Zhao Ming's inner mansion was extremely spacious and lavishly decorated, covering an area of several mu. Inside the cave mansion, there were rocks, flowing water, rare flowers, and exotic grasses, creating a separate heavenly world.

  Zhao Ming dove in with Li Hui into a large hall that seemed to be used for receiving guests, and sat down on an extremely luxurious chair. Li Hui stood under the hall with his hands hanging down, guessing how this old freak Zhao would deal with him.

  "I've said it before, I want to take you as my apprentice. Are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?" Zhao Mingjiu looked at Li Hui and said calmly.

  Since being caught by this old Zhao, this is the first formal exchange between the two. When he was caught by this old Zhao in Chi Meng Ridge, he mentioned taking Li Hui as his apprentice, but for the next few days, this old Zhao ignored Li Hui, until now that they returned to Liangzhou Lietian Sect's lair, did he bring up this matter again.

  "I'm willing!"

  Li Hui bowed his head and replied in a gentle tone, but in his heart he was thinking of something else.

  Zhao Ming was taken aback, he didn't expect this little guy to be so obedient now, agreeing in one breath, and immediately became overjoyed. He thought to himself: "If this kid wasn't willing, I could have forced him to practice the 'Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra' technique, but it's not as good as him wanting to cultivate it himself! When this kid has made some progress with the 'Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra', that will be when my own Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra cultivation reaches its peak."

  Thinking so in his heart, he showed a rare kindness on his face and smiled at Li Hui: "Good! Good! The master doesn't care about those trivial matters either. From today on, you can practice outside my cave."

  Li Hui naturally bowed his head in response.

  Zhao Ming flipped his hand, and from the storage ring on his wrist, he took out a jade slip, a flying sword, and a small golden shield the size of a palm. With a light toss, these items floated in front of Li Hui, suspended in mid-air: "Since you've entered my sect, I'll pass on to you a divine technique. Follow the method on this jade slip to cultivate it. This flying sword is an extraordinary spiritual artifact that I acquired unintentionally; since you're a swordsman, I'll give it to you. As for this small shield, it's also an extraordinary spiritual artifact that can block a full-force attack from a foundation-establishing cultivator. You take it too, to defend yourself!"

  Li Hui stretched out his hand to receive these things, and in his heart he was quite surprised. This old Zhao was indeed generous when giving gifts! On his face, however, he pretended to show a few hints of gratitude: "Disciple thanks Master for the treasure!"

  Zhao Ming nodded in satisfaction: "You take a look at this Shén Tōng, what problems do you have now?"

  Li Hui put away the flying sword and small shield into his storage bag, and stuck the jade slip to his forehead to retrieve the information inside.

  At a glance, Li Hui only roughly scanned the information inside, but his face gradually showed a shocked expression.

  "Is this the Buddhist cultivation of spiritual powers?" Li Hui looked at Zhao Mingjiu with a puzzled expression. Originally, he still had some resistance in his heart, thinking that this old freak Zhao must have given him some kind of evil demonic cultivation method. For example, something like "Blood Transformation Great Method" or "Purple River Chariot", these cultivation methods not only require extremely cruel practices to cultivate, needing the use of blood and flesh from living people, even pregnant women and children, but also have endless consequences.

  If he were given this kind of technique, Li Hui had made up his mind that he would not cultivate it. As long as he could get rid of Zhao Lao for the time being and find an opportunity to escape later, as long as he could avoid Zhao Lao's eyes and ears for a while, he could hide in the immortal mansion for three or two years without coming out. But unexpectedly, what Zhao Lao gave him was actually the authentic Buddhist cultivation technique "Dragon Elephant Vajra Secret", which made him somewhat unexpected.

  "Haha, not bad, it's indeed the Buddhist cultivation of divine power." Zhao Mingjiu smiled and said with a self-satisfied expression: "The bald donkeys in Mahayana Temple may be a bit stubborn, but this divine power is really good. I spent some effort to get this skill, do you think it suits you?"

  Li Hui's heart moved, and he remembered that day when Zhao Lao Guai broke the protective array of Qinghua Mountain. The method he used was clearly a Buddhist divine technique, and it seemed to have originated from this Mahayana Temple as well. The Mahayana Temple is a giant in the Buddhist world, and it's said that there are cultivators who have transcended the tribulations period residing within its walls. However, Buddhists are naturally detached, and they rarely participate in the conflicts of the cultivation world. Otherwise, how could the five sects of the demonic path have existed in Liangzhou for so many years? This Zhao Lao Guai was indeed quite capable to obtain the Mahayana Temple's techniques.

  "Thank you, Master! This technique suits me very well!" Li Hui bowed his head in gratitude to Zhao Mingjiu.

  This answer is somewhat sincere, because this "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" is a purely physical cultivation method, which does not contradict the self-cultivation of the "Five Elements Cycle Secret", and the "Five Elements Cycle Secret" originally had some physical cultivation effects, it's just that it's not as good as this specialized physical cultivation technique.

  Yuán Hào True Person's note in the Jade Simplified Characters, also highly praises the Buddhist cultivation of divine powers, who would have thought that he himself would obtain a kind of Buddhist cultivation divine power under such circumstances.

  Li Hui didn't know that the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" was a top-tier Buddhist physical cultivation technique, and in Mahayana Temple, it belonged to the category of ultimate arts. Zhao Mingjiu spent a huge price to invite another demonic Dao Yuanying old monster to join him, and the two sneaked into Mahayana Temple, killing a Mahayana Temple Yuanying period cultivator who was cultivating this technique, only then did they obtain it.

  "It's settled then, you can go and start cultivating this divine ability! Tomorrow, someone will send over the necessary elixirs and spirit stones for your cultivation!" Zhao Ming felt a surge of joy in his heart, but on the surface, he remained calm and composed, replying indifferently to Li Hui.

  "Retreat!" Li Hui bowed and took a step back, then turned around and walked out.

  After Li Hui left, a faintly sinister smile appeared on Zhao Mingjiu's face: "Heh heh, this time I really got lucky, and actually found such a suitable good seedling for refining the body. If there is medicinal power to assist, I'm afraid it will only take several decades of work to cultivate to the ninth layer. At that time, my Dragon Elephant Golden Puppet can be refined! Having a split soul with strength reaching the Yuan Ying period is really something to look forward to!"

  It turned out that Zhao Ming's trip to the Mahakala Temple to steal the top-grade Body Refining Technique was actually for cultivating a divine ability similar to External Embodiment.

  Within the Liè Tiān Zōng, there is a divine art called "Tiān Mó Huà Shēn Jué" that can transform a cultivator into something similar to a reanimated corpse or puppet. The person performing the transformation only needs to erase the cultivator's spiritual consciousness and then use their own vital energy as a medium, employing a certain secret method to refine it through sacrifice. Afterward, they can separate their divine awareness from their physical body and control it, thereby transforming the cultivator into an external incarnation of themselves.

  This externalized body is like a refined corpse, but it can be controlled by one's own divine consciousness and has some kind of mysterious connection with the main body. It can speak and think just like the main body, and there is no difference between it and an avatar. However, unlike true avatar techniques, this is after all made from external objects and cannot merge with the main body.

  This is more like a puppet, but puppets are inanimate objects that rely on the power of the spirit stone and can be controlled by the cultivator's divine consciousness to deal with enemies. The external incarnation refined from "Tianmo Huashen Jue" relies on one's own cultivation during battle! Moreover, it can also use divided spirits to control its cultivation!

  Although the external incarnation refined from "Tianmo Huashen Jue" can be enhanced through cultivation, this enhancement is quite limited and has many stringent conditions.

  If the cultivator who refines the avatar has a low cultivation base, such as only being in the Qi Refining stage, then even if they refine an avatar, its power can only be increased to the early stages of Foundation Establishment. However, if one were to refine a Golden Core stage cultivator into an avatar, it could increase their cultivation to the level of having a Nascent Soul!

  However, the most powerful of these avatars can only have the power of a Yuanying-stage cultivator. To reach the Tribulation stage, one's cultivation must be sufficient, and they must also have some understanding of the Heavenly Dao. Only by grasping a thread of the Heavenly Dao can one attract heavenly wrath and bring down a heavenly tribulation - this is what it means to undergo the Tribulation! At its core, this type of avatar is still the same as refining a corpse; unless it has its own divine intelligence, it will not be able to comprehend any aspect of the Heavenly Dao.

  Even so, the power of the avatar created by this "Tianmo Huashen Jue" is also astonishing. A Yuan Ying period cultivator has one or more avatars with Yuan Ying period strength, and can dominate among Yuan Ying cultivators!

  However, the defect of this incarnation is that it can only cultivate some Xuan Yin spiritual powers or Lian Ti spiritual powers. The so-called Xuan Yin spiritual powers refer to the spiritual powers formed by the practitioner's absorption of Xuan Yin energy. These spiritual powers are mostly used to manipulate ghosts and other Xuan Yin objects to harm people. The divided body cultivated by "Tian Mo Huashen Jue" strictly belongs to the category of Lian Shi, which can only absorb Xuan Yin energy for cultivation.

  Another is the Body Refining Divine Ability. The Body Refining Divine Ability only requires tempering the physical body to reach a terrifying realm, and even corpses can be used with some spiritual medicines and treasures to enhance their physical strength, and the effect is even better than cultivating the Xuan Yin Divine Ability.

  Zhao Ming's sole desire was to refine the most powerful clone, and he spared no expense in stealing the top-grade Body Refining Technique from Mahayana Temple. Unexpectedly, the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra" turned out to be extremely difficult to practice, and even after searching for many low-level cultivators within Lie Tian Sect, not one succeeded. This time, when attacking Qing Hua Mountain, he unexpectedly discovered Li Hui, a low-level cultivator suitable for body refinement, and was overjoyed, immediately capturing him and bringing him back.

  Li Hui, after taking the Washing Marrow Pill and undergoing the Easy Tendon and Marrow Transformation, used the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique to disperse his spiritual energy. As a result, his physical strength became strong enough to surpass that of his fellow disciples in the Refining Qi stage. Moreover, his body's innate qualities also underwent a transformation, making him extremely suitable for cultivating the Body of Spiritual Communication. This outcome was unexpected even by Li Hui himself. The Five Elements Reincarnation Technique has a diminishing effect on enhancing physical strength in later stages, with the most noticeable effects occurring during the Refining Qi stage. Little did he know that this would attract the attention of Zhao Mingyu, and it remains to be seen whether this will bring fortune or disaster.

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