txolops Chapter 6 Great Luo Illusion Technique
Chapter 6 Great Luo Illusion Technique
In the tea room of Linghuan Palace, Qi Danyan and Su Mixin sat facing each other, with a beautiful maid serving them tea. The aroma of the tea, mixed with the fragrance of the maid's perfume, filled the quiet tea room.
After the maid finished brewing the tea and left, Qi Danyan picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Then, with a smile, he said to Su Mixin, "Mixin, congratulations on breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Being able to persist in the Illusionary Mist Heavenly Pool for two years truly does not tarnish the reputation of the young master of my Thousand Illusion Sect."
Su Mixin maintained a faint smile, but her brows betrayed her pride. "Senior Brother, you flatter me. The path of cultivation is long, and the Foundation Establishment stage is merely the beginning."
"Junior Brother's modest achievements are inseparable from Senior Brother's guidance and care on a daily basis."
Qi Danyan shook his head with a smile and said, "Junior brother, you have a good personality in every way. You usually stay at home and cultivate very diligently. You love to go into the library when you have nothing to do. However, you have too little experience in the outside world. You are clearly a young man, but you treat people and things like an old Confucian scholar. You lack some of the arrogance of youth."
Su Mixin was taken aback upon hearing this. After a moment of silence, she cupped her hands to Qi Danyan and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I have learned a lot from your teachings."
Qi Danyan didn't say anything more about it. Instead, he took out a spirit beast bag and a storage bag and handed them to Su Mixin, saying, "This is a congratulatory gift for you. Congratulations on your successful Foundation Establishment, Junior Brother. I wish you great success in your future cultivation."
Su Mixin accepted it with both hands, but at this moment, she was as humble and mature as she would be in front of her parents, shedding her mask of humility and maturity in front of this senior brother.
He smiled and thanked him, "Thank you so much, Senior Brother!"
Qi Danyan's smile widened as he said, "Master and Mistress must have prepared plenty of magical artifacts and life-saving items for you. I am of modest means and cannot compare to Master and Mistress, so I can only give you this novel item, hoping it will be of some use to you."
Su Mixin first poured her spiritual power into the spirit beast pouch, and in an instant, she refined the ownerless object. Then she probed into it with her divine sense.
Inside the spirit beast pouch, a magnificent, golden eagle was resting. Not counting its wings, its body alone was the size of six bread carts from my previous life.
Sensing Su Mixin's divine sense, the golden giant eagle slowly opened its eyes. Its dark pupils were like cold stars, and a sharp light flashed in its eyes. Its gaze was like a cold blade piercing the sky, deep and cold, revealing a sharpness that could penetrate all things at a glance.
Su Mixin sensed the eagle's aura, which was not far from the power of the Golden Core cultivators like Old Li in the sect.
Seeing him examining the inside of the spirit beast bag, Qi Danyan sipped his tea and explained, "This spirit beast is called the Golden Feathered Eagle. It is extremely rare in the cultivation world of Tiannan. I obtained the spirit beast egg from a Nascent Soul old monster of the Yuling Sect and entrusted it to someone below to incubate and tame for decades. It is still a young eagle and has not yet reached adulthood."
"This is currently only a level four demon beast. With careful nurturing for another twenty or thirty years, it can easily advance to level five after reaching adulthood. In the future, it may even go further and look down on Golden Core cultivators."
"Among demonic beasts of the same level, the Golden Feathered Eagle is only considered to be above average in combat, but its innate supernatural abilities are all focused on flight. Your fledgling eagle's flight speed is probably even slightly faster than that of an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator."
Su Mixin was both surprised and delighted, and solemnly thanked Qi Danyan, saying, "Thank you so much, Senior Brother, for such a precious treasure!"
Qi Danyan smiled faintly and shook his head. "This beast is useless to me. Even if it grows up and advances to a higher level in the future, it will be of limited use to a Nascent Soul cultivator like me. It's perfect to give it to you now."
After saying that, he pointed to the storage bag and said, "This contains some Spirit Feeding Pills, which are a kind of spiritual pill used by the Spirit Control Sect to raise and cultivate demonic beasts. The amount here is enough for this Golden Feathered Eagle to eat for two or three years."
"In the future, you can instruct the Internal and External Affairs Department of the sect to continue purchasing this pill from the Yuling Sect. The Yuling Sect is accustomed to using this method to profit from our sect."
"There is also a spirit beast token in that storage bag. After you refine it and recognize it as your master, you can establish a mental connection with the Golden Feathered Eagle and control it at will."
Su Mixin was deeply moved. This senior brother had put a lot of thought into his junior brother, taking care of him in every aspect.
He picked up his teacup and said to Qi Danyan, "I'll offer this tea in place of wine to express my gratitude to my senior brother."
Qi Danyan smiled and raised his teacup to clink glasses.
At this moment, Su Mixin thought of the original story. In the Kunwu Mountain Secret Realm, the three transformed demons controlled by ancient cultivators were controlled using spirit beast tokens.
Apart from that, he had never heard of this treasure.
So he asked Qi Danyan, "Senior Brother, I've never seen this spirit beast token in the sect's records in the library. Is this treasure rare?"
Qi Danyan patiently explained: "There are countless methods of controlling demonic beasts to transform them into spirit beasts, which are used by cultivators. However, common beast control secrets, no matter how profound, are mostly divided into several categories."
"The first is the ordinary sealing technique, which uses spiritual power to form a restriction and control the demon soul. This method has relatively weak control, and if the spirit beast is controlled by someone else, there is a chance to break the restriction or even change its master."
"The second type is to use one's own essence and blood to cast a divine control restriction. This kind of secret technique is the most powerful. Some beast taming techniques can subdue one's own spirit beast, and their secret techniques belong to this category."
"One of the most distinctive features of this type of secret technique is that the servant dies with the master. In other words, when the master dies, the restriction on the spirit beast's soul will automatically sense and activate, and the spirit beast's soul will be annihilated."
"The last type is the use of magical artifacts and treasures. The most common one is the spirit beast tablet. A part of the spirit beast's remnant soul is taken and refined into the treasure. Holding the treasure allows one to control the life and death of the spirit beast."
"This is the most convenient for trading; whoever refines this beast-controlling treasure becomes the master of the spirit beast."
"However, the method of refining spirit beast tokens was passed down from ancient times. Within the cultivation world of Tiannan, the number of demon beasts is gradually decreasing, and there are very few major sects that control beasts. The method of refining them has long been lost. Spirit beast tokens above the level of magic treasures are already legendary in Tiannan. There may still be a small number of spirit beast tokens of the level of magic artifacts in various sects."
"Your spirit beast token is a magic artifact, capable of controlling up to a level four spirit beast."
At this point, Qi Danyan pondered for a moment, his expression suddenly becoming solemn. He took out a green jade slip from his sleeve and handed it to Su Mixin. "This jade slip records one of the core secret techniques of the Yuling Sect, the 'Blood Core Divine Control Technique.' This technique can deeply resonate with the souls of spirit beasts, but it has always been a closely guarded secret of the Yuling Sect. I obtained it by chance back then."
Su Mixin took the jade slip and felt it was slightly cool to the touch.
"Senior Brother, this kind of secret technique..." He was slightly moved.
Qi Danyan then said solemnly, "This technique is incredibly powerful, but it is, after all, a closely guarded secret of the Yuling Sect. We, the six sects of the Demonic Path, are allies. You must remember, this matter must never be revealed to outsiders, not even within your own sect. Unless absolutely necessary, it should not be mentioned. The origin of the jade slip must be kept a secret. Do you understand?"
"Junior brother understands!" Su Mixin nodded solemnly, clutching the jade slip tightly in her hand, and said in a serious tone, "Senior brother, rest assured, junior brother will definitely keep the secret and never reveal it to anyone, and will not fail your trust."
Seeing his resolute expression, Qi Danyan breathed a sigh of relief. "The Blood Core Control Technique requires one's own blood essence as a catalyst. You should stabilize your cultivation before using it on the Golden Feather Eagle. Don't damage your own foundation."
Su Mixin nodded and replied, "Junior Brother understands."
Afterwards, the two chatted and drank tea for a while before Su Mixin got up to take her leave.
Back at the Mi Xin Palace, Su Mi Xin took out the Spirit Beast Token, refined it, and summoned the Golden Feathered Eagle.
This golden eagle was not only exceptionally handsome in appearance, but also remarkably intelligent, and it had already sensed that Su Mixin had become its master.
A sense of intimacy flowed into Su Mixin's mind through the connection of the spirit beast token, and the golden-feathered eagle even bent down and presented its head to Su Mixin.
He touched the eagle's head and neck, and the eagle let out a joyful cry.
From now on, your name will be Jin Yu.
Ignoring whether the eagle understood or not, Su Mixin turned her attention to the ring on her right hand.
"Feng Hou, from now on, Jin Yu will be raised in the ring world and you will take care of him."
"Yes, Master!" Feng Hou's cold voice rang out.
Su Mixin put the golden feather into her world ring, and then handed over the spirit beast bag and storage bag given to her by Qi Danyan to Feng Hou.
Afterwards, he summoned a maid from the Mi Xin Palace and instructed her to inform the disciples who delivered their monthly stipends to send an extra hundred catties of low-grade demon beast meat each month.
He planned to use it as a snack for Jin Yu, to cultivate their relationship.
Two months later, Su Mixin went into seclusion again. He was going to switch his cultivation method and practice the "Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique".
There are still a bunch of magical artifacts that need to be refined, and I also need to comprehend a bit of the 'Blood Core Divine Control Technique'.
The quiet room was serene, with only the luminous pearls embedded in the wall emitting a cool, faint light.
Su Mixin sat cross-legged on a cold jade futon in the center of the quiet room, surrounded by a faint mist of spiritual energy. Her breathing was even and long, and her consciousness had already sunk into her body.
During his Qi Refining stage, he practiced the Thousand Illusions Sect's basic ice-attribute technique, "Frost Condensation Technique." This technique accompanied him through seven years of Qi Refining, refining his spiritual power to a pure and condensed state. However, it was merely a basic technique, offering only a partial boost to ice-type spells, and lacking any further cultivation path beyond Foundation Establishment. Now, he urgently needed to switch to a different technique.
The "Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique" is the signature technique of the Thousand Illusions Sect, renowned throughout the entire Tiannan region. This technique excels in concealment, transformation, and powerful illusions.
This cultivation method was passed down from ancient times and has twelve levels, starting from the early stage of Foundation Establishment, with one level for each minor realm, up to the late stage of Deity Transformation.
In ancient times, cultivators in the human realm who reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm could open the Reverse Spirit Channel and ascend to the Spirit Realm.
Unlike now, when spiritual energy in the human realm is dwindling, the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm is already an insurmountable barrier, and the late-stage Nascent Soul realm is even more of a pipe dream, with the only option being to try and open a spatial passage.
The Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique points directly to the path of ascension, truly deserving of its reputation as the foundation of the Thousand Illusions Sect.
Within the sect, the teachings cannot be lightly passed on to non-core disciples of the direct line. Ordinary direct disciples are taught a truncated version, but it is still outstanding.
At this moment, Su Mixin formed the Qi-guiding seal of the "Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique" with both hands. The spiritual light at her fingertips lit up. It was no longer the icy blue of the past, but transformed into a wisp of almost transparent silver-white spiritual energy, which slowly flowed along her meridians.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the secret chamber was drawn in, surging into his limbs and bones like a tide, slowly being introduced through his meridians, colliding and merging with the remaining ice-attribute spiritual energy in his dantian.
At first, the icy coldness clashed with the illusory Daoist aura. A tearing pain came from her meridians, as if countless fine needles were piercing her. Cold sweat seeped from Su Mixin's forehead, her teeth were clenched, but her consciousness became clearer and clearer.
Following the instructions in the cultivation technique, he guided the silvery-white spiritual energy to gradually envelop the icy-blue spiritual power, like warm water melting ice, slowly dismantling and reshaping it, transforming it into a transformative spiritual power that matched the Thousand Illusions Technique.
This sect's signature technique truly lives up to its reputation. Its core essence lies in "illusion" and "illusion," unlike ordinary techniques that pursue the strength or weight of spiritual power. Instead, it emphasizes concealment and adaptability.
Su Mixin could clearly sense that as the spiritual energy transformation deepened, her own spiritual pressure was quietly changing. The originally fierce and radiant icy aura had now vanished without a trace, as if a stone had sunk into the sea. If no one deliberately investigated, they would only think of her as a mortal with no cultivation.
What surprised him even more was that, as he circulated his divine sense, he could faintly touch the threshold of "illusion," and occasionally a blurry phantom would appear before his eyes, as if it were a mysterious sensation inherent in the cultivation technique.
The wonders of the "Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique" go far beyond this. The opening of the technique clearly states that its cultivation path is quite different from ordinary techniques, with each realm having its own unique supernatural power, progressing layer by layer, directly pointing to the peak of the Illusion Path.
One can master the first supernatural power—the Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation Technique—during the Foundation Establishment stage.
This technique is not a simple clone technique, but a top-notch deception and illusion technique. Once mastered, one can create several phantoms with a single thought that are completely identical to one's own aura and spiritual power, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the illusory.
These phantoms can not only act according to their master's will, but also release spiritual pressure comparable to the original body. Even cultivators of the same level, if their spiritual sense is not firm enough, can easily be deceived and mistake the phantoms for the original body, thus falling into the trap.
Thinking of this, Su Mi's heart stirred slightly, and spiritual energy flowed through her fingertips as she silently began to deduce the hand seals for this divine ability. Once the spiritual energy was completely converted, she could begin to cultivate it.
Once you reach the Golden Core stage, you can cultivate the 'Great Luo Thousand Illusionary Body'.
This supernatural ability is more sophisticated than the Light and Shadow Transformation Technique. It is no longer limited to using illusions to deceive the enemy, but can truly change one's appearance, physique, and even aura and spiritual root fluctuations.
At that time, he could transform into an old man with white hair or a child. Even cultivators with higher cultivation levels would find it extremely difficult to detect him without carefully examining him with their divine sense.
This has unparalleled advantages for traveling in the world of cultivation, concealing one's whereabouts, and even infiltrating enemy camps.
In the original story, Du Dong relied on this supernatural power to infiltrate the Luoyun Sect. Although he was humiliated and his reputation as the "Great Luo Thousand Illusion Technique" was ruined, it was mostly because he was not skilled enough.
What stirred Su Mi's heart and made her yearn for the most in the records of cultivation techniques was the divine power that could only be accessed by those in the Nascent Soul stage—the Great Luo Illusionary Domain.
This supernatural power can only be cultivated after the divine consciousness takes form. During cultivation, one needs to continuously construct an illusionary domain. Once it is mastered, it can be spread out in an instant, forcibly pulling the opponent's soul into the illusionary domain.
This illusionary realm is not a simple scene simulation, but a reflection of the deepest desires and fears in people's hearts. Those who fall into it become intoxicated or devoured by fear, ultimately losing their souls and being trapped in the illusion for eternity, leaving not even a trace behind.
This incredible power further strengthened Su Mixin's resolve to cultivate this technique.
His father, Su Yunluo, relied on this supernatural power in combination with the magical artifact, the Mi Luo Illusion Mirror, to establish the illustrious name of the True Lord Mi Luo.
Inside the quiet room, the flow of spiritual energy became increasingly rapid. The icy blue spiritual power in Su Mixin's dantian was almost depleted, replaced by a pool of silvery-white, translucent, ever-changing spiritual liquid, flowing with a rhythm that was both real and illusory.
He slowly opened his eyes, a glint of silver light flashing within them before disappearing again. His aura was as peaceful as the surrounding stone walls, devoid of any trace of coldness or ferocity.
"In the original story, when 'Du Dong' used the 'Great Luo Thousand Illusions Body,' he could still make Old Demon Han vaguely feel a sinister chill, thus exposing his weakness to Old Demon Han. Indeed, he was unskilled and utterly useless!"
After comparing the experiences, Su Mixin sighed deeply.