Ye Yun sat atop the Iceheart Lotus Platform, cultivating as he continuously refined the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. At a certain moment, his aura suddenly grew stronger by a notch.
Yes, he had made a minor breakthrough. Five days had passed since the last full-moon night. With the Iceheart Lotus Platform's assistance, he had just opened the second meridian within his body.
This showed just how powerful the Iceheart Lotus Platform's support was. He was now fully confident that, in around three months, he could raise his cultivation to the Qi Refining Realm Fifth Layer.
What did that mean? An ordinary disciple with average talent would need at least three years to achieve this. Even Ye Yun needed the help of the Ice Profound Force, with its thirteen-point compatibility, and the Iceheart Lotus Platform to break through so quickly.
Over the past few days, Ye Yun had made time to study the Void Meditation Formula, which had a compatibility of fifteen points with him. In the end, he discovered that the Void Meditation Formula was far from as simple as he had imagined. Even with fifteen-point compatibility and the Iceheart Lotus Platform's assistance, he had spent four days without reaching the Initiation Realm.
It was not difficult to imagine just how hard the Void Meditation Formula was to cultivate. He guessed that no one in the entire Purple Extreme Sect had cultivated it to the Initiation Realm. Otherwise, they would not have described it as such a useless thing.
Ye Yun's intuition told him that he would definitely cultivate the Void Meditation Formula to the Initiation Realm today. Then he could see what secret it truly concealed.
Seated on the Iceheart Lotus Platform, Ye Yun circulated the cultivation method of the Void Meditation Formula. All kinds of insights regarding it surfaced in his mind. Gradually, Ye Yun's understanding of the Void Meditation Formula deepened, and he slowly entered the state written in its general outline: "My heart transforms into nothingness; I am nothingness."
Ye Yun felt as though his consciousness had become an observer within his own body. It was an incredibly wondrous realm. He felt that he could seemingly imitate every martial art he had ever seen. If someone attacked him now, his body would rely on its own combat experience to strike back at the enemy.
Generally speaking, when attacking, people would unconsciously think for a moment. But now, this was a completely unconscious counterattack. Such retaliation was faster and more decisive—a tremendously powerful state.
Unfortunately, the state lasted less than five minutes before he withdrew from it.
After emerging from that state, Ye Yun felt as though more than half his physical strength had been drained. It seemed that the state had consumed a great deal of stamina. However, as his cultivation rose, his physical strength would also increase, and the duration of that state would grow longer.
Ye Yun felt that this martial art was not originally called the Void Meditation Formula. Void Meditation Formula was merely a name given by the elders of the Purple Extreme Sect.
His guess was correct. When this martial art had first been obtained, the original manual had no name. But it had to be registered, so an elder briefly cultivated it and felt that its effect was to keep the mind empty and still. Thus, he named it the Void Meditation Formula.
Ye Yun carefully savored the state he had just entered. Gradually, a name for that state began to rise to the surface of his mind.
Following the phrase in the martial art's general outline, he took the two characters "nothing" and "self" and gave this martial art a new name: the Selfless Realm.
The Selfless Realm was already this powerful upon merely reaching the Initiation Realm. If he cultivated it to Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, and Perfection, how powerful would its effects become?
In his heart, Ye Yun had already listed the Selfless Realm as one of the martial arts he would focus on cultivating.
The Purple Extreme Sect was exceptionally lively today. Seeing the streams of people coming and going, Ye Yun was filled with emotion. Before he knew it, a year had passed. Today was the annual Outer Disciple Grand Competition.
On this day last year, he had lost to Tie Shan and unexpectedly gained the special ability to see cultivation method compatibility. That had changed his fate. Over the past year, he had undergone earth-shaking changes, and everyone and everything had become familiar faces in unfamiliar surroundings.
If he had not gained that special ability, he might have been like those outer disciples today, struggling and striving in the competition only to leave a good impression in the eyes of the sect elders. His life might have stalled at the Body Tempering Realm or the Qi Refining Realm, and he would have lived out his days in dull obscurity.
But not anymore. His martial path lay beneath his own feet. As long as he advanced step by step, one day he would make the entire world hear his name and speak with a voice of his own.
Three months had now passed since the last full-moon night. During these three months, with the Iceheart Lotus Platform's assistance, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Fourth Heaven of the Qi Refining Realm. He was only a step away from breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm Fifth Layer.
His martial arts had also improved tremendously. Both the Treading Snow Without Trace movement technique and the Profound Yin Twelve Swords had reached Major Achievement and were not far from Perfection. The Nine Yin Cold Claw and Ice Profound Force had both reached Minor Achievement. The true qi of the Ice Profound Force at Minor Achievement had become even colder, and the power of his Ice Force had grown even stronger.
However, one matter left Ye Yun deeply frustrated. Despite spending so much time cultivating the Selfless Realm, it still remained at the Initiation Realm. He had only increased its duration by a few minutes.
Cultivating the Selfless Realm made him feel as though he had merged with heaven and earth, yet he could not make head or tail of it. Ye Yun had a belly full of bitterness, but he could only endure and continue cultivating. He felt that if he could raise the martial realm of the Selfless Realm, it would be of enormous help to him.
Originally, Ye Yun had planned to break through to the Qi Refining Realm Fifth Layer in one push before ending his bitter cultivation. But one matter forced him to interrupt it.
The elders of the Purple Extreme Sect had established a rule to better temper the inner disciples. Every two months, inner disciples had to accept a mission from the Mission Hall and complete it within the prescribed time. Newly promoted inner disciples received a three-month grace period. Ye Yun's grace period had just ended, so he had to go to the Mission Hall to accept a mission.
It was only on his way to the Mission Hall that Ye Yun realized today was the annual competition for outer disciples.
Before long, Ye Yun arrived at the Mission Hall located at the foot of Great Sun Peak.
Upon entering the Mission Hall, he immediately saw the jade bi in the center of the hall. This jade bi was called the Image-Recording Jade Bi, and it could retain any information one wished to leave behind.
Ye Yun looked toward the mission information on the jade bi, and dozens of densely packed mission notices appeared before his eyes.
"Level One Mission: Escort the Giant Cauldron Merchant Association to Blackwater City. Mission reward: one thousand taels of gold."
"Level Two Mission: Travel to Blazing Flame City and kill the flower thief Tian Guang. Mission reward: five thousand taels of gold and one Qi-Enhancing Pill."
"Level Three Mission: Wipe out the bandits of Clearwind Stronghold. Mission reward: fifty thousand taels of gold."
The Purple Extreme Sect's missions were divided into three levels. Level One missions corresponded to inner disciples from the First to Fourth Heaven of the Qi Refining Realm. Level Two missions corresponded to inner disciples from the Fifth to Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm, while Level Three missions corresponded to inner disciples above the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm.
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