Chapter 58

Today is truly rare, with two rewards, hehe!

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After several consecutive days of attempts, there was still no good result. Even though Li Wenjun had great patience, he had not thought of giving up, but he could not help feeling somewhat anxious and restless.

He tried several methods and found that none of them could help him calm down. So, he thought for a moment and decided to temporarily stop cultivating and return to the county town of Sanxian County.

The reason he decided to return to the county town, besides the lack of progress in cultivation, was that Wang Yonggui's head had already shown signs of decay. If he could not return to the county town soon, Wang Yonggui's head would rot, making it impossible to prove his identity to the authorities, and he would not be able to gain prestige.

Moreover, a decaying head would emit a foul odor, and the storage bag would be filled with the smell of decay, which was quite unpleasant to think about.

This time, Li Wenjun did not plan to stay in the county town for long. After dealing with the necessary matters, he intended to return to the cave to continue his cultivation. Although the living conditions here were harsh, it was a good place to cultivate without any disturbances.

Li Wenjun first set up various defenses in the cave, including traps, alarms, and mechanisms, using everything he could. Since he started cultivating here, he would also take some time to study the manuscripts left by Wang Yonggui. Of course, compared to Wang Yonggui's skill in setting up mechanisms, Li Wenjun was far inferior, but he still had some ability to copy and mimic.

Li Wenjun took out some gold, silver, and jewels from the wooden box and placed them in the storage bag. He planned to find an opportunity to deal with these valuables after returning. Keeping them in his possession was of no use, and he needed to find a way to make them valuable.

Naturally, Li Wenjun did not forget to pack provisions like dry rations.

After everything was packed, Li Wenjun carefully checked to ensure nothing was left behind, then left the cave and headed towards the county town of Sanxian County. The distance between his location and the county town, even if measured in a straight line, was over a hundred miles. He had to cross several mountains, climb through multiple valleys, and wade through several streams and rivers. The hardships along the way were indescribable to outsiders.

While on the journey, Li Wenjun also looked for traces of medicinal herbs along the way. However, due to his urgency to reach his destination, he did not have the patience to search thoroughly, so his harvest was meager.

After a day of travel, he had covered half the distance. Li Wenjun estimated that he only needed to rest one night in Wufeng Mountain and could return to the county town the next day.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, Li Wenjun decided to stop and rest. He chose a mountain peak and sat down at the highest point, placing the Dragon Head Goose Feather Saber beside him, facing east.

He took out some food and ate a simple meal with clear water. Then, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

After forming the circulation of the Small Universe, even without taking pills, taking a medicinal bath, or using crystals, one could still increase their cultivation through the circulation of the Small Universe. However, this method was usually the slowest and least effective.

Li Wenjun had nothing else to rely on except his diligence and perseverance. Since he started cultivating, he had persisted in cultivation every day. After advancing to the first level of the Qi Condensation stage, he did not dare to slack off even for a day.

Cultivation could, to some extent, reduce the need for sleep. Many high-level cultivators could go for years without sleeping, practicing day and night, and still be full of energy when they emerged from their seclusion.

Li Wenjun repeatedly performed the circulation of the Small Universe, and his cultivation increased at a snail's pace.

In the blink of an eye, the night passed, and dawn arrived.

The red sun broke through the thick clouds, casting a gentle morning light on Li Wenjun.

Li Wenjun's body, hidden in the darkness, gradually brightened. His face was tinged with a golden red, and from a distance, he looked like a celestial being descending to the world.

While in the midst of cultivation, Li Wenjun felt a sudden enlightenment. He ended the last cycle of the Small Universe but did not immediately open his eyes. Instead, he tried to perform an inner vision again.

He meditated, imagining that there were eyes inside his body that allowed him to observe the world from a perspective and method he had never tried before.

In a daze, Li Wenjun entered a very peculiar state. After closing his eyes, the dark world seemed to have a strange light.

Suddenly, he opened a pair of "eyes." Through these eyes, he found himself inside his body, seeing his internal organs, muscles, bones, meridians, and acupoints.

At this moment, under the witness of the sun that grants life to all things, Li Wenjun developed his divine consciousness and gained the ability to perform inner vision. This meant that he had finally firmly established himself at the second level of the Qi Condensation stage, rather than being a pseudo-second level as he had been in the past few days.

Li Wenjun could not wait to conduct a thorough search inside his body to find the source of the green light. He started by examining his head but found nothing. Then, he checked his five senses and internal organs, but still found nothing.

Next, Li Wenjun began to examine his meridians. His divine consciousness moved along the meridians, and when it reached the dantian, he was startled.

He saw that the dantian was a space about the size of a watermelon, filled with green light.

Li Wenjun was overjoyed and quickly directed his divine consciousness to approach. He wanted to observe closely, but when his divine consciousness approached, it was as if something无形的屏蔽了整个丹田, preventing his divine consciousness from entering.

Li Wenjun's divine consciousness clung tightly to the space in the dantian, trying to see what was inside, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not see clearly. He could only see the green light swirling in the dantian, with vague shapes suggesting something was there.

The green light was very gentle, like lush grass in midsummer or green leaves after a rain, full of vitality. Seeing the green light in the dantian, Li Wenjun felt an unprecedented sense of ease and comfort. In that instant, all his worries, sorrows, and fatigue seemed to vanish.

After failing to see clearly, Li Wenjun withdrew his divine consciousness from the dantian, opened his eyes, and sighed.

He had found the source of the green light but had not solved the fundamental problem, and new questions arose.

What was inside the green light?

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