Chapter 291

The Ten Thousand Li Heshan stabilized, allowing Little Wei Yuan's Dao power to double. This increase was about the same as other Dao Foundation cultivators and did not significantly exceed expectations.

Little Wei Yuan's Dao power was originally equivalent to more than ten times that of an ordinary early-stage Immortal Foundation cultivator; now it was equivalent to more than ten times that of an ordinary mid-stage Immortal Foundation cultivator, with basically no improvement.

In terms of total Dao power alone, Little Wei Yuan had already surpassed Zhang Sheng and Ji Ji Liuli, and was about the same as True Person Master Chuhe's snake or cat, and more than the old Daoist.

It was just that although his Dao power was vast, it was not yet condensed and pure enough—a typical case of being thick but not firm, with a floating foundation. This was a typical example criticized by teachers in cultivation classes, meaning that with equal Dao power, one's offense would not be strong and one's defense would not be firm, leading to a great disadvantage when dueling with others.

Little Wei Yuan recalled this at this moment and deeply agreed. With equal Dao power, he truly could not compare to many Dharma Form cultivators, such as the cloth-clad swordsman Xu Xu Shiba.

With the blessing of a Dharma Form, even ordinary Dao power would spontaneously produce many wonderful uses. Therefore, generally speaking, with equal Dao power and the same rank of Dao Foundation, a Dharma Form True Person could crush a Dao Foundation cultivator.

Little Wei Yuan had many flashy methods in the past, but he actually lacked a decisive killing blow, unless he brought out the Immortal Tree. Oh, now he had added the Dao Foundation Yin-Yang, the Scarlet Night Sword of Execution, and the Sword of Wan Shi and Thousand Autumns...

As for defense, Little Wei Yuan was indeed thick but not firm, but if an attack that could kill an Immortal Foundation cultivator in three strikes landed on Little Wei Yuan, it certainly wouldn't kill him in thirty.

Little Wei Yuan's physical body was formidable, so many enemies would turn to attack his Dao Foundation; after all, Dharma Form True Persons did not lack means to attack Dao Foundations. But only when they made a move would they discover that Little Wei Yuan's Dao Foundation was even more impossible to get a grip on.

In addition, there was the Sword of Wan Shi and Thousand Autumns; a small part of this sword art could be the foundation of a noble family. After dueling with the cloth-clad swordsman, Little Wei Yuan already knew this was no boast.

The cloth-clad swordsman Xu Xu Shiba was worth seven thousand Heavenly Merits based solely on a Dharma body that had been dead for a long time, breaking the upper limit of the Tai Chu Palace's Heavenly Merit template. The most terrifying thing was that move of sheathing the sword and turning to slash; I fear even the Ten Thousand Li Heshan could be severed. This was an ultimate and absolute sword; even if it were replaced by Master Master Fenhai or the Great Shaman Yan Shi in person, I fear it would still be a matter of one sword strike.

At this moment, Little Wei Yuan suddenly remembered that Xu Xu Shiba had not passed on the true essence of this sword strike!

What this guy said that day was that there were some sword moves below. "Some"—by normal understanding, that should be at least three moves, right? In the end, he only gave two.

Little Wei Yuan's impression of Xu Xu Shiba plummeted immediately. This guy looked honest and loyal, so how could he be so cunning!

If it was two moves, you should have just said two moves; why make it so mysterious? I went down to save all living beings, not for the sake of sword arts... Little Wei Yuan complained desperately in his heart. If Xu Xu Shiba's life hadn't been so pitiful, he would have started cursing, the very dirty kind.

While complaining, Little Wei Yuan examined this sword canon.

The first form, Beginning of a Thousand Autumns, was the move where the cloth-clad swordsman moved his sword into a circle, gathered all things, and then slashed with one sword. This move obtained the principles of heaven and earth; after reaching perfection, it could gather all things around that held hostility toward oneself, whether immortal swords or Dao arts, and slash them all with one sword.

The final form, End of Wan Shi, was to stand the sword on the ground and flick it with a finger, emitting the sound of evening drums and morning bells. This sword could shock the Primordial Spirit and dissolve Dao power; at the time, the cloth-clad swordsman only used half a move, flicking the sword with his finger, and instantly dropped hundreds of flying swords.

The sword sound could shock the Primordial Spirit, and reversing it had the effect of enlightening wisdom and sudden realization, making people realize the loneliness that all prosperity in ten thousand generations eventually becomes empty, already possessing a sense of being close to the Dao.

If he flicked the last sword a few more times, Little Wei Yuan suspected it could make the enemy empty of all four elements and escape into the void.

These two moves were extraordinary, but without that sword strike that could slash heaven and rend earth, it was as if it had lost its soul. If Little Wei Yuan hadn't seen it, it would have been fine, but at the time, the giant sword was looming over his head, and the impression was so deep that it was directly imprinted on his Primordial Spirit.

When he first obtained the sword canon, Little Wei Yuan had been staring at this move, even fantasizing that one day when his immortal path reached perfection, he would refine the Ten Thousand Li Heshan into a sword, and slashing out with such a sword would be somewhat like opening heaven and earth.

As a result, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; not only did Xu Xu Shiba not give it, but even the secret manual given by the shadow in the middle of the month did not have it.

Xu Xu Shiba was even more excessive; not only was this move missing, but the "One Painting Opens Heaven" that could unseal an immortal sword was also missing, and the "Remnants of the Previous Dynasty" that was full of mortal smoke and looked like a return to simplicity was also missing. The "Remnants of the Previous Dynasty" form was most suitable for use in front of Xiang Xiaoyu, so he could know what is called "great vulgarity is great elegance," and "great elegance is not as good as great vulgarity."

But obtaining three forms was better than none; it was just that if there was a day of reunion on the path of the Great Dao in the future, he would have to discount Xu Xu Shiba's credibility. Little Wei Yuan temporarily suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart; there was still an important matter at hand. So he returned to his room, spread out letter paper, and wrote:

"Junior Brother Xiang Xiaoyu:

I have recently had some insights and casually cultivated a sword move that is quite remarkable. I wish to appreciate it with you..."

Little Wei Yuan originally wanted to remind Xiang Xiaoyu to pay attention to the Merit Ranking, but thinking that he had just written a letter not long ago, mentioning it again would be somewhat deliberate, so he gave up. But he figured that his occupation of the first place on the Merit Ranking must have already spread like wildfire within the palace, and Xiang Xiaoyu would know sooner or later.

More than ten days passed in a flash.

After the Ten Thousand Li Heshan advanced, Qingming also had a response; the expansion speed of the realm increased by twenty percent, and it could expand by twelve li every ten days. The growth speed of many spiritual plants within the realm also improved slightly. It was just that Little Wei Yuan still controlled the growth of the realm; anyway, there was plenty of open space now, so there was no rush to expand the land. He wanted to wait for the Shaman City to be built a bit more, and then cover the realm in one go to do something big.

Just as Yuan Yuan Qingyan was thinking about the realm running out of food, the Liang rice in the second batch of 4,500 mu of spiritual fields also matured.

In one go, 800,000 catties of Liang rice were harvested, which was originally enough for the cultivators within the realm to eat. However, after the addition of 47,000 young boys and girls, the spiritual rice became insufficient again.

During these days, Old Daoist Master Chuhe became ruthless, working without sleep or rest, surveying the earth energy and fertile soil everywhere, and setting up arrays, adding another 10,000 mu on the edge of the original spiritual fields. In addition, he found some spiritual land on the edge of the realm and opened up several new spiritual fields, totaling more than 2,000 mu.

The spiritual energy in the place where Liang rice was originally planted was limited. Little Wei Yuan initially estimated that it could open at most 12,000 mu of spiritual fields. But after the Ten Thousand Li Heshan advanced, the speed at which Qingming swallowed the heaven and earth origin energy accelerated, the spiritual energy within the realm increased, and this piece of spiritual land also expanded, finally opening up another 3,000 mu.

Seeing Old Daoist Master Chuhe so diligent, Little Wei Yuan felt somewhat sorry, so when the time was right, he gave the old Daoist some Underworld Soil, letting him open up Underworld Fields to twenty plots, and planted many strange spiritual plants in them.

The power of Wood-Generating Profound within the realm increased, and the medicine garden naturally benefited the most. Now the growth speed of spiritual plants in the medicine garden was five times that of the outside world, already reaching the level of an ordinary medicine garden in the Tai Chu Palace. If Wood-Generating Profound was used to bless it, the growth speed could reach twenty times, approaching a supreme medicine garden in the Tai Chu Palace.

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Those young boys and girls naturally would not be idle. With the original intention of accelerating their Body Forging progress, Little Wei Yuan sent them all to the north of the city to reclaim wasteland. This batch was prepared to open up 100,000 mu, averaging two mu per person, which was not much, just enough to eat.

The original 100,000 mu of fields had already been reclaimed, and at this moment, new sprouts were everywhere; in less than fifty days, they would be harvested. Coupled with the newly opened 100,000 mu of fields, the food within the realm was abundant and plentiful. But "abundant" was by the standards of ordinary people, and if they wanted to cultivate Body Forging, the food consumption would be several times normal.

Once this batch of food was harvested, Little Wei Yuan prepared to increase the quota per person per day to five catties; although it was still less than the ten-catty standard for full-speed Body Forging, it was already equivalent to the regular army of the Great Tang. Ten catties was the standard for elite border troops, which Little Wei Yuan had always kept in mind.

Amidst the busyness, time passed exceptionally quickly.

On this day, the Merit Hall had some activity, transmitting a batch of books and six volumes of secret manuals. This batch was all jade books, looking extraordinary in quality.

The books were all related to the Dao of Karma, and all required Heavenly Merits to exchange. And Little Wei Yuan paid the price of 3,000 Heavenly Merits to obtain permission from the Tai Chu Palace to teach the six basic Body Forging methods in the Qingming Realm.

Although the six basic methods were not secret teachings that could not be passed on, and teaching them privately was nothing, Little Wei Yuan was not just teaching one or two people, but planned to teach tens of thousands, a hundred thousand people. This required permission; otherwise, the Tai Chu Palace would definitely clean up the sect and take back the cultivation methods.

The upper limit of this single permission was 100,000 people.

Interestingly, both Little Wei Yuan and the old Daoist responsible for reviewing the permission felt they had earned a profit.

ps: Double activity, I'll borrow the monthly tickets in your hands first, and strive to pay them back at the end of the month.

(End of chapter)