External power was a double-edged sword. It was different from innate power. External power was the easiest to lose. The more one got used to it, the more intense the pain and despair when losing it.
The demonic power in Dong 'er's body was like this. Powerful power could easily make people lose themselves. Once they were immersed in it, it would be difficult to extricate themselves. As a result, they would ignore the abilities they originally had and even forget the reality that they were not actually powerful…
Just as Li Dong's body received the most intense impact, his consciousness suddenly transformed into a giant ape with snow-white fur. It held a white jade pillar that reached into the sky and did not fear the flood that seemed to be able to destroy the world. The white jade pillar stood in front of him like a pillar, standing unmoving no matter how monstrous its attacks were.
After a long time, an ice lotus rose from the center of the flood. In an instant, the lotus opened its nine petals, and a woman holding a cold iron sword stood on the lotus platform. Her hair was tied up with nine dragons and phoenixes, and she wore a dragon-whistling purple gold crown. She wore a jade armor, a long skirt made of Lantian jade, a white jade scepter with colorful sleeves, a yellow gauze draped around her body, and a pair of star-moon boots.
She had a mature and heroic aura, dignified and beautiful. Her face was like a lotus, and there was a golden lotus print on her forehead. Her golden eyeshadow made her look charming, and her lips were as thin as cherries. When she smiled, the sky and earth would lose color. What an awe-inspiring and stunning woman!
The six frost lotus seeds on the lotus platform surrounded her, and the frost iron sword emitted a shocking chill as it waved. The world-destroying flood formed by the pill was instantly frozen for a thousand miles...
A cold aura gushed out from Li Dong's body and swept through the wooden house. Six beautiful ice lotuses surrounded Li Dong like stars surrounding the moon. Soon after, the six ice lotuses gathered together and formed a snow-white lotus mark between his eyebrows.
"Every Ice Lotus has a thousand-year Ice Soul Lotus Seed.”The Headmaster stroked his beard and sighed disappointedly," What a pity! He had thought that the Thousand-Year Icesoul would be able to step into the ranks of Primordial spirit treasures with Dong 'er's Great Wizard bloodline, but in the end, it could not cross the natural chasm of a ninth-grade Postnatal spirit treasure. It was really fate.”
The treasures that existed before Pangu created the world were all pre-world treasures. Among the pre-world treasures, there were four twelfth-grade supreme treasures of the lotus throne. Among them, there were two post-world treasures that came with the twelfth-grade lotus throne: Ten thousand year cold marrow and a thousand year ice lotus.
The 10,000-year-old Cold Marrow was a Tier Nine Postnatal Numinous treasure, and the 1,000-year-old Ice Lotus was a Tier Six Postnatal Numinous treasure. However, both the 10,000-year-old Cold Marrow and the 1,000-year-old Ice Lotus could only be upgraded to Tier Nine at most.
The Ice Spirit Body with the Ice Lotus was one of the top ten strongest physiques in the world of self-cultivators, and the Thousand-Year Ice Soul was an ice-type spiritual seed that all self-cultivators with the Ice Spirit Root dreamed of. However, that was all there was to it. It was still far from enough to become one of the top fighters.
At this moment, the cold air that was spreading out was retracted into Li Dong's body. The Headmaster glanced at him and said lightly,""The power of the pill has directly allowed your physique to cross the twelfth level of the qi layer and reach the great circle of the qi layer. You already have the conditions to build the foundation.”
"I feel like my body is filled with strength." Li Dong let out a breath of turbid air and said in a carefree manner.
"With your current physical condition, you are not able to absorb all the medicinal power. Most of the medicinal power is temporarily sealed in your dantian. As you continue to improve your cultivation, in at least half a year or at most two years, these pills will all be converted into your magic power.”
"Master, I have something I don't know if I should say!”
"I shouldn't!"
Li Dong was speechless.
Although this kid looked serious, the old teacher saw through his scheme at a glance.
"I haven't even said anything yet. You rejected me too quickly.”Li Dong complained bitterly.
"Do you think I can't see through your thoughts?" The old man said disdainfully. Consuming pills can indeed increase your strength quickly, but there is a process to everything. Your body has already reached saturation in absorbing the pills. The situation just now can be said to be a narrow escape. Do you really have to sacrifice your life before you regret it?”
"Ahem, I was just joking.”Li Dong smiled awkwardly.
" I know the disadvantages of relying on drugs. It's just that this is the only way to become stronger in a short period of time. Ever since I saved Lan 'er, I've had a very strong sense of danger. This feeling has become more and more intense as time passes. I don't want to be powerless when I really need to protect her.”A hint of sorrow appeared on Li Dong's face. An indescribable fear and pain surged from his heart. The familiar yet unfamiliar feeling of deja vu constantly spurred him on, not allowing him to relax even for a moment.
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On the first night of China's National Day, a thick night fell on this small city as usual. However, even though it was a seven-day long holiday, there were still countless people rushing around to make a living. They dragged their tired bodies and only returned home to sleep at this time.
However, there were also many people who constantly overdrafted their lives to engage in so-called social gatherings for the sake of tomorrow's life, or to live a licentious nightlife in the downtown area to relieve the accumulated depression.
Even late at night, people could still be seen crawling out of restaurants and hotels in twos and threes, vomiting everywhere. Even if they fell on the roadside, no one would care.
Sometimes, survival was like weeds on a cliff. If one couldn't catch it, they would fall into the abyss and die. However, even if they could catch it and climb up step by step, the endless cliff was enough to numb and make people despair.
Sometimes, survival was like a chameleon, changing with the environment. People in the war-torn era were satisfied as long as they could survive. Their greatest wish was to end the war-torn and precarious life one day.
People in the era of poverty were satisfied as long as they could eat their fill. They did not care how good or exquisite the food was.
In the current era, there were only a few people who lingered in the luxurious high society. This was the top life that most people pursued. At least on the surface, they looked happy and rich, but these were not what Li Dong pursued.
There were also some people who squandered their youth in the entertainment city's KTV, screaming hysterically about the pressure in their hearts. Li Dong had also experienced these things and felt that they were very stupid and childish at that time.
There were also some people who brandished knives, spears, and clubs with ferocious expressions to vent their emotions and desires on others. Li Dong had encountered many of these people since he first came to this city.
Sitting alone in front of the window and looking down at the materialistic and debauchery city, Li Dong felt that the world in front of him was so strange and cold for the first time.
The people born in this era were the luckiest, but also the most unfortunate. They were like flowers in a greenhouse, fragile and delicate. They were too easily swayed by all kinds of temptations. Without firm beliefs, they naturally did not have lofty aspirations. Therefore, they were destined to be protected by the strong and could not become the real strong.
" There's no such thing as true peace and prosperity…" Li Dong sighed.
He turned around and quietly gazed at the sleeping face of the young girl in the room. After three weeks of recuperation, he could gradually see her face clearly. At this moment, Li Dong unconsciously smiled, and a light mood arose in his heart. He knew that this was an emotion called happiness.
He walked to the bed and smoothed the hair on the girl's forehead. His gaze was firm and without the slightest confusion.
" I can somewhat understand why there were so many glorious heroes and martyrs in the previous era who risked their lives and faced death unflinchingly! Because they had found something that was worth sacrificing their lives to protect.”
And now, I have someone I need to protect with my life, so I have to become stronger!
He returned to his room and sat down cross-legged. He meditated and continued to visualize the star map of the entire sky. He followed the orbit of the stars and urged the true essence in his body to absorb the power of the stars in the sky into his body to condense his spiritual sense.
To be precise, the Spirit Concentration Stage was not a cultivation realm. It was a stepping stone before the Primordial Spirit condensed the spiritual consciousness to advance to the divine consciousness. Even if a self-cultivator did not cultivate the Primordial Spirit, they could still build their foundation and condense the Golden Core to continue improving their realm.
However, if one wanted to have truly powerful strength, one had to cultivate one's own primordial spirit.
Fortunately, Li Dong's luck was not bad. Previously, when his Essence Soul left his body and went into a Soul Wander, he had obtained the opportunity to sit and observe the star map, which allowed his Essence Soul to reach the early-stage Spirit Condensation realm. Now, with the help of the star power, he had successfully reached the late-stage Spirit Condensation realm. He had even gathered 30 stars in his Niwan Palace.
Since ancient times, Huaxia had a thought, which was the idea of the unity of heaven, earth, and man. It meant that the human body contained the universe. If one could understand the mysteries of the human body, they could understand all the mysteries of the world.
The universe in the human body was called a small universe in the west, and it was called the Niwan Palace in the east. The Niwan Palace was like a dark night sky, which needed the light from the moon to illuminate it. Every time a star was lit up, it meant that the universe had taken shape.
Today, Li Dong had gained a preliminary understanding of one of the mysteries of the entire sky's twenty-eight constellations map-the stars in his sea of consciousness!
This was a top-notch golden finger that could strengthen one's body in all aspects. All the self-cultivators in the world were qualified to have a star, but very few people could actually light up the stars in their sea of consciousness. After all, if one wanted to truly master the entire star map, they would need the blessing of the four constellation gods.
Li Dong calmed himself down and his consciousness returned to his Niwan Palace from the starry sky. At this moment, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise Constellations appeared in the black sky above his sea of consciousness. Most of the Constellations were dim, and only the 500-plus stars in the Vermillion Bird Constellation in the south were shining brightly!
"What's going on? Why were all the stars of the seven constellations in the south lit up? According to the Great Zhu Master's memories, the Four Constellations represent the power of the Four Constellation Gods. Before I mastered the entire sky map, I already had the power of the Vermilion Bird in my body. Could it be that the seven constellations in the south that were lit up have the characteristic of not being afraid of fire? If that's the case, will the other seven constellations also give me special abilities?”As Li Dong thought about this, he became even more excited.
According to the Three Walls, Four Appearances, and Twenty-Eight Constellations, there were a total of 2,485 stars and 283 Star Officials. The Seven Constellations of the East was the head of the twenty-eight constellations. It was known as the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon. There were a total of 46 Star Officials in the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon. Among them, Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, and Ji were the main Star Officials. They were composed of 30 main stars, totaling 186 stars, which was the least number of stars among the four constellations.
"Eh?" Li Dong carefully counted the number of stars in the Seven Constellations of the East and realized that no matter how he counted, the number did not match. No matter where he started, there would always be two more stars. However, when he turned around to look, he could not find where the two extra stars were.
Then, Li Dong looked at the Seven Constellations in the West. There were a total of 54 constellations and more than 700 stars in the Seven Constellations in the West. They formed the pattern of the White Tiger. The Kuixiu was made up of 16 not-so-bright secondary stars, shaped like the soles of shoes. It was the mouth of the White Tiger God. The three stars of the Lou constellation were close to each other. There were constellations such as the Left, Right, Tiancang, and the Great General. The three stars of the Wei constellation were close to each other. There were constellations such as Tianlin, Tianchuan, Jishi, and Jishui. The Pleiades was the famous Pleiades Star Cluster. There were the curling tongue and the star of the sky. Aldebaran has eight stars, shaped like forked claws.
The seven constellations in the north had a total of 65 constellations and more than 800 stars. They formed the image of a snake and a turtle, so they were called Xuanwu.
The Seven Constellations Douxiu was the head of the Xuanwu Yuan Turtle in the north. It was formed by six stars, shaped like a Dou. It was commonly called the Southern Dipper. Together with the Big Dipper, it controlled the power of life and death. It was also known as the Heavenly Temple. The six stars of the Ox were shaped like ox horns.
Nvsu four stars, shape also like dustpan. The main star of Xuxiu was one of the four stars of Yao Dian. It was also known as Tianjie and had an ominous meaning. In ancient times, the main star of Xuxiu was autumn, which contained the image of killing. All things withered and withered, which was really sad.
There were grave constellations, empty beam constellations, and house constellations in the dangerous house.
The room is also known as Xuan Palace, Qing Temple and Xuan Ming (Water God). The wall is similar to the room.
There was no need to care about the four hundred or so Vermillion Bird Constellations in the south that had been lit up. Although there were few stars in the Seven Eastern Mansions, since they were the leader of the twenty-eight constellations, the conditions to light them up must be extremely complicated.
Hence, Li Dong chose the Seven Northern Constellations, which had a maximum of 800 stars, and placed all 30 of them on the Seven Northern Constellations. For this, Li Dong had actually consumed nearly 90% of his magic power.
As all thirty stars were lit up, the capacity of Li Dong's lower dantian doubled, which meant that the upper limit of his magic power had also doubled. Most importantly, the speed at which his spiritual Qi circulated had increased by more than three times compared to the original turtle crawling speed.
"Now I can finally understand the mantra of the First Heaven.”Li Dong sighed inwardly. Then, he took this opportunity to refine a portion of the pill's power, further increasing the density of the Quintessential Essence in his body.
After that, as long as he waited for the right time to pass the first level of the Heavenly Tribulation, he would become a Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, the Headmaster had said that the appearance of the Heavenly Tribulation varied from person to person. Some people had only built a mortal foundation, and as long as their cultivation reached the required level, the Heavenly Tribulation would immediately appear. Some people had built an immortal foundation, and they would have to wait until a special period to coordinate with some special tests before the Heavenly Tribulation would descend. Li Dong was probably the latter.
The next day, the old teacher from Greenwood Middle School saw through Li Dong's spiritual sense cultivation with a single glance."Late-stage Spirit Condensation realm spiritual sense, huh? It looks like you really do have the aptitude to cultivate the four realms of Daoism. Unfortunately, you're still too weak.”
"..." Li Dong's mouth twitched slightly, but he couldn't flare up.
"Brother, what is the late stage of Spirit Focus?" Violet Orchid, who was sitting in a wheelchair, handed the writing board to Li Dong and asked.
"Lan 'er, don't worry about it. I'll explain it to you if there's a chance in the future.”
Li Dong patted her little head lovingly. Violet Orchid nodded her head with a dull look in her eyes and did not ask any more questions.
At this moment, the old man squatted in front of Violet Orchid and said calmly,""This Miaojiang voodoo poison has been suppressed by the natural poison body for so long, but it still has 30% toxicity.”
"Master, can you tell what kind of voodoo it is?”
Li Dong asked, then turned to Violet Orchid and said,""Lan 'er, I'll discuss your illness with the Headmaster. Can you…go to the inner room and rest for a while?”
"Yes, Lan 'er will listen to you." Violet Orchid nodded obediently.
Li Dong pushed Violet Orchid into the inner room. When he came out, Old Master stroked his beard and explained,""From the appearance, it should be a poison similar to the Golden Cicada Gu. Based on my many years of experience, this should be the use of the Rainbow Worm.”
"Five-colored bug? What's that?" When Li Dong heard the name, he felt that it was not something good.
"The Five-colored Worm is a poisonous insect that is artificially cultivated through human blood. It can only be buried underground all year round and will die when it sees light. This worm changes color every year and can live for no more than five years. After that, it will die of old age and turn into a cocoon again. This kind of poison will not take a person's life immediately, but it can make people lose their five senses periodically and cause hallucinations. Every week, they will lose one sense until the five senses are lost, and they will die immediately. This old man deduced that the person who poisoned her didn't intend to take her life immediately, but rather to slowly torture her to death…"
Upon hearing the Headmaster's words, Li Dong clenched his fists tightly. His bones made cracking sounds, the muscles on his cheeks tensed, and the veins on his forehead bulged. His entire body emitted a suffocating murderous aura.
"Hey, hey, young man, don't be so hostile. You have to learn to control your emotions. Otherwise, sooner or later, you will lose your calm judgment because of anger.”
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Li Dong took a deep breath and slowly suppressed the killing intent in his heart. The Headmaster's words were not without reason. There were too many people in this world who committed mistakes that they would regret for the rest of their lives because of a moment of grief and indignation.
"I understand, please continue…"
Seeing that Li Dong had calmed down, the Headmaster continued,"" Miaojiang's Gu Poison is different from ordinary poisons. Not only is it poisonous, but it also has the characteristics of a curse. It can be said to be quite strange. Therefore, I can only use the Qi Pulse Promotion and the Fuxi Nine Needles to expel the Wu Poison from the little girl's body bit by bit. Fortunately, the Five-colored Insects have long been suppressed by the innate poison body, and the toxicity has been greatly weakened. Although they will lose their five senses periodically in the future, they will not lose their lives because of it.”
" That's good…" Li Dong heaved a sigh of relief.
" In addition…" The Headmaster hesitated. His eyes flickered and he hesitated for a long time, but he still couldn't make up his mind. He sat on the chair in frustration.
"If it's related to me and Lan 'er, please say it directly!”Li Dong's eyes flashed with determination.
"Fine!" The old man sighed deeply and said," In a week, the Mountain and Sea Realm will come into contact with the human world. At that time, the Chinese government will select a group of rogue cultivators from the cultivation world to go...."
Hearing this, Li Dong interjected excitedly,""You mean to say that the Mountain and Sea Realm has medicinal herbs to treat Lan 'er?”
"That's right. The Mountain and Sea Realm is a parallel world to the human world, and is one of the Four Great Lost Worlds. It has preserved the most complete geological and ecological environment of the ancient times, and the extinct medicinal ingredients in the ancient medicine formulas can be found in the Mountain and Sea Realm.”
"That's great, but why did you only tell me now?”
"Sigh, if time permits, this old man would rather wait until you advance to the late Jindan stage before telling you. However, firstly, the little girl's physical condition is not optimistic, and secondly, this little girl only has one chance.”
"What do you mean?"
The Headmaster's face was especially solemn. He said in a deep voice,""The Mountain and Sea Realm was originally one of the Six Great Forbidden Zones for cultivators. However, a Lord Sacred Sovereign sent a heavenly edict to the Sage Emperor Hongzi Gan, ordering him to mend the hostile relationship between the humans and the demons. After Zigan died, the Lord Sacred Sovereign was grateful for his achievements, and opened up one of the three great ancient regions of the Central Plains, the Ancient Desolate Lands, to the southeast. He promised that every four years on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage and below would be allowed to explore freely for 44 days.”
"Since the Mountain and Sea Realm opens up once every four years, then I can't miss it!”
"That's right. With the little girl's current condition, even if she recuperates, she probably won't be able to last for the next four years. However, the herbs in the ancient recipe won't be concentrated in one area. You'll have to travel to every corner of the Ancient Desolate Realm, and even enter other unknown forbidden areas.”
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. For Lan 'er, I'll take a risk no matter what!”
Seeing that Li Dong had made up his mind, the Headmaster did not say anything more.
After that, the old teacher continued to teach Violet Orchid how to use her meridians while Li Dong learned from the side. It was only in the evening that he left Greenwood Residence.
This long journey would take more than a month, but he was worried that the Headmaster would take care of Violet Orchid. After all, Li Dong could not fully trust him, not to mention that Violet Orchid was a girl.
" The trustworthy person is a girl, and she's good at protecting and taking care of others…" Li Dong suddenly thought of someone." Oh right, how could I forget about her!"”
He pushed Violet Orchid towards his apartment, then crossed the affordable apartment district and arrived at the residential complex in the wealthy district near the edge of the city center. It was quite a coincidence that her residence was very close to Li Dong's affordable apartment, only two streets away. However, the world they were in was different. This made him hate certain capitalists, especially those who spectated real estate!
Looking at the luxurious and beautiful palace-like villas in the wealthy district, Li Dong deeply felt that this world was filled with malice towards the working people at the bottom.
They passed through a small road under the provincial highway and the community security guard stopped them." Who are you looking for?”
"Ms. Xu Rong from Block 24 of the Rich District.”Li Dong said indifferently.
"Please wait a moment."
After a few minutes, the security guard opened the guardrail and said,"You can go in now…"
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