Chapter 325
However, in her past, no elder had been able to provide her with this kind of emotion.
The appearance of the Sun Hall Mistress stirred a slight ripple in Xiao Minghuang's heart.
"Fine, since the Sun Hall Mistress has guaranteed she can solve this for me, I'll trust her."
Xiao Minghuang thought to herself, after all, the Sun Hall Mistress has led the Holy Academy for many years and has a wide network of connections that she can't compare to. Perhaps she really can invite a reclusive expert to help her remove the True Martial Demon Subduing Seal?
"Even so, I cannot place all my hopes on my master, nor can I slack off in my cultivation. If my master fails to find a miraculous method, it will be too late to try again then."
Afterwards, Xiao Minghuang gave instructions to her sisters, including Xu Xiuer and Luo Qianhua, and then found a secret place to begin her seclusion.
Before she went into seclusion, she instructed Xu Xiuer, Luo Qianhua, and others to concentrate on their cultivation, especially Xu Xiuer, who was instructed to focus on studying the three booklets left behind by the King Wu'an.
She had a premonition that some kind of opportunity might be hidden in these three books.
If Xu Xiuer gains a great opportunity because of this, she will also benefit from the system.
Now, she wouldn't let go of even the slightest chance to improve her cultivation.
In addition, she also instructed that if Ye Ruoshui returned, she should be notified immediately.
As a genius alchemist, Ye Ruoshui's alchemy skills had been neglected by Xiao Minghuang for a long time, and he hadn't paid attention to what level she had reached.
If she could mass-produce Heaven-rank or even Saint-realm pill, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to her advancement in cultivation level.
After giving all the instructions, Xiao Minghuang immediately set off for a secluded cultivation retreat within the Holy Academy.
Inside the monastery, in a secluded valley.
A void rift opened in mid-air, and a bright yellow figure stepped out from it.
"The Time Realm contains the laws of time. One day inside is equivalent to ten days outside. Senior Sister, please present your token if you wish to enter."
At the entrance to the secret realm, the guard bowed and greeted the approaching visitors.
429. Original Classics
"To enter the secret realm, please present your identity token!"
The guard bowed slightly.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghuang took out her identity token from her waist and handed it to the other party.
The guard took the token and saw a "Yang" character engraved on it, radiating a scorching heat. His expression changed slightly.
"Is Senior Sister Princess Xiao, a disciple of the Sun Hall Mistress?"
"Exactly."
Xiao Minghuang nodded.
Upon hearing this, the guard's expression became more respectful, and he bowed, saying, "Greetings, Senior Sister Xiao!"
"Senior Sister Xiao is a disciple of the Palace Master and can freely enter and exit the secret realm without time or frequency restrictions. Please, Senior Sister!"
"Thank you." Xiao Minghuang nodded in thanks and stepped into the secret realm.
"Call!"
Upon entering the secret realm, one immediately feels that the surrounding scenery has undergone a dramatic transformation.
The surrounding area was shrouded in white mist, and a rich Spiritual Qi wafted through the air, making it seem like a fairyland, a truly beautiful place.
Xiao Minghuang looked around and found that it was just a small open space, empty except for a small platform standing in the center.
She stepped forward, examined it briefly, and realized that this was the key to controlling the secret realm.
There is a roulette wheel and a button on the small platform.
A line of small characters is engraved next to it.
"The roulette wheel adjusts the internal and external time flow rates. Press the button to activate."
"That's easy!" Xiao Minghuang's mind raced, and she reached out and pressed the button.
Buzz~~
The next moment, the wheel spun, emitting a soft light.
After a moment, the wheel stopped spinning, the luster faded, and it returned to its original state.
Xiao Minghuang could feel that as she pressed the button, the flow of time around her changed imperceptibly.
"Ten days within the secret realm are now equivalent to only one day outside."
Thinking about this, she suddenly realized a problem.
If the flow of time here is different from that outside, will the degree to which she is affected by the talisman change accordingly?
Immediately, Xiao Minghuang looked inward and found that the dark golden talisman in her body was still continuously devouring her magic power, and was not affected by the internal and external spacetime flow.
This delighted her.
"It seems I can gain more time in the secret realm."
Even so, it only delays the rate at which her cultivation level declines. If the problem with the talisman is not fundamentally resolved, no matter where she is, even if she hides here for a lifetime, it will be of no use.
Immediately, Xiao Minghuang sat down cross-legged and began to organize her gains over the past period.
First, there were the spoils of war from defeating the Daoist Siming.
Although she was ultimately unable to completely kill him due to the intervention of True Martial Earth Immortal, the physical body of Daoist Siming fell into her hands, as did his natal magic weapon, the whisk.
With a thought, a supreme body and a whisk appeared out of thin air before Xiao Minghuang.
"If I can fully refine these two treasures, it should be enough to raise my cultivation level by two minor realms."
Xiao Minghuang pondered.
Even so, it only brought her back to the Longevity Realm Eighth Heaven; the Supreme Realm remained a long way off.
"Well!"
Xiao Minghuang sighed softly. Since she embarked on the path of cultivation, she had never encountered such difficulties.
"Alright, let me first summarize my insights from this period of time, integrate the classics I have already mastered, and try to create a classic of my own. Although it may not be of much benefit to directly improve my cultivation, it can greatly help with possible breakthroughs in the future."
Xiao Minghuang's gaze was deep and thoughtful.
Her original plan was to combine all her past learning to create a classic work. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of True Martial Earth Immortal, which disrupted her plans, this would have been her top priority.
However, that won't stop her from doing so for now.
After all, creating one's own classic is almost an essential path for every supreme being on the road to immortality.
Although Xiao Minghuang already possessed the Immortal Method <Solar Immortal Scripture>, this technique was not entirely compatible with her Dao. Even though it was at a higher level, it was not quite suitable for her.
Only by creating a classic that suits her can she truly reach the pinnacle.
"Since embarking on the path of cultivation, I have practiced the <Imperial Ziwei Scripture>, the <Great Sun Moon True Scripture>, the <Solar Immortal Scripture>, and countless other Supernatural Power Spell. To master all these techniques to a high degree and innovate upon them is extremely difficult. To create my own technique, I do not need to incorporate them all, but rather choose one as the main one, and select the best of the others as branches, combining them into one—that is my path..."
Xiao Minghuang pondered to himself.
Time slips away quietly.
Xiao Minghuang sat cross-legged, various fragments of memory flashing through his mind, constantly comprehending, refining, and perfecting them.
These are the fruits of her experience over the years.
Each of these, if brought into the secular world, would be enough to cause bloodshed and chaos.
The <Imperial Ziwei Scripture> she cultivated could originally only be cultivated up to the Nascent Soul Realm, but through her continuous study, she actually expanded it to the Saint Realm, and even to the peak of the Saint Realm, which is the Quasi-Emperor level!
This shows that although Xiao Minghuang has fallen to the sixth level of the Longevity Realm, her understanding of the Great Dao has far surpassed this level and has reached the Quasi-Emperor realm.
If she hadn't been suppressed by the True Martial Demon Subduing Seal, she might have already seized the opportunity and broken through to the Quasi-Emperor realm in one fell swoop!
Unfortunately, that's impossible now.
However, Xiao Minghuang was not discouraged. She firmly believed that she could successfully break through to the Immortal Supreme realm before the talisman completely devoured her.
In addition, her understanding of the Great Sun Moon True Scripture has surpassed the original limits of this method.
This method, as practiced by the Sun Moon Supreme, only cultivates the ways of the sun and moon, with the ultimate goal being nothing more than the balance of the sun and moon, and the harmony of yin and yang.
But Xiao Minghuang can innovate, using the rotation of the sun and moon and the changing of the stars as the main axis. Even though the sun and moon are the absolute focus in the universe, if the stars no longer shine, the sun and moon will lose their function.
In this way, the sun and moon would no longer be in balance.
This is Xiao Minghuang's ambition: to use an infinite number of stars as a foundation to construct a magnificent and vast painting, and she is the one who wields the brush to create it.
Moreover, Xiao Minghuang's understanding of the mysteries of the stars has already reached its pinnacle, a level that even the Sun Moon Supreme could not match.
This road is fraught with difficulties and setbacks; any slight mistake could lead to collapse.
Xiao Minghuang dared not be negligent and pushed this method to its limit, not allowing the slightest mistake.
More than three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
From the outside perspective, it takes three days.
"Phew~"
Xiao Minghuang suddenly opened her eyes and exhaled a long breath.
A hint of weariness appeared between her brows.
This simulation was extremely demanding, especially the research on key techniques such as the movement of stars, which incurred enormous costs.
430. Without a heart, a person will die!
Fortunately, no matter which star she tried to communicate with, it was as if divinely aided, effortlessly opening its doors to her and allowing her to comprehend them. Otherwise, in just three months, let alone comprehending the myriad stars, simply counting them and memorizing their locations would have been a monumental task.
However, it was all worth it.
"I'm heading in the right direction..."
Xiao Minghuang gently raised her right hand, slowly opened her palm, and a smile appeared on her lips.
In her palm, a miniature universe slowly appeared, with nebulae shifting and stars moving, as if a vast and magnificent cosmic landscape was unfolding in her hand.
In this cosmic star map, stars twinkle and are arranged according to mysterious trajectories.
"I have begun to grasp the basic principles of the movement of stars."
Xiao Minghuang was filled with excitement, her eyes sparkling. "Next, all I need to do is move along these trajectories, combining the stars according to my predicted orbits, and I can perfectly deduce my Dao, operate according to the rules I have defined, and record it, and that will be my classic."
She held onto hope.
But this is not without its challenges.
At least, such a massive amount of computation is already quite difficult for her now.
Even before she fell from her previous realm, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on, let alone after her realm dropped.
"It seems that the only option now is to refine the physical body and magical artifacts of the Daoist Siming ahead of schedule."
Xiao Minghuang thought to herself, she had originally planned to use these two highly nourishing items when she was breaking through to the Supreme Realm, but now it seemed that she had no choice but to use them ahead of time.
Then, she took out the legacy of the Daoist Siming of Fate again.
A body, radiating a faint golden Rosy Clouds, resembling jade yet not jade, as if crafted from glass or sculpted from Ruoshui, exuding mystery and magnificence, and containing boundless spirituality, lay quietly in the void, surrounded by a dense aura of death.
It was the remains of the Daoist Siming...
After losing their Primordial Spirit, even the most supreme body will gradually lose its vitality until one day in the future, when all spirituality is worn away by the passage of time, turning into a handful of yellow earth.
"Compared to the physical body of the Daoist Siming, his natal magic weapon can provide far less essence."
Xiao Minghuang thought to herself.
In any case, these two supplements together should be enough to raise her cultivation level by two minor realms and restore her to her peak condition.
Without hesitation, Xiao Minghuang formed hand seals, and instantly, strands of spiritual patterns shot out from her fingertips, weaving into a peculiar array that was imprinted on the corpse.
"Untie!"
She gave a soft shout and waved both hands simultaneously.
In an instant, the array roared, and a blazing fire burst forth, incinerating the remains.