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  Lieteng pushed open the door, looked around the room, and found it was similar to the one at the foot of the mountain. The room had a wooden bed, a desk and chair, and a futon. Lieteng refused Longhezi's two low-grade spirit stones, but in his heart, he also had some thoughts. Firstly, he couldn't bear to see Longhezi die like this, after all, he had cultivated for nearly 200 years and was about to pass away, which was hard to accept. Moreover, Longhezi had accepted Lieteng as a disciple, adding another layer of relationship that made Lieteng even more reluctant. Secondly, Lieteng knew that if Longhezi broke through the sixth layer of gathering spirits, his strength would greatly increase, and his own status would also rise. Lieteng knew that without a strong backing in the Gui Sect, he wouldn't have an easy time, especially with Qingfeng who might come to him one day seeking revenge. If Longhezi broke through and reached the Condensing Dan period, his identity and status would be elevated, becoming a senior elder of the Gui Sect. As the saying goes, "when beating a dog, one must consider its master." At that time, Qingfeng would have to weigh his actions carefully.

  However, all of this was what Lie Teng had been looking forward to. As for whether Chang Hezi could succeed, Lie Teng also held a hopeful attitude. After calming his mind, Lie Teng sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate. A year and a half later, he would naturally go to the Gui Zong secret realm to gain some experience. At that time, Qing Feng might not be favorable to him, so Lie Teng had to reach the second layer of Jiling to have confidence. Therefore, Lie Teng suppressed his original intention to cultivate the "Lian Hun Dao".

  Lie Teng hadn't started absorbing the low-grade spirit stone, according to Chang Hezi's method of compressing the spiritual energy in the Danhai until it couldn't be compressed anymore. After a few attempts, Lie Teng managed to compress his originally full spiritual energy to less than half of the Danhai, and then he began to absorb the low-grade spirit stone.

  Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, half a year has passed. Lie Teng has absorbed all the spiritual energy from the low-grade spirit stone and converted it into spiritual power stored in his dantian. After compressing the spiritual power once more, Lie Teng begins to run the "Puppet Technique" and starts absorbing the spiritual energy from the air.

  The spiritual energy here is at least three times denser than below, causing Lie Teng's cultivation speed to increase greatly. In just one month, he filled the spiritual power in his Danhai and began compressing it again, repeating this process for another half year.

  This day, Lie Teng's spiritual power compression reached its peak, making it impossible for him to infuse more spiritual power into his Dan Sea. Lie Teng stopped cultivating and looked inward at the overflowing Dan Sea that could no longer hold any more spiritual power. He was perplexed - how could he break through to the second layer? According to Master's words, after compressing one's spiritual power, it should be possible to charge into the second layer of the Gathering Spirit Array, but exactly how to do this, Lie Teng had no idea.

  Lie Teng sank into thought, could it be that the second layer of gathering spirit is to expand the size of the danhai on top of the first layer? Lie Teng hesitated, then his heart moved, and he activated the compressed spiritual power, the compressed spiritual power burst out instantly, a huge force impacted the danhai, Lie Teng only felt a powerful force tearing apart the danhai, before he could react, the piercing pain made Lie Teng faint and fall onto the bed.

  "The Great Way is vast and obscure, the Way gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things evolve into chaos, chaos gives birth to the Great Way. What is called the Way? Countless spirits are all the Way, the Way is just the Way, there is no so-called Way. I say this is the Way, and that's it. The Great Way has no form, the Great Way is natural, and that's the Way."

  Lieteng was in a daze when he vaguely heard this song of the Great Way again. As for this song, Lieteng had thought about studying it before, but found that it was just like any ordinary song, without containing some kind of power. This made Lieteng gradually forget about the song of the Great Way, but every time he fell into a daze, this song would resound, making Lieteng very surprised, as if this song of the Great Way had already been imprinted on his soul.

  After the singing stopped, Lie Teng's consciousness recovered, and he opened his eyes to look at the ceiling. He was lost in thought, thinking that if the Great Dao song appeared in his mind once or twice after fainting, it could be considered normal. However, since his soul flew out, every time he fainted, the song would resound, making Lie Teng feel extraordinary, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was so extraordinary about it.

  He let out a sigh, suppressing the thoughts in his mind, and began to introspect. When Lie Tong saw the Dan Hai, he was overjoyed. Had he finally broken through to the first layer of Jiling? Lie Tong discovered that the current Dan Hai was three times larger than before, and the originally flourishing spiritual energy only occupied one-third of the Dan Hai. He took a deep breath, and with great joy, pondered for a moment, carefully calculating the time. There were still six months until the secret realm opened, and entering the secret realm would likely involve battles. It seemed that he should first cultivate the "Lian Hun Dao" to expand his soul power. By then, the Soul Guide could become a deadly ultimate move. With the power and penetration of the Soul Guide, Lie Tong was confident that he could penetrate the Dan Hai below the third layer of Jiling. If the Dan Hai were to break, one would either die or become a useless person, unable to cultivate for the rest of their life.

  At this moment, Lie Teng's mind sank into his soul and began to operate the "Refining Soul Technique". If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be unable to control their soul as easily as Lie Teng did. However, Lie Teng had wandered in the realm of souls for a long time before he was able to refine his ability to control his soul at will.

  Two months later, while running the "Soul Refining Path", Lie Teng discovered that his soul power had become thicker, but it was still very thin, about the size of five strands of hair. Lie Teng opened his eyes and released his soul power from the tip of his right index finger, shooting it towards the wall in front of him. After careful observation, he found a small hole on the wall that was almost negligible. Lie Teng continued to release his soul power until he was exhausted, only then did he stop.

  "It can release ten Soul Shackles, and its power is more than double what it was before." Lie Ting said with satisfaction in his heart. Ten Soul Shackles, if used properly, would be enough to prevent ten cultivators from ever having the chance to cultivate again. Letting out a sigh of relief, Lie Ting closed his eyes once more to begin recovering his soul power, and there was only one month left until the Secret Realm opened.

  "Disciple, after tomorrow, the Hundred Year Secret Realm will be opened. Prepare well." Long Quezi's voice came from outside Lie Teng's room.

  Lieteng opened his eyes, hastily got up and opened the door. When he saw Changhezi's appearance, Lieteng's heart skipped a beat. At this time, Changhezi was more haggard than a year and a half ago, already in the twilight years, with eyes that could hardly open, and wrinkles on his face as dense as the sea of sand, standing at the door with his waist bent. Seeing Lieteng opening the door, he tried to lift his head to look at Lieteng, but his body was too weak.

  "Master!!" Lie Teng saw Chang Hezi in such a state, his heart ached, and he supported Chang Hezi's hoarse voice.

  Hehe, Tuer, Master still has half a year of time left, hehe, Master is satisfied. Chang Hezi laughed and said, with Lie Teng's support, the two came to the small courtyard, and Qingyi also opened the door and walked out. At this time, Qingyi was already a slender and elegant young lady, five feet tall, wearing a white loose robe, Qingyi was over 13 years old, her delicate body had a mature charm, that lively little face had a closed beauty like a flower, icy skin and jade bones, just like a small beautiful bud waiting to bloom. Seeing Chang Hezi, Qingyi exclaimed: "Grandfather, what's wrong."

  "Hehe, I'm satisfied that in my old age, I have this disciple and Qingyi as my granddaughter. It's already enough." Zhang Hezi's voice was still thick and powerful despite his old age. A year ago, Qingyi acknowledged Zhang Hezi as her god-grandfather, and during Lie Teng's closed-door training, it was always Qingyi who accompanied Zhang Hezi.

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