"Bang!"
The icy, merciless seawater crashed against Li Ling's protective aura, producing a sound like metal striking metal, yet it could not penetrate Li Ling's body.
However, the power of the giant waves was immense. The seawater crashed against Li Ling's body, instantly breaking through one layer of his protective magic.
Upon seeing this, Li Ling quickly retreated into the cave. He immediately saw that the cave, which was at least two people high, had become pitch black. A thick snake's body swept across the cave entrance, and a single scale was enough to cover the not-so-low entrance!
"I never expected it to be so powerful!" Li Ling couldn't help but feel a slight sense of shock.
If he hadn't retreated quickly into the depths of the cave, he would probably have been swallowed whole by the Black Water Serpent by now. If that had happened, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape from the Black Water Serpent's mouth!
"Thank goodness we've reached the cave entrance now. If we had encountered it earlier, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape. This Black Water Serpent is even more terrifying than I imagined!"
The appearance of the Blackwater Serpent made Li Ling realize that he was still just a nobody.
Whether it's the Blackwater Serpent, whose strength is probably no weaker than that of the Taiqing Realm, or the Ghost King of the Ghost King Sect, who is ambitious and talented, or Rao Daoxuan of the Qingyun Sect, who wields the Zhuxian Ancient Sword and can be called the number one in Zhuxian, or even the Beast God who will be able to withstand the Zhuxian Sword Formation with his physical strength in the future, I am still far behind these people. It is really not advisable to come here with a fluke mentality.
"From now on, I must be extremely cautious. In the past, the worlds I traveled to were mostly martial arts worlds, but now it's a fantasy world. The world is different, and the dangers I might encounter are much greater. I must not be careless in the future!"
Li Ling slowly composed himself, made a decision to act decisively, and began to observe the surrounding scenery.
Looking around, Li Ling realized that he was not far from a waterfall cascading down from the top of a cave, with stone walls on both sides offering no way out—a dead end.
Despite being in a life-or-death situation, Li Ling couldn't help but reveal a happy smile! He looked up and sure enough, he saw seven palm-sized blood-red stones above him. Although they had been washed by the endless waterfall for who knows how long, they were still as red as blood. This was the entrance to the Dripping Blood Cave!
Li Ling had read the original work before, and his subsequent experiences gave him the ability to remember everything he saw, allowing him to recall the descriptions in the original work with just a little thought, and naturally know where the mechanism is.
I glanced at the pool not far in front of me, and the reflection of the seven stones immediately appeared on the water's surface! However, they were no longer in their original shape; instead, they resembled a palm!
Li Ling immersed both hands in the water, where seven clearly visible raised bumps were visible.
"Click-clack~~"
With a click of a mechanism being activated, the stone wall in front of them slowly receded, revealing an entrance!
Without hesitation, Li Ling quickly passed through the water curtain and went inside.
After walking for a long time through the dark and narrow tunnel, until Li Ling roughly felt that he had reached the heart of the mountain, the view suddenly opened up before him! He had arrived at a spacious stone chamber!
The stone chamber was circular and extremely large. It was covered in dust, probably because no one had been there for many years. However, there was an entrance in front of it that led to the other side.
Without any hesitation, Li Ling walked through the stone chamber again and soon arrived at a spacious area.
Before him stood a massive stone tablet, its sheer size overwhelming his vision! Inscribed upon it in bold, flowing calligraphy were the words: "The earth is ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs!"
These ten large characters, each almost half the size of a person, are written in an ancient and simple style, with a vigorous and powerful stroke, seemingly rushing out and roaring into the sky.
After looking at it for a while, a bead of cold sweat slowly dripped down Li Ling's forehead, but a smile of excitement gradually appeared on his lips. The book was now right in front of him!
Li Ling swiftly leaped over the stone tablet, not even glancing at the remains of the heartless old man beside him, and quickly darted into the left tunnel of the two tunnels ahead.
A short while later, he walked out of the tunnel and entered an empty stone chamber.
Although the stone chamber was empty, the stone wall in front was covered with dense carvings of characters, and at the beginning of these stone characters were two large characters—Book!
This was precisely the purpose of Li Ling's trip. Looking at the densely packed stone characters, Li Ling took a deep breath and slowly calmed his somewhat agitated emotions. Then he raised his head and immersed all his attention into the book, meticulously reciting this first extraordinary book of the Immortal Execution series!
"The book, Volume One."
"The creation of the earth refers to the time of chaos, when ignorance and separation were not yet established. The sun and moon contained their brilliance, and the earth was mixed with its body. After the vast changes, the clear and the turbid were revealed."
The earth endures because it does not generate itself; therefore, it can endure. However, all things on earth have their own forms. Sentient beings are deluded and confused by the forms of self, others, sentient beings, and lifespan. Because of these forms, they give rise to the three poisons, three fears, and three terrors in their hearts, and thus cannot last long.
The image has no punishment, the Way has no name; therefore, there is no self, no person, no sentient being, no life span, and thus one attains enlightenment. Holding fast to the righteous path, one internally realizes one's own nature; the earth takes its origin as the mind.
Therefore, in the stillness and movement of the earth, the mind of "ne" is seen.
Therefore, it is neither real nor unreal.
Therefore, the land is left to its natural state, without any action or creation.
Therefore, if all the necessary items are not preserved, then there is no way to complete the entire system!
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As expected of the most wondrous creation in the world of Jade Dynasty, just by silently reciting those words, Li Ling's cultivation of Taiji Xuanqing couldn't help but swell slightly.
He felt that the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, which he had previously considered to be a path to enlightenment, actually had countless subtle points that secretly aligned with this book.
Li Ling knew that the Taiji Xuanqing Dao was a supreme and wonderful method derived from the fifth volume of the Book, and that the first volume of the Book was the general outline of the entire Book!
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Chapter 332: The Mysterious Fire Mirror
"It really is a good product!"
After reading it once, Li Ling immediately began to understand it word by word, and instantly felt that his understanding of cultivating immortality had become much deeper.
The Taiji Xuanqing Dao taught by Cangsong, the Dafan Prajna given to him by Zhang Fan, the Longyin Iron Shirt he had cultivated, the Hunyuan Treasure Scripture he created in the world of the young Zhang Sanfeng, and even the Pangu God's technique, the Pangu True Body Technique.
Many seemingly unrelated things gradually became connected, and more and more threads were added between them.
As he continued to study, the mental cultivation technique unconsciously began to operate, and the spiritual energy within his body circulated faster and faster.
After an unknown amount of time, when Li Ling came to his senses, he realized that his "Taiji Xuanqing Dao" had actually broken through the fifth neighboring level and directly entered the sixth neighboring level.