Chapter 122
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Chapter 122: The Winds and Clouds Stir in the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays
After using eight hundred and twenty-two Lightning Sword Talismans, Li Hui finally pinpointed the true positions of the acupoints.
The reason the hidden acupoints were called "hidden" was because it was difficult to grasp their locations. Sometimes, they would even shift during the Concentrating Spirit stage. It required continuous spiritual energy to nourish and open the acupoints, expanding them to a certain size before stabilizing them. The eighty-one major acupoints were much easier to locate, needing almost no extra effort to finalize.
"Cloud-Brush Transforming Talisman, Universal Rain Talisman, Storm and Thunder Talisman, Energy-Absorbing Talisman, and Sky-Seeking Talisman…" Li Hui used the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique to bury the talismans into the blood holes made by the Lightning Sword Talismans. The entire process was intensely painful, but Li Hui did not dare to be careless, using all his willpower to be patient.
"Capture Talisman, Spirit Devouring Talisman, Guidance Talisman, Gathering Qi Talisman, Returning Sealing Talisman, Compression Talisman, Tracking Talismans, Spirit Sense Talisman, and Qi Observation Talisman!"
The next part was the most difficult. Touching the major acupoint where the Golden Threshold Thirty-Six Symbols resided required extra caution. He must not provoke even the slightest resistance; he had to smoothly send in those seemingly weak little companions and then lay low, awaiting the activation of the talisman formation.
"I must remain calm and focused; no accidents!" Li Hui took a deep breath. When he touched the nine Golden Threshold Symbols located with the Myriad Form Purple Absolute God Symbol, he felt there was almost no extra space to bury the talismans, forcing them in little by little.
After successfully determining these nine major acupoints, he was drenched in sweat, completely exhausted. However, he still had his dantian to puncture; this location was crucial and could be described as insane.
Without having cultivated to the Condensed Essence Stage, how fragile was the dantian? Even a slight mistake could lead to instant death; there would be no second outcome.
"The final step, the Yin and Yang Talismans will transform into the Yin-Yang Symbol!" Li Hui sat cross-legged in his own pool of blood, slowly operating the Ideal Body technique. At this moment, he resembled a candle flickering in the wind, on the verge of extinguishing his life, yet he stubbornly maintained his strong will, craving even more to become a powerful practitioner.
"Come on! My destiny is mine, not dictated by fate. Why should I, a sect leader, run around with my head filled with knowledge? Why should I pay with my life? Why does Yang Jueyu get to take my life so easily? No, I will never compromise, and I will never give up!"
"Boom…" Anger and sorrow erupted simultaneously, and Li Hui’s aura became chaotic. However, he didn’t care; he drastically raised his spirit and waved his hand to draw in the Lightning Sword Talismans, stabbing them toward his dantian.
"Thud!"
His abdomen became stained with blood, leaving no time to feel anything. Li Hui hurriedly buried the Yin and Yang Talismans, but then his expression froze as if he had lost all strength, toppling to the side.
"Did I fail again?"
"I’m going to die!"
"So this is how it feels to freeze before death; I really wish I could return to Chuxia Mountain."
In a state of disorientation, Li Hui instinctively tried to grasp something. He was only eighteen years old, so dying at this age felt profoundly unjust. A bright light blossomed from his arm, drawing in twinkling sparks of light from the corner…
Suddenly, the light grew stronger, and the silver snake bracelet opened wide to swallow.
Golden light emerged from the position of the Golden Threshold Thirty-Six Symbols, causing the talismans buried at these thirty-six major acupoints to tremble. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays sent waves rippling through all their talismans.
In no time, a current of air began to swirl around Li Hui, growing stronger and faster.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…" The sound of the wind howled as Li Hui regained some awareness. He immediately realized he was not dead and quickly sat cross-legged to activate his Ideal Body technique, seeking a way to connect the Yin and Yang Talismans.
"Link together, cycle through each other, spin! Spin for me!"
"Crack…" He heard thunder, and this thunder came from within him. The Cow Shock Stone belonged to the lightning attribute, and after using so many Lightning Sword Talismans to pierce the acupoints, his constitution began to change subtly, gradually generating currents.
As he operated the profound skills, no stimulation was needed; the electric light instantly rushed into the dantian, connecting Yin and Yang.
At the same time, outside the stone house, the winds and clouds swirled wildly, various colors of light gathered chaotically, emitting sounds ranging from clear to deep, rushing into the stone house and entering Li Hui’s body.
"Cough, cough, this is bad! There’s too much spiritual energy, and I can’t handle it!"
In a crisis, Li Hui grabbed the box made of Xumi Bamboo and hurriedly stored all the Miao Jade according to a specific arrangement while guiding the light that flowed into the stone house. His body instantly felt lighter.
The function of the treasure cabinet lay in its ability to store and filter massive amounts of spiritual energy, slowly nourishing and altering his constitution.
The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays had not yet fully activated. Li Hui collected himself and silently sensed, beginning to tap gently on his body while occasionally using hand seals for coordination. After about half an hour of adjustment, the stone house was filled with a whooshing sound, and the sky outside formed a spectacular vortex. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays were madly drawing spiritual energy from the islands.
"This is bad; the noise is too great. Soon, practitioners will come!"
The Yin-Yang Nine Heads were outside the door, with figures rushing within the range of the magical dragon eyes. Li Hui glanced around and used the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, finding it surprisingly smooth, quickly arranging things according to his will.
With no time to think, he grabbed the box and rushed out the door, using the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique again. He saw hundreds of afterimages flickering as the Blood Banana Leaves placed outside quickly disappeared.
"Let’s go!" Li Hui leapt onto the top of the Yin-Yang beast, noticing his body felt as light as a feather. It was hard to describe this sensation in words. Looking up, he saw the vortex in the air had formed a funnel, all the spiritual energy from the Three Islands (of Heaven, Earth, and Man) converging here, dropping down with a thunderous roar, the light intertwining into a waterfall.
"Slow down! Don’t spin the talisman formation so fast; it will expose us." Actually, there was no need for a command; the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays began to slow down.
Most auxiliary talisman formations behaved this way, erupting powerfully at first. As long as they weren’t one-time-use formations, they would shift to a more gradual pace until the talismans dissipated.
Fortunately, Li Hui ran quickly. Just as he entered the mountain, he sensed a sweep of spiritual sense. The Dragon Claw patterns clung to the Golden Bead, creating ripples, allowing the feeling of imminent exposure to pass by without incident.
Faintly, he heard someone shout, "Who triggered the spiritual tide? Is someone refining a treasure here? No, all kinds of spiritual energy have been triggered; it can’t be a treasure."
Li Hui dashed into a river valley, where he saw piles of Blood Banana Leaves stacked along the banks. This was the true storeroom, while the items outside were just consumables. The Hundred Dragon Claw Phantoms kept grabbing, clearing everything at an astonishing speed.
By the time skilled practitioners hovered above the valley, Li Hui had already used the Water Escape Talisman to escape by the skin of his teeth.
Half an hour later, he mixed into the small town on the island, skillfully finding a stone house to settle down in, and only then did he have time to remove the hastily donned clothes.
"Good, all the wounds at the acupoints have scabbed over! This is a good sign. The Golden Threshold Thirty-Six Symbols can no longer be activated, indicating that the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays are functioning, using the various spiritual energies accumulated by the treasure cabinet to mend my body, replenishing what I lack!"
Li Hui felt a warmth enveloping him, as if he had returned to the mother’s womb, with every pore in his body breathing in the nourishment. Meanwhile, as the talismans of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays strengthened their connection, they began to automatically widen his meridians and acupoints, rivaling the effects of what practitioners in the Concentrating Spirit stage achieved in channeling. The benefits didn’t stop there.
