The secret place in the courtyard, in front of the natural spiritual pond.
Being in the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire secret realm, Shen Yuan slowly practiced the "Zixia Qi Refining Method" to adjust his state to the peak.
In the spiritual platform, the seed of the Earthly Evil Sword Technique transformed into a small sword, which slowly rotated around the fake soul following the command of Shen Yuan's spiritual thoughts.
Shen Yuan's fake soul still maintained a vague human-shaped outline, with traces of burning from the Great Sun True Flame remaining on it, which had not yet dissipated.
Although Shen Yuan had tried every possible means to cultivate his soul during these days and had restored the condition of his fake soul to a great extent, the influence of the Great Sun True Flame still remained, like a cancer attached to the bone, constantly infecting the fake soul with a slight burning sensation.
The small sword transformed from the seed of magical power suddenly stopped rotating, and then a sword beam slashed out above the spirit platform. A large amount of divine thoughts on the fake soul were mobilized at this moment, revealing a more blurred human-shaped outline.
This is the incarnation of divine thoughts and is the most important step in the practice of the incarnation outside the body.
The biggest advantage of an external incarnation is that it is different from the method of splitting the body. The external incarnation can possess the magical powers of the original body, but its injury or damage will not affect the original body, because what is implanted in the external incarnation is only the incarnation of the original body's spiritual power.
On the other hand, the method of splitting the soul requires dividing the original soul in order to control it. The division of the soul will not only damage one's own potential, but more importantly, after the soul has been separated for a long time, it is possible that it will give birth to spiritual intelligence due to unexpected factors.
In the history of the cultivation world, there was once an avatar who accidentally entered a secret realm and got a chance to come out on top. He first defeated the original body and then took over its nest. He then slept with the original body's Taoist partner and stole the original body's magic weapon, thus achieving the reputation of a great cultivator.
If the original body had not escaped by chance and made the truth public, I'm afraid no one would know the truth of this matter.
Therefore, although the method of incarnation is only a mysterious magical power, it is the most appropriate magical secret method from the perspective of damage to one's own potential or safety.
The only flaw is that it requires precious natural treasures as the medium for its incarnation.
After separating the incarnation of his spiritual consciousness from the fake soul, Shen Yuan only felt a moment of mental weakness, which he quickly recovered with the replenishment of abundant spiritual energy.
His eyes fell on the Life-creating Stone beside him, and Shen Yuan controlled the incarnation of his divine consciousness to try to enter it.
But just by controlling the incarnation of divine consciousness to leave the spiritual platform, the vague human-shaped outline that had originally gathered together suddenly collapsed, and a large amount of divine consciousness returned to Shen Yuan's spiritual platform.
Seeing this scene, Shen Yuan couldn't help but frown.
"The incarnation of divine consciousness is essentially the product of a cultivator in the Qi Refining and Spiritualization Stage who has condensed his primordial spirit and separated his divine consciousness.
Although I have a fake soul to rely on, it can never be compared with the real soul.
Moreover, even the fake soul is in a damaged state now, and it is difficult to use the soul-controlling sword method, let alone separating it into a spiritual incarnation.
We should find a treasure that can repair the fake soul's injuries."
Shen Yuan was very clear about this in his heart, but unfortunately, the natural treasures related to the Yuanshen were simply difficult to purchase with spirit stones at this stage.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too scarce to support the birth of such precious natural treasures. Every time they are born, they will inevitably be fought over by various forces.
Because of the natural treasures that are helpful to the Yuanshen, it is expected that those geniuses who have already reached the Qi Training Stage will be able to take a further step in achieving the Yuanshen and reaching the Shenhua Stage.
No matter how many Qi-cultivating monks there are below the level of Spiritualization, they cannot influence the true trend. However, a great Spiritualization monk is enough to affect the pattern of a region.
Ordinary thermal weapons have no effect on a great monk who has reached the state of Divine Transformation. Even if it is a high-yield missile, a great monk who has reached the state of Divine Transformation can easily avoid damage as long as he is not at the core of the explosion.
Even after the birth of the primordial spirit, the cultivator who has reached the state of transformation can sense the threats from the unknown. Even if a nuclear bomb is dropped, he can escape dozens of miles away with just a flash of light to avoid the threat.
It can be said that reaching the state of spiritual transformation means one has truly escaped from the mundane world.
Even in the heyday of cultivation tens of thousands of years ago, a great cultivator who had attained the state of spiritual enlightenment was capable of maintaining stability in an area.
As for the value of the natural treasures of the Yuanshen, one can imagine how precious they are.
With this thought, Shen Yuan temporarily gave up the practice of the method of external incarnation, and his spiritual consciousness slowly withdrew from the spiritual platform.
At this moment, the rich spiritual energy in the body has reached its limit due to the circulation of magic power.
Just like a dam opening to release floodwaters, a large amount of magic power and spiritual energy poured down.
Shen Yuan was surprised to find that he had easily broken through to the late stage of Qi Transformation during the process of practicing the method of external incarnation.
But after just a little thought, Shen Yuan felt relieved.
A month has passed since Shen Yuan broke through to the middle stage of Qi Transformation Realm and went to Yunfu Market.
During this period, in addition to self-cultivation and daily meditation, Shen Yuan spent the rest of his time studying methods of exorcising spirits and incarnation, and deliberately slowed down the pace of his practice to accumulate foundation for himself.
However, the Tiansheng Spirit Pool is placed in the secret realm of the courtyard, and with the return of the spiritual energy tide, the spiritual energy concentration in the Tiansheng Spirit Pool is still increasing.
In such an environment, Shen Yuan simply let the "Zixia Qi Refining Method" run on its own, which was enough to accumulate a large amount of mana for himself, and a breakthrough was a natural thing.
Using the "Purple Cloud Refining Qi Method" to calm down the surging magic power that was several times stronger than that of his peers, Shen Yuan gradually adapted to the changes of entering the late stage of Qi Transformation.
After entering the Qi Transformation Realm, it was not just a simple change in the capacity of mana, Shen Yuan began to gradually feel the existence of the "Qi" between heaven and earth.
This is one of the origins of heaven and earth, and also the source of the Qi Refining lineage.
What Shen Yuan needs to do at this stage is to try to capture the Qi between heaven and earth through movement.
Once he is truly able to draw Qi into his body, Shen Yuan will be able to enter the realm of refining Qi and transforming it into spirit, and become a true Qi cultivator.
This process is not difficult for practitioners with sect inheritance. The "Zixia Qi Refining Method" practiced by Shen Yuan contains the precious Qi-inducing inheritance of Luoyun Sect.
What Shen Yuan needs now is to push the magic power derived from his Qi Transformation Realm to its peak, making it easier for him to capture the existence of Qi and thus seize the opportunity to attract Qi.
This process may take as short as a month or as long as half a year, but once you take that step, the sky will be the limit.
After stabilizing his own realm, Shen Yuan was trying to draw Qi into his body for the first time.
The first time was just a rough practice, Shen Yuan did not expect to be able to complete the process of drawing Qi into the body in one go. At this moment, the system prompt sound that had not been heard for a long time suddenly rang in Shen Yuan's ears.
Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly exited his practice state and opened the system interface.
Ever since he spent a lot of effort to complete the main mission last time and was rewarded with the title of "Sect Founder", Shen Yuan no longer had any hope for this rigid artificial intelligence system.
Among the rewards Shen Yuan received, apart from the "Purple Cloud Refining Qi Method", it was the seemingly useless Cave Mansion Order that gave Shen Yuan the greatest gain.
This made Shen Yuan more aware of the uncertainty of the artificial intelligence system itself, and he also began to wonder whether he should complete every main task that followed.
However, what surprised Shen Yuan was that after completing the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation mission, the artificial intelligence system did not issue him any new tasks.
It was not until Shen Yuan successfully broke through to the late stage of Qi Transformation that he heard the system prompt sound.
"Could it be related to the breakthrough to the Qi training stage?"
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan looked at the task content on the system interface.
System: Congratulations to the host for advancing to the late stage of Qi Transformation!
System: While completing the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, the host still did not forget to improve his realm, and has become the most outstanding disciple and founder of the sect.
But not everyone in the sect thinks that the host can hold on to this position, and the host’s position is about to be challenged!
Shen Yuan was stunned and subconsciously looked into the secret realm of the courtyard.
The secret courtyard where he is now is almost the entire foundation of the sect.
There was nothing there except a fish, a cat, and a hoe puppet.
The corners of Shen Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but said to the artificial intelligence system in front of him:
"Not everyone thinks I can hold this position securely. May I ask if there are other 'people' in my Luoyun Sect?"
The artificial intelligence system did not respond to Shen Yuan's words, and the message popped up again on the system interface in front of him.
Main quest: Sect competition.
In order to establish the host's position in the sect, please ask the host to participate in the sect competition and win the first place in the sect competition!
Completion reward: Luoyun Sect's secret book "Taixu Spirit Refining Method"
Shen Yuan was a little confused.
It’s not that he hasn’t thought about the subsequent main tasks, but what he considered were cultivation tasks similar to refining essence into qi, and realm breakthrough tasks.
The present synopsis of the sect competition directly brings out the sense of déjà vu of bloody plots, pretentiousness and slapping in the face, and loser's counterattack. It can be said to be a must-pass road for those who travel through the immortal sect.
But the problem now is
"There is only one living person left in my Luoyun Sect, who do you want me to compete with?
Do you want to dig those fellow disciples out of their graves and compete with me one by one?"
Shen Yuan was in a state of confusion.
“Even if we take a step back, I will recruit a few Luoyun Sect disciples to train them, and then we can participate in the sect competition.
But as the current leader and founder of Luoyun Sect, can I still play a game with a group of disciples?"
Just when Shen Yuan was dumbfounded, an uninvited guest stepped into the old city of Wencheng.
The girl looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slim figure, wearing a blue palace dress, with long silver-white hair draped over her shoulders, and her eyes revealed an indifference to life and death.
She walked slowly in the dilapidated old town, as if she was completely out of tune with the world.
This immediately caused discussions among the elderly people in the old town.
"This girl is really pretty, but it's a pity that she has so much gray hair."
"What are you talking about, you old-fashioned guy? This is the favorite Cospree of young people. Young people in big cities like this."
"You still know more."
The girl seemed oblivious to the discussions around her. After a while, she walked to an exquisite courtyard under the gaze of the old men and women. She held the token in her hand and bowed respectfully towards the courtyard, saying:
"The master sect abandoned his disciples and the harem was silent, asking to see Uncle Master Shen!"
There was dead silence in the courtyard, and no one responded.
The girl still bowed and saluted, her expression full of seriousness.
After a long while, an old lady who was watching on the side finally spoke up:
"Miss, this yard has been uninhabited for several years. Did you find the wrong place?"
The girl remained unmoved and continued to bow.
Time passed slowly, and the way the elderly people passing by looked at the girl changed from amazement at the beginning to pity as if she were a fool.
Time continued until nightfall, and the courtyard in front of him was still dead silent without any light.
But the girl seemed very patient, and she still maintained her greeting gesture even in the night when no one was watching.
The sun rose in the east over the old city. The door of the courtyard behind the girl slowly opened, and a black and white kitten popped out from the crack in the door.
The little kitten who had sneaked out of the house just looked up and saw the girl in blue palace dress in front of him. A big doubt flashed in his little eyes.