Chapter 313

"Rumors kill people; I haven't cultivated it to completion, it’s just initiated," Li Youyi explained with a bitter smile.

Cultivating a major technique in just a few days is too shocking; if he said it, he might attract a fatal disaster out of envy.

Initiation, small success, great success.

The three levels of realm are worlds apart.

Under An Xianjing’s signal, Li Youyi unleashed it in a proper manner. The other party’s cultivation and vision were extraordinary; the more he faked it, the easier it would be to make a mistake.

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

The magic power flowed to his palm like flowing into a vortex, rotating three times.

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

"Ash-Extinguishing Finger technique!"

"Whoosh!"

The finger energy struck.

A scorching beam of light flew from his fingertip.

With a boom, a decorative mountain rock a few zhang away was pierced through, leaving a bowl-sized hole.

An Xianjing nodded slightly: "It is indeed the initiation of the first level; how long have you cultivated 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 more," Li Youyi felt An Xianjing’s gaze was sharp, pointing directly at his heart; he couldn't round off a lie about this.

"..."

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

"I probably read the book for half a day about eight or nine days ago when I went to the Linggu Hall with my Master. But later I was busy cultivating mental power and delayed this matter, never having time to study it deeply."

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

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 Spring-Surging realm, almost never achieving anything in his life.

And now, he has a heroic and extraordinary temperament that attracts women’s attention, and his intelligence, martial Dao, and mental power have all caught up to the top figures of the same age. Standing in front of a Great Longevity who has cultivated for hundreds of years, he can respond calmly.

Such a cultivation speed is simply unimaginable.

Could it be that he is even more outstanding in comprehension?

An Xianjing secretly digested the astonishment in her heart, while also feeling puzzled.

Xu Tingsheng clearly said he had already reached completion on the first level, why was it only initiated?

Seeing An Xianjing silent for a long time, Li Youyi was afraid that his biggest backer in the Twin Rice Sect was suspecting something, so he hurriedly explained: "They must have misunderstood! The reason they think I have cultivated the first level of the Six-Like Burning Karma Art to completion might be because I integrated mental power and Golden Crow flames into the Dao technique."

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

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

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

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

Unleashing it again, the Ash-Extinguishing Finger technique of the first level of the Six-Like Burning Karma Art. He pointed his finger, instantly fusing mental power, magic power, and Golden Crow flames into one.

The power condensed and erupted.

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

"Whoosh!"

"Rumble!"

That three-to-four-meter-tall decorative mountain rock collided with the finger energy, creating a cloud of fire, and then exploded. The broken stones fell to the ground, parts of them showing signs of melting.

The whole world seemed to become still.

An Xianjing’s expression froze at this moment, as if the dark clouds that had always shrouded her mind had been scattered by this finger, and her whole person had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

She also cultivated mental power.

But that was because her martial Dao progress was slow and her cultivation had become boring, so she did it to find another perception of the Great Dao, not taking it too seriously.

But even so, after two or three hundred years of accumulation, her mental 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 make the sixth level of the Six-Like Burning Karma Art go further and derive the seventh level, perhaps I can open the door to transcendence in one fell swoop."

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

But it ended in failure.

The magic power instantly crushed the mental power.

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

The third time, she learned from Li Youyi and made the mental power stronger than the magic power. The final result was that she couldn't even unleash 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 just not unleashing them.

Was she afraid that if she unleashed 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 steadied her mind and asked faintly: "How did you think of using mental power and the Six-Like Burning Karma Art in combination?"

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

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

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

An Xianjing had long tried various methods, but the situation Li Youyi described hadn't appeared.

"Whoosh!"

Her figure flashed and appeared beside Li Youyi, a hand resting on his shoulder: "Unleash it again?"

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

Cultivating for hundreds of years and couldn't even fuse magic power and mental power?

Under An Xianjing’s instruction, Li Youyi unleashed the Ash-Extinguishing Finger technique over a dozen times.

Next, she was alone there pinching finger techniques again, 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 Hall Master said before that she would return to the ground today. Someone from the Heavenly Hall came to ask, when will the Hall Master set off?"

"Tell the Heavenly Hall that this Hall Master has important matters and will be delayed for a period of time. For the Eastern Territory, 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 Hall 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 was more important than anything else.

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 speaking up to help that day."

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

Elder Xu lowered his voice and transmitted: "What is wrong with the Hall Master?"

"The Hall 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 Hall Master must have realized that realm, otherwise she would never have left the big things outside; now is a time of many troubles. Divine Son, the Southern Clear Palace is left to you; take good care of the Hall Master, and if you need anything, 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 hard-pressed to escape death. He was afraid that he wouldn't have a good end either.

Others at most hide beauties in golden houses.

He was hiding a Young Monarch in a golden house, and he borrowed Yao Qingxuan’s golden house; "bold and heaven-defying" was not enough to describe it.

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

Elder Xu smiled: "Hasn't the Hall Master told you yet? The Heavenly Principle Hall and Kurong Hall have strong opinions about you killing the Fourth Divine Son, believing it 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 Hall Masters gathered together, so they decided it directly?"

Elder Xu added: "Divine Son, you must be careful when walking out of the Southern Clear Palace. You are now the Fourth Divine Son; in other words, Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun, who are ranked fifth, can challenge you at any time. Of course, they wouldn't dare to kill you easily, but once you lose and the treasures on you are taken away, it is within the scope allowed by the Divine Sect’s rules."

Li Youyi said: "Making me the Fourth Divine Son, isn't that purely pitting me?"

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

"The Divine Son is truly a favorite of the Hall Master; we don't have the qualification to see her usually. Receiving a few pointers from the Hall Master is enough to benefit for a lifetime."

Elder Xu showed envy and left.

Li Youyi turned and returned to the palace.

An Xianjing sat by the rice field of Golden Rice, seeing Li Youyi walk into the array light veil: "I absorbed a lot of Ash-Extinguishing Fire when I cultivated the first and second levels of the Six-Like Burning Karma Art to completion. How did you cultivate the Golden Crow flames in your mental power?"

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

Li Youyi said: "Isn't the light of the sun Golden Crow flames?"

"Then your Fusang Divine Tree light and shadow, how was it cultivated?" An Xianjing said.

"This is a meditation method I created myself; I just imagine myself as the Fusang Divine Tree and absorb the light of the sun," Li Youyi said half-truthfully.

A self-created meditation method?

An Xianjing didn't think this was realistic, but it was indeed true that she hadn't heard of anyone else cultivating the Fusang Divine Tree light and shadow spirit.

It was naturally impossible for her to change her meditation method now; immediately, her face was solemn, and she fell into deep thought.

Li Youyi said cautiously: "Hall Master, you don't have to follow my path..."

"What did you say? When did I say I would follow your path? Whether your path can be walked is still 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 insincerity, afraid that she would continue to study him; she had already noticed the Golden Crow flames and the Fusang Divine Tree. In a few more days, she might perform a full-body examination on him, or notice the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and the Huang Long Sword.

So, he said: "Hall 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 major technique?

Li Youyi naturally didn't know the true meaning of the Six-Like, but he knew that well-known Buddhist quote: "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dew and like lightning; thus should one view them. So, the Six-Like refers to dream, illusion, bubble, shadow, dew, and lightning. Hall Master, have you never heard this famous Buddhist saying?"

"The Buddhist classics excavated from the underground immortal mansion are as vast as the sea; how could I have read 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..."

"Whoosh!"

Her movement technique turned into light mist, and she had actually disappeared.

Before long, An Xianjing returned holding a heavy jade-quality book, sitting 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."