Furthermore, Li Yao also taught the first five levels of the "Wuji Maha" (limitless maha) to the eldest brother and others, so that they would switch to cultivating "Wuji Maha" from then on.
The "Wuji Maha" is far more powerful than the demonic cultivation techniques practiced by Elder Nian and others.
Moreover, through comprehending the first volume of the "Heavenly Book," Li Yao further optimized the "Wuji Maha," pushing the concepts of "Wuji" and "Maha" to an even higher level, making the "Wuji Maha" even more powerful.
Therefore, the current "Wuji Maha" can be said to be a top-level cultivation method second only to the "Da Dao Zhen Jing".
"Wuji Maha" is the legacy that Li Yao intends to leave in the world of Zhu Xian.
He also plans to collect the other four volumes of the "Heavenly Book" and continuously optimize the "Wuji Maha" to make it the most powerful cultivation technique in the world of Jade Dynasty.
Even now, Li Yao can be certain that his self-created "Wuji Maha" has long surpassed "Taiji Xuanqing Dao", "Dafan Prajna" and "Fenxiang Yuce".
Chapter 328 Growing Stronger and Stronger
Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, besides cultivating, Li Yao also continuously developed the power of the Peerless Sect.
The changes in the Peerless Sect over the past three years can only be described as earth-shattering.
During this period, he instructed the villagers of Caomiao Village to renovate all the houses on Wushuang Mountain and also built many new houses.
At the same time, he led the eldest son and others to bring most of the orphans and children from towns and villages within a radius of hundreds of miles to Wushuang Mountain.
He selected orphans and girls with exceptional talent from among them, recruited them into the sect, and made them official disciples of the Peerless Sect. He then taught these disciples martial arts techniques in the Preaching Hall.
Other orphans and girls with poor aptitude were incorporated into the outer disciples of the Peerless Sect, where they were assigned to do odd jobs such as cleaning the sect, washing clothes, and cooking.
Of course, these orphans with poor aptitude do not mean that they have no talent for cultivation at all.
Therefore, Li Yao instructed his disciples, including Xiao Yuchen, to guide these orphans and girls in practicing some basic physical fitness exercises.
After a period of time, we will conduct a centralized assessment and select those who have made outstanding progress to become formal disciples.
These orphans, whether they became formal disciples or outer disciples, all cherished this hard-won opportunity.
In the past, they lived a life of begging, barely clothed and hungry, and suffered too much cold stares and ridicule.
Today, they not only have enough to eat and wear, but also houses to live in that shelter from the wind and rain.
This happiness came so suddenly!
They were terrified that this happiness would suddenly disappear.
Therefore, they were not only deeply grateful to Li Yao, but also cherished their current life even more.
The orphans who became formal disciples diligently cultivated themselves every day.
The orphans who became disciples not only worked very hard, but also diligently practiced martial arts to strengthen their bodies, hoping to one day become formal disciples.
As a result, the hard work of these orphans and girls actually motivated Zhang Xiaofan and the others to cultivate even more diligently than before.
The sudden addition of hundreds of orphans and young girls made the Wushuang Sect much more lively.
With a large population, many problems arise.
There are plenty of houses on Wushuang Mountain, so there's no need to worry about finding a place to live.
The biggest problem is the lack of food.
Because the Wushuang Sect is located on Wushuang Mountain, there is no farmland.
So Li Yao chose a fertile area near the foot of Wushuang Mountain and built a huge manor there, dedicated to growing grain and raising livestock.
Subsequently, he also hired villagers from Caomiao Village to cultivate and manage the estate.
Since this area is mostly unclaimed wasteland, and the government in the world of Jade Dynasty doesn't have much influence, the government generally doesn't dare to provoke these cultivation sects.
Therefore, the manor became the property of the Peerless Sect.
After a period of development, the manor became increasingly popular, attracting many villagers from the surrounding area.
Gradually, a village formed near the manor, then a market town, and finally a city.
This surprised Li Yao somewhat!
He then named the city Wushuang City and appointed Zhang Xiaofan's father as its lord, entrusting him with its management.
Zhang's father was quite capable; under Li Yao's guidance, he managed Wushuang City very well.
With the protection of the Wushuang Sect, and the fact that Li Yao had a major road built leading to Heyang City, Wushuang City became closely connected with Heyang City, and quickly became the second largest city in the vicinity after Heyang City.
Besides these, the strength of the Peerless Sect is also constantly growing.
After three years of development, the Peerless Sect has more than two hundred formal disciples and more than one hundred inner disciples.
Li Yao selected five more disciples from among his outstanding formal disciples to become his personal disciples.
Including Zhang Xiaofan, Xiao Yuchen, and three other disciples, he recruited a total of ten disciples.
These ten disciples are all the most talented and have made the most progress.
They actually made more significant progress than some of the older generation who had cultivated for many years.
Among them, Zhang Xiaofan, Lin Jingyu, Xiao Yuchen, and Wen Qingqing are the most outstanding.
Zhang Xiaofan cultivated to the ninth level of the Earthly Realm, Lin Jingyu and Wen Qingqing cultivated to the eighth level of the Earthly Realm, and Xiao Yuchen cultivated to the seventh level of the Earthly Realm.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation level was even higher than Lin Jingyu's.
This shows that Zhang Xiaofan's aptitude is even better than Lin Jingyu's; however, he is the kind of person who is reserved and not easily noticed by ordinary people.
In the original novel, Cangsong, Tian Buyi, and others all focused solely on Lin Jingyu, completely ignoring Zhang Xiaofan.
They were simply blind to have missed out on a cultivation genius.
Compared to the same period in the original novel, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu's cultivation levels were much higher.
Besides the rapid progress of the top ten inner disciples, many other formal disciples have also made rapid progress.
More than twenty of the disciples have already entered the Earthly Realm and can fly by manipulating objects.
Of course, the fact that these disciples made such great progress in their cultivation in just three years is largely due to Li Yao's self-created "Wuji Maha".
Because the Wuji Maha incorporates many different techniques, taking the strengths of each and discarding their weaknesses, the efficiency of cultivation is greatly improved, achieving twice the result with half the effort.
Moreover, these disciples are all very diligent and full of drive.
In addition, Li Yao would personally guide and answer questions from time to time.
Therefore, the current strength of the Peerless Sect should not be underestimated.
Since Zhang Xiaofan and the others have already reached the Earthly Realm, they can now fly by manipulating objects.
To fly, one needs a suitable magical artifact.
Zhang Xiaofan once took a short stick and ran up to Li Yao, saying that he was going to use the short stick as his magic weapon.
Li Yao was speechless. Did Zhang Xiaofan really like sticks that much?
Perhaps this is related to Zhang Xiaofan's love of cooking.
When cooking, you need to use a fire poker to add firewood to the fire.
However, the short stick that Zhang Xiaofan picked up this time was very different from the Soul-Devouring Staff.
Li Yao discovered that the short stick was not black, but grayish-white.
When he held the short stick and infused it with spiritual energy, one end of the stick emitted a white light.
Although it wasn't particularly dazzling, it was enough to show that this short stick was no ordinary weapon.
Upon questioning Zhang Xiaofan, Li Yao learned that Zhang Xiaofan had found the short stick by a stream in the mountains.
As for its more detailed origins, that remains unknown.
In fact, there are many rare and precious treasures in the world of Jade Dynasty, but they have not been discovered by anyone.
It's not surprising that Zhang Xiaofan was able to discover this magical short stick.
However, although this short stick is magical, it still needs to be refined to enhance its magical power.
In fact, it is not difficult for Li Yao to refine magic weapons through the system now.
Since he took away the Soul-Devouring Staff that originally belonged to Zhang Xiaofan, then he should forge a magic weapon for Zhang Xiaofan as compensation.
Chapter 329 Refining Magical Treasures
For Li Yao, crafting magical artifacts was not a difficult task.
As long as he has enough artifact spirits, he can directly refine some materials into magic weapons by consuming artifact spirits.
The entire refining process is generally divided into two main steps.
The first step is to shape the material into the desired magical artifact shape, such as a knife, sword, or similar form.
The second step involves consuming the spirit of the artifact to enhance the special abilities of the materials or to integrate special abilities.
This special ability encompasses everything.
For example, the Blood-Devouring Bead has the ability to absorb people's life essence, the Soul-Capturing Bead has the ability to captivate souls, the Acacia Bell has the ability to captivate people's spirits, and so on.
This special ability can be used to subdue enemies or defend oneself, and can enhance a cultivator's combat power.
Some materials are born with certain special abilities.
Li Yao only needs to consume the weapon spirit to enhance this ability.
Of course, there are also some materials that do not possess any special abilities.
At this point, Li Yao needs to incorporate special abilities into the refining process.
Integrating special abilities is also very simple.
For example, after Li Yao decomposed the Blood-Devouring Bead, he obtained the Blood-Devouring Soul, which has the ability to absorb people's essence and blood.
If he integrates his Bloodthirsty Soul into a magical artifact, that artifact will possess the ability to absorb human essence and blood.
The short stick that Zhang Xiaofan picked up was naturally capable of emitting light.