Chapter 313

Chapter 313: The Heavenly Heist of a Century of Power

With the righteous energy, Dragon Energy, and noble aura gathered, the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays immediately responded, creating a strange attraction. At the same time, purple crystals spread out, grinding away the dusk energy on the calligraphy scroll, dispelling the hostility on the bone pieces, and removing the ghostly energy from the imperial edicts.

This dusk energy, hostility, and ghostly energy perfectly countered the righteous energy, Dragon Energy, and noble aura. As his knowledge grew, Li Hui clearly understood how to navigate benefits and avoid harm. The treasure cabinet acted as the best filter, sweeping away most drawbacks, while the Fortune Ascending Talisman purified the remnants. Next, he relied on the Jade Heart of the Earth Court, which held the power to purify.

In this age, practicing The Mystical True Explanation of the Three Elements without such conveniences would be courting death!

As the three colors of white, yellow, and purple appeared on Li Hui’s forehead, his left arm suddenly swelled with a tumor, the Arhat fruit stirred up trouble, and the ferocious energy surged, revealing the figure of the Six-Armed Arhat behind him, contorted in a menacing expression.

“Ha, what a perfect timing!”

This was a critical moment for cultivating the three energies and refining the profound qi when the Arhat fruit suddenly erupted.

Li Hui, Cold Smile, raised his hand and pulled out a scripture scroll, a hundred bone pieces, and two imperial edicts.

As essential items for cultivation, he gathered as many as he could. If Dalong didn’t have enough, he’d go to nearby nations to collect more; he would spend wisely on the key points.

The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays pulled him in, and the Treasure Cabinet Array spun around him. In an instant, his forehead turned to white, yellow, and purple, saving him two years of hard work. He felt the spiritual energy rapidly dissipate in his meridians, no longer thick and sticky, creating an aura of profound mystery.

His form immediately grew taller, exuding authority, dominance, stability, and weight!

“Suppress!” Li Hui activated his profound skills, relying on powerful external forces to enhance his power—suddenly, everything was suppressed.

The tumor on his arm hissed as it quickly vanished into thin air. Beneath his feet, nine enormous golden lotuses emerged, showering countless beams of light that gathered wildly. A halo formed behind his head, thick as a finger, and it would shine brilliantly if paired with a bald reflective surface.

“My Buddhist cultivation has also broken through, rising from the Dharma Cloud stage to the Enlightenment stage; combining it with a Buddhist incantation for protection works quite well,” Li Hui mused, feeling pleased. So many Buddhist scriptures couldn’t have been read in vain! Though he didn’t meditate or worship the Buddha, he still utilized various Buddhist techniques, matching an authentic Buddha child!

“Practicing The Mystical True Explanation of the Three Elements is so difficult. The three energies haven’t yet refined into profound qi; they merely create a sensation. The profound qi needs to be transformed from virtual to real to unlock the door to wonders.”

Next, he focused on the scripture scroll, town stele, ink treasures, and town papers, anything inscribed by great scholars, coalescing with righteous energy to serve as a source of energy.

It is said that words reflect the person, the writing reflects the name, and the painting reflects the wind. Through these objects and writings, it was like approaching great scholars, influencing his heart with righteous energy, and slowly searching for his path to find the true meaning and solutions.

The “micro” in The Mystical True Explanation of the Three Elements implies insight into beginnings and endings and noticing the subtle signs. Taking up a bone piece, Li Hui seemed to step into ancient history, observing countless fierce beasts fighting with each other at every moment. In such an environment, they had to be fierce to survive.

When the bones of fierce beasts sunk into the ground, they began to nourish the earth, fostering life. However, they encountered calamities, and in death, their fury soared to the heavens.

As time passed, the fierce land birthed the most ferocious dragon veins, constantly influencing the surroundings, but the Dragon Energy within was even more intense.

Dragons, the focus of heaven and earth, the source of all beasts, symbolize power and mystery.

Some say dragons are manifestations of earth dragon veins. Others say they are spiritual beasts that gained immense opportunities and traced their origins. Still, others insist that in ancient times, true dragons ruled over heaven and earth. In Li Hui’s opinion, Ao Chongguang and Ao Chonglin’s hair and scales were useful; if true dragons existed, whatever came from them would surely be better.

Dragon Energy is seen as life-giving energy, strengthening the five organs and nourishing the six bowels. Even after sustaining heavy injuries, recovery is rapid—this is the benefit of Dragon Energy!

Purple Mist is precious, immune to a hundred evils, leading to extended blessings and prosperity. Not all imperial edicts can be used; only those issued during noble titles and nurtured by prestigious families over generations are truly effective.

After promoting to the initial stage of Gathering Spirit, accelerating the flow of time could reach twelve times. The extreme state would be twenty-four times.

Thus, Li Hui’s one hour of cultivation equated to twelve hours, with a maximum of twenty-four hours. By consuming the relics of great scholars, dragon blood, bone pieces, and imperial edicts, he pushed his cultivation higher at a frantic pace.

The three colors of white, yellow, and purple from his forehead transformed into a pillar of energy, surging upward like a storm, climbing to seven feet high.

“Not enough; I feel the pillar needs to reach one zhang to achieve minor success.”

After two hours, white light, golden light, and purple light intertwined, creating ripples in the Mirror Lake. Li Hui finally caught that extremely subtle aura of profound mystery. With countless shadows of light filling his hands, he deftly manipulated the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays, drawing the Five Spirits Transformation Talisman to press against his forehead, yelling, “The opportunity has appeared; divine talismans guide; profound qi is born!”

“Crack…” A bolt of lightning struck down from above the Mirror Lake, followed by one after another striking the lake’s surface. The Haotu Sect’s peaks immediately surged with spiritual senses. However, the thunder roared while the rain barely fell, and after a while, it became silent again without any further movement.

“This isn’t right! The momentum is too small; it can’t possibly be Li Maocai’s promotion. What are those old fellows up to? There have been strange occurrences in the Mirror Lake faction recently.”

Even though these elders were knowledgeable, they couldn’t fathom that such thunder was caused by a little brat just entering the initial stage of Gathering Spirit.

Li Hui’s heart trembled as he looked up at the sky. “Heaven, is it really that cautious? I merely condensed profound qi, summoned an aura of similar energy through the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays and the Five Spirits Transformation Talisman, and it leads to thunder and lightning—is this not just intimidation? How will I manage to cultivate further?”

He quickly steadied his mind and tried to operate his profound skills, and a smile lit up his face. Profound qi had indeed emerged! Though it was only a trace, it was resilient and unbreakable!

Typically, following the standard process, condensing the three energies to form profound qi requires painstaking efforts over a century, which is sixty years.

But with Li Hui’s access to the relics of great scholars and the imperial edicts, his aim was to seize the day. Accomplishing a century’s worth of power in just two hours is no wonder heaven unleashed such rage, sending down thunder and lightning as a warning. Otherwise, it wouldn’t only be the lake surface that reacted; it would have gone deeper.

Inside him, a “whoosh” echoed as vast spiritual energy poured in, accelerated by the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays, transporting it throughout his meridians and acupoints. He felt the profound qi expanding from a slender thread to a thicker one.

After operating his profound skills for seventy-two cycles, the profound qi finally achieved some scale. However, the consumption was immense, and Li Hui was taken aback; within the rich spiritual energy of the Mirror Lake, using the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays to guide it, he was surprisingly unable to keep up with the speed of condensing.

With a single thought, a booming sound echoed from above his head. White, purple, and golden light pillars reached three zhang high, symbolizing immunity to all evils and long-lasting blessings, brimming with life. When the three pillars merged, no unusual phenomena appeared, instead revealing the meaning of profound mystery.

“Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique!” Li Hui waved his hand, and countless dragon claw phantoms swirled and quickly formed a massive misty claw nearly a yard long. He gently grasped the ground, creating a thunderous trench a hundred zhang long.

“My heavens?” At that moment, Li Hui stood in stunned disbelief.