Chapter 85: The Artistic Concept of Water
Lu Yi chuckled: "Senior sister is very capable, let me toast to you."
The two of them drank and chatted until Donggong Mingyue had finished refining the medicine and ended the dinner.
Afterwards, the three of them went back and Lu Yi continued to practice.
In the following time, Lu Yi practiced peacefully. It is worth mentioning that because Lu Yi’s talent was too strong, the sect made a special exception for him, so that Lu Yi did not even need to do the sect’s tasks and could practice peacefully.
In fact, the elders and masters of Baiyun Sect didn't even want Lu Yi to go out too often.
After all, the Blood Spirit Sect and the Baiyun Sect are still at war, and there are still fights between the Blood Spirit Sect disciples and the Baiyun Sect disciples every day in the Baiyun Sect, causing great chaos.
Lu Yi's talent is so strong that if he encounters danger when he goes out, the Baiyun Sect will suffer a great loss.
This is naturally a good thing for Lu Yi. He can worry less as he doesn't have to do sect missions.
He broke through to the foundation-building stage from the thirteenth level of Qi training, and used the energy of the Great Dao to build his foundation. Lu Yi's foundation was extremely solid, and his cultivation speed in the foundation-building stage was extremely fast.
In addition, he used the thousand-year-old spiritual milk to practice, and his skills were still immortal scriptures. In just one month, Lu Yi broke through to the second level of foundation building.
More than two months later, Lu Yi broke through to the third level of foundation building.
A year later, Lu Yi's cultivation level directly reached the fifth level of foundation building, which was simply unimaginable for other cultivators.
For an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, it is already worth being happy if he can break through a small realm in ten years. Even for a genius cultivator, it is impossible to have such a terrifying cultivation speed.
One day, inside Lu Yi’s cave.
Lu Yi sat cross-legged, with rich spiritual energy flowing around him and transparent sword energy circling around him.
After a moment, the sword energy dissipated, the spiritual energy gradually subsided, and Lu Yi opened his eyes.
He exhaled slightly, stood up, stretched, and smiled.
“It’s finally time.”
Today is the day of the foundation-building competition, to select the foundation-building monks who will enter the Donglin Ancient Ruins.
Lu Yi had no psychological pressure. During this year, Lu Yi gained a lot.
In addition to reaching the fifth level of foundation building, he has also made great progress in other aspects.
He practiced the Qi Training Chapter of the Immortal Sword Sutra, tempered the foundation of the Baiyun Yinqi Jue practice, and practiced the Foundation Building Chapter. The number of sudden enlightenments he gained from the master every month were basically used on this, and he upgraded the Foundation Building Chapter to level 6, which is the realm of returning to the truth.
You know, this is an immortal scripture. In just one year, he cultivated the foundation-building chapter to the state of returning to the truth. This speed can be said to be rare in the world.
The efficiency of practicing the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Immortal Sword Scripture in the Return to Truth Realm is extremely high. This is one of the important reasons why Lu Yi was able to break through realms and reach the fifth level of Foundation Establishment within a year.
Not only the speed of cultivation, the Immortal Sword Qi condensed from the Immortal Sword Sutra in the state of Return to Truth is also extremely terrifying and powerful, far exceeding the Baiyun Qi-inducing Art which was at the original extreme state.
In addition, Lu Yi has already practiced the Golden Elixir Technique and the Seven Profound Sword Technique to level 8. He has not tried how powerful it is, but it is likely not weak.
Lu Yi also focused on practicing the Golden Elixir Secret Transformation Technique, but because it was quite difficult and he had never used his sudden enlightenment, he had only practiced to level 6 so far.
Lu Yi also practices Heavenly Thunder Jade Body Art every day. Compared with Qi training, Lu Yi's body training resources are inferior. Fortunately, Heavenly Thunder Jade Body Art can be improved through the tempering of thunder state, plus there is Blood Essence Pill. Although the speed is not too fast, it is acceptable. Now he has also reached level 5.
In addition, Lu Yi also practiced several skills and techniques at the foundation-building level.
Because Lu Yi was extremely talented, the Baiyun Sect even opened the library to him unconditionally. As long as Lu Yi needed to practice any skills or techniques, he could use them at any time.
It can be said that Lu Yi’s strength has reached a certain level at this moment. If he goes all out, he himself doesn’t know how strong he will be.
When Lu Yi walked out of the cave, he saw a flash of sword light passing by and landing outside the cave. It was Liu Ningshuang.
Liu Ningshuang was dressed elegantly in white, with a pretty and cold face. When she saw Lu Yi, a faint smile appeared on her face: "Junior brother, are you ready?"
Lu Yi nodded slightly: "Yeah."
During this year, Liu Ningshuang did not go out much and did not stay in seclusion for too long, so the two had many opportunities to communicate.
With the addition of the lively and cheerful Donggong Mingyue, the three of them would have dinner together from time to time, and their relationship became much closer than before.
"With your strength, there will be no problem." Liu Ningshuang nodded slightly.
While the two were talking, Donggong Mingyue also ran over. She said with a smile: "Brother, you must do your best today!"
Donggong Mingyue finally decided not to break through the foundation-building stage, but instead planned to continue to polish his foundation and break through to the thirteenth level of Qi training.
This is something that truly concerns future achievements and cannot be taken lightly.
If it were before, Donggong Mingyue might have been satisfied with reaching the twelfth level of Qi training, but now, with a lot of hundred-year-old spiritual milk given by Lu Yi, plus various spiritual food resources that she consumes regularly, her conditions are much better than before. With such resources, plus her own amazing talent, it would be a pity not to strive for the thirteenth level of Qi training.
Since she hadn't broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Donggong Mingyue naturally wouldn't take part in the Foundation Establishment competition. She and Liu Ningshuang both accompanied Lu Yi to participate in the competition together.
"Xiao Mingyue is here. In that case, let's set off."
Liu Ningshuang took out her white jade boat. The three of them stepped onto the white jade boat, turned into streams of light, and flew towards the central town.
The foundation-building competition takes place in the square of the Trial Tower area.
As soon as Lu Yi and the other two arrived, they saw a large number of disciples either standing in the square or floating in the air.
Some of these disciples are at the Foundation Establishment stage, some are at the Golden Core stage or even the Nascent Soul stage.
After all, the Donglin ancient ruins are only opened once every hundred years, and such a small foundation-building competition still attracts many cultivators to come and watch the excitement.
Lu Yi even saw quite a few elders standing high in the sky, seemingly coming to watch the fun.
At this moment, there are a number of arenas in the square surrounding the Trial Tower, which are used for the foundation-building competition.
Seeing Lu Yi and the other two coming, all the cultivators looked over, whether they were inner disciples or elders.
After Lu Yi caused a thunder tribulation in the Qi training realm, it can be said that his fame is even higher than that of Senior Sister Liu Ningshuang. In the entire inner sect, there is almost no one who doesn't know him.
A group of monks discussed in low voices.
"It's Junior Brother Lu, Junior Brother Lu is here."
"Of course he will come. The Donglin Ancient Ruins opens once every hundred years, and there are opportunities everywhere. With Junior Brother Lu's talent, if he enters it, he will definitely become more powerful in the future."
"It only opens once every hundred years. I didn't expect that Junior Brother Lu would encounter it. Junior Brother Lu is really incredibly lucky."
"How can a genius who can cause thunder tribulations at the Qi training stage have bad luck?"
No one would guess whether Lu Yi could pass the selection and enter the Donglin Ancient Ruins.
This was not surprising at all. After all, Lu Yi had already reached the 23rd floor of the Trial Tower, which meant that Lu Yi could kill a cultivator at the third level of the Golden Core.
He has always been ranked first in the Foundation Establishment Trial List and his ranking has hardly changed.
With such strength, who would doubt it? Liu Ningshuang looked at Lu Yi and chuckled, "Junior brother, you go down, we will watch here."
Lu Yi nodded, landed on his sword and came to the square.
There are quite a few foundation-building monks here, all of whom are monks participating in the foundation-building competition.
Because there are many inner sect cultivators at the foundation-building stage, in order to save time, the sect decided that only the foundation-building cultivators ranked one thousandth on the trial list can participate in the small competition.
This is a threshold.
As soon as Lu Yi landed, one by one the foundation-building cultivators greeted him with a smile.
"Junior Brother Lu, you are here."
"I hope I don't run into Junior Brother Lu later, otherwise it will be terrible."
“…”
Lu Yi responded with a smile.
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded: "Junior Brother Lu!"
Lu Yi turned around and saw Jiang Fan walking towards him. Beside Jiang Fan were several cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Senior Brother Jiang Fan, long time no see."
Jiang Fan looked at Lu Yi and sighed, "It's been a while since we last met. During this time, I have been busy doing missions outside to get resources for cultivation."
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Brother Jiang Fan's hard work has paid off. He has already reached the third level of foundation building."
The last time Lu Yi and Jiang Fan met was more than half a year ago. At that time, Lu Yi had already made a breakthrough. Jiang Fan, Bai Yulong and Tie Man returned to the sect to recuperate and met up with Lu Yi.
At that time, Jiang Fan was only at the second level of foundation building. In the past six months, he has advanced one level, which is considered a very good cultivation speed.
Lu Yi couldn't help but sigh, it was worthy of being an acquired water spirit body. Although it was not as good as an innate spirit body, it was still much faster than ordinary cultivators.
Lu Yi remembered that it took Jiang Fan just over two years to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. To break through to the third level of Foundation Establishment in over two years was equivalent to breaking through one small stage a year, which was quite good.
What surprised Lu Yi the most was that Senior Brother Jiang Fan, with his cultivation level of the third level of Foundation Establishment, actually made it into the top 1,000 of the Trial List. This showed that Senior Brother Jiang Fan's combat power was extremely strong, far exceeding his own strength.
It is conceivable that Jiang Fan himself should have some hidden cards.
Several disciples nearby were also disciples of Youshui Peak and were Jiang Fan's senior brothers and sisters. Seeing that Jiang Fan and Lu Yi were surprisingly close, they all looked at Jiang Fan in astonishment. They didn't expect that Jiang Fan had such a good relationship with Lu Yi, who was rumored to have the appearance of an immortal.
For a moment, all the cultivators looked at Jiang Fan with flickering eyes.
Junior Brother Jiang must be extremely talented to be able to make friends with Lu Yi.
Several people made up their minds that they would get along well with Jiang Fan in the future.
Lu Yi and Jiang Fan chatted about some things outside the sect, including Bai Yulong and Tie Man.
After all, Bai Yulong and Tieman are not as talented as Jiang Fan. After two years, even though they have been running around, going through life and death, and obtaining a lot of resources, they have only broken through to the second level of foundation building, which is quite good among the new inner sect disciples.
But compared with the old disciples, the gap is still very obvious.
In terms of combat power, the two could not compare with Jiang Fan. They failed to enter the top 1,000 of the trial list, and naturally had no chance to enter the Donglin Ancient Ruins.
Jiang Fan felt a little regretful about this: "This time when I enter the Donglin Ancient Ruins, if I encounter treasures suitable for Bai Yulong and Tie Man, I can improve their strength."
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Senior Brother Jiang Fan has this intention. I'm sure Senior Brother Bai Yulong and Senior Brother Tie Man will be very touched."
While the two were chatting and laughing, a figure suddenly appeared in the sky. It was Wu Qingfeng.
Wu Qingfeng's face was solemn and majestic, completely different from the gentleness he had shown when he first met Lu Yi. He glanced at the foundation-building cultivators below and said calmly, "I'm sure you all know the purpose of this competition. The Donglin Ancient Ruins is a great opportunity for foundation-building cultivators, but opportunities also require strength to fight for. If you don't have the strength, even if you enter the ancient ruins, you will just give up your life in vain. So, if you want to enter the ancient ruins, show your strength!"
Wu Qingfeng said some more words of encouragement, and then announced the start of the competition.
The foundation-building competition is actually similar to Lu Yi's previous competition in the outer sect. The top one thousand disciples will compete in pairs, and the opponents will be decided by drawing lots, which depends entirely on luck.
Lu Yi’s luck was not particularly good. In the first game, he met a senior brother who was at the ninth level of foundation building, named Li Feng.
Li Feng is handsome, with a gentle smile on his face, but when he got on the stage and saw Lu Yi coming up, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
Seeing Li Feng's hopeless look, Lu Yi laughed dryly and said, "Brother Li Feng, please give me some advice."
Li Feng pulled the corners of his mouth, his expression uglier than crying, and said: "... Junior brother, you are too polite. I admit that my strength is far inferior to yours, so I admit defeat."
Neither the disciples below nor the monks watching the show in the sky were surprised at all.
Wu Qingfeng and several elders were talking to Li Feng as they watched him get off the stage.
"This Li Feng is unlucky."
"It's a pity indeed. He is good enough to be ranked in the top ten among the foundation-building disciples of my Chiliu Peak. I didn't expect that he would meet Lu Yi in the first round."
"Luck is also a part of strength. The Donglin Ancient Ruins require more than just chance. If you are unlucky, you may lose your life soon after entering." Wu Qingfeng said calmly.
"That's what the headmaster said."
"Luck is indeed important."
“…………”
The competition went very quickly, and after a few rounds, the top 100 were selected.
Every time Lu Yi met an opponent, his face fell when he saw that his opponent was actually him.
There was no way. In their opinion, the strength Lu Yi showed in the Trial Tower was completely invincible.
Naturally, they all admitted defeat one by one.
Lu Yi was not surprised by this. To him, participating in the competition was just a formality.
What surprised Lu Yi was that Senior Brother Jiang Fan actually made it into the top 100.
The top 100 disciples were basically at the eighth level or above of the foundation building stage, but Jiang Fan, who was at the third level of the foundation building stage, was particularly conspicuous.
Of course, Lu Yi is not included.
Lu Yi watched Jiang Fan's competition and found that he had learned a very good golden elixir technique. It was extremely powerful and was like a raging storm, pushing his opponents out of the game.
Lu Yi sighed in his heart, worthy of being an acquired water spirit body, his strength is indeed quite good.
At this moment, Lu Yi suddenly thought of something, and he said to himself: "I want to defeat Senior Brother Jiang Fan."
【Task】
Defeat Jiang Fan Reward: A ray of water artistic conception, 1 drop of ten thousand year old spiritual milk.
Accept: Yes/No
Lu Yi's eyes lit up and he was surprised.
He hasn't practiced with Senior Brother Jiang Fan for some time, and he hasn't even issued any mission. After all, the reward for defeating Senior Brother Jiang Fan was too low, so Lu Yi simply didn't bother to issue any mission.
Unexpectedly, after awakening the Tianshui spirit body and breaking through to the foundation-building stage, Senior Brother Jiang Fan actually received another good reward?
Wonderful!
Every drop of the thousand-year-old spiritual milk is better than the reward from junior sister.
Not only that, there are also rewards for the artistic conception of water.
If he could comprehend the artistic conception of water, Lu Yi would have mastered three artistic conceptions.
It seems that I should have a good discussion with Senior Brother Jiang Fan when I have time.
By the way, I still have a drop of water spirit liquid in my hand. Since I can’t use it anyway, I might as well give it to Senior Brother Jiang Fan after I come out of the Donglin Ancient Ruins.
By then, Senior Brother Jiang Fan will be stronger and he will be able to get better rewards for his sparring tasks.
Jiang Fan defeated his opponent, stepped down from the ring, and returned to Lu Yi. Seeing Lu Yi looking at him, he was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "Junior Brother Lu, what's wrong?"
Lu Yi smiled: "I just feel surprised that Senior Brother Jiang Fan has made such a huge improvement in strength after not seeing him for a while."
Jiang Fan smiled casually: "Junior brother, you are making fun of me. My progress is nothing compared to yours."
Lu Yi smiled and said, "That can't be said. Everyone has his own strengths. Senior Brother Jiang Fan's skills are really impressive. If we have some free time, we can learn from each other."
Hearing this, Jiang Fan's eyes lit up and he smiled, "That would be the best."
Naturally, he also wanted to compete with Lu Yi. After all, Lu Yi's talent and strength were there, and competing with him would be very helpful to him.
However, his strength was quite different from Lu Yi's before, and he didn't have the nerve to ask Lu Yi to compete with him. Unexpectedly, Lu Yi actually proposed it himself. Jiang Fan naturally had no reason to refuse.
Jiang Fan couldn't help but sigh, Junior Brother Lu is so kind, is he trying to help me improve my strength? Jiang Fan was touched, Junior Brother Lu was so kind to him.
The competition continues, and after the top 100, the competition becomes more intense.
Even cultivators at the eighth or ninth level of foundation building feel that they have the will but not the strength.
However, for the opportunity of obtaining the Donglin ancient ruins, they had to fight even though they knew they could not win, and the battle became more intense.
Although Jiang Fan had mastered the art of making golden elixir to a very advanced level, he also began to encounter dangers.
Just when Lu Yi was thinking about whether to help him, Jiang Fan actually took out an extremely powerful magic weapon. It was a small white bottle that looked a little worn out. A large amount of mysterious water leaked out of the bottle. Under Jiang Fan's control, it could attack and defend and was quite powerful.
Even a cultivator at the peak of the foundation building stage cannot break the defense of Xuanshui.
This has attracted considerable attention.
Lu Yi glanced over and with his almost transformed spiritual perception, he could feel that this small bottle contained a powerful force, which might be enough to threaten low-level Jindan cultivators.
This is a top-grade magic weapon, and its power is even close to that of a lower-grade treasure.
Lu Yi felt strange, this should be the opportunity for Senior Brother Jiang Fan.
As expected of a person with the word "Fan" in his name, he is indeed lucky.
This magic weapon seems to be a little damaged. If it is repaired, it may be more powerful.
Although Jiang Fan's cultivation was not enough and he had some difficulty in using this magic weapon, he still managed to make it into the top 20.
Finally, the top twenty were decided. Lu Yi and Jiang Fan were among them. In addition, there were five senior brothers and sisters who were at the peak of the foundation building stage. The others were all at the ninth level of the foundation building stage.
From the time Lu Yi joined the competition till the end, he didn't fight once. He even doubted whether he was just there to watch the show. He felt a little helpless.
As the competition ended, Wu Qingfeng landed on the stage, glanced at Lu Yi and the other twenty people, and said calmly: "It is you twenty people who will enter the Donglin Ancient Ruins. Go back and prepare, and leave in a week."
(End of this chapter)
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