The Path to Immortality

"Is it only capable of one blow? It's fine against a single enemy, but if you encounter several powerful enemies at the same time, it has its limitations."

But even so, Fang Ping was still very satisfied with the power of [Taixu Sword Talisman] and started practicing it immediately.

If you want to practice this secret technique, you must first obtain an innate golden spiritual object.

Moreover, the better the quality of the spiritual object, the more amazing the power of the Taixu Sword Talisman produced through sacrifice.

Although this secret technique created by Patriarch Tianfeng left room for improvement from the beginning. After obtaining a better quality innate golden spiritual object later, you can completely refining a new Taixu Sword Talisman, but this will definitely waste a lot of time.

If possible, it is best to do it in one step and try to get a high-quality spiritual object from the beginning.

"Innate golden spiritual object... speaking of it, I think I actually have one!"

Fang Ping suddenly remembered that when he killed the black-faced Taoist in the Sao Feng Grand Canyon, he found a piece of [Black Iron Essence] from the storage bag of the murdered fellow disciple.

This item can be used to refine high-grade magic weapons, even spiritual weapons for foundation-building monks.

Although it is not a natural treasure, it is basically a very good choice for a Qi training monk.

After rummaging through the storage bag for a moment, Fang Ping found the inconspicuous and gray piece of black iron essence.

Apart from being extremely heavy and hard, it has no other characteristics.

"Fortunately, there was no shortage of spiritual stones and I didn't sell them."

After muttering to himself, Fang Ping placed Xuantie Jing in front of him, and then followed the requirements of the secret technique of [Taixu Sword Talisman] to start the second step.

Use real fire to temper spiritual objects and extract their essence!

If it were a Qi Refining cultivator, if he did not master the powerful enough real fire, he would probably be stuck at this step.

Fortunately, Fang Ping specially cultivated the Lieyang True Fire in order to refine the elixir, which was enough to temper the black iron essence.

This is a bit unintentional.

After gathering his mood, Fang Ping activated his magic power and continued to refine it.

………

Cold comes and summer comes.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

At some point, the monk who chose Yunyang Peak for his cave gradually discovered that a low-key new neighbor had moved nearby.

In addition to going to the top of Yunyang Peak to practice at sunrise every day, and going to the lecture hall from time to time to listen to lectures, he spends most of the other time practicing in seclusion in his cave, and rarely has fellow disciples visiting him.

As a result, after five years, some monks on Yunyang Peak didn't even know the name of this new disciple.

However, similar ascetic disciples are too common in the Luoyang Sect. Since Fang Ping does not walk around with them, the monks on the same peak are happy to be quiet and will not take the initiative to disturb Fang Ping.

Everyone lives in peace and practices their own practices.

Generally speaking, in the past five years, the Luoyang Sect has been relatively peaceful, and nothing major has happened in the Liang Kingdom's immortal cultivation world, so that some fun-loving monks feel that it is a bit too dull and boring.

But for Fang Ping, who has been immersed in cultivation, his life has been extremely stable and fulfilling in the past five years, and his harvest has been unprecedentedly huge.

In the first year of hard training, Fang Ping was able to stabilize the refining efficiency of Peiyuan Pill at around 30%.

Of course, this does not include Yuan Ding's nine retracements per day.

But he didn't even reveal the secret of refining the Peiyuan Pill to Liu Wuchen, and he had no plans to sell the Peiyuan Pill to anyone for the time being.

Except for a part of the refined Peiyuan Pill that is temporarily stored, the rest is used for his own cultivation.

With the help of Pei Yuan Dan, which is several times more powerful than Ning Yuan Dan, and with the help of the golden elixir technique of Ziyang Zhenjing and the spiritual energy of Yunyang Peak, Fang Ping's cultivation began to improve by leaps and bounds.

In the second year of hard training, he rushed from the fifth level of Qi training to the sixth level of Qi training in one fell swoop.

This was because Fang Ping's spiritual root qualifications were a serious hindrance.

For a monk with four spiritual roots and poor quality, this speed can no longer be described as fast, but is a bit beyond imagination.

Fortunately, Fang Ping also has the Yuan Condensation Technique, and when necessary, he can hide his state back to the fifth level of Qi Training, so that no one will be suspicious.

In the third year of hard training, with persistent efforts, Fang Ping finally mastered the [Taixu Sword Talisman].

In fact, the step of using the essence of black iron essence to condense the seeds of Taixu Sword Qi had been completed as early as three months after he had been in seclusion.

In the following three years, the focus was entirely on refining the sword talisman so that it could become one with his mind and be absorbed into his Dantian.

If Fang Ping has entered the late stage of Qi training at this time and his spiritual consciousness can look inside, he will find that his Dantian has two more things than ordinary monks.

In the filled gaseous mana, Yuan Ding floats steadily in the center.

The Taixu Sword Talisman, which was receiving nourishment and was still dim at the moment, was pressed down by Yuan Ding, glowing with a weak but sharp light.

The completion of the Taixu Sword Talisman meant that Fang Ping finally had a powerful trump card.

After the fourth year of hard training, Fang Ping, who is already thirty-two years old, has advanced further and has reached the threshold of the seventh level of Qi training.

In addition, his progress in the alchemy path has finally reached the pinnacle of the alchemy apprenticeship, and he is within reach of a first-level alchemy master.

Unfortunately, the Secret Records of Jiang's Alchemy Techniques bought for a total of 1,500 spiritual stones could no longer provide him with any help.

Only by obtaining a true first-level alchemy inheritance can he continue to improve.

However, every loss must come with a gain.

All along, due to the existence of Yuan Ding, Fang Ping devoted a lot of time to the alchemy path. Even if he later obtained a complete second-level formation inheritance, he was not too distracted.

But in the past two years, the stagnation of his attainments in the Dao of Alchemy has allowed Fang Ping to devote the time allocated to the Dao of Alchemy to the Dao of Formation.

The previous intermittent comprehension and research have already allowed him to accumulate some knowledge in the Dao of Formation.

Now, with the accumulation of knowledge, Fang Ping's attainments in the Dao of Formation have finally ushered in a small breakthrough.

"So that's how it is. In the last restriction of the Mysterious Formation, the nine formation patterns are combined and resonate in this way!"

Although Fang Ping, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, had his eyes closed, a complete formation diagram was clearly visible in his mind, maintaining a continuous operation.

"Finally, I have thoroughly understood this low-grade basic formation!"

Opening his eyes again, Fang Ping came to the desk.

Picking up a piece of cut spiritual jade at random, Fang Ping held a carving knife in his hand and began to practice the last formation pattern he had comprehended on it.

After dozens of repeated carvings.

Picking up the latest trial product in front of him, Fang Ping looked at it carefully for a moment and nodded slightly.

Now, he not only mastered the formation from the perspective of formation theory, but also mastered the carving techniques of the thirty-six formation patterns corresponding to the maze formation through continuous practice.

There was only one step left before the actual formation was set up.

Fang Ping looked solemn, picked up the formation-specific magic knife, invoked his magic power, and gently carved the first stroke on the formation flag carved from spiritual jade.

The small and exquisite formation flag soon changed its appearance under his magic knife, with more mysterious formation patterns.

The first seven formation patterns were carved smoothly.

But soon, just a slight mistake in the control of spiritual power caused a flaw in one of the formation patterns.

"What a pity~"

Fang Ping's eyes flashed with regret, and he threw away the formation flag that was almost completed, then calmed down and continued to carve.