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These two are much older than this generation of disciples, so it's perfectly normal for them to be stronger than me. Moreover, barring any unforeseen circumstances, one will become the future sect leader, and the other will become the future head of Dragon Head Peak.
But now you've mentioned an even more monstrous one, an unknown disciple of Dazhu Peak who broke through three realms in a year. What does that mean?
Many Qingyun Sect disciples would need to cultivate for more than ten or even several decades to equal what he achieves in a single year.
They don't know how to bridge this gap. They will work hard to cultivate themselves, so why wouldn't he work hard to cultivate himself?
This puts a lot of pressure on the disciples, and those who can't withstand it will naturally have their Dao heart damaged.
Dao Xuan was pleased with this outcome. As a top genius and the head of a sect, he believed that the growth of Qingyun Sect should not rely on the lowest-ranking disciples, but on the core strength and the top combat power.
If these disciples whose Dao hearts are shattered can rebuild their Dao hearts, their future will be limitless, and they will be more than capable of becoming the backbone of the Qingyun Sect.
The top combat power in the future will naturally be Li Qing'an, who broke through three realms in a year, and Lu Xueqi, the closed-door disciple of Xiaozhu Peak.
Xiao Yicai, his successor, was not even ranked among these people.
Dao Xuan couldn't help but sigh in the Jade Purity Hall.
“The future is promising!”
Shuiyue, who also knew the news from Xiaozhu Peak, could only sigh. If Li Qing'an's cultivation level were lower, he might have been able to stop the two of them.
But now it is obviously extremely difficult, with a stubborn Lu Xueqi and an amazingly talented Li Qingan.
As Daoist partners, even Dao Xuan wouldn't say anything; in fact, he would strongly support them.
But Shuiyue also knew that such a gifted disciple would inevitably be surrounded by beautiful women in the future.
Chapter 10: The story begins one year later.
Time flies, and almost a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
"After spending most of my rest time, I have finally broken through to the sixth level of the Jade Purity Realm. Once I confirm that the plot has started and Zhang Xiaofan has gone up the mountain, I can prepare to go down the mountain to look for some opportunities and forge my own magic weapon."
Li Qingan sat in a recliner, looking at the control panel.
Name: Li Qing'an
Location: Central Plains, Qingyun Gate
[Realm]: Sixth level of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao Jade Purity Realm
[Taoist Techniques]: Wood, Water, and Earth Array Runes, Spirit Gathering Array, Sword Control Technique, Sound Transmission Technique, Azure Cloud Escape Technique, Great Bamboo Peak Sword Technique, Great Bamboo Peak Basic Taoist Techniques
[Work-Rest Balance]: When you achieve a balance between work and rest, the longer your rest time, the stronger the effect of your practice. Current rest time: 60 days, 6 hours.
During this year, Li Qingan discovered that by transforming his rest time twice, he could maintain a state of enlightenment. Needless to say, the effects of transforming it multiple times were unparalleled.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break through from the third level of the Jade Purity Realm to the sixth level in just under a year.
Of course, the most important thing is not the breakthrough in realm, but the Daoist techniques he began to create after reaching the fourth level of the Jade Purity Realm, and the runes he comprehended after many cultivation sessions.
He continuously read books about ley lines and investigated the changes in runes.
He finally figured out several runes. Most importantly, Li Qing'an discovered that when multiple runes are combined, they can form a formation similar to a terrain environment, which can play a variety of unexpected roles.
For example, the three runes that Li Qingan has now researched—earth, wood, and water—can achieve the effect of gathering spiritual energy through specific combinations. Placing them near a residence can significantly increase the concentration of spiritual energy.
Because it was derived from the earth's veins, Li Qing'an called this combination a terrain formation—the Spirit Gathering Formation.
The spiritual energy gathering formation that Li Qingan researched did not have a very urgent requirement for spiritual energy concentration because Dazhu Peak had few disciples and occupied a large area.
Although after reaching the third level of the Jade Purity Realm, one must go to the Taiji Cave to cultivate.
As one of the seven branches of the Qingyun Sect, Dazhu Peak naturally possesses a natural ability to gather spiritual energy, thus fulfilling the needs of Dazhu Peak disciples.
However, he had many disciples in the six major sects, such as Chaoyang Peak and Tongtian Peak.
Their need for spiritual energy is naturally enormous, and many disciples spend very little time cultivating in places like Taiji Cave.
The spirit-gathering formation developed by Li Qing'an can alleviate their need for places like Taiji Cave.
Therefore, after learning that he had become famous in the Qingyun Sect, Li Qing'an, with the idea of... well, giving back to the Qingyun Sect...
Handing over this formation will also earn me some goodwill with Dao Xuan, so that when Zhang Xiaofan is struck by the Zhuxian Sword Qi in the future, I can offer some advice.
This was a solution he came up with for his junior brother Zhang Xiaofan, who had not yet entered the sect.
Zhang Xiaofan: Thank you!
So Li Qing'an used the black bamboo material from Dazhu Peak and some special ores from Dazhu Peak, along with the refining methods he learned in the library, to refine dozens of array plates. He then inscribed combined runes on them and entrusted Tian Buyi and Su Ru to hand them over to the head of Qingyun Sect.
Dao Xuan and the heads of several sects had just received the information and were still in disbelief. How could there be such a formation?
In the end, it was surprisingly delicious!
One set of these things is never enough. People who know the situation might think that even the head of my lineage can't afford them. Give me a dozen more sets.
As a result, Li Qing'an's status in the Qingyun Sect rose rapidly, and Dao Xuan even gave Li Qing'an the Six Harmonies Mirror, the reward for the Seven Sects Martial Arts Tournament in the original novel, for his protection.
To prevent any accidents from happening to Li Qing'an, since there are very few disciples with such talent who can also research formations to give back to the Qingyun Sect.
The other peaks of Longshou Peak and Chaoyang Peak, who had also received favors from Li Qing'an, were extremely grateful to him and gave him a lot of magical treasures, materials, and pills.
However, they were even more annoyed with Tian Buyi: "How come this fat guy has such good luck in his life? He seems to encounter all sorts of bad luck."
Li Qing'an had collected most of the materials he planned to use to forge a magic weapon. He only needed a few key materials to have his own magic weapon, and the entire Qingyun Sect did not have any of these remaining materials.
Although he knew that the Soul-Capturing Staff was in a cold pool deep in the bamboo forest behind Dazhu Peak, he did not intend to use this material to forge his own magic weapon.
"How could someone as handsome and dashing as me use such a magical artifact that emits black smoke? It's too inconsistent with my upright and noble persona. I'll leave it for Xiao Fan."
"However, if we could refine the Human Emperor Banner, that would also be feasible; we could just use it to recruit members of the Demonic Sect."
Li Qingan was already starting to have some ulterior motives.
"However, judging from the timeline, Zhang Xiaofan should be joining the Qingyun Sect around this time."
Li Qingan thought to himself.
Just then, Tian Ling'er's voice came from afar.
A red light swept across the sky, and Tian Ling'er, riding her Amber Crimson Silk, suddenly arrived and flew above Li Qing'an's head. Tian Ling'er had also broken through to the fourth level of the Jade Purity Realm a month ago, and was now able to control magical treasures.
"Li Qing'an, let's go see Xiao Luo at Tongtian Peak." She was very interested after breaking through her studies and often flew around alone on her Amber Crimson Silk after finishing her homework.
"Go, go."
Li Qingan thought to himself, "This is a good opportunity to see if there will be any changes in the plot."
At this point in time, besides Puzhi of Tianyin Temple, Li Qing'an couldn't think of anyone else he wanted to visit on the mountain.
Therefore, he only needs to see if he can find out if someone is visiting; he doesn't need to confront Puzhi directly.
Although the original work did not specify whether Puzhi visited Qingyun Sect secretly or openly.
However, what Puzhi wanted to do was exchange two basic martial arts techniques, which was unacceptable to both sects. The most likely course of action he could take was to conduct a covert investigation.
Without much thought, Li Qing'an rode a fairly decent magic weapon and soared into the sky, flying towards Tongtian Peak, with Tian Ling'er following behind in her Amber Crimson Silk.
Although Tian Ling'er's magic weapon was several times better than Li Qing'an's, she still couldn't catch up and was even left far behind.
"That scoundrel Li Qing'an, relying on his higher cultivation and deeper Taoist magic, actually didn't wait for me!" Tian Ling'er cursed as she watched Li Qing'an's figure disappear.
"I wish you a lonely old age."
Tian Ling'er was furious, but she still increased her energy output in an attempt to speed up her flight.
Li Qingan's voice suddenly appeared in Tian Ling'er's ear.
“I can hear you.”
"Hmm?" Tian Ling'er looked around hurriedly, as if she had been caught doing something wrong. She didn't see Li Qing'an, but she could definitely hear his voice.
"Don't bother looking, you won't find me. This is a new Taoist technique I created called Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission."
"So amazing! Teach me, teach me!" Tian Ling'er was shocked. There was such a Taoist technique. She quickly called out to Li Qing'an.
"We'll talk about it later. You're too slow. I'll wait for you up ahead. Hurry up and catch up."
Li Qingan's voice came again.
At this moment, Li Qing'an had already stopped ahead and was waiting for Tian Ling'er.
After a while, Tian Ling'er finally caught up with the Zhu Ling.
"Don't speak ill of me in the future, I might have overheard you. Let's go to Tongtian Peak to check the situation first. I'll teach you this sound transmission technique later, and then I'll also teach you a sword flight technique that will make you fly even faster."
As he spoke, Li Qing'an flew ahead on his sword, though at a much slower speed.
Tian Ling'er didn't say anything, but stuck out her pink tongue to express her dissatisfaction, and followed behind him.
A moment later, the two landed on the plaza of Tongtian Peak.
Li Qing'an first took Tian Ling'er to the Biyu Hantan, which is the resting place of the Qingyun Sect's water unicorn.
Previously, when he delivered the Spirit Gathering Array to Tongtian Peak alone, the Water Qilin Spirit Lord also unleashed a furious rage on him, a trait unique to transmigrators.
Although it was eventually discovered that the opportunity was meant for Xiao Luo, it still left Li Qing'an, who had just broken through to the fifth level of the Jade Purity Realm, in a very difficult situation.
The two traveled through the sea of clouds and across the rainbow bridge to reach the Azure Cold Pool, where the water unicorn lay on the dry ground by the pool, basking in the sun and sleeping.
"Spiritual Venerable, this disciple would like to ask how Xiao Luo is doing now? Is there anything this disciple can do to help?"
Li Qing'an bowed to the Spirit Lord and asked loudly, as if afraid that the Water Qilin wouldn't hear him.
The water unicorn didn't even lift its eyelids, but merely tilted its head slightly, gesturing for him to look at the middle of the icy pool.
He went to the edge of the cold pool and looked closely, but still couldn't see the little turtle. Instead, a huge whirlpool appeared in the center of the pool.
The underwater one is Xiao Luo, and the whirlpool was also caused by Xiao Luo. It seems that it has not yet fully received the opportunity from the Spirit Lord.
Seeing that he couldn't take Xiao Luo with him, he had no choice but to leave for Yuqing Palace to see if he could find out any news about Puzhi, so as to determine if there had been any major changes in the timeline.
[Little White as the starting point]
Chapter 11 Puzhi Zhang Xiaofan Goes Up the Mountain
"Junior Brother Li, you've arrived. If you have nothing to do, why don't you come to my residence for a chat?"
"No, no, Junior Brother, I still need to go to the Jade Purity Hall to see the Sect Leader about something."
"Junior brother, are you going to the Jade Purity Hall? Do you need me to take you there?"