After Wen Liang finished speaking, he handed the array diagram in his hand to Lin Yi.
"I wonder which two kinds of innate true water they are?" Lin Yi said, reaching out to take the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Diagram.
“These are the True Water of the Universe and the True Water of the Blood River. Young friend Lin can find a way to collect them himself in the future,” Wen Liang said.
"It's alright," Lin Yi said with a smile. After putting away the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Diagram, countless words and images flew out from his fingertips, eventually transforming into five incantations, each corresponding to one of the five formation diagrams passed down by the Wen Liang lineage.
Wen Liang reached out and sent all five manuals into the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows.
After completing the transaction, Lin Yi was about to leave when Wen Liang said, "If you don't have anything urgent to attend to, young friend Lin, you might as well stay here a little longer."
"Is there anything I can help you with, Senior Wen?" Lin Yi asked.
Wen Liang said, "I am about to pass away. Although I have now completed the cultivation method, I am not very confident that I can cultivate the primordial spirit and attain immortality. If I fail to break through, I hope that my lineage can be passed down to you, young friend Lin."
Lin Yi had gained the approval of the Taixu Dharma Robe, and in Wen Liang's view, he was the most suitable successor of the Taixuan lineage, which is why he tried to persuade Lin Yi to stay.
"Then I'll have to trouble Senior Wen." Lin Yi thought for a moment and then agreed.
Wen Liang has cultivated in Wanhua Mountain for seven or eight hundred years, and his cave dwelling is very spacious. It is more than enough for Lin Yi to stay here.
Lin Yi looked around and quite liked the tranquility of the cave.
Unlike other Taoist cave dwellings, which are divided into several chambers and have many twists and turns, Wenliang's cave dwelling was directly hollowed out from a mountain peak of Wanhua Mountain, with an extremely wide open space in the center, which is tens of feet long and wide.
In addition, several platforms were carved out at a slightly higher place, presumably for meditation, alchemy, drawing talismans, and playing the zither, and furniture was placed on them.
Inside the cave, there is a winding stream whose origin is unknown. It enters from the east, flows gently, and then exits through the cave entrance. Occasionally, a fish leaps in the stream, making a pleasant sound.
Beside the stream grew a dozen or so slender, exotic bamboo stalks that shone like gold. Each section was engraved with runes, clearly carved by Wen Liang himself, who was probably refining them into some kind of magical artifact.
After a brief inspection, Lin Yi praised, "The Ruyi Golden Bamboo and the True Form Map of the Five Sacred Mountains are truly excellent ideas, Senior Wen."
Wen Liang smiled and said, "I only came up with this idea after I obtained this rare spiritual bamboo."
These Ruyi Golden Bamboos are living things. With a little care, once they develop spiritual awareness, they can slowly cultivate on their own and gradually perfect the Five Sacred Mountains True Form Diagram engraved on their bodies without needing constant care.
Once these Ruyi Golden Bamboos have fully grown, they will not only be an extremely powerful magical artifact, but also the foundation for the cultivation of Taoist magic in the Tai Xuan lineage.
Lin Yi immediately thought of the Crimson Fire Yuan Copper Tree that had survived in his own Qiankun Cauldron Cave. Couldn't he also use the same method to refine it?
Simply replace the Five Sacred Mountains True Form Diagram with the Nine Heavens Fire Palace General Outline Array Diagram.
After exchanging words for a while, Wen Liang went to the platform where he usually meditated, released the Hundred Swords Diagram, and began to cultivate.
The Hundred Swords Diagram cultivates the Myriad Swords Illusion Array. With this sword array protecting him, Wen Liang doesn't need to set up any protective measures at all.
From then on, Lin Yi settled down in Wanhua Mountain.
The affairs within Wenliang Cave were managed by two white crane attendants named Wen Ruyu and Wen Lingxi, so he didn't need to worry about them.
In the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed.
Besides refining the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Diagram every day, Lin Yi also used Wen Liang's method of refining the Ruyi Golden Bamboo to gradually refine the Nine Heavens Fire Palace General Outline Formation Diagram into the Crimson Fire Yuan Copper Tree.
On this day, Lin Yi was refining the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation with his magic power when he suddenly discovered that outside Wanhua Mountain, clouds and mist had appeared, and countless magical artifacts were floating in the void, while countless cultivators had gathered outside.
Lin Yi used a water mirror technique to observe the area and found that the vast majority of cultivators had only so-so magical power and their schools of thought were all unorthodox.
"What are these people doing at Wanhua Mountain?" Lin Yi casually asked the White Crane Boy beside him.
The elder White Crane Boy, Wen Ruyu, glanced at the scene in the water mirror and said, "Master Lin, you may not know this, but these people are all here for Ancestor Wen's mantle and magical artifacts."
"Oh, then tell me about it," Lin Yi said.
Wen Ruyu said with a somewhat somber expression, "My brother and I are too incompetent, so before the Daoist arrived, our ancestor Wen spread the word that he was looking for a suitable successor."
"I see." Lin Yi nodded and said, "Then let Wen Zu handle this matter himself after he comes out of seclusion. I shouldn't overstep my bounds."
He didn't covet the other array diagrams in Wen Liang's possession. They were things passed down from their ancestor, and Wen Liang could dispose of them as he pleased.
If I gain it, I am fortunate; if I lose it, it is my fate. There is no need to dwell on it.
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Chapter 84 Today, I Attain the Fruit of Immortality
Suddenly, a clear voice echoed over Wanhua Mountain.
"The lineage and mantle left by Ancestor Wen, along with his magical artifacts, all belong to my Tianhe Sword Sect. Even if you covet them, it will only be a futile effort. You should all disperse."
The visitor repeated these words three times, but no one answered or left.
Lin Yi recognized the voice. Among the Tianhe Sword Sect, there was only one person he knew well: Jiao Fei.
The scene on the water mirror changed, revealing a yellow-faced youth standing proudly in the void, surrounded by nine golden rainbows. He resembled a long sword drawn from its sheath, exuding confidence and radiating brilliance.
At this time, Jiao Fei, after undergoing the trials of condensing the Xuan Shuang Yin Sha at sea and seeking the Bing Po Shen Guang in the North Sea, finally gained the recognition of Guo Songyang, the head of the Tianhe Sword Sect. Guo Songyang taught him the Thirty-Six Methods of Tianhe and instructed him to do ten good deeds, ten bad deeds, and ten things that he could do as he pleased. He was also instructed to write a book to temper his Dao heart in order to achieve the highest grade of elixir.
Because of Lin Yi's intervention, Jiao Fei did not obtain the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron Mother Embryo, and therefore, there was no opportunity for Master Guo Songyang to personally help him refine three sets of sword pellets.
Therefore, the first thing Jiao Fei did to his heart's content was to take back all nine Heavenly Star Sword Pills that he had lost.
As for the current situation, he is about to do something bad.
Lin Yi flicked the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Diagram in his hand, and it merged with his body, transforming into a turbid long river that flowed out of Wanhua Mountain.
Wen Liang is currently in seclusion, attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. It's better for the outside world to remain harmonious; any fighting or commotion would be too much of a mood killer.
Although Lin Yi was fast, there was another person who was even faster.