Heart Sutra Fusion

Night falls.

In front of the dining hall on Yaoguang Floating Island, five large round tables were already laden with delicious dishes, each table occupied by many people, with only a few seats empty.

For three years, the Lingxian Sect Sect's dining hall has consistently prepared dinner on time every day.

In recent years, as his cultivation level has increased, Jiang Youfu's culinary skills have become increasingly outrageous. It is precisely because of this that the people of the Lingxian Sect have not gradually lost interest in eating the food that their bodies need less and less of as their cultivation level has improved.

Even when everyone is very busy, most people will still make time to enjoy this dinner, except for major events like breaking through to a higher level of cultivation that cannot be interrupted.

This is a rare opportunity for the busy Lingxian Sect members to gather together, relax, and have a good chat.

"I wonder when the sect leader will emerge from seclusion this time; it's been a year already," Yuan Qing sighed, gazing at one of the empty seats as he enjoyed his delicious meal.

Liao Pantu, who was standing to the side, said while eating:

"He's advancing from the Golden Core Nascent Soul; it won't happen that quickly. Let's wait and see."

Lin Xiao began his seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm last June. If Liao Pantu hadn't personally witnessed him cultivating step by step and his cultivation level increasing rapidly day by day, he wouldn't have believed that someone could advance to the Nascent Soul at the age of sixteen after only three years of cultivation!

If this were placed in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, even the so-called chosen ones of the great sects would find it difficult to achieve such a cultivation speed.

But within the Lingxian Sect, this matter seemed to be taken for granted.

Although everyone might feel envious and amazed by Lin Xiao's rapid cultivation, it doesn't seem so incredible when compared to the Golden Core Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators like Sun Yigao, Mo Yuanjiao, and Xiaoluan in the sect, as well as the late Fang Tuantuan Establishment cultivators like Jiang Youfu, Lin Yun, Yang Jinshu, and Liu Yunan who are close behind.

With their cultivation speed, any one of them would be considered a talent or even a genius in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

However, the people of the Lingxian Sect did not feel this very deeply, since everyone around them cultivated at roughly the same speed, except for some elders who were engrossed in their hobbies and cultivated a little slower.

Besides, Brother Xiao is their sect leader, so isn't it normal for his cultivation level to be higher than everyone else's?

Speaking of those in the Lingxian Sect who have reached the Golden Core stage, besides Sun Yigao, Mo Yuanjiao, and Xiaoluan who reached it by consuming demon cores, there are actually two other people.

One of them is Liao Pantu.

Before Lin Xiao went into seclusion, he took the Soul-Nourishing Pendant containing Senior Liao to the Immortal Cultivation Realm and went to the Golden Core Secret Realm several times. He successfully found a part of Liao's soul in one of the secret realms.

Now, all that remains is to find the last part of the soul sealed within the Nascent Soul Realm. Once Liao Pantu's soul is complete, he will only need to find his physical body to return to his former peak.

After his soul and body were reunited, and with Liao Pantu's cultivation within the sect over the past few years, his soul and body recovered to the strength of the Late Golden Core stage.

However, compared to Sun Yigao Mo Yuanjiao, this speed is relatively slow. After all, Liao Pantu's aptitude was rated as "extraordinary" by the system, and the strength of the soul bodies he has retrieved has already reached the Golden Core Middle Stage realm. In other words, he has only increased his cultivation from the Golden Core Middle Stage realm over the past three years.

Given his qualifications, this shouldn't have happened.

This was simply because he had not fully mastered the Lingxian Sect's cultivation method.

Because he was cultivating his own "Soul Refining Instruction," and after entering the Lingxian Sect, Liao Pantu did not immediately abandon the "Soul Refining Instruction" and switch to the Lingxian Sect's cultivation method.

Although the Lingxian Sect Sect's cultivation method is faster, the Soul Refining Instruction can be said to be the culmination of his hundreds of years of hard work.

Back then, when his soul was trapped in the secret realm, knowing he could not escape, all he thought about each day was to choose a disciple who suited his taste from among the cultivators who entered the secret realm, so that his hard work could be passed down.

Given this, it's impossible for Liao Pantu to have the heart to abandon his hard work after joining the Lingxian Sect and witnessing its Lingxian Sect- defying cultivation method.

So he took a different approach, and over the past few years, while cultivating, he has been researching how to combine his "Soul Refining Instruction" with the "Original Essence Heart Sutra".

He used to study the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" to answer questions for everyone in the sect, but at the same time he would also study other mental cultivation methods, so he also had a lot of contact with the "Original Essence Heart Sutra".

When he first glanced at the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," he felt that this mental cultivation method was very mysterious. Its contents seemed very profound, but he always had a vague feeling that he could understand it and let it enter his heart.

However, after witnessing how Jiang Youfu, that chubby boy, through a series of fortuitous events, managed to cultivate a unique and exclusive mental technique called "The Original Essence Heart Sutra: Immortal Food Chapter Original Essence Heart Sutra," Liao Pantu realized the special nature of the "Original Essence Heart Sutra" mental technique and its unprecedented diversified growth potential.

He wondered if his "Soul-Refining Art" could also forge a unique path from the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," just like Little Fuzi's.

It's clear that Jiang Youfu is exceptional and extremely lucky, while Liao Pantu, despite his three years of dedicated study, hasn't seen particularly noticeable results.

However, having hundreds of years of cultivation experience, he was not discouraged. He had studied countless things and encountered numerous setbacks, but he never gave up easily.

Including alchemy, haven't you seen him still persisting in it?

Moreover, the integration of such mental techniques is extremely difficult, so he remained very calm about it.

Moreover, the more difficult the situation, the more he anticipates the achievements he will gain on the day he truly succeeds.

As a result, Liao Pantu's cultivation speed did not increase much; it remained at the same level as when he was in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, which was considered to be a snail's pace by the standards of the Lingxian Sect.

However, no one else noticed this.

Because in the hearts of everyone in the Lingxian Sect, Liao Pantu has always been a powerful figure in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. He knows a lot, and whenever someone has questions about cultivation, he can always give a good answer. Therefore, no one has ever paid attention to his cultivation speed. In everyone's mind, Liao Pantu will always be a very powerful senior.

Meanwhile, another Golden Core cultivator from the Lingxian Sect is Liu Chun, who is still far away in the Immortal Cultivation Realm accompanying his younger sister during her treatment.

Because he was originally Rogue Cultivator, and later became a retainer by relying on his ability to make talismans, he couldn't obtain any good cultivation techniques. So after joining the Lingxian Sect, he readily adopted the sect's cultivation techniques.

At first, he practiced the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction".

However, after occasionally browsing other cultivation methods in the cultivation room, he found that he seemed to yearn for the "Original Essence Heart Sutra" more. After trying it out, he felt that this cultivation method was more in line with him, so he switched to cultivating the "Original Essence Heart Sutra".