Chapter 371: The Ultimate Achievement of Military Theory

What is placed inside?

Mu Yi closed his eyes and carefully sensed; his perception felt many kinds of elements within, these things were complex and reacted with each other, beyond Mu Yi's knowledge to analyze.

Lie down in it!

Lily walked in from outside, threw the Philosopher's Stone into the pool; the magic circle on the floor began to faintly glow, seemingly reacting with the Philosopher's Stone.

Mu Yi wasn't worried Lily would harm him; this was his home turf, and even if Lily had the intention to harm him, she absolutely lacked the ability.

Seeing that Lily had no intention of leaving, he removed his clothes and lay naked in the pool.

A strand of cool air seeped into his body!

Mu Yi involuntarily exhaled a long breath of foul air, as if all his fatigue had been washed away.

There was a sense of security he had never felt in memory, as if he were still in his mother's womb before birth.

There might be slight pain; just hold on for a moment and it'll be fine!

As Lily's words fell, Mu Yi could feel the various elements inside the pool becoming active, the magic circle on the floor shining brightly, intense magical light flickering.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness…… all kinds of elements surged forth together, then all seeped into his body.

Just as Lily had hinted, Mu Yi felt continuous pain arising throughout his body, something gradually recovering within, and he could sense the power contained therein.

It lasted a full hour before Mu Yi felt everything subside.

Under the pull of the bloodline ritual, your bloodline begins to return to its ancestors...

Your bloodline: Innate Human Race (Yan Huang) is recovering!

Bloodline return to ancestors successful, acquired bloodline template: Innate Human Race (Yan Huang)

Your physique has changed, your attribute growth has increased!

Bloodline template: Innate Human Race (Yan Huang)

Bloodline quality: Divine (weak)

Bloodline origin: Central Plains

Bloodline type: Humanoid creature

Bloodline abilities: Innate Human Race, Yan Huang bloodline

Innate Human Race:

Ancient bloodline, surging within your body.

Ancient heritage merging into your flesh and blood.

Other races will once again recall the fear of being dominated...

Your life, stamina, and energy recovery speed gain a constant bonus, namely: your life, stamina, and energy recovery speed will forever remain above the Transcendent recovery rate.

(PS: Any non-divine effect that reduces life recovery efficiency or suppresses energy recovery is ineffective against this ability; for divine abilities, make a resistance check, and if it fails, suffer the corresponding reduction effect.)

Yan Huang bloodline:

The divine bloodline continues in the inheritance.

Struggling with all things is the destiny of the Yan Huang bloodline.

When stamina is full, the ability to resist negative effects increases, and consuming maximum life yields rapid stamina recovery.

Under the bloodline's influence, your resistance to spells increases; for any spell you gain an extra 1 point of resistance, which applies to spell saving throws and converts to 1 point of damage reduction when you suffer spell attacks.

Mu Yi walked out of the pool.

At this moment, the pool and magic circle have lost their magical glow, obviously having exhausted their energy.

Legendary mages always master various strange rituals, using energy to strengthen their bodies; for these legendary mages, the bloodline purification ritual is no difficulty, the difficulty often lies in the source of energy.

Obviously, the Philosopher's Stone that Mu Yi gave Lily exerted a good effect.

Opening the room door, Lily was savoring red tea; judging by the taste, it should be Silver Moon Tea; even though she left her homeland, some habits remain unchanged.

Mu Yi sat down and poured himself a cup as well; before the tea entered his mouth, he heard Lily say wistfully.

I really want to dissect you to see what you're made of!

Mu Yi put down his teacup, looking at Lily somewhat innocently.

"Do you know how much energy this bloodline purification ritual consumed?" Lily gave Mu Yi a resentful glance.

Enough to hold over a hundred bloodline purification rituals, more than enough to strengthen all the aquatic beasts in the manor!

Then I must thank you; it seems your loss is not small!

Mu Yi glanced at the bloodline abilities he had obtained; from a certain angle, it was indeed worth such expense.

"Thanks to you, my stored energy crystals are nearly exhausted, my experiments must pause!" Lily stared at Mu Yi with extreme resentment.

If not for your Philosopher's Stone, I would probably be bankrupt now!

Mu Yi felt a bit creeped out being stared at, and began to rack his brain, thinking how to compensate Lily.

As for energy...

Mu Yi stroked his chin and reached out to take the weapon sealed in the Land of Reincarnation.

"What is this?" Lily's eyes visibly widened in surprise.

"A product of a crazy evil god who sacrificed all living beings of the world, intending to ascend to heaven in one step to restore divine power! Can you use it?"

This item was obtained by Mu Yi in the Queen Mother of the West's trial, in the Mongol Yuan Plane, containing the blood sacrifice power of an entire world.

Only one ten-thousandth of it is stored in the greatsword.

Originally Mu Yi planned to slowly absorb and strengthen the Asura Path himself, but now he also has the souls of the Blood God Son and Old Gold Dragon on him, leaving no time to deal with this blood sacrifice power for a while.

See if Lily can make use of it; this thing could serve as nourishment for godhood, surely also a prime resource.

Lily waved her hand, releasing several magic circles that bound the greatsword containing vast blood sacrifice power at the center; through an operation Mu Yi couldn't comprehend, she transformed it into a mass of extremely pure energy.

"We need to improve and optimize the conversion ritual; this method wastes too much!" Lily frowned, looking dissatisfied at the energy she had extracted.

"As long as it's usable, I have plenty of this; if you need it, just come to me, consider it my compensation."

"You're so generous!" Lily gave Mu Yi a glance, didn't say anything extra, and directly brought her broadsword into the laboratory.

For someone like her, a research maniac full of exploratory spirit, receiving such compensation indeed makes up for all her losses.

Even for her, analyzing the nature of this power is far more meaningful than the power itself.

"Really impatient!"

Mu Yi helplessly picked up his teacup, enjoying a rare moment of peaceful afternoon tea.

【Zongwang Prompt: You won first place in the Dragon Slaying event; the event rewards have been mailed via email, please claim them.】

Seeing the Zongwang message, Mu Yi was stunned for a moment; he originally thought first place would go to the Dragon Diagram Mage, after all, the destruction caused by that Comet Technique left him in the dust.

Who would have thought such a mighty Comet Technique would cause so little casualties?

Mu Yi placed the claimed rewards in the Land of Reincarnation, a challenge against a level 30 Red Dragon Queen corpse, which could be called priceless; however, Lily and Ming Yue are currently busy, and he couldn't think of how to handle this extremely valuable material.

The teachers at the Hundred Schools Academy can handle ordinary dragon corpses fine, but this level of material would be somewhat wasted on them.

"Why not go to the Military Strategists and ask someone?"

Mu Yi thought it over, decided to rally people within his sect, to see if anyone knows a skilled craftsman capable of handling these materials.

To Mu Yi's surprise, the bounty posted was taken up in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Military Strategist, Lu Feng Hua!"

Not long after, Zongwang teleported Mu Yi and the person who accepted the quest together.

"Can you handle the materials I mentioned?" Mu Yi looked dubiously at the youth before him, about his own size, not really believing in the other's ability.

"I can't, but I know a Mohist Master who has forged divine artifacts; he can definitely handle your materials!" Lu Feng Hua explained.

"Take me to him; once we strike a deal, someone will give you the bounty reward!"

Mu Yi followed Lu Feng Hua to find the said Mohist Master; after some haggling, Mu Yi signed a contract with him, paying one-tenth of the materials and a few longevity-effect spirit fruits as compensation.

Within the territory of Jiuzhou, Mu Yi truly didn't worry about anyone being able to renege on a contract witnessed by the Heavenly Court.

"Senior, can I pre-order a set of this equipment from you?" Lu Feng Hua gazed at Mu Yi eagerly.

"What do you need it for? You haven't reached Legend yet, have you?"

Although it's a question, Mu Yi's tone was quite firm.

Equipment forged from the Red Dragon Queen's corpse is at worst a Legend set; Lu Feng Hua has just entered Transcendent, so even if Mu Yi sold it to him, he couldn't use it.

If it weren't for his two divine positions, Mu Yi would also find it hard to wield the Great Summer Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Zhan Lu Sword.

"I want to give it to my father; he's about to go to the battlefield to fight, the battlefield is perilous—if he could have this set of equipment for protection, perhaps he could gain a bit more chance of survival!" Lu Feng Hua said sincerely.

"A heart of pure sincerity, indeed moving!"

Mu Yi pondered for a moment; the divine position of the Benevolent Virtue and Righteousness Heavenly Lord stirred, fully indicating that the young man's filial heart before him is absolutely sincere.

"Forget it, our meeting is also fate; once this equipment is finished, I'll give you a set; as for the corresponding price, later we'll assess its value via Zongwang, and you can settle with me using Zongwang Disaster Coins—if it's not enough, you can temporarily owe me!"

"Thank you, senior!" Lu Feng Hua exclaimed gratefully.

Just after he finished thanking, Mu Yi felt that the divine power within his Benevolent Virtue and Righteousness Heavenly Lord position had grown a bit.

Mu Yi, lost in thought, helping others for joy is also a form of benevolence.

He actually found another way to become stronger.

But why is it that, although I teach the Shu Mountain disciples to do good and accumulate virtue, I receive no such feedback?

Logically speaking, since slaying demons and eliminating evil corresponds to chasing demons and sweeping away impurity, doing good and accumulating virtue, which corresponds to benevolence, righteousness, and trustworthiness, should not be a problem.

Mu Yi was somewhat puzzled; recalling that Bai Ze had once told him to browse the Heavenly Court's archives, an idea occurred to him.

Before he could act on it, Mu Yi thought of another matter: his cultivation had now stabilized, so perhaps he should go find the various war gods to fulfill their promise of personal instruction.

He had learned a great deal from Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, so surely the other war gods would not disappoint him either.

Mu Yi returned to the main world, tidied up his belongings, and recorded all his thoughts and reflections from his journey, likewise noting down many things he did not understand or only partially grasped.

Some things, as he summarized and organized them, he resolved on his own.

Yet some of the things he understood, instead, generated even more questions in the process.

By the time Mu Yi finished organizing, nearly half a month had passed, and without having consulted anyone, he had already advanced a step further through self-reflection.

Mu Yi was actually quite satisfied with that half-month's life; although adventurous battles were passionate, this quiet contemplation was also quite fulfilling.

Afterward, Mu Yi took his thoughts and records to consult the various war gods.

Nearly a hundred war gods, each with different styles and schools, sometimes gave utterly opposite answers to Mu Yi's same question.

Mu Yi did not believe any single war god's answer; instead, like a furnace, he absorbed everything the war gods taught and continually reflected on it according to his own ideas.

This process lasted nearly a year; aside from occasionally entering a dungeon to exercise his body, Mu Yi, like Lily, mostly stayed indoors, engaging in active study.

The difference was that Lily was conducting experiments, while he was doing contemplation.

Finally, the one who instructed Mu Yi was Sun Wu, who looked at him with some anticipation and asked, "What have you learned?"

After a moment's thought, Mu Yi said, "Essence, energy, and spirit are the foundation of everything!"

Sun Wu shook his head; Mu Yi's answer did not align with his path, but his path was not the only one.

So he said nothing.

All they could correct were Mu Yi's basic problems.

Only when Sun Wu saw that Mu Yi showed no wavering at all from his head shake did he nod.

The path can only be walked by oneself; what matters most is whether Mu Yi firmly believes in his own path.

In fact, by the time he reached this point, Mu Yi had already formed his own unique conviction; he and Mu Yi were more like discussing the Dao than engaging in one-sided instruction.

"How to prove it!" Sun Wu laughed as he posed the final question.

"Elite Talent is merely a different manifestation of essence, energy, and spirit; once you grasp the essence, you can wield all forms of Elite Talent!"

Mu Yi let out a light laugh; different Elite Talent lights flickered in his hand, far surpassing the dozen or so Elite Talents he previously knew.

Now he can fully construct different talent combinations according to his own needs.

"Similarly, various military formations are nothing more than constructing the Great Army Cloud Energy into the desired effect; cloud energy is the cause, military formation is the result!"

【Zongwang Prompt: All your talents have merged, forming a new ability——Ideal Will lv5】

【Ideal Will lv5】

Talent Effect:

Based on will, Elite Talent is freely born; at most five Elite Talents can be used simultaneously, and the effect of each Elite Talent is lv5.

【Zongwang Prompt: All your military formations have merged, forming a new military formation——Profound Assistance Military Formation】

Profound Assistance Military Formation:

According to need, military formation effects are freely born; each Profound Assistance Military Formation's effect is lv5, and simultaneously, in different areas, according to military formation dispatch, cloud energy can produce different effects.

"Go ahead, leave everything to be verified in actual combat!" Sun Wu nodded, no longer raising any questions; once the theory was formed, only practice remained.

Military Strategist has no right or wrong, only whether one can fight or not; being able to fight is correct.