Li Xuan looked at the sick Empress Xiao on the hospital bed with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
There seemed to be signs that Empress Xiao was critically ill this time.
When he was about to go to suppress the bandits, he came to say goodbye to Empress Xiao, who already looked listless.
However, at that time, at least I could walk on the ground and joke with him.
Li Xuan thought that Empress Xiao just didn't have a good rest and was not in good spirits.
I never thought that this disease would develop to such a serious level now.
After Li Xuan became an alchemist, his medical skills also improved. Naturally, he knew that Empress Xiao was now losing both energy and blood, and her spirit was even weaker.
Moreover, judging from the face, there must be something wrong with the internal organs, otherwise the hair on the temples would not grow and the hair would grow prematurely.
This is definitely not an ordinary disease, but involves a more complex pathology.
Li Xuan heard from Empress Xiao's tone that it seemed that Empress Xiao knew the crux of his problem, so he deliberately sent the maid away.
"Hey, what's the use of talking about it? Time is destiny. We practice Taoism and pay attention to three disasters and nine tribulations. If you can't get through it, your soul will be scattered. This is my disaster. I can't get through it, and I will die!" Empress Xiao's mood was waning. She no longer had the charm and ease before. Instead, she looked like Lin Daiyu.
"My dear, the purpose of cultivating Taoism is to change one's destiny against nature, rather than to let nature take its course. Are you affected by this disease?"
Li Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that something was wrong with Empress Xiao's state.
Not only is his body full of death energy, but his will is also extremely fragile, lifeless and without any vitality.
Think about it.
Li Xuan pretended to be groping in his arms, but in fact he took out the Nourishing Tree from the cave space.
This cave space is extremely special, and there will be no damage if things are stored in it.
What it looks like when you put it in is what it looks like when you take it out.
It was as if time inside had stopped.
so.
Li Xuan stored medicinal materials and other important things inside.
now.
Seeing that Madam Xiao was depressed, he felt that Madam Xiao was most likely affected by her illness, so he wanted to use the Nourishing Tree to nourish Madam Xiao's soul.
Maybe it could be of some use.
"Empress, this is the sacred tree, which can nourish the soul. I hope it can help you."
Li Xuan placed the Shen Yang Wood between Empress Xiao's eyebrows, where the Niwan Palace where the soul resided was located.
Although Empress Xiao was deprived of her cultivation, Niwan Palace is still there.
It's just that the soul in Niwan Palace is sealed and cannot leave the body.
Naturally, one's magic power cannot be exerted.
Although the magic power of Fa Xiu comes from the Dantian Qi sea, it also needs to be activated by the soul.
The stronger the soul, the more mana can be mobilized.
Buzz!
The Nourishing Wood sticks to Empress Xiao, emitting bursts of invisible spiritual fluctuations and pouring into Empress Xiao's Niwan Palace.
With the influx of power from the Yangshen Wood.
Empress Xiao's eyes seemed to become brighter and brighter, and the confusion and death in her eyes gradually disappeared.
She looked at Li Xuan, pursed her red lips, and her condition seemed to have improved a little:
"Xiao Xuanzi, your opportunity is really good. You can even find the most precious treasure of cultivation like the Shen Yang Tree. I have been trapped to death these days. It is rare for you to make me so energetic."
After regaining her energy, Empress Xiao seemed to have regained some of her former soft and charming temperament.
However, his physical weakness needs to be taken care of.
certainly.
This is just treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. The energy in the Yangshen Tree is limited, and it cannot be used by Empress Xiao all the time.
By then, without the nourishment of the Shen Yang Tree, Empress Xiao's soul will weaken even faster than it is now.
"I discovered this accidentally when I was suppressing bandits in Heifeng Village. I thought it would be useful, so I kept it."
Li Xuan looked concerned and asked, "Mother, are you feeling better now?"
Empress Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "It's much better. It's really a treasure to nourish the mind. Ordinary pills to restore the spirit have no effect on me."
"Empress, what happened to you? How did you become like this?" Li Xuan asked immediately when he saw that Empress Xiao's spirit had improved.
Empress Xiao held the nourishing tree in her jade hand and couldn't put it down. She no longer felt depressed just now, but the resentment between her eyebrows became more intense:
"Remember what I told you, if you want to become a martial saint or a ghost immortal with both magic and martial arts, you need to cross the threshold of breaking the sky, right?"
Li Xuan nodded: "I remember."
If a grandmaster wants to break through the heavens and become a great master, he needs to unite his soul and body.
However, after the soul and body are united, the soul, spiritual will and physical body are completely integrated, and the soul can no longer be used.
At this stage, you can only choose one path to continue practicing.
Either practice law or practice martial arts!
Therefore, under normal circumstances, when practicing both law and martial arts, the martial arts can be cultivated to the master level at most, and the soul can be cultivated to the possession state at most.
Because once one reaches the point of cultivating corpse disintegration, the soul and body will be completely separated, and the unity of spirit and body will no longer be possible.
The two seem to be contradictory and irreconcilable.
However, there are some amazingly talented people who use special methods to find a balance between the two. After breaking through the heaven barrier, they can still practice both magic and martial arts.
Empress Xiao said:
"That's the problem. I've actually found a way to cross the threshold of Breaking the Sky Pass. Unfortunately, something happened now. If I don't save it, I'm afraid I'm going to die."
"Have you found a way?" Li Xuan's eyes flashed.
He knew that Empress Xiao had always believed that cultivating both law and martial arts was the most correct path, which could lead to transcendence and the road to heaven.
Empress Xiao entered the palace as a concubine, most likely to find a way to cross the threshold of Potianguan.
Unexpectedly, she actually found him!
Empress Xiao glanced at Li Xuan sadly: "You don't care about me at all. I said I was going to die, but you only care about this way to cross the heaven."
"Uh, empress, don't be poor at this time. If I don't care about you, can I be willing to take out the sacred tree? This is a priceless treasure. If I sell it, I will be able to have enough food and clothing for the rest of my life." Li Xuan said. .
Only then did Empress Xiao look away, pursed her red lips and said, "You have some sense of conscience, and it's not in vain that I not only provided you with martial arts training, but also told you the secrets of the world."
There was a pause.
She looked at Li Xuan sincerely: "Xiao Xuanzi, you are the only one who can save me now."
"Empress, please tell me first, how can I help you? With our friendship, if I can help, I will definitely not leave you alone." Li Xuan said.
He had a gut feeling that this might be a bit troublesome.
Therefore, I didn’t directly agree with my chest.
Empress Xiao gritted her teeth and seemed to have made up her mind: "Then listen carefully, this is my biggest secret, and I have told you now."
Thought for a moment.
She then continued: "Eight years ago, in order to break through the Tianguan, I entered the palace and wanted to use the power of Daqian Dragon Qi to help me break through."
As if she was worried that Li Xuan wouldn't understand, she explained a few more words:
"The integration of spirit and body is actually to use yin to replenish yang, and use the huge soul energy to supply the physical body, thereby producing powerful qi and blood, breaking through the heavens in one fell swoop."
"Since yin is used to replenish yang, then yang is used to replenish yin, and the majestic blood of the physical body is used to supply the soul. As long as we find a delicate balance between the two, we can circulate yin and yang, and break through the heavenly barrier in a special state. In this way Then you can continue to cultivate both law and martial arts."
"The Daqian Dragon Qi I collected gathers the pure thoughts of all the people in the entire Daqian. It is extremely pure and is most suitable for using yin to replenish yang."
"Now there is only one way to supplement yin with yang, and then we can break through the barrier of Tianguan.
"That's the problem. The method I use to supplement yin with yang is to use the external incarnation. The external incarnation is a snow leopard that I specially selected. It incorporates most of my soul, thoughts, and essence and blood, just waiting for it to grow. Get up and become one with my body, so that my blood and energy can be filled up, and my blood and energy can be used to supply my soul without affecting myself, thus achieving the state of yin and yang cycle and breaking through the heavenly barrier!"
"However, there is something wrong with this external incarnation now. I don't know what the specific problem is. I can only feel that my soul is getting weaker and weaker, which also indirectly affects my body."
"If this external incarnation dies, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive in my current state."
Li Xuan listened to Madam Xiao's story and couldn't help but said: "So, Madam, do you want me to help you find this incarnation?"
If this is the case, this favor is not impossible to help.
Empress Xiao nodded: "Well, I want you to see what happened to this incarnation, and why it gradually escaped from my control, and even showed signs of backlash against me. Hey, I left it here in the first place. Outside, I practiced alone without bringing the capital, just to prevent accidents from happening, but I didn’t expect that something went wrong at this juncture.”
Li Xuan muttered: "I wonder where you put this incarnation of your body. How should I find it?"
Empress Xiao suddenly said something that shocked Li Xuan:
"Xiao Xuanzi, you are also a Dharma practitioner, right?"
"You don't have to deny it. When you came to my bedroom out of body, I had already sensed it. I was taking a shower at the time, and I thought you would come in and take a peek."
Li Xuan frowned.
No wonder I always felt that Madam Xiao was weird after I left my body.
It turns out that he had discovered himself a long time ago.
However, isn’t Empress Xiao banned from Niwan Palace? Why can she still sense her soul? !
Empress Xiao seemed to see Li Xuan's doubts and explained:
"I have said that most of my soul thoughts are in my external avatar. Even if my Niwan Palace is banned, as long as my external avatar is there, I can still use some of my abilities, and naturally I can also sense some special things. The soul fluctuates."
Li Xuan couldn't help but said: "Then why do I need to leave my body? Can this help find your external incarnation?"
"With my soul, I can have a special sense of the incarnation outside my body, and I can roughly know its location and status. Now that your soul is out of the body, I will give you a little thought, and you can use it to sense my incarnation. It's there." Madam Xiao explained.
While talking.
Her brows suddenly trembled, and she felt like she was out of body.
The power that sealed her Niwan Palace seemed to not exist at all.
Li Xuan was not surprised when he saw this.
As a former Taoist saint, Empress Xiao must have a special way to escape the ban.
He thought about it for a while, his brows were still slightly startled, and he was also out of body.
Since Empress Xiao has already pointed out his disguise, he naturally has nothing to hide.
after all.
Empress Xiao also told him her biggest secret, and the two of them had a foundation of trust.
Buzz!
After the soul leaves the body.
Li Xuan saw Empress Xiao hanging in mid-air.
Her soul was looming, showing a weakness, as if she was going to disappear at any moment.
"My soul is too weak now and I can't separate my thoughts. Let's go inside the Shen Yang Tree first."
Madam Xiao's soul stirred and she got into the Yangshen Tree.
In an instant, bits and pieces of energy poured into her soul, causing her soul to gradually solidify.
Li Xuan thought for a while and got in together.
The two of them were floating face to face under the starry sky.
Empress Xiao looked at Li Xuan with great interest: "Xiao Xuanzi, why do I feel that the divine aura on your body is somewhat familiar?"
She was very smart and did not directly ask Li Xuan where this idea came from.
Li Xuan knew that the reason why Empress Xiao felt this way was because she also practiced the "Lamp Burning Technique".
only.
It was hard for him to explain this kind of thing, so he simply pretended not to hear:
"Ahem, Madam Xiao, do you need me to do anything?"
Seeing that Li Xuan refused to reveal his background, Empress Xiao cast a resentful look:
"No, I can just move myself."
She turned around, flew around Li Xuan, and then started to make complicated seals in her hands.
Waves of mysterious thoughts flew out of her body, and then she grabbed one of the thoughts and threw it towards Li Xuan.
"If you sense this thought for a moment, you will be able to know the location and status of my external incarnation."
Li Xuan raised his hand to take it, separated out a ray of soul, and silently touched the idea. After confirming that there was no problem, he started to sense it.
Buzz!
In an instant.
Li Xuan felt a special soul wave, entwined with his soul, giving her a feeling of floating in the sky.
This wonderful feeling is more intense than the physical pleasure.
This is a spiritual blending, a spiritual compatibility.
This feeling comes and goes quickly.
Li Xuan's soul stirred, and he soon discovered that there was a faint thought flickering to the east of him.
It's like two stars separated by an infinite star field, twinkling and echoing each other from a distance.
'Is this the location of Empress Xiao's external incarnation? It seems a bit far away from the capital, but it's really magical that she can sense it. Li Xuan's eyes moved.
He felt that only after surviving the thunder tribulation could he truly experience the mystery of the soul.
Now, in his manifest state, he has just learned to walk.
Many mysteries of the soul have not been discovered yet.
"Xiao Xuanzi, do you feel it?" Madam Xiao looked at Li Xuan with a strange expression.
after all.
Just now she handed over her thoughts to Li Xuan, which was also a different kind of fusion of souls.
In their sect, this is more intimate than physical contact.
Li Xuan nodded: "I sensed it. It seems to be east of the capital. The state of this soul is a bit weak. There must be something wrong."
"Well, before I entered the palace, I placed my incarnation on Penglai Island in Dongzhou. Logically speaking, this location is extremely hidden and there shouldn't be any problems. Xiaoxuanzi, you have to find my incarnation quickly. Okay, I don’t know how long I can survive." Madam Xiao sighed, with a rare hint of pleading in her tone.
She ventured into the palace, even though she had already considered various changes.
However, now that she was just on the verge of finishing, something went wrong. How could she be willing to accept it?
Now, although she has some cultivation, she has no way to get out and can only rely on Li Xuan.
She always felt that the little eunuch in front of her was not as simple as it seemed, and he might be able to help her.
(End of chapter)
