Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

Zhao Rui was overjoyed. He looked inward again and carefully observed the fire attribute magic power.

"The first level of Qi training!" Zhao Rui's heart trembled.

Many years ago, it took him several months to develop his golden magic power to the first level of Qi training.

He remembered his master saying that even for the elite disciples in the sect, most people would need more than half a year to achieve a breakthrough.

The Five Elements Return to Origin Technique allowed his fire-attribute magic power to break through in just half an hour. This speed was truly astonishing.

Zhao Rui showed a childlike smile, grabbed a handful of spirit stones in each hand, and began to absorb spiritual energy frantically.

An hour later, a warm current rose from Dantian again, and the fire-attributed magic power successfully entered the second level of Qi training.

Three hours later, the stench once again lingered in the air, and the fire attribute magic power successfully broke through the third level of Qi training.

Five days later.

A roar like a dragon's roar pierced the sky, and the tyrannical aura was overwhelming, covering all directions.

Outside the wooden house, Qian Xiaoyi's heart trembled. He was very familiar with this breath. He had felt it on Li Tongzhen ninety years ago.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist. Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on achieving great success in your martial arts." Qian Xiaoyi shouted.

"I can't say I've achieved great success yet, but I've made some progress." Zhao Rui smiled.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too modest. From my perception, if I don't look carefully, it seems that there are two Qigong masters in the room. Besides, your Five Elements Return to Origin Art is probably not as simple as one plus one equals two."

“Compared with ordinary Qi training cultivators, he is naturally much more powerful, but if he wants to deal with the steel-toothed octopus in this sea area, it may still not be enough.” Zhao Rui said.

Qian Xiaoyi's face froze, and he asked hurriedly, "Both spiritual roots are useless? Then won't we be trapped here forever?"

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. I found a water-attributed technique in my storage bag, which can help me cultivate another spiritual root."

"It seems that you already knew what was going on." Qian Xiaoyi let out a long sigh, and then said, "I have set up several formations these days. I can tell even if a mosquito flies in. You can just practice without worrying about it. There is no need to rush."

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Daoist!" Zhao Rui said nothing more and picked up another book on martial arts and started reading.

The cover of the martial arts manual depicts a picture of a mountain, water, and mist. In the blue box in the upper right corner, there are three words written: "Spring Rain Secret".

Zhao Rui did not find any signature when he opened the first page of Chun Yu Jue. He only saw one sentence on the title page:

'The rain in my hometown is annoying. It lasts for months. But after I left my hometown, I often think of it. It seems that I can't escape this rain after all.'

"The person who wrote this book must have encountered something very sad." Zhao Rui had just read it for the first time when he felt a lot of emotions in his heart, and a trace of sadness appeared on his originally happy face.

This faint sadness seems to have a huge magical power that makes people immersed in it unconsciously.

Two full hours later, Zhao Rui finally closed the book.

"Hey! Why did I watch it several times?" Zhao Rui realized it belatedly.

He frowned slightly, and after making sure there were no more doubts, he held the Yuan Shou Yi and tried to cultivate water-attributed magic power.

This time, he had to control three magical powers at the same time, which was more than twice as difficult as before. Fortunately, after his fire-attributed magical power was perfected, his spiritual awareness also greatly increased.

He tried several times, and on the fourth time, the water-attributed magic power finally came naturally.

At that moment, Zhao Rui seemed to return to his mother's womb and heard his first heartbeat. It was also as if he had returned to many years ago when Lu Xuan took him to explore the underwater world for the first time.

"This is water!" A flash of enlightenment arose in his mind.

The nascent water-attributed magic power was running between gold and fire, and its speed was much faster than when there were two kinds of magic power.

Zhao Rui was overjoyed, but just when the water-attributed magic power was about to complete its first cycle, he suddenly felt his head swelling, as if something was about to break out of its shell.

"This is..." Before Zhao Rui had time to think about it, his spiritual consciousness rushed out of his body and spread in all directions.

Around the wooden house, countless pieces of gravel flew up out of thin air and vibrated in the air.

"Releasing spiritual consciousness is a method used in the foundation-building period!" Zhao Rui breathed rapidly, and hurriedly controlled his spiritual consciousness to explore into the distance.

The area within a five-mile radius was all within his spiritual awareness, which was clearer than what he could see with his own eyes.

"Five miles? I remember that as long as the foundation is successfully established, the spiritual consciousness can be at least ten miles away. Some geniuses can even reach twenty miles. It seems that I am still not comparable to the foundation-building cultivators." Zhao Rui made a preliminary estimate of his own strength, and thought: "I wonder if the improvement of the magic power realm will have any effect on the spiritual consciousness!"

Zhao Rui thought about it, closed his eyes again, and entered a state of cultivation.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Rui's water-attributed magic power broke through the first level of Qi training, and his spiritual consciousness also grew stronger.

"It seems my guess is correct! After I go out and find two more books of exercises, my spiritual awareness will definitely be far beyond that of ordinary foundation-building cultivators." Zhao Rui smiled, grabbed a handful of spirit stones, and immersed himself in cultivation again.

He had wanted to cultivate his water-attributed magic power to perfection in one go, but three days later, when his water-attributed magic power reached the seventh level of Qi training, it suddenly stagnated and could not grow any further.

After looking inward, Zhao Rui quickly discovered the problem. It seemed that the water-attributed magic power had encountered some kind of bottleneck and could not continue to break through.

"It seems that my water-attributed spiritual roots are extremely poor." Zhao Rui shook his head, put away his skills, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the wooden door.

Outside the house, Qian Xiaoyi saw the wooden door open and immediately asked, "Daoyou, have you mastered this? This Five Elements Return to Origin Technique is really amazing. It's even faster than last time."

Zhao Rui's eyes sparkled as he smiled and said, "Without earth and wood attribute techniques, it cannot be considered as a successful practice. However, it should be enough to deal with the steel-toothed octopus!"

Qian Xiaoman smiled and said, "Daoyou has always been cautious. If you dare to say so, it must be easy to capture the steel-toothed octopus. They all have treasures hidden in their stomachs. Let's kill more of them. When we get outside, the skills will naturally not be a problem."

Zhao Rui said: "It's not that simple. The leading steel-toothed octopus can command all the octopuses in this sea area. Even if there are ten spiritual roots, they will be exhausted to death by the other side."

"It's really difficult." Qian Xiaoyi frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, after so many days, the other party didn't chase us. Do you think there's something strange about this?"

Zhao Rui touched his chin and said, "Based on what happened to that senior, the steel-toothed octopus can definitely go ashore, but there should be some restrictions."

When he mentioned restrictions, his eyes couldn't help but look towards the lava world in the distance.

"It seems that fellow Daoist and I want to go together! When we used the fire talisman before, the steel-toothed octopus was obviously afraid of fire. The leading octopus probably didn't have enough cultivation, so it didn't dare to chase us rashly." Qian Xiaoyi said.

"This world is originally an immortal weapon that contains the power of water and fire. Although I don't know the immortal's heavenly means, it is likely that they want to use the incompatibility of water and fire to stimulate the power of destruction. Since the steel-toothed octopus is bred in the water of this world, what they fear most must be the opposite power of fire." Zhao Rui analyzed it and said:

"Since the other party won't come, let's go and provoke it and see how it reacts."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "This is a good method. But I would like to ask one more question. I wonder if you can control your breath freely now?"

Zhao Rui asked, "What do you mean, fellow Taoist?"

"We have only been here for seven or eight days. Even if the other party is quite intelligent, it is hard for them to guess that you have greatly increased your strength." Qian Xiaoyi showed a proud smile and continued, "We can use this to lure the other party to chase us. When we reach the shore, we can use thunder and lightning to deal a fatal blow."

"This is a good plan. I will suppress my breath and go test the opponent first." Zhao Rui said.

Less than half an hour later.

In the shallow water area, on the seabed, Zhao Rui stopped and said, "The water temperature here has dropped a lot, but there are still no steel-toothed octopuses. It seems that our guess is correct."

"We haven't seen any pearl oysters along the way. It seems they all like cold water." Qian Xiaoyi said.

“In that case, let’s not waste any more time and go straight to the cold water area!” Zhao Rui raised his sword and pointed it, reciting the magic formula silently.

With a soft hum, the flying sword behind him rushed out, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a giant sword as wide as a door panel and more than ten feet long.

Qian Xiaoyi was stunned and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you are already able to control this magic weapon? That is an ability that only a foundation-building cultivator can have!"

“I can’t say I have complete control, but I should have most of it.” Zhao Rui jumped lightly and jumped onto the giant sword.

Seeing this, Qian Xiaoyi hurriedly followed, and perhaps worriedly, he gently tested with his foot.

"Fellow Daoist, hold still, let's go!" Zhao Rui moved his sword technique, and the giant sword immediately pushed away the water flow and headed straight for deeper waters.

After a while, the temperature of the sea water had completely dropped. Zhao Rui pressed down the flying sword and said, "It should be around here. Let's follow the old method and find a pearl oyster first and pretend to collect pearls."

"That's great. I will be the one protecting you. Fellow Daoist, use your flying sword to sense the Fritillaria containing the purple gold bead."

This time, Zhao Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "There's no need to bother."