Chapter 400: Just Like Yesterday

Guarding the Tianya Haijiao Tower was very leisurely, so no one came to bother Shi Xuan for many days, allowing Shi Xuan to practice immortal arts and study the Zhoutian Xingdou swordsmanship with peace of mind.

The second floor of the Tianya Haijiao Tower was dark, but there were countless bright stars shining above, as if people were in the starry sky, but this spectacular scene only lasted for a few moments before it collapsed, revealing a scene with only two bookshelves.

"The Zhoutian Xingdou swordsmanship is indeed difficult to practice. Even if you only use the 'Purple Star Advent' and some sword moves to set up the 'Small Zhoutian Xingdou Array', it will not be practiced in a moment. It takes at least a hundred years of hard work. This is after I have been practicing the 'Zhoutian Xingdou Swordsmanship' and condensed the sword intent." Shi Xuan put away the Four Symbols Destroying World Sword and sighed in his heart.

With Shi Xuan's current cultivation and swordsmanship, it only took him a few days to master all the separate sword moves in "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Swordsmanship". However, Shi Xuan only had a clue about the swordsmanship of laying out many formations in one sword and combining them into a large formation. Even the simplified version of "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation" "Small Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation" would take one or two hundred years to master. The complete "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation" can only be successfully practiced after the Tian Ren Stage can create a small world.

Of course, some of the sword moves in "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Swordsmanship" are indeed quite profound. Not to mention the general outline of the swordsmanship "Bei Dou Zhi Lu", the swordsmanship of the Yin Shen Stage "Shou Xing Gao Zhao" alone has the ability to reduce people's life span, but it is a bit useless when it comes to the Yuan Shen Stage.

At this time, Shi Xuan felt that a disciple who had just entered the Qi Induction Stage and had not yet absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body was coming to the Tianya Haijiao Tower, so he suspended the arrangement of practicing other immortal arts. Given his current situation, he was afraid that he was here to choose the five major exercises.

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Dou Tianfeng could not suppress his inner joy and walked into the Tianya Haijiao Tower with a happy face. Not only did he successfully pass the first hurdle on the road of cultivation and advance to the Qi Induction Stage, but he also succeeded in just thirteen years without relying on elixirs. He can be regarded as a leader in the Penglai Sect with many talents. Although he is not as good as the predecessors such as Xu Zhifei and Shi Xuan recorded in the sect's classics, he is definitely outstanding.

If it was just like this, Dou Tianfeng, who had encountered many adventures since childhood, would not be happy, but just now after he worshipped in the inner sect, the head of the Zhanglu Hall, Master Tang Mo, uncle Tang, uh, no, it should be called Master, decided to accept him as a registered disciple and hold a ceremony tomorrow. Once he can break through to the Soul Stage in the future, he will officially become his disciple.

Being able to worship under a high-grade Jindan Grandmaster is something that many low-level cultivators in the cultivation world dream of. How could Dou Tianfeng not be happy and joyful, especially when he was in the outer sect, he was often discriminated against by others because of his slow progress in soul cultivation.

"Is this junior brother here to choose the five major exercises? Please go to the second floor. Also, congratulations to junior brother for breaking through the Qi-inducing stage and entering the inner sect." The inner sect disciple on duty here said with a smile to Dou Tianfeng.

Dou Tianfeng was so happy that he liked everyone, not to mention that the other party was congratulating him sincerely, so he smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you, senior brother." Then he followed the other party's instructions and went to the second floor.

The inner sect disciple on duty looked at Dou Tianfeng and said to himself, "This seems to be the Dou Junior Brother who has been making a lot of noise recently and has a great reputation? He was able to advance to the Qi-drawing stage in thirteen years. He is really extraordinary. Hey, he will definitely be accepted as a disciple by some Jindan Grandmaster."

Dou Tianfeng went up to the second floor and saw that it was quite spacious, but empty. There were only two bookshelves in the huge floor. One bookshelf had five jade slips, and the other bookshelf had twenty-four jade slips. The one on duty was a young monk wearing a plain green Taoist robe. He looked ordinary, but he was in harmony with the surrounding environment.

Dou Tianfeng didn't know what to call the other person for a moment, and was a little stunned. The person who could guard the second floor of Tianya Haijiao Tower must be an inner sect member, but he didn't have the pressure of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Could he be the elder of the soul, or even a hidden Yinshen Venerable?

After all, there are very few true disciples and Jindan masters, and those in the sect often preach to the outer disciples. Dou Tianfeng couldn't have not known them. Hearing that the middle-grade Jindan masters had no hope of Yuanshen, the Yinshen masters who advanced to them didn't have to be in seclusion, and they were likely to guard the important places of the sect.

Seeing that Dou Tianfeng didn't speak, Shi Xuan said lightly: "Where is your good deeds jade slip?" When you reach the Yuanshen realm, it is really "like it comes from the heart". Shi Xuan has become accustomed to this appearance, so it is difficult to change.

Dou Tianfeng handed the good deeds jade slip to Shi Xuan and asked him to check his identity. He said respectfully: "Senior, I just entered the inner gate and came to choose a practice." He didn't hesitate. Whether it was the elder of the soul or the elder of the Yinshen, they were all seniors to him.

"Well, which practice do you want to choose, I'll get it for you." Shi Xuan casually looked at the good deeds jade slip and said to Dou Tianfeng with a smile.

Dou Tianfeng said quickly: "I dare not trouble you, senior. Please tell me which bookshelf the "Xiao Zhutian Lei Fa Zhenchuan" is on. I will go and get it myself."

Shi Xuan felt that this was a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, wasn't it the conversation between him and Master Jiang when he came to choose "Heaven and Earth Six Combinations Divine Wind Zhenjie"?

Thinking of this, Shi Xuan couldn't help but smile. He waved his hand and released five jade slips. A jade slip flew out of the bookshelf and fell into his palm. Then he copied it onto another one, smiling and imitating Master Jiang's answer at that time: "It's rare to see the younger generation respect the elderly so much. After memorizing the skills, don't forget to return the jade slip."

Dou Tianfeng was stunned for a moment when he heard Shi Xuan's old-fashioned answer, and said respectfully: "Thank you, senior." A cultivator cannot judge age by appearance. A child who looks only a few years old may be an old demon who is hundreds or thousands of years old.

Shi Xuan saw that Dou Tianfeng did not leave immediately after taking the jade slip, and understood that he probably had other things to do, so he smiled and said: "Little friend, do you want to exchange something else?"

Dou Tianfeng was hesitant at this time, because before he entered Penglai Sect, he had an adventure on a mysterious deserted island in the sea of ​​Falling Stars, and gained a lot of good things. The most precious of them was a Taoist technique that could be directly practiced, "Thousand Illusions and Ten Thousand Shadows Escape". Unfortunately, he did not get the basic skills in that adventure, so he still followed his original plan and entered Penglai Sect through the Dharma Assembly. He finally broke through the Qi Induction Stage and entered the Inner Gate, and was about to be accepted as a disciple by the Golden Core Grandmaster.

However, this Taoist technique requires the Golden Core Stage to practice, and Dou Tianfeng could only look at the plum to quench his thirst. It was not until today after a conversation with Master Tang Mo that he had other ideas.

Originally, he was worried that his adventure would be exposed and taken away by the sect. After all, Taoist magic is very precious, so today he tried to find out what his master's attitude was.

When he asked how many Taoist magics there were in the sect, Tang Mo answered directly: "Twenty-four, not too many or too few."

Dou Tianfeng was shocked. He thought that the sect had at most seven or eight Taoist magics, but he didn't expect that there were more than twenty. If so, he would not necessarily be greedy for his own Taoist magic.

And Tang Mo's subsequent words shocked him even more: "There are Taoist magics that can be practiced in the Qi Induction Stage and the Soul Stage, and even a few can be practiced in the Out-of-Body Stage. However, except for the advanced Soul and Golden Pill, which can be selected, ordinary outer and inner disciples can only exchange Taoist magic for Taoist magic."

This seemed to be a hint, but Dou Tianfeng didn't pay attention to it. After being shocked, he became very greedy. If he could learn a Taoist magic now, he would have a trump card to save his life in the Qi Induction Stage.

After saying goodbye to Tang Mo and heading to Tianya Haijiao Tower, Dou Tianfeng thought about it and decided to exchange "Thousand Illusions and Ten Thousand Shadows Escape" for a Taoist technique that he could practice right now. But when he was about to say it, he became a little worried. It was not until Shi Xuan asked him that he gritted his teeth and made up his mind and said, "Disciple wants to change a Taoist technique."

"Oh, if you want to change a Taoist technique, you must have another Taoist technique." Shi Xuan laughed again. He didn't expect that he would meet someone who would come to exchange Taoist techniques. Originally, Penglai Sect had a total of 17 Taoist techniques, plus the five external objects and divine Taoist techniques he handed in, it became 22, but over the years, more disciples have obtained Taoist techniques, adding two more.

As soon as Dou Tianfeng said this, he calmed down: "My disciple has a Taoist technique called "Thousand Illusions and Ten Thousand Shadows Escape."

Shi Xuan nodded, and unlike Master Jiang, he didn't have to discuss it with the headmaster. He directly said according to the sect rules: "Engrave the Taoist technique on the jade slip for me."

Dou Tianfeng engraved "Thousand Illusions and Ten Thousand Shadows Escape" on the jade slip with his spiritual sense, and then handed it to Shi Xuan. When he found that Shi Xuan started reading it directly, he was also very envious. He didn't expect that guarding the second floor of Tianya Haijiao Building would have such a benefit!

"It is indeed a Taoist technique. Which one do you want to choose?" Shi Xuan confirmed after reading it, and at the same time activated the Four Symbols World-Destroying Sword, observing the luck of this disciple. He could get the Taoist technique by chance before the Qi Induction Stage, which can be called extraordinary luck.

Sure enough, Dou Tianfeng's luck is already a small Jinyun, which exceeds that of ordinary soul-stage cultivators, but there is no special meaning such as coercion, shock, and charm in it. Well, when he achieves the soul, if there is anything that requires luck, the sect can ask him to do it.

Dou Tianfeng didn't even know what Taoist arts there were, so how could he choose? He had to respectfully ask Shi Xuan: "Senior, which Taoist arts can be practiced in the Qi Induction Stage?"

"Fiery Golden Eyes, Broken Jade Art, Gengjin Sword Qi... a total of seven." Seeing that he had not asked others, Shi Xuan replied indifferently, and talked about the effects and defects of each Taoist art.

Dou Tianfeng had a headache and didn't know how to choose. He initially planned to use escape techniques such as escape techniques, but he didn't know that there were none in the Qi Induction Stage. If he chose offensive Taoist arts, the five external objects magical powers would be too close to use, which was very difficult to use. If he chose Fiery Golden Eyes, he couldn't practice Lightning Purple Eyes.

He finally gritted his teeth and said: "Disciple chooses "Broken Jade Art."

Shi Xuan thought that heroes think alike, so he took the "Broken Jade Art" jade slip and copied it to another jade slip and handed it to Dou Tianfeng.

Dou Tianfeng happily took it and was about to leave, but he remembered that he had not asked the senior's name yet, which was a bit rude, so he turned around and asked: "Disciple has not asked the senior's name yet."

PS: Corrected a bug. The 29th chapter of the second volume mentioned that Master Zhang had only two disciples, and the previous chapter said that Lingxing was Master Zhang's disciple. The two were inconsistent. I changed it back and forth when I was working on the outline details. Now I changed it to three disciples in the second volume. Thanks to Xuanyuan Zhan for pointing out this problem.