Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

Deep in the Zimu Peak of the Yunmeng Mountains, the secret room was filled with haze and surrounded by prohibitions.

In the center, Yan Yun sat cross-legged in meditation, with green light flashing all over his body.

He was surrounded by five jade-white skeletons, meditating around him.

These skeletons contain thin grayish-white demonic energy, and flames of various colors flicker in their mouths.

In front of Yan Yun, a ball of dazzling purple flame was looming.

Yan Yun had been in seclusion in a secret room for many years. Suddenly, a silver light appeared on the wall, and another green figure mysteriously emerged from the restriction.

A few minutes passed and he stood there motionless, waiting.

Soon, Yan Yun opened his mouth and sucked the purple flame into his mouth.

At the same time, the flames from the mouths of the five skeletons around him disappeared in an instant, the gray-white demonic energy on their bodies dissipated completely, and the white bones turned into a color similar to the flames.

Then, Yan Yun slowly opened his eyes, confusion on his face, which became clear after a while. He turned his head to look at the green figure next to him, frowning slightly.

This green figure was a puppet placed outside the cave by Yan Yun, who had been responsible for taking care of the affairs of the cave for many years. His appearance here at this moment must mean that there must be some important matter that he needs to decide personally.

Yan Yun was puzzled. With the strength of his second Nascent Soul, what else could be making it difficult for him to make a decision?

So he moved his mind and invaded the puppet's body, merging with the consciousness of the second Nascent Soul.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Yun looked strange. When the puppet showed no reaction, he reached out from his waist and took out something, and handed it over quietly. Yan Yun took it without hesitation. It was a broken jade talisman half the size of a palm.

He gently input a little spiritual power, and dense red fonts immediately appeared on the surface of the jade talisman. After reading for a while, Yan Yun fell silent.

"Fellow Daoist Tianlan, have you awakened? It has been nearly two hundred years since this retreat."

Yan Yun asked in a low voice.

"It's only a hundred years, how can it be called a long time! Are you going to leave now?"

"The Cold Flame Heart Demon is in an important stage of refining. It is only 10 to 20 years away from completely refining the five kinds of strange cold flames. It would be a pity to leave at this moment."

A small tripod flew out from Yan Yun's sleeves, and a boy's figure appeared in the tripod, who spoke slowly.

"It's not too late to make up for regrets, but this Thousand Mile Communication Talisman records information from the Chaos Star Sea."

"I once made a deal with the Twin Saints of Heavenly Stars. Ling Yuling is in trouble now, so I cannot just stand by and watch." Yan Yun answered without any doubt.

"The Twin Saints of Celestial Stars? Could it be that they are referring to the couple in the later period in the Sea of ​​Chaos Stars?"

"Many years ago, I used mystical techniques in the treasure tripod to observe their auras. Although the two Taoist friends are extremely powerful, their qi and blood are depleted, which is a typical sign of a short lifespan."

"Even if they had lived peacefully every day, they would have already passed away. If this couple had such a dignified appearance, how could there be any problem that would make you stop?"

The boy rolled his eyes and thought for a moment before answering.

"According to the information conveyed by Ling Yuling, she did not mention anything about the two saints. Therefore, we can infer that the couple may have passed away."

"However, this is a rare opportunity. I am quite interested in the Xinggong Yuanci Divine Light. In the past, the two saints gave me several cultivation methods that can help me advance to the God Transformation Stage. I have studied them in depth."

"Other methods are not acceptable. Only by cultivating the Yuanci Divine Light to perfection can it truly help the cultivation of the Spiritual Transformation Stage."

"Therefore, this trip is to obtain this cultivation method."

Yan Yun explained calmly.

"I have never heard of such a skill as Yuanci Divine Light in the spiritual world. I believe it must have been created by the cultivators in this world."

"However, if you want to practice this technique, won't it distract your attention too much? You need to be careful not to affect your practice of the Great Dao."

The boy reminded kindly.

"I have made up my mind. Before practicing the Yuanci Divine Light, I must first improve my magic power to the late stage of perfection and try to break through the bottleneck of the Divine Transformation with the Extreme Cold Flame. If I succeed, it would be the best."

"If I fail, I can only cultivate the Yuanci Divine Light. Apart from this, there is no other way to help me advance to the God Transformation Stage."

Yan Yun said with a serious expression.

"Since you have made up your mind, I will not say any more. It is a pity that although I have mastered many methods to break through the Spiritual Transformation Stage, the spiritual energy here is too thin and has no effect when used here."

"By the way, fellow Daoist, how have your cultivation results been over the past hundred years? It seems that your magic power has increased quite significantly." The boy glanced at Yan Yun and asked lightly.

"Although my magic power has improved, I still have a long way to go before I can achieve the final stage. I will need at least another fifty or sixty years of hard training."

"This also requires continuous consumption of various elixirs. If I just rely on meditation and hard work, I'm afraid even if I spend another hundred years, I won't be able to reach my current state."

Yan Yun sighed.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the Crimson Cloud Pill that he had refined in that mysterious medicine garden space back then.

If one could possess a sufficient number of these elixirs, it would be enough to shorten the cultivation time several times.

Unfortunately, a certain type of spiritual herb needed to refine the Crimson Cloud Pill has been exhausted, and it is impossible to transplant it from the space for cultivation.

The auxiliary effects of the other elixirs he was currently taking were really limited for his current realm and could not satisfy him.

Yet over the years, he had not wasted the green liquid in the mysterious vial.

On the premise of meeting the needs of elixir refining, the remaining spiritual liquid is used to cleanse the spiritual eyes and ripen the spiritual insects.

However, the spiritual eye cleansing work stopped after more than twenty years.

The reason is that after the eyes have been washed countless times, the Mingqing Lingshui no longer has any effect, and continuing will only waste the green liquid.

However, Yan Yun's spiritual eyes have undergone tremendous changes compared to the past.

After being injected with powerful spiritual power, not only can it penetrate the clouds and mist, but even when it is used with all its strength, it can see things thousands of feet away clearly without the need for spiritual thoughts, as if they were right in front of it.

In this way, if one is in a restriction that isolates one's divine thoughts, this magical power will be extremely useful.

As for the six-winged frost centipede, after a hundred years of catalysis, it finally evolved a second pair of wings, and its magical powers increased from the original level of a fifth-level monster.

After reaching the seventh level of perfection, he has the ability to control the power of wind and snow at the same time.

Twelve centipedes moving forward in unison were enough to instantly turn an area of ​​more than ten miles into an iceberg.

The batch of gold-eating insects that Yan Yun carefully cultivated have not yet shown any signs of advancement.

Even though he had the secret method used by Saint Tianlan to use the five elements of spiritual energy to carry out the final ripening process.

However, he was not able to display such advanced skills at the moment, so these spirit insects still needed years of patient cultivation to reach the ideal state. As for the earth armor dragon that he obtained from Dajin, which was good at searching for treasures in heaven and earth, after getting enough demon pills to nourish it.

It is already able to practice meditation in the cave, but judging from its current level of cultivation, it still has a long way to go before it can break through to the eighth level of transformation.

In terms of practicing martial arts, Yan Yun practiced the Qingyuan Sword Technique while also practicing the Dayan Technique.

The reason for this may not be a change in his spiritual roots, but more likely that he does have an extremely high talent in spiritual practice.

He was able to practice the Dayan Jue to the highest level in one go, and compared with the previous stages, his progress was obviously smoother.

In this way, his soul power has at least doubled compared to before. If he can complete the last level of cultivation, then his spiritual power will probably be second only to that of a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Realm.

In addition to his spirit, Yan Yun's current physical strength is also amazing.

In order to better master the practice of Nine Changes of Gale, he decided to practice the third level of Ming Wang Jue.

Although the practice of this part is extremely difficult and requires enduring tremendous pain, Yan Yun has always persevered and even almost gave up because he couldn't bear it anymore.

No wonder even in the spiritual world, few people can practice this technique to the third level or above.

However, when he successfully cultivated to the third level of Ming Wang Jue, he found that his body had become stronger after being thoroughly cleansed, which was completely beyond his expectations.

Now he no longer needs to use the protective aura, his physical body alone is enough to withstand the attacks of ordinary magic weapons, thus ensuring his own safety.

As for the practice process of Nine Changes of Gale, it was a piece of cake for Yan Yun.

It only took him a little over a year to fully comprehend this set of skills and be able to perform them at will.

During the retreat, Yan Yun also personally refined several precious treasures.

The first thing to be refined was the Wood-Growing Pearl that could exert the immortal body supernatural power. The key auxiliary materials required for this pearl actually included the "Soul-Nourishing Wood" and the "Efficacy Tree" among the three major spiritual trees.

For other people, these rare treasures that are almost impossible to find in the human world are as easy as taking something out of a bag for Yan Yun.

Therefore, he refined the Wood Sheng Pearl effortlessly and integrated it into his body.

In addition, during his retreat, he skillfully refined the pair of poisonous hooks of the two-tailed human-faced scorpion and the fire dragon pillars obtained from Kunwu Mountain into two sets of extremely powerful magic weapons.

Yan Yun carefully reviewed the results of this retreat in his heart. Suddenly, he waved his sleeves, and a black jade bottle flew out, muttering a spell.

Immediately afterwards, the five nearby skeletons trembled slightly, and gray-white demonic energy instantly emerged, transforming into five ghost heads the size of wheels, spewing blazing demonic fire from their mouths, looking particularly hideous and terrifying.

"Quick!" Yan Yun waved his hand and issued a spell.

I saw those ghost heads spinning around, shrinking at an alarming speed, and finally becoming the size of a fist, and were sucked into the rays of light emitted from the black jade bottle.

Yan Yun took back the jade bottle, shook his body slightly, and stood up steadily.

He swung his long sleeves and gently pointed the white light at the stone chamber. After a flash of light, the restrictions in the stone chamber quickly dissipated, revealing the stone door at the entrance.

Yan Yun walked towards the stone door with a grim expression, and the humanoid puppet flashed silver light in the secret room and then disappeared without a trace.

The world of immortal cultivation in Yue State, located in the central part of southern China, has been plagued by constant conflict over the past few hundred years, with few long periods of peace.

Back then, the six major sects of Yue State had suffered heavy losses at the hands of the demonic forces. Afterwards, the various sects of the demonic forces launched a fierce competition for control of Yue State, and eventually the Guiling Sect emerged as the winner.

However, a hundred years ago, the Yuling Sect took advantage of the fact that the Guiling Sect had lost a lot of strength after the battle in the Demon Valley, and suddenly joined forces with several other major sects to launch a surprise attack, and once again drove the Guiling Sect out of the Kingdom of Yue.

At present, the Yue Kingdom, as the overlord of southern China, has been divided among many sects, while the Yuling Sect, which is famous for its strong strength, has taken the lead.

In one fell swoop, they seized about four-fifths of the spiritual veins and mineral resources in Yue State.

This place is called the spiritual stone mine under the Grand Canyon, and it is one of the mineral veins controlled by the Yuling Sect.

Originally, the reserves of spiritual stones here were quite abundant. However, after hundreds of years of crazy mining by the six major sects of Yue State, as well as the Guiling Sect, the Yuling Sect and many other sects, the spiritual stone resources gradually dried up and now it has fallen into a semi-abandoned state.

Right now, the Yuling Sect has only left two low-level Qi Refining disciples to guard here, and no other cultivators are staying here.

On this day, the two disciples of the Yuling Sect were standing at the entrance of the mine and chatting, discussing various trivial matters within the sect.

Just above their heads, on the ground, a green figure used the earth escape technique to sneak silently into the ground, and finally appeared in an inconspicuous cave deep in the mine.

From beginning to end, the two disciples of the Yuling Sect were completely unaware of this.

In the flashing yellow light, the figure appeared, and it turned out to be a young man with ordinary appearance.

He glanced around the empty corner of the cave and couldn't help but smile.

This young man was Yan Yun, who had rushed here from Xiguo.

A month ago, Yan Yun ended his retreat, but failed to see the person he cared about, Nangong Wan.

Nangong Wan was different from Yan Yun. During the more than 100 years of seclusion, she had come out many times and traveled to various places in southern China to hone her character.

However, when Yan Yun came out of seclusion, Nangong Wan entered the secret room again a few years ago and began a new round of secluded practice.

Although Yan Yun felt regretful, he did not want to disturb Nangong Wan, so he sent her a sound transmission note to inform her that he was about to go on a long journey.

Afterwards, he went to Luoyun Sect to meet Lu Luo and Liu Yu.

When the two men saw Yan Yun, they were naturally overjoyed.

Over the years, under the careful management of the two, the strength of Luoyun Sect has grown by leaps and bounds, and it has become one of the few large sects in the Tiannan region.

And the woman named Song from Baifeng Peak has successfully condensed her Nascent Soul in the past hundred years or so, becoming the fourth Nascent Soul-level expert in Luoyun Sect.

Yan Yun was naturally very pleased to hear the news.

What is even more surprising is that after decades of searching, the woman surnamed Song finally found a disciple with extraordinary spiritual awareness.

Since Yan Yun was still in seclusion, this disciple stayed in the sect to practice temporarily.

It is said that his spiritual roots are extremely good and are rare dual-attribute spiritual roots.

When Yan Yun heard this, he became quite interested and immediately summoned the disciple.

It turned out that this young man named "Shi Jian" was a little thin but had a handsome face and was probably only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Yan Yun personally conducted some tests on the boy.

As expected, the boy's spiritual awareness was extremely gifted, even more than twice that of cultivators of the same age, and his character was calm and steady, which made Yan Yun very satisfied. (End of this chapter)