He put down the jade slip in his hand, and Li Hui didn't start cultivating immediately. Instead, he entered the inner room and fell asleep on the bed. The things that had happened during this period of time were too many, and he needed a good rest. Although cultivators could meditate to replace sleep, it was not as effective as sleeping in thoroughly relaxing his mind.

  Li Hui didn't wake up until the next morning.

  "Li Shixiong, I have been ordered to bring you the spiritual stone and medicine needed for your cultivation." The voice of the disciple who had accompanied Li Hui to his residence yesterday came from outside the door.

  Li Hui sprang up from the ground, walked to the door, held the jade token and cast a spell to strike it, and the door opened instantly.

  Outside the door, the young man stood at the entrance with a storage bag in his hand.

  "Come in!" Li Hui called out.

  "Li Shixiong, inside there are two thousand pieces of low-grade spirit stones, a high-grade flying sword, some clothes, and ten bottles of medicinal pellets for cultivation. Please check them, Shixiong." The disciple handed over the storage bag and said respectfully.

  "Thanks, younger brother!" Li Hui stretched out his hand and took over the storage bag, without checking it, and put it away directly.

  "Master Li, no need to be polite, my name is Yang Fengyuan, Master can call me by my name from now on!" This disciple introduced himself and deliberately tried to get close to Li Hui. After all, this "Master Li" was a direct disciple of Zhao Laozu, so it would be best to make friends with him.

  "Alright, Young Master Yang!" Li Hui didn't have a bad impression of Yang Fengyuan. In his daily life at Bi Xiang Gate, he often saw those arrogant and conceited so-called elite disciples, but it was rare to see one as polite as him.

  Yang Fengyuan smiled and said: "Then I'll take my leave, junior brother!"

  After Yang Fengyuan left, Li Hui picked up the storage bag, first dripping a drop of fresh blood to recognize the owner, and then his mind entered the storage bag to check.

  After a moment, Li Hui withdrew his attention and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face: "This Demon Path Lian Tian Sect is quite generous! More than the spiritual stones and elixirs I got from Bi Xiao Men!"

  Actually, he was wrong. The reason why Liangzhou is called a barren land is not because of the scarcity of grass and trees, but because of the scarcity of spiritual veins, spiritual stones and spiritual medicines. That's why these demon cultivators want to attack Chuzhou Xiuxian, in order to occupy the spiritual veins, spiritual stone mines and other resources occupied by the seven sects of Chuzhou.

  An ordinary disciple of the Demon Path can't provide so many spirit stones and elixirs, Li Hui as Zhao Mingjiu's direct disciple received special treatment, which is why he was given so much.

  Li Hui's mind moved onto the storage bag, and with a burst of spiritual energy, a black robe appeared in his hand.

  Li Hui took off his Qian Huan Bao Yi and then put on the black long gown worn by the third generation disciple of Lie Tian Zong.

  "Hmm, not bad, just a bit loose, not as fitting as the Thousand Illusions Treasure's transformation!" Li Hui looked himself up and down.

  Since I have become a disciple of this demonic path, it's better to follow local customs.

  "At this moment, I have become a disciple of a demonic sect's Yuan infant cultivator and also need to cultivate a Buddhist technique...". Looking at his current attire and thinking about his current situation, Li Hui couldn't help but feel some emotion.

  Since you're here, then make yourself at home. The identity of this demonic cultivator doesn't seem too bad either, at least compared to that Yang Fengyuan, it's much better than those so-called righteous dao cultivation sects' disciples.

  Then Li Hui took out the jade slips containing the "Dragon Elephant Vajra Secret" from his storage bag, preparing to formally start cultivating this divine ability.

  Although he knew that there must be some conspiracy behind this, Li Hui still had to cultivate. Zhao Mingjiu accepted him as a disciple probably just to let him cultivate the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" for some purpose.

  If he refused to cultivate the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra", then for Zhao Mingjiu, he would no longer have any use value and might immediately turn against him and kill him.

  Moreover, this divine ability is indeed obtainable, and if I can truly cultivate it, there will be many benefits in the future. As for escaping the devil's clutches, I can only take it one step at a time.

  Li Hui closed his eyes and began to operate according to the method introduced in the Jade Simplified.

  Refining the body and spirit is different from refining Qi. Refining Qi involves drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, circulating it through the body, and transforming it into spiritual power stored in the Dan Tian and Qi Hai.

  For body refinement, there are many types of techniques. Many demonic paths' body refinement methods require the use of external objects as assistance, and cultivation in special environments such as blood pools, ice caves, and underground fire pits. Similar to punishment, within the range that the body can withstand, external objects are used to torment the flesh, then continuously repair, and repeat the process. Simply put, it is constantly breaking through one's physical limits to achieve the goal of strengthening the flesh.

  The Buddhist practice of cultivating the body and spiritual powers is relatively gentle and pure, and has some similarities with qigong. It involves absorbing the divine energy from heaven and earth into the body, but instead of circulating it through the meridians to complete a cycle, it continuously seeps into the flesh to temper the body.

  This method is much more difficult than Mo Dao's body-refining technique, but after successful refinement, its power will be many times greater, and it is also very safe, without any future troubles.

  Li Hui closed his eyes and sat quietly, every pore relaxed and opened up, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly seeped into his skin through the pores, then stimulated the muscles, unblocking every tiny blood vessel.

  Unlike the "Five Elements Cycle" where spiritual energy is refined from inside to outside, tempering the physical body, the "Dragon Elephant Vajra Key" draws in the heavenly and earthly spiritual energies from the external world to refine the physical body.

  At first, Li Hui felt that every pore was breathing, as if basking in the warm sunshine of spring, soft and warm. Gradually, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth penetrated from the skin to the muscles, and every blood vessel had spiritual energy passing through it. As the spiritual energy continued to enter, the blood vessels slowly expanded, with a slight numbness.

  The numbness gradually turned into a slight stinging sensation, and later on, it felt as if countless small thorns had grown in the muscles, piercing every inch of flesh.

  This bit of pain, compared to the tyrannical and heart-wrenching pain when spiritual energy tempered his body during foundation building, was simply a gentle sprinkle. Li Hui stood guard at the Spirit Platform, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

  Slowly, Li Hui felt himself merging with the universe, his spiritual energy like tiny light points flowing through his body. Every inch of his flesh was perfectly relaxed, and as the light points flowed through him, his blood vessels slowly expanded, and his muscles became stronger bit by bit.

  In this way, time flew quietly by, and five days passed. Li Hui still maintained his cross-legged sitting posture, with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surrounding him, constantly seeping into his body. At this moment, Li Hui's entire body was bright red, as if he were soaking in hot water.

  Ten days have passed, and Li Hui still sits cross-legged, his body's color having turned pale red. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth converges around him, dispersing like mist.

  Twenty days have passed, and Li Hui's posture has not changed in the slightest. The color of his flesh has returned to normal, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has formed a canopy like an inverted bell, enveloping Li Hui.

  A month passed, and Li Hui remained motionless, but his complexion turned serene and solemn, with a natural air of majesty that made people dare not harbor evil thoughts when they saw him. The heavenly spiritual energy that had formed a bell-shaped shield around him had disappeared, but a thin layer of protective film had formed on the surface of his body.

  ……

  Li Hui was fully immersed in his cultivation, completely unaware of the outside world, and had even forgotten the passage of time. However, he did not know that at this moment, Zhao Mingjiu was observing everything through his divine sense within the inner court.

  "This kid has actually reached the first stage of Hunyuan Body in just a short month?! Zhao Ming's face showed a look of astonishment as he had been observing Li Hui's cultivation progress all along."

  "Haha! It's really heaven helping me! I was right, this kid is indeed a genius at cultivating his body! Looks like my Dragon Elephant Golden Body has a great chance of success!" Zhao Ming's face immediately changed from shock to wild joy.

  To know that this "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" is extremely powerful, but the cultivation is also extremely difficult. Zhao Mingjiu has also let many Lietian Sect disciples try it out, and in several years, not one of them was able to reach the Mixed Yuan Body stage.

  The "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra" becomes increasingly difficult to practice as time goes on, and even achieving the Mixed Yuan Body is extremely challenging; let alone the subsequent Red Gold Body and Forged Gold Body, which are utterly hopeless.

  Some Taoist physical training methods can also be used, but none of these physical training methods have the power to match this "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret", and Zhao Mingjiu wants to use the "Heavenly Demon Transformation Secret" to cultivate a powerful clone, so he targeted this "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" and even named the clone he wanted to cultivate as "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Puppet".

  At this time, Li Hui was still in cultivation, and after another five days, the faint protective film on his body had completely disappeared, merging into his body.

  Li Hui slowly opened his eyes, feeling the tremendous changes in his body. At this moment, he felt that his physical body was filled with power. With a slight movement, a thin layer of spiritual energy protective film appeared on the surface of his body.

  Li Hui stood up, stretched his muscles and bones, and suddenly a series of crackling sounds echoed throughout his body. Li Hui clenched his fists and rapidly punched the air.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  A loud cracking sound came through the air.

  Li Hui withdrew his fist with satisfaction: "Now, relying solely on my physical strength, I can kill a Qi Refining stage cultivator with one punch! As for ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, I have the Law Shield to protect me, and they can't even hurt me!"

  Just then, a figure flashed by, and Zhao Mingjiu's figure appeared without warning.

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  Sorry about that, these two days have been chaotic due to housing issues. Apologies! But still shamelessly asking for collections! There's another update tonight!