Chapter 214: The Terrifying Great Tribulation Mountain

Li Wuxiang knew about the Qing Nang Immortal, the Ghost Immortal, and the Taiyin Form Refining Technique used to cultivate the Ghost Immortal - what Zhao Kui had done in the stove was a variation of the Taiyin Form Refining Technique.

Tang Qillang said that Kong Jingci’s “immortal” was probably not a real immortal... Was he similar to himself?
Li Wuxiang remained calm: "This car is not big, is it convenient for you to say this here?"

Tang Qilang looked over at Kong Jingci, who was sitting at the rear of the car with Zhao Yu, still talking. She seemed to have taken out some powders and plasters from a gourd, and was teaching her how to use them, without looking over here.

He and Tang Qilang were sitting at the front of the car, with Liu Hanzhang and Lu Huaiyuan between them. It was not too close, but not too far either - if he, the Qing Nang Immortal, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, he would be able to hear some words.

Tang Qilang smiled and said, "When we were in the gourd before, didn't Senior Sister Kong also say that someone among us might have bad intentions? She wasn't afraid of us hearing it at that time. Besides, the Suhua Sect's technique is not something that people should be ashamed of. In addition to our five major sects, there are many people in the remaining thirty-six sects who are eager to help them become immortals. As for those who are not from the thirty-six sects, they feel that it is a great blessing."

"In fact, their Suhua Sect's skills are also a different approach. The idea of Taiyin Refining Body Technique is that a person cultivates to make his mind and spirit last forever and be immortal. So as long as this can be achieved, why bother to pursue physical body sainthood and ascend to heaven in broad daylight? Faking death to survive the catastrophe, abandoning the physical body and becoming a ghost immortal can also make one's mind and spirit immortal."

"But since we are lucky enough to join a sect with a long tradition like the Thirty-Six Sects, who would really be willing to become a ghost immortal? The Yuanying and Yangshen of the Thirty-Six Sects cannot be compared with those of your Sword Sect, but they are also considered to be great. So many people will spend some other thoughts on the matter of Taiyin Refining Form - their Suhua Sect's founder is one of them."

"But it was also their ancestor who got a unique treasure - the treasure of their Suhua Sect is a pair of black beads, which have the magical power to refine life. Their ancestor became a true immortal, but after the catastrophe three thousand years ago, the Suhua Sect lost its inheritance. At this time, their new sect leader was thinking - the Taiyin Refining Technique is to abandon the physical body and fake death to survive the tribulation, but what if you don't abandon the physical body and fake death to survive the tribulation?"

When Li Wuxiang heard him say this, he couldn't help but think of Zhao Kui again. From this point of view, that guy was also a brilliant person. If he hadn't run into him, he might have really become a master.

"But faking your own death is not easy. You have to deceive the Netherworld Messenger. The Suhua Sect's method cannot be used just once, but several times. So their method is to reincarnate."

Tang Qilang said he didn't care, but he lowered his voice at this time and moved closer to Li Wuxiang: "Master, think about it, when a person dies and reincarnates, a new body needs to grow. What is the most troublesome thing for us cultivators, isn't it to cultivate the body? What if this body is our own, or we give birth to ourselves?"

Li Wuxiang was well-informed, but he was also stunned at this moment: "Ah?"

At this time, Tang Qilang's face no longer had that light playful expression, but instead became solemn and serious: "So the Suhua Sect is full of female cultivators. When a female cultivator just enters the sect, she will first practice their Suhua mental method, and when she reaches the stage of forming a golden elixir, once the golden elixir is formed, it will become a seed of the Nascent Soul Yang God."

"At this point, they don't cultivate the Nascent Soul yet. Because there are so many cultivators in the world, if their aptitude is not good, then few of them can become a Nascent Soul before their youth and lifespan are exhausted. So at this time, they use their sect's treasure, the pair of black beads - find a male cultivator who is high in realm, young, and has good aptitude, absorb his Yuan Yang with the black beads, and then refine this Yuan Yang. The cultivators of the Suhua Sect will then transfer the refined pure Yang Qi in the black beads into their bodies to form a bead fetus."

"This pearl fetus is not an ordinary fetus. It is formed by the cultivator's golden elixir and pure yang energy, which is equivalent to another kind of Nascent Soul. At this time, the cultivator is nurturing the fetus while slowly transferring his spiritual consciousness into it. When the fetus is separated from the body, the two will share the same spiritual consciousness. At this time, they will use their sect's treasures to catalyze vitality, and in one or two years, it will grow to be no different from the original body-"

Tang Qilang let out a sigh of relief: "And what is the cultivation level of this new one? You can call it a golden elixir, or a false infant. I know that your Sword Sect calls the Nascent Souls of our thirty-six sects false infants, and the false infant that the Suhua Sect has formed at this time is not even as good as an ordinary false infant. But it doesn’t matter - this new body, the lifespan of this newborn can be that of a peak golden elixir, plus the aptitude is good, doesn’t it mean that a person is born with the cultivation level of a golden elixir? It will save a lot of trouble in the future!"

"Then, slowly cultivate with this new body. Since the new body has good aptitude, it will naturally progress quickly. When the original body's youth and life span is running out, or it has suffered some incurable injuries, then use the Taiyin Body Refining Technique to fake its death. In an ordinary fake death, you will become a ghost fairy with no support. In the Suhua Sect's fake death, the soul has gone to a new body, and the Netherworld Messenger can't find any problems when he takes a look."

Tang Qilang sighed, "Master, do you think they can become immortals with this method? We call them Taijiexian. There are also benefits for those who help them. Since we use the Suhua Sect's Xuanzhu to obtain their Yuanyang, the male cultivator can use this Xuanzhu to refine himself and purify his essence. Not only will his cultivation level not suffer any loss, but it can also be improved a lot. For example, the True Immortal Body Dao Pian of your Sword Sect originally refined a mouthful of pure Yang Qi and blood. This Xuanzhu is even more helpful to you. So, Senior Sister Kong should feel that she is determined to win now."

Li Wuxiang now understood why Kong Jingyu looked like Kong Jingci's Yin spirit - according to Tang Qilang, it was indeed a fake fake baby that was even worse than a fake baby. And according to his own opinion...wasn't this just cloning!
The idea of the Suhua Sect was actually similar to Zhao Kui's original idea, except that Zhao Kui did not have their sect's treasure, so he chose a more radical method based on what Lou He had taught - to refine a skin with Taiyi spiritual energy, once and for all.

"She said before that they were practicing a combined attack method, and something went wrong—"

Tang Qilang nodded: "Yes, we have heard about it. Well, in fact, otherwise, the one who practiced seriously in Suhua Sect this time would be this Senior Sister Kong. But because something went wrong in her practice, the new student was going to be wasted. Sect Master, do you understand? No one in this Great Tribulation Mountain can compare to your aptitude? I guess... it only took you thirty years to become an infant?"

Li Wuxiang tilted his head: "Why do you say that?"

"Because of what you do - don't be surprised, Sect Master - sometimes you are very mature and calm, and sometimes you are very courageous. Yesterday, you were even a little compassionate. I guess Lao Chen is calm because you have more experience, and he is bold because he has been with the swordsman for a long time. The compassion is because he was born in a noble family in the past, so he must have lived a much better life than the rest of us."

Li Wuxiang just smiled. Tang Qilang said, "So Senior Sister Kong needs help right now. From our perspective, she still has a long time left, but from the perspective of the Suhua Sect, it's time to get anxious.

Li Wuxiang nodded: "You said that we sword warriors are very suitable to use the Xuanzhu of their Suhua Sect. How to use it specifically? Should we carry it with us to practice often, or can we just use it once?"

"It should take some days of effort. After all, it is to refine the pure yang energy in the human body, and the remaining energy will always be generated slowly. However, the effect of their Suhua Sect's Xuanzhu can be achieved by the miraculous medicine of our Tiangong Sect that I just told you, Sect Master, and it is not restricted by gender." Tang Qilang said seriously, "The Suhua Sect may have ambitions, but our Tiangong Sect does not force it. We just hope that the thirty-six sects will work together and no longer be a scattered group. I know that Senior Sister Kong said to you that if you don't become the Sect Master of the Seal, then so and so, but we at Tiangong want to say that if you want to become the Sect Master of the Seal, we will also fully support you - we just need good karma."

These people spoke more nicely than each other, and they all seemed to have their own merits. At present, the Suhua Sect had the Black Pearl, which Li Wuxiang actually felt was very suitable for him. He had a lot of medicinal materials for elixirs, but they all needed time to digest them slowly. On the way, he thought more than once that it would be great if he had some magic weapon that he could use for three or four days.

According to Tang Qilang, the Xuanzhu seems to have similar effects. But the Tiangong School's stuff is actually not bad either. If their panacea is as effective and wonderful as they say, Xue Baoping, Zeng Jianqiu, and Zhao Yu will all be able to use it.

But what about Lu Huaiyuan and Liu Hanzhang? Are they stupid? Why don't they find a chance to show their good will to him? Li Wuxiang really wants to see what other treasures the Thirty-Six Sects have.

The next half day's journey was uneventful. We stopped twice to change horses, and when the sun gradually set in the west, we could see Dajie Mountain in the distance.

When Li Wuxiang saw this mountain, he understood why Li Ye named it "Da Jie" - it used to be a volcano!
Its main body should have been a very standard volcanic cone a long, long time ago, rising abruptly from a flat ground, giving a strong sense of visual oppression.

But at some point afterwards, it must have suffered a severe blow, and the mountains on the east and west sides collapsed and slid a very long distance to both sides, forming two low mountain ranges guarding the two sides.

Therefore, the remaining main body of the Great Tribulation Mountain appears particularly majestic, looking like the Jiuzhu Peak in the Nether Nine Abyss that has been magnified dozens of times.

There are lush vegetation on the north and south sides of the mountain, and the slope is very gentle. There are many pavilions hidden halfway up the mountain. Because it is almost dusk, the setting sun shines on the tops of those pavilions, reflecting a continuous golden glow, as if all the buildings have golden roofs.

Its east and west sides are mostly exposed rock walls. It is still late summer now, but mist seems to be rising from the rock walls, as if it is a winter scene.

Seeing him staring at the smoke, Tang Qilang immediately said, "That is purple smoke, which is considered a spectacular sight in this area. Before Emperor Taiyi became enlightened, he chanted a line here, 'The sun shines on the incense burner and produces purple smoke.' This is recorded in all sects and schools, so it is not just a rumor among the people."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "Is there any hot spring or something like that on this mountain?"

Tang Qilang smiled: "Yes. Normally, some people come here to soak in the hot springs, mostly monks from the sect."

"Then...are those purple smokes poisonous?"

"Yes. It is a poisonous miasma, but it also has magical uses. Many sects come here to get poison to make some potions or something like that."

Li Wuxiang took a deep breath. "So when did the mountain collapse? More than 3,000 years ago? Has the purple smoke been rising from more than 3,000 years ago to this moment? Has the hot springs on the mountain become less or more? Has it become colder or hotter?"

Tang Qilang was a little confused by his question. After a while, he said, "It did collapse more than 3,000 years ago. It should have happened during the war, right? I don't know about Ziyan, but various sects have used it, and there has never been a shortage. But you did ask about the hot springs, Sect Master - there are more now than before. At the end of the Ye Dynasty, there should have been only four hot springs on the Great Tribulation Mountain. Now, let alone how many there are, there are too many big and small to count. Why are you asking this, Sect Master?"

Li Wuxiang felt that his head was a bit big. In his previous life, he didn't know much about volcanoes, at least not to the point where he could tell whether it was an extinct volcano or an active volcano at a glance.

However, a volcano had its two sides collapsed by some magical power three thousand years ago. Since then, smoke has been coming out of the mountain walls, and the hot springs on the mountain are still increasing... He felt that this was not a good thing!
"Junior Brother Tang, do you know about the volcano?"

Tang Qilang frowned slightly: "Which sect are you referring to? The sect near Deyang?"

Li Wuxiang held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "It's not a sect, it's a mountain, a mountain that spews fire, a mountain that spews underground fire - have you heard of it?"

Tang Qilang was stunned: "Is there such a thing? I have never heard of it... But Sect Master, are you talking about the Essence of Earth Fire? That thing is often used in our Tiangong Sect."

"The essence of earth fire is——"

"First, we need to obtain the refined iron, and then—"

Li Wuxiang understood. Things seemed to be getting a little troublesome.

When he saw the mountain just now, he was thinking that since the people from the Thirty-Six Sects chose to hold the Great Tribulation Alliance here, they should have a way to suppress the volcano that might erupt. Or maybe he didn't know how to judge whether a volcano was in danger of erupting, but they did.

But now it seems that most people in this world have never even heard of a "volcanic eruption"!
It should be that ever since Li Ye came into this world and led the people here from the barbaric period directly into the Middle Ages, there has been no volcanic activity at least in the Central Continent!

Is he really going to go up the mountain with this group of people? And stay there for a long time?!

(End of this chapter)

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