Free Web NovelChapter 758: Purple Qi and Void True Secret
"Has it lived for several thousand years..."
Song Yan pondered the identity and strength of this Senior, and a hint of reverence arose in his heart.
Undoubtedly, he must have had intricate connections with the now-empty Sword Sect.
But the Senior never intended to tell Song Yan.
Perhaps his Cultivation was simply too low.
"Let go of everything, go all out, and establish your Dao Foundation."
Thinking of this, his desire to Breakthrough became even more urgent.
Although Xiao Ming, as a Mortal, didn’t notice, Song Yan could see that a very sophisticated illusion Formation had been set up by the Senior in the straw cloak at the riverside cliff.
The Senior’s Cultivation was unfathomable; the Spiritual Qi contained within the Formation he casually placed there was enough to operate for several days.
Song Yan simply decided to rest and sort things out here.
There wasn’t much to sort, just Qin Yicao’s qiankun bag and the pearl bestowed by the Senior.
He directly emptied everything from the qiankun bag and began to pick and choose.
"What is this? A Soul Banner? Why is it another heretical Cultivator’s item..."
Song Yan didn’t believe that the Qin Family, Profound Origin Sect, and the Demonic Path had no connection.
Although he couldn’t use it, selling it could still exchange for some Spirit Stones.
"This Flying Sword looks good, why didn’t he use it?"
Now, when Song Yan sorted through his spoils, he would intentionally keep a few good quality Flying Swords.
Sometimes, when operating the Spirit Gathering Sword Array, using physical Flying Swords to fill in missing positions would be more effective than using Sword Shadows.
Among other things, the duration alone could be greatly extended.
If it were entirely composed of Flying Swords, the Spirit Gathering Sword Array could currently last for at most ten days to half a month.
"Eh?"
Something in Qin Yicao’s qiankun bag caught Song Yan’s attention.
It was a spherical transparent box, in which a drop of deep, ink-like flowing liquid could vaguely be seen, its surface shimmering with a faint blue halo.
Holding the sphere in his hand, the drop of liquid slowly spread out, its surface smooth, reflecting shimmering dark patterns.
Song Yan pondered for a moment and carefully opened the sphere.
Bang!
A suffocating pressure of water mist erupted and dissipated.
At the same time, the pressure in his hand suddenly increased.
Song Yan quickly activated his Spiritual Qi with all his might to barely stabilize it.
"Water Element Supreme Spirit?" Song Yan was both surprised and delighted, yet also somewhat confused.
Originally, he hadn’t planned to forcibly gather all Five Elements Supreme Spirits, intending to focus on Cultivating and directly Foundation Establishment.
But he hadn’t expected to obtain it from Qin Yicao’s qiankun bag.
Recalling it now, perhaps it was traded at the exchange meeting organized by Qin Yicao in Descending Immortal Pass that day, who knows.
It was just that Song Yan was somewhat unknowledgeable.
This Water Element Supreme Spirit was quite peculiar; he had never seen it before.
When it was still in the box, he hadn’t even regarded it as a Supreme Spirit item.
Several familiar Water Element Supreme Spirit names and information flashed through his mind, but they seemed completely unrelated to this drop of water before him.
Forget it, it was a good thing after all.
Song Yan didn’t hesitate and immediately refined it.
Refining Supreme Spirit items was already a familiar process and didn’t take much effort.
After the refinement was complete, he slowly immersed his Divine Sense into the liangyi pearl.
The Liangyi Realm had indeed changed; a wide, long river appeared beside the Dao Seed’s phantom.
At the same time, perhaps due to the complete Five Elements, he vaguely felt an unnamable change in the Sword Dao Seed.
Song Yan was now single-mindedly focused on Foundation Establishment and didn’t delve too deeply into the characteristics of the long river or the changes in the Dao Seed.
He only felt that his current Sword Dao Seed not only had all Five Elements but also wind and thunder from the heavens.
His only desire in his heart was also naturally fulfilled.
His state of mind became broad, and his thoughts became clear.
He placed his gaze on a small booklet with a light purple cover.
This booklet had an ancient appearance, and the writing on it was ancient characters from the Chu Kingdom.
About eight or nine hundred years ago, the former Chu Kingdom moved its capital to the current Ying City and implemented many reforms, one of which was the ancient and modern forms of writing.
Although matters in the Mortal world did not affect the Cultivation World, the change in writing was still subtle.
Over the past nearly a thousand years, the Cultivation Techniques and secret arts recorded on Jade Slips are mostly in modern script, while paper ancient books, smelting inscriptions, and Formation Talismans are mostly in ancient script.
Currently, Cultivators in the Cultivation World are basically proficient in both.
On the cover, its name was written in ancient script.
"Purple Qi Unification Truth."
This was the secret art that Qin Yicao last used, which seemed to have the effect of greatly increasing Spiritual Qi intensity for a short period.
In the opening Chapter, there was a record of the origin of this secret art; although it was only briefly mentioned, it was much better than those incomplete fragments without beginning or end.
This Dao secret art originated from an ancient Dao Sect called Pure Yang Palace.
The ancient book didn’t mention where this Dao Sect was, only that one of the two main leaders of Pure Yang Palace, due to various reasons, left the Dao Sect years ago.
Many of his Disciples also left the Sect, wanting to find his whereabouts and persuade him to return to the Dao Sect.
This ancient book was passed down when one of these Disciples took on apprentices outside.
Song Yan carefully studied it; its philosophy emphasized that all things bear Yin and embrace Yang, with Qi rushing to create harmony, and Yin and Yang rotating.
By drawing upon the Innate Purple Qi at sunrise, it stimulated the Cultivator’s potential.
The basis of its operation was that the Cultivator needed to use a special Qi Circulation method to condense a wisp of Innate Purple Qi at sunrise each day and store it in their Dantian.
When operating the secret art, one had to draw the Purple Qi, penetrate the Xuanji Secret Aperture, hold it against the tongue, and circulate it through the Twelve-Story Pagoda.
Ultimately, this caused Spiritual Qi to erupt like the rising sun.
During this period, the Dantian would be like a great sun furnace, continuously amplifying the power of Spiritual Qi.
"Purple Qi floats through the pass, like the sun rising in the east..."
The more Song Yan read, the more amazed he became, feeling that this method was quite profound, and he became momentarily engrossed.
But when he came back to his senses and carefully recalled it, he felt some confusion.
When he dueled with Qin Yicao, the Insightful Void Sword Eye discovered that when Qin Yicao operated this Cultivation Technique, the surging Spiritual Qi brought by the Purple Qi somewhat clashed with the Spiritual Qi originally circulating within his body.
He had originally thought that such a secret art, after being used, would also have many restrictions and side effects.
However, this ancient book did not mention these flaws.
Regarding restrictions, it only stated that it could not be used frequently within a day, otherwise, it could easily cause Qi to rush through the heart meridian.
As for side effects, it only said that when one’s Cultivation was low, one would enter a state of Spiritual Qi weakness within three days after using the art, and should avoid using Spiritual Qi and magical power as much as possible, otherwise, it would easily damage the Dao Foundation.
"Purple Qi?"
Song Yan murmured.
So this thing really had something special about it... The book mentioned that even without operating the secret art, daily inhaling a wisp of Innate Purple Qi, over time, could subtly transform a Cultivator’s bone structure.
Although most Cultivators could not retain the true profoundness of Purple Qi, the ability to change Innate qualities like Aptitude and bone structure was itself a marvel.
However, the most important thing was that this process could greatly reduce the duration of weakness after performing this secret art.
Thus, this secret art seemed very suitable for him.
The Cave Abyss Sect’s custom of gathering Qi at sunrise was not just talk.
As a successor of the Sword Sect, he truly lacked nothing in terms of means for combat and killing.
Greed leads to indigestion; even these current Sword Arrays were enough for him to Cultivate and study for countless years.
If he had to say what he still lacked, it would be a relatively suitable Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique and this kind of life-saving method.
The Qi Condensation Scroll he cultivated was good in every aspect, except that its Cultivation speed was simply too slow.
But because of its powerful Spiritual Qi compatibility, it was indeed suitable for him.
He had never found a more suitable or higher-grade Cultivation Technique, so he had continued to use it until now.
And this kind of life-saving secret art that temporarily enhanced his combat power was the first he had encountered.
Song Yan pondered for a moment and finally put it into his qiankun bag.
He would definitely learn it, but not now.
He was about to fully assault the Foundation Establishment Realm, and cultivating such a profound secret art would undoubtedly divert much of his energy, resulting in more loss than gain.
He was unwilling to see his progress in Realm affected for the sake of a secret art.
He would remain humble and patient; once he established his Dao Foundation, he would have plenty of time to meticulously study these Daoist arts and secret techniques.
The ancient bronze mirror that Qin Yicao last brought out was a High Grade Spiritual Artifact.
Recalling the scene of their struggle, although the ancient bronze mirror had an ordinary appearance, its power and effect seemed to have a somewhat sinister aura.
What Song Yan found quite regrettable was that after the user’s Spiritual Qi collapsed, it also failed to withstand the powerful offensive of the Sword Array’s ultimate move, Moonfall, and was now shattered beyond repair, unusable.
Even if he found someone to repair it, its power would be difficult to restore to its former state, at most reaching the level of a Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact, making its resale value insignificant.
He organized the remaining useful and useless Spiritual Artifacts and items one by one.
Finally, he took out the Spiritual Pearl bestowed by the Senior.
This Spiritual Pearl was not much larger than an ordinary Medicinal Pill. Holding it in his hand and carefully examining it against the sun, he could vaguely see pink and blue spiritual light gently floating within, like mountain mist.
"What kind of treasure is this..."
Recalling what the Senior in the straw cloak said before leaving, could this item help him Foundation Establishment?
Such a Senior with unfathomable Cultivation had no reason to deceive a junior Qi Refining Cultivator like him, right?
But, how was it to be used?
"Sniff, sniff..."
Snake Babe poked her head out from Song Yan’s Daoist robe sleeve, her small nose twitching, sniffing her way to Song Yan’s hand.
"Sniff, sniff..."
Xiao He carefully sniffed the pearl, then a strange and shocked expression appeared on her face.
"What’s wrong?"
"This pearl has the scent of a great demon..."
Song Yan was stunned, then chuckled, "How is that possible?"
At first, he thought Xiao He was treating this shiny, round little pearl as a toy and wanted to trick him into giving it to her to play with.
Seemingly sensing the doubt, Xiao He became a little annoyed: "It’s true!"
Looking at Snake Babe’s serious and earnest expression, Song Yan pondered.
"Hmm..."
On second thought, it wasn’t impossible.
"Perhaps the Senior once used this item to slay Yao Race, so there’s a slight Demonic Qi residue," he guessed.
Recalling the story from the storyteller in Descending Immortal Pass, if the legendary figure was the same as this Senior, then this item might be the immortal pill rumored to transform into sword light.
"No, no, no." Snake Babe shook her little head.
"This is the demon’s own scent."
Song Yan’s thoughts paused, somewhat confused: "Its own scent?"
He wondered if this item was refined from a treasure on a great demon that the Senior had slain?
The Insightful Void Sword Eye activated, his eyes tinged with gold.
However, even in the Guan Xu state, he did not detect any Demonic Qi emanating from the item.
That meant what Xiao He smelled was literally "scent."
Without much thought, Song Yan dispelled the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
This Senior was already mysterious; he shouldn’t be overly ambitious and should focus on improving his own Realm and strength, that was the proper thing to do.
Dividing a wisp of Sword Qi and Divine Sense, he integrated them into the pearl, and Song Yan began to refine it.
However, as soon as the Sword Qi entered it, he noticed something was off.
The refining speed was simply too slow.
For ordinary Spiritual Artifacts, even High Grade ones, a normal refinement only took about a quarter of an hour.
However, the speed of refining this item was incredibly slow.
Could it be... a Spiritual Artifact?
Song Yan was quite surprised and delighted. He calmed his mind and slowly urged his Sword Qi, continuously refining the item.
This process was even longer than he had imagined.
It actually took a full six hours to barely refine it.
However, the moment he finished refining it, a vast sword cry rose from the ground.
The immortal pill in his palm had, at some unknown point, transformed into a brilliant sword light.
Unlike the sharp edge of Flying Swords and Sword Essence, this sword was smooth and fluid, its sharpness contained, its Sword Qi awe-inspiring yet unrevealed.
Most miraculously, it could flow freely like Spiritual Qi between Song Yan’s wrist and fingers.
It was like an incredibly sharp ray of light.
Song Yan pointed casually, and the sword light flew out of his hand, its sharpness fully displayed at this moment, instantly revealing its full edge.
The sword light spanned the great river, and although it did not make any substantial offensive move, the circulating Sword Qi around it stirred up huge waves on the river surface.
"What powerful might."
Song Yan felt a chill in his heart, then a sense of bewilderment.
Before refining this pearl, he had some guesses about this immortal pill, and the one he considered most likely was a Sword Pill.
Sword Pill.
It was both a method of Sword Dao Artifact Refining and represented a path for Sword Cultivators.
It was not only mentioned in the Sword Sect’s Spirit Transformation Chapter but also recorded in the heretical Cultivator’s notes.
His Spirit Severing Sword Sowing was actually condensing a seed more suitable for Cultivating the Sword Dao to replace the original Spiritual Root.
As a Cultivator, he had not "lost" anything.
In other words, the body of a Cultivator who performs Spirit Severing Sword Sowing is still complete.
Ancient Cultivators valued the integrity of the human body, believing that the human body was naturally formed, and the balance of the Great Dao resided within it.
However, in this vast world, after countless years of proliferation in the Cultivation World, there were innumerable Geniuses and prodigies, and many sought extreme paths by forging new ways.
This path was what some Sword Cultivators called the "Inner Sword Method."
