Chapter 772: Absent for Half a Day

The candidates were settled, and those who could move and those who couldn't in the village all dispersed, even a straw-thatched hut sighed and closed its windows.

The bald boy walked out of the mountain with Wei Yuan and Xuanyue. Although Wei Yuan was naturally vigilant against the bald head, he couldn't decide this matter, so he could only accept it.

"May I ask where the Master is from?" Wei Yuan asked respectfully.

The boy laughed: "What Master, I can't afford this title. My master before was a bit paranoid. After becoming the first Deputy Palace Master, he forgot himself and insisted on running out to take revenge. Then he had a bit of cleanliness, and everything related to the enemy had to be cleaned up. As a result, he killed four Arhats, more than a dozen Vajras, countless strong men, and thousands of monks in one breath.

This move angered the Great Da Da Bao Hua Jing Land, which dispatched the Fighting Victorious Buddha and three guardian Buddhas. The master was defeated and died. But he died and went to reincarnation to be at ease, but I fell into the hands of those bald heads, saying that my hostility was too heavy and I was burdened with evil debts, and I needed purification, so they put me in front of the Buddha and listened to the scriptures for hundreds of years.

Later, it was not easy for the Palace Master to return from the outer world, and he went to the Great Da Da Bao Hua Jing Land to ask for me back. As a result, I am what I am now. Alas, you don't know, I was fierce back then, as long as I shook my body, the Dharma Form would instantly turn into blood. Now it's not working, listening to the scriptures has made me unable to fight."

The more Wei Yuan heard, the more awe-struck he became, and hurriedly asked again: "May I ask which Buddha the senior listened to the scriptures in front of?"

Once these words were spoken, Wei Yuan knew it was bad, and wished he could slap himself!

But it was too late to remedy it now. The boy brought a bright and brilliant smile and said: "Naturally, it is the Great Joy Wang Fu!"

A section of obscure scriptures suddenly floated in Wei Yuan's heart, all written in extremely complex talisman scripts, but the meaning appeared naturally. Roughly it means: as long as you chant my name, meditate on my name, or even hear my name, you will move towards the supreme true meaning;

Praise me, approach me, become me.

Xuanyue saw that Wei Yuan's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, is there any sudden heartbeat?"

Wei Yuan smiled reluctantly and said: "No, nothing."

This kind of struggle at the level of reincarnation and causality avenue is treacherous and unpredictable, with countless traps at every step. No one knows whether a certain thought at a certain time is a move by an immortal. However, Wei Yuan believed that the Tai Chu Palace had the ability to suppress the Great Da Da Bao Hua Jing Land more than a thousand years ago, and as the first person of the younger generation, if there was really anything bad, the Tai Chu Palace would not be unable to protect him.

With Xuanyue Fenhai Zhenjun's temperament, if he knew about this, he might secretly sneak into the Great Da Da Bao Hua Jing Land and find a way to steal that Dharma Form of the Joy Wang Fu and destroy it. Wei Yuan felt that it was better to wait until the ancestor ascended before thinking of a way.

Halfway through the walk, the boy said: "I will temporarily reside in your body. If you encounter danger, you can wake me up. But there is only one chance to wake up, remember."

At this time, Wei Yuan noticed that the sky was getting dark, as if a mountain rain was about to come, there was not much light left, and the surrounding mountains and forests had a bit of gray decay.

The boy said: "You noticed? We are actually lingering here, waiting for the fate of later generations. If we don't meet a new master, we will slowly recuperate here and maintain our vitality. Last time Xuan Lu came out, this time I came out, each time will consume a lot of immortal Qi accumulated here. If the immortal spiritual Qi is insufficient, it will show decay."

Only then did Wei Yuan know that moving an immortal weapon once was also an incredible fate. And this price was naturally paid by Xuanyue.

"I haven't asked for the senior's name yet."

"Call me Lotus Lamp." Subsequently, the boy turned into a stream of light and fell into Wei Yuan's left hand, turning into a lotus petal on the back of his hand.

After leaving the secret realm, Xuanyue said: "You are carrying an immortal weapon, I will send you a ride."

Subsequently, Xuanyue Fenhai Zhenjun carried Wei Yuan and flew towards Qingming. On the way, Wei Yuan asked: "Are those in the mountain village all immortal weapons left by senior immortals?"

Xuanyue nodded: "Most of them are, but there are also a few whose Dao bodies are damaged, leaving only a tool spirit. This kind can't come out, and can only maintain spirituality in the secret realm. Although spirituality will still dissipate bit by bit, it will extend a lot of time."

"With so many immortal weapons, why haven't you or other ancestors used them when taking action?"

Xuanyue said: "Immortal weapons also have high and low points. If they haven't reached the level of peerless divine weapons, they cannot transcend the constraints of the avenue. And moving once consumes a lot, and there is great causality, that is, I can't fire a few strikes. And we are not the original owners of the immortal weapons, and have not been recognized by the immortal weapons, so even if we take them, we can't exert their full power. Only after ascension can we successfully master them.

But since we can ascend, who doesn't have a magic treasure that we have been refining and nourishing for a long time? After successfully ascending, the commonly used treasures pass the immortal tribulation, and naturally become immortal weapons, no need to use other people's."

"Then these immortal weapons exist here, isn't it useless?"

"It can't be said that. They are a memorial to the seniors on weekdays, but when it comes to life and death, the immortal weapons can be unsealed. One immortal weapon is equivalent to the full blow of the original owner. When the fourth-generation Immortal Lord passed away, and the fifth-generation Palace Master had not yet ascended, he was forced to use two immortal weapons, severely wounding two great enemies, and keeping the Tai Chu Palace mountain gate from falling."

Up to this point, Wei Yuan saw the tip of the iceberg of the Tai Chu Palace's foundation.

Returning to Qingming, Xuanyue stayed in Qingming temporarily, waiting for Wei Yuan to return from exploration.

Xuanyue really wanted to take the risk for Wei Yuan, but his own Mind-Reflection World was already great, and he was not an immortal, and had no means of transformation between virtual and reality, so he couldn't enter Wei Yuan's Human Renjian Yanhuo. If Xuanyue came in, it would be equivalent to world aggression, and the pressure of the heavy Mind-Reflection World would cause serious damage to Human Renjian Yanhuo.

Even with Xuanyue's temperament, he could only sit and wait for the result honestly at this moment. At this time, in the outer world fragment, thousands of mortals were stationed, and hundreds of research projects were advancing simultaneously. A building of considerable scale was built near the teleportation gate. There were more than three thousand people working non-stop in this building alone. Every day, just maintaining the lighting required five hundred Dao Cyan Qi.

Counting other bases, strongholds, and the maintenance of light paths, the basic maintenance cost of this World Fragment every day was two thousand Dao Qi Luck. If you don't do anything for a month, sixty thousand Dao Qi Luck will be gone.

So Wei Yuan saw the bright lamp fire in the broken world, and his heart was bleeding. Every light here was burned by Qi Luck.

Fortunately, he got a lot of Qi Luck after gathering refugees. Wei Yuan looked at the three million Cyan Qi accumulated, felt stable in his heart, and felt that he could spend it for a while.

After entering the World Fragment, Wei Yuan summoned the combat troops and began to make final preparations for entering the building.

The first step was to thoroughly clean up the area between the inner and outer two light paths, get a harmless area three hundred feet wide, and thoroughly cut off the possibility of monster sneak attacks and support. This step had been basically completed, and only a few areas remained to be cleaned up.

Wei Yuan worked hard to clean up these areas, and harvested two more wisps of Dao Profound Qi. At the same time, subsequent research showed that the more territory cleaned up, the looser the rule suppression of the entire World Fragment, and the strength of the monsters had a significant decline.

Cleaning the periphery took ten days, and the next step was to clean up the surrounding area of the entire building. This was a vast area of several hundred feet in radius, and monsters would occasionally kill out from the building, which was extremely dangerous.

The first step was to thoroughly clear the area between the inner and outer light paths, obtaining a harmless zone three hundred zhang wide, completely cutting off the possibility of monster sneak attacks and support. This step had basically been completed, and only a few areas remained to be cleared.

After Wei Yuan painstakingly cleared these few areas, he obtained two more strands of Dao Profound Qi. At the same time, research in the rear indicated that the more territory cleared, the more the rule suppression of the entire world fragment loosened, and the monsters' strength had all noticeably declined.

Clearing the periphery took ten days; the next step was to clear the surroundings of the entire skyscraper. This was a vast area several hundred zhang in radius, where monsters would occasionally kill their way out from inside the building, making it extremely dangerous.

Wei Yuan proceeded step by step, beginning to encroach ten zhang by ten zhang. Each time he occupied a piece, he would set up a lamp post to illuminate the surroundings, slowly turning the area around the skyscraper into a bright plaza.

Perhaps because the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth had loosened, this time Wei Yuan did not see the appearance of heavenly light, nor did he see those black birds again.

Just as the road leading to the skyscraper's entrance was about to be cleared, the research institute in the rear had new research results. They had deciphered some of the characters used in this world; the meaning of that string of runes on the skyscraper's name wall was: Umbrella Bio-Tech...

Seeing this name, Wei Yuan felt quite disappointed. Bio-tech? Just looking at what this world fragment had become, one could know what level the original organisms here were at—at the very least, it was a hundred and eight thousand li worse than his own world, which had a path to immortality.

As for the information technology that Xu Wenwu had mentioned, to be honest, Wei Yuan did not really need it now. After the previous illusionary realm, Wei Yuan knew that a cultivator's spiritual sense speed far exceeded that of ordinary mortals. The computing power of a Dharma Form was already terrifying, and immortals were simply mobile supercomputers. Rather than researching how to manufacture chips, it was better to build more Dao foundations; not only could they calculate, but they could also fight.

What Wei Yuan wanted most right now was materials technology, but unfortunately, there was none.

Wei Yuan composed himself and stood at the skyscraper's entrance, with over a thousand cultivators of the mortal world behind him. At this moment, the bald youth appeared beside Wei Yuan, also sizing up the skyscraper.

Wei Yuan then asked, "Senior Lian Deng, how does it feel?"

The youth exclaimed, "Fat and delicious!"

Wei Yuan could never have imagined such an evaluation. He wanted to press for details, but Lian Deng refused to elaborate.

Everything was ready now. Just as Wei Yuan was about to step into the skyscraper's main entrance, he was suddenly pulled back by the youth, who said, "Wait a little longer; there is one more side dish that hasn't arrived yet. It will be here soon."

Wei Yuan was startled and stood still, waiting patiently. After a moment, a familiar figure hurried over; it was actually Ji Liuli.

She patted her chest and said, "I forgot the time while reading, but luckily I made it! I'll go in with you; that way I can help you share a significant amount of the pressure."

The Senior Sister was the side dish? Wei Yuan turned his head, only to find that Lian Deng was nowhere to be seen, and the lotus petal on the back of his hand was also gone.

Wei Yuan wanted to object, but Ji Liuli said, "No matter! I have the Ancestor suppressing the luck; there will be no danger to my life inside. Don't worry!"

Wei Yuan nodded, walked side-by-side with Ji Liuli into the skyscraper's entrance, and vanished instantly.

The world shifted.

Before Wei Yuan appeared a tightly closed, smooth steel door. The surroundings were crowded with people, all dressed in crisp suits and looking sharp, yet everyone had an anxious expression, checking the time from time to time.

Numbers flickered on the screen by the door: 23, 25, 26... Almost every number would pause for a moment. The waiting people were extremely anxious, whispering curses from time to time. Wei Yuan also felt inexplicably agitated, his eyes fixed on the jumping numbers, almost popping out of his head.

With great difficulty, the number finally changed from large to small, eventually reaching 1. The elevator door opened, and Wei Yuan rushed in with a dash. The elevator was instantly packed full, and then an alarm for being overweight sounded.

Amidst a chorus of accusations from the people around, the two people on the very outside reluctantly stepped out, and only then did the elevator ascend smoothly.

Wei Yuan was incredibly anxious, but almost every floor had people getting off. Grinding along floor by floor like this, he finally reached his floor with great difficulty. He sprinted at top speed, rushed into the company's main entrance, and braked in front of the attendance machine.

A green light scanned his face, then verified his pupils, and a cold, ruthless voice sounded: "Six minutes late, recorded as half a day of absenteeism."

(End of chapter)