Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Boom!

In just an instant, the hundred-zhang-high mountain collapsed onto the giant serpent’s body!

Despite suffering such a blow, the serpent wasn’t crushed into a pulp; instead, it fiercely struggled, causing the mountain formed by Vast Righteous Qi to shake!

Shen Wenyan’s eyes flashed with brilliance as he tried his best to control the mountain to crush the serpent!

The serpent let out a series of hisses, its powerful tail continuously thrashing against the mountain pressing down on it!

Bam!

Bam!

The massive commotion echoed through the forest, startling countless birds and beasts into a frantic escape.

”Husband, don’t get entangled with it. This is the depth of Qishan, and there are even stronger demons here.”

Not far behind, Hu Mei’Er shouted while holding Shen Li in her arms.

Hearing this, Shen Wenyan felt a hint of helplessness.

”The Literary Qi in this world is still too weak.”

The serpent’s cultivation had already reached the Middle Stage of Fetal Breathing!

After refining half of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl and condensing his Literary Heart, he realized the Literary Dao of this world was still in its infancy, and the Literary Qi was indeed too weak.

Moreover, the wisp of ”Vast Righteous Qi” he nurtured within was far less pure than that of Lu Zhiyuan, and he couldn’t even kill a serpent demon of the Middle Stage of Fetal Breathing.

”If it were the master, he could probably kill this beast with one blow.”

A thought flashed through his mind, and Shen Wenyan immediately waved his hand.

The mountain pressing on the serpent suddenly split into over ten giant stone spears, enclosing the serpent.

”Trap!”

Then the word ”trap” appeared before him, floating towards those stone spears out of thin air!

Empowered by the word ”trap,” those stone spears all emitted a radiant glow, becoming incredibly hard!

The serpent was trapped within, its body crashing wildly but unable to break the stone spears.

”Let’s go.”

Shen Wenyan turned around, pulled Hu Mei’Er along, and in a flash, they appeared hundreds of zhang away!

This was also a Literary Daoist Technique he had developed, known as ”Shrinking Inches.”

Shen Wenyan estimated that once this technique was fully perfected, and his Vast Righteous Qi could support it, it would be able to reduce a journey of a thousand miles to mere inches, making it possible to appear a thousand miles away in a single step.

The Female Essence Wisdom Pearl carried all the lifelong knowledge of the Bai Ze Auspicious Beast, and refining just half of it had already elevated his comprehension to unimaginable levels.

”My dear, let’s not look for any more treasures. We can come back to find them once we’re stronger.”

Gazing at his wife and daughter before him, Shen Wenyan spoke with a smile.

A month earlier, he had realized a method to fully conceal the aura of the Female Essence Wisdom Pearl with a secret skill left by Bai Ze, and aimed to swiftly leave the depths of the mountain with Hu Mei’Er and Shen Li.

Over the past few years, he had mostly grasped the embryonic form of the Literary Dao and refined it several times.

According to Immortal Cultivation, he divided the Literary Dao into the ”Nine Apertures of the Literary Heart.”

Before the Literary Heart, nurture a wisp of Vast Righteous Qi within, drawing it up to the Divine Court and down to the Heart Lake. Once the mind is clear, that wisp of Vast Righteous Qi can form a Lifebound Character within.

Forging the Literary Heart with the Lifebound Character would be akin to the Immortal Embryo within the Immortal Dao cultivators.

The Literary Heart can give rise to nine apertures, each capable of nurturing a wisp of Vast Righteous Qi to transform into a second Lifebound Character.

As he speculated, the Nine Apertures of the Literary Heart, every three apertures, correspond to a Great Realm of Immortal Dao cultivators.

Thus, four apertures correspond to the Golden Core, seven apertures compare to the Purple Mansion, and when nine apertures are complete, they wouldn’t be weaker than a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

Of course, all this is still just a preliminary concept he has deduced. Whether it truly holds will await future cultivation to that stage before it becomes clear.

This departure from Qishan is firstly because he wants to take Hu Mei’Er and Shen Li back to meet his parents.

Secondly, to pass on the Literary Dao cultivation method he has realized to Lu Zhiyuan, and initiate the cultivation of Literary Dao in the Yangnao Land, allowing the Literary Qi of this world to gradually grow.

The family of three took the opportunity while the serpent was trapped to hurriedly flee into the distance.

After confirming the serpent demon couldn’t catch up, the couple slowed down and arrived under the shade of an ancient tree by a small creek.

”The gifts for the family are nearly ready, but my husband says, Sister Xuan is a mortal, and most of these Heavenly and Earthly Treasures aren’t suitable for her.”

”Mei’Er remembers, two hundred miles to the southwest, there’s a Taiyin Sunflower Water Vine. When I passed by with Grandmaster Bai Ze before, buds had already appeared on that vine, and judging by the time, it should be bearing fruit by now.”

”Husband, let’s go there later. The fruit of the Taiyin Sunflower Water Vine should be of great use to Sister Xuan, granting her life extension and retaining her beauty.”

Hu Mei’Er said with a gentle smile as she soothed Shen Li, who was nursing.

During this time, they roamed throughout the mountain, encountering many powerful demon beasts to find suitable Heavenly and Earthly Treasures for the Shen Family’s meeting gifts.

Shen Wenyan nodded helplessly.

He originally didn’t want mother and daughter to follow him on adventures in the mountain, but only Hu Mei’Er knew the exact locations of these so-called Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

For the sake of previous treasures, they had already faced many dangers. Now, Hu Mei’Er wanted to find the Taiyin Sunflower Water Vine.

”Alright, agreed then, the Taiyin Sunflower Water Vine will be the last. Once we find it, we’ll leave the depths of Qishan immediately.”

”We must not take any more risks.”

Hu Mei’Er nodded with a smile, and Shen Li in her arms also seemed to see something amusing, giggling happily.

The couple rested briefly, then headed towards the Taiyin Sunflower Water Vine with Shen Li.