Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

14: Chapter 14 Spiritual Energy Transformation into Liquid!Looking around, there were only Sect missions with high risks and high rewards.

Gu Yan shook his head lightly.

These all required leaving the Sect, traveling over mountains and rivers, fighting others, or falling into unknown dangerous places; it was too troublesome.

He had never liked such hassle, so he lowered his gaze and turned to look for daily tasks instead.

While he was pondering, a few fragments of discussion drifted into his ears.

”...Have you heard? Two True Disciples were attacked while outside two days ago; it was the work of the Extreme Yin Demonic Cult!”

”That’s not all! Senior Sister Zhao from Sword Perching Peak went out to execute a collection mission last month and hasn’t returned yet; I’m afraid she’s in grave danger.”

”This Demonic Cult has become increasingly arrogant lately. In the past, they only sneaked around the Outer Sect territory causing destruction, but now they dare to openly intercept and kill our Taiyi Dao Sect Inner Sect Disciples!”

”Who says otherwise? The world is not peaceful. The Sect has already strengthened its outer patrols.”

At the same time, the discussion coming from the other side was slightly louder, carrying a hint of excitement and longing.

”Senior Brother Chen, you are well-informed. Have you heard that the Sect seems to have a big move recently? Something about cultivating the top geniuses of each peak?” a young Disciple asked curiously.

The Inner Sect Disciple called Senior Brother Chen looked left and right, then whispered: ”Junior Brother Xu, your information is outdated.”

”Although this matter hasn’t been explicitly announced, it is no longer a secret within the circle of True Disciples.”

”It is said that several Elders are taking the lead to select those under thirty years old from each peak, whose cultivation has reached the Late Stage of the Second Transformation or who have outstanding potential, to concentrate resources and Cultivate them with all their might!”

”In the future, this group will be the true face of our Taiyi Dao Sect’s younger generation, representing the Sect to compete with other major Sects and even the imperial family!”

”There is such a thing?!” Junior Brother Xu exclaimed, then asked in confusion, ”But why have I never seen it in the Inner Sect announcements?”

Senior Brother Chen smiled: ”How could such a core plan be widely announced?”

”Only True Disciples and above, or Inner Sect elites specifically informed by Elders, can know the details.”

”I only heard it mentioned by chance by a True Disciple I am familiar with.”

”It is said that those selected can not only receive a supply of Medicinal Pill far exceeding the norm, but also have the opportunity to receive personal guidance from a Grand Elder!”

The several Disciples around who heard this conversation all revealed expressions of envy and longing.

Gu Yan, however, did not care.

Concentrated cultivation? The face of the younger generation?

It sounds glorious, but this also means more attention, heavier responsibilities, and more frequent exposure.

And even more complex factional entanglements.

He knew very well what he needed: longevity and freedom, and to silently accumulate strength until transcendence.

Rather than fighting for some empty fame and floating profits in this Martial Arts Sect.

”Weeding tasks are still better.” Gu Yan felt at ease and accepted the daily task.

Although the Sect contribution for such tasks was low, they were easy; doing a few more each day was enough to pay the rent.

Anyway, he could now absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into his body on his own, even without meditating.

This orange entry, ”Five Elements Spiritual Body”, seemed to be gradually unlocking more unspoken benefits as time passed.

For the next few days, Gu Yan’s life was extremely regular.

Besides attending daily small lectures and completing daily tasks, he spent the vast majority of his time and Sect contribution points in the Scripture Pavilion set up by the Taiyi Dao Sect in Changqing Workshop.

This Scripture Pavilion in the workshop, although not the location of the Sect’s core Legacy, was still grand in scale and contained a vast collection.

It was an important place for ordinary Disciples to broaden their horizons, read materials, and seek suitable Martial Skills.

The first floor of the pavilion had the most spacious area.

It mostly contained strange tales and miscellaneous records, geographical anomalies, brief histories of the Sect, and basic identification of pharmacology and minerals.

As well as miscellaneous books on local customs and experiences from various places.

The cost to enter the first floor was also the cheapest, requiring only one hundred Sect contribution points per visit.

One could stay there for three hours and flip through books at will.

The mode was quite similar to the bookstores in Gu Yan’s memories of his past life, except that the books here could not be damaged or taken out privately.

The second floor required three hundred contribution points per visit, also for three hours.

What was collected here were proper Daoist scriptures, insights on Internal Energy cultivation, detailed explanations of bottlenecks in various Realms, orthodox Martial Arts theories, and so on.

Although it did not involve core Cultivation Techniques that could directly Breakthrough Realms.

But many cultivation notes and Q&A from predecessors were invaluable to Martial Arts practitioners.

The third floor, which had the highest cost, required five hundred contribution points per visit.

What was stored here were various practical Martial Skills, sword technique manuals, fist technique essentials, secret records of movement techniques, methods for using exotic weapons, and so on.

These were all arts for killing and self-defense; although it was difficult to unleash their full power without matching Mind-Cultivation Techniques, they were of great reference value.

On this day, Gu Yan came to the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, took a scroll of ”Great Qian Dynasty Customs” and ”Record of Overseas Islands”, and sat down peacefully.

Seemingly reading carefully, his Divine Sense had actually long enveloped the entire first floor.

Under fine control, his Divine Sense at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining was enough to scan and imprint the contents of each book on the shelves into his mind within a short time, without causing any fluctuations.

A few days later, Gu Yan had silently memorized the contents of all the books on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

Afterwards, he followed the same method and extended his Divine Sense to the second and third floors.

Within a short time, a massive amount of information flooded into Gu Yan’s mind.

Fortunately, the brain capacity of a cultivator was vast, and he could fully digest it.

But it was a pity that this Scripture Pavilion did not store the core Cultivation Technique of ”Taiyi Dao De True Scripture · Third Transformation Stage” and above.

As far as he knew, the Legacy of such core Cultivation Techniques were all hidden in the secret pavilion of the main peak, Cloud Mist Peak.

And Sword Perching Peak, Danxia Peak, etc., also had their own Scripture Pavilions built.

It was just that the perimeter of each peak’s Scripture Pavilion was equipped with Formations and guarded by rotating Disciples.

Their Caution range was far beyond what his current five-hundred-meter Divine Sense could reach.

Without a proper reason, one could not approach, let alone secretly investigate.

Everything, perhaps, could only be left for later when his Divine Sense Breakthrough to a thousand zhang.

However, the gains from the Changqing Workshop Scripture Pavilion were still immense.

The biggest gain was not any single move or style, but the cognition and understanding of this vast world.

The world depicted in the scriptures was far wider and more complex than Gu Yan had originally imagined.

For example, in the west of the Great Qian Dynasty, there was a country called the Huoluo Kingdom.

This country revered fire, its people were fierce, and its Martial Arts cultivation system was slightly different from that of the Great Qian Dynasty.

It was just that the records in the scriptures were limited, knowing only that the two countries often had border friction.

To the far south of the Dynasty was the One Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

There was no unified country there; the terrain was dangerous, filled with poisonous miasma, and countless strange races, ancient tribes, and some reclusive families lived there.

These families often had long-standing Legacies, unfathomable foundations, and there even existed Martial Arts giants who were not attached to any Dynasty.

To the east was the boundless Endless Sea Region.

In the sea, there were islands scattered like stars; the large ones could be comparable to a prefecture of the Great Qian Dynasty, while the small ones were nothing more than a reef.

Many islands formed their own countries, with vastly different customs and cultures.

What caught Gu Yan’s attention more was that some ancient miscellaneous notes sporadically mentioned the existence of beings called Yao Beasts.

According to the description, those were powerful alien species that had opened their spiritual intelligence.

Their appearances were bizarre; some were giant beasts, some could transform, but most were fierce in nature, especially fond of flesh and blood.

And the flesh and blood of Martial Artists seemed to be a great tonic for them.

The scriptures mentioned that in history, there had been several times when powerful Yao Beasts caused disasters in an area, devouring villages and towns, and even attacking cities, causing heavy casualties.

However, Yao Beasts seemed to be extremely rare, usually appearing only in deep mountains and old forests, wild marshes, or the deep sea where human footprints were scarce.

And once a Yao Beast appeared, it would often arouse the vigilance and encirclement of local Martial Artists and even the government.

Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary low-level Martial Artists, they were almost legendary.

”Yao Beasts? Does this Martial Arts world still have Yao Beasts?”

Gu Yan thought about it; this world had Spiritual Qi, so if wild beasts lived long enough, it was not impossible for them to become Yao.

...

Time passed leisurely, like a white horse passing a crevice.

The clouds and mist in the mountains gathered and dispersed, dispersed and gathered again; in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

Late on this night, all was silent.

Danxia Peak, because of its lush vegetation and fields of medicinal herbs, was usually quieter at night than other places.

However, just past the hour of Zi, a small patch of dark clouds gathered in the sky above the eastern area of Danxia Peak without any warning.

What was even stranger was that apart from this patch of dark clouds, there were no signs of thunderstorms in the rest of the night sky.

This abnormal celestial phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of an Elder on duty at Danxia Peak.

He stared at the dark clouds, his brows locked, his eyes full of confusion.

”Strange... I have observed the stars and examined the Earth Qi; there has been no news of rain within a hundred miles recently, let alone signs of a thunderstorm.”

”Where did these clouds come from?”

”And its momentum is condensed and does not disperse, the thunder is dull and low; it does not look like ordinary wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.”

”Could it be some kind of rare local celestial phenomenon?”

The Elder could not figure it out despite much thought.

With his Fourth Transformation cultivation and knowledge, he was completely unable to see through the origin of these dark clouds.

After observing for about a quarter of an hour and seeing that the dark clouds were only slowly rotating with low thunder, and there were no other changes,

He shook his head lightly, attributing it to an incomprehensible natural anomaly.

...

And under the dark clouds, in a small courtyard.

Gu Yan sat cross-legged on a wooden couch, his eyes closed tight, his expression changing slightly.

More than half a year ago, the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian had completely liquefied.

According to the tropes in the cultivation web novels of his past life, this qualitative change in Spiritual Qi,

Either meant he had stepped into the Realm of Foundation Establishment, or he had broken through from the Ninth Level of Qi Refining to the tenth level.

But for him, apart from significant changes in both the quantity and quality of the Spiritual Qi in his body, the cultivation label on his personal panel still remained at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining.

Gu Yan was surprised at first, but after carefully inspecting his own condition internally, a conjecture gradually emerged.

Could it be that the twenty-seven acupoints he opened in his early years to store Spiritual Qi, following the Martial Arts methods of this world, were causing trouble?

These acupoints each formed a body, like miniature Dantians.

Was it precisely because they diverted and solidified a large amount of Spiritual Qi that led to the Foundation Establishment label failing to appear?

At that time, when he thought of this, his heart moved, and he made a decision.

For the next half year, he tempered day and night, converting the Spiritual Qi in each acupoint into a liquid state one by one.

Until tonight, he finally successfully converted the gaseous Spiritual Qi of the last acupoint into a liquid state.

And the moment all twenty-seven acupoints were filled with liquid Spiritual Qi and faintly resonated with the Dantian, a strange change suddenly occurred!

Gu Yan’s Divine Soul shook, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself suspended in mid-air.

And below him was clearly a hospital room, with a person lying quietly on a white hospital bed.

Those eyebrows, that outline... it was actually himself!