Chapter 148: The Leakless Dao Body
Chapter 148: The Leakless Dao Body
Inside the Floating Cloud Sect’s mountain gate headquarters, Li Si was walking and felt endless emotions in his heart.
In just the past few months, the number of disciples under the Floating Cloud Sect had exceeded one hundred. It could be said that everything was renewed, full of vitality.
It was just a bit regretful that from now on, if he wanted to see the Fairy Leader again, he had to go to the Illusory Realm.
“Senior Brother Ji, Senior Brother Xu, Senior Sister Jiang, I plan to go into seclusion for a while.”
In the teaching hall, Li Si met Ji Chang, Xu Shen, Jiang Ying, as well as Yue Shan, Bai Yu, and Qi Linger. These were considered the seven main disciples that their own Fairy Leader had accepted into the sect in the Mortal Realm.
It was estimated that no other disciples would be accepted in the future.
The Four Heroes of Floating Cloud would from now on be renamed the Seven Heroes of Floating Cloud.
“This is a good thing. With the heaven and earth undergoing great changes and spiritual energy returning, it’s the perfect time to focus on seclusion and breakthroughs. Junior Brother Li, the future of our Floating Cloud Sect rests on your shoulders.”
Ji Chang, as the current senior brother present, said with a laugh. He had previously received the Mountain God Seal from Li Si, and his cultivation had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm. But during the recent appearance of the great Dao’s resonance, he was not able to smoothly break through to the Divine Transformation Realm.
Even so, it had solidified his foundation, and he had hope of reaching Divine Transformation in the future.
As for Xu Shen, Li Si would later give him a Dharma Seal, allowing his cultivation to also advance to Divine Transformation. As a world-protecting sect, how could the Floating Cloud Sect not have even one Divine Transformation cultivator?
And Jiang Ying, Li Si had already given her a City God Seal. So, having already broken through to the Golden Core Realm, she smoothly became a Nascent Soul cultivator.
That is to say, if Li Si was included, the Floating Cloud Sect now had four Nascent Soul cultivators.
Besides, one of the former three fools of Floating Cloud, Shanwazi, that is Yue Shan, had finally made something of himself. Two months ago, he successfully built his foundation. Then he buried himself in cultivation, keeping an extremely low profile. As a result, he caught today’s opportunity and broke through to the Golden Core Realm in one go. He no longer looked like the sloppy little kid from before, but now appeared refined like jade, strikingly handsome, and elegant.
Remembering the old days of Gouwazi, Zhuwazi, and Shanwazi, scenes from the past came back one after another.
The little girl Bai Yu was the most obvious contrast. She was playful, loved to eat, and was lazy. Relying on her ability to act cute, she used all sorts of tricks and played little clever schemes. Although she was only a few years younger than Li Si and Yue Shan, they actually started learning the Heaven-Turning Scripture together. Yet, during today’s opportunity, she only barely managed to build her foundation.
On the other hand, Qi Linger, who had been rescued by Li Si just half a year ago, was previously a thin and weak little girl. Surprisingly, she was able to start from scratch and build her foundation in one move. The key was that she also comprehended the Crystal Clear Dao Heart. Her future was limitless.
Additionally, within the Floating Cloud Sect, thirty-five mountain gate protectors successfully built their foundations, and one mountain gate protector who was already at Foundation Establishment successfully condensed a Golden Core.
There was also a twelve-year-old child named Tian Ye, who was a true disciple personally accepted by Xu Shen in Kaoshan City. He also successfully built his foundation.
Beyond that, the other young true disciples of the Floating Cloud Sect had all reached either Qi Refining or the Mind Stabilization and Soul Departure stages. It was foreseeable that in the coming years, if the overall environment did not change, the Floating Cloud Sect’s overall strength would increase rapidly.
“Senior Brother, you joke. With the heaven and earth’s spiritual energy returning now, it should be the time for you, Senior Brother, and Senior Sister to soar to great heights. I will probably be in seclusion for three months. After three months, I will return to help manage the sect’s affairs. Senior Brother Ji, Senior Brother Xu, and Senior Sister Jiang, we can take turns going into seclusion.”
Li Si said very sincerely. Of course, he couldn’t actually return to handle those daily tasks, but he could send back a Substitute Wooden Figurine.
According to his estimate, this wave of favorable conditions should be able to last for more than a year. This was the rarest and best opportunity for development. If the Floating Cloud Sect didn’t take this chance to frantically boost its strength and develop itself, what else were they waiting for?
“Junior Brother, you don’t need to worry about that. Now that Yue Shan has also advanced to Golden Core, and the mountain gate protector Qian An has advanced to Golden Core, most of the sect’s external affairs can be handed over to them. The four of us only need to leave one to hold the fort at the sect. The other three all need to go into seclusion for cultivation. I will hold the fort first. Senior Brother Ji, you replace me after three months. Junior Sister Jiang will replace Ji Chang after six months. Junior Brother Li, you can come after nine months.”
“Additionally, I plan to recruit fifty-five more promising Foundation Establishment Realm mountain gate protectors from Kaoshan City. Together with the original mountain gate protectors, they will also be divided into three groups. Each group needs to be on duty for three months, and can cultivate in seclusion the rest of the time. It is expected that after one year, our Floating Cloud Sect will have cultivated at least twelve Golden Core experts. Only then can we better manage the ring city’s mountain protection array.”
Xu Shen was naturally ambitious. Now, in Kaoshan City, there was already a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator, Cheng Tianhao. This guy had already petitioned the Kaoshan Patriarch, requesting to join the Mountback Sect and willing to become the Mountback Sect’s head disciple.
The Kaoshan Patriarch agreed, and the Mountback Sect was officially established. Relying on Cheng Tianhao’s Divine Transformation Realm strength and his status as the River God of the Blackwater River, even cultivators from the upstream Blackwater City and the downstream Reed City were scrambling to join. It clearly became the number one major sect within a thousand miles.
Xu Shen did not agree with this matter in his heart. Although the Kaoshan Patriarch was friendly with our Floating Cloud Sect, when had our Floating Cloud Sect ever been second best?
Work hard, strive hard!
Li Si naturally would not concern himself with Xu Shen’s thoughts. He also spoke many words with Senior Sister Jiang Ying and obtained permission to access the Floating Cloud Sect’s secret library of techniques and methods. Then, he sternly lectured the little girl Bai Yu and encouraged Yue Shan and Qi Linger. After that, he returned to his Quiet Room, then teleported to the Yunhua Sect’s headquarters, and began to seriously cultivate. Well, mainly to grind for the Postnatal Dao Body.
Currently, he already possessed the Flawless Dao Body and the Fetal Breathing Dao Body. It was time to grind out the third type of Dao Body.
The method to grind for Dao Bodies was very simple. For example, in the Floating Cloud Sect, the easiest method was to take spiritual pills. Using this method, they repaired hidden ailments and old injuries, adjusted weaknesses in flesh and bone, and enhanced the vitality of their meridians.
This was a kind of basic tempering homework for cultivators.
A thousand years ago, during the golden age of cultivation, entry-level disciples of the Floating Cloud Sect had to obtain the Flawless Dao Body before the Foundation Establishment Realm. At that time, they took Foundation Building Pills or Great Recovery Pills.
Before the Golden Core Realm, they had to obtain the Leakless Dao Body. The so-called leakless meant no leaks. For example, if one lost their virginity before this, then they could not be leakless.
And before the Nascent Soul Realm, they needed to obtain the Fetal Breathing Dao Body.
The reason Li Si could skip the Leakless Dao Body was because he forcefully advanced to the Golden Core Realm by consuming Fate, all to find the Thousand-Eyed Evil Spirit that was spying on him.
In short, this was a transitional Dao Body. If you said it wasn’t important, if you lost the basic chance to obtain it, then you basically couldn’t get it. But after obtaining it, it was just like that. It only increased the chance of forming a Golden Core by dozens of percentage points.
So this was also why those mountain gate protectors within the Floating Cloud Sect could only be mountain gate protectors. They had basically lost the condition to obtain the Leakless Dao Body.
Of course, for advancing to Golden Core, having the Leakless Dao Body or not was not important. They could still cultivate hard the same way. But it doomed them to never achieve True Immortal in this life, and even reaching Nascent Soul was very difficult.
Because achieving True Immortal required a perfect Dao Foundation.
Li Si, mainly this lifetime’s Li Si, currently still had the opportunity to obtain the Leakless Dao Body. The process of obtaining it was even very simple. It didn’t even require consuming Fate. He just needed to refine one batch of Great Recovery Nine Treasure Yin Yang Pills.
After all, in the history of the Floating Cloud Sect, there had been cases like Li Si’s. At such times, what to do? Take spiritual pills.
As for whether Li Si knew how to refine pills now, hey, his Scripture of Heaven Mending had been cultivated to the fourth layer, and he already had a Mending Heaven Nascent Soul. As long as he had the pill recipe, everything was not a problem.
This was also the reason he wanted to borrow access to the Floating Cloud Sect’s secret library of techniques and methods.
The Great Recovery Nine Treasure Yin Yang Pill required several types of spiritual herbs and some materials. Li Si naturally didn’t have them. It was estimated that the entire Mortal Realm didn’t have them either. But it didn’t matter, because he had True Immortal’s Dust.
This thing could be refined into the Seven Emotions Great Medicine. And the Great Medicine was the ultimate manifestation of all spiritual pills and treasure pills. So, according to the theory of the Scripture of Heaven Mending, Li Si could use one grain of True Immortal’s Dust to refine one batch of Great Recovery Nine Treasure Yin Yang Pills.
This sounded a bit like curse magic.
But actually, this was the core of the Shendan Sect’s techniques. Mending the heavens’ deficiencies—what did that mean? If the heavens have deficiencies, we come to mend them. This “mend” includes both repairing, fixing, and also being able to fill in, replace.
The Shendan Sect’s research into pill refining had long transcended the ordinary scope of pill refining.
Things like you must have a pill refining cauldron, you must have pill refining materials.
They directly entered the Dao through pill refining.
The Golden Core they formed was the Heaven-Mending Golden Core. The Nascent Soul they formed was the Mending Heaven Nascent Soul. The magical power they cultivated was Heaven-Mending Magical Power.
Now, Li Si lacked the materials to refine the Great Recovery Nine Treasure Yin Yang Pill. This was equivalent to the heavens having a flaw, and I come to mend it. This exactly matched the core principles of the Heaven-Mending Sect’s techniques.
At this moment, Li Si did not delay. He took out the Medicine King Cauldron. Actually, not having the Medicine King Cauldron was also possible. His Mending Heaven Nascent Soul could act as a substitute. But considering the special nature of True Immortal’s Dust, he decided to be more cautious.
Making hand seals, Li Si struck the Medicine King Cauldron with his palm. A massive surge of Heaven-Mending Magical Power poured into it. Instantly, the Medicine King Cauldron shone brightly, the Heaven-Mending patterns on its exterior lit up, and an incredibly refreshing medicinal fragrance actually wafted out from the Medicine King Cauldron.
Li Si was startled and immediately increased the injection of Heaven-Mending Magical Power. When 100,000 points of Heaven-Mending Magical Power were injected, six types of spiritual pill illusions actually appeared above the Medicine King Cauldron. They were respectively: Body Tempering Pill, Foundation Building Pill, Great Recovery Pill, Dragon Tiger Pill, Spirit Nourishing Pill, and Longevity Elixir.
“Holy crap!”
Li Si was shocked. He suddenly understood why the old man Shendanzi had secretly given him the Scripture of Heaven Mending technique but did not give him any related Dao Techniques or divine abilities, nor the corresponding pill recipes.
Because, they weren’t needed.
The Scripture of Heaven Mending technique was the strongest pill recipe in the world. One only needed to inject Heaven-Mending Magical Power, and they could refine the corresponding spiritual pills through the Medicine King Cauldron.
Original pill refining materials were not needed.
This involved incredibly awesome energy conversion, like directly making bread out of air.
Because Heaven-Mending Magical Power originally came from absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Well, if there was no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, it could also be obtained by drinking the Hundred Herb Soul-Restoring Decoction.
In short, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy contained various spiritual effects.
Ordinary pill refining methods, when refining spiritual pills, weren’t they also trying to extract and refine the spiritual effects from the spiritual herbs?
The Shendan Sect directly skipped this step. As long as you cultivated the Scripture of Heaven Mending, your Heaven-Mending Magical Power could directly refine pills.
If said before, probably no one would believe it. Now, they should be able to believe it.
Li Si didn’t even need the Medicine King Cauldron. The real function of the Medicine King Cauldron was as a substitute. For example, if I was injured and the Mending Heaven Nascent Soul couldn’t refine pills, then okay, you substitute.
“Shendenzi is awesome! The Scripture of Heaven Mending is really awesome too.”
Immediately, Li Si did not hesitate any longer. He directly refined one batch of Dragon Tiger Pills. He didn’t need the Floating Cloud Sect’s Great Recovery Nine Treasure Yin Yang Pills anymore. Dragon Tiger Pills were even better.
A day and a night passed, and one batch of Dragon Tiger Pills was officially refined. Li Si consumed a total of 300,000 points of Heaven-Mending Magical Power. The cost-performance was still acceptable.
The key issue was, this batch of Dragon Tiger Pills produced 9 pills. Eating one down, and the Leakless Dao Body would almost be achieved.
Mass-producing Golden Core cultivators?
Li Si always felt something was a bit off. But this Dragon Tiger Pill tasted pretty good when eaten. A certain wonderful spiritual energy first circulated through all the major meridians in the body, then penetrated into the flesh, blood, and bones. Finally, it transformed into streams of hot energy, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, heading straight for the dantian.
Damn!
Li Si—flew into a rage!