Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

In the central hall of the Black Iron City, Su Yun followed Peng Hao to learn the method of opening the door, while Ying Ying recorded on the side. The little book monster occasionally glanced at Su Yun's head.

She was very curious about Su Yun's head.

It can be said that Ying Ying watched Su Yun grow up. From the thirteen-year-old Su Yun leaving Tian Shiyuan and entering Shuofang, sneaking into the Tian Dao Institute and stealing her, she witnessed Su Yun's growth.

At that time, Su Yun was young, ignorant, and a bit reckless, without much calculation and judgment, far from what it is now. At that time, Su Yun was able to mix among the various powers in Shuofang, relying on the balance between the major powers in Shuofang, as well as the wrong estimation of his status and power by Tong Qingyun, Xue Qingfu, Zuo Songyan, and others.

And now, Su Yun, still a teenager at the age of fifteen, can already discover the truth from various details, and even explore the weaknesses of the demon Peng Hao and use them!

He can extract the most useful information from the myriad of complex messages and turn it into a weapon in his favor; from seemingly unsolvable life-and-death situations, find a way out that others cannot think of, and even create a way out!

Recalling Su Yun's journey over the past two years, Ying Ying was deeply moved.

"How did Su Shizi's head grow?" She really wanted to dive into Su Yun's brain and take a look at his mind.

Su Yun studied earnestly and did not distract himself with other thoughts like Ying Ying.

Peng Hao taught him the method of opening the door, called Xian Qi. Although it was used to open the door, it was actually a kind of immortal art seal, specifically used to unlock immortal art seals.

It was not a complete immortal art, but rather a separation of certain immortal art runes from a complete immortal art technique, with one large portion used as a seal, and the other half used as the key to unlock the seal.

Xian Qi was the key to opening the gates of the Black Iron City.

This was the first time Su Yun had followed someone else to learn immortal arts. His immortal art, the Immortal Sword Dragon Slaying, was something he had figured out on his own during his long illness and in his dreams. He didn't really understand what true immortal arts were.

The immortal art passed on by the demon Peng Hao first required learning a magical method of drawing in Qi, causing the true essence to flow and undergo a transformation.

Ordinary true essence could not activate the power of Xian Qi, only the true essence transformed in this way could unleash the power of Xian Qi.

The true essence after the transformation had an energy density more than ten times higher than before!

For Su Yun, the biggest gain was not learning Xian Qi, but the method of activating Xian Qi!

This method of drawing in Qi could purify the true essence. If the true essence could be maintained in this state, it was likely that the power of a similar scale of immortal art could be increased by more than ten times!

"Useless."

Peng Hao seemed to see through his thoughts and cut him off, saying, "This is just a fragment of the Qi-drawing technique in the immortal family's art, only used to activate specific immortal arts. Dreaming of deriving immortal arts from this small fragment is foolish!"

Su Yun pondered for a moment and had to admit that his words were extremely correct.

However, the method of drawing in Qi for Xian Qi still gave him great inspiration.

Su Yun thought to himself, "I have three other seals. If I use the Qi-drawing method of Xian Qi to activate them, I wonder how powerful they will be?"

These three immortal family seals were all derived from the writings of the old god king, and Su Yun comprehended these three seals from the notes.

However, he was only proficient in the first one, and had not yet learned the other two.

But these three immortal family seals all had significant drawbacks. When activated, they could draw in the essence of heaven and earth, causing terrifying power, even surpassing the limits that the world could bear, and attracting the calamity of the immortal sword!

Moreover, when drawing in the essence of heaven and earth, the casting time was too long. With this much time, he would have been killed by the enemy a thousand times over.

Su Yun planned not to draw in the essence of heaven and earth to activate the immortal seals, but in this case, the power of the immortal seals obviously depended on his cultivation. Compared to other immortal arts, such as the Immortal Sword Dragon Slaying, there was not much improvement in power.

But if the Qi-drawing method of Xian Qi could activate the three seals he comprehended, then the power of these seals could be greatly increased, and maybe even become his trump card!

After teaching him the usage of Xian Qi, Peng Hao saw Su Yun eagerly practicing, but he was not practicing Xian Qi, but another seal. He couldn't help shaking his head, "Silly boy, messing around like this, you'll end up killing yourself sooner or later!"

Although he said that, he saw his own shadow in Su Yun.

Of course, he was also a curious and creative fellow, often having ingenious ideas and strong practical abilities. Although he failed many times, he also succeeded many times.

If not for this, he would not have such high achievements.

"But this kid has even greater ambitions. He wants to use the Qi-drawing method of Xian Qi to apply it to another immortal art seal."

Although Peng Hao couldn't understand Su Yun's seal, he could see that it was an immortal art and thought to himself, "Immortal arts are not the spiritual arts of the spiritual masters, but the spiritual arts of the immortals. If you apply it like this, it doesn't deserve to be called an immortal art!"

Just as he thought of this, suddenly Su Yun activated the first immortal seal, and a palm was pressed out, immediately causing countless immortal runes to circulate around his hand, and immortal sounds rang out!

In that instant, Su Yun's blood and energy surged, and the Dao Field rotated, forming a strange halo behind his head!

"Boom!"

A hundred feet away, six layers of the tower body above a white bone treasure tower suddenly exploded, and shattered bones flew everywhere.

Peng Hao's eyes twitched. That white bone treasure tower was his spiritual weapon, but it was shattered by Su Yun's single strike, breaking six layers of the treasure tower!

Of course, he had a large number of spiritual weapons, so he didn't care much about them, and the power of the spiritual weapons was not that amazing. But being destroyed by Su Yun in this way indicated that the power of Su Yun's strike was truly terrifying!"This lad has reached the pinnacle of the Deep Abyss realm, yet he lacks the opportunity to break through to the Celestial Phenomena by entering the Deep Pearl. He hasn't ascended to the Celestial Phenomena realm. However, he is already equivalent to a master of the Celestial Phenomena realm. It seems he has cultivated the Cold Moon realm, a state I've seen in the spiritualists of other worlds."

Peng Hao pondered and thought to himself, "His strength is formidable, but ordinary immortal techniques can't shatter my spirit weapon, which means he must have employed the Immortal Qi Induction Technique. However, judging by the destructive power, the Immortal Qi Induction Technique doesn't allow him to maximize his immortal seal, only enhancing its power two or threefold."

Even two or threefold was no small feat!

With a thought, the distant bones flew up on their own and reassembled into a six-tiered pagoda, restoring the spirit weapon to its original state.

Su Yun seemed dissatisfied with the power of the first immortal seal and continued to modify it, whispering with the little book monster Ying Ying, discussing how to subtract the superfluous parts of the Immortal Qi Induction Technique.

Peng Hao leaned in to listen, puzzled, "Subtract? Why subtract?"

Ying Ying glanced up at him and said, "Subtraction is to lighten the burden. Traveling lighter allows one to go further. Techniques are not necessarily better for being more numerous or complex."

As Su Yun tried to extract the useful parts of the Immortal Qi Induction Technique, he said, "This is what Master Shuijing taught me. Master Shuijing's techniques strive for simplicity. He cautioned me that on the path of cultivation, one should follow this principle: If it's not necessary, don't add entities!"

Peng Hao was stunned, "If it's not necessary, don't add entities? What does that mean?"

Ying Ying patiently explained, "It means if it's not necessary, don't add extra things or do extra things, even if they seem important. For example, decorations on spirit weapons, unnecessary yet seemingly nice things at home, or the trivial details in techniques."

Su Yun trimmed and tested the Immortal Qi Induction Technique repeatedly, saying, "Removing these things is actually shedding the burden, allowing you to go into battle light. The streamlined divine techniques can unleash even greater power!"

Peng Hao's mind thundered as if there were continuous explosions of thunder in his head.

His techniques and divine powers were incredibly complex, as evidenced by the multitude of demonic spirit weapons from Black Iron City. His learning was extensive and his understanding was equally scattered!

His slaughter of the mighty North Sea behemoths and the calamity he brought upon the spirits of Tian Market, the invasion of Yuan Shuo, and the refinement of so many spirit weapons had become a hindrance to his cultivation progress!

"I was wrong, all wrong... It turns out I've been on the wrong path for thousands of years!"

Peng Hao stood up, his expression a mix of laughter and tears, "It was all wrong!"

His head displayed various faces—some laughing heartily, some covering their faces in pain, some filled with rage, and others with joy.

Ying Ying glanced at him and asked in surprise, "Su Scholar, has this demon gone mad?"

Su Yun shook his head, "I think he has realized something, and perhaps he might reach a new level because of it."

Several days later, Su Yun finally finished trimming the Immortal Qi Induction Technique and integrated it into the immortal seal he had comprehended. He activated the first immortal seal once more.

This time the power was even stronger; under the enhancement of the immortal seal, the distant bone pagoda shattered eight layers!

Su Yun tried to modify it again but found no further improvements could be made, so he stopped.

During these days, Peng Hao sat under the Bodhi tree in the great hall, looking foolish and laughing and crying at times, sometimes even talking to himself. His eight arms scribbled strange patterns on the ground.

Su Yun paid him no mind.

Two days later, the demon Peng Hao came to his senses, cleaned himself up, and regained his handsome and refined youthful appearance, saying politely, "Since Su Young Friend has already learned the Immortal Qi, why haven't you left?"

Su Yun smiled, "Naturally, I am waiting for Yu Daoyuan to suffer a great loss and come to me to open the north gate of the city. Only then will I open the gate. So, Brother Peng Hao, what have you realized?"

"I've realized a lot."

Peng Hao smiled faintly, exuding a free and detached aura, "I need to prune my techniques and divine powers. Once I have finished, not even the three sages will be able to suppress me."

Ying Ying was extremely anxious, "After you free yourself, will you go out and kill and refine treasures again?"

Peng Hao replied indifferently, "If it's not necessary, don't add entities. If it's not necessary, why would I do such a thing? Isn't that what you taught me?"

Su Yun praised, "Brother, you have become a mature demon."

Peng Hao laughed heartily, and at that moment, a terrifying tremor came, as if the power of an immortal technique had erupted, and the epicenter was the north gate of Black Iron City!

Peng Hao laughed, "The Divine Emperor Yu Daoyuan has already suffered a loss. Your time to leave has come. My friends, I am shackled and cannot see you off."

Su Yun nodded lightly, "No need. Ying Ying, let's go negotiate with Divine Emperor Yu Daoyuan!"

The pinnacle.