A pinch of pale pink Six Desires Enchanting Powder, mixed into the swirling Clear Wind, was inhaled by the disciple Feng Yang, who stood before the candle fla.
His nose tickled, and Feng Yang subconsciously lowered his head to rub it.
But when he looked up again, the curiosity and hesitation in his eyes had been replaced by a ravenous greed that burned like a Fierce Fire.
"A once-in-a-lifeti opportunity... The Holy Sect wouldn’t harm !"
His Adam’s apple bobbed as he mumbled, as if trying to convince himself, yet also as if driven by desire.
Finally, he shot out his hand, grabbing for the quietly burning, ink-green candle fla!
Hidden in the shadows, Qi Yun held his breath, his gaze locked on the scene.
BOOM—
The mont Feng Yang’s fingertip touched the fla, the ink-green fire shot up his arm like a living creature and burrowed violently into his seven orifices!
In an instant.
Feng Yang’s body trembled violently, and faint flas erupted from all seven of his orifices.
Yet his face showed no pain. Instead, a bizarre expression of utter obsession and imnse pleasure appeared.
The process lasted for about three to five minutes.
Only then did the ink-green fla withdraw from his body and return to the candlestick, burning quietly as if nothing had ever happened.
"So... so... so profound..." Feng Yang was drenched in sweat, his voice hoarse as if all his strength had been drained, but his eyes shone with a terrifying light:
"The Blood Corpse Curse I struggled to master for eight months... I... I’ve perfected it in an instant!
The Hall of All Laws, it truly lives up to its na!"
He clenched his fists in excitent, feeling the crystal-clear insights in his mind, so thrilled he could have scread. This brief mont had saved him months of hard work.
With this improvent, he felt much more confident about the next assessnt.
’Is there really no problem?’
To the side, Qi Yun silently observed Feng Yang, who had just absorbed the candle fla. The man now seed overly excited.
But aside from that, there was nothing else out of the ordinary.
’Could it be that the Holy Sect has actually grown a conscience?’
Even though Feng Yang showed no ill effects after taking the fla and gaining its insights, Qi Yun remained highly vigilant.
He couldn’t help it. The Holy Sect was notorious for screwing people over—first-class when it ca to outsiders, and even better when it ca to their own.
’The Hall of All Laws is open for a full month. This is only the first day. There’s still plenty of ti. I’ll just keep watching for now...’
Suppressing his impatience, Qi Yun began to explore the mysterious hall. With his current Cultivation and his mastery of the Clear Wind Technique, none of the other Outer Mansion Disciples in the hall could possibly detect him.
「Day after day passed.」
More and more Outer Mansion Disciples found themselves unable to suppress their desires. They reached out, took the flas from the candlesticks, and absorbed the insights and experiences of their predecessors.
And Qi Yun watched them all, taking note of their reactions and morizing every detail.
「In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days went by.」
By now, most of the Outer Mansion Disciples who had entered the Hall of All Laws had taken a fla and obtained the insights within.
’From what I’ve seen so far, maybe I really have misunderstood the Holy Sect...’
Looking at the dense notes he had recorded in his notebook about the details of these fellow Outer Mansion Disciples after they absorbed the flas, Qi Yun lifted his pen and gently rubbed the bridge of his nose.
For over twenty days, he had been Night Traveling through the Hall of All Laws, carefully observing the behavior of every Outer Mansion Disciple who had taken a fla.
But he hadn’t found anything amiss.
’I haven’t found any abnormalities, but I have figured out so of the rules. Although there are thousands upon thousands of insights in this Hall of All Laws...
...they can’t just be taken at will.
Everyone only gets one chance. If you try to take a second fla, you get teleported out of the Hall of All Laws imdiately.
After all, these insights carry a strong personal imprint. Even if they’ve been cleaned up by the Holy Sect’s experts, they’re bound to affect the user.
Once or twice might be fine, but any more than that would surely lead to irreversible side effects.
Looking at it this way, the Hall of All Laws seems a little less suspicious.’
He snapped the notebook shut.
Qi Yun turned his head to look at a bright yellow candle fla beside him.
"Insights on Breaking Through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer—by Wei Zhen!"
Throughout the entire Hall of All Laws, there were many insights on breaking through Cultivation Realms. For the Qi Refining Fifth Layer alone, no fewer than a dozen people had left their mark.
The reason Qi Yun chose this predecessor, the Cultivator nad Wei Zhen, was purely because of his handwriting.
’The strokes are sharp and structured, yet poised and graceful. This person must have also walked the path of a Sword Cultivator!’ Having cultivated the thods of the Nanming Sword Demon, Qi Yun was now half a proper Sword Cultivator himself, and he could see the intent Wei Zhen had left in his characters with a single glance.
Seeing that the Hall of All Laws was about to close, Qi Yun hesitated no longer and reached for the fla on the candlestick.
The instant his fingertip touched the candle fla.
The bright yellow fla, just like the others, shot swiftly up his arm and surged into Qi Yun’s seven orifices.
The next mont.
His body trembled slightly, and his eyes instantly lost focus.
Vast and profound insights, like a river of stars pouring from the heavens, crashed into his Sea of Consciousness.
The bottlenecks he could never figure out, the tangled mysteries of the five elents’ evolution—under the illumination of this brilliant golden light, they were like spring ice eting the sun, lting away layer by layer.
This revealed the crystal-clear ultimate truths beneath.
The shackle of the Qi Refining Fifth Layer that had held him back, that indestructible final barrier, now emitted a crisp cracking sound that only he could hear.
BOOM—!
The True Qi in his body began to circulate manically on its own, following the profound and mysterious insights without any need for conscious guidance.
Within his five viscera, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys all humd in unison.
Corresponding mists of red, green, yellow, white, and black qi rose up, generating their own Creation.
No longer were they stagnant and conflicting as before. Now, they were like five newborn flood dragons, chasing each other playfully, rging in perfect harmony.
Finally, following the essence of the newly cleared acupoints, they broke through with a roar!
The five elents began their evolution, and the internal circulation was ford!
A Minor Circulation constructed itself, and his True Qi flowed like a joyous stream, completely unimpeded.
The entire process was smooth and effortless, everything falling perfectly into place.
The mont he broke through, the aura around him changed dramatically.
A vast Life Force erupted from the depths of his five viscera.
It was no longer a vague and illusory Qi Sensitivity, but sothing tangible, acting upon his physical body.
His once slightly rough skin now had a warm, gentle luster, as if it had been ticulously nourished by the surging qi and blood within. As sweat expelled so grayish-black impurities, it only served to highlight the healthy, rosy glow beneath his skin.
A series of faint CRACKLES echoed from his limbs and bones, as if his muscles and skeleton were stretching and strengthening, filling him with a sense of renewed power.
With the initial evolution of the five viscera and five qi reaching Perfection, the newly ford Minor Circulation began to operate on its own, and the sound of Qi Yun’s surging qi and blood was now faintly audible.
A vigorous life aura radiated from his body. With every inhalation and exhalation, the rise and fall of his chest and abdon held a certain vibrant, living rhythm.
Qi Yun slowly opened his eyes, a clear light shining within them.
There was no frightening glint, but they were bright as morning stars after a rain, exuding a clarity and vigorous energy that ca from within.
Qi Refining Fifth Layer!
Success!
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