I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

Time flies and three years have passed.

Toyokawa has now read through all the basic books in the library and the transmission hall.

The gains during this period were enormous!

Putting aside other things, after comprehending the Supreme Sword Intent, the Five Lotus True Intent, and the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams True Intent, he subsequently comprehended four other extremely powerful Daoist True Intents.

First, he comprehended the true meaning of the Dao.

While browsing through the library, many of the medicinal herbs in the dojo matured, and Toyokawa carefully collected them.

In order not to waste the spiritual land, he even went to the Spirit Plant Hall and bought a lot of seeds of high-grade spiritual herbs.

He learned the basics of medicinal herbs and cultivation while practicing them hands-on and experiencing them firsthand.

Watching the seeds she had planted slowly take root and sprout day by day, nourished by the spiritual rain.

He suddenly had a whimsical thought: What if we viewed spiritual practice as the process of planting and growing seeds?

Once the idea came to him, he kept thinking about it.

Since all elixirs grow from seeds, he should also need a seed to realize his idea.

As for what the seeds look like and what their growth characteristics are, he didn't have much of a clue for the time being.

So he began to study various seeds, and even went out of his way to buy many different kinds of seeds.

He would carefully observe and meticulously sense each seed.

He even planted some special seeds, observing them daily with his naked eye and scanning them with his spiritual sense, memorizing them.

With each passing day of recording, each passing day of research, and each passing day of insight.

Finally, one day, he activated the Spirit Rain Technique, watering the spiritual seeds he had planted. The seeds sprouted tiny, tender green shoots. Each shoot was adorned with a drop of crystal-clear water, which shimmered with iridescent colors in the morning sunlight.

Then, he suddenly realized!

For a seed to grow, besides being the foundation of life itself, it also needs the supply of nutrients and the nourishment of rain and dew.

The essence of Taoist cultivation lies in cultivating the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which itself is born from the Great Dao of heaven and earth and is a manifestation of the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

His seed should be based on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nourished by the true meaning of the Dao, the true meaning of the Great Dao, the rules of the Great Dao, and even the laws of the Great Dao, and irrigated by the various spiritual energies existing in heaven and earth.

Without hesitation, he sat cross-legged and, using the primordial spiritual power within his body as a foundation, began to condense a seed of Daoist magic between his hands.

But after trying many times, I failed in the end!

I sat quietly and pondered for a long time, but still couldn't find the reason. Could it be that I was wrong? Or is there some other problem?

If I really can't figure it out, I'll just put it aside for now and stop thinking about it!

Of course, he did not give up. He continued to carefully water the medicinal herbs every day, observing, recording, and reflecting upon them meticulously.

He felt that his ideas were probably fine, but his approach might be flawed.

As he delved deeper into his research, he discovered that all the seeds, though a single entity, possessed an extremely intricate internal structure. They each had different attributes, yet they were interdependent and worked together to construct the growth process of a life.

It seems that it was a bit wrong of me to use primordial spiritual power to construct the seed.

Like an egg. Only a well-formed egg, with its clear internal structure, can nurture life. But if you shake an egg violently, it's absolutely impossible for life to develop.

Therefore, he needs to arrange all his various inspirations in an orderly manner.

He acted on his thought and began circulating the technique again.

This time, he did not use the primordial spiritual power directly, but instead separated all the spiritual power.

The Tao divides into Yin and Yang, from which all things are born.

Therefore, initially, the Yin-Yang spiritual power should be the foundation and core.

Immediately, he unleashed the true essence of Tai Chi, intertwining the Yin and Yang spiritual energies together, allowing them to complement and generate each other.

Then, on the outer layer, he wrapped it with the spiritual power of the five elements and arranged it according to the principles of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements.

At this point, the ball of spiritual energy between his hands, though spinning rapidly, did not dissipate. However, it required a continuous output of various forms of spiritual energy to maintain its state.

It seems my idea was correct!

But what should we do next? We can't keep going like this, can we?

Wouldn't I be dried into a dried-up corpse by this thing?

Think of a way, quickly think of a way! What to do, what to do?

Suddenly, Toyokawa thought, life has birth and death, isn't this also a manifestation of the Tao?

And so, with a single thought, two lotus flowers appeared before my eyes.

The blue lotus petals face upwards, resting below the energy cluster; the black lotus lies upside down, positioned above.

The two lotus flowers slowly closed together, enveloping the ball of spiritual energy in the middle.

As the two lotus flowers snapped together, with a boom, the lotus flowers and the spiritual energy merged into one.

However, at this point, the spiritual energy cluster was only much more stable, and it still needed spiritual energy output to maintain its shape.

It's still not enough; something seems to be missing! What is it?

Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, life and death—all of these have been incorporated. What's missing?

Toyokawa couldn't figure it out, and for a moment, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, his forehead covered in sweat.

This is the closest we've ever come to realizing our vision!

As the saying goes, opportunity knocks but once.

This is an opportunity you absolutely cannot miss!

But I just can't figure it out, and getting anxious won't do any good!

Finally, at his wits' end, Toyokawa had no choice but to give up.

However, just as he was about to make a move, a special inspiration suddenly came from somewhere in his mind, and it instantly merged into the spiritual energy ball.

Immediately, the ball of spiritual energy detached from Toyokawa's hands and slowly rose.

The surrounding spiritual energy began to surge violently, rushing wildly towards the spiritual energy cluster.

As the spiritual energy cluster receives a continuous infusion of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it begins to grow larger.

Then it slowly transformed into a seed shaped like an amber tear, radiating a dazzling array of colors.

In an instant, flowers rained down from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the ground, and the spiritual energy within a radius of a thousand miles began to stir.

As if they had all come to life, they began to converge toward the center.

The seed grew larger and larger until it reached a size of 3600 zhang, and its multicolored light shone for zhang before it stopped!

It paused for a moment, then disappeared.

Then, a spiritual rain began to fall throughout the entire Qingyun Sword Sect.

The spiritual rain was extremely rich in spiritual energy, and when it fell to the ground, all things flourished.

Flowers, grasses, and trees grew wildly.

The medicinal herbs in the sacred land have saved several years of growth time.

Seeing this, all the disciples knew that this was a heaven-sent opportunity and dared not delay in the slightest.

So, one disciple after another stopped paying attention to the strange phenomena. Instead, they sat cross-legged and began to circulate their energy and cultivate.

In an instant, vortexes of spiritual energy rose up everywhere in the entire sect.

And soon after, a series of booming sounds began, the noises of a breakthrough in cultivation level.

The rain lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before it abruptly stopped.

Many disciples were still eager for more, but they were all grateful to the senior who had caused all of this.

Baili Xingyun had arrived at the scene long ago, but he did not show up.

Sect Leader Bai Linglong was the same; she was numb, completely numb!

She had made up her mind. She would stop struggling and give up completely. That was it!

Anyway, if something like this happens again, we can just blame it on the ancestor.

The following day, the sect leader announced to the entire sect: "Our ancestor has made some progress in his seclusion and cultivation, and his cultivation has improved. He is blessed by the heavens!"

Even after the spiritual energy seed dissipated, it remained the same, transforming into a wisp of spiritual light that entered Fengchuan's brow.

It took an incense stick to burn for Toyokawa to wake up.

After that, Toyokawa began to study the techniques and classics related to the five elements.

Because of the true meaning of the Dao, he also developed a liking for planting flowers and plants.

It just so happens that the spiritual power of the five elements has a remarkable effect on the cultivation of spiritual herbs.

He then began to devise ways to optimize the spiritual soil, after he had finished reading the cultivation techniques and classic texts related to the five elements.

His spiritual soil was successfully constructed, and then another extraordinary phenomenon of heaven and earth appeared.

A patch of soil radiating multicolored light covered the sky above the Qingyun Sword Sect, attracting the attention of all the disciples.

However, they were already used to it by now and it didn't seem strange to them anymore!

They were too lazy to even go out and ask around; they figured it was just some elder or ancestor who had attained enlightenment!

Sure enough, the next day, the sect leader issued a notice: the ancestor had gained some insights from a chance enlightenment.

Then, more than a month later, Toyokawa finally finished reading the Daoist Canon and all related books.

Next is reading spells.

There are simply too many basic spells, all kinds, and ever-changing.

After flipping through most of it, Toyokawa thought that he might be able to compile a spiritual book to record all the typical spells.

So he studied and learned at the same time, and finally mastered all the techniques below the Xuan level.

Above the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, a massive phantom of a book once again appeared, obscuring the sky and radiating divine light.

Like a heavenly book, many young disciples entered a state of enlightenment simply by gazing at the book's illusory image.

Breakthroughs are evident in various places.

Then, the patriarch was once again brought out to take the blame. By this time, the patriarch had become a god-like figure in the eyes of all the disciples.

After finishing reading the magical texts, Toyokawa was to begin researching the various arts of immortal cultivation, as planned.

Of all the arts of cultivation, he values ​​formations the most.

Because he is a low-key person, he never forgets that protecting his own safety is his top priority.

And the formation can fully assist him in doing this.

So he began reading classic texts related to battle formations.

To learn formations, one must first learn the formation patterns.

Array patterns are the foundation of array formations; without array patterns, the materials are just a pile of scrap metal.

Only materials inscribed with array patterns can be linked together with spiritual power to generate an array.

The array patterns are also divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow.

Each level of array pattern is composed of a different number of basic array patterns.

There are countless basic array patterns; at least 27,000 basic array patterns are known.

Fengchuan first thoroughly studied and researched the basic array patterns one by one, and then began to study the array patterns of the Xuanhuang level.

After learning the array patterns, we will begin to study the materials used in these array formations.

The array patterns themselves are already complex and diverse, but there are even more array materials than array patterns.

The materials used for formations are incredibly diverse and countless.

Since everything in the world can be used as a material for array formations, the key is whether an array pattern that matches its attributes can be drawn.

The materials for formations can not only be naturally grown, but different materials can also be combined or mixed together. They can also be extracted from raw materials, and so on.

The study of array materials is a field with no limits.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to become an expert at this stage; he only needs to master the basics.

With the array patterns and materials ready, it's time to set up the array.

The so-called formations, from ancient times to the present, countless sages have created a wide variety of formations with different functions, which are composed of specific formation patterns and materials.