: The True Power of the Method! Rapid and Leaping Progress!

Seeing that Lu Yun had a plan, Shen Tingzhang nodded.

"The clan leader and the others all know this is a large sum of spirit stones. You must spend it as soon as possible, or things might change!"

"Uncle Shen, thank you for your trouble."

Lu Yun handed over the storage bag.

Shen Tingzhang was taken aback at first, then nodded seriously: "Okay!"

I gently took the storage bag; it felt as heavy as Mount Tai.

He is indeed an elder of the Shen family at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but his annual spiritual resources are no more than ten spirit stones.

I've never seen a hundred spirit stones piled up like this in my entire life.

The thought probed deeper and found it sparkling, like a small mountain.

So lovely.

"Yun'er trusts me so much, I can't let him down."

Avoiding the sight of his clansmen, Shen Tingzhang carefully made his way to the Immortal Seal Pavilion.

Purple Heart City is too small to have any medicine shops, so we can only buy medicine there.

......

After giving the storage bag to Uncle Shen, Lu Yun quickened his pace and arrived at the blue brick courtyard.

Shen Tingzhang's courtyard was only one story, but the carved beams and painted rafters were quite nice.

Inside the courtyard, Shen He was pacing anxiously.

She learned some details, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Seeing Lu Yun return, she rushed over with tears in her eyes.

"Brother Yun, are you alright?" He touched him all over, checking his arms and chest for injuries.

"It's alright, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators have left."

Lu Yun pressed down on her wandering hand, feeling both touched and amused.

The other party is just here to break off the engagement; are they going to castrate him?

Shen He was unaware that he had almost touched something he shouldn't have. Seeing that Brother Yun was really alright, he patted his chest.

"It's alright, Brother Yun, don't be sad."

"There are so many good women out there, what's a fiancée? At worst, I'll just be with Shen Yue..."

Lu Yun found the story increasingly absurd and quickly interrupted, "Where's Aunt? Why isn't she home?"

I'm not used to not being able to hear my aunt's nagging.

Because her daughter liked Lu Yun, her aunt disliked him.

The two of them would get close to each other and start talking incessantly.

"He went to gather information."

Shen He slapped her forehead and rushed out, "You're back! I'll go tell Mother and Shen Yue."

After running out the door, she slowed down and patted her mouth.

"Brother Yun may seem calm on the surface, but he must be heartbroken inside. I've touched on his painful past again..."

"Tell your mother not to say anything either, and let's all pretend it never happened."

She clenched her little fists and made a silent resolution.

"Once I go to the Immortal Hall, join the Immortal Academy, surpass Deng Wenying, and teach her a lesson, I'll avenge Brother Yun!"

.......

Watching Shen He rush off into the distance, Lu Yun shook his head helplessly.

With no one home, he couldn't wait to go back to his room.

The room was large, with the bedroom connected to a meditation room specifically for spiritual practice.

Close the door, sit cross-legged on the futon, and immediately begin circulating the "Tai Xu Fu Qi Jue".

True Qi circulates along mysterious pathways within the body.

With each breath, spiritual energy enters the body, while impure energy is expelled.

Originally, a full cycle of purification could remove only half a wisp of true energy.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Yun opened his eyes.

"Now I can add a trace every week, and my cultivation speed has doubled."

The effect of enhancing his spiritual root gave him a thrill.

"No wonder Shen He started cultivating a year later than me, yet his cultivation level has caught up with mine."

If the spiritual energy in the world were abundant, she would have surpassed him long ago.

Thinking of this, he shook his head.

"This is only a mid-grade spiritual root. The difference between a high-grade spiritual root and a spiritual body is definitely much greater."

If hard work is useful, what's the point of having geniuses?

"Try the 'Thousand Threads of Illusory Flame Illuminating Elixir Method'."

He had high expectations for the legendary true method.

With a single thought, the true energy changes its course.

Even though it was his first time using it, his proficiency was higher than that of the "Tai Xu Fu Qi Jue".

Lu Yun found it somewhat strange that someone with a merit level of three or higher had such a high level of skill.

"Has Deng Wenying truly received half of the true Dharma enlightenment? How is she feeling now?"

I don't have time to think about it.

The true method of operation is completely different from the breathing technique.

The spiritual energy was drawn from the void like threads, seeping into the meridians one by one.

The speed is several times faster than before.

Lu Yun was so engrossed in his work that he was unaware of what was happening—

Above the quiet room, a wisp of ethereal flame patterns was quietly gathering, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

As he was working, his mind unconsciously hovered over the center of his forehead.

A strange space was opened.

The surroundings were dark and empty.

Only a single, illusory flame in the center burns out of thin air, illuminating this small patch of sky.

"This place seems similar to the Qi Sea (CV6), it's part of my body."

Lu Yun was somewhat surprised.

Can the true methods of cultivation undergo such changes?

He suddenly recalled some records, "Could it be the visualization mentioned in ancient books?"

If so, this is the 'ancestral aperture'.

Legend has it that the "Dao" that one attains through cultivation resides in the Ancestral Aperture, which is the place where the Great Dao of cultivators is carried.

It is also the origin of humanity, and is extremely wondrous.

This space contained only illusory flames, and Lu Yun observed that it was only half the size of the one above Deng Wenying's head.

Under the glow of the illusory flame, my body felt warm, as if every cell was being nourished.

The energy flow became more powerful.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged into the body like moths to a flame.

The turbid air was burned away by the illusory flame, becoming cleaner than if he had tried to exhale and inhale it himself.

One week later, Lu Yun opened his eyes in disbelief.

Look at the hourglass.

"It really only took a little over fifteen minutes."

However, there were fifty-three more strands of true qi in his dantian than before.

What kind of godlike speed is that?

"Including the increase in affinity, the speed has increased a full hundredfold!"

He stared in disbelief as he did the math.

The true power was so strong that it made him a little afraid.

Normally, I cultivate for three hours a day, which is more than six hundred strands.

"Those are six strands of true energy!"

The breathing technique is activated, and after three hours, it takes about twelve breaths.

How do we compare them?

"In the two months since I broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, I have been eating six ounces of spirit rice every day, and after three hours of refining, I can only process eight strands of it."

"You're saying you have to catch up without eating anything now?"

Lu Yun was so engrossed in the power of the True Law that he couldn't wait to go back to his room to get the Spirit Rice.

Too lazy to cook, it's too raw to eat.

Return to the quiet room and practice the "Thousand Threads of Illusory Flame Illuminating the Elixir Method".

Sensing the undigested spiritual rice within his body, the illusory flame between his brows burned even more intensely.

An hour passed.

The spirit rice, which was originally meant to be refined slowly while clearing away the turbid energy, was now completely refined.

Thirty-three strands of true energy suddenly increased within his body.

Purple Heart City has no spiritual veins and its spiritual energy is scarce.

Of the thirty-three strands that rise, thirty come from the spiritual rice that is ingested.

"I used to be a complete waste of my life."

Lu Yun was momentarily dazed.

I understand why so many people yearn for the true Dharma.

A world of difference!

"To advance to the third level of Qi Refining, the Qi Sea True Qi needs to be increased by ninety strands."

"Adding five shares in the previous two months, even without considering bottlenecks, will still take three years."

"Now—"

He blinked. "If you cultivate for five hours a day, you can get close to two strands of energy per day, with a hundred strands per strand."

"Eating only spirit rice, he advanced to the third level of Qi Refining in two months."

One hundred and eighty catties of spirit rice, and two spirit stones.

So cost-effective?

It's simply unbelievable.

Why not spread the true Dharma throughout the world?

"No! The instructor said that the techniques have fixed rules, unlike secret formulas which can be spread at will."

"Is 'predestination' meant literally? Does it mean a predetermined number of people can cultivate?"

He hesitated and speculated.

From the perspective of saving resources, it is also worthwhile to spread the Dharma to the world.

The true method is not simply about having a method; the core seems to be the flame in the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows.

It's very strange.

In the first three stages of Qi Refining, one can break through quickly with enough spiritual energy.

But this happened way too fast.

Breakthrough after consuming Lingmi for two months.

If we switch to the Qi-Nourishing Pill, perhaps ten days would be a piece of cake?

Lu Yun continued to contemplate the illusory flame between his brows, finding it increasingly profound and unfathomable.

The internal Dao traces swayed, seemingly connecting to a vast space in the dark.

"Breaking through to the third level like this won't even require fifty spirit stones; twenty spirit stones will suffice."

He, who had initially felt a pang of regret over the loss of spirit stones, now felt completely at ease.

At the same time, it was understood that the "Thousand Threads of Illumination Elixir Method" must not be revealed.

The law should not be given lightly, as it seems to involve considerable karmic consequences.

"With true methods, I can enter not only the Immortal Hall, but also the Immortal Academy if given time."

Lu Yun stood up, his gaze resolute.

"No wonder the protagonists I read in my past life all had such determined eyes; they had enough trump cards and confidence. Who wouldn't be determined?"

Sensing the change in his mindset, he loosened his fist.