Thirty years have passed, and the clone of the mighty Luo Yuan is still standing in the void, and there is no divine light in his eyes.
And there are more than two thousand monks below, and these are all the monks who have survived to this day out of the more than ten thousand monks at the beginning.
Over the past few decades, whenever the clone of the great Luo Yuan returned to the cave to rest, there would be cases of cultivators defecting.
This is unavoidable. Sect Master Gu Ran does not have the ability of Luo Yuan's clone to monitor such a large area.
Being in this kind of environment, every once in a while you would see your fellow disciples collapse physically due to some strange physical changes, and die without any cure.
Those who died were all monks. The various abnormal changes that occurred in the monks made the other monks' scalps tingle.
The cultivators who have seen the Hell Cave Heaven felt that the Yuqing Sect’s mountain gate was now another Hell Cave Heaven, and the radiation pollution here was even more terrifying than that of the Hell Cave Heaven.
Of course, it would be difficult for the monks who escaped from here to survive.
If it weren't for the desire to obtain information about the Yuqing Sect's mountain gate from these cultivators, perhaps no force would have taken in these escaped cultivators.
Even if these monks leave the radiation-contaminated environment, the previous influence cannot be eliminated at all, and will still slowly erode the monks' bodies until the day when their bodies completely collapse.
After several decades, only more than 2,000 monks were left out of the more than 10,000 monks. This consumption far exceeded the original estimate of Master Luo Yuan.
Lord Luo Yuan could see the numbness in the eyes of every cultivator. Even in the eyes of the sect leader Gu Ran, there was not much spirit.
The first three feet of the surface of the Yuqing Sect's mountain gate had been cleared long ago, but the radiation contamination outside the gate would continue to spread to the gate, so it was necessary to continue cleaning the surface outside the gate.
Even if you clear three feet of the surface, there is still residual radiation, but the impact of the radiation is much smaller.
No matter how small the radiation is, as long as it exists, the spiritual soil cannot be maintained for a long time.
This kind of radiation has an inexplicable corrosive effect on spiritual energy, and even the sect's large formation cannot be rearranged. This is also the main reason why cultivators always find opportunities to escape.
It is easy to set up the formation, as the Yuqing Sect has accumulated a lot of materials for setting up the formation.
However, once the formation is set up, the radiation pollution will continue to erode the formation, and the formation will not be able to last long before it becomes useless due to the loss of its spirituality.
What a torture it is for a monk to live in such an environment for decades.
In order to prevent radiation contamination from entering his own cave, Luo Yuan did not open it to the public. Even the sect leader Gu Ran could only build a cave in a place in the mountain gate where the radiation impact was lower.
Luo Yuanda sighed helplessly. In the past few decades, he had sighed more times than the total number of his previous sighs.
He reached out and took out an array plate from the cave. He did not dare to bring the array plate close to the ground. Instead, he placed the array plate a hundred meters above the ground so that the radiation pollution could not reach here.
He cast a spell at the formation plate, and the formation plate immediately emitted a golden light. Then golden lines stretched out from the golden light and spread out in all directions.
The golden lines formed a mysterious pattern and soon formed a huge formation.
He hesitated slightly, but still sent Yuqing Sect's current situation into the formation. Then the huge mysterious pattern with golden lines turned into a golden light and shot into the distance.
He would not try to contact the Power of Freedom unless it was absolutely necessary.
Protecting the sect is the responsibility of the inherited great power. This is the price the sect needs to pay for allowing him to more easily ascend to a great power through the inherited cave.
But he can no longer protect the sect, and the situation may even be worse.
He could imagine what would happen next. When all the monks of Yuqing Sect died and the radiation pollution here was no longer so strong, more monks would come to harass them.
The purpose is to continuously consume his energy until his energy is consumed to a certain level. Then, the Baidi Sect, or some other super power, or the powerful people of multiple super powers will unite to seal the space gate of his inheritance cave.
By then, even if he is a powerful person, he can only wait for the end of his life in the inheritance cave.
In a cave within the Sword Cave Heaven of the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, Li Yuanba's aura was rising and falling.
Only fifty years had passed, and Li Yuanba had already begun to strive to reach the peak level of a great monk.
The most important reason is not the effect of the 'Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl'.
The energy generated by the 'Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl' is stable. As long as the energy in the 'Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl' is not consumed, the 'Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl' can continue to provide Li Yuanba with the purest energy.
The reason why he increased the time it took to reach the peak great monk realm was because of the effect of the great monk's top-level elixir.
The top-level elixir for the great monk, this is an elixir that only exists in imagination.
In order to refine the top-level elixir for a great monk, in theory, a master alchemist needs to refine a hundred furnaces of elixir for a great monk in a row, and also ensure that the quality of the elixir is very high.
The refining of one hundred furnaces of great monk's elixirs will form special medicinal power in the furnace, which will help in the refining process of the next furnace of great monk's elixirs, and will improve the quality of a great monk's elixir by a large level.
In this state, if the quality of a great monk's elixir is already high-level, then a great monk's top-level elixir will appear.
With the level of alchemy masters in the world of immortal cultivation, such a thing is almost impossible to happen, except for Li Shiming, the alchemy master who can use 0.05 nanometers of the computer room space to make elixirs.
During these decades, in addition to helping the great monks of various forces to refine elixirs, Li Shiming also began to refine the large amount of great monks' spiritual medicines he obtained into great monks' spiritual pills.
It is precisely because of the large amount of alchemy that a certain number of top-level elixirs are available to great monks.
There were twenty top-level elixirs from great monks delivered to Li Yuanba. It was these twenty top-level elixirs from great monks that had effects beyond imagination.
Every time Li Yuanba took a top-level elixir from a great monk, his cultivation level would improve visibly.
Considering that this is the essence of a hundred furnaces of great monks' elixirs, it is normal to have such an effect.
That is to say, Li Shiming monopolized the refining of all the great monks' elixirs in the world of immortal cultivation, and also obtained a large number of great monks' elixirs from the temple in Yundao Sea. Otherwise, it would be impossible to refine the great monks' top-level elixirs.
Li Yuanba opened his mouth, and the five jade bottles in front of him opened automatically, and the elixirs inside flew out and into his mouth.
This is a set of auxiliary elixirs for promotion to the peak great monk, and all of them are of high quality.
It is not easy for ordinary monks to get one of them, but he has all five.
As five high-level elixirs from great monks entered his stomach, changes in his aura began to intensify.
The terrifying 'Chaos Sword Intent' also rose up from his body involuntarily, and its size kept changing with the breath in his body.
"This kid's cultivation has actually reached this level?" Outside Li Yuanba's cave, Old Jian was looking at the cave and muttered to himself with surprise on his face.
Such a big commotion in the cave would naturally alarm him.
However, the current Li Yuanba is no longer the little cultivator he used to be. In addition, the formation of Li Yuanba’s cave has been strengthened a lot. Old Jian will no longer be able to enter and exit Li Yuanba’s cave as he did before.
"Master Jian, what happened to Yuanba?" Jian Wuwei heard the news and rushed over. When he heard Master Jian's sigh, he asked hurriedly.
Old Jian glanced at Jian Wuwei, stretched out his hand and slapped Jian Wuwei hard, almost knocking him to the ground.
"You are so lucky to have such a disciple!" said Old Jian with some envy.
Any monk would like to have such a disciple.
"You haven't told me what happened to Yuanba yet?" Jian Wuwei twisted his shoulders resentfully and asked again.
"You, the disciple, are striving to reach the peak great cultivator realm. Judging from your aura, this promotion should not be a big problem!" Old Jian explained with a smile.
Jian Wuwei was stunned when he heard the news.
Of course, he was extremely knowledgeable and familiar with the realm of the peak great monk.
Why is it that these super powers only have one or two top monks at the same time?
It’s not that the superpowers lack resources, but that there are too few monks with such qualifications. Every monk who can be promoted to the pinnacle of great monks is an absolute genius among the great monks.
So when Jian Wuwei heard that Li Yuanba was striving to reach the peak level of a great monk, he was a hundred times more surprised than when he first knew that Li Yuanba had been promoted to a great monk.
In just a few years, Li Yuanba was promoted from a beginner great cultivator to a peak great cultivator.
Looking at himself again, he hadn't even reached the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage. This gap made Jian Wuwei doubt his own talent.
"Yuan Ba is about to become a top-level great cultivator. Doesn't that mean he has a great chance of becoming a powerful being?" Jian Wuwei asked excitedly.
"There is such a possibility!" Old Jian thought for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.
Master Jian took into account the situations of all the top monks in the history of the immortal cultivation world, and compared them with those who were promoted to great powers. For monks who were promoted to top monks at this age, the possibility of being promoted to great powers is extremely high.
Jian Wuwei was speaking when he suddenly sensed a terrifying sword intent breaking through the formation of Li Yuanba's cave.
Facing this terrifying sword intent, he felt as if his mind and spirit were suppressed.
Old Jian stretched out his hand to block the terrifying sword intent for him and eliminated the influence of the sword intent on him.
"This kind of sword intent is only slightly weaker than the sword intent in the 'Sword Intent Monument'. I'm afraid he can become the only sword cultivator who can restore the sword intent in the 'Sword Intent Monument'!" Old Sword felt the 'Chaos Sword Intent' and praised.
Li Yuanba's aura at this time had stabilized at the peak great cultivator realm. He felt how powerful he was, a pure peak great cultivator with a sword skill, with an indescribable sense of sharpness.
He had a feeling that nothing in the world could stop his sword intent. He knew that this was an illusory power brought about by his promotion.
So he quickly readjusted his state of mind. The original body, Li Shiming, had remained at the peak great cultivator realm for decades. No matter how powerful his clone was, it could not compare with the original body in this realm.
But his combat power has indeed increased many times.
Among the top great monks at this moment, the only one who can truly withstand his full-strength sword attack is probably the original body Li Shiming.
At least among the peak great monks he and Li Shiming had encountered, no one could withstand his full-strength sword.
Li Yuanba woke up from his improvement in cultivation and sensed the auras of Jian Lao and Jian Wuwei outside the cave.
He put away the 'Chaos Sword Intent' and opened the cave.
"Greetings, Master Jian. Greetings, Master!" He walked out of the cave and bowed to Master Jian and Jian Wuwei respectively.
"Yuanba, congratulations. The pavilion will open all the core books for you. When you decide to build a cave heaven, the pavilion will prepare a treasure for you!" Old Jian congratulated with a smile.
"Thank you, Master Jian!" Li Yuanba thanked.
But he knew that not every top cultivator in the history of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion would receive such treatment.
The treasures needed to construct a cave are the treasures of heaven.
Even in the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, there are very few treasures preserved.
It is said that these heavenly treasures have usually been experienced by more than one half-step great being.
A half-step great power uses a treasure of heaven's secrets to build a cave heaven. After many years of practice, he finally fails. The sect will take back the treasure of heaven's secrets after the failure to prevent it from collapsing along with the cave heaven.
This also caused the Tianji treasures preserved in the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion to be more or less tainted with the aura of other cultivators, and the energy within the Tianji treasures was also depleted.
But this kind of heavenly treasure, no matter how great it is, is the most top-level treasure in the world of immortal cultivation.
Even though Li Yuanba could obtain better treasures from the original body, Li Shiming, he still had to accept the favor from Master Jian.
Besides, the original body of Li Shiming might not have any extra treasures among so many of them, and these are just right for sword cultivators.
It is better to use the secret treasures provided by Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, which are definitely treasures suitable for sword practitioners.
"Yuan Ba, there's nothing I, your master, can do to help you!" Jian Wuwei sighed.
Even if he wanted to help Li Yuanba, Li Yuanba, who had now become a top-level great cultivator, had suddenly become the highest-ranking sword cultivator in Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, except for Jian Lao and another top-level great cultivator Jian Tianyi.
"Master, you have helped me enough!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.
The reason why he could lead such a comfortable life and practice in Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion was thanks to Jian Wuwei.
Why is Master Jian so concerned about him? It’s because he is Jian Wuwei’s disciple.
"Okay, Wuwei, you also have to practice hard and catch up as soon as possible! Yuanba, the 'Sword Intent Monument' will be open to you first in the future. As long as the energy of the 'Sword Intent Monument' is restored, you can go there to comprehend it!" Old Jian waved his hand and said.
Master Jian was thinking of giving Li Yuanba more help. In addition to wanting to enhance Li Yuanba's strength, there was another point, which was that Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion was relatively of little help to Li Yuanba.
Looking at the cultivation resources used by Li Yuanba, they hardly took up any cultivation resources from Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
Master Jian must compensate Li Yuanba in other ways so that Li Yuanba can return to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.