Chapter 497: Overcoming the Tribulation
Xuanhua had long been prepared for his own death. If Gao Xian hadn't come to see him, he would have gone to see Gao Xian in the next few days. Seeing Gao Xian coming to his house, he breathed a sigh of relief and let nature take its course and took his last breath.
Otherwise, with his three thousand years of cultivation, it wouldn't be difficult for him to hold on for another three to five months.
Gao Xian found a letter to Xuanhua in his sleeve, which had been written long ago. The content was very simple, just asking him to continue the sect's heritage.
In addition, there was a black ring in the envelope, and the old man specifically asked for it in the letter.
The ring has a simple and quaint appearance, with a texture like gold and iron, and countless tiny blue rays can be seen faintly in the black color, just like the deep night sky.
The letter said that this ring was called the Milky Way Star Ring, and contained three thousand rice-sized star sands. It was made by continuously polishing in the Milky Way after the stars were broken, and it was extremely hard.
Through the Tianhe Star Ring, one can control three thousand star sands, with infinite changes. Because of the nature of the star sands, they will not be polluted by external forces, which is very mysterious.
The Tianhe Star Ring is a magical instrument left over from ancient times. It has no spirituality and its restrictions are very different from those of modern magical instruments. This ring depends entirely on the practitioner's sacrifice and how powerful it can be.
In addition, there is a huge space inside the Tianhe Star Ring, which can also be used as a storage bag. For example, tangible and intangible things such as the Nine Heavens Elemental Magnetic Energy can be stored in it.
Gao Xian used his spiritual sense to test the Tianhe Star Ring restriction and found no spiritual mark. It was obvious that his teacher Xuanhua had erased his spiritual mark to facilitate his ritual.
He sighed softly, and at this moment he had no intention of refining the object, so he casually put it on the little finger of his left hand.
The old man has been practicing for three thousand years, so of course it is impossible for him to have only this one spiritual weapon. But he has disciples and inheritance, so he must have made arrangements.
The Tianhe Star Ring was very exquisite, but Gao Xian regarded it more as a souvenir. As for its functionality, it was not very important.
The old man didn't say how to deal with the aftermath in the letter, and it was obvious that he had left all the affairs to him. According to the rules of this world, the more advanced the monks were, the more they had to be cremated after death to avoid being possessed by evil spirits.
Gao Xian first used a storage talisman to store the teacher's body. He planned to find a good place outside the city to bury the teacher. So he didn't put it in Wanfeng Sect out of caution.
Wanfeng Sect might be destroyed someday, so it's not safe to bury him there. Besides, if he fell out with Wanfeng Sect, it would implicate his teacher.
The teacher's true spirit has long been reincarnated. It doesn't matter how the afterlife is handled. If he's dead, he's dead. Just remember him in your heart. There's no need to do so many things.
Gao Xian entered the room and packed up some of the old man's belongings. These things were not valuable, but they were not good for outsiders to get into their hands.
To his surprise, there were also a few of his novels in the room, including "The Dream of the Yellow Millet", but not many of them. The old man not only read them, but also made some comments on them with a pen...
Gao Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wrote novels for the sake of humanity, but it was not convenient to tell anyone about this.
The teacher may have thought that he had some profound meaning, so he studied it carefully.
Fortunately, he was the one who cleaned up the mess, otherwise if outsiders saw it, the old man’s reputation would be in jeopardy!
Gao Xian was dealing with things in his room when he heard someone knocking on the door. He took a look and saw two old men who were not young. They looked to be at the Qi training level and were in their seventies or eighties. Well, they were about the same age as him. It was just that their conditions were too different.
The two old men were so weak and lifeless that they didn't seem to have many years left to live. They must be the teacher's neighbors.
The people outside didn't get a response, so the knocks on the door got louder, and an old man even yelled, "Lao Hua, Lao Hua..."
After calling a few times and hearing no response, the two old men looked at each other and jumped over the wall into the yard.
Seeing the empty chairs in the yard and the open door, the two old men wanted to break in to see what was going on.
Gao Xian came out of the room, "What are you doing?"
The two old men were startled, "Who are you?"
"Where's Lao Hua?"
The two old men had gleaming eyes and looked sneaky. Gao Xian knew at a glance that they were after the teacher's property and that they were not good people.
Gao Xian felt a little sad, but he didn't want to kill anyone casually. The two old men were just a little greedy, after all, they were acquaintances of the teacher.
"My teacher is gone. I leave this house to you."
Gao Xian didn't wait for the two old men to speak, he controlled his escape beam and soared into the sky.
The protective magic circle of Baifeng City was impacted by magic power, revealing a huge blue sky curtain, but Gao Xian, who controlled the Xuanming Divine Light, instantly tore a crack open, and he fled far away along the crack.
The two old men who stayed behind were stunned. Even though they had little experience, they knew how powerful the city defense array was. This cultivator who claimed to be Lao Hua's disciple could tear the array apart more easily than tearing a girl's clothes. It was really scary! If the disciple was so powerful, what kind of person was Lao Hua? ! Thinking of this, the two old men rushed into the room in a hurry...
Gao Xian chose a high mountain and used a secret method to bury the ashes ten feet deep in the rock on the top of the mountain. He left a particularly large bluestone as a mark, but he did not engrave any words.
There were too many cultivators. If they guessed that someone was buried here, they would definitely dig it up and take a look. Anyway, with his memory, as long as he was not beaten to death, he would remember the location of this place for the rest of his life.
After taking care of the old man's affairs, Gao Xian took back the Taixuan Divine Image. He was now fully focused on cultivation and had no time to stir up trouble.
After fiddling with the Tianhe Star Ring for two days and leaving his own spiritual mark on the core restrictions, he was now able to barely control this spiritual weapon.
According to the current level of magic tools, the Tianhe Star Ring should be considered a fourth-level top-level spiritual tool. It just has no spirit tool. This is similar to the five magic swords in his hands.
If it is refined well, the Tianhe Star Ring should have great potential. He will just have to wait until he has time to study it in the future.
Gao Xian adjusted his mood for a few days before he started practicing again.
Taking advantage of the good state after taking the dragon marrow, Gao Xian mainly practiced the Dragon Elephant Vajra, interspersed with the practice of the Great Five Elements Kung Fu and the Tianji Eight-Character Mantra.
After another half a year, the power of the four drops of dragon marrow was completely digested. Gao Xian used another ten drops of dragon marrow to upgrade the Dragon Elephant Vajra Pestle to the expert level.
After this upgrade, Gao Xian felt that his body had adapted to the dragon marrow power, and it was difficult for him to absorb more of it given his current condition.
It is as if the body's energy and spirit are already extremely strong, and nothing you eat can help replenish them.
Gao Xian considered for a long time and decided to use the human spiritual light to upgrade and take dragon marrow to replenish his life source.
He himself practiced the Dragon Elephant Vajra, which prevented him from consuming a large amount of life essence, and he was therefore unable to absorb the dragon marrow spiritual power.
This was also the reason why he had to add points to refine the Dragon Elephant Vajra Pestle. He had not yet understood the essence of this secret method. Unable to borrow the external force of the dragon marrow, he was stuck at the expert level.
By upgrading his Humane Aura, he could forcibly surpass the expert level, and the huge consumption would allow him to absorb the dragon marrow spiritual power again.
This is actually a bit risky. Gao Xian is not sure how much life essence will be consumed to reach the master level, and whether the dragon marrow in his hand is enough.
Originally he didn't need to upgrade in this way, but Yue Wanfeng asked him to go to guard the Changsheng Sword Cave.
As long as he wanted to stay in Wanfeng Sect, he could not disobey the orders of the Dao Lord Huashen, no matter whether the other party had good intentions or bad intentions.
Gao Xian felt that the Changsheng Sword Cave should be an opportunity. Didn’t it gather the energy of the five metals? Perhaps it could help him refine the five magic swords.
Even if it doesn't work, it can be used to temper the Baidi Qiankun Transformation Sword. It's just right for him to improve his Taiyuan Shenxiang cultivation.
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However, the energy of the five metals was too sharp and would harm his body and soul. He could only improve the Dragon Elephant Vajra Pestle as soon as possible to avoid being eroded by the energy of the five metals.
It is said that the Changsheng Sword Cave is also connected to other Jiuzhou law domains. Who knows what kind of monsters and strong men he will encounter. He must improve his cultivation as soon as possible.
It's worth taking a little risk for this.
In the past few years, he has accumulated 200 million human spiritual lights, which are enough for upgrading.
Gao Xian chose an auspicious day and swallowed twenty drops of dragon marrow in one breath before upgrading the Dragon Elephant Vajra.
With the input of human spiritual light, the Vajra of Dragon Elephant Vajra directly ascended to the master level.
For any secret technique or secret art, becoming an expert is a huge improvement, and becoming a master is an essential leap.
The Vajra of the Dragon Elephant Vajra is a fourth-level secret technique, which is of extremely high level. Gao Xian relies entirely on adding points and has no corresponding elixir or spiritual object, so he has to consume his own life source every time.
Deep in his sea of consciousness, the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Pestle emerged, emitting infinite golden light. His bones, flesh, and blood were all tempered and changed in the golden light...
The dragon marrow, which was originally indigestible, was quickly absorbed by the body in this state.
This process lasted for a whole day. When Gao Xian opened his eyes again, there was an irresistible golden light shining in his eyes.
His skin also had a faint golden hue, revealing an indestructible strength.
The Dragon-Elephant Vajra Pestle of the Master Realm allowed his bones, flesh, blood and internal organs to condense into an indestructible Vajra Pestle, while at the same time possessing the strength and majesty of the dragon and elephant, and the wisdom and light of the Vajra King.
At this level, Gao Xian finally had a deep understanding of the Vajra of the Dragon Elephant Vidyaraja and mastered the true mystery of this secret technique.
At the fourth level, very few practitioners would practice body refining techniques specifically, because the fourth level body refining techniques were extremely difficult.
Yuanying uses Yin Shen to control the magic power, so it can move mountains and seas, and has endless power. The flesh is so small and fragile, and it is so difficult to gather the fourth-level power in the flesh.
Even in the Dragon Elephant Palace, there are not many true fourth-level body-refining cultivators.
Gao Xian used a shortcut to practice the Dragon Elephant Vajra to the master level, and also allowed his physical body to reach the fourth level. Every pore in his body could absorb spiritual energy, and his muscles contained endless power. He was truly as fierce as a dragon and elephant, and as strong as a vajra.
At this level, Gao Xian can fight against the fourth-level magic weapon with his physical body. His soul is blessed by the power of the Ming Wang, and his wisdom and brightness are clear inside and out.
His spiritual power did not increase, but after a tempering, the level of his spiritual power was greatly improved.
The huge enhancement in form and spirit brings about all-round changes.
Fighting style and skills all need to be adjusted accordingly. Fortunately, there are still more than two years, enough time for him to slowly adapt and adjust.
While Gao Xian was practicing in seclusion in Qingyun Cottage, Yun Zai Tian was enduring his second wind disaster on Qingxiao Peak thousands of miles away.
An invisible cold wind surged out from underground, penetrated through layers of defense and went straight into Yun Zai Tian's sea of consciousness, tightly enveloping his Yin spirit.
Yun Zai Tian held the Shenxiao Tianfeng sword in his hand and mobilized the sword energy to protect his Yin spirit.
He had been preparing for this tribulation for hundreds of years, and his preparations were sufficient. However, the intensity of the chilling wind was far beyond his expectations.
Yun Zai Tian felt something was wrong. He looked up at the sky and it seemed like something was staring at him from above the nine heavens.
Suddenly, he heard a sharp and strange laugh in his ears, and a ghostly phantom with a purple face fell on his soul amid the strange laugh.
It was like a gloomy wind with thick black air that suddenly grew stronger, and the originally cold and gloomy air turned into a fierce fire. The clouds in the sky and the Yin God were burning with balls of black flames.
Yun Zai Tian could no longer remain calm: "Yin and Yang produce the Six Desires Devil Fire, how could this be possible!"
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