On the surface of the sword, five kinds of innate true fire burn, in order: Star Fire, Samadhi Fire, Qianyan Fire, Sun Fire, and Nanming Li Fire;
On the back of the sword, there are also five kinds of innate true water flowing, in the following order: Three Lights Divine Water, Cosmic Light True Water, Profound Darkness True Water, Primordial Heavy Water, and Heavenly One True Water.
Lin Yi flicked his fingers lightly, and with a clear and melodious sword hum, all the strange phenomena disappeared. He looked down and saw several cracks appearing on the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword in his hand.
"Sigh." Lin Yi shook his head slightly. Whether it was the Dragon Abyss Sword from before or the two flying swords in the Jade Pillow, they were all somewhat inferior in nature.
Furthermore, the Seven Star Sword Restriction was missing two types of innate true water and true fire, making the restriction's power unstable, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Ultimately, this meant that the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, which he had painstakingly upgraded, could not be used in the short term.
"What kind of situation is this? Did I dig a hole and bury myself?" Lin Yi frowned, feeling somewhat troubled. "It seems I can only cultivate the Fire Crow Formation for a while."
This Fire Crow Formation was originally a unique secret passed down by the ancient cultivator Fire Crow God. Later, Fire Crow God refined his primordial spirit and went to some unknown cave to live a carefree life, leaving behind a lineage that was obtained by the Fire Crow Temple.
However, when the Fire Crow God Lord broke through the Great Thousand World, he took all the different kinds of Fire Crows with him. The Fire Crow Temple did not have the seeds of this ancient spirit bird, so it declined.
Later, a disciple with exceptional talent emerged from the Fire Crow Temple. He painstakingly created a cultivation technique suitable for birds, enabling ordinary birds to cultivate into fire crows. This prevented the Fire Crow Temple from being completely erased from the world.
Later, the successor of the Fire Crow Temple encountered Xu Wen, who was ruthless and unscrupulous, and thus came to a complete end.
Lin Yi went through the mental cultivation method of the Fire Crow Formation. At the beginning of the cultivation of this method, one must breathe in the sun in the sky to collect the essence of the sun and condense a seed of true fire in the dantian.
Next, the Fire Crow Formation was divided into two parts. The first part was self-cultivation, which used the True Fire Seed as a foundation to connect the 365 acupoints throughout the body.
Secondly, taming spirit birds, condensing multiple true fire seeds, and then injecting them into the birds' bodies to transform them into fire crows capable of breathing flames.
At the beginning of the Fire Crow Formation, the cultivators' progress is slowed down because they need to focus on taming the spirit birds. However, as time goes on, the more fire crows are tamed, the greater their assistance to their master becomes. Like a snowball rolling downhill, it becomes unstoppable.
Lin Yi glanced at the second part of the cultivation method for taming spirit birds. He was very familiar with the beginning of this method; it was a censored version of the True Sun Fire Technique passed down by the Southern Sect of the Demonic Path. He set aside the second part and focused his attention on the first part of the cultivation method.
Once the second level of the Fire Crow Formation is mastered, one can transform into a fire crow, spread its wings, and soar through the heavens.
This is a miraculous change in the physical structure, and it does not involve the Fire Crow bloodline, so Lin Yi can also cultivate it. With a thought, light shone in all directions, and the True Fire of the Sun, like a blazing sun, appeared in his dantian.
In the blink of an eye, a seed of true fire was conceived.
After a few breaths, the True Fire of the Sun refined all the acupoints in the body, and seventy-two of them began to pulsate. The surrounding acupoints, whether three, five, ten, or eight, all moved into them.
Lin Yi made "coo-coo, quack-quack" sounds, his joints cracking and popping. Then he rolled on the ground and transformed into a black raven the size of a winnowing basket, with eyes like lightning and flames swirling all over its body. It leaped into the air, flapped its wings dozens of times, and then actually took flight.
"This Fire Crow transformation did not disappoint me. If it is used in conjunction with the Rainbow Transformation Technique, it will become the Fire Escape Technique, one of the six great escape techniques of Taoism."
After a short while, Lin Yi felt his wings were sore and numb, and he was exhausted. Only then did he fold his wings and fly down.
After transforming back into human form, the True Fire of the Sun transformed into a golden robe, which was draped over Lin Yi's body. This robe, formed from the power of true fire, only felt slightly warm to the touch; the fire's energy was contained within and did not leak outwards.
After mastering the Fire Crow Transformation, Lin Yi finally understood why the Fire Crow Formation technique required the special training of spirit birds and the cultivation of fire crows.
Ultimately, it all comes down to the word "bloodline".
The true teachings of the Demonic Sect center on bloodlines, storing true energy in the limbs and bones. Although they also cultivate acupoints, these are primarily used as hubs for the transformation of true energy. In contrast, the Taoist methods of the Profound Sect mostly center on the dantian for storing true energy.
The Fire Crow Formation is a Taoist technique that successfully avoids the issue of bloodline, allowing one to cultivate Taoism in human form while also transforming into a fire crow to comprehend the true meaning of Taoist techniques.
However, precisely because of this, this method neither fully develops one's own dantian nor can it utilize the Fire Crow bloodline to store true qi in the limbs and bones.
Lin Yi clapped his hands and praised, "If you are lacking in yourself, then borrow external forces to make up for it. True Lord Fire Crow is truly a genius."
The fire crow has seventy-two acupoints on its body, so Lin Yi spent some time condensing seventy-two true fire seeds. He planned to subdue the seventy-two bird demons after he went out, so that they could provide him with true energy, and then he could fly freely.
On this day, Lin Yi left the cave within the cauldron, reached out, and the Qiankun Cauldron transformed into a beam of green light, disappearing into an acupoint on his left hand.
During his spare time in seclusion, Lin Yi had already refined all nine layers of restrictions within the Qiankun Cauldron.
Unfortunately, the Lesser Universe Technique is a forbidden technique of the Earthly Fiend level. Although it has nine layers, it is at most equivalent to a three-layered Heavenly Gang level restriction.
The contrast in the power of this restriction is like a tall person taking one step, while a short person has to take two or three steps to catch up.
Lin Yi habitually used the light of eternity to illuminate the heavens and earth, and the images on the light screen in the void in front of him kept changing.
A flock of magnificent white birds with pure white feathers caught Lin Yi's eye.
The flock of white birds was currently fighting with a strange gray frog that spewed out jade-green fluorescent light from its mouth.
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Chapter Fifty-Six: The Seductive Demoness, Immortal, Spare My Life
The eerie light emitted by this gray frog was extremely strange, as if it possessed immense stickiness.
Once touched by that emerald green light, the white bird could not escape.
The gray toad was clutching a thick, green bamboo stalk, its branches and leaves all bitten off. The Mosuo bamboo was entirely emerald green, with a lustrous sheen. The moment a bird landed, it would pounce and strike it on the head with practiced ease.
However, the white birds were also very clever. They knew that the gray monster frog's demonic aura could only be spewed out for a few dozen feet, so they all flapped their wings and flew high, carrying stones in their mouths and dropping them down from the sky.
However, they are not very strong, and the largest stones they can carry are no bigger than a fist. When they drop them from the sky, their aim is inconsistent, and they often miss even one out of dozens of stones. Even if they do manage to hit one, it is deflected by a breath of demonic energy from the gray monster frog.
Lin Yi transformed into a fire crow, flapping his wings and flying over. After circling briefly in the air, three beams of red light shot out from the acupoints and flew towards the gray monster frog below.
This spell, called Fire Feather Arrow, is made by refining a seed of true fire using a unique incantation, which can then be launched like a feather arrow.
Before the true energy within the True Fire Seed is completely depleted, the Fire Feather Arrows can be fired and retrieved, making them extremely convenient. When engaging in magical combat, a barrage of arrows would leave anyone scrambling to react.
The strange frog below sensed the danger, grabbed the green bamboo in its arms with its two forelimbs and rammed upwards to meet Lin Yi's fire arrow. Then it pounced and landed in a small swamp with a "whoosh" and disappeared into it.
Lin Yi transformed back into human form and landed on the ground. He was quite satisfied with the speed at which the fire crow had transformed. With a wave of his hand, three fire feather arrows flew into his palm and transformed into three true fire seeds.
The flock of white birds in mid-air understood that the person on the ground had come to help them, and they all began to fly around Lin Yi.
Lin Yi smiled slightly upon seeing this. These white birds were very intelligent and just what he needed.