Chapter 765: Enlightenment of the Technique

Ziyang Sect did not have enough accumulation. When the three sects merged, except for Tianchan Cave, Liu Guyan and Gu Xuanzhou each had a fifth-level puppet beast. The foundation of Qingxuan and Huanshui Sects was far from enough. Such a large sect did not even have a fifth-level puppet beast.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhixuan had accumulated three fifth-level puppet beasts at that time. Including the puppet beast refined this time, Ziyang Sect has accumulated six fifth-level puppet beasts.

Although most of these six fifth-level puppet beasts are privately owned, they are still in the pot. When encountering a fight, these six fifth-level puppet beasts can play a great role.

A Jindan cultivator, due to the limitation of his divine consciousness, can only differentiate two divine thoughts and control two puppet beasts of the same level. If a Jindan early stage cultivator controls a Jindan middle stage puppet beast, he can only control one.

Of the six fifth-level puppet beasts of Ziyang Sect, one is in Zhang Sihong's hands, and two are in Han Yan's hands. The highest-level puppet beast is a fifth-level upper-grade one. This puppet beast is a trophy of Liu Guyan. He seized this item when he killed a late Jindan cultivator of Wanfa Sect.

Liu Guyan rarely used this puppet beast. After she formed a baby, this item was passed on to her disciple You Nianwei.

The puppet beast passed down by Gu Xuanzhou is a fifth-level lower-grade one. This item came from the Dazhou market, and it is unknown who the original victim was. After Gu Xuanzhou passed away, this item was left in Su Dehui's hands.

The fifth-level puppet beast that Zhang Zhixuan refined last was left in the sect's treasury. The sect paid 320,000 good deeds for this puppet beast, which more or less made up for the deficit of him consuming too much good deeds in recent years.

The fifth-level inferior puppet beast that Zhang Zhixuan refined was temporarily placed in Jinxia Mountain to guard the spirit stone mine. With this puppet beast, there is no need for Jindan cultivators to be stationed here. Of course, in order to strengthen the defense, Zhang Zhixuan increased the number of Zifu cultivators and mobilized four fourth-level puppet beasts for assistance.

Up to now, Zhang Zhixuan is 369 years old, and it has taken him 45 years to break through to the ninth level of Jindan.

According to his current progress of cultivation, he will be able to break through the bottleneck of Yuanying in about ten years. With the assistance of Jiuxiao Gangyu, Zhang Zhixuan's probability of successfully breaking through is about 70% to 80%.

Refining Yuanying before the age of 400 is already rare in the world of cultivation.

Among the most core disciples of the ten major sects of Dazhou, only a very few have been able to do this.

Liu Xuanyan was famous in his previous life, and he was also the master of Huangting Daojing. He became a Yuanying at the age of more than 400, which had already caused a sensation in the Southern Wilds. Liu Lingjun was slightly worse than his master, and he was about 500 years old when he became a Yuanying. Gu Yan was slightly worse than his master, and he cultivated to the Yuanying level at the age of 670. If Chen Yunfeng did not have the longevity fruit and the soul-nourishing wood, he might not even have the chance to form a Yuanying in this life.

Qingchan cultivated in this life and became a Yuanying at the age of more than 290, which may be better than Qingyunzi and Yu Daoren. However, Qingchan had wisdom in her previous life after all. In fact, her roots should not be as good as those of the two Yuanshen ancestors in Nanyazhou. Even if she is worse than Zhang Zhixuan, who created his own skills, her stamina should not be as good.

It is not a bad thing for cultivators to seek the Tao and use external objects. People like Qingyunzi are naturally rare in the world of immortal cultivation.

Without using Jiuxiao Gangyu, even if Zhang Zhixuan cultivated the innate purple qi and comprehended several heavenly books, his probability of forming a Yuanying was only about 40% to 50%. The time of forming a baby may be delayed for a long time, at least a hundred years of effort.

Although the foundation is stronger without external objects, the magic power and consciousness are also better.

However, Zhang Zhixuan does not lack this ability to fight. If the ability to fight is not enough, it can be supplemented with talismans and magic tools. The immortal cultivators of all generations have invented various external medicines, which are naturally beneficial to cultivation.

Qingchan and Qingyunzi have come all the way because of their qualifications and opportunities.

After all, they are cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots, and their innateness is far superior to that of ordinary cultivators.

From the beginning of cultivation to now, it has been more than 360 years of effort.

In addition to the Huangting Daojing, Zhang Zhixuan has successively obtained many outer heavenly books.

The first Sun Golden Book is difficult to comprehend, and it is not the original heavenly book, but only the one recorded by Li Qianfeng.

The tadpole text used in this heavenly book is very mysterious. Even Qingchan’s experience is unclear and he cannot understand the true meaning of the heavenly book. This heavenly book is actually not of much help to their cultivation.

Because of its low cost-effectiveness, this volume of heavenly book has been placed in the sect's Sutra Pavilion by Zhang Zhixuan for study by the sect's cultivators above the Jindan stage.

The second time he saw the outer heavenly book came from the Tianyuan Sect's mountain gate array. This volume of heavenly book is not complete at all. It is only the array engraved on the White Jade Tower, which has helped Qing Chan improve his array level.

The third volume of heavenly book is the Binghuo True Scripture. This volume of heavenly book is written in Jinyiwen. Jinyiwen has been mostly deciphered by the cultivators of this world. Although it is still difficult to understand, one word has a thousand meanings. However, relying on his comprehension talent, Zhang Zhixuan has realized the subtlety of the heavenly book.

The biggest help to him, in addition to the Huangting Daojing, is this set of Binghuo Heavenly Book.

Many of the Pure Yang Treasures he practiced were due to the insights of this book.

The last volume of the outer heavenly book he got came from his fellow countryman Wang Chengyun on Earth.

This technique is called the Nine-Turn Pure Yang Great Pill Method, which is specifically used to cultivate the Nine-Turn Golden Pill. However, the threshold for practicing this technique is very high, especially the extremely high requirements for the mind. One must go through nine trials of birth, aging, illness, death, wealth, sex, power, desire, and devil. Although Zhang Zhixuan does not know how to practice this technique, most of the great ways end up in the same place in the end. This technique can still give him a lot of insights.

Comprehending the outer heavenly book and deducing the Yuanying technique, Zhang Zhixuan constantly improves his ideas for the next step of practice by combining his actual situation with his own.

His Pure Yang Collection only completed the practice of the Golden Elixir Chapter. Although he had a direction for the next step of practice, he still had to think over some details and not make a wrong step.

Creating a technique is actually to verify what you have learned and understand the way step by step.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, only by understanding the Great Dao can you make smooth progress in practice.

Otherwise, like Yang Xuanzhen, it took hundreds of years for the Nascent Soul to make a small progress in practice.

Limited by the understanding of the Dao, most cultivators find it difficult to practice after the Nascent Soul.

Even for a cultivator like Liu Lingjun who has practiced relatively smoothly, he has only reached the fourth level of the Nascent Soul after 560 years of Nascent Soul. On average, he makes one step more than a hundred years ago.

Even so, Liu Lingjun's progress in practice is still far beyond Yang Xuanzhen.

Creating a technique by yourself is extremely helpful for cultivators to understand the Great Dao, especially after refining the Nascent Soul, Zhang Zhixuan's practice speed may be faster than Qing Chan.

Qing Chan had the memory bonus of her past life. She was at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul in her past life, and her experience was all there. Before the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, her cultivation speed was extremely fast, and she could make progress every 40 to 50 years. After reaching the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, her cultivation speed was far slower than Zhang Zhixuan's, and she was gradually surpassed by him.