Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 87

Chapter 87: Breakthrough to the True Elixir Realm

Divine Sword Sect Master Feng Shaoyu received the bamboo tube containing intelligence from the Flying Eagle Hall Elder.

As the dignified Sect Master, having weathered countless storms, his hands actually trembled slightly at this moment.

It was as if the intelligence in his hand weighed a thousand pounds.

The hall was very quiet, and pairs of anxious eyes fell on the intelligence.

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu took a deep breath, calmed his urgent mood, and immediately pulled open the small cork of the bamboo tube sealed with lacquer, poured out a small scroll from it, carefully unfolded it, and revealed the secret message written in small characters with a rope head inside.

He opened a booklet and began to decipher it himself.

After deciphering it, Sect Master Feng Shaoyu looked at the content of the intelligence, but his brows couldn’t help but wrinkle.

Seeing the Sect Master’s expression, everyone’s heart skipped a beat.

After taking a deep breath, Sect Master Feng Shaoyu read out the content of the intelligence.

The content of the intelligence was very simple.

“The Old Martial Emperor has passed away, the Grand Empress Dowager temporarily holds the authority of the Martial Emperor, and the chaos in the Jade Capital has subsided.”

After listening to the content of the intelligence, everyone present became serious.

“How come the Grand Empress Dowager is temporarily in charge of the Martial Emperor’s authority? Isn’t there a Martial Prince?”

“The Martial Prince is too young and his cultivation level is not enough to convince the masses. However, is it a bit inappropriate for the Grand Empress Dowager to hold the Martial Emperor’s authority?”

“Yes, I heard that the deceased Old Martial Emperor experienced Empress Yin’s Rebellion. Doesn’t he know that letting the Grand Empress Dowager take charge of the Martial Emperor’s authority may cause huge hidden dangers?”

“The Old Martial Emperor must have had reasons to do so.”

“Why is there no mention of Grand Martial Uncle and the others in the intelligence?”

“Yes, how are Grand Martial Uncle and the others doing now?”

People at the scene began to talk about it.

Although this intelligence was not so good, at least it was not the worst.

At least it meant that the rebellious forces had failed, and even if the Great Chang would be in chaos for a while, it should be able to transition smoothly.

As for the future, that is unknown.

With the example of Empress Yin’s Rebellion more than two hundred years ago, everyone present had no confidence in the Grand Empress Dowager temporarily holding the authority of the Martial Emperor.

It’s a pity that this intelligence is too simple, and the specific details can’t be known at all. We can only wait for the follow-up.

At least everyone can have a good rest.

Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian was holding a large book, studying it carefully.

It’s just that he couldn’t understand it at all.

This big book was obtained from the black iron ring space, made of unknown animal skin, rough and strong.

It’s just that the text on it is not popular now, and it doesn’t have much connection with the current text.

He wondered if this could be the writing of demons?

“I wonder if there are records of this type of writing in the Divine Sword Sect’s library?”

Li Qian thought to himself.

Even if he wanted to decipher the words on it, he had no way to start.

Sighing, Li Qian could only take the big book into the house, pretending to put it away, but actually put it directly into the black iron ring on his finger.

Coming to the top of the bell tower, Li Qian looked at the hourglass and began to prepare.

As soon as the time came, he grabbed the striker and slammed it against the Time Bell.

Dong dong dong dong dong.

The clear bell sounded, and Li Qian only felt that his whole body was bathed in the bell, and his whole body was very comfortable.

So he grabbed the sword with one hand, held a Yuan Stone with the other, and began to cultivate.

After finishing his practice, Li Qian felt that his cultivation progress had improved a bit, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The speed of cultivation is getting faster and faster.

Standing on the bell tower, Li Qian suddenly saw Master Zhou Buping walking up from the mountain.

Master had not returned since he went down the mountain yesterday afternoon.

This is very rare since Master came to Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian jumped off the bell tower and waited for Master at the intersection.

“There is a result from the Jade Capital.”

Zhou Buping said as he walked.

“Master, what’s the result?”

Li Qian’s heart moved, thinking of the large number of experts sent to the Jade Capital by the sect before.

Zhou Buping briefly explained the situation.

“The Old Martial Emperor has passed away, and the Grand Empress Dowager is in charge of the Martial Emperor’s authority. Isn’t there a Martial Prince?”

Li Qian asked curiously.

“It should be that the Old Martial Emperor was worried that the Martial Prince would not be able to suppress the world after he ascended the throne, so he let the Grand Empress Dowager take the throne temporarily.”

Zhou Buping said: “Of course, this is just our guess. What exactly happened, we probably have to wait for the people who went to the Jade Capital to come back to know clearly.”

“So, our Divine Sword Sect… should be considered to have made the right bet?”

Li Qian thought for a while and said.

Since the rebel forces did not succeed, the Divine Sword Sect does not have to worry about being liquidated.

In such a major event involving the alternation of power in the Chang Dynasty, the losing side will definitely be liquidated.

“It’s too early to talk about this. However, the situation is good for the time being.”

Zhou Buping shook his head.

This time it was the Grand Empress Dowager who came to power.

“It’s fine if it’s good for now.”

Li Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Divine Sword Sect was fine, he would be even more fine.

Next, he only needs to cultivate by ringing the bell step by step to improve his strength. Even if there are changes in the future, he will have the strength to protect himself and do something for the Divine Sword Sect.

After all, he was able to practice quietly at Time Bell Pavilion, largely due to the Divine Sword Sect sheltering him from the wind and rain.

Since you have gained something, you always have to give something.

He is not a white-eyed wolf, and he still understands the principle of repaying kindness.

“Master, are there any other types of writing recorded in the Divine Sword Sect’s library?”

Li Qian suddenly asked.

“Whether there is in the library, Master doesn’t know, but our Divine Sword Sect has a retired Elder Gu, who comes from a scholarly family and is extremely obsessed with the study of ancient scripts. It is said that he has collected a lot of books about ancient scripts. If you are interested, you can go find this Elder Gu.”

Zhou Buping said.

Then he told Li Qian about Elder Gu’s situation.

Li Qian wrote it down.

The next day, after ringing the Time Bell and finishing his practice, Li Qian went down the mountain, preparing to go to Sword’s Edge City to find that Elder Gu.

He even brought a page torn from a large book.

If people asked about the origin of this page, he only had to say that he got it by accident.

When he arrived at Sword’s Edge City, he went to see Li Mo first, and then came to the place where Elder Gu lived in retirement according to the address provided by Master.

It was a large house with the words “Gu Residence” written on it.

When Li Qian reported his identity, the servants of Gu Residence hurriedly led Li Qian to the living room for tea and hospitality.

Not long after, a white-haired old man with a scholarly air walked out.

“You are Old Ghost Zhou’s disciple, what’s the matter with you, old man?”

Elder Gu looked at Li Qian and asked curiously.

Li Qian hurriedly saluted, “Elder Gu, this junior accidentally obtained a page of ancient script of unknown origin. I heard that you are proficient in various ancient scripts, so I came here to ask for advice.”

“Ancient scripts, I do understand some, but if I say I am proficient, I dare not claim that.”

Elder Gu stroked his beard.

Li Qian took out the animal skin paper from the package he was carrying.

As soon as Elder Gu saw it, his eyes lit up immediately, he walked over quickly, took it from Li Qian’s hand, and looked at it carefully.

“This should be tanned from the skin of an exotic beast, but unfortunately the processing technology is not in place, it is a bit too rough and simple.”

He fumbled with the animal skin paper, muttering to himself, “And these ancient scripts… seem to be barbarian script. No, it’s more complicated and primitive than barbarian script…”

Then he looked at it carefully again, carefully identifying the rough lines of text that had almost no aesthetic appeal.

“Good guy, it turned out to be a demon script older than the barbarian script…”

Elder Gu finally recognized it.

Although he didn’t recognize ninety-nine percent of the words, he had studied a few specific words and had a deep impression of them.

“Where did you get this thing?”

Elder Gu couldn’t help asking.

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“Elder Gu, this junior got it by accident.”

Li Qian said.

“Such a complete demon script is really rare. I’m afraid that only a very small number of ancient sects and the imperial library of the Jade Capital may have such a complete one…”

Elder Gu’s eyes lit up.

His favorite thing in his life is ancient scripts.

After retiring, he devoted all his energy to researching and searching for ancient scripts.

Especially for this so-called most mysterious demon script, he is even more obsessed.

It’s a pity that he has very little access to demon script classics, and even if there are, they are often only mentioned in a fragmented way.

“Senior, can you understand it?”

Li Qian couldn’t help asking when he saw Elder Gu’s love for it.

“Haha, junior, you think highly of this old man. I can recognize less than one percent of the demon script on this animal skin paper. As for understanding it… That’s a fantasy.”

Elder Gu laughed and said, “However… give this old man time, and I’m confident that I can figure out a part of it.”

“Then I’ll trouble Elder Gu.”

Li Qian said hastily.

“No trouble, no trouble at all.”

Elder Gu waved his hands again and again, very excited.

After all, being able to study a complete demon script classic was something he never dared to think about in his dreams.

So, Li Qian left the page of the demon script classic for Elder Gu to study slowly.

Anyway, there are many such demon script classics in his black iron ring, and a mere page has little impact, not to mention that he has already memorized it.

The masters sent by the Divine Sword Sect to the Jade Capital returned one after another, bringing back more detailed information about the Jade Capital rebellion.

This time, the Divine Sword Sect suffered a lot in the Jade Capital Rebellion. The Black Sun Peak Master was seriously injured and retired. A Sword Envoy died of serious injuries. In addition, three elders with real authority and eleven ordinary elders fell. As for the injured, there are even more.

The most important thing is that Xiao Tianren, the only one in the Divine Sword Sect, was also seriously injured and stayed in the Jade Capital to recuperate.

The Divine Sword Sect suffered such a great loss, one can imagine how tragic the battle of the Jade Capital Rebellion was.

It is said that there were as many as a dozen Celestial Beings who fell in the battle between the two sides, including top-tier Celestial Beings, and even more were injured.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

This year is destined to be a turbulent one.

Due to the serious injury and retirement of the Black Sun Peak Master and the fall of a Sword Envoy, two True Disciples from the True Transmission Hall came to the fore and took over the positions of Black Sun Peak Master and Sword Envoy.

One after another, a dozen elders and elders with real authority retired due to injuries, and many core disciples whose cultivation had reached the Grandmaster level were promoted to elders.

In addition, elders who have reached the Great Grandmaster level and have participated in the suppression of the Jade Capital Rebellion and have enough meritorious service will be promoted to elders with real authority.

Moreover, the Divine Sword Sect held another True Disciple selection, adding a True Disciple from the younger generation of Inner Sect disciples.

Outside the Divine Sword Sect, there are also turbulent undercurrents. The aftermath of the Jade Capital Rebellion is far from over, it has just begun.

All this has nothing to do with Li Qian.

Except for the Inner Sect missions twice a year, he never left the Divine Sword Sect again.

Every day is just ringing the bell and practicing, making rapid progress.

Late at night.

On the Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

His heart moved, and he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation: Innate True Essence （Late Stage 99/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell （Law 4453/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist （Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual （Perfection）, Immaculate Holy Body （Major Completion 77/100）, Soul-Chasing Sword Technique （Perfection）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent （True Image 42/100）.

Secret Techniques: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.

“Cultivation is finally about to reach the True Elixir Realm.”

Li Qian murmured to himself.

In addition, the improvement speed of the Immaculate Holy Body is also extremely astonishing.

It has reached Major Completion 77.

The reason why it is so fast is related to the fact that he absorbs demon stones three times a day now, and the amount he absorbs each time has also increased a lot.

At this rate, he suspects that it will take him half a year at most to train the Immaculate Holy Body to perfection.

What will happen when the Immaculate Holy Body is perfected?

He was looking forward to it.

Whoosh!

Li Qian put on the black cloak, his figure moved, he rose into the air, left the Time Bell Pavilion, and flew towards the distance.

To break through to the True Elixir Realm, he must go to other places.

This time, he chose to stay away from the Divine Sword Sect.

Anyway, he has Yuan Stones, so he doesn’t have to worry about the concentration of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi being insufficient.

The Yuan Qi contained in the Yuan Stone is very rich and pure. In his year of practice, he only used less than four Yuan Stones.

There are hundreds of such Yuan Stones in the black iron ring.

In a deep mountain dozens of miles away from the Divine Sword Sect.

The trees are dense, and there are no villages around.

The only disadvantage is that the concentration of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi is much worse than that of Time Bell Pavilion.

But it doesn’t matter, he has Yuan Stone to help him break through.

Li Qian sat cross-legged on a rock.

He held a Yuan Stone in his palm.

“Let’s begin.”

He took a deep breath, and immediately ran the Heartless Sword Manual heart method. The rolling True Essence surged in his body, and his Immaculate Holy Body began to absorb the Yuan Qi between heaven and earth.

Rolling Yuan Qi gathered.

The Yuan Stone in his palm released a large amount of pure Yuan Qi, which was absorbed into his body, combined with Qi, blood and spirit, and transformed into more pure True Essence.

More and more True Essence, he only felt that the meridians all over his body were full and swollen.

As if breaking through a certain bottleneck.

In the Qi Sea Dantian, the six paths of True Essence vibrated violently, the originally stable structure of the Six Lines Qi Field disintegrated by itself, and more True Essence gathered, gradually forming the seventh path of True Essence.

However, this is far from over.

As the seven paths of True Essence circulated and changed, they gradually combined to form a stable Seven Stars Qi Field.

The most important thing is that a strange crystal was born at the core of the Seven Stars Qi Field.

“Is this the True Elixir?”

Li Qian sensed the crystal in his Qi Sea Dantian.

This crystal True Elixir is extremely terrifying.

It seems to be only the size of a sesame seed, but it has almost gathered more than 90% of his Innate True Qi.

“It seems that only the Seven Stars Qi Field can compress True Essence into a True Elixir.”

Li Qian basically understood the mystery of different levels of Qi Fields.

The subsequent Eight Trigrams Qi Field and Nine Palaces Qi Field will make the condensation of the True Elixir more thorough.

Until the True Elixir is finally transformed and the Celestial Being Realm is achieved…

It’s not easy.

Finally broke through to the True Elixir Realm.

Li Qian opened his eyes and couldn’t help but let out a long breath.

After the True Elixir was formed, his strength was rapidly improved again.

True Elixir is not at the same level as True Essence at all.

It’s like the difference between True Qi and True Essence.

No, it should be said to be bigger.