122: Chapter 122 Hidden Spirit Technique

Li Changqing's breathing was steady, his Divine Sense locked firmly onto the talisman markings under his brush. The force in his fingertips varied, controlling the injection of Spiritual Qi with precise measure.

The Armor-Piercing Talisman feared an imbalance of Spiritual Qi the most. Insufficient Spiritual Qi would result in weak power, unable to pierce through Spirit Armor, magic robes, or the tough skin of a Yao Beast; excessive Spiritual Qi would cause the talisman markings to shatter, wasting all previous efforts.

Suddenly, his wrist sank, and the talisman brush pressed heavily into the center of the talisman paper, then abruptly flicked diagonally outward. A golden-red marking, about three inches long, took shape instantly.

The moment the markings lit up, the Spiritual Qi in the small area surged, causing the bluestone desk to tremble slightly. On the paper, all the fine talisman markings lit up with a crimson-gold shimmer, connecting with each other, faintly exuding a sharp, piercing aura, as if an invisible blade lay dormant within.

Finishing with the final Spirit-Locking Mark, he lightly tapped the brush, and the light at the tip converged.

On the desk, that originally pristine Xuan-pattern talisman paper had undergone a complete transformation.

Crimson-gold markings crisscrossed the surface, while black undertones faintly emerged and receded, flowing with fine, lustrous Spiritual Qi.

The talisman markings looked calm and restrained, without any ostentatious display, yet the sharp edge dormant within was retained but not released, hiding a massive force capable of defeating the enemy in one blow.

He lightly touched the surface of the talisman with his fingertips. In an instant, a biting, piercing sharpness rushed at him, the chill exploding at his fingertips and spreading slightly along his Meridians.

The faint Spiritual Mist drifting around was forcibly pushed away by this sharp aura, clearing a fog-free space about an inch wide with the talisman paper as the center.

The fifth Second Rank Medium Grade Armor-Piercing Talisman was successfully created.

Li Changqing raised his hand to put away the Armor-Piercing Talisman. With a slight movement of his mind, his sleeves fluttered in the wind.

In the next instant, his figure had already landed from the Changqing Garden onto the shore of Xuanling Lake.

The cool lake breeze, carrying moist Spiritual Mist, brushed against his face, sweeping away the fatigue of crafting talismans.

The daylight was clear, scattering like broken gold, falling upon his handsome and calm face, making his eyes appear cold and deep, unblemished by dust.

Five years passed in the snap of a finger.

In five years of deep cultivation, although Li Changqing had not broken through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, he had taken a big step forward within the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage.

If the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage were subdivided into three levels, his cultivation at this moment was already firmly standing at the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Such cultivation speed was not slow in the Huangfeng Prefecture Cultivation World. A Foundation Establishment Cultivator had a Lifespan of three hundred years, and most Foundation Establishment Cultivators would take thirty or forty years to break through a small Realm.

He had long decided that once his cultivation broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, he would consume a Xuantian Spirit Peach, and use the powerful medicinal strength of the spirit peach to break through the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Bottleneck, stepping into the Foundation Establishment Late Stage in one go.

Five years ago, he explored the Immortal Cave left by the Immortal Master Twin Ultimates and gained a lot.

Not only did he obtain his main Cultivation Technique, the Fourth Rank High Grade "Five Elements Hunyuan Scripture," but he also acquired two complete legacies of Third Rank High Grade Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Besides that, the two Third Rank Cultivation Techniques, one Profound Rank spirit technique "Hidden Spirit Technique," one Yellow Rank spirit technique "Nine Water-Severing Blades," and seven regular Second and Third Rank basic Spells stored in the Immortal Master Twin Ultimates' storage ring all belonged to him.

At that time, he took the initiative to hand over complete copies of the Third Rank Medium Grade Wood-attribute technique "Ten Thousand Woods Rejuvenation Technique," the killing spirit technique "Nine Water-Severing Blades," and the Alchemy and Artifact Refining legacies below the Third Rank to the Family.

When the Clan Chief Clan Leader Li Huaming asked him what kind of resources he wanted as a reward, Li Changqing politely declined them all.

For him, the step-by-step improvement of his own cultivation was the greatest reliance.

When his Realm improved step by step in the future, the entire Li Family would be at his disposal.

And these Legacy techniques were sufficient to nourish the Family's younger generation in the current situation, cultivating more cultivation combat power for the Li Family and stabilizing the Family's Foundation.

It was precisely because of the contribution of these precious legacies that his Family contribution points soared to over one hundred thousand, strongly ranking third on the Li Family's history contribution list, second only to the founding Old Ancestor Li Anping and the third-generation Old Ancestor Li Zexi, setting the youngest highest contribution record in the Family's hundreds of years.

Li Family contribution points have always had two major uses. One is to exchange for rare cultivation materials such as Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, and Magical Artifacts for one's own cultivation.

The second is posthumous honor.

The Family rules are strict. After a clansman passes away, the layout order of the spirit tablet in the ancestral hall, the specifications of incense, and the treatment of offerings are all based on their lifetime contribution points.

There have always been ancestors in the clan who valued reputation and integrity, who never spent a single contribution point in their lives, just to ask for honor for their spirit tablet after a hundred years, receiving the worship of generations of clansmen.

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Five years of closed-door cultivation, hard work never stopped.

He had already converted the "Five Elements Hunyuan Scripture" into his main Cultivation Technique.

In the Cultivation World, there is no situation where a Cultivator changes their Cultivation Technique and needs to re-Cultivate their Realm or drop in cultivation; they only need to spend different amounts of time adapting to the change according to the Rank of the different techniques.

This technique left by the former Immortal Master Twin Ultimates, although marked as Fourth Rank High Grade, is actually a sealed ancient incomplete technique. The first half alone is enough to Cultivate to the Nascent Soul Peak.

Cultivators in the Tianyun Realm do not have Spiritual Root attribute restrictions, so usually, the more attribute types a technique has, the higher its value.

The "Five Elements Hunyuan Scripture," with the Five Elements Origin as the root and the Hunyuan Dao as the core, perfectly compatible with the five source Spiritual Qis of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, mutually generating and restraining, self-deriving and circulating, forming its own world.

Its most core Heaven-Defying ability is the unification of the Five Elements, Hunyuan without leakage.

Practicing this technique, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi does not require filtering complex attributes. It can directly swallow all surrounding Spiritual Qi, Spiritual Mist, Spirit Stone medicinal power, and the Origin power of Heaven And Earth Treasure, automatically disassembling and purifying them in the Meridians, and converting them into pure Hunyuan Five Elements Spiritual Power.

Such Spiritual Power is vastly different from the single-attribute Spiritual Power and complex composite Spiritual Power of ordinary Cultivators.

Hunyuan Five Elements Spiritual Power is mellow and condensed, with unparalleled resilience and strong compatibility. Under the same Realm, the Spiritual Power storage is more than three times that of ordinary Cultivators of the same Rank, and the thickness is even more overwhelming at the same level. When others' Spiritual Power is exhausted, his is still full, and his endurance is the best among his peers.

Gold Element governs killing, Wood Element governs life, Water Element governs flexibility, Fire Element governs power, and Earth Element governs stability.

At the same time, he had practiced the Yellow Rank killing spirit technique "Cloud Shadow Sword Technique" to the Major Achievement stage, with agile sword light and skilled killing, rarely having rivals within the same Rank. He had also firmly cultivated the newly obtained Profound Rank auxiliary spirit technique "Hidden Spirit Technique" to the entry level.

The "Hidden Spirit Technique" is exceptionally mysterious and has infinite wonderful uses.

At the entry level, it can perfectly conceal one's own cultivation aura by one small Realm, shielding the Divine Sense exploration of most Cultivators of the same Rank and lower Ranks. Even for Cultivators one small Realm higher than oneself, if they do not have special eye techniques or god-probing secret methods, they cannot see through his true bottom line.

If cultivated to the Minor Achievement stage, it can conceal cultivation by two small Realms, fearless of exploration by Cultivators two small Realms higher than oneself. It is a peerless secret technique for lurking, forbearance, and biding one's time.

The breeze brushed the shore, and the Spiritual Mist curled.

Li Changqing looked into the distance and came to Xuanling Island. He saw Zhang Yuxi nourishing the Spirit Tree with Spells. She was holding an engraved silver mirror with her fingertips, and the pearly white Spiritual light was constantly moving on the mirror surface.