Chapter 762: The Immortal Venerable

The light path had been extended to the supermarket. Little Wei Yuan walked inside to take a look and saw that it was a scene of devastation, though the eerie aura had faded to almost nothing. The pistol that had been under the counter was nowhere to be found, leaving only a gun rack that had rusted beyond recognition.

Little Wei Yuan didn't pay much mind to it. Now that he knew the pistol's immense power was actually due to lingering resentment, a real pistol should be about the same as the firearms in this realm. With the mass production of new smokeless gunpowder, the power of Qingming's firearms would soon see a qualitative leap.

Walking out of the supermarket, low growls suddenly echoed in the darkness. Two monsters appeared, snarling lowly at the cultivators building the road. By now, the cultivators were long accustomed to such sights; they immediately turned up the brightness of their lanterns and simultaneously rolled out several large lamps the size of washbasins, which shot out cyan beams of light that illuminated the monsters.

As the light beams hit them, the monsters immediately appeared to be in extreme agony. One fell directly to the ground, rolling and struggling, while the other was far more ferocious, charging forward while bracing against the light. But as soon as it entered the range illuminated by the lanterns, its movements slowed significantly, and it was bombarded by the Long Wei with cannons augmented by Qi Luck, turning to ash after only thirty-some shots.

A wisp of Dao Profound Qi floated up from the monster, and Little Wei Yuan went over to collect it. However, the surrounding cultivators, including Long Ying, turned a blind eye. Little Wei Yuan was lost in thought; it seemed they could neither see nor sense the Dao Profound Qi.

Little Wei Yuan looked back at the fortress not far away, lost in thought. No wonder he hadn't seen a single wisp of Dao Profound Qi in the past two months. There was a reason those Human Renjian Yanhuo cultivators were able to improve their foundations so much in such a short time.

However, the fact that they could fight to the death without retreating when Little Wei Yuan was in danger was something they deserved.

After putting away the Dao Profound Qi, Little Wei Yuan continued forward. The light path cut through the center of the entire building complex, dividing the complex into two, and then began construction toward both sides.

At this time, the street lamps had been mostly used up, and several thousand lanterns had already been built in the rear. Seeing this, Little Wei Yuan felt there was no immediate threat, so he left this place to Long Ying and returned to Human Renjian Yanhuo himself.

Little Wei Yuan arrived at the Fighting Saint Pavilion. By now, Han Li and Jun Weizhi had both consolidated their Dharma Forms. Jun Weizhi's Dharma Form was actually countless starlight points, connected to each other by silk threads; the numerous star points had even more countless threads, with light constantly circulating back and forth, making even Little Wei Yuan feel a bit dizzy.

These things originating from the star points and traveling back and forth in the silk threads were not ordinary light, but large segments of data. It looked like a stream of light, but in reality, countless data points were circulating every second. Little Wei Yuan only tried to interpret the patterns within for a moment before feeling a bit dizzy. But he was experienced and did not reveal anything unusual.

Seeing Little Wei Yuan arrive, Jun Weizhi stood up and bowed. The bow was still a grand gesture and extremely respectful, leaving Little Wei Yuan unable to find a single fault.

Subsequently, Jun Weizhi fully displayed the entirety of his Dharma Form and explained, "With this Dharma Form, my ability to process tasks can already be stabilized at over one thousand, and I can analyze massive amounts of information instantly. Roughly the amount that an ordinary Dharma Form can process in a whole day, I only need one moment to complete."

Little Wei Yuan understood this; in other words, Jun Weizhi's speed of analyzing and processing data was nearly a hundred times that of an ordinary Dharma Form. No wonder he felt dizzy when he tried to analyze his Dharma Form.

Unexpectedly, Jun Weizhi added, "The external manifestation of my Dharma Form is just a surface appearance. If someone can keep up with the speed of the information flow, they will discover that I have actually left a problem on the surface of the Dharma Form. As long as it can be solved, one can see the real information inside the Dharma Form and also master the operation of my Dharma Form, thereby gaining the upper hand in combat and spell battles."

There's a problem too? How come I didn't see it?! While Little Wei Yuan cursed inwardly, his face appeared quite interested, and he said, "There's a problem? That's interesting, send it over and let me see."

If this had been Zhang Sheng, he would likely have said, "Look for yourself." Fortunately, Jun Weizhi did not, and directly presented the problem before Little Wei Yuan.

When Little Wei Yuan looked at this problem, which only had a few lines of text, he instantly felt an ominous sensation. He scanned it once and was certain: he had no idea what this problem was talking about at all.

Little Wei Yuan put on a thoughtful look and said slowly, "Truly profound! Does this problem have an answer? Where did you learn it from?"

Jun Weizhi then presented the answer. The entire process was verbose, totaling over one hundred thousand words—enough to write a book.

Little Wei Yuan had recently been baptized by school and had mastered the essence of a poor student copying homework, so he skipped the process and went straight to the result. In the end, the result of the problem was just a simple number, with a note: Spiritual Energy Constant.

Then Jun Weizhi said, "The Immortal Venerable once left behind many sets of classics in Human Renjian Yanhuo. When I was researching the Five Elements Dao Soldiers, I accidentally discovered that these books seemed unrelated, but in fact, their contents could all verify each other, so I put them together to read and gained some insights. Later, I found more relevant classics and made even more progress."

When Little Wei Yuan looked at those classics, he understood instantly. The vast majority of these books were written by Master Fenhai. Little Wei Yuan had bitten the bullet and studied them for a long time, from the earliest research on Water Blade Art to the final principles of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers, and finally understood them half-heartedly. Since he had learned them all, Little Wei Yuan stored them in Human Renjian Yanhuo and then forgot about them.

He didn't expect these books to be discovered by Jun Weizhi and for him to have achieved success in his cultivation. Looking at his current computing power, crushing a few Wei Yuans seemed to be no problem.

Fortunately, this Jun Weizhi was quite tactful; he took the initiative to confess the problem set on the Dharma Form, and then after solving the problem, he didn't ask if Little Wei Yuan could do it, but just handed over the answer. If this had been Little Wei Yuan, he would likely have added, "If there's anything you don't understand, I can explain it to you properly."

Jun Weizhi's silence throughout the process made Little Wei Yuan quite satisfied, but his vigilance increased significantly. Little Wei Yuan had also experienced the imperial court and naturally knew that the more comfortable someone made him feel, the more he had to be doubly careful. Those who spouted nonsense were instead the silly birds without any schemes.

The essence of imperial court political strife was to make smart people few and silly birds many.

As for who stood on his side, sometimes it was not that important; after all, both sides needed people to stand, and if one enemy was removed, a new enemy would emerge.

Leaving Jun Weizhi, Little Wei Yuan went to see Han Li.

Han Li's Dharma Form was relatively traditional and easy to understand; it was a Daoist holding treasures. It was just that this Daoist not only had an immortal sword in his hand but also a giant shield, and was wearing heavy armor, with a row of storage bags hanging from his waist. He could be called a heavy-armored sword-and-shield Daoist.

Han Li was also quite sensible; not only did he display the power of his Dharma Form, but he also opened all the storage bags of the Dharma Form for Little Wei Yuan to see. Inside, they were all filled with elixirs, including medicine, poison, and bewitching smoke.

Han Li said that these storage bags could also be manifested temporarily, so when cleaning up the battlefield after a fight, there would be no worry about the backpack being too small to hold things. Any trash could be packed back, and it wouldn't be too late to study their uses when he returned.

This function made Little Wei Yuan's eyes light up, and he liked it quite a bit. When he was fighting at the Northern Shanmen, he often looked at the corpses of the Liao tribe all over the ground and would worry inexplicably about how to pack so many things if he came alone.

The two advanced to the Dharma Form, and Little Wei Yuan added more help, so he arranged for them to go to the World Fragment to repair the light path, while he prepared to deal with the aftermath in the five counties of the southwest.

Just as he was about to leave, Little Wei Yuan suddenly felt a stir in his heart and heard someone summoning: "Immortal Venerable, please come to the island for a meeting."

Little Wei Yuan's heart stirred, and he appeared on a small island overseas, about three thousand miles away from the central city. The island was very desolate, with no human habitation, only a circle of shallows at the edge. A bonfire was lit by the beach, and there were two figures sitting and lying by the fire.

Little Wei Yuan walked over and saw that the person by the fire was actually Fuyao, who hadn't appeared for a long time.

Then, the person lying next to him had no breath and was motionless; it was actually Long Wushuang, who had died in the previous great battle. Little Wei Yuan had thought he had dissipated into spiritual energy and returned to heaven and earth, but he didn't expect his corpse to still exist and even be found back by Fuyao.

Little Wei Yuan immediately went over to check and found that Long Wushuang was indeed dead. There was no spiritual fire in his body, nor was there any vitality; he was empty, just a corpse. Little Wei Yuan probed with the Art of Causality and Heavenly Secrets, but there was no reaction.

This meant that Long Wushuang's soul had indeed disappeared, or was not in Human Renjian Yanhuo, and was completely isolated from Human Renjian Yanhuo. This was what was called severing causality.

Fuyao bowed to the ground and said, "I ask the Immortal Venerable not to spare precious treasures and take action to save him."

Little Wei Yuan was very shocked and said, "You two, don't tell me you have already..."

Fuyao immediately said, "It is not as the Immortal Venerable thinks. It is just that the required treasures are extremely precious, which is why Fuyao only came to beg the Immortal Venerable."

"What items are needed?"

"Phoenix Blood Longevity Moss and a wisp of Heavenly Origin."

Little Wei Yuan frowned slightly. Heavenly Origin was Heavenly Qi Luck. This thing was his life-saving item, and besides, he still owed quite a lot, so it was a question of whether the bird would be willing to give it.

By comparison, the Phoenix Blood Longevity Moss was fine, but it could only be used to refine some longevity pills. If he was lucky, the main pill could extend life by ninety-nine years, and the secondary pills by thirty or twenty, which wasn't particularly precious. It was just that a secondary pill had killed a crown prince or something, and immortals had to fight for it, and most of the Master Yu Jing were not worthy of it...

The more he thought about it, the tighter Little Wei Yuan's brows furrowed. To be honest, even if this Long Wushuang could be saved, he was definitely not worth so much.

Seeing Little Wei Yuan hesitate, Fuyao actually stood up and undressed, saying, "I have long heard of the Immortal Venerable's preferences. This concubine is willing to do her best to please you. It is just that I have no previous experience. If there is anything done improperly, I ask the Immortal Venerable to give guidance, and I learn quite quickly."

Seeing Fuyao actually start to undress, Little Wei Yuan was first stunned, then furious: "Who is ruining my reputation behind my back?"

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