Chapter 978: My Personal Princess (Part 1)

As expected, more than 70% of the cultivators who chose Moon Dance Dao Fetus in this Dao Foundation Ceremony were aiming for that Jin Dan, wanting to pursue a glimmer of hope.

No matter how the many mentors tried to persuade them, most cultivators refused to turn back, obsessed with Moon Dance Dao Fetus. But Moon Dance Dao Fetus was only slightly inferior to an ordinary human-rank Dao Foundation, and compared to other templates, the threshold was quite high. Just this point alone blocked the vast majority of cultivators.

In the past, when everyone tried a high-level template and it didn't work, they would choose an easier template, but this time it was different. Once they missed Moon Dance Dao Fetus, it was equivalent to missing the Dharma Form.

Wei Yuan didn't know where this understanding came from. A 50% chance was called a glimmer of hope, and one in ten thousand could also be called a glimmer of hope; the gap between the two glimmers of hope was huge.

Finally, under the earnest persuasion of a group of mentors, only a small number of people chose other templates, and most of the failures chose to work hard for another year and come back to die-hard next year.

Therefore, the success rate of this Dao Foundation Ceremony was significantly lower than the previous one, but with a large base, there would always be miracles. More than forty people actually cultivated Moon Dance Dao Fetus above the earth-rank. According to the predicted success rate, many years later, there would be more than twenty water Dharma Forms in Qingming.

After this ceremony, the name of the "Heaven and Earth Sword Immortal" became famous, and the limelight had already surpassed Wei Yuan.

Where there is joy, there will be loss.

The ceremony ended. Watching the gradually dispersing crowd, Xiang Xiaoyu stood by the window, motionless for a long time. The warmth of the sunset painted him with a soft amber color, shining into the depths of his eyes, which were as clear as a lake—warm, lonely, and dejected.

At this moment, Xiang Xiaoyu finally knew what it meant to be "out of fashion."

The Young Yang Star Lord appeared beside Xiang Xiaoyu, also watching the dispersing cultivators, and said, "Why, are you depressed already?"

Xiang Xiaoyu sighed lightly and said, "I originally felt guilty, and I can't beat her. This Qi luck shouldn't have belonged to me originally; it was my greed."

The Young Yang Star Lord said, "Since you know the benefits of Qi luck, how can there be any reason to yield it?"

Xiang Xiaoyu was a bit surprised: "If I don't yield, do I have to fight again? What do you use to fight? You can't beat her anyway."

The Young Yang Star Lord's voice immediately rose quite a bit: "That's because she has a physical body in this realm, and I am just a Dharma Form! And why is the Dharma Form so weak? My Star Lord's Dao power is as vast as the sea; why did only this little bit come down?!"

Xiang Xiaoyu didn't expect to bring fire upon himself, and being lectured by the Young Yang Star Lord, he was speechless.

The Young Yang Star Lord's face turned resolute and said, "Even if it's Sister Supreme Yin, wanting to suppress this Lord is not that easy!"

The Young Yang Star Lord stretched out his hand, and a bright yellow and red treasure orb appeared above his palm, rotating slowly, with the meaning of endless life.

This treasure orb looked 70% similar to the Myriad Transformation Jin Dan, except one was Supreme Yin and one was Young Yang.

"What is this?" Xiang Xiaoyu asked.

"This is the Dharma Form derived by this Star Lord, taking the Great Dao true meaning of Young Yang's 'Yang initial movement, endless life,' which can be named: Myriad Things Grow!"

Xiang Xiaoyu was startled. It seemed that the Young Yang Star Lord had made up his mind to use his real skills to compete with Supreme Yin for Qi luck head-on. It's just... can he beat her?

Without waiting for Xiang Xiaoyu to ask, the Young Yang Star Lord said, "This Dharma Form Yang Dan must have a lower threshold than the Myriad Transformation Jin Dan, but this Lord's part about the Dao Foundation is not yet perfect. During this time, you will move into the earthly paradise, and we will work together to find a way to perfect the pre-Dao Foundation. We don't have much time left; mid-March to early April is the best time to launch 'Myriad Things Grow'."

Hearing this, Xiang Xiaoyu immediately felt that time was pressing, and he could no longer care about being sentimental, plunging headlong into the earthly paradise.

February of the third year of Hongjing, the brief war between Qingming and Zhao Guo ended.

Zhao Wang Li Shenji issued a decree to the world, announcing a complete victory in the war, Qingming withdrew from Zhao territory, compensated for losses, and ceded three county lands as a light punishment.

At the same time, in view of Qingming's merit in resisting foreign races and the heavy damage suffered, the Zhao Wang, mindful of this merit, specially permitted Qingming merchant fleets to pass through Zhao territory to facilitate mutual exchange, and set up seven mutual trade ports, promising never to blockade, to comfort the merit of resisting foreign races.

As for where the three counties were, the decree did not explicitly state, but there was indeed a ceremony for Wei Yuan to hand over the three county lands. If anyone with intention used this to divine, they would get the result on the decree.

With masters of heavenly secret arts like Ji Liuli around, deceiving divination was just a small matter. Wei Yuan first occupied three counties in Yuyang Commandery, completed the full occupation process, and then ceded them to Zhao Guo. What heavenly secret divination occupied was Qingming ceding three counties.

If they were still unwilling to give up at this time and divined further forward, it would be easy to divine onto Wei Yuan. At that time, even if it were a Dharma Form cultivator, it would be easy to die without illness.

For Wei Yuan, having seven trade ports spread across the entire northwestern border of Zhao Guo was equivalent to opening the doors wide. The Zhao Wang added two more commanderies outside Yuyang Commandery to plant red-stem cotton, counting as compensation to Wei Yuan. ===== CHAPTER 979 =====