Chapter 411: Half a Volume of the God-Worshipping Method

Kicked out of the Bronze Tower's divine realm, Li Yuan didn't open his eyes either; with a shift of his mind, he entered the Mysterious Whale Mi Jing!

On the Overhanging Mountain, Li Yuan lightly patted the stone stele, and the Mysterious Whale Qi came rolling in, transforming at the beck of his mind into various characters—precisely the half-volume of Bai Shen Fa he had just memorized!

"Not every old-timer is sly and cunning!"

Li Yuan muttered to himself!

This Star-Plucking Tower Lord was clearly much easier to fool than Dragon Dao Lord; of course, it might also be because this was within Dragon Tiger Temple!

He had thought obtaining the Bai Shen Zheng Fa would still require some twists and turns!

"Revere oneself as god, illuminate the mind and see one's nature!"

The opening of this half-volume of Bai Shen Fa was identical to what he had obtained from Wang Wen Yuan; Li Yuan compared it word by word, sentence by sentence!

He had cultivated the introductory chapter of Xiu Bai Shen Fa for several years, and had also cultivated the Divine Foot, Divine Hall, and Divine Organs scriptures; after careful comparison… he found no problems with this half-volume of Bai Shen Fa!

Only then did he set his mind at ease, carefully pondering its essence!

The half-volume of Bai Shen Fa was naturally far more complex than the introductory chapter, but for Li Yuan at this point, understanding it was not difficult!

In a nutshell: transform oneself into a god!

That ancestor of Xinyi Sect had indeed grasped the essence—Buddha stands alone supreme, transform oneself into god; the meanings were not far off!

Li Yuan sat cross-legged, switched to a hall-control combination that boosted the spirit, and began dissecting it!

The Bai Shen Fa totals twelve layers!

Reading through it, Li Yuan couldn't help feeling slightly shocked—even arts like Dragon Elephant Vajra Heaven and Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon only had seven layers!

However, this half-volume only mentioned seven layers; the latter five were only alluded to in veiled terms, and could only be cultivated and refined after achieving Soul Transformation unity!

Thinking this way, it seemed very reasonable again!

"Seek god, see god, invite god, depict god, worship god, entreat god, transform into god!"

Corresponding to this half-volume of Bai Shen scripture, Li Yuan's understanding of these seven layers deepened greatly; as he had guessed, the Bai Shen Zheng Fa was the overarching outline, while arts like Divine Foot, Divine Palm, and Divine Organs were branches!

To cultivate the Bai Shen Fa to Xiu Zhi Qi Zhong, one must first cultivate the seven branch ultimate arts to Great Perfection!

"I have the complete Divine Palm scripture, and incomplete Divine Foot and Divine Organs scriptures; I can cultivate the Bai Shen Fa to Dao Di San Chong, the Inviting God realm!"

This Tower Lord was decent; Li Yuan mused that the half-volume of scripture also contained annotations for many terms, so he wouldn't have to guess wildly himself!

Soon, Li Yuan had a clear picture in his mind!

"Ordinary Wu Gong strengthens the body, nurtures true qi, and ultimately nourishes the spirit!"

The Bai Shen Fa, however, begins with the spirit; the God-Worshipping Visualization Method is both its foundation and its core!

With a shift of Li Yuan's mind, the characters formed by the Mysterious Whale true qi before his eyes scattered, then under his gaze transformed into a human figure identical to him in build and features!

"Visualization!"

Li Yuan murmured a phrase, and the figure mimicked him by sitting down on the ground!

The Mysterious Whale Mi Jing was greatly beneficial for martial cultivation, especially when attempting to practice!

Visualization is the core; arts like Divine Foot and Divine Hall scriptures are the branches!

Li Yuan said to himself!

On the seated figure opposite, fine patterns emerged—thirty-six qi meridians, and as they interwove vertically and horizontally, points of light lit up one after another; these were acupoints!

The so-called See God, Invite God, Depict God and the like were more like mystifying jargon!

After dissecting the entire text, Li Yuan had his own understanding of the Bai Shen Fa!

"In my view, it uses the Visualization Method as the core, ultimate arts like Divine Organs and Divine Palm as mediums, to light up acupoints throughout the body, which in turn feeds back to the spirit…"

As acupoints lit up one by one, in Li Yuan's perception, the seated figure's aura also kept rising!

"How many types of acupoints are opened within the body, the visualized body correspondingly has that many acupoints; thus, spiritual power can be multiplied several times, even dozens of times!"

Li Yuan was quite astonished!

This Bai Shen Fa was clearly aimed at refining visualized spirit into a human form as well—no, according to the Bai Shen Fa's wording

, into a 'god'!

"The so-called seventh-layer Soul Transformation realm is the perfect unity of spirit and body…"

With the three elements of essence, qi, and spirit thus unified, the physical body could even gather and disperse like the spirit, formless!

Transforming the tangible into the intangible, breaking the finite into the infinite; thus, whether body or spirit, both could climb again!

Li Yuan's eyes were bright; in terms of ambition, this half-volume of Bai Shen Fa was no inferior to Dragon Elephant Vajra Heaven, and from the description, it moved him even more!

When the physical body can gather and disperse formlessly, severed limbs can regenerate, and even a single drop of blood can transform into a human form.

Li Yuan couldn't help recalling what he had seen when listening to the sound—that Dragon Demon Daoist's drop of blood transforming into a person—wasn't that precisely this principle? Truly a peerless divine art!

Li Yuan's spirit jolted, all sleepiness gone; he immediately immersed himself in dissecting and understanding this Bai Shen Zheng Fa!

He had practiced visualization for many years, with deep foundations; once he fully digested the scripture, he could even plunge straight into the third layer!

"Woo…"

Glancing at Li Yuan on the bed, the little tiger cub 'hmph'ed, completely losing all sleepiness; with a lift of its paw, it pushed open the window and vanished into the night!

Soon she had snuck back into the city!

Familiar with the route, she changed into a set of clothes at that silk and satin shop, then headed to the Liu family in Chengxi!

"It's been so long, there should be news by now!"

After tidying the ill-fitting clothes, Qin Li Shixian put on her mask, steeled herself, and walked toward the Liu residence!

Over the past half year, she would come to the Liu residence from time to time; at first she was very careful, each time watching Liu De take the Chaos Soul Pill!

Only after drawing her blade did she truly reveal herself.

In the rear quarters of the Liu residence, Liu De held a teacup, expressionless; the room was a mess, various vases and screens shattered on the ground, an old woman crying and wailing as she ran out, "Sigh!"

After the old woman left, Liu De sighed long and deeply, bowed, and said: "Your subordinate greets the Tower Lord!"

"A trivial family matter, and you still haven't handled it properly?"

Qin Li Shixian adjusted her mask, her voice cold, impossible to tell male from female!

And it's all because of you!!!!!

Liu De felt helpless inwardly. If not for this Cult Master butting in with a word, he would have certainly divorced his wife by now: "This subordinate truly has no choice. My old wife is jealous by nature, yet bears no children. At her old age, this is her only son—if I don't bring him back, I truly can't set my heart at ease!"

Qin Li Shixian didn't respond, asking: "Any movement from the Mysterious Light Mirror?"

"No movement yet!"

Liu De bowed slightly, inviting Qin Li Shixian into the back room!

The back room was laid out like a Buddhist shrine, but different—in here, what was enshrined were various spirit tablets, one censer after another, smoke curling around. Beneath it hung a black mirror the size of a human face, one he had spent months searching for in a mountain within the territory of the Seven Kills Sect in Youzhou!"

"Still no movement…!!"

She glanced at the Mysterious Light Mirror. Beneath the mask, Qin Li Shixian had already knitted her brows. Every message was like a stone sinking into the sea—it seemed Wang Wang Wenyuan and the others had completely cut off contact with the outside world!

"Wan Wan Zhuliu, Yan Yan Tianxiong, Shen Shen Qisheng…!"

Qin Li Shixian's heart chilled slightly!

The Mysterious Light Mirrors' connection with one another could not be completely severed even by the Shan Xuan Bing Mi Jing. She suspected it was very likely that those few mirrors had met with mishap!

"Chi Chi Zhuiyang, Murong Qing were disciples personally cultivated by her grandfather. The mysteries of the Mysterious Light Mirror cannot be hidden from them!"

"If it really won't work, I'll borrow another Dragon-Tiger Longevity Pill from Long Long Yingchan."

Qin Li Shixian was somewhat hesitant. Mainly, that old monk's price was too steep—seize any chance and he'd squeeze you to death. She truly didn't want to be that fool paying through the nose!

"Borrow it first."

She ground her teeth inwardly. Being hunted for ten thousand miles, this grudge she'd held in for years truly could no longer be suppressed!

Just as Qin Li Shixian was about to leave, she suddenly heard a trembling hum. Her reaction was swift—purple true Qi spread out, shrouding the room within!

The next instant, a wisp of purple mist also rose upon that Mysterious Light Mirror!

This wisp of purple mist was naturally thin compared to her own true Qi, but the moment it appeared, an ancient, desolate aura freely spread along with it!

"Grandfather."

Qin Li Shixian was startled in her heart, then overjoyed: "You—you've come out of seclusion, old sir."

"Little Xian!"

From within the purple mist came an aged, resonant voice: "Just stepped out of seclusion, and I saw the Mysterious Light Mirror's light… what? The imperial court's encirclement and suppression—were you injured? Who was it? Wan Wan Zhuliu, or those old ghosts of the Xieshen Sect?"

"Wan Wan Zhuliu!"

Qin Li Shixian clenched her teeth and laid out the whole story, cause and consequence.

"Several years ago, the Zhenhai Shan Xuan Turtle Shell appeared in Henglong Dao. I wasn't far at the time, so I went to take a look on the way! This Mysterious Light Mirror is a strange treasure left behind by her ancestors—nine in total. Once a Grandmaster-level martial artist channels true Qi into it, text can appear on another mirror tens of thousands of miles away, even sound!"

When being pursued earlier, his injuries were extremely severe, so he had no choice but to abandon it in the mountain forest. He had Liu De make a trip to retrieve it, and after being warmed by incense offerings, it had already been quite some days!

"Is it that the incense offerings aren't enough?"

"This…"

Liu De gave a bitter smile: "All the incense offerings this subordinate has accumulated are right here. If it's still not enough, we can only go rob some…"

The imperial court strictly forbade private temples, and even more strictly forbade licentious cults and evil gods. The incense offerings he had were also accumulated only with great difficulty!

"Rob?"

Qin Li Shixian rejected it without even thinking. Today's Mount Hengshan city is full of experts—let alone Grandmasters, there are two Great Grandmasters, not to mention the imperial court's experts!

She had only just managed to stabilize her injuries with great difficulty—she didn't want to add injury upon injury!

"If the Tower Master truly finds it inconvenient, then let this subordinate make a trip…!"

Liu De bowed and said: "Who knows, perhaps Wang the Scholar or Faceless Chang left some traces behind."

"No…"

Qin Li Shixian refused outright!

What Liu De worried about was the Tower's interior, but she was different—she wasn't worried. After all, although her grandfather had been in seclusion for many years, it was, after all, only seclusion!

"Then, this subordinate truly has no other recourse. Perhaps I could secretly procure some incense offerings—this subordinate has some connections with the temple keeper of the Thousand-Eye Bodhisattva Temple. Would that perhaps work?"

Liu De probed with a question!

"No need!"

Qin Li Shixian raised her hand to send him out, then herself reached out and grabbed that Mysterious Light Mirror. With a surge of true Qi, all manner of text already flickered upon it, sent out!

Over these past months, she had transmitted messages many times, but each time she looked, she didn't want to be discovered by that Qian Emperor…

"The Qian Emperor—the current Emperor?"

From within the purple mist, the aged voice was full of murderous intent. No matter how immeasurably distant, Qin Li Shixian felt her heart turn cold!

"Once this old man comes out of seclusion, there will be a reckoning!"

Qin Li Shixian frowned slightly, somewhat worried: "Is your injury healed?"

"That nine-headed old ghost's methods were extremely vicious, and there's also that Wan Wan Zhuliu…"

The aged voice calmed down: "But you—were you injured?"

"Mm, took a slash from Wan Wan Zhuliu…"

Qin Li Shixian did not conceal it: "That Wan Wan Zhuliu's Liu De Wu Gong is far stronger than you said. That slash nearly broke through my Divine Realm!"

"Given his talent, over forty years have passed—he's about ready to take that step."

The purple mist trembled: "This villain practices the Subduing-Demon Dragon God Saber, and for decades on end has honed his saber intent against the heroes of the world. It's no surprise you're not his match!"

Qin Li Shixian did not argue back. In the months before Li Yuan drew his saber, she had no idea how many times she had clashed with him—a hundred battles, a hundred defeats—she couldn't talk tough!

"Return to the Tower!"

This old man will extract that saber intent for you!

"That saber intent, I've already had someone extract it!"

Qin Li Shixian hesitated a moment, but still answered truthfully!

"Mm."

The ball of purple mist trembled sharply, and the aged voice turned startled: "Who is it?"

"A… junior from Dragon Tiger Temple!"

"Who?"

The aged voice rose half a pitch!

"The Dragon Tiger Temple junior Long Long Yingchan? Long Xi Xiang, or Nie Xianshan?"

They're all old fogies!

Qin Li Shixian was a little tongue-tied, but on reflection, given the age of her own ancestor, calling those fellows little ones was hardly inappropriate!

"His name is Li Yuan, not yet twenty years old, Viscera Refinement Great Completion, an epoch-making talent, and he practices Yi Bai Xing as well!"

"Li Yuan?"

The Mysterious Light Mirror itself trembled, and the aged voice was quite astonished: "Not yet twenty… not yet twenty… tell me everything in detail!"

Qin Li Shixian sensed the will of her own ancestor and did not dare hide anything—she recounted in full how she had met Li Yuan, everything up to the drawing of the blade, and even her deal with Long Long Yingchan!

"Less than a year—from being unable to take a single blade to perishing together… such rapid progress, and it seems he's cultivated part of the Dragon Demon Heart Scripture as well!"

The Mysterious Light Mirror shook violently. Qin Li Shixian hurriedly reached out to catch it, exhaling true qi to sustain it—she suspected this Laozu Sect ancestor wanted to crawl over here in person!

"Given Wan Wan Zhuliu's talent, unless he hadn't advanced a single step these past forty-plus years, how could such a junior strip away his blade intent?"

Self-muttering came from across the Mysterious Light Mirror, tinged with doubt: "Or did that Wan Wan Zhuliu fail his assault on the 'Dark Road' and suffer backlash?"

"Dark Road?"

Qin Li Shixian's heart jolted: "Wan Wan Zhuliu is already assaulting the Dark Road?"

"More than forty years ago, he had already fully mastered the Demon-Subduing Dragon God Blade, so naturally he could assault the Dark Road. A pity, the Dark Road that even the Master himself could not cross—what right does he have?"

The aged voice calmed: "Bring that boy back." "This… won't be easy!"

Qin Li Shixian shook her head. Her injuries had not healed, and even if they had, taking Li Yuan from under the noses of those two old monks would be extremely difficult!

Besides, she didn't really want to use force!

"Won't be easy!!!!"

Qin Li Shixian was just mulling over the possibility of using force when she suddenly heard a 'crack'—a fissure split open on the Mysterious Light Mirror: "Don't."

She was a step too late to stop it; before the word was even out, the Mysterious Light Mirror had already spider-cracked apart!

Wisps of purple-tinged-black true qi seeped out from the cracks of the Mysterious Light Mirror, weaving together before her eyes at an extremely slow pace!

"You— you're in such a hurry?"

Qin Li Shixian couldn't help stamping her foot, yet couldn't help feeling a little alarmed!

The Mysterious Light Mirror had no ability to transmit true qi; to descend across such a distance in this manner was something she herself could not do at all!

Whoo! Whoo!

Wisps of purple true qi wove together like mist!