know when this opportunity will come... My husband, just wait patiently."

Luo Yan understood what was going on, so he hugged Shi Liuli again, caressed her, and said some sweet words. After he thought he had coaxed her into submission, he left quietly.

Shi Liuli looked at her husband's back, her eyes gradually becoming clearer.

First he suddenly formed a pill, and then he suddenly advanced to a higher level... If it happened only once or twice, it could be explained by a coincidence, but how could there be such a continuous breakthrough in realm?

This can only be explained if there is some elder who is secretly training the husband and not sparing any kind of rare treasures.

No, if the other party is the All-Seeing Immortal, then the training must be all-round.

In addition to pouring in resources into cultivation, there must also be support in terms of the sect's status, otherwise it would just be training thugs, which would be meaningless.

This elder definitely cannot be the Immortal of All Things!

So who is it...

She threw out six coins again, caught them and looked at the front and back sides. She repeated this several times, and the hexagram became more and more confusing, until it was almost impossible to read.

Has someone blocked the secret?

Shi Liuli closed his eyes silently, his expression as calm as a still pond, and no one knew what he was thinking.