Chapter 1514: Use First, Swap Later; Xiao God Seizes Food! (5k4)

Authority is like limbs, like arms directing fingers. Yet, some uses still require a bit of familiarization, as if a person learning to use their hand to pick up chopsticks.

Aside from the information provided by the Ze Ding, Liang Qu's additional advantage is the ability to derive more from established information!

Essence becomes jade flowers, Qi becomes gold flowers, Spirit becomes nine flowers.

This "Three Flowers" is "Three Hua", the three essences within the human body, corresponding respectively to Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

"Three Flowers Gathering Atop" belongs to Internal Alchemy terminology, mentioned alongside "Five Qi Converging to the Origin".

An ancient saying goes: "Three Flowers Gather Atop, Five Qi Converge to the Origin, this is a method of cultivation. When the Three Flowers fall, one dies. If the Three Flowers have not fallen, coming and going as one pleases, it means that within the years of life, on the day not yet dead, there is still hope for another meeting."

Liang Qu does not understand the formation of Ze Ding's information.

Clearly it is a Kui Fruit, yet Wan Xiang called it that for thousands of years, so the two words "Wan Xiang" actually became an alias, but the true name of the main body is inevitably more fitting.

The key to Three Flowers Gathering Atop lies in "Gathering", and is also the description of the Cloud Flower Position Fruit's authority.

Four thousand one hundred twelve times the Root Sea, vast and boundless.

After transformation by the Yellow Mud Mother, from wandering the sea of clouds it turned into yellow earth, a peach tree lush and verdant in the center, three immortal islands floating in the sky. At this very moment, another earth-shaking change occurred.

The earth changed from flat to undulating, from planar to three-dimensional, like a folded "City of Dreams", converging into an incomparably huge bouquet.

The three immortal islands separated in sequence, metamorphosing into the three pistils of this bouquet, overlapping into one in a trance.

Dragon Tiger Golden Body, Slaying Jiao, Yinglong Killing Scripture, unexpectedly merged into a single divine ability!

Slaying Jiao has the highest rank, seventh rank.

Dragon Tiger Golden Body, Yinglong Killing Scripture are sixth rank.

The three merge into one, thus Liang Qu now has — a seventh-rank Dragon Tiger Golden Body!

The Root Sea changed from planar to three-dimensional, Liang Qu only felt his perception extend infinitely, as if he was heaven and earth, heaven and earth were him, his whole person's momentum rising to a terrifying degree.

Gathering Upright. All things conforming to "Three" can mutually "Gather", metamorphosing into one, being both three and one, mutually connected, each taking the best!

Aside from self-gathering, the external can also gather.

A cripple, a mute, a blind man, the three gather, the cripple can run, the mute can speak, the blind can see. Independent of each other, not taking strengths from each other, only making up for shortcomings!

In other words.

He and Zhang Longxiang, plus Ge Zu, after the three merge into one, no matter who, can use "Xiao God Seizing Food", can use "Body Dies First".

Family sharing pack!

Zhang Longxiang, Ge Zu, can possess the same terrifying Root Sea of four thousand one hundred times as him.

Between authority and authority, they can also intertwine, even — borrow in advance!

Formerly Tianyuan/Goumang, Tianyuan/Rushou, and the second self-cultivated Feilian, at the time of gestation could not be used at all. Now Cloud Flower just appeared, instead bringing Feilian along to become "complete", precisely the effect of its "Gather".

Calamity is "Sha", Governance is "Upright".

Gather Upright, Flow Upright, Connect Upright, are the three authorities of Cloud Flower, Feilian, and Giant Spirit.

Giant Spirit is not a self-cultivated Position Fruit, but completed a leapfrog qualitative change through the Advancement Ceremony, Calamity Fruit turning into Governance Fruit, thus becoming a completely proper Middle Position Fruit, unlike self-cultivated gradual change.

Feilian, Cloud Flower, though also Middle Position Fruits, due to self-cultivation, gradual change is insufficient, authority not manifest.

But!

As the "father" of Position Fruits, "biological father", Liang Qu can vaguely perceive Position Fruit characteristics.

Perfect River Lord's Favor, speaking of talent, Liang Qu is already the number one person under heaven today, spirituality and intuition, strong to a terrifying degree.

Giant Spirit's authority is unimpeded, no obstacles, no difficulties whatsoever.

Giant Spirit's metamorphosis and Favor Ascension overlap and entangle, their Qi mechanisms intertwined such that even immortals cannot see through, the two have already formed a connection, mutually resonating.

Seizing this opportunity, he grasped the bud of Cloud Flower's authority, following the overlapping connection of the Ba Snake and Jiao Dragon, gathering Giant Spirit and Cloud Flower!

Thus, among the three, taking the best, Cloud Flower also briefly became a complete Middle Position Fruit, able to exert the full "Gather Upright" authority, continuing to realize the gathering from two to three under the same kind of thing.

He then pulled Feilian up, borrowing Giant Spirit's connection, Feilian's authority also became complete.

Feilian, Cloud Flower, two self-cultivated, maturity directly pulled to a level comparable to Giant Spirit.

Of course, once Cloud Flower authority is withdrawn, no longer hooked, Feilian and Cloud Flower would "reveal their true forms". Thus Liang Qu thought of ways to raise the gestation foundation, expand the Root Sea!

Aside from immortals, in the current world there is no one with a Root Sea more vast than Liang Qu's, he simply hooked from the source.

Monarch Bone!

The most tyrannical source within the body, driving Root Sea growth most effectively, grasping rivers and dragging streams to the Monarch Bone, Root Sea increases eight hundred times in one go.

Physical body, merely represents two of the human Essence, Qi, Spirit — Essence and Qi.

Thus, Liang Qu took this opportunity to completely gather his own Essence, Qi, Spirit.

Hunting Tiger Essence Qi Spirit unite, metamorphosing into Entering Entering Zhen Xiang Qi Sea, theoretically, both Qi Sea and Root Sea have already "Three Flowers Gather Atop", but compared to Cloud Flower authority's "gathering" of selecting the best, this kind of "gather" is too weak.

Under Gather Upright, selecting the best.

Equivalent to the Monarch Bone's strength in Essence and Qi, compensating onto Spirit strength.

Liang Qu's Monarch Bone strength, derived into "Spirit", thus the Root Sea began to surge violently, in turn, the Root Sea's violent surge once again expanded the self-cultivated Position Fruit's soil —

Liang Qu is unclear whether withdrawing authority would cause his Root Sea to drop. But because the Root Sea expanded, the Feilian born from it absolutely will not, Feilian has thoroughly become a Middle Position Fruit, Cloud Flower only lacks a thread.

It sounds like left foot stepping on right foot, actually —

It indeed is.

As long as Liang Qu wishes, he can now go "gather" Zhang Longxiang and Ge Zu's Root Seas, letting the two's Position Fruit gestation during metamorphosis advance a section! Even if withdrawn, this kind of indirect gestation will not drop!

Position Fruit independence is quite high, essence is jointly held with heaven and earth.

"What a fine Three Flowers Gather Atop."

Liang Qu clenched his fist.

Jin!

Aside from Cloud Flower, Feilian's "Flow" is equally extraordinary.

Giant Spirit's "Connect" is unimpeded, Cloud Flower's "Gather" is three mutually optimal, Feilian's "Flow" is flow!

Closing his eyes, the Yinglong Killing Scripture spread out, and every spatial direction became as familiar as the back of his hand.

In the courtyard, wutong leaves drifted down leisurely; with a thought, the falling wutong leaves turned into the Third Prince sleeping soundly, and the Third Prince on the roof beam turned into a wutong leaf.

The Third Prince landed on the ground, still sleeping soundly, but the weightless change made his brow twitch, his dream quietly shifting, and he suddenly began to struggle.

Endless falling————

"Ah! Was I sleepwalking?"

The Third Prince woke with a start in his dream, looking at the empty courtyard, greatly alarmed; in a few moves he climbed up the tree, scrambled through the window in a panic, and ran back home.

Liang Qu stroked his chin: "Can alter the position of any thing, about the same as the Yinglong Killing Scripture, only in priority it is an irresistible authority————no particularly overbearing aspect, wait."

Introspecting the sun in his Lower Dantian.

A thought moved in his mind.

The sun slowly transformed, sun rising and moon setting, quickly turning into a bright silver moon.

Goumang turned into Rushou!

"Hiss————"

Liang Qu was startled.

Goumang and Rushou have always been difficult to transform, requiring Long Eying, causing him to only be able to choose one for battle each time; never expected that under the change of "Flowing Upright", they could directly transform.

In this way, relying on the combat power transformation of sun and moon, he likewise became much more flexible.

Direct change of one's own state?

"No, there seems to be a more profound change————"

Moonlight shifted, tree shadows also moved.

Experiencing the cooperative effects of different authorities, Liang Qu continuously deepened his understanding of authority.

"Calamity" leans toward destruction, "Governance" leans toward construction and creation. Destruction combined is merely greater destruction; different "creations" fuse with each other, entirely giving birth to different special effects.

At present there were already five kinds of Position Fruits in the Light Center, yet Liang Qu could not feel the slightest joy.

"Twelfth month tenth—————"

Raised his head to gaze at the moon.

Moonlight like water, Liang Qu's brows tightly knit; the Southern Frontier Long Qi owed needed to be repaid, using Giant Spirit Thoroughness to offset the debt, he still had to stay two more days for now.

The lie had already been rounded off.

However, the Southern Frontier weather was still warm, Pingyang was already cold; from the Twentieth day of the Second Month's Great Hunt Assembly, only the last two months remained.

Refining and advancing Position Fruits both consumed too much time; even this was the result of Bai Awei and Fist refining simultaneously.

Two months, at most able to refine one Position Fruit, nothing else could be done, only able to carve out a practice ground in a snail shell.

Fortunately.

Communicated with the Ze Ding.

【Ding Master: Liang Qu】

【Refining Ze Spirit: Water Ape Great Sage (Deep Orange)】

【Ze Spirit Favor: Martial Dao Penetrating Spirit Twenty-Third Layer (Awakened); Yinglong Patterns: Thirteen Layers (Awakened); Tian Wu Yu Patterns: Three Layers】

【Water Ze Essence: Fifty-three million nine hundred fifty thousand】

【River Dominance: 71.9 (River Favor: 100)】

【Heaven and Earth Long Qi: Forty-four】

The sixty points of Dominance for advancing the Ze Spirit were already prepared.

Except for the Pot King and Blue Lid King, all Position Fruits on hand had been refined.

Self-cultivated Position Fruits: Tianyuan, Feilian, Yunhua.

Refining Medium Position Fruits: Wu Fruit, Giant Spirit.

Refining Minor Position Fruits: Mei Fruit, Fei Fruit, Yong Fruit!

He already possessed the most basic capital for a seat at the table.

【World Rite: Wu Fruit, Qingnu, Giant Spirit, the three Governances gathered, jointly paying homage to the Water Lord, can guide the illumination of the Cangming Realm.】!

The Cangming Realm lineage, fully grasped in hand, only the last two conditions remain.

Ba Fruit ascending to Qingnu, achieving Water Lord!

Precisely difficult at these two points.

Also where Liang Qu's capital is not "perfect", even rather incomplete.

"Ba Fruit already refined, to ascend to Qingnu, must self-immolate; with Dragon Elephant King and Ge Ancestor, this matter is no longer difficult, but————

"

Liang Qu worried.

What to do with the three self-cultivated Position Fruits?

Sixty points of Dominance used to advance the Ze Spirit, and can it become Water Lord in one go?

Following the precedent of the Water Monkey, Ze Tamarin, Water Ape King, it is hard to believe advancement won't require further elevation; if it requires reaching one hundred percent fusion after advancement to be Water Lord, then it's over.

Connecting to a Major Position Fruit requires a full one hundred Dominance; Liang Qu hardly feels seven hundred points would be usable; even if submitting the Pot Master and Blue Lid King, it could only push to ninety.

Therefore he has been continuously adding Dominance.

Outside the Cangming Realm lies the Calamity Realm lacking only a Ying Fruit.

【World Rite: Ba Fruit, Ying Fruit, Fei Fruit, Yong Fruit, the four Calamities gathered, Water Lord as king, can guide the illumination of the Calamity Realm.】

Below that, instead is a brand new lineage.

【World Rite: Yunhua, Qingnu, Gushake, the three Governances gathered, jointly paying homage to the Water Lord, can guide the illumination of the Yuhua Realm.】

An accidental coincidence.

The third self-nurtured one could actually be paired with Qing Nu————

However.

Gu Yao has no clues at all, there's simply no time.

Only the last one remains, which is somewhat special.

【Interface Ritual: Tian Yuan as the correct, overseeing the Four Yu, can guide to illuminate the Tian Yuan Realm】

They are all self-nurtured; Tian Yuan differs from Fei Lian and Yun Hua, having only one interface ritual.

Whether there are refining rituals or universal rituals, Liang Qu actually doesn't care; shooting down the golden crow is fine, not shooting is also fine.

Self-nurtured position fruit, no need to worry about so many things, no need to painstakingly complete the ritual.

"The governance degree has no room to rise, must quickly elevate the realm, without Jumang raising two levels, currently still at ten level————Tian Yuan is the most likely to achieve complete growth, plus————Fei Lian!"

Liang Qu opened his eyes.

Advancing in level is the best means to boost position fruit growth; he now wishes he could drop two levels, to have more growth opportunities.

Like Ge Zu, if not for the extra two hundred years of lifespan, he, who is nearly at the awakened realm, would hardly succeed in cultivation, because he is already nearly at the awakened realm, lacking sufficient transformation opportunities for him.

"Hate that Jumang rose once, Xu Shou fell once, only allowing me to choose between twelve and eleven levels, unable to become eight level————

"

After staying in Nanjiang for three days, Liang Qu used the Giant Spirit to clear all the Yao Long, then upgraded the stocked precious medicines, repaying the borrowed eighty units of long qi.

December fifteenth, he and Long Eying returned to Huaijiang.

Huaijiang Wang Fu pond.

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"Grand Elder, Third Elder, regarding the matter you instructed in April, how is the situation?"

"In Huaijiang, Ehe, and Huang Shahe, all eligible-age tiger hunters and demon beasts have gathered, totaling twenty-one, belonging to full-force cultivation, with opportunity to Enter Entering Entering Zhen Xiang, among them eight, who have already attempted transformation under the National Teacher's guidance." Long Zong Yin said.

"Thank you for your efforts, Elders."

"It is our duty."

"By the way, there is one more thing, Third Elder, please have the Entering Entering Zhen Xiang within the clan study it quickly, to promote it as soon as possible." Liang Qu took out a booklet from his bosom.

Long Chen flipped through one or two: "Dragon Spirit Technique?"

"Exactly."

Long Zong Yin puzzled: "But wasn't this technique already given before? Didn't Eying tell the Wang Fu? It requires two generations of descendants to possibly succeed in cultivation, temporarily————"

"I have revised it." Liang Qu laughed, with the aid of the Giant Spirit, especially during his half-month of sudden enlightenment, he transformed not only the 《Wang Fu Jing》, but also this 《Dragon Spirit Technique》 obtained from the Huang Shahe Dragon Carp, "After revision, it no longer requires prior cultivation by the previous generation of dragon people; only the presence of preserved remains of deceased Entering Entering Zhen Xiang or great demon elders is needed, dragon people and dragon fresh families, the Grand Elder should have prepared this initially, right?"

Long Chen nodded.

Back then, during the life-or-death autumn, even the dragon blood fruit had to be taken out, how could there be no cemetery.

"Dragon Spirit Technique is cultivated by borrowing spirit; even without the cruelty of dragon blood fruit, some discomfort is inevitable, but, Grand Elder, cultivating this technique is truly important to me." Liang Qu pleaded.

Fei Lian came about due to Ying Long's favor, able to mature dragon seed qi mechanism.

This is what he could think of in a short time, the only way to increase a large amount of dragon seed aura.

"Understood." Long Chen said solemnly, "I will handle it!"

After bidding farewell to the two elders, Liang Qu contacted A Fei again, repeating the old trick, letting A Fei transmit another layer of message to the Jiao Long.

A Fei is now a multi-faceted spy; no matter where he appears, he feels like a spy within a spy within a spy.

I know you know I know you have a problem.

East Sea.

Iron Head Fish King gallops back and forth, expanding territory, enjoying itself, it contacts the "neighbor" Hai Ya Wang, together forming an alliance; initially driven out from Jianghuai, it and Jiao Long hastily chose a place, the place was fundamentally unsuitable, now needs to reselect the site.

Construction!

Great construction!

It wants to rebuild a dragon palace just like Jianghuai.

The construction team has already been selected.

Recommended by the capable general Hei Da Yu under Jiao Long's claw, said to have gained fame in Huang Shahe and Huaijiang, Pang Quan Heavy Industry!

Even the dragon palace was repaired by them, the designers are said to be the legendary He Li Wang who personally forged the dragon palace, construction skills are widely praised.

Although there were past grievances, but that was before; now Bai Yuan and Jiao Long, and have reconciled!

After receiving the message, Pang Yu removed the big white hat, immediately went to find Lin Da She.

"Ancient dragon people, dragon sturgeon remains?"

Lin Da She pondered.

When Jiao Long moved into the dragon palace, the dead dragon species great demons, dragon species masters piled up like mountains, countless, in a clan-wide death battle, endless, some corpses were eaten as precious medicine, some were indeed stored as treasures in the dragon palace treasury.

Later, accompanying the defeat of the Jiao Long king, a piece withdrew from Jianghuai to the East Sea.

The dragon palace treasury is indeed unparalleled under heaven, to this day not completely consumed.

Bai Yuan Wang suddenly demanded, emotionally and reasonably, cannot but give————

"I will go report to the Jiao Long Wang."

Sixteenth day.

Inside Huaijiang Wang Fu, Long Yao, Long Li finished tea and departed.

"Ge Zu, Dragon Xiang Wang!"

"Huaijiang Wang, I don't know why you sought us?"

"Please also ask the two to release their hearts and minds."

"This————"

Ge Zu and Zhang Dragon Xiang stared at each other.

The two had just returned from the southern frontier not long ago, and then Liang Qu hastily summoned them, mysteriously.

Liang Qu whispered: "My third self-nurturing has benefits! Fellow insiders, try the fresh setup."

The two understood instantly, immediately grasping it.

Liang Qu wasted no words; he was now racing against time.

He grabbed both their arms, activated Yun Hua, and immediately the three of them "gathered" at the root sea.

"What effect will it be?"

Ge Zu secretly anticipated.

He had experienced the auspicious sudden enlightenment of the old toad, also undergone sublimation, and experienced the Dragon Elephant King's embrace of the owl and the Kui Guo's smooth flow, even reaching the "transformation" of the southern frontier—truly wonderful.

The unprecedented, heaven-opening third self-nurturing position fruit—what else could be different?

Immediately.

Ge Zu's pupils dilated, followed immediately by extreme trembling.

"Boom!"

Inside the Wang Fu, two pillars of qi suddenly rose, shooting straight up, piercing the clouds.

The qi pillars pierced the azure heavens, and ten thousand miles of white clouds were swept aside!

The two little river otters lost their footing, one flew up and clung tightly to the wall.

Black hair danced wildly, turning into whip tips.

Inside Ge Zu's body.

One thousand and twelve times the root sea began to surge and swell violently, doubling the surge!

One thousand five, two thousand, two thousand five, three thousand!

Hairs stood on end.

This—this is what?

Zhang Longxiang's root sea far exceeds Ge Zu's; having slain eighteen infant dragons, being half-immortal, already over sixteen hundred, and after slaying the fourth immortal, it surged to over two thousand, but under the terrifying pressure of four thousand one hundred times, it's merely a petty witch before a great witch!

Four thousand!

Four thousand one!

Both were stunned.

A four-thousand-times root sea, so closely tied to heaven and earth that he is heaven and earth, heaven and earth is he—compared to his own, it's like a tiny pipe.

Can a person's root sea truly grow to this extent?

Is this a person's root sea?

The root sea surged and expanded, as it became closely tied to heaven and earth, the self-nurturing position fruit leapt and cheered.

Ge Zu's fingers trembled.

Having experienced such a vast, deep, powerful root sea, how could he return to the past?

Not over!

Liang Qu began to link the martial bones.

Boom!

This power!

What power is this!!!

Ge Zu's face showed shock.

He clenched his fists, feeling he could tear open the azure heavens, descend to the underworld, and easily pluck the head and teeth of the Great Li Taizu.

Not finished!

Root sea and martial bones—both are Liang Qu's highest cultivation and talent; now they "gather," entirely one-sidedly benefiting Ge Zu and Zhang Longxiang, their cultivation realms are roughly equal, he gains little himself, merely wanting one thing.

Divine abilities, converge!

All divine abilities, in unison, arrive at the seventh stage.

At this moment.

Liang Qu realized.

Zhang Longxiang's third divine ability, Owl God Seizing Food, seventh stage!

Even at this step, it still hasn't ended.

Fate, converge!

The Long Jiao crossing the river corresponds to the Owl God Seizing Food, then the Flying Dragon in Heaven, a higher level!

Choose the superior and use it.

Owl God Seizing Food begins to transform!

A cry rang out.

Crimson wings covering the sky and sun, covering Pingyang!

"Who, who blew out the lamp?"

"Instructor, instructor!"

Yellow sand flew about.

The Huaiyin Martial Hall disciples shouted loudly, Xu Zishuai burst out of the room, eyes wide and tongue-tied.

"I'm going, is it dark already?"

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