Chapter 84

Compared to going out of his cave and chatting with his fellow disciples to get to know them, Hua Xiajiu felt that it was more important to seize the time to stabilize his realm.

This was also a minor flaw brought about by Hua Xiajiu's short time as a human and his lack of experience in social interactions. He was inexperienced in many aspects of human relationships.

Outside the cave, a third of the people had already left, but there were still fifty to sixty inner disciples who remained, waiting for Hua Xiajiu to successfully form his dan, hoping to get acquainted with someone who had caused such a commotion.

After all, a hundred years ago, the words of the Yinming True Man and the facts of the past hundred years all indicated that Hua Xiajiu possessed monstrous cultivation potential, with a promising future. Although it couldn't be said for certain that he would definitely achieve the Dao and ascend, the possibility was very high.

Such a fellow disciple was naturally worth many people's efforts to get to know, especially when he was not yet powerful. Some people had even secretly prepared gifts.

In fact, although Hua Xiajiu had advanced to the Formation Dan realm, he was still the person with the lowest realm and strength on Yinming Mountain.

However, after the spiritual energy fluctuations outside Hua Xiajiu's cave disappeared, his long absence made many people's faces gradually turn sour. No one thought that Hua Xiajiu had not noticed the people outside the cave.

As time passed, some people's faces turned unpleasant, and they left with cold snorts, ridicule, or low curses.

In less than half an incense stick's time, apart from the four female disciples led by Bai Xiangzhu, all the other disciples who had already been accepted as personal disciples by the Dao-Seeking realm cultivators had left.

The remaining dozens of ordinary inner disciples also left after waiting for another half an incense stick's time.

Hua Xiajiu was completely unaware of these situations. After successfully forming his dan, he had withdrawn his soul consciousness into his body and focused on stabilizing his realm.

Three days later, Hua Xiajiu slowly opened his eyes, and two beams of purple light shot out from his pupils, reaching half a meter before slowly dissipating.

In the next moment, Hua Xiajiu's heart moved, and an ice arrow condensed in front of him, shooting towards the side stone wall with a hiss.

Hua Xiajiu saw clearly that the ice arrow completely penetrated the stone wall, disappearing into the depths.

Although Hua Xiajiu had expected this, he still couldn't help but show a look of surprise, exclaiming, "It's just an ordinary ice arrow technique, but the power has increased by more than ten times. The Formation Dan realm and the Spirit Condensation realm are simply incomparable. It seems that the lucky killing of Yu Mingfu and Ma Zhikuo that day, although partly due to strategy and the strange attacks of the robot, was indeed a stroke of luck."

Next, Hua Xiajiu experimented with the Metal Technique again and found that the Metal Spikes and other attack forms were clearly more powerful and sharp by more than ten times, and the defensive power of the Metal Shield formed by the Metal Technique had also increased dramatically.

At this moment, Hua Xiajiu felt a sense of completeness and ease throughout his body, and his physical strength was clearly much stronger than before, giving him a feeling of being reborn.

The only thing Hua Xiajiu was dissatisfied with was the change in his soul form in the soul sea.

As a cultivator's strength and realm advanced, the soul form would also be nourished and strengthened accordingly.

Therefore, when Hua Xiajiu had split a third of his soul form to form his dan, his soul form had once regressed to the early Formation Dan stage. However, after Hua Xiajiu successfully formed his dan, the True Essence Dan nourished his soul form, which had recovered to the middle Formation Dan stage.

But such a soul form naturally did not satisfy Hua Xiajiu.

After feeling the improvement in his strength and the changes inside and out, before Hua Xiajiu could feel joy, he saw the ground covered with the ashes of spirit stones and couldn't help but smile bitterly, feeling a headache again.

Nearly 500,000 spirit stones had been completely consumed by cultivating the "Yinming Divine Art" and forming his dan. Hua Xiajiu was once again a penniless poor man. Thinking of some of the rules of the Purple Yin Sect mentioned in the "Inner Disciple Guidelines," Hua Xiajiu not only felt a headache but also a toothache...

Apart from some basic techniques, the various branches of the Purple Yin Sect would provide inner disciples with free techniques. To cultivate corresponding realm techniques and spells, there were only two channels.

One was to become a personal disciple of a Dao-Seeking realm expert, who would teach the techniques and spells. The second was to use contribution points to exchange for them in the sect's scripture hall.

Hua Xiajiu naturally belonged to the first category. His master, Yin Gui, had indeed taught him several spells and one technique, but they were all spells and techniques that could only be cultivated after successfully forming a dan with the "Ming Divine Art." Although Hua Xiajiu had used the "Ming Divine Art" to build a Ming Divine Altar in his soul sea, he still could not cultivate the spells and techniques taught by Yin Gui because he did not have the True Essence Dan formed by the "Ming Divine Art."

Hua Xiajiu replayed the information taught by Yin Gui in his mind and found that there were indeed no spells or techniques that he could cultivate at the Formation Dan realm, not even the most basic flight technique.

Fortunately, he had the memories of Yu Mingfu and Ma Zhikuo, two Formation Dan realm cultivators, and could find and review the most basic Formation Dan realm techniques in their memories.

"Master joined the Purple Yin Sect at the middle Out-of-the-Corpse realm and quickly advanced to the Dao-Seeking realm, so he naturally did not cultivate the Purple Yin Sect's techniques. But how many contribution points will it cost to exchange for the techniques and spells I need to cultivate!" Hua Xiajiu felt depressed and secretly criticized his master, Yin Gui.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear, startling Hua Xiajiu.

"What are you daydreaming about? Your soul form is somewhat scattered. Quickly go to the Zixin Hall in the sect to borrow the Soul Condensing Bell to solidify your soul. Otherwise, it will leave hidden troubles, making it difficult to advance to the Out-of-the-Corpse realm for life." The voice was hoarse and cold, and Hua Xiajiu quickly identified it as his master, Yin Gui.

As soon as Yin Gui finished speaking, Hua Xiajiu's face changed slightly.

After a long while, he slowly suppressed his unease and respectfully bowed in the direction of Yin Gui's palace.

Hua Xiajiu naturally did not dare to be negligent about what Yin Gui said. He calmed down and carefully felt his soul form, indeed finding that it was blurry and somewhat scattered.

Hua Xiajiu took a deep breath, his expression serious. He decisively got up, opened the stone door that had been sealed for nearly half a year, and walked out.

With his decisive and swift character, and considering what Yin Gui had said, he prepared to immediately go to the Zixin Hall to borrow the Soul Condensing Bell.

Hua Xiajiu left his cave and spent a quarter of an hour learning the flight technique that could only be cultivated at the Formation Dan realm. Then, while practicing the flight technique, he headed down the mountain.

Soon, he left Yinming Mountain and continued flying towards the Luo Yin Valley.

The "Inner Disciple Guidelines" included a map of the Purple Yin Sect, detailing the main halls and paths of the seven major peaks and the Luo Yin Valley, including the location of the Zixin Hall.

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