Chapter 245 Dragon Tiger Rookie
Chapter 245 Dragon Tiger Rookie
First on the Dragon List, Long Xinglie.
Second on the Dragon List, Xin Wenhua, has achieved success in marrow refining.
Third on the Dragon List, Shan Hong, has achieved success in marrow refining.
Fourth on the Dragon Ranking, Lin Fangzhui, has achieved great success in refining the internal organs.
……
Li Yuan looked up. Under the sunlight, the names on the stone tablet shone brightly.
From top to bottom, there are more than 670 people, all of whom are elite disciples of the Dragon and Tiger Inner Sect.
At the bottom of the list, there were also those who had achieved success in changing their forms. Among them, he saw Gu Yang, Liu Huahong, and Yu Xuanji, who was ranked 143rd, and had achieved great success in changing their forms.
As for the previous Wang Xuanying, he was ranked 72nd on the Dragon List and had achieved success in opening his meridians.
"As expected of a leader in one sect, a sacred place in the martial arts world, there are more than eighty people on the half-block list who have successfully opened their meridians."
Li Yuan couldn't help but be shocked, this is what it really looks like when there are so many powerful people.
Compared to the Divine Weapon Valley, the foundation of the Dragon and Tiger Temple is much deeper. Among the top three on the Dragon List, two have achieved success in marrow refining, and the one who is ranked first in the true teaching of 'Jia Zi Invincible' has even achieved success in blood refining!
The first person with a gap.
"Among the eight prefectures of Huizhou, apart from the Huailong Palace, there are almost no ones who have achieved great success in blood transfusion, right?"
Li Yuan reached out and touched the stone tablet. It was cold to the touch, but also a little warm. There were faint fluctuations of true energy in the stone.
"Is this the Dragon Ranking?"
"It is somewhat similar to the stone tablets in the Mysterious Whale Secret Realm. Could it be that this is how the health furnace was passed down?"
Li Yuan felt a little confused.
No wonder the disciples of Longhu Temple value the Dragon List so much; it is more than just a false reputation.
"The Dragon and Tiger Inner Sect has two lists, Dragon and Tiger. Inner Sect and True Disciple disciples who are under the age of Jiazi can all be on the list."
Monk Dou Yue stopped at the right moment to explain.
The Dragon and Tiger List has a long history, and it is said that it can be traced back to the second generation patriarch of Longhu Temple. It has stood here for more than two thousand years.
"Uncle Dou Yue was listed thirteen years ago, and was ranked first at that time."
A bald young man in a Taoist robe was also looking at the Dragon List, and Li Yuan caught a glimpse of what he was paying attention to.
Ouyang Ying, number 71 on the Dragon Ranking, is just one place higher than Wang Xuanying and has also achieved success in opening up the meridians.
"Junior Brother Long is extremely talented. I was only able to be number one for a few years because I was 20 years older than you."
Looking at the names on the Dragon Ranking, Monk Dou Yue sighed a little, but then looked at Li Yuan:
"Junior Brother Li has just registered, and I estimate that you will be on the list tomorrow. However, you are still young, so don't be obsessed with your current ranking."
Anyone who can gain recognition from the ancestors must have undoubted talent and it is inevitable that they will be on the list.
But the inner sect of Longhu gathers a group of talented people, such as Gu Yang, Liu Huahong, and Wang Xuanying, who all come from other states.
Although Li Yuan has talent, he is too young. It is unknown how long it will take for him to reach the forefront.
"Thank you, senior brother, for the tip."
Li Yuan bowed.
He didn't care too much about false reputation. After all, he had never ranked high on any list over the years.
But if, as he expected, the ranking on this list was related to the health furnace...
"But don't slack off. There are many benefits to being at the top of the list."
Monk Dou Yue didn't say much, just gave a subtle hint.
"Who determines the rankings on this list? Based on talent or martial arts skills?"
Li Yuan asked tentatively.
"You will know it later."
Monk Dou Yue glanced at him, turned and walked towards Huntang Hall.
"A health furnace?"
He didn't answer, but Li Yuan had the answer in his mind. He took a deep look at the stone tablet, wrote down the names at the top of the list, and followed.
Huntiang Heaven is located at the highest point of thirteen mountains. Li Yuan followed the monk Dou Yue to worship the tablet of the ancestor.
"You will stay in the Huntang Heaven for the time being. When Master comes out of retreat, he may have other plans."
In front of the tablet of the founder of Hun Tian Tang, monk Dou Yue respectfully burned incense.
Li Yuan followed suit, but couldn't help looking at the incense burner.
【Incense burner in front of Dragon and Tiger Heaven (Level 5)】
[…Made of rare iron, it is very old, and after years of burning with incense, it gradually develops intelligence]
[Control conditions: Mastery of Dragon-Tiger Hammer]
[Control Effect: Level 5 (Light Yellow): Calm and Unmovable
Level 4 (Blue): A little bit of luck, calm your mind]
It is a fifth-level incense burner, but the scent of incense it emits is as high as the sixth level, and it is not just a wisp, but gathered into a ball.
"At least enough for me to open the sixth-level furnace four times!"
Li Yuan's eyes swept over the incense burner and he was eager to make a move. The heavy hammer on his body had not been updated for a long time.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but weapons of the highest quality and above are extremely valuable and rare, making them difficult to forge or purchase.
"...I don't know when the Taoist master will return to the mountain, but I estimate it won't be too long. I think he will summon you then."
Li Yuan came back to his senses just as Monk Dou Yue had finished speaking.
"Regarding the sect's rules, you must remember them. If you really break the taboos, your martial arts will be abolished at the least, and your life will be taken at the worst."
After taking Li Yuan through the process, Monk Dou Yue took a tray from a disciple beside him and handed it to Li Yuan.
These are the robes and weapons of the inner disciples.
"It's not a famous weapon... That's right. There are at least several thousand inner disciples in Longhu Temple. It's unrealistic to give it away as soon as you enter."
Li Yuan took it with both hands.
"Regarding the Long Chan Diamond Sutra, you can think about it yourself. If you don't understand, come and ask me."
This is the time to see the guests off.
Li Yuan originally wanted to ask about the Dragon-Tiger Hun Tian Hammer, but now he could only take his things and go out with Ouyang Ying to choose a place to live.
"New disciples who join the sect must build their own residences. Master Li can choose a place from the twelve peaks outside the Hun Tian Peak."
Ouyang Ying was quite talkative. On the way, he introduced Huntian Paradise and the six rudders under its jurisdiction to Li Yuan.
There are six helms under the jurisdiction of Hun Tian Tang, corresponding to the six supreme secret teachings. Each helm has two mountains as the base and residence of the disciples.
"The best secret of Baicaoduo is the 'Baicao Sword Technique', and most of its disciples are good at finding medicine and refining pills..."
"The Pure Gang Rudder, which inherits the supreme secret 'Pure Gang Eight Hammers', is the place where iron is forged and weapons are forged..."
"The Goose-shaped rudders are mostly used for external affairs, and the superior light skill 'Goose-shaped skill' is also well-known in Hengshan Dao..."
Li Yuan listened quietly and had some impression in his mind.
The six helms of the Hun Tian can be roughly divided into blacksmithing, alchemy, foreign affairs, punishment, intelligence, and patrolling and guarding the mountain according to their duties.
Normally, the newly-initiated inner sect disciples would be assigned to one of them, but Li Yuan was special. Before Long Xixiang came out of retreat, no one dared to arrange him without authorization.
"Well, Baicao Peak has a quiet environment and is close to Chungangduo. It's a good place."
Li Yuan calmly chose to point to Baicao Peak.
Baicao Peak is the most eye-catching among the thirteen peaks, not because the mountain is high, but because the mountain is covered with terraces, where medicinal herbs, fruit trees, grains and vegetables are grown.
"Master Li has a keen eye. Baicao Peak is indeed one of the best places to go."
Ouyang Ying naturally had no objection, and circled the place chosen by Li Yuan, and then invited him to stay temporarily in his residence. Li Yuan was not interested in building a house, as he knew nothing about civil engineering, and it was hard to say whether it would collapse, and whether it would be beautiful and comfortable was also a question.
"That's annoying."
……
Li Yuan's joining the sect caused quite a stir in Longhu Temple and even in Daocheng.
The impact of the appearance of the Azure Dragon's shadow was much greater than he had imagined.
Within six or seven days of joining the sect, he met countless people, some of whom showed goodwill, some tried to win him over, some promised huge sums of money, and some even gave him women.
At first, out of courtesy, Li Yuan accepted everyone who came and helped Feng Zhongyi to make connections, but later he became annoyed.
He simply moved out from Ouyang Ying's place and moved into the new courtyard that had not yet been completed, and built a house together with a group of servants and outer disciples.
The place chosen by Li Yuan was in a bamboo forest, with a stream in front, mountains behind, and terraced fields not far away.
It rains continuously in March.
Li Yuan walked slowly in the bamboo forest. Raindrops fell, but before they could hit his body, they had already slid off.
"The consumption and recovery of internal energy still cannot reach a balance..."
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
His martial arts skills have improved greatly, but accumulating internal energy is a slow process. Unless he has a magic pill like the Dragon-Tiger Pill, he will inevitably have to accumulate it slowly.
In just a few years, he completed the journey that other shape-changing warriors took decades to complete, except that his internal energy was relatively thin, and this was even though he had almost never run out of elixirs.
"With my current internal energy, it is not enough to build up the Qi channels. I can try to use the help of elixirs, but I think it will be twice as effective for half the result."
In the drizzle, Li Yuan relaxed his muscles.
After his bones had been altered many times, his body shape became more and more perfect, his muscles and bones were strong and powerful, and he possessed both strength and flexibility.
"Thirteenth form change is a threshold, and thirty-sixth form change is not that big either. I guess we have to go to thirty-nine?"
Li Yuan squinted his eyes, feeling the subtle changes in his body.
He felt that changing his bones did not bring much improvement to him, but this was because he already possessed more than thirty forms and his physical strength far exceeded that of other warriors who had mastered the form-changing skills.
As far as Li Yuan himself had seen people in his life, except Han Chuijun, no one could compare with him in the level of shape-changing.
"In martial arts, you need to fight, but you also need to slow down."
Li Yuan took a stroll in the rain to familiarize himself with the environment. This was the first thing he did whenever he arrived in a strange place.
Intelligence needs to be gathered and observed, and the terrain needs to be walked around and memorized.
In the past few days, except for those forbidden areas, he has walked almost all the thirteen mountains under the Huntian Heaven.
"Hundred Herbs Rudder..."
Li Yuan stopped and took a look at the buildings on the mountainside. That was where the Baicao Duct was located. Even from such a distance, he seemed to be able to smell the scent of herbs.
The Longhu Temple is known as the number one alchemy sect in the world. Among the nine halls, there are branches related to alchemy, and Baicao Hall is not very noticeable.
But it was better than any pharmacy he had seen before. He bought some pills, the quality and efficacy of which were much better than those sold outside.
It is a magic pill that cannot be bought even with silver.
"The ranking on the Dragon and Tiger List determines the share of the elixir."
Li Yuan looked at the stone tablet in the wind and rain. He had good eyesight and saw his name among the more than 140 names, after Yu Xuanji.
Inner disciples of this rank are only eligible to purchase two elixirs at the end of each year.
The further up you go, the better the treatment. If you are in the top ten on the list, you can buy more than ten elixirs every year, and you can buy them at half price.
"For the king of elixirs like the Dragon Tiger Pill, you are not qualified to see it unless you come to the front."
Li Yuan sighed in his heart.
He was still very concerned about the injuries of Lao Lei and Lao Jingtou, but the value of elixirs of this level was far incomparable to the Huajiao Pill.
It is too rare, so naturally, it is extremely difficult to obtain.
According to the information he had obtained these days, one Dragon-Tiger Pill was enough to satisfy all the training needs of a warrior from qi and blood to refining the internal organs.
One pill has the same merit as that of a lifetime. It is a world-famous elixir.
"top ten……"
Li Yuan withdrew his gaze.
In addition, there are many benefits.
Secret skills, magical weapons, guidance from grandmasters and even Taoist masters, as well as the health-preserving furnace that ordinary disciples are unknown to them.
"If you want to enter the secret realm of the health furnace, you have to be among the top, right?"
The intelligence that Li Yuan collected did not mention the Dragon-Tiger Health Furnace at all, but he could vaguely guess a lot of things.
But I still don’t understand how the health-preserving furnaces are ranked.
The Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer has to climb a mountain, so it’s impossible for these furnaces to be ranked based solely on the level of martial arts, right?
"Boom!"
At this time, spring thunder exploded in the sky.
Li Yuan came back to his senses, instantly suppressing all distracting thoughts, moving his breath, concentrating, listening to the rumbling thunder that was coming from afar.
He would never give up the Hundred Beasts Thunder Dragon passed down by Old Han, but the progress was slow because it had not yet formed into a thunder form.
"All things have spirits and shapes. The shapes of heaven and earth can be divided into real and unreal. Real things are like mountains and rivers, while unreal things are like wind, rain, thunder and lightning, which are illusory and vague..."
Han Chuijun's understanding of the realm of shape-changing emerged in his mind, and Li Yuan recognized him very much.
According to Lao Han, changing one's form is the beginning of mastering martial arts, and it is also a crucial step.
The foundation you build determines the upper limit of your physical body and even affects all subsequent realms.
"Thunder shape!"
In the wind and rain, Li Yuan closed his eyes and listened to the thunder. At the same time, a "whooshing" sound was heard in his body, echoing it.
Soon, Li Yuan opened his eyes, not because of any understanding, but because of a flash of thunder.
“This is too slow.”
Li Yuan frowned.
This is the biggest difficulty in comprehending the shape of heaven and earth. Among wind, rain, thunder and lightning, wind is relatively better, the latter ones depend entirely on heaven.
"If you want to cultivate into the Thunder Form as quickly as possible, the best way is to go to the Wind and Thunder Valley. I guess that's where Old Han cultivated into the Thunder Form."
After waiting for a long time, seeing that the wind and rain had gradually subsided, Li Yuan had to give up for the time being.
The weather was not good and there was nothing he could do.
……
When Li Yuan returned to the bamboo forest, the outline of his courtyard had begun to take shape. Although it was not big, he was quite satisfied with it.
At this time, many disciples were still busy setting up.
There are no ordinary people in the Dragon and Tiger Temple. Even the menial disciples are at least warriors who have reached the great perfection of body tempering.
They are all strong and work very quickly.
No equipment is needed. A wooden beam weighing several hundred pounds can be moved by one person, and a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds can be smashed into pieces with just a few hits.
With Li Yuan's help, the construction went even faster. By the time it was getting dark, several rooms had been completed, even the beds, tables and chairs had been built.
Only the courtyard wall was left unfinished.
After watching the errand disciples leave, Li Yuan fetched some water from the stream, washed himself, went down the mountain and returned to the city.
The yard was almost built, so naturally he wanted to bring back the little mouse and the tiger cub.
It’s okay for a little mouse, but the little tiger cub has not been tamed yet, so he dare not leave for too long.
(End of this chapter)