Chapter 124: Chapter 95: The Introduction of the Divine Shadow Method 2
Translator: 549690339
The reason for going to Qing Yun City instead of the nearby Inner Sect for transcendence is that few Inner Sect disciples die throughout the year. Most die during the completion of tasks and trials, making it impossible to find their bodies. Therefore, Qing Yun City was the only option.
At the moment of activating the Minor Blessing State, Lin Yi chose to use the accumulated Enlightenment opportunity. Instantaneously, insights from the Divine Shadow Dharma kept emerging in his mind. Under the Minor Blessing State, these insights seemed to become clearer and more thorough.
With the help of these insights, he tried to break through once again but failed. However, a smile crossed his face, he chose to use the Enlightenment opportunity that followed the failure.
This Enlightenment opportunity was truly generated under the Minor Blessing State. As he utilized it, his understanding of Divine Shadow Dharma deepened even more.
At this moment, the spiritual power of his entire body slowly condensed into a phantom under the operation of Divining Shadow Dharma, then it left his body and floated in mid-air.
However, this was just a very illusory shadow, nowhere near as realistic as the Flower Thief’s.
Zhi Ling, standing by, gawked as a shadow separated from its master. With disbelief written all over its face, however, it obediently stayed on the side without making a fuss.
The moment the phantom appeared, a pop-up window emerged in front of Lin
Yi, reading, “[Divine Shadow Dharma] experience +1.”
Finally having successfully initiated the method, Lin Yi smiled, feeling a sense of emptiness in his body as all his spiritual energy has condensed into this phantom.
He first took off the title “Little Compassion Little Mercy” to prevent further depletion of Virtue Points. As he took it off, he shook his head at the sight of his balance.
The initiation of the Divine Shadow Method this time had cost more Virtue Points than the Wind Transformation Technique did last time. Over 600 Virtue Points were depleted, leaving less than 200. A total of more than 450 points had been consumed.
Then, Lin Yi pulled a few Recovery Pills from his Storage Bag and popped them into his mouth. Pure spiritual energy slowly flowed into his body, and with a little refinement, it turned into spiritual power again.
Looking at the illusory shadow in front of him, he gave a thought and the shadow raised an arm. His divine sense could control it at will.
However, right now, it was still merely a shadow. To make it as realistic as the Flower Thief’s shadow, it would require more time to cultivate.
Lin Yi tried controlling the phantom and slowly placed it onto his own shadow. Under the effect of the Divine Shadow Dharma, the phantom gradually merged into the shadow.
He stood up and walked around, but couldn’t find any trace of the phantom. It was truly a mysteriously powerful technique.
Afterwards, he separated the phantom from the shadow and retracted it back into his body. Practising the Divine Shadow Dharma and replenishing the phantom’s spiritual power both required it to be retracted back into the body.
The phantom, when merged into the body’s shadow, would consume spiritual power over time. If separated from the shadow to form an entity, it would consume even more. This was why the Flower Thief’s cultivation levels fluctuated between the fifth and sixth layers.
Lin Yi opened the title panel and checked the experience value of the Divine Shadow Dharma. As expected, just like the Wind Transformation Technique, the initiation required 1000 points.
He digested the insights gained from the initiation, realizing the limitations of the Divine Shadow Dharma. Since it’s a phantom condensed by spiritual power, it’s just a shadow rather than a real body.
Thus, it couldn’t cast spells. If attacked, it would create massive consumption of spiritual power. Therefore, at the current stage, it could solely serve as an escape mechanism rather than a puppet clone.
However, by cultivating to a higher level, it could turn reality into illusion and illusion into reality, and his body could switch back and forth amongst the shadows.
Although he can’t see the cultivation method at later stages yet, based on his guess, the Divine Shadow Dharma might be able to produce not just one phantom. If his guess turned out to be true, it would be interesting— his enemies wouldn’t be able to find his real body at all.
He operated all his spiritual power in the body phantom again, and the phantom seemed to become a bit solid.
In the following time, Lin Yi continued to cultivate the Divine Shadow Dharma. Although it was still a phantom, it was not as illusive as before.
It was a pity that Divine Shadow Dharma required the use of spiritual power to be operated within the phantom and could not be cultivated simultaneously with the Creation Method. Otherwise, the Flower Thief wouldn’t have just been at the sixth layer of Qi Refinement.
After more than half a month, while Lin Yi was honing the Divine Shadow Dharma in his cave mansion, suddenly a sword buzzing sound came from outside, followed by the deep voice of Gold Sword Zen Ren, “Disciples of Golden Sword Lineage, gather at Golden Sword Peak within a quarter of an hour.”
Lin Yi immediately opened his eyes. Likely, the Dan God Secret Realm has been opened and the ceremony for the disciples who will explore the secret realm is about to take place.
If his current cultivation level was the Foundation Establishment Stage, he might as well have attempted to enter the secret realm. However, at the moment, he is still at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer. His life-saving techniques and attack spells have not yet been perfected, so it would be better for him not to join this commotion.
Upon leaving his cave mansion, he indeed saw a golden sword hanging in mid-air.
So, he rode his old flying boat to Golden Sword Peak, and as usual, stood in a corner. A quarter of an hour later, all the disciples of the Golden Sword Lineage were neatly standing on the plaza.
At this moment, the golden sword in the sky shrank again, and the figure of Gold Sword Zen Ren appeared above it. All disciples saluted him with their fists, welcoming the arrival of this Golden Core Real Person.
“The Dan God Secret Realm officially opens today. Four disciples from our Golden Sword Lineage will enter and explore it. We are here to perform the ceremony for them. Now, let’s meet them.”
Gold Sword Zen Ren calmly said, and as he spoke, four disciples, who had reached the peak of Qi Refinement, rose into the mid-air with the help of a
golden sword phantom beneath their feet.
Lin Yi glanced at the sky with a hint of surprise on his face. Among the four quotas, only one is a participant in the Liu Yun Sect’s Secret Realm Competition. The other three are unfamiliar faces.
The two True Disciples under Gold Sword Zen Ren who participated in the Secret Realm Competition were not among them.
However, one seemed to be from the Pill Hall, considering this is the Dan God Secret Realm, having an Alchemist is quite natural.
He couldn’t help but recall the information he had inquired about. The Dan God Secret Realm that was opened this time seemed to be only the periphery of the medicine field, and the cave mansion and alchemy room where Dan God Zhang Dao Xuan practiced his cultivation have not been opened.
In the Dan God Secret Realm, the medicine field is opened the most frequently, while the cave mansion and alchemy room have only been opened very few times in a thousand years. At most, some people had entered the alchemy room and taken a few pills.
As for the cave mansion, it is rumored that it has opened once or twice before, but no one was able to pass the test to enter it.
One can imagine that in Dan God’s cultivation cave mansion, there must be extraordinary treasures, including the alchemy secrets that all Alchemists dream of.
At this moment, Lin Yi saw Li Yuan Qing, standing beside Zhou Yun Feng, his expression seeming a bit downcast. Presumably, because the alchemy room was not opened this time, he was unable to obtain the pills needed to heal Zhou Yun Feng’s foundation.
Gold Sword Zen Ren said to the four disciples, “You four are Golden Sword Disciples. After entering the secret realm, assist each other. Don’t let the reputation of the Golden Sword Lineage be tarnished…”
“We humbly obey the orders of the Master of the Golden Sword Lineage.” The four disciples all saluted him with their fists.
Gold Sword Zen Ren nodded slightly. Seeing the sword light appearing from the surrounding mountains, he immediately said, “Well, it’s time to set off. Yun Feng, Yuan Qing, you come with me.”
“We respectfully send off the Master of Golden Sword…” All the disciples on the podium respectfully bid farewell to Gold Sword Zen Ren and his party, wishing them a victorious return from the Dan God Secret Realm.
Then, the disciples on the Golden Sword Plaza dispersed, and Lin Yi also left Golden Sword Peak on his flying boat.
Good thing Gold Sword Zen Ren doesn’t like making a big scene. He only summons disciples for important matters once a year. Otherwise, it would really be a waste of cultivation time.
On returning to his cave mansion on Jin Qiao Peak, Lin Yi did not continue cultivating the Divine Shadow Dharma, but planned to first gain an understanding of the Thunder Spell. This Thunder Spell is one of the few thunder techniques that can be learnt during the Qi Refinement Realm in the Liu Yun Sect and is considered the most powerful existence in the Qi Refinement Realm.
Even in the Foundation Establishment Stage it can be used. When refined to its peak, it can summon five streaks of thunder and lightning to attack the enemy at the same time.
More advanced than the Thunder Spell is the Five Thunder Orthodox Method. The legendary “Five Thunder Crashes” incorporates the five elements into thunder and lightning, releasing an extremely powerful force. Only by refining the Thunder Spell to its peak can one cultivate the Five Thunder Orthodox Method..
