After the banquet, Li Yu said goodbye to the disciples of each sect one by one and returned to Kunlun Station.
Bai Qingying and the three Emei sisters are also here. Not many people from the Emei sect participated in this competition. The three of them came to see the world.
Li Yu used the Qi-gazing technique to observe that Senior Sister Bai had also formed a golden elixir.
Whether it is Jiang Li, Senior Sister Xu, or Senior Sister Bai from Emei, or Senior Brother Shangguan from Shushan, for these geniuses trained with all their strength by major sects, the starting point of their cultivation path is the golden elixir. This is something that ordinary disciples cannot compare with.
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However, geniuses like Xu Yi and Tian Qi just lack resources in the early stage. Once they cross the threshold of golden elixir, cultivation becomes an equal matter for all living beings.
Li Yu didn't envy them either. Although he was just building the foundation now, it was not easy to get the golden elixir to Yuanying. When he formed the elixir, they would still be in the golden elixir.
The three sisters of the Zhao family have also succeeded in building a foundation. Although they have only just built a foundation, together they can defeat the mid-stage foundation building and have the power to fight against the late-stage foundation building.
The three sisters and Zhou Zixuan Ling'er had long been accustomed to hanging out together, so they simply settled down in Kunlun.
Half a day later, Li Yu and the other girls, together with the Yuanying Patriarch sent by Kunlun, went to the Secret Realm of Tiandao to attend the opening ceremony of the Immortal Dao Conference held by Tiandao Sect.
Tiandao City is not the Secret Realm of Tiandao. To be precise, the entrance to the Secret Realm of Tiandao is on the towering peak in the center of Tiandao City.
Passing through a huge dragon gate hidden in the clouds and mist, which was hundreds of feet wide and hundreds of feet high, when he came to another space, Li Yu stopped breathing for a moment and almost choked on the rich spiritual energy.
He originally thought that the aura of Kunlun Cave Heaven was rich enough, but he did not expect that the aura of the Secret Realm of Heavenly Dao was several times richer than that of Kunlun Cave Heaven.
It wasn't just Li Yu who had paused breathing. Many disciples from other sects were caught off guard and even coughed due to being choked. However, this cough was also a happy cough. They wished they could be choked here every day.
If you practice in this kind of place, your cultivation will improve much faster than in other places.
When refining Qi and building a foundation, because the speed of absorbing spiritual energy is limited, some ordinary secret realms are enough for cultivation. No matter how rich the spiritual energy is, their absorption speed is limited.
However, after the cultivation reaches the golden elixir stage, the reliance on spiritual energy for cultivation greatly increases. The higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the better.
Li Yu can also understand why many disciples of major sects are unwilling to go back after visiting the Secret Realm of Heavenly Dao once.
However, what shocked him was not just the aura here.
Not far ahead, around a huge square, there are many seats. The seats have been arranged according to the sect and power. The position of Tiandao Sect is at the main seat directly in front.
Kunlun is located further forward, just to the lower left of Tiandao Sect.
Li Yu glanced in the direction of Tiandaozong, and his head suddenly buzzed.
There are thirty-five Yuan Ying Patriarchs in Kunlun, including the real leader, among whom there are only nine in the late Yuanying stage. However, Li Yu glanced at the Tiandao Sect area and saw a purple light shining on his chest. He did not count them.
It is estimated that there are more than a hundred people, and including those who did not attend, there must be more than two hundred people in the Nascent Soul stage of Tiandao Sect.
This number may be more than the Jindan elders in Kunlun.
As for the god transformation stage, there are only nine in Kunlun, but among the powerful Tiandao Sect, like the old man, Li Yu can't see through the cultivation level at all, there are more than twenty, and these are definitely not all the transformations of Tiandao Sect.
god.
Not to mention the legendary "Three Elders of Heaven", the three ancestors of Poxu level.
No wonder Tiandao Sect disciples are so arrogant outside, they really have the ability to be arrogant.
It was only today that Li Yu had a clear understanding of the power of Tiandao Sect.
With this kind of strength, one Tiandao Sect can sweep away all the righteous sects except Tiandao Sect. Anyone who dares to disobey can only hold back.
Li Yu's gaze lingered briefly on the powerful ones who transformed themselves into gods. He had never seen transformed gods before. It seemed that the Qi-gazing technique could only see through the cultivation level under the transformed gods.
useless.
The strong men of Tiandao Sect made no secret of their powerful aura. Although there was no malicious intention, this invisible oppression still made many disciples with low cultivation levels in the sect feel breathless.
I thought that Kunlun, Emei, and Shushan were already rare large sects in the world. Only when I got to Tiandao Sect did I realize that each mountain was higher than the other, and that there was actually an immortal cultivating sect in the world that was so powerful.
At the opening ceremony, most people did not remember what the leader of the Tiandao Sect who had cultivated in the Divine Transformation Stage said. They also had no intention of watching the various programs that followed, including the dance performed by the female disciples of the Tiandao Sect in cool clothes.
, everyone's hearts are always immersed in the powerful display of Tiandaozong's strength.
Li Yu quickly came to his senses.
Nothing in this world is eternal. The Tianyan Dynasty was even more powerful than the Tiandao Sect today. Now it has been completely submerged in the long river of history. Few people know about it...
However, he didn't look at the dancing female disciples either.
Because Jiang Li sat on his left, and Zhou Zixuan sat on his right. One was an official couple, and the other was a girlfriend who had just established a relationship. He could only look at his feet, or turn his head left and right to look at them.
Until the ceremony ended and everyone left the Secret Realm of Heavenly Dao and returned to their residences, many disciples were still silent.
Li Yu and Jiang Li will have nothing to do in the next half month. The exchanges on alchemy and Dharma cultivation will take place in half a month. During this period, they can move around freely.
Taking advantage of this time, Li Yu happened to sell some of the pills he had accumulated.
After taking over Yuxuan Peak, he had to refine a lot of elixirs every month, which could not be digested by just one Kunlun. This time, he just took advantage of the opportunity of the immortal exchange to get rid of all those elixirs.
So, Li Yu started his old business and set up a street stall in Tiandao City.
The quality of the elixirs he refined was of course impeccable. As soon as they were put on display, they were robbed by passers-by. Especially after they were recognized, some people who were watching also rushed to buy them.
In half a day's effort, Li Yu exchanged all the elixirs in his hand for spirit coins.
The price of elixirs in Tiandao City is much more expensive than that in Kunlun. Ordinary elixirs are 50% more expensive. The price of precious elixirs such as Qi Gathering Pill and Tongmai Pill is twice as expensive. No wonder many people resold them in the past.
Kunlun elixir, if you change hands, you can double the profit, who wouldn't be jealous.
The only thing that made Li Yu unhappy was that not long after he sold it, a manager from Tiandao City was watching. All transactions in Tiandao City must pay taxes. Once tax evasion is discovered, he will be fined several times.
tax, and expelled from Tiandao City.
The tax rate in Tiandao City is very high, and 30% of the sales proceeds must be handed over. Li Yu reluctantly handed over tens of thousands of spirit coins, and purchased dozens of Tongmai Pills in Tiandao Sect's shops.
I plan to go back and exchange for the Tuo Mai Dan.
He originally wanted to buy the Pulse Extension Pill, but unfortunately all the stores did not sell third-level elixirs. This kind of high-level elixir can only be obtained by becoming a disciple of Tiandao Sect. It seems that even in Tiandao Sect, Pulse Extension Pill is not available.
What a big commodity.
Fortunately, there is no purchase limit for Tongmai Pills. Li Yu bought dozens of pills at a time. The person selling them was just a little surprised, but the pills were brought to him anyway.
After all, the spiritual coins are issued by Tiandao Sect. Other cultivators exchange labor and resources for spiritual coins. Of course, they can also use spiritual coins to exchange resources. If this rule is broken, the credibility of Tiandao Sect will be lost. It was not easy to establish it.
The spiritual currency system will also collapse.
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On the first day of the Immortal Conference, there was an exchange of formations.
Li Yu had nothing to do, so he took Jiang Li and Zhou Zixuan to observe. The three Emei sisters also followed. Xu Qingxin was worried and followed them.
The exchange of formations took place on a stepped mountain.
It is said to be an exchange, but in fact it is a competition.
There is a formation arranged on each step of the mountain. The disciples of each faction participating in the competition need to break through each formation. The first one to break all the formations and reach the top step can take away the competition.
First prize.
For the sake of fairness, the competitions for first-level array mage, second-level array mage and third-level array mage are separated. The reward for first-level array mage is ten pulse-opening pills, and the reward for second-level array mage is ten pulse-opening pills.
, As for the third-level formation mages, their cultivation has generally reached the golden elixir stage, and there are no elixirs that can be used. The reward is a precious high-level formation book.
In previous formation exchanges, Huashan Sect and Tiandao Sect were usually the main venues, and the disciples sent by other sects were their green leaves.
The Huashan Sect is famous for its formations. Half of the formation masters in the world of immortality are in Huashan. They have extremely in-depth research on the ways of formations. Of course, Tiandao Sect is the only all-powerful sect, and there are various talents in the sect, among which
There is also no shortage of formation geniuses, and they are also capable of fighting against the Huashan Sect.
This time, Kunlun only sent a second-level formation mage.
If you can't get the ranking, you can't get the ranking. You have to send someone to participate. Kunlun is so big that it can't even send a second-order array mage. If you say it, it will make people laugh...
Li Yu asked Xu Qingxin: "Is the formation exchange just a competition to break the formation?"
Xu Qingxin nodded and explained: "The previous formation competition was to make formation flags and formation disks, but this overlapped with the refining of weapons and talismans, and it took a long time. Later, it was changed to breaking formations. For formations
For a mage, it is actually not difficult to make formation flags and arrays and set up formations. What is difficult is to calculate the formation eyes, which requires being extremely familiar with each formation and knowing how they change every moment..."
Formation is different from alchemy. The art of formation involves refining formation tools, carving formation patterns, and the most difficult thing is understanding the formation. Only by being familiar with all the changes in the formation can one deduce the location of the formation eye.
Li Yu actually thinks that it is not difficult to calculate the formation eye. Once the Qi-gazing technique is activated, it will be clear where the formation eye is.
For him, the difficult part is making formation flags and formation disks. This involves not only refining weapons, but also talismans. An excellent formation master is generally good at refining weapons and writing talismans.
If the formation competition is to find the formation's eye, then he can join him.
Of course, without the Qi Watching Technique, Li Yu would be at the entry level of a Formation Master, but wouldn't he be stupid if he didn't use it?
The one who came first in the competition, but had ten Pulse Extension Pills, Li Yu pursed her lips, looked at Xu Qingxin, and asked: "Senior Sister Qingxin, can I participate in the formation competition?"
Xu Qingxin was slightly surprised and asked: "Do you know the formation?"
Li Yudao: "I have learned a little bit. When I was at Ziyun Peak, one of my neighbors was a second-level formation master. I learned a little bit of formation from him."
Li Yu casually took out an "Introduction to Formation" from the storage space and said: "Well, when I have nothing to do, I often study formations, and there are also notes I made on it..."
Xu Qingxin took a look and found that the formation book was really filled with notes from him.
However, after reading a book called "Introduction to Formation", my level of communication with Tiandao Sect's formations is vastly different...
Those who can participate in this exchange of formations are all leaders in the field of formations. They are familiar with the changes of various high-level formations. They are equivalent to the level of the top ten Kunlun Alchemists. Li Yu is only an formation master at best.
A magic apprentice, with his cultivation in the foundation-building period, cannot participate in the first-level array mage competition. If he participates in the high-level competition, he may not be able to crack even one formation. Wouldn't it be self-defeating if he goes up...
She looked at Li Yu and said, "You have already established a foundation and can only participate in the second-level formation master competition. Do you know the second-level formation?"
Li Yudao: "Know a little bit..."
Xu Qingxin asked again: "Do you really want to participate?"
Li Yudao: "If it's possible, I want to try it. If it doesn't work, forget it..."
Xu Qingxin could only say: "Let me go and ask for you."
In the exchange of formations, only one second-level formation master from Kunlun participated, accompanied by an elder from the Golden Core stage who was responsible for various matters of the competition.
Xu Qingxin walked up to the elder of the Jindan stage. The old man took the initiative to cup his hands towards her and said, "I have met Fairy Xu."
Although both of them are at the Golden Core stage, he is already over four hundred years old, and Xu Qingxin is only in her early twenties, and her status in the sect is much higher than him.
After Xu Qingxin returned the gift, she asked: "Elder, do we in Kunlun still have a place to participate in the formation competition?"
Although the old man was a little surprised that someone from the sect wanted to participate in the formation competition, why did he say it now, he still nodded and said: "Yes, every time there is an exchange of immortality, the sect's first-level, second-level, and third-level formation masters
, there are ten quotas, but they can’t be used up every time.”
In fact, there are more than enough to use up. The sect has thirty places for first-, second-, and third-level formation masters this time, but the sect only sent one second-level formation master to go through the motions.
Kunlun Alchemy is the most powerful, but it is really not good at formations. The sect's high-level formations are all bought from Huashan and Tiandao Sect.
If we really send thirty formation masters here and don’t get a single ranking, it will really be a joke...
Only for alchemy exchanges, the sect would send a full thirty people.
Xu Qingxin asked again: "Can I still participate in the competition now?"
The old man nodded and said: "Yes, as long as the formation competition is not over, you can participate."
He looked at Xu Qingxin and asked, "Does Fairy Qingxin want to participate in the third-level array mage competition?"
When he was in the sect, he had never heard that Fairy Qingxin knew about formations. What's more, with her strength at the Golden Core stage, she could only participate in the third-level formation master competition. She didn't understand the third-level formations. How could she plan to use it?
Violently break the formation?
The third-level formation cannot be broken even with magic power at the golden elixir stage...
Xu Qingxin smiled slightly and said, "It's not me, it's Junior Brother Li."
The old man at the golden elixir stage looked at Li Yu behind her, and became even more puzzled. Li Yu was good at alchemy, and everyone in Kunlun knew it. But an alchemist, participating in the formation competition, and a formation master participated in Kunlun's alchemy competition.
Compared with the competition, it seemed like he won the first prize in the end...
But this time, he didn't say anything more and just silently handed Li Yu a sign.
If he wants to be embarrassed, he can be embarrassed. For a while, he can't even break a formation, and when he comes down in despair, don't blame yourself for not stopping him.
Li Yu took the sign and followed the guide, and soon reached the foot of the mountain peak. Several Tiandao Sect disciples checked his sign, waved their hands, and let him pass.
Looking at Li Yu's back, one of them couldn't help but said: "I'm here now. This formation master is quite confident in himself. Several formation geniuses in the Huashan Sect are not as crazy as him..."
The formation competition tests the speed of breaking the formation. Of course, the earlier the better.
In this moment, the powerful formation masters of Huashan Sect and Tiandao Sect have already cracked the fifth formation. He just arrived late, how can he catch up with them?
Li Yu walked all the way and came to the first staircase.
Further forward, a soft force gently bounced him away, and there was obviously a formation in front of him.
There was no one in front of the first staircase. Li Yu looked forward and found that there was no figure on the second staircase. Most people stopped in front of the third staircase. A few people had already reached the fourth or even the third staircase.
Five stairs.
They break the formation very quickly, which is normal. The people who can come here have been screened once in their respective sects. They are all elites among the second-level formation mages. Anyone's formation attainments are placed in Kunlun.
, are all existences that kill indiscriminately.
Li Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at the first formation.
Li Yu didn't know this formation. After all, he had only learned the introductory formation and knew a few basic formations. He had not learned all the first-level formations, let alone the second-level formations.
However, this is not difficult for him.
A light flashed in his eyes, and a faint cyan barrier appeared in front of him. The color of this barrier was evenly distributed, with only one location on the upper left being much darker than the surrounding area.
That's where the formation's eye is, and it's also the weakest point of the entire formation.
Li Yu fired a burst of mana, and the barrier in front of him shook, and then slowly disappeared. When Li Yu took a step and crossed the stairs, the barrier appeared again, and the formation eye appeared in another position.
The design of this level is also exquisite. After the formation is broken, it can be reset and the formation eyes will also change, eliminating the possibility of others following suit and breaking the formation.
In the square not far away, Xu Qingxin saw that Li Yu had actually cracked the first formation, and her red lips slightly opened in surprise.
She looked at Zhou Zixuan and said in disbelief: "He really knows the formation?"
Zhou Zixuan also looked confused and said: "I don't know, I only know that he often reads books on formations, talismans, weapon refining, mechanism techniques, etc..."
In front of the second staircase, Li Yu looked at the barrier and saw the formation eye. But when he stretched out his hand, the formation eye disappeared. The next moment, another location appeared.
This formation has obviously more changes than the previous one.
He stretched out his hand again and pressed on the weak point of the formation. A moment later, the person appeared on the third step.
At this time, there were already many people around Li Yu.
The first two levels were not difficult for these second-level formation mages, but the difficulty of this level increased significantly, which temporarily stopped many people.
They were concentrating on studying the formation, but they didn't notice that there was another person beside them.
Li Yu looked at the dozen or so second-level formation mages stopped here. Among them, there were two from Emei, three from Qingcheng, and two from Maoshan. They were disciples from almost all major sects. There were also some disciples in the crowd.
There was an old man wearing a Kunlun uniform.
They were all blocked by this formation.
Li Yu took a look. Of course, there is an eye in this formation, but the eye is not fixed in one position, but moves along a fixed trajectory. If there is no qi-gazing technique, you need to calculate it based on the knowledge of the formation. If you make a mistake, you can find it.
If you miss the position, you have to start over again...
Everyone lined up in an orderly manner, and each person had thirty breaths. If he did not break the formation within thirty breaths, he would give the opportunity to the next person and go to the back again.
Li Yu was ranked at the back, and thirty breaths passed quickly. Four people in front of him passed this level, including Kunlun. After the formation was refreshed, the trajectory of the formation eye's movement would also change.
, those who were behind them calculated that they did not have enough time, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.
When it was Li Yu's turn, he pressed a certain position on the formation and easily broke the formation's eye, reaching the fourth step.
On the square, Xu Qingxin looked at Li Yu, who had arrived at the fourth step without any hindrance despite arriving a long time late, and finally no longer had any doubts.
He really knows the formation.
Not only do I understand, but I understand very well.
At this time, on the fourth step, many formation masters were sitting cross-legged and resting on the spot. They did not break the formation immediately. It was not that they did not want to, but that they could not.
Calculating the position of the formation eye, although not consuming physical strength, consumes a lot of mental energy. After breaking through three formations in a row, their heads were already dizzy and they could not continue, so they could only rest and recuperate.
Among them, the second-level formation mage from Kunlun inadvertently glanced away, his expression suddenly stunned.
At this moment, he suspected that he had overused his brain and had hallucinations.
Otherwise, how could he have seen the sect's genius alchemist Li Yu in the fourth level of the second-level formation mage competition?
