According to the True Word Reincarnation Sutra, the two translucent runes on the True Word Treasure Wheel were called time dao patterns, which were an external manifestation of the law of time.
The more time dao patterns there were, the stronger the power of the True Word Treasure Wheel would be.
Under normal circumstances, people who condensed the True Word Treasure Wheel would have a chance to condense a time dao pattern every time they opened an immortal aperture. However, it was only a chance, and the success rate was only about 50%.
And when one opened 12 immortal apertures, which was to advance to the intermediate stage of Perfected Immortal, only those who condensed six time dao patterns could be considered to have truly cultivated the first level of the True Word Reincarnation Sutra. And the True Word Treasure Wheel with six time dao patterns could double the effect of slowing down.
If the cultivator was unlucky and had less than six time dao patterns on the True Word Treasure Wheel, he would never have the chance to cultivate the second level of the True Word Reincarnation Sutra.
There were already very few people in the Torch Dragon Path who were lucky enough to condense the True Word Treasure Wheel, and those who could cultivate the second level of the True Word Reincarnation Sutra could be counted on one hand. It was not that they did not want to, but they were simply powerless.
Moreover, the time dao patterns on the True Word Treasure Wheel were based on six. If one could not condense six time dao patterns, even if there were five, the slowing effect would be minimal.
As for those who took the shortcut and used magic artifacts to replace the True Word Treasure Wheel, after opening their immortal apertures, the probability of condensing time dao patterns on the pseudo treasure wheel would be greatly reduced. Generally, after cultivating the first level, which was to open 12 immortal apertures, there were many people who condensed two or three time dao patterns on the pseudo treasure wheel.
However, with the help of the power of law of the pseudo treasure wheel's material, it was possible to add other power of law dao patterns.
It was just that the number of other dao patterns that could appear depended on the materials used and luck of the pseudo treasure wheel.
Some people were lucky enough to add seven or eight other law dao patterns on the pseudo treasure wheel, making its power not inferior to a postnatal immortal artifact. There were also unlucky people who could only add one or two dao patterns, making the pseudo treasure wheel useless.
Han Li looked at the two balls of time patterns on the Wheel of Truth with elation and incredulity in his heart.
Logically speaking, even if his luck was good and he managed to condense a time dao mark in his first immortal aperture, it would only be one lump. But his True Wheel actually had two lumps.
But no matter what, it was a good thing to be able to condense two balls of time dao pattern in one go. In this way, the pressure on his future cultivation would be much lesser.
After taking a deep breath, Han Li suddenly made a hand sign.
The Wheel of Truth behind his back immediately began to hum and spin faster. Then, a faint golden ripple spread out from his body and instantly enveloped the surrounding area of a hundred feet.
Within the range of the golden ripples, the void trembled slightly before returning to normal. If one were to observe it from the outside, there would not be any abnormalities.
Han Li closed his eyes and sensed the changes in his surroundings. It was as if everything within this area had slowed down a little. The flow of air, the transmission of sound, and even the circulation of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had slowed down.
At first glance, it was somewhat similar to the slowing effects of certain speed laws and gravity laws.
"This is the law of time, it is truly mystical!" He could not help but sigh in his heart.
Unfortunately, the slowing effect was negligible at this moment, it was almost negligible. Thus, in terms of fighting against enemies, it was not as powerful as the pseudo treasure wheel. This was probably another reason why other cultivators were willing to condense pseudo treasure wheels.
Han Li smiled and the golden light on his body dissipated. The Wheel of Truth behind him also disappeared.
He stood up and walked out of the secret room to the side.
There was a green communication formation disk on the table in this room. It was buzzing and emitting a green light that was like water, condensing into a green light barrier.
Inside the light barrier, there were two white communication talismans that were flying around like headless flies.
Han Li waved his hand and the green light barrier dissipated. The two communication talismans flew into his hand and his divine sense entered them.
In these three years, other than the last year of seclusion to break through the bottleneck, he spent the rest of his time walking around the various mountains in the sect to search for the whereabouts of the Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. He also tried to use the eight spirit cauldron to sense them.
Unfortunately, the Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords seemed to have disappeared completely. He couldn't sense any trace of them.
Although he didn't achieve his goal, he managed to become familiar with many people in the sect. He got to know many True Immortals of similar status. In particular, he had a good relationship with several Deacon Elders who were originally rogue cultivators.
He quickly withdrew his Divine Sense. The two Summoning Talismans were sent by the two Inner Sect Elders, inviting him to carry out the task together. However, he didn't even think about it and directly took out two blank Summoning Talismans. After explaining the situation, he politely declined.
He was not in the mood to carry out any mission at the moment.
Not long after, Han Li appeared in the medicine garden of the cave residence. He held the Sky Bottle in his hand and looked at it. Beside him stood a giant ape that was more than ten feet tall. Its eyes were somewhat dull. It was obviously a puppet.
During the last period of seclusion, he naturally didn't continue to condense crystal particles. However, he didn't let the green liquid go to waste either. He arranged for this giant ape puppet to control the green liquid and water several ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs in case of emergencies.
Han Li seemed to be thinking about something. He squatted down and dripped the green liquid on a spirit herb in front of him.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
A faint golden light suddenly appeared on his body. Then, a golden light flashed behind him and the Wheel of Mantra appeared on its own without any warning.
In the medicine garden, a ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb that was closest to him trembled slightly. A layer of crystal light appeared on its surface, faintly resonating with the Wheel of Mantra.
Han Li couldn't help but be startled and stood up.
The golden light on his body flashed and disappeared. The Wheel of Mantra behind him also disappeared. The ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb immediately calmed down.
When Han Li saw this, he was somewhat stunned. After a moment of hesitation, he squatted down again and tried to get closer to the ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb.
Buzz!
The spirit herb trembled slightly again, and a layer of faint crystal light appeared on its surface.
A faint golden light appeared on his body again. The Wheel of Mantra also appeared. The two seemed to resonate with each other.
"What's going on?"
Han Li frowned and moved his body closer to the medicine garden.
In the next moment, all the spirit herbs that were more than ten-thousand-year-old began to tremble. The older they were, the more intense the trembling. However, those thousand-year-old spirit herbs didn't seem to have any reaction.
After a slight hesitation, he suddenly thought of something. He stood up and flipped his hand. He took out two jade boxes and opened the lid directly.
There was a spirit herb in each box. It exuded an extremely rich spiritual energy. Its age had reached more than ten-thousand-year-old.
As a result, a dark green spirit herb in the jade box on the left buzzed and trembled, but the pale red spirit herb in the jade box on the right did not move.
The dark green spirit herb was ripened by the green liquid, and the pale red spirit herb was obtained from the square plate storage bracelet.
"Could it be that my cultivation of the Wheel of Mantra Transformation Scripture is so smooth, and I can condense two time dao patterns on the Wheel of Mantra?" Han Li flipped his hand and kept the two spirit herbs as he muttered to himself.
One year later, at the Peak of the Crimson Afterglow.
The Sun was setting in the west. Orange light shone down and covered the entire peak, emitting a warm feeling.
In a spacious courtyard, most of it was hidden in the shadows of the setting sun. It was dim and very quiet.
Beside a stone table and a stone bench in the middle of the courtyard, a delicate and pretty young girl dressed in red was lying on the stone table. Her two slender, jade-like hands were crossed together, supporting her delicate and immature face. She seemed a little listless.
Half a day ago, she had just come out of isolation. She had finally condensed her Golden Core and became a completion leveled cultivator.
She originally wanted to share this good news with her brother, but she found out that everyone in the mansion was busy cultivating. She was a little disappointed.
"I wonder what Elder Li is doing …" The young girl turned around and looked in the direction of the mansion as she mumbled to herself.
Other than her brother, Meng Yungui, the person she wanted to share the news of her improvement with the most was this Elder Li.
She did not know why, but everyone in the mansion, including her brother Meng Yungui, respected this Elder Li. She was the only one who felt from the bottom of her heart that this young Elder Li was not as aloof and indifferent as the other elders in the sect. Instead, he was more like an elder brother in the family.
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At this moment, in the secret room of Han Li's mansion.
The white beads inlaid on the walls emitted a faint white light, illuminating the entire secret room.
Han Li, dressed in an elder's robe, was sitting cross-legged on a cattail hassock.
In front of him, a dark green square plate was floating in the air. The two Moving Star Stones embedded on it were shining brightly, and a blue light array was condensed from it.
Not long after, the light array flickered with white light and waves of strange fluctuations came from it.
In the center of the blue light array, there was a slight movement, and a fist-sized ball of black heavy water was transported over.
Seeing this, Han Li stretched out his hand and took the ball of heavy water into his palm. He then put away the Big Dipper Heavenly Star Plate.
Although the weight of the heavy water in front of him was not big, it was different from the heavy water that was transported before. It contained a trace of the power of the law of water that Han Li had specially sent over by the Earth God Incarnation.
What he wanted to do now was to use this heavy water that contained the power of the law to refine a fake Wheel of Truth.
In fact, he had already decided to refine a fake Wheel of Truth when he discovered that there was an abnormality in the Wheel of Truth and the Dao pattern of time.
After all, although he couldn't be completely sure that this matter was related to the maturing effect of the Sky Bottle, no matter what, he couldn't let others discover any clues. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble.
With this thought in mind, Han Li held the heavy water with one hand and waved his other hand in front of him.