Chapter 438

The heavenly tribulation rolled down, almost flattening the buildings at the seclusion site. After finally waiting for the tribulation to pass, Wei Yuan immediately rushed over and dug three charred bodies that smelled of cooked meat out of the ruins.

Sun Yu and Yu Zhizhuo were both on their last breaths. Originally, most of the lightning tribulation was diverted by the lightning rods, but the subsequent heavenly fire and golden blades destroyed the lightning protection equipment, and then the two ate the full amount of the golden lightning tribulation and the lightning-fire tribulation.

The third charred body was Xu Wenwu. This guy was originally sleeping soundly, but the heavenly tribulation arrived suddenly, and he didn't have time to run away, so he also ate several tribulation lightning strikes. However, among the three, his aura was the most vigorous; he was actually only slightly injured.

Wei Yuan hurriedly summoned medical cultivators to save the three. After the tribulation lightning, the three's auras bottomed out and recovered, the charred flesh on their bodies fell off, and new skin gradually grew. Half a day later, they had recovered.

Yu Zhizhuo's Dharma Form was a small Metal-element bird with big eyes and full of spiritual nature. Although it looked like it had no combat power, just looking at its agile flight and curious gaze, one knew that the rank of this Dharma Form could not be low.

When the bird looked at Wei Yuan, Wei Yuan instantly had the feeling of being seen through, and then the bird screamed, tears flowing from its eyes, and it disappeared directly.

This Dharma Form could see through falsehood, travel through earth and stone, and also see through the essence of objects. Just now, it wanted to see through Wei Yuan's essence, but its eyes were almost blinded, and it never dared to show itself again.

The functions of this Dharma Form were more auxiliary, allowing Yu Zhizhuo to see more of the nature of objects and also travel underground; it was a sharp tool for finding mineral veins. It could also see through the weaknesses and reality of opponents, and when combined with powerful magic treasures, it would also have miraculous effects in fighting.

Sun Yu's Dharma Form was much more striking; it was a huge poisonous scorpion fused with a pill furnace. The furnace constantly spewed pale black smoke, and one knew it was highly poisonous without even testing it.

Wei Yuan thought as he watched; this Dharma Form seemed inconsistent with Sun Yu's profession of saving lives and healing the wounded. Sun Yu's expression was also a bit ugly, feeling that his years of benevolence had been misinterpreted by the heavens and earth.

The third was Xu Wenwu; it seemed like something was about to emerge from the top of his head, but nothing did. After all, Xu Wenwu hadn't even forged his Dao foundation, and he was still quite far from the Dharma Form.

After shedding the charred skin and flesh, Xu Wenwu appeared even whiter and more delicate, his whole person round and shining with pearly light, like a little pearl Buddha.

Wei Yuan carefully reviewed the whole process and finally knew why the Dharma Form heavenly tribulation hadn't killed Xu Wenwu. This guy somehow used up all the fortune Wei Yuan had blessed the seclusion site with to prevent accidents.

Precisely because of the protection of this fortune, Xu Wenwu not only saved his life, but his injuries were also the lightest of the three. And because he had survived the heavenly tribulation of advancing to the Dharma Form as a Body Forging cultivator, Xu Wenwu's physical body was tempered, and the extent of the improvement was shocking.

Qingming added two more Dharma Forms, and their strength increased greatly; Wei Yuan was also very happy. The two still needed to seclude themselves for a few days to recuperate, and after consolidating their foundations, they would return to the Primordial Palace to learn the cultivation methods of the Dharma Form period.

Wei Yuan ordered the reconstruction of the seclusion site and then pondered: heavenly tribulations in Qingming often mutated, and the difficulty increased greatly—what exactly was the problem?

After thinking about it, Wei Yuan felt that perhaps it should be the problem of the advancers themselves; there was no other explanation.

Just at this moment, Wei Yuan's heart stirred, and a figure appeared in the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains. It was Cui Yu; his appearance in the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains meant that he was already sleeping in reality.

Wei Yuan's divine sense moved and appeared before him, saying: "Will you get tired if you come too frequently?"

Cui Yu shook his head: "No, I have clearly perceived that the opportunity for advancement is right here."

"Then…… take care to rest." Wei Yuan felt that what he said was a bit strange.

For those who could enter the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, sleeping and resting was the beginning of another period of work.

Cui Yu nodded and entered the All-Beings Equality War Equipment Research Institute, beginning to contribute a share of strength to All-Beings Equality.

However, Cui Yu was different from other people who entered the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; he assumed the function of a node, similar to an Immortal Plant.

The essence of an Immortal Plant was far higher than a Dao foundation; as a node, they could process thousands of tasks in an instant, while Cui Yu could barely process four or five tasks at the same time, at most being able to be responsible for ten mortals, not letting their thinking ability go to waste.

Despite the hardship and the essential difference from his daily way of thinking, Cui Yu still gritted his teeth and persisted, changing from initially only being able to persist for a quarter of an hour before having to wake up to now being able to persist for a full hour. He also changed from initially making frequent mistakes when processing two tasks at the same time to now being able to stably process four or five tasks.

Cui Yu entered the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains by chance initially; he was ignorant of this at first, and it wasn't until three or four times later that he noticed something was wrong, alarming Wei Yuan, and only then did he know that he was actually in Wei Yuan's Dharma Form world.

But the experience of working continuously these past few days, mainly the experience of being squeezed of his thinking ability by the Immortal Plant as an ordinary mortal, suddenly stimulated Cui Yu's inspiration and alternative talent. He faintly felt that it seemed like a blessing was summoning him!

Thus, Cui Yu worked twice as hard, sleeping at a fixed time every day, and sleeping for two hours at a time; no matter how Wei Yuan tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen.

Later, when Wei Yuan also discovered that Cui Yu's Dao foundation gradually began to change and his spiritual nature clearly improved, he stopped interfering.

Cui Yu's entry into the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains was an accident; besides him, Wei Yuan initially wouldn't pull any Primordial Palace cultivators in. Those who could come in were cultivators from the Dao foundation class, and then there were the offerings and the Xu family youths.

The offerings and the Xu family youths had clean backgrounds and wouldn't leave Qingming; after they entered Wei Yuan's Mind-Reflection World, they could fully participate in various activities. So, as soon as Wei Yuan returned to Qingming, it was equivalent to having the thinking ability of over a hundred thousand mortals, and the progress of the projects in the major research institutes soared accordingly.

But Yu Zhizhuo and Sun Yu achieving the Dharma Form immediately stimulated the other cultivators of the Primordial Palace.

Now, each hall of the Primordial Palace already had fifty or sixty people in Qingming, each with their own responsibilities. Many of them had cultivated to the late stage of the Dao foundation, but their spiritual nature was still a bit lacking, and they didn't dare to advance to the Dharma Form. One of the noble family disciples who was on good terms with Cui Yu accidentally learned that Cui Yu's Dao foundation spiritual nature was growing now, and he was immediately envious, pestering him with questions for a long time until Cui Yu had to reveal his secret.

Thus, this noble family disciple immediately came to find Wei Yuan, expressing that he was also willing to go to the Mind-Reflection World for training, and swore a poisonous oath that he would absolutely not leak Wei Yuan's secret.

This noble family disciple was one of the first batch of people who came with Cui Yu, and together with Wang Yu and Xu Yi, he was one of the original sixteen playboys; regardless of merit or friendship, it was very deep.

This person had mediocre bones but quite good luck; he had been through life and death in Qingming all these years, and after one bloody battle after another, he actually reached the Dao foundation completion unknowingly, leaving everyone else behind in terms of cultivation progress.

Wei Yuan carefully checked his sea of consciousness and Dao foundation and found that although the realm was already complete, the spiritual nature of the Dao foundation was far from enough and quite dull; in this situation, wanting to advance to the Dharma Form was a dead end. So, holding the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Wei Yuan pulled him into the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains.

Naturally, the scope that outsiders could see after entering the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains was quite limited; they couldn't see Mount Yu and the Gate of Myriad Realms, nor could they see the Yin-Yang and the Sword of Inheritance.

Wei Yuan knew that as long as he pulled people into the Mind-Reflection World, the secret of his Human World Renjian Yanhuo would sooner or later be known by others. However, as long as he didn't let people see the Yin-Yang and the Gate of Myriad Realms, it was no big deal.

On the contrary, having a Mind-Reflection World with almost full spiritual nature when he first achieved the Dharma Form—if such talent were spread, he should be able to harvest some fortune.

Since he had let one noble family disciple in, Wei Yuan simply summoned the cultivators who were before the Dharma Form and had been in Qingming for a long time, opening the option to enter Human World Renjian Yanhuo for training.

Thus, the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains became much livelier, with dozens more humanoid nodes. Seeing such a magnificent Mind-Reflection World upon first entering the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, people's enthusiasm immediately soared, and everyone was working hard at sleeping and working hard while sleeping.

From the moment they entered the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, they finally felt the joy of not wasting a single second of their lives, and the blessing was about to descend.

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Just as Wei Yuan was concentrating all his strength on Bao Yun's Ding'an City and building it at high speed, news of the Shaman army's assembly finally arrived.

The scouts sent out returned with news that the initially assembled Shaman army already exceeded five hundred thousand, with unknown follow-up forces and an unknown number of high-level experts.

Although Wei Yuan had been preparing for the Shaman tribe's advance, the Shaman tribe had come prepared this time and was absolutely difficult to deal with.

Last time, the Shaman tribe dispatched two Yujings and ended up returning in defeat; this time, they were making a comeback, and there was no need to think about it—there would definitely be more than two Yujings, but it was unknown if it was three, four, or more.

Upon learning the news about the Shaman tribe, Wei Yuan immediately wrote to the Primordial Palace, inviting Ancestor Xuanyue to come and sit in command. As for the other True Lords, Wei Yuan felt he didn't have the qualifications or the friendship to call them, and the Northern Shanmen was also tight, so the True Lords couldn't be moved lightly.

It was just that eloping with Bao Yun made it impossible for Wei Yuan to invite Bao Manshan to come and observe the ceremony again. Zhu Yuanjin was elusive, and Wei Yuan didn't know where she was at all.

Given that his side's Fenhai Zhenjun-level combat power might be at a disadvantage, Wei Yuan decided to turtle up and defend completely, closing the mine shafts that were now close to the edge of the domain, withdrawing all personnel outside the domain, and building large-scale defensive lines at the edge. Then, he formed a defense system with Bao Yun's Ding'an City as the most forward defensive pivot, and deployed several large earth-mound defensive areas on the flanks and rear.

The so-called earth-mound was also a defensive method proposed by mortals, belonging to the improvement and enhancement of the previous underground defense battles. It meant building fortifications and trenches on the ground while digging underground, retaining the original underground combat mode.

In this way, if the Shaman tribe left the earth-mounds alone and bypassed them to attack other Qingming troops, then the troops guarding the earth-mounds would continuously kill the Shaman tribe.

If the Shaman tribe attacked the earth-mounds, they would also have to pay heavy casualties. After the defenders were defeated, they would retreat underground, and if the underground really couldn't be held, they would escape to other earth-mounds along the pre-prepared passages.

In addition, Wei Yuan also sought help from Li Zhi. Li Zhi immediately mobilized all forty thousand elites of Zhenshan to rush over, bringing four Dharma Forms with him.

When the two met again, they were naturally happy and hugged. Li Zhi said solemnly: "The Shaman tribe is coming with ill intent this time; how many True Lords do you have sitting in command now?"

Wei Yuan said: "There should be two."

Li Zhi frowned and said: "That's likely not enough."

Wei Yuan also knew it wasn't enough, but he only had so many resources. Li Zhi observed his expression, sighed, took out a jade bottle, crushed it, and a small silver bee flew out from it, flickered a few times, and disappeared on the spot.

Li Zhi said: "I have already invited an elder from my main family to come, but it will take two days to arrive; we can only support ourselves for these two days. This silver bee just now is a token of a senior from the academy, which can invite him to take action once. In this way, our side will also have four Yujings, and since this place is not suitable for Yujings to fight for a long time, we should be able to resist."

Wei Yuan was moved in his heart; there was no need to mention how precious a token that could invite a Master Yu Jing to take action once was. Yet Li Zhi took it out without even thinking, used it directly, and didn't mention any compensation at all.

Wei Yuan arranged the Zhenshan army on the far left flank to guard against the due West. This direction was mainly the Wild Ancestor tribe, but the scouts reported that the Wild Ancestor tribe had no signs of army assembly, and the scouts had found no military aura even after going four hundred miles deep.

When a military aura as magnificent as a mountain range appeared in the Northwest, Qingming was already prepared and waiting in full battle array.

(End of chapter)