Chapter 53: Disaster for the Monk
Tai'an Island, inside the island protection formation.
"Bottleneck? Heaven's disaster?" Li Fan frowned as he flipped through the "Miscellaneous Notes on Cultivation" he had purchased.
Ever since returning from Wanxian Island a few days ago, he has not stopped practicing for a moment.
Originally, I wanted to strike while the iron was hot and break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.
But he clearly felt that he was not far from a breakthrough, but no matter how Li Fan practiced, he always felt that he was just a little bit short.
This seemingly tiny gap was like a chasm blocking Li Fan's way.
After reading "Miscellaneous Notes on Cultivation", Li Fan finally confirmed that he had reached a bottleneck.
In ancient times, there was a concept of bottlenecks in practice.
During the cultivation process, your cultivation may get stuck at a certain point and make no progress.
In today's world of cultivating immortals, bottlenecks have an even greater impact on cultivators.
Starting from the middle stage of Qi Refining, every cultivator will inevitably encounter bottlenecks when breaking through each small realm.
This bottleneck cannot be broken through by sheer hard work.
You must find the opportunity in your own mysterious perception in order to transform it and successfully break through.
This opportunity may be seeing a painting or drinking a cup of tea.
Or it could be a temporary epiphany, a flash of inspiration in a life-and-death struggle.
It could also be a casual remark from someone else or the careful guidance of a senior.
In short, there is no pattern to follow, and we can only rely on the "fate" of fate.
The existence of this bottleneck undoubtedly suppresses the cultivation speed of cultivators to a great extent.
It was like a disaster sent down from heaven, preventing cultivators from practicing.
Therefore, the monks called it the disaster of heaven.
In short, now this disaster has befallen Li Fan.
His plan to break through in a short period of time came to nothing.
After sitting in the formation for several days, Li Fan didn't feel at all that there was an opportunity for him to break through.
Knowing that this matter could not be forced in a short period of time, he was not impatient. He temporarily put aside the practice of "Xiao Yan Shui Jue" and turned to practice "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".
"Thousand Machines Jade Gold Chapter" has five levels, which in ancient times corresponded to the five realms of innate, Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, and Nascent Soul.
The innate realm is a relatively special existence in the skills of some sects in ancient times.
The key is to expel all the dirty air that one has acquired since birth and return to the innate pure state.
Those sects believed that it would be easier to comprehend the Way of Heaven if one started practicing from the innate realm.
Both the speed and upper limit of cultivation will far exceed those of ordinary cultivators.
The Tianji Sect is one of the sects that advocates that all spiritual practice should start from the innate nature.
But since the new law replaced the old one, the monks have been plundering the world and no longer care about the unity of man and nature.
Naturally, there is no question of qi returning to its original state.
But the most basic part of the entire "Thousand Machines Jade World Golden Chapter" is the innate realm.
So what Li Fan needs to do is to replace the innate with Qi refining and complete the first level of practice.
Generally speaking, replacing a lower realm with a higher realm will naturally lead to downward compatibility, and practice will often be easier.
But when it comes to the difference between the ancient and modern practice systems, it is not so easy.
Especially since Li Fan was only a beginner who had practiced for a few years, his relevant knowledge reserves were seriously insufficient.
This is also the reason why Li Fan spent many years just to get started.
This is after taking Liuli Dan, which has the bonus of comprehension.
Now, when Li Fan reached a bottleneck in practicing "Xiao Yan Shui Jue", he began to practice the second level of "Qian Ji Yu Huan Jin Zhang".
He planned to practice both techniques simultaneously to the middle stage of Qi Refining to see if he could break through the bottleneck.
After all, in this era, martial arts are precious, and it is really rare to find an ordinary cultivator like him who can practice multiple martial arts at the same time.
According to the description in "Thousand Machines Jade World Golden Chapter", after successfully practicing the second level of the technique, one will be able to master the magical power of "distinguishing machines".
The so-called "distinguishing the mechanisms", as the name suggests, means being able to distinguish and sense the various mechanisms of energy between heaven and earth.
This is also the foundation of "Thousand Machines Jade World Gold Chapter".
Only after distinguishing and sensing the Qi can you capture and refine it.
The difficulty of practicing the second level of skills is beyond Li Fan's imagination.
If "Xiao Yan Shui Jue" tells you how to practice simply and clearly without any nonsense.
Then, this "Thousand Machines Jade World Golden Chapter" hides the method of cultivation in a bunch of deliberately mysterious words, leaving you to guess and ponder it yourself.
Not only that, from time to time, it also contains some insights into the Way of Heaven, allusions to anecdotes that occurred in the ancient world of cultivation, and so on.
All these messes were mixed together, and Li Fan felt dizzy and his blood was boiling.
After reading it once, I seemed to understand it. But when I started practicing, I realized that I actually didn’t understand anything.
Fortunately, Li Fan is not someone who gives up easily.
Even though there were many difficulties, Li Fan was patient and studied and comprehended every word.
Another year passed during Li Fan's hard practice.
There was almost no progress in the practice of "Thousand Machines Jade Gold Chapter".
Li Fan was not discouraged.
When he went to Wanxian Island for the second time to collect his agency remuneration, he used all 800 contribution points and the five Tai'an fruits he had accumulated over the past two years to exchange for some ancient martial arts training experience.
Afterwards, Li Fan started the auxiliary training mode in the Tianxuan Realm.
I haven't practiced any exercises, I just read these insights and compared them with the experiences I have summarized in the past year.
It was like a sudden enlightenment, all the puzzles that I could not figure out in the past were answered at this moment.
When seeing the exciting parts, Li Fan couldn't help but dance with joy.
At this moment, Li Fan finally understood the saying "If you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening."
Five days passed quickly.
Li Fan, who had gained some understanding, hurried back to Tai'an Island and began to meditate again.
This time of practicing, it was indeed completely different from before.
All the obscure parts of the technique have been clarified, so there are naturally no more obstacles in practicing it.
Li Fan's mind was quickly immersed in it.
The years pass by in the practice of cultivation.
On this day, a golden mist-like spiritual energy, completely different from the water-attributed spiritual energy, suddenly appeared in Li Fan's dantian.
Li Fan suddenly opened his eyes and a look of joy appeared on his face.
"I have finally mastered the second level of the Thousand Machines Jade World Gold Chapter." Li Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
After stretching his slightly stiff body, he turned around to check the time, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
Unexpectedly, this retreat lasted a whole year.
But in Li Fan's perception, he just felt like he had a nap.
Fortunately, hard work always pays off.
Li Fan's heart moved, and as the golden spiritual energy gathered in his eyes, he used the "Identification" technique.
"Let me see what the so-called qi of heaven and earth is like." Li Fan was a little excited as he tried out his supernatural powers for the first time.
He looked towards Tai'an Island.
But he saw a scene that made him shudder with fear.
The thick black aura of death, like a dense dark cloud, enveloped the entire Tai'an Island!
The thick deathly aura was almost tangible, making Tai'an Island, which was still in daytime, look like the underworld!
Remove the spell and cast it again.
After reading it several times, Li Fan was sure that he was not seeing things.
"How could this be?" Li Fan was surprised and confused.
Suddenly, he seemed to finally remember something, and quickly performed the Water Mirror Technique and looked at himself in the mirror.
Only see,
Li Fan in the mirror had a deathly aura a thousand times higher than that of the mortals on the island!
(End of this chapter)
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