Geng metal becomes wind, Yi wood transforms into thunder, raging fire rises, black water flows, and earth resides in the center, balancing the four directions.
One by one, talismans and true scriptures appeared out of thin air, forming a ring that enveloped the Five Elemental Pearls, shimmering with dazzling and captivating light.
This is an illusory pentagram of the universe, a divine restriction.
The Qiankun Bracelet flew up from Lin Yi's right hand, with specks of various colored starlight appearing on it. The broken restrictions within this magical artifact began to communicate with the outside world, echoing each other from afar.
Repairing ritual implements is a delicate and demanding task.
Forging a new magical artifact is like drawing on a blank sheet of paper—unrestrained and free to express oneself. Repairing a magical artifact, however, requires working within its original framework, making it difficult to fully utilize one's abilities.
Lin Yi concentrated his mind and repaired the restrictions in the Qiankun Bracelet bit by bit, while also imprinting his own magical power into it.
Lin Qing'er entered the Divine Tree Forest several times to look for Lin Yi, but she could never find him.
The Nanzhao Kingdom, which had suffered from a severe drought for ten years, was still struggling to survive under the scorching sun.
This is also thanks to the strong vitality of the people in this world, that the Witch King can still sit on the throne. If it were another world, with a ten-year drought, the people who could not survive would have cried out long ago, "Are kings and generals born with special privileges?" Or perhaps the heavens have died and the yellow heavens shall rise.
On this day, Lin Yi finally emerged from seclusion.
It wasn't because of Lin Qing'er's great love in using the Water Spirit Pearl to save the world, but because in the Divine Tree Forest, a bird had begun to cultivate the Phoenix True Technique.
This is good news, congratulations!
Lin Yi, referencing the Fire Crow Formation and the Great Roc Free and Easy Technique obtained from the Immortal Gourd World, created a Daoist technique based on the Phoenix bloodline, which finally began to show results.
Huang Yu'er transformed into a golden light and appeared beside Lin Yi, then summoned an ordinary-looking bird.
After a brief observation, Lin Yi noticed that a glint of intelligence occasionally flashed in the bird's eyes, which was the key to its ability to stand out.
Other birds of noble lineage and magnificent plumage were defeated by wisdom.
This bird may look ordinary, but it is likely that the bloodline of the Azure Phoenix has been activated.
There are five types of phoenixes, and the red one is the phoenix, the yellow one is the yuanchu, the blue one is the luan, the purple one is the yuezhuo, and the white one is the honghu. Therefore, strictly speaking, the golden-winged phoenix should be called a yuanchu.
In Lin Yi's eyes, these were all trivial matters; the only crucial point was the real and authentic Phoenix Fire.
In the process of repairing the Qiankun Bracelet and cultivating birds that practice the Phoenix True Technique, Lin Yi successively survived four tribulations. The Limitless Golden Core slowly rotated in his dantian, seemingly poised to cultivate immortal energy and advance to the fourth rank at any moment.
"Sevenfold Tribulation Flame, High-Grade Immortal Qi," Lin Yi said, shaking his head slightly.
Lin Qing'er once again ventured deep into the Divine Tree Forest. This time, she finally met the person who had been in seclusion and successfully obtained the Five Elemental Pearls.
On an altar in Dali City, under the gaze of countless people, Lin Qing'er looked at the stone tablet erected in the center of the altar and recited: "The Serpent Princess, the Holy Spirit; she slays the Wind Demon in Tibet, kills the Thunder God in the East Sea; she subdues the Earth Demon in the Southern Mountains, and tames the Fire Monster in the Northern Wilderness; finally, she quells the floods, and the earth is reborn."
After the incantation was finished, five hexagonal stone pillars slowly emerged from the four corners of the altar and in front of the stone tablet.
Lin Qing'er placed the Wind Spirit Orb on the central stone pillar, then raised her hand and sent the four orbs of fire, earth, water, and thunder flying out. They landed on the other four stone pillars and disappeared into them, causing the five elements to shine brightly.
Lin Qing'er stood in the center of the altar, her hands forming a mudra, and chanted, "Gods of Heaven and Earth! In the name of the Holy Spirit Nuwa, I beseech you to grant this land new life..."
At this moment, the azure sky was quickly swallowed up by the surrounding dark clouds, and the light of the five elements shot up into the sky. With a deafening roar, a giant bolt of lightning that connected heaven and earth struck down!
Then, large raindrops poured down, and the audience below looked up, almost unable to believe that the rain, which stung their faces and bodies, was actually falling. (To find this site, please search "6 mao" or enter the website address.)
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Chapter 164 Departure
The farce surrounding the Nanzhao Kingdom continues.
In the capital, Lin Qing'er returned with Zhao Ling'er, bringing with her the power of rain, only to be dismissed with a few casual words by the cunning and treacherous leader of the Moon Worship Cult.
"Perhaps this rain is a blessing from heaven to celebrate Dali's return to the rule of Nanzhao and the victory of the Black Miao over the White Miao. It has nothing to do with you, you snake demon!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ling'er was furious. She secretly glanced at her mother, then activated the talisman hidden on the back of her hand, seeking help from Lin Yi.
This talisman was left behind by Lin Yi after he rescued her from the Demon Locking Tower of Mount Shu, in order to repay the favor he had owed her.
In the Sacred Tree Forest, Lin Yi received a distress signal from Zhao Ling'er, but he did not rush over.
As his cultivation progressed, the effects of being entangled in illusions became increasingly severe.
The higher the path, the deeper the calamity.
Perhaps at this moment he is cultivating in the sacred forest, and the next moment he is back in a hospital ward on Earth, and all of this was just a dream...
The scene before him changed again, and Lin Yi suddenly returned to the Dayan Temple. His master grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up, saying, "You are not allowed to read those miscellaneous books anymore. You are to copy the Tao Te Ching thirty times as punishment."
Lin Yi was still copying the Tao Te Ching and was stretching his aching wrists when he heard a shout in his ear, "Master, His Majesty just sent someone to Qingxuan Chang Le Mansion."
Before the words were even finished, someone else shouted, "Master, I have finally formed my Golden Core!"
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Countless illusions appeared before Lin Yi's eyes, the sounds echoing in his ears were indistinct, and thoughts rose and fell in his mind, leaving him no moment of peace or tranquility.
"Kill, kill, kill..."
A violent and incomparable killing intent arose from the bottom of his heart, a desire to kill cleanly and thoroughly, to carve out a pure land, to carve out a bright and clear world...
A blood-red haze enveloped Lin Yi's vision, and the entire world suddenly fell silent. A demon whispered in his ear, "Kill, kill, everything except me is illusory."
"Inner demons, karma, fate, or something else?" Lin Yi murmured. His mind transformed into a bright moon, hanging high in his sea of consciousness, while the seven-colored ocean below was now turbulent with raging waves.
The Ninefold Tribulation Fire not only burns the true energy, but also the physical body and spirit.
Lin Yi's greatest gain in this world may not be that he used the Five Elemental Pearls to repair the Qiankun Bracelet, a tribulation-crossing artifact, but rather that he prematurely triggered the tribulation of "being entangled by illusions".