One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

When Sun Yao finished cultivating, it was already early the next morning. The spiritual energy on Longhu Mountain was indeed much more abundant than that at the foot of the mountain. The progress he made in cultivating on Longhu Mountain for one night yesterday was equivalent to that of cultivating for four or five days at the foot of the mountain.

However, even with the abundant spiritual energy of Longhu Mountain, it wasn't enough to support him breaking through to the third level of Qi Refining overnight; at most, he could only make some progress at the second level of Qi Refining. Now, his desire for elixirs was even stronger than before. Even a place as spiritually rich as Longhu Mountain couldn't satisfy his cultivation needs, which shows how much spiritual energy he consumed for cultivation.

However, the most important thing now is not to deduce the alchemy technique, but to deduce all the techniques he has, especially the Earth-Walking Immortal technique, which he is particularly interested in. If he wants to deduce the Earth Escape Technique, the Earth-Walking Immortal technique is the best way for him.

Sun Yao got up early, washed up, and went to the main hall of Longhu Mountain to do the morning prayers with the other disciples. The morning prayers consisted of practicing the Golden Light Mantra, which was child's play for Sun Yao, who had already mastered the transformation of golden light into physical form and whose golden light resembled iron. However, Sun Yao still completed the morning prayers meticulously with the other disciples, even taking the time to give Tian Jinzhong some pointers. This guidance of Tian Jinzhong was a task assigned by the Old Celestial Master, and Sun Yao dared not be negligent in the slightest.

Tian Jinzhong was quite talented; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the Old Celestial Master's disciple. However, compared to the two freaks, Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi, he was still far inferior, let alone compared to Sun Yao, who was a cheat code. Sun Yao felt that what he could understand at a glance, Zhang Zhiwei could also understand after just a few words of guidance, but Tian Jinzhong was different. Sun Yao spent a full quarter of an hour explaining the golden light transformation to him, almost half an hour, before he could fully understand it, but even so, he surpassed the vast majority of ordinary people.

After mastering the Golden Light Transformation Technique, Sun Yao returned to his courtyard. Before leaving, he took a day's worth of rations from the kitchen, intending to spend the entire day in his courtyard thoroughly studying the secret manual and see what kind of extraordinary methods he could deduce.

After returning to his courtyard, Sun Yao set his sights on the Earth-Walking Immortal. He had been eyeing this Earth-Walking Immortal for a long time; with this immortal, he might just be able to comprehend the Earth Escape Technique.

However, when he actually used his talent of "One Thought to Determine Heaven and Earth" to comprehend the Earthly Immortal Technique, he discovered that it wasn't quite like that. The Earthly Immortal Technique was originally an innate ability, but because many people awakened it and there was a systematic teaching and development process, it was able to leap off the page and become a technique that could be learned later in life.

However, the Earth-Walking Immortal skill learned later in life is far inferior to the innate ability, mainly in its application. An innate Earth-Walking Immortal moves freely in water like a fish in water, able to act without restraint as long as their Qi remains abundant. An acquired Earth-Walking Immortal is different; even when maintaining the Earth-Walking technique with Qi, one must emerge from the ground at precisely the right time to breathe, otherwise certain death is inevitable.

Therefore, this Earth-Walking Immortal technique is actually just an incomplete method extracted from the innate Earth-Walking Immortal ability. It won't be easy for Sun Yao to deduce the Earth Escape Technique from it. Fortunately, Sun Yao has experience in deduce Fire-Element techniques. By combining Fire-Element techniques with Earth-Walking Immortal techniques, Sun Yao spent a full half day deduce the Earth-Element technique. From this moment on, Sun Yao has deduced both the Fire and Earth attributes of the Five Elements techniques, and he is quite proud of this.

Unlike the Fire Element Method, the Earth Element Method completely eliminated the content related to cultivating Qi during its derivation process, turning it into a pure technique. He also optimized the Fire Element Method during the derivation process, removing all the Qi cultivation content and turning it into a pure technique.

After all, Sun Yao now possesses the Qi Refining Technique, a crucial path to immortality. He no longer values ​​the cultivation methods within the Fire Element Technique. Rather than letting it languish there, he'd rather completely discard it and allow the Fire Element Technique to evolve once more.

After his refinement, both the Fire and Earth elemental spells have evolved. Focusing more on the power and ability of the spells, the Fire and Earth elemental spells have undergone a fundamental and explosive leap. Now, not only can one freely control the fire and earth elements, but the spiritual energy consumed is also several times less than before. Sun Yao now possesses two of the five elemental spells; he only needs the metal, wood, and water elements to complete the set of five elements.

Even though it was the middle of the night, Sun Yao couldn't contain his excitement as he went out, like a child who had received a new toy and wanted to try it out. He wanted to test the earth-based magic and see if it could achieve the effects he desired.

Sun Yao stepped out the door, and the next second an earthen dragon appeared beneath his feet, lifting him up and carrying him towards the back of Longhu Mountain. In no time, Sun Yao arrived at the back of Longhu Mountain, where there was a natural chasm. The earthen dragon beneath his feet instantly spanned the entire chasm, transforming into a long bridge.

Logically speaking, such an unsupported earthen bridge would easily collapse, but in reality, the earthen bridge transformed from the earth dragon is exceptionally sturdy, even comparable to a steel cable bridge.

Upon arriving at the back mountain, Sun Yao immediately tested the Earth Escape Technique. As he had imagined, it was indeed much more convenient than the Fire Escape Technique. However, it differed from his expectations; this Earth Escape Technique was similar to that of Tu Xingsun. When using the Earth Escape Technique, the earth was like water, allowing one to move freely within it. However, it had one drawback: one had to emerge from the earth.

This gives the enemy a moment to attack. If he is caught by the enemy the moment he emerges from the ground, it will be a fatal weakness for him.

He racked his brains trying to figure out how to solve this problem when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, as if he had grasped something. He hurriedly pulled out a book from his treasure pouch, another of his prized possessions: the Heavenly Steps.

He hurriedly began studying the Heavenly Gang Steps, and within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he had mastered them. The next moment, he immediately sat cross-legged on the edge of the cliff behind the mountain and began to deduce the possibility of combining the two.

His calculations continued until the next day. As the rooster crowed at dawn, he opened his eyes and looked at the rising sun in the east. The next moment, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. This time, he had obtained an incredibly exciting technique that could be described as a supernatural power—shrinking the earth to an inch.