221: Chapter 86 The Fate of Two Young Men_2 221: Chapter 86 The Fate of Two Young Men_2 Customers who spend a total of thirty thousand spirit stones can get a signed copy of the “Enlightenment Stone Quotations Book” from the Wanyun Sect.
If it weren’t for Li Ping’an’s “death-defying” insistence, Li Dazhi would have even wanted to organize a promotional event where spending a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones would grant a lunch with Li Ping’an to discuss enlightenment.
Under the impact of such marketing activities, the Wanyun Sect and Wei Yuan Sect were making a fortune every day.
Last year, the second branch of Castcloud Hall successfully settled in the Heavenly Abyss Sect, and leveraging the original magic treasure shop of the Heavenly Abyss Sect, it began to bloom in the market towns of the central East Continent.
Now, the business of Wealthy Immortal Li Dazhi was thriving more than ever.
However, Li Ping’an’s cultivation had hit a bottleneck.
Li Dazhi chuckled and teased, “Oh, Ping’an, don’t be so resistant.
I’m earning all these spirit stones also to provide you with treasured materials for artifact refining.
I haven’t shorted you on any endorsement fees, right?
With what you make now, you could support an entire Hehuan Sect.”
Li Ping’an glared at his old man.
What the hell is the Hehuan Sect!
Why has father’s thinking become more and more deviant these past two years!
Qing Su stood by, her mind wandering beyond the material world, oblivious to some of the jokes between father and son.
Sect Leader Yun Mo feigned a cough next to them, barely holding back his own laughter.
This father and son duo were truly the lucky stars of the Wanyun Sect.
Now, as sect leader, he faced the happiest of troubles every day—the sect’s budget for spirit stones was seriously overflowing, and next year, he would have to come up with a reason to distribute benefits to all the disciples.
The sect leader said, “Well, if you ask me, could it be that Ping’an has been devoting too much thought to the study of the Path of Artifact Refining?
Has it caused a shift in his main practice?”
Everyone pondered this individually.
Li Dazhi wondered aloud, “Like Elder Xu Sheng?
His Golden Immortal Great Way was the way of forging, with the Great Dao manifesting as a hammer, and he even got nicknamed ‘Hammer Master’.”
He had also thought about this but, upon careful examination…
Li Ping’an closed his eyes and quickly formed a hand seal.
A light flickered on his forehead, and slowly, five stars ascended behind his Dao Body, representing the five Great Daos he was practicing.
Among them, the cloud-wreathed path was the most dominant, followed by the Path of Artifact Refining, which had already solidified into a square table, and the Alchemy Path symbolized by an alchemy cauldron.
Compared to these, the Talisman and Formation paths were significantly weaker.
Li Ping’an lamented, “My primary practice is based on the Wanyun Jue.”
Everyone was at a loss again, and they furrowed their brows in thought.
A moment later, the sect leader asked, “Ping’an, can you feel what the bottleneck is?”
Li Ping’an shook his head.
The sect leader raised his eyebrows slightly and asked further, “When did you first notice that your cultivation had stopped progressing?”
“The third-to-last time I received the teachings,” Li Ping’an said earnestly, “I had been diligently cultivating for half a year to consolidate my Dao foundation and then asked my father to pass on the teachings to me to challenge the Heaven and Earth Bridge Realm.”
“Did you experience anything unusual at that time?”
Li Ping’an’s face showed a look of reminiscence as he closed his eyes and spoke slowly:
“A vast expanse of white, no Dao in front of me, a rainbow-colored beam of light slid past me, but I could never grasp it, never enter it.”
After speaking, Li Ping’an sighed and decided to fully disclose his insights.
With two Golden Immortals and two Heavenly Immortals helping him solve the problem, it would be wrong for him to withhold any information.
Li Ping’an said, “My own feeling is…
that I have not taken the wrong path.
My way could lead me through, yet the gate that should be in front of me has been moved…
I don’t know who moved it, and the cultivation method I’m practicing now is one step away from that gate.”
Daoist Kongming stroked his beard and mused softly, “Could it be that my ‘Wanyun Jue’ cannot satisfy the requirements of your insight?”
the sect leader interjected promptly, “Such baseless assumptions should not be made.
The Dao inheritance you passed on has already given birth to Longevity Golden Immortals.
It’s possible that the path Ping’an needs for himself deviates from our Path of Clouds.”
Everyone fell silent again.
This actually made Daoist Kongming a bit dejected in his Dao heart.
However, Daoist Kongming soon felt relieved when he reconsidered.
Who was this young man?
This was the Immortal Sprout that his own master valued, a genius in artifact refining who had been taught the complete Dao inheritance!
If his “Wanyun Jue” couldn’t support this disciple’s own path, wasn’t that to be expected?
“Alas, I see now,” Daoist Kongming sighed.
Linghua Grandmother opened her eyes, looked at Li Ping’an, and said softly, “Ping’an, your path does not lie within the Wanyun Sect.”
“Ah?” Li Dazhi quickly asked, “Elder, what do you mean by that?”
Li Ping’an’s Dao heart trembled slightly, and he frowned as he looked at Linghua Grandmother.
The Golden Immortal old woman merely gave a wry smile and shook her head:
“I do not mean that there is any deficiency in the Dao inheritance passed down by Brother Kongming.
“Brother Kongming is on the verge of stepping into the Taiyi Realm.
The ‘Wanyun Jue’ he passed down has been perfected six times, and it is now a nearly flawless Golden Immortal Great Way.
“But your Dao, Ping’an, is not on the Path of Clouds.
Or rather, for you, the Path of Clouds is too simple.”
“I believe it may have something to do with your previous encounters with divine punishments,” Linghua Grandmother continued.
Li Ping’an stated, “I have not been harmed by divine punishments.”
The Golden Immortal old woman mused for a moment, somewhat evasively, before continuing:
“Perhaps I have miscalculated…
“Your cultivation level is already at the pinnacle of the Merge True Realm, at the threshold between the merging of Primordial Soul, Dao Body, and your own path.
This process grows gradually in fusion, and only by completing this fusion can you break through the Heaven and Earth Bridge, elevate yourself, and step into the realm of immortals.
“Now, you are only half a step away from the metamorphosis of your Primordial Spirit.
Thus, I can point you toward one path.”
“Thank you, senior,” Li Ping’an said, listening intently.
The Golden Immortal old woman explained, “The path is…
form your Primordial Spirit first, then tread the Great Dao.”