A day later, Righteous Qi Hall.
This was Lu Xuan's third visit to this hall.
The same attendant was on duty. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Lu Xuan followed a Daoist acolyte into a Minor Offering Ritual chamber bright with Heavenly Light, where the great sun was visible.
Sitting cross-legged, Lu Xuan closed his eyes to rest his mind, then took out a jade bottle.
The jade bottle was scalding hot, its belly suffused with purple, while faint impacts sounded from within.
Purple Sun Radiance Fluid. This was the Orifice-Opening Spirit Item Lu Xuan had obtained from the Sky Treasury, Character Jia, middle grade.
When this fluid entered the eyes, it was like the great sun burning through golden locks. It could open the bridge to the eyes, burn away barriers, and aid in Opening the Orifices.
With this fluid, breaking through to the Qi Refining Second Layer was practically a sure thing.
The only difficulty was the Minor Offering Ritual after Opening the Orifices.
Only if the Minor Offering Ritual succeeded and the Daoist art was superior could one take the lead among those of the same realm. Otherwise, one would merely be an ordinary Qi Refining Second Layer cultivator, easily slain upon encountering someone formidable.
The method for the eye-aperture Minor Offering Ritual in the Qianyuan Six-Dragon Imperial Heaven True Scripture was likewise a ritual, quite similar to Qi Refining First Layer.
It required one to "remold the True Source" of the spirit item used to open the orifices, allowing it to be "reborn."
But this time, the difficulty was no small matter.
For opening the orifices at Qi Refining First Layer relied on "Spiritual Sense Gathering Matter." Spiritual Sense was an invisible hand that could knead earth and grasp objects. So long as one could perceive