Lin Yi was too lazy to argue any further, and the first star on the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword in his hand became dazzling.
The forces of water and fire clashed and collided, and the sword light surrounding him also shone brightly, drawing a beautiful arc upwards and leaving the two encircling streaks of light behind.
The sword light tore through the air, shook the floating clouds, and produced a thunderous sound.
Lin Yi thoroughly enjoyed this thrill; speed truly is passion.
On the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, the second star lit up, and the speed of the sword light increased again, almost reaching the speed of sound.
A powerful resistance was building up around him. Although Lin Yi really wanted to light up the third star and experience what it felt like to fly after breaking the sound barrier, he ultimately suppressed the thought.
Because his physical body is not strong enough to withstand a sonic boom.
Even just approaching the speed of sound, the intense oscillations caused by resistance, commonly known as the "sound barrier," were already taking a toll on Lin Yi, forcing him to slow down.
The two streaks of light chasing behind saw that the target's speed had slowed down and assumed that the fat sheep in front had exhausted its magic power. They were overjoyed and immediately used all their strength to catch up.
After a few breaths, Lin Yi had regained his composure. Looking at the two streaks of light chasing after him, he shook his head slightly and murmured, "So eager to come and die?"
With the target locked and three stars shining on the sword, Lin Yi slashed backward, and two sword energies flew out from the tip of the sword at the same time, hitting the target in the blink of an eye.
Only then did thunder rumble.
This is one of the highest levels of swordsmanship: the Thunderous Sound of Sword Qi. It pursues ultimate speed.
Once a cultivator breaks through the barrier of sensing heaven and earth, they can control their sword for a hundred steps. Afterward, as their cultivation level increases, they can transform their sword into a rainbow and fly on it.
Furthermore, depending on one's temperament, preferences, and the Taoist methods and sword techniques one cultivates, one can comprehend different superior sword techniques.
Examples include the sword qi thunder sound that pursues speed, the instant sword technique that emphasizes teleportation in the void, also known as the great teleportation sword technique, as well as the sword refining into silk that is said to "break ten thousand laws with one sword", and the sword light differentiation that "creates ten thousand laws with one sword", etc.
The two skills of refining swords into threads and splitting sword light require a high level of cultivation. At least one must have completed the Dragon-Tiger Pill before one can master them. Otherwise, without the necessary magical power, even if one has some understanding, it will ultimately remain just a castle in the air.
Lin Yi closed his eyes slightly, quietly savoring the feeling of breaking through the sound barrier with his sword strike, the sense of freedom and liberation he felt after unleashing his sword.
It's truly captivating!
A moment later, Lin Yi slowly opened his eyes. His progress in swordsmanship was indeed commendable.
However, he was not a sword cultivator. If he wanted to achieve the Nine Revolutions of Jade Elixir and the Dragon-Tiger Pill, swordsmanship would ultimately be just an external force.
Lin Yi reminded himself that he must distinguish between primary and secondary matters. Although his swordsmanship was excellent, it would not help him in his pursuit of immortality.
Then, he took out the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner and shook it, releasing the Netherworld Fire Curse sealed within, which flew towards the two cultivators who were falling from the sky.
The Netherfire Curse first plundered the essence and vital energy of one person to replenish itself, then created a clone of the curse spirit, which attached itself to another person to plunder again.
After the return of the Cursed Spirit's main body and its clone, Lin Yi's Six Yang God-Sealing Banner was no longer empty.
Two divine souls, shrouded in a layer of emerald flames after being corrupted by the Netherworld Fire Curse, were revealed on the banner.
Lin Yi asked a few questions. These two men had been roaming around the Ryukyu Sea Market for a long time, and their business was highway robbery.
They were shrewd and never targeted disciples of major sects or rogue immortals, so they had never encountered any major trouble.
Unexpectedly, this spur-of-the-moment decision to chase after them resulted in his death. His soul was imprisoned by the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner, leaving him with no chance of reincarnation.
Lin Yi put away the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner and urged the sword light to continue westward.
In the Central Plains, with the nine major sects of Taoism guarding the land and the four major sects of Buddhism presiding over it, coupled with the peace and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Lin Yi traveled towards Miao territory and saw nothing but scenes of peace and prosperity.
On this day, Lin Yi saw that it was getting late, so he randomly found a desolate mountain to stay in, set up a concealing spell, and then escaped into the Qiankun Cauldron.
These past few days he has been using his Heavenly Roc clone to refine the True Spring Overturning Sea Bottle according to the Yin-Yang Gourd Technique. With the power of the Gui Water Spirit Embryo within the bottle, he will soon be able to refine the fourth layer of restrictions.
Once the first layer of restrictions in the Yin-Yang Gourd Technique was completed, a space was created within the bottle, forming a Yin-Yang Creation Pool.
This Yin-Yang Creation Pool can absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth on its own. It does not discriminate against any living beings, spiritual medicines, or magical artifacts. As long as they are put into it, they will be transformed into Yin and Yang energies.
As long as the Yin-Yang Gourd Technique is refined to the fourth level and enough Yin and Yang energies are accumulated, the Yin-Yang Creation Pool can continuously produce Dao Soldiers.
However, at the fourth level of restriction, only Dao soldiers at the first level of Qi Refining can be born in the Yin-Yang Creation Pool. Therefore, this magic weapon is almost useless in the early stages. It can only unleash its power after being refined to the sixteenth level of restriction.
Lin Yi sat cross-legged beside the pool in the center of the cave, holding the True Spring Overturning Sea Bottle in his hands, his mind completely absorbed in it.
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Chapter Seventy-Four: Yin-Yang Dao Soldiers, Ten Thousand Mountains
The True Spring Overturning the Sea Bottle emitted black and white light, with countless talismans and true runes flashing on its surface. True water essence flowed continuously from the Gui Water Primordial Embryo within the bottle, converging into the Yin-Yang Creation Pool.
With the assistance of the Gui Water Yuan Tai, Lin Yi hardly needed to expend his own mana when refining the Yin Yang Gourd Technique's restrictions.
His method of refining magical artifacts is a hundred times less effort and more than ten times faster than the usual methods.
The black and white light on the True Spring Overturning the Sea Bottle gradually transformed into a Tai Chi symbol, spinning endlessly.
The Yin-Yang Creation Pool inside endlessly draws the true essence of water from the original Gui water embryo.
This primordial embryo was refined by a dragon king from the East Sea. Lin Yi didn't want to leave this hidden danger, so he didn't stop it.
As time went by, the True Spring Overturning the Sea Bottle changed again, adding many landscape scenes to its original black and white colors.
Countless young Taoist priests, dressed in black and white robes, wandered among the mountains and rivers. They seemed just a hair's breadth away from flying off the bottle.
This precious bottle, imbued with innate spirituality, had long since abandoned the Gui Water Spirit Embryo and resonated with the Yin-Yang Creation Pool refined by Lin Yi.
Within the Yin-Yang Creation Pool, it was as if an endless, bottomless whirlpool had sprung up, instantly absorbing every last drop of the true water essence generated by the Gui Water Spirit Embryo, and it continued relentlessly, even absorbing the Gui Water Spirit Embryo itself.
Lin Yi carefully sensed the changes in the True Spring Overturning Sea Bottle. The fourth layer of the Yin-Yang Gourd Technique within this magical artifact was currently at a critical juncture, almost complete.