Chapter 311: Conferring the Divine Son

"Rumors kill people; it hasn't been cultivated to perfection, just entry-level," Li Youyi explained with a bitter smile.

Just a few days, cultivating a Great Art to perfection is too shocking; if he wasn't careful, he would bring about a fatal disaster due to envy.

Entry-level, minor success, perfection.

The three realms are worlds apart.

Under An Xianjing's signal, Li Youyi performed it with a proper manner. The other party's cultivation and vision were extraordinary; the more he faked it, the easier it would be to be counterproductive.

Recalling the classics he had read before, he pinched his finger with his left hand, the finger like a Buddha picking a flower, his magic power operating, following a special route toward his left hand.

The magic power operated to the palm, like flowing into a vortex, rotating three times.

Then a scorching power was born in the palm, as if it were burning.

"Ash-Extinguishing Finger Technique!"

"Whoosh!"

The finger strength struck.

A scorching beam of light flew out from the fingertip.

With a boom, a decorative mountain stone several zhang away was pierced through, leaving a hole the size of a bowl.

An Xianjing nodded gently: "It is indeed entry-level for the first layer; how long have you been cultivating it?"

"I haven't started cultivating it yet! I plan to finish reading all the classics and then devote some energy to studying and practicing it," Li Youyi felt An Xianjing's gaze was sharp, pointing directly at his heart; lying about this, he couldn't round it off at all.

"..."

Many black lines appeared on An Xianjing's forehead: "Be serious, how long have you actually been cultivating it?"

"I probably read the book for half a day about eight or nine days ago when I went to the Spirit Valley Palace with my master. But later I was busy cultivating intent power and delayed this matter, and I haven't had time to study it deeply."

Li Youyi said seriously: "Before this, I couldn't even come into contact with the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique."

An Xianjing stared at him, recalling their first meeting two years ago and the drastic changes in him today.

At that time, he was at most just a warm-hearted young man, twenty years old and still in the Gushing Spring Realm, almost never having any achievements in his life.

And now, his entire person had an heroic and extraordinary temperament that attracted women's attention, and his talent, martial Dao, and intent power had all caught up to the top figures of the same age. Standing in front of a Great Longevity cultivator who had cultivated for hundreds of years, he could respond calmly.

Such cultivation speed was simply unimaginable.

Could it be that his comprehension was even more outstanding?

An Xianjing secretly digested the astonishment in her heart, and at the same time, felt puzzled.

Xu Tingsheng clearly said he had already reached perfection in the first layer; why was it only entry-level?

Seeing An Xianjing silent for a long time, Li Youyi was afraid that this biggest backer of his in the Twin Rice Sect was guessing something, so he hurriedly explained: "It should be that they misunderstood! The reason they think I have cultivated the first layer of the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique to perfection is probably because I integrated intent power and Jin Wu flames into the Dao art."

A look of confusion appeared in An Xianjing's eyes: "What did you say? You can integrate intent power into the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique?"

Li Youyi said in a tone of discussion: "This is how I understand it; the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique is left over from the Pogaluo Sect. The Buddhist practitioners I know cultivate both internally and externally, first cultivating the heart, then the body, and they must value intent power extremely highly. So, how could they not study Dao arts that unify martial Dao and intent power?"

An Xianjing pondered, then said: "Show me."

Li Youyi followed orders and released the Fusang Divine Tree light and shadow.

Performing it again, the Ash-Extinguishing Finger Technique of the first layer of the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique. With one finger pointing out, intent power, magic power, and Jin Wu flames were instantly fused into one.

The power condensed and erupted.

Heat waves surged to the sky, sweeping in all directions.

"Whoosh!"

"Rumble!"

That decorative mountain stone, three or four meters high, collided with the finger strength, creating a sea of fire, and then exploded. The broken stones fell to the ground, with parts showing signs of melting.

The whole world seemed to become still.

An Xianjing's expression solidified at this moment, as if the dark clouds that had always shrouded her mind had been dispersed by this finger, and her whole person felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

She also cultivated intent power.

But that was because her martial Dao progress was slow, her cultivation became boring, and she did it to find another kind of perception of the Dao, without taking it too seriously.

But even so, with two or three hundred years of accumulation, her intent power had initially reached the realm of a Saint Spirit Intent Master.

Compared to martial Dao, it could be said to be dispensable.

"If I can take the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique of the sixth layer a step further and evolve the seventh layer, perhaps I can open the door to transcendence in one fell swoop."

An Xianjing fell into her inner world and immediately tried, pinching the flower-picking finger, letting magic power and intent power converge in her palm.

But, it ended in failure.

The magic power instantly crushed the intent power.

The second time, she mobilized magic power and intent power of the same intensity, but the two forces collided with each other.

The third time, she learned from Li Youyi and made the intent power stronger than the magic power. The final result, however, was that she couldn't even perform the Ash-Extinguishing Finger Technique.

Li Youyi waited quietly on the side, full of questions.

Because, opposite him, An Xianjing stood on the spot, her left hand slightly raised at her waist, condensing finger techniques again and again, but simply not performing them.

Afraid that if she performed it, the destructive power would be too strong?

An Xianjing noticed his gaze and stopped. As a senior expert, she naturally wouldn't ask for advice. She calmed her mind and asked faintly: "How did you think of combining intent power and the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique to use together?"

Li Youyi said: "An Senior, I already said it just now!"

"I know! What I mean is, you haven't even cultivated it, why could you combine the two forces together?" An Xianjing said.

Li Youyi understood what she meant and said: "The first time I performed this finger technique, I felt my entire body's intent power being drawn. So, I tried to fuse them the second time, and it actually worked. An Senior has cultivated the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique for three hundred years; haven't you tried it?"

An Xianjing had long since tried all kinds of methods, but the situation Li Youyi mentioned hadn't appeared.

"Whoosh!"

Her figure flashed, appearing beside Li Youyi, one hand resting on his shoulder: "Perform it again?"

Li Youyi secretly grumbled; he had thought her cultivation was too high and she didn't dare to perform the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique in the Southern Clear Palace. Now it seemed she hadn't condensed it successfully at all when she was pinching the finger technique there just now.

Cultivating for hundreds of years, and she couldn't even fuse magic power and intent power?

Under An Xianjing's instruction, Li Youyi performed the Ash-Extinguishing Finger Technique more than a dozen times.

Next, she pinched the finger technique alone, but several hours passed, and there seemed to be no progress.

Elder Xu came to the Southern Clear Palace to report, saluting from afar, not daring to look directly: "The Palace Master said before that she would return to the ground today. Someone from the Heavenly Palace came to ask, when will the Palace Master depart?"

"Tell the Heavenly Palace that this Palace Master has important matters and will be delayed for a period of time. For the Eastern Region, ask them to go to Coffin Mountain to invite the Senior Brother, and let the Senior Brother handle it temporarily," An Xianjing said.

Elder Xu asked carefully: "Then how long will the Palace Master be delayed? So I can give them an answer."

"I don't know, you go first!"

For An Xianjing, pursuing the realm of transcendence surpassed everything.

Elder Xu naturally dared not ask again; in front of An Xianjing, who had cultivated for three hundred and sixty years, the gap between the two was like that between a mortal and an immortal.

Li Youyi sent Elder Xu to the gate of the Southern Clear Palace, cupped his hands and smiled: "Thank you, Elder Xu, for your help that day."

"We are our own people, don't be a stranger."

Elder Xu lowered his voice and transmitted: "What's wrong with the Palace Master?"

"The Palace Master seems to have had a sudden realization and has entered a critical period of cultivation," Li Youyi said.

Elder Xu was moved, then overjoyed: "The Palace Master must have realized that realm; otherwise, she would never have left the big matters outside. Now is a troubled time. Your Highness Divine Son, the Southern Clear Palace is left to you; take good care of the Palace Master, and if you have any needs, just send a word."

Li Youyi had a headache; An Xianjing staying in the Southern Clear Palace was simply a time bomb. If she discovered Tang Wanzhou, Tang Wanzhou would certainly be unable to escape death. He was afraid that he wouldn't have a good end either.

Others at most hide beauty in a golden house.

He was hiding a Young Lord in a golden house, and he borrowed Yao Qingxuan's golden house; "bold and heaven-defying" wasn't enough to describe it.

Suddenly, reacting from the complicated thoughts, Li Youyi said: "What did Elder Xu call me just now?"

Elder Xu smiled: "Hasn't the Palace Master told you yet? You killed the Fourth Divine Son; the Heavenly Principle Palace and the Withered Glory Palace have strong opinions, believing this is a serious loss for the Divine Sect. To make up for the loss, you are now the Fourth Divine Son!"

Li Youyi had a huge headache: "Such a big thing as conferring a Divine Son was decided by them in a few words?"

"The Palace Masters gathered together, so they just decided it directly?"

Elder Xu added: "Your Highness Divine Son, you must be careful when you walk out of the Southern Clear Palace next. You are now the Fourth Divine Son; in other words, Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun, who rank fifth, can challenge you at any time. Challenging naturally doesn't mean daring to kill easily, but once you lose, having the treasures on you taken away is also within the scope allowed by the Divine Sect's rules."

Li Youyi said: "Making me the Fourth Divine Son, isn't it purely to pit me?"

Inside the Southern Clear Palace, An Xianjing's voice sounded: "Li Youyi, come see me."

"Your Highness Divine Son is truly a favorite of the Palace Master; we don't even have the qualification to see her usually. Getting a little guidance from the Palace Master can be useful for a lifetime."

Elder Xu showed envy and left.

Li Youyi turned and returned to the palace.

An Xianjing sat by the Golden Rice field, seeing Li Youyi walk into the array light gauze: "I absorbed a lot of Ash-Spirit Fire when I cultivated the first and second layers of the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique to achieve perfection. How did you cultivate the Jin Wu flames in your intent power?"

She was thinking about the difference between her and Li Youyi, wanting to find the reason from it.

Li Youyi said: "Isn't the light of the sun Jin Wu flames?"

"Then how did you cultivate the Fusang Divine Tree light and shadow?" An Xianjing said.

"This is a meditation method I created myself; it's just imagining myself as the Fusang Divine Tree, absorbing the brilliance of the sun," Li Youyi said half-truthfully.

Created a meditation method himself?

An Xianjing felt this was unrealistic, but she indeed hadn't heard of anyone else cultivating the Fusang Divine Tree light and shadow spirit god.

She naturally couldn't change her meditation method now, and immediately, her face was grave, falling into deep thought.

Li Youyi said cautiously: "Palace Master, there is no need for you to walk my path..."

"What did you say? When did I want to walk your path? Whether your path can be walked is still an unknown," An Xianjing naturally had her own majesty and dignity; in her view, Li Youyi was still just a big boy.

Even Li Youyi could hear An Xianjing's hypocrisy; he was afraid she would continue to study him. She had already noticed the Jin Wu flames and the Fusang Divine Tree. If she continued for a few more days, she would probably give him a full-body check, or notice the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and the Yellow Dragon Sword.

Thus, he said: "Palace Master has cultivated Buddhism for many years; do you know the true meaning of the Six-Like?"

An Xianjing pulled herself out of her deep thought and looked at him.

"Six-Like," isn't that the name of this Great Art?

Li Youyi naturally didn't know the true meaning of the Six-Like, but he knew that familiar Buddhist scripture quote: "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dew, and like lightning; thus should one view them. Therefore, the Six-Like refers to dream, illusion, bubble, shadow, dew, and electricity. Palace Master, haven't you heard this famous Buddhist saying?"

"The Buddhist classics excavated from the underground immortal mansion are as vast as the sea; how could I have seen them all? Where did you see it?" An Xianjing asked.

Li Youyi said: "I heard it from a wandering monk."

An Xianjing seemed to suddenly remember something and muttered to herself: "Thus should one view them, thus should one view them... I seem to have seen it somewhere..."

"Swish!"

Her body transformed into light mist and had actually disappeared.

Before long, she returned holding a heavy jade-quality book, and An Xianjing sat on the ridge of the field again, studying it carefully.

At the very front of the book were the three ancient characters "Thus Should One View Them."

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