Chapter 92 Attained Dharma at Once (2/2)

It had been many years since Qing Xuan finally had a cultivator who managed to attain the state of Huandan with one's own strength. This was a sign that the sect was slowly returning to its glorious state.

He would have no regrets if there could be more and more disciples who attained the eight or nine transformations of Huandan.

Having been stuck in the Absurd State for so long, he knew that he had no hope of breaking through. It was not his heart of Dao, but rather his body and spirit that was unable to bear the breakthrough.

There was nothing that he could do about it, which was why he was not that bothered.

Qing Xuan's aim was the cultivation of one's heart should take priority over physical cultivation.

An accomplished mind would bring forth success in terms of cultivation. However, if the foundation of the way of Dao was damaged, one could not do much even with such mind without the help of the rarest celestial elixir.

If he could ensure the continued stability of Qing Xuan before facing nirvana, at least he had done his part with regards to the legacy of Grandmaster Yuan Qing.

Shen Lian woke up on the fifth day. There was a thin layer of membrane on his eyes, as though a thin layer of mercury was covering on top. After a while, his sight finally cleared up.

The resonance of the heaven and earth persisted, and it was stretched out, longer and longer. However, unlike before it had an indescribable obscurity to it.

”If you can listen to the resonance of the heaven and earth during Huandan for five days, when you have the cultivation experience, you can utilize external alchemy to enter into the state of Huandan. In the past one thousand years, you are the second person who has such a heart of Dao at this level of cultivation experience,” Zhang Ruoxu told Shen Lian.

Shen Lian smiled in his heart. Having just said that he did not seek to be the first in the world, it was ironic how that he became the second now. At the same time, he could tell from Zhang Ruoxu's tone that he was in a decent mood.

There was only self-deprecation in his heart, but not anger.

The mystical resonance of the heaven and earth was indeed, mystical. However, Chen Jianmei was cultivating swordcraft and subscribed to the belief that one pierce of the sword could overcome different types of spells and supernatural powers.

Swordcraft was powerful, but it lacked in thoughts and will, it would be hard to manifest the earnings from the resonance of the heaven and earth. Even so, Shen Lian's attainment at the Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura reached a new height. He even managed to glimpse into some parts of its mystical workings.

It would seem that the sword aura itself was a foundation. Just as the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of the mathematical digits. The decimals could go on to tens digit, hundreds digit, or even infinitely.

Dao was infinite, and swordcraft too was infinite.

At the Qing Xuan Hall, Zhang Ruoxu and Shen Lian waited for the Huandan to end. Four days had passed, and it took a total of nine days and eight nights for the phenomenon to subside.

Zhang Ruoxu was not especially pleased. If it was nine days and nine nights, signifying the extreme number of nine, the nine transformations of Huandan was sure to have taken place. However, as it was short of one night, it could either be the nine transformations of Huandan, or not.

It was not as though that there was a huge difference between eight transformations or nine, but knowing Chen Jianmei and his pride, he would be bothered if he was short of one transformation. It would be like having a fishbone stuck in one's throat, and this would be an obstacle to his heart of Dao too.

Though, the fact that there was a new, true disciple in the celestial school was something worth celebrating.

True disciples and doyens received pretty much the same treatment. In some cases, where the doyen who held important position had died, the true disciple would take over the position as of right. If was only upon the true disciple's rejection that other people would be considered for the position.