After a day and a night of enlightenment, Li Jiusheng felt as if he had fallen into a chaotic, disordered world filled with malevolence.
In this world, chaos was the guiding principle.
The more he pondered, the more he felt that this cultivation technique could not have been created by a normal person. He had reason to suspect that it was a technique created by a Grandmaster in his twilight years, when he had fallen into absolute chaos, his consciousness unclear and his primordial spirit muddled.
The Human World is an assassin organization that spans many regions. They rarely clash directly with major powers, always lurking in the shadows of the world, waiting for an opportunity. This time, their direct conflict with Shangqing Palace resulted in the loss of a large number of mid-level cadres, a significant loss in the Old Land. Therefore, they sent three Grandmaster secret manuals as a gesture of reconciliation.
However, these three secret manuals also contained their own subtle intentions.
Just like this one.
A technique without a name, origin, or thought, chaotic and disordered.
If a normal person were to cultivate it, following the usual pattern to grasp its core, they would absolutely have their minds disturbed, their primordial spirits corrupted, and they would descend into madness, ultimately becoming like its original creator.
This was a contingency planned by the Human World.
"But it's useless to me!" Li Jiusheng's heart was as hard as iron. His comprehension was extremely high. He continuously seeped into it, continuously pondered, searching for connections within the chaos. Not only was he not corrupted, but he gradually clarified the logic of this chaos.
You are chaotic, so I will be even more chaotic.
"I can integrate this chaotic, malevolent, chilling, and terrifying aura into my own domain, transforming it into a Chaotic Magnetic Field. When fighting an enemy, the field spreads out, instantly disturbing their consciousness and primordial spirit, causing them to fall into confusion and lose self-awareness. Even for just a second, in a duel between experts, the outcome can be decided." Li Jiusheng immediately thought of the application of this technique. For him, the more chaotic this technique was, the better.
He slowly opened his domain, transplanting the chaotic technique bit by bit. Initially, the range was not large, only about three meters around him.
Soon, a chaotic magnetic field appeared around him.
This field was filled with all sorts of confusing, malevolent, babbling, and heart-bewitching sounds. The Little Fox only glanced at it and felt her head spin and her mind almost lost, as if she were about to fall into an eternal hell. Frightened, she immediately fled the room and stood outside the door in a panic, watching Li Jiusheng with great worry.
"What kind of cultivation technique is this? It's too terrifying. I feel like I've arrived in the Avici Hell. Won't Li Jiusheng be dragged in?" the Little Fox worriedly paced back and forth.
Fortunately, not long after, the magnetic field that so terrified the Little Fox disappeared. Li Jiusheng opened his eyes, slowly stood up, and said in surprise, "Why are you standing at the door?"
The Little Fox told Li Jiusheng what had just happened.
Li Jiusheng realized: "Don't be afraid, that's the Chaotic Magnetic Field I just comprehended. It's a Grandmaster-level technique."
"What kind of lunatic could create such a technique?" the Little Fox grumbled.
"I also really want to know his mental state at the time." Li Jiusheng laughed heartily. If it weren't for his astonishing comprehension allowing him to comprehend this technique and integrate it into his own domain, the initial chaos alone would have been enough to destroy the inner heart of any Venerable, and even the Grandmaster couldn't comprehend it.
"Don't worry, I've gotten the hang of the technique, and I'll be fine," Li Jiusheng comforted the Little Fox, holding her in his arms to soothe her. She had indeed been a little scared just now.
"That's good, you scared me to death, sob sob sob." The Little Fox buried her head in Li Jiusheng's arms, shedding a few tears.
"Alright, alright, let's go practice our punches." Li Jiusheng watched the sunrise break through the dawn, the distant mountains bathed in golden light, and took the Little Fox to the front of the Scripture Repository Pavilion to practice his punches.
The Scripture Repository Pavilion was as usual.
Even though Li Jiusheng's actions had revealed his cultivation, and the disciples and elders of Shangqing Palace knew he was powerful, no one came to disturb him.
On one hand, Li Qingshan had given the order.
On the other hand, everyone knew that Li Jiusheng disliked noise, and it had always been this way for many years. No one would try to curry favor with him.
Occasionally, disciples would come to the Scripture Repository Pavilion to retrieve scriptures. Upon seeing Li Jiusheng, they would greet him from afar with reverence and admiration before going about their own business.
Li Jiusheng was very satisfied with this. Bustle belonged outside; tranquility belonged to him.
For the following period, he lived a leisurely life like before.
He read scriptures as usual and practiced his techniques as usual.
Every day, he was accompanied by the Little Fox, constantly refining his cultivation techniques to perfection.
He continued to cultivate the Chaotic Magnetic Field, gradually expanding it from the initial three-meter range to encompass his entire domain. This was a slow process of improvement.
After all, Li Jiusheng was only a Great Grandmaster; he couldn't fully deploy the Chaotic Magnetic Field throughout his domain all at once.
However, he was not in a hurry.
During his other time, he also practiced the other two Grandmaster techniques.
The Great Dream Spring and Autumn and the Four Images Sword Intent Art.
The Great Dream Spring and Autumn is a high-level cultivation method that involves enlightenment and sword practice within dreams.
After Li Jiusheng began cultivating it, he achieved mastery remarkably quickly.
After experiencing the Chaotic Magnetic Field, cultivating such a normal technique presented no difficulty for him.
Having comprehended the Great Dream Spring and Autumn, Li Jiusheng began to cultivate this method with his primordial spirit.
Every day, his primordial spirit spent time in dreams, experiencing various events and different lives through the changing seasons. Through these repeated experiences, his primordial spirit continuously grew stronger. For him, this was the best method of cultivation.
In the past, Daoist cultivators would live in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests, detached from worldly affairs. After becoming powerful, how would they temper their primordial spirits?
By entering the world!
Only by venturing into the human world, stumbling through decades, and tempering their minds through various experiences could they then reach the realm of detachment.
This was how they would temper their minds in the mortal world.
Now, Li Jiusheng sat in his tea room, his primordial spirit tempering its mind in the mortal world every day. His cultivation was progressing at an astonishing speed.
While his primordial spirit was tempering its mind in the mortal world, his physical body was not idle either.
Li Jiusheng cultivated the Four Images Sword Intent Art with his Innate Sword Body.
He had comprehended the Innate Sword Body from the very beginning. Subsequently, whether he practiced the Grass and Wood Sword Technique or the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, it was extremely easy for Li Jiusheng to get started, and his progress was very rapid.
Now, it was the Four Images Sword Intent Art's turn, and it was even more so.
This technique depended on the Four Sacred Beasts, absorbing the essence of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, refining them into one's own sword techniques. With a single strike, the four sacred beasts would manifest, surging with power and unstoppable.
To Li Jiusheng, the Four Sacred Beasts were not unfamiliar.
He picked up this technique extremely quickly. On the very first day of his cultivation, he had condensed the Azure Dragon Sword Intent, and in the days that followed, he gradually completed the sword intents of the other three sacred beasts.
Shangqing Palace, having produced a Grandmaster, no longer closed its gates. Visitors came and went, making it incredibly lively.
In front of the Scripture Depository, Li Jiusheng rested his head on his arms, bathed in the dim light of a lamp amidst yellowed scrolls, detached from the mortal world. Day after day of cultivation, his power gradually approached perfection. His Great Grandmaster mid-stage realm, like water dripping through stone, arrived at the late stage.
He was only one step away from the Venerable realm.
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