Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Approaching the Taoist temple, Li Guanqi found it extremely minimalist.

Besides a bell tower and a drum tower, a towering memorial arch stands just inside the entrance.

Further inside are the main hall, the ordination platform and study behind it, and a library.

As evening approached, Li Guanqi cooked a meal with the old man.

It should be said that one of the advantages of Taoist temples is that they don't prohibit alcohol and meat, except for the Four Abstentions and Five Pungent Roots.

In the evening, after Li Guanqi had eaten with the old man and the young boy, Ling Daoran invited Li Guanqi outside for a drink.

The old man suddenly sighed, "Is Li Nanting still at the Golden Core Realm?"

Li Guanqi nodded slightly, but he didn't actually know what had happened to his master.

"Oh ho, looks like you don't know what happened to your master?"

Li Guanqi looked at the moonlight and said softly, "Indeed, I don't know, but it seems that Master cares a lot about this matter, so I have never asked."

Ling Daoran chuckled and said, "What else could it be? Your master, that sentimental fool, stood up for someone and made a bold move."

"Many years ago, during the Opening Ceremony of the Six Sects' disciples, many loose cultivators came to watch the ceremony."

"Someone made some lewd remarks to Shen Lan, the Elder of Tian Shui Peak."

"Li Nanting boldly attacked and seriously injured the other party."

"Hiss! Gutsy..."

The old man tilted his head back and took a swig of wine, continuing, "You say, in this world, loose cultivators are the only ones who cause headaches."

"As a result, that person endured and recovered from his injuries for several years, then suddenly appeared and began to kill disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect on a large scale."

"He would strike and run, and there was no way to deal with him."

"In the end, your master, in order to protect the sect's disciples from interference, fought with that cultivator for three days and three nights."

"In the end, his nascent soul was damaged and sealed, and his realm fell to the Foundation Establishment stage. The Great Xia Sword Sect spent countless natural treasures and went through more than ten years of recuperation before he returned to the Golden Core Realm."

The old man paused here for a moment, looked at Li Guanqi and said, "After hearing this, don't you think your master is a bit stupid?"

Li Guanqi shook his head instead and said softly, "This is not stupid, it is responsibility."

A glimmer of light flashed in the old man's eyes, and he couldn't help laughing loudly.

"What a responsibility!"

"If you ask me, that blockhead Li Nanting is the root of the Great Xia Sword Sect's upright style!"

"It is because there are people like Li Nanting that the disciples of a sect will not be bad."

"Of course, it is also because of this that there is a Golden Core Peak Li Nanting with an eight-hundred-year lifespan."

"Alright, I will give you that Dao Spirit Spell early tomorrow morning."

Sleepless all night, Li Guanqi recalled everything the old man had said today before entering meditation.

The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he thought to himself, "No wonder Peak Master Shen has always been very angry with Master's attitude."

"Shen Lan is already a Nascent Soul cultivator, while Master is still in the Golden Core Realm..."

"With Master's character, even if he has some affection, he will inevitably be too embarrassed to show it."

A night of cultivation made Li Guanqi refreshed, and the spiritual energy of this Dragon Marquis Ridge was much stronger than the ordinary outside world.

He got up early and practiced the boxing stance a hundred times!

By the time the old man got up, the sun was already high in the sky, but the little Taoist boy had gotten up early to recite books.

After checking the little Taoist boy's recitation, the old man stretched.

Then the little Taoist boy leaned close to the old man, glanced at the young man practicing boxing outside the door, and quietly asked.

"Master, why does a blind man light an oil lamp in the room?"

"Since he has opened his mind's eye, why does he need lamplight? Isn't this superfluous?"

Ling Daoran reached out and touched the little Taoist boy's head and sighed softly.

"That's why Li Nanting accepted an extraordinary disciple..."

"A blind man lighting a lamp may seem foolish to the world, but who can say that it is not a kind of wisdom, or... demeanor!"

The old man slowly got up and walked out the door, leaving the little Taoist boy to ponder.

The old man took Li Guanqi to a martial arts field in the backyard and said softly, "There are three hundred Spirit Spells, each with different uses."

"Attack, defense, and trapping are the most direct types of Spirit Spells."

"There are also illusions, mind-calming, obstacle-breaking, sealing, spirit-slaying, space-banning, and so on."

"And the Spirit Spell in my hand is ranked two hundred and forty-sixth among the three hundred Spirit Spells, a strong attack type Spirit Spell!"

"Po Zhen Zi - Thunder Spear!"

Then the old man lightly touched the center of Li Guanqi's brow, and all kinds of mysterious information poured into his mind.

After doing all this, the old man personally demonstrated it to Li Guanqi.

He saw the old man making several hand seals with one hand, and as the violent Yuan energy surged, the entire world of Dragon Marquis Ridge suddenly changed color, and a strong wind rose!

In an instant, the originally clear sky was already covered with dark clouds, and heavy rain fell like a torrential downpour, with lightning and thunder in the sky.

Rumble!!

The old man's eyes narrowed, and he shouted sharply, "Po Zhen Zi - Thunder Spear!!"

Boom!!!

Suddenly, a thunder spear as long as a zhang pierced the sky and landed on the martial arts field.

Dong!!

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the wind and rain stopped.

When the smoke and dust dissipated, there was a deep pit with a size of tens of zhang in the huge martial arts field.

The ground in the middle was already scorched black, and there were still some thunder arcs flickering in the deep pit.

Li Guanqi's throat wriggled with difficulty, and he murmured in a low voice, "The power of this Spirit Spell... is too great!"

Ling Daoran smiled slightly and joked, "That's because you haven't seen the power of the top hundred Spirit Spells."

"Tsk, that's what you call mountain-splitting and sea-breaking!"

"The path of Spirit Spells is no simpler than the paths of pills and weapons. You need to feel the mysteries through the feeling of harmony between man and nature."

"Only when your state of mind can fit the Spirit Spell formula can you cast it perfectly."

In this way, Li Guanqi spent three full days opening up the meridians and acupoints required for this Spirit Spell.

Li Guanqi, who had been sitting still for three days, suddenly opened his eyes!

"I understand!! I understand!! It's the heart of breaking the formation!!"

"But the person who created this Spirit Spell must have been trapped in the battlefield, using the power of thunder to turn into a spear to break out of the formation!"

Gradually, Li Guanqi's eyes were filled with tragic killing intent and fighting spirit.

As Yuan Qi surged, the entire Taoist temple was shrouded in a mysterious power.

Ling Daoran, who was lying on the rocking chair, suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look in the direction of the backyard.

He murmured in disbelief, "Such comprehension is the best in the world!!"

Rumble!!

"Spirit Spell, two hundred and forty-sixth!"

"Po Zhen Zi - Thunder Spear!!"

A slightly illusory thunder spear pierced the sky and fell.

Dong!!!

A three-foot shallow pit appeared in the backyard.

Li Guanqi looked at the old man somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Senior, even the shadow of my spear is a bit illusory..."

Ling Daoran couldn't help but roll his eyes!

He is now at the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, and Li Guanqi?

If he wasn't blind, he shouldn't have seen it wrong, Li Guanqi hasn't broken through the Foundation Establishment Realm yet!

"If it's illusory, then make up for it more... You're so skinny."

Li Guanqi grinned and took out all the good wine and food in his storage ring.

He even took out half a steamer of meat buns that he had left for Yu Suian.

At the same time, in the Xuan Tian Dynasty, which Li Guanqi had not had time to investigate, a shocking event occurred!!