In the courtyard.
Uh-huh!
Li Xuan stepped on the Seven Star Steps of Tiangang, and instantly the whole yard was filled with afterimages, making it difficult for people who were too fast to see clearly.
He adjusted his breathing.
He stepped heavily on the ground again, and did not use Tiangang Seven Star Steps anymore, but simply moved with his physical body.
The figure also seemed to teleport, leaving a dent in the place every time he took a step.
After a while.
Li Xuan stopped and exhaled deeply.
'After leaving seven singular points on the Qimen of Dantian, my inner energy has become more pure through feedback from these singular points. Now even if I don't use the "Tiangang Seven Star Steps", the speed is not slow at all, but There is no silent and unpredictable effect of walking in the snow of "Tiangang Seven Star Steps". 'Li Xuan's eyes were bright.
As his inner energy circulated, he looked inside himself and found a looming door standing in his dantian.
This gate is a strange gate that can only appear after breaking through to the late stage of the Xiantian realm.
now.
On top of the strange door, there are seven holes as thick as fingernails, leading to unknown directions.
The inner energy passes through this hole and then feeds back out, becoming more pure and powerful.
'Why do I feel that there is a mysterious space behind the dantian. Whether it is the dantian of a warrior or the sea of qi of a practitioner, they all come out of this space. Li Xuan's eyes flashed.
When he broke through just now, he found that the strange door seemed to be shaking.
Vaguely, one can feel that there is an inexplicable space behind the Qimen.
It's just that I can't detect it myself, let alone feel it.
That is, at the moment of breakthrough, there was some connection.
However, after the singularity appeared, this connection was instantly interrupted.
'If you want to truly explore the space behind the Dantian, you may need to directly push open the Qimen connecting the Dantian. However, even the Martial Saint can't do this, let alone me. ' Li Xuan thought.
Since ancient times, martial saints have tried to open this strange door, but unfortunately no one seems to have succeeded.
Naturally, no one knows what the space behind the Qimen is.
'After Wu Sheng, there is no way forward. Could it be because Qi Men cannot be pushed open? If you find a way to push Qi Men open, will it mean that you have found a new path? ! Li Xuan pondered.
After a while.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
This question is too profound for him, so he should leave it to the Martial Saints to have a headache.
Li Xuan practiced in his yard for a while, getting used to the change in power brought about by the breakthrough in strength.
Then he walked out of the courtyard and headed to Empress Shen's palace.
After a cup of tea.
In Empress Shen’s palace.
A faint bookish atmosphere filled the air.
With a dignified posture, Empress Shen presented a magic array diagram densely written with runes in front of Li Xuan's eyes.
"This is my improved "Twelve Capital Heaven Demon Gathering Formation". It retains the effect of this formation to absorb souls and enhance itself. At the same time, it also adds a heart-protecting formation to avoid being backfired by the magic formation. However, I want to To set up this improved formation, you need to at least reach the realm of possession." Empress Shen's voice sounded as clear as the sound of reading.
Li Xuan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Madam."
His soul realm has just reached the possession realm. According to the formation diagram listed by Empress Shen, it should not be difficult to lay out the improved version of the "Twelve Capital Heaven Demon Gathering Formation".
Empress Shen said, "Xiao Xuanzi, I want you to do something for me. I don't know if that's possible."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Li Xuan said.
Empress Shen sat up straight, exuding the temperament of a scholar with a bright head and a poor mind:
"I remember that the scientific examination will be held in more than twenty days. Could you please give me a copy of the scientific examination questions then?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded: "That's no problem. When the scientific examination is over, I will bring the questions for this scientific examination to the empress."
He was not too surprised by Empress Shen's request.
after all.
Empress Shen is extremely knowledgeable and is no worse than those who participated in the scientific examination.
It’s not surprising that I’m curious about the questions in this scientific examination.
"Thank you very much." Empress Shen pursed her red lips.
Li Xuan chatted with Lady Shen for a while before leaving the palace.
He walked around the corridors, and a quarter of an hour later, he arrived at another very remote palace on the west side.
A faint fragrance floated out from the palace.
Li Xuan slowly walked into the palace.
Upon entering, there is a dazzling array of various sculptures.
Wood carvings, stone carvings, jade carvings, bamboo carvings, etc. are all available.
Every carving is lifelike!
If this was sold outside, one carving would probably be worth more than ten taels.
besides.
There are also various carving tools, carving knives, saws, sandpaper, colored pens, etc. placed on the table.
This place doesn't look like a palace in the cold palace, but rather like an antique shop.
now.
A woman with a well-proportioned figure and bright eyes was squatting on the ground, carving a stone carving.
She has a graceful figure and is dressed in extremely cool clothes. The palace skirt outside has faded away, leaving only the light-colored obscene clothes underneath.
Drops of glistening sweat fell from her neck and onto the ground.
Her fair and delicate back was also covered with fine beads of sweat, turning her skin pink, revealing a different kind of temptation.
Li Xuan stood at the door, looking at the imperial concubine whose underwear was not covering her body, and coughed lightly.
The empress seemed unaware and was still carving the stone sculptures on the ground with all her heart.
Seeing this, Li Xuan didn't bother him anymore and waited patiently.
Until after one stick of incense.
As the empress made the final stroke, like the finishing touch, a stone sculpture of two dragons playing with a pearl appeared in front of Li Xuan.
The two dragons playing with the beads are lifelike, and the lines on them are all minutely visible, and they even have a hint of divine will.
The empress looked at the statue of two dragons playing with pearls for a while, then slowly stood up, her graceful figure fully revealed.
She was very tall, over 1.7 meters tall, and her long legs were straight and tight without a trace of fat.
Especially those hands, which are extremely slender and flawless, like a masterpiece from God.
The empress turned around, revealing her perfect figure. The whiteness on her chest was almost visible, and she was no less generous than Empress Xiao.
When she saw Li Xuan, she was obviously stunned, but she was not too panicked. Instead, she said calmly:
"Manager Li, why are you here? Wait a minute. I'm sweating all over. I'll go in and change my clothes."
She walked quickly into the bedroom, and after a while she changed into a green palace dress and came out.
Although she was covered by her clothes, her good figure could still be clearly seen.
"Your Majesty, your carving skills have become more and more exquisite, to the point where the fake ones look real."
Li Xuan looked at the carvings all over the room and sighed with emotion.
He is worthy of being a core disciple of the Shenji Sect. Even if his cultivation is sealed, his skills are invincible.
Although the sculptures in front of you are just the most ordinary objects, they have a charm of their own.
If it is nurtured by magical power for a long time, it might even become a magic weapon.
This is the true Midas touch!
Li Xuan naturally knows how to refine weapons, but it is almost impossible to achieve this level.
This requires pouring one's own spirit into it to make the statue divine.
"It's just to pass the time out of boredom." Empress Wei said, "Otherwise, I don't know where to use all my energy."
Li Xuan said, "Do you still have enough materials for carving? If you need anything, you can tell me and I will buy it for you."
He knew that the Empress Wei in front of him was not a simple person.
Three years ago, Empress Wei, in order to obtain the materials for the divine weapon, refined the divine weapon with her own hands. Regardless of the dissuasion of the elders of the sect, she left the Divine Machine Sect and entered the palace to become a concubine.
In less than half a year, she used her identity to steal two priceless magic weapon materials from Daqian's treasure house.
Finally, she forcibly fused the two magic weapon materials together in a special way, hoping to forge a new magic weapon.
As a result, an accident occurred midway, resulting in the destruction of these two magic weapon materials.
The impact of this incident was so bad that many ministers reprimanded her. Naturally, Empress Wei was relegated to the cold palace.
Empress Wei said: "That's enough for the time being, but I think you have other things to do when you come to my place, right?"
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Xuan praised it before continuing, "I would like to ask, if a magic weapon is broken and you want to reforge it, what should you do?"
Empress Wei raised her eyebrows: "Why do you ask this so suddenly? Did you get a damaged magic weapon?"
"That's not true. I just attended an auction recently and saw fragments of divine weapons being auctioned, so I was a little curious." Li Xuan shook his head.
Empress Wei didn't ask any more questions and said calmly: "If you want to re-refine the divine weapon, it will be very difficult. You need to find the materials for the divine weapon first and reintegrate into the divine weapon. And it must be from the same source. You have a fire attribute." Naturally, the material cannot be blended into the ice attribute material. Secondly, if the materials are of the same origin but not the same, a special infusion method must be used to perfectly integrate the magic weapon material into the damaged magic weapon."
"In addition, special flames are also needed to smelt the magic weapon materials. Alien fire is the best, followed by earth fire, and charcoal fire is the worst. And ordinary charcoal fire cannot smelt magic weapon materials, even if it is alien fire. Fire must be used to smelt it for seventy-seven forty-nine days.”
"If you want the magic weapon to go further, transform, and give birth to a new spirituality, so that the magic weapon can be commanded like an arm, you have to use blood refining and divine refining methods, so that the magic weapon will listen to you."
It's so complicated. It seems that refining the magic weapon is not a simple matter... Li Xuan couldn't help but said:
"My Lady, I wonder if you can tell me these methods. If I get the fragments of the magic weapon in the future, I might be able to put them to use."
Empress Wei said: "The methods of blood refining and divine refining are the secrets of our Shen Ji Sect. How can we teach them to others so easily?"
She pursed her red lips: "However, if you can meet my small request, I won't be able to consider it."
More money, right? I understand... Li Xuan said: "I don't know what your Majesty wants. If it is within my ability, I will definitely do it for you."
Empress Wei pursed her red lips and said, "Bring me three bones of the great demon, and also a bag of beast gold charcoal, and two materials for making magic weapons. If you can give me these things, I will teach you how to smelt the gods." The art of war.”
"This... may take a while." Li Xuan raised his eyebrows.
In fact, these things are not too difficult for him to obtain.
Three big demon bones are only five or six hundred taels.
A bag of animal gold charcoal costs about one thousand taels.
As for the materials for making magic weapons, they may be a little more expensive, worth four to five thousand taels.
These things are not rare.
With Li Xuan's current worth, it would be easy to buy it.
but.
Li Xuan didn't respond in a hurry. If he took it out at once and was discovered by someone, he might get into trouble. He would wait for Empress Wei for a while before talking.
"It's okay, don't be in a hurry, just look for it slowly." Empress Wei said with a smile.
Li Xuan asked: "I wonder what the queen wants these things for?"
Empress Wei said: "It's just to verify what I have learned."
"Okay, then when I find her, I'll come and visit you." Li Xuan didn't ask any more questions.
He knew that the empress in front of him had a fanatical pursuit of weapon refining.
You can even do anything for this.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have done such a ridiculous thing as stealing magic weapon materials.
'Anyway, it will take seven or forty-nine days to smelt the magic weapon. Before I go to the data warehouse in Dongchang, I'm afraid I won't be able to refine the soul-crushing knife again. I'm not in a hurry. I'll take advantage of this time. Improve your "Arhat's Golden Body" and prepare for the Heavenly Thunder Tempering Body. '
The last step in "Huangting Thunder Hell Sutra" is to temper the body with thunder.
After the Tianlei tempers the body, the power of thunder in the acupoints will be activated, allowing the inner energy to carry the power of thunder.
If he didn't have a strong body, he would probably be struck to death by thunder!
Therefore, before that, "Arhat's Golden Body" must be raised to at least the state of perfection.
The days passed.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.
during this time.
Li Xuan stayed in the cold palace almost every day and never left the palace again.
In addition to refining elixirs and slowly repairing the incomplete magic circle in the soul-breaking knife according to the magic circle drawings given by Empress Shen.
It is to practice "Arhat's Golden Body".
Ten days.
The progress of "Arhat's Golden Body" has increased from entry level (2500/20000) to completion level (31000/40000).
With Li Xuan's current physical fitness, he can resist the damage of the magic weapon even without using his inner energy.
It can be said that he has thick skin and thick flesh, and is completely invulnerable.
'It's a pity that the "Twelve Heavenly Demon Gathering Formations" in this soul-breaking knife are too complicated, and it will take some time to completely repair them. '
During this period of time, Li Xuan has been repairing the array in the Soul-Smashing Knife based on the array diagram given by Empress Shen.
However, it took ten days to repair only a quarter of it.
Even though it was only a quarter, it still slightly increased the power of the Soul-Smashing Knife.
'After twenty days of delay, it's time to go to the data warehouse in Dongchang to complete the tasks assigned by the Queen. Li Xuan put away the soul-crushing knife.
He often went to Dongchang during this period and had already discovered that late last night, all the eunuchs above deacon and above in Dongchang followed Shangguan Rou out to perform tasks.
Now, the factory guards guarding the East Factory are only at the late stage of the Xiantian realm and cannot stop him at all.
Moreover, these eunuchs in the late Xiantian realm will not stay in the data warehouse.
Tonight was the best time for him to take action.
(End of chapter)
