Chapter 821: Why Seek the Leap?

The world between heaven and earth was dim, and the Grand Void flickered. Seeing Ning Wan threw Tantai Jin onto North Dan and flew a thousand miles in one breath. Only then did she feel the unease in her heart ease slightly, though she still broke out in a cold sweat, her heart lingering in fear. "This is a Metal-natured fiend. No wonder the ancient texts record... after the Immortal-Fiend War, Metal-natured entities ran rampant. Even Zifu cultivators couldn't protect themselves. Great cultivators, dignified and endowed with divine abilities, died as soon as they were said to die... I only thought it was an exaggeration, but I never imagined it was truly this terrifying."

The fiend that Si Boxiu had transformed into was mostly of the 'Orthodox Wood' path. It was unknown what other Daoist traditions were mixed in, but it was unexpectedly terrifying. The dignified, sharp aura of Orthodox Wood, carrying wind, rain, and thunder, surged straight into the sky. Its aura was powerful to a degree never seen before.

This fiend lived naturally in the Grand Void; one certainly could not outrun it. Seeing Ning Wan hadn't felt much at first, but estimating that she couldn't last more than a dozen moves in front of this fiend, she broke into a cold sweat. Only then did she discover that the surrounding Zifu cultivators were running faster than one another, and even Chi Buzi didn't know where he had gone. "No wonder the Metal-nature inside Anhuai Heaven could take advantage of that Zifu cultivator's lack of preparation and eat them in one bite. The Metal-natured fiend formed from Senior Yuanxiu's failed path to the Dao is already this terrifying... The Metal-nature left behind by the True Monarch... it's probably not much different from the True Monarch's avatar!"

She had just been startled. At this moment, she was fully focused, bringing out twelve points of vigilance. Finally, she discovered a light, cyan shadow stepping through the Grand Void. Still several zhang away from the other, she immediately said:

"Who?!"

"Splash!"

A sheet of Lush Water condensed before her. Chi Buzi stepped from the Grand Void into the present world, having unexpectedly arrived within a zhang of her. It must have been the 'Chou Gui Concealment'. Seeing Ning Wan only felt her heart go numb:

"This divine ability of the Lush Water path is truly bizarre to the extreme. It can deceive even a Zifu cultivator's spiritual sense as it pleases. If Chi Buzi wanted to kill someone, anyone who hasn't crossed the Can-Zi Immortal Threshold would likely be doomed."

Chi Buzi, however, smiled at her and replied:

"I have come to ask Fellow Daoist Ning, where is the 【Xin-You Lush Marsh Seal】?"

Chi Buzi didn't have many ulterior motives. After all, Yuanxiu was dead, and the 【Xin-You Lush Marsh Seal】 was an excellent treasure capable of trapping others. If he could borrow it for use, it would be of great benefit to his monster-catching. But the speaker had no such intention, while the listener did. Yuanxiu had warned her before he died. Seeing Ning Wan was frightened by this sentence and replied:

"Reporting to Senior, when my Master passed away, I was still in seclusion. It just so happened that Senior Yuanxiu was also in Anhuai Heaven, and this item was lost very quickly..."

"Oh?"

Chi Buzi just glanced at her and smiled:

"Why? Is the name of Qingchi no longer useful, or is Si Boxiu so incompetent that he doesn't even know who took it?"

The next instant, he had already reacted. His expression sank, and he said coldly: "There is a problem with this seal."

Seeing Ning Wan lowered her head and remained silent. Chi Buzi, however, narrowed his eyes, stepped back, and stared at her:

"Master... lost the seal. This is the Feathered Serpent's seal. Is someone trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, using the methods left behind by the Feathered Serpent to shake the Lush Water?"

'Say less...'

This sentence truly made Seeing Ning Wan sweat profusely. She neither nodded nor shook her head, standing in place as if she hadn't heard.

But Chi Buzi was not just a surprise. In the past, he might have harbored other intentions, working himself to death for Du Qing. But now, he only wished for both sides to be as chaotic as possible, so that Du Qing wouldn't come looking for trouble with him.

As for contacting the party adding blockage to Du Qing, he didn't even think about it.

'With Du Qing's personality, if the 【Xin-You Lush Marsh Seal】 could flow out, it must have had no great influence on him, at most some small troubles. If I really followed whichever side to shake the Lush Water fruit position? The first one to die suddenly would be me!'

'As for this Seeing Ning Wan before me, she still needs to live well. At least there are a few Zifu cultivators in Qingchi being tossed about by Lush Water, so try to keep him from thinking of me.'

He then said: "Do not touch it, be careful of your life."

Seeing Ning Wan nodded repeatedly. Chi Buzi rose with the wind, satisfied, and smiled coldly in his heart: 'The rites that should be observed have been observed. Very good, very good. Green-eyed Ghost, is it? You motley chicken... your Uncle Chi will let you go be a ghost together with the Feathered Serpent!'

Heaven and earth within the mirror.

A brilliant, shining palace stood amidst white clouds. The white bricks were bright, and a jade platform stood in the center of the courtyard. A woman in tea-white clothes stood guard to the side, a forest-white circular pattern dotted between her brows, her expression submissive.

Sitting to the side was a white-robed immortal, his hand resting on the jade platform. Directly in front was a circular light screen, the size of a washbasin, with wind and clouds howling inside, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling. The blurred roars were isolated outside, turning into slight vibrations.

On the other side of the jade platform, six glowing jade slips stood on the table, surrounding it in a circle.

Lu Jiangxian watched the changes in the mirror intently. Watching that handsome youth being bound by the gray magic treasure and dragged into the Grand Void bit by bit as deep green light spots, the wind and rain of Shitang gradually subsided. It was just that the clear, cloudless climate had turned into a hot, humid, and rainy muggy weather, the heat almost rushing toward his face.

He withdrew his gaze, pondered for a while, pulled out a jade slip, and thought: "He cultivated four paths of Orthodox Wood. According to the Daoist treasury in the mansion, they are 'Back South Travel', 'Position Follows Specialization', 'See Examine Language', and 'Wood Becomes Square'..."

"The remaining path cultivated the 'Falcon Approaches Perch' of 'Gathering Wood'... Perhaps he wanted to borrow the description of the Gathering Wood path in ancient books: 'Cultivators gather like clouds, like a flock of birds perching', hoping to be accepted."

"This line of thinking is not wrong."

Lu Jiangxian's Dao cultivation was extremely deep, and he quickly analyzed where the problem lay, sighing slightly:

"Among the Five Virtues, the Dui-Zheng-Kan-Li-Gen path is the Orthodox Position, the so-called Orthodox Position of extreme prosperity. It naturally loves surplus and is unwilling to leap-run. But the Qi-Gather-Combine-Return-to-One path is the position of collecting, storing, and accommodating. It naturally loves to leap-run and does not like to obtain surplus."

"Good idea. The 'Falcon Approaches Perch' he matched it with also compares Orthodox Wood to a suddenly arriving evil falcon, perching on the leap position of Gathering Wood."

He waved his hand gently, and the mirror in front reflected those scenes again, sighing: "It's just a pity that the four paths of Orthodox Wood are too prosperous, and the Gathering Wood fruit position is empty, with no branches to rely on. The method of seeking Metal is also a mess. Naturally, it cannot succeed!"

Although Si Boxiu failed, his struggle and deliberation could be considered at the forefront among the many Zifu cultivators who broke through, which made people sigh.

He dissipated the 'Clear Evening Rain' jade slip in his hand, only feeling a bit puzzled:

"But how did the 'Lush Water' come about? He might have hidden a taste of Lush Water in his belly beforehand, but that wouldn't be enough to make heaven and earth rain, and even the Clear Evening Rain that represents the Lush Water fruit position. He must have used some method to borrow Du Qing's status."

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked at his own palm, and a series of Si Boxiu's actions before and after appeared in his mind:

"Could it be the 【Lush Sunflower Pool】? That circling like a bird was to whitewash himself, a symbol of achieving Gathering Wood, and it should have nothing to do with Lush Water... As for swallowing the finger..."

Lu Jiangxian could almost be certain that this method was definitely not Si Boxiu's sudden whim! It must have borrowed from the method of a certain predecessor breaking through to Golden Core!

'Self-taught the method of Orthodox Wood and Gathering Wood, it is worth praising. But to inexplicably be able to induce heaven and earth to rain Clear Evening Rain, there must be a problem.'

Being able to think of Orthodox Wood ascending to Gathering Wood was already his limit. This method of swallowing the finger, even Lu Jiangxian was stunned to see it. It was not some kind of symbol in the fruit position replacing it, but imitating the behavior of a certain ancient Golden Core, or even a Dao Fetus! 'The Sima family really still has some stock... Otherwise, how could they be a family passed down from the ancient Zhao Kingdom...'

Lu Jiangxian pondered deeply and muttered:

'It's a pity... he didn't know that this thing had to be spat out after success...'

This was the original words of the people in the Underworld at that time. Lu Jiangxian saw it through his spiritual sense. These two were not the two when Li Ximing broke through. They should be the two in the Underworld responsible for the South Sea or Shitang, and they also looked strange.

'It shows that the Underworld also knows this method.'

Although Lu Jiangxian could read Daoist methods, obviously too important secret treasures were encrypted, or even passed down by word of mouth. These things were ultimately very difficult to be clear and understandable. He didn't struggle in his heart either, secretly saying:

"Time is still long... clues are always increasing. It's just that Chi Buzi saw this encounter, and I don't know what he is thinking in his heart. After all, he values seeking the Dao more than heaven, so he should be more certain that the way out is on my side."

During this period of Li Ximing's Zifu, the Daoist treasuries Lu Jiangxian came into contact with showed explosive growth. The most important thing was obtaining a small part of the 【Mount Jiuqiu Daoist Tradition】! The inheritance of True Person Yuan Dao's 【Mount Jiuqiu Daoist Tradition】 was orderly and kept very properly. Not only did it need to be decrypted by marks, but each path also had corresponding formulas. Fortunately, this Daoist tradition was also generous, and the contents of the several libraries given to inner disciples were very rich. Although it didn't involve too many Zifu cultivation methods, the knowledge obtained also opened Lu Jiangxian's eyes.

'Mount Jiuqiu is the Taiyin Daoist tradition. These Zifu cultivation methods are of no great use to me. But this Three Profound Narrative is worth a look.'

Through the description of the Mount Jiuqiu Daoist tradition, there were three paths in the immortal cultivation path of this world at the earliest, also known as the Three Profounds, namely Qing Profound, Dou Profound, and Tong Profound. No matter how the major Daoist traditions in the world changed, they all had a source to trace back to, which was these Three Profounds.

The most famous Qing Pine Sun Daoist tradition in Jiangnan and the Mount Jiuqiu Daoist tradition of Peacock Sea all originated from Qing Profound.

'And according to the decree read by the Jin Yu Sect, Wu Guang Luoxia and Jin Yu are both Tong Profound Daoist traditions. Almost the entire Jiangbei is a Tong Profound Daoist tradition.'

"As for Dou Profound, no orthodox path has been discovered yet. There are quite a few who obtained the remnants of the Daoist tradition. One is the Dou Immortal Dao, and one is the Zhangxiao Sect. They obtained the inheritance, but they are not considered orthodox."

'This can show the embarrassment of Dou Immortal Dao in Jiangbei. The Daoist tradition is very different from other families, and it is still an outsider's fake. The only one that can barely be considered a fellow sect, Zhangxiao, is also sharpening its sword... No wonder Ye Huai dared not stay in Jiangbei for long.'

After sorting out the Three Profound system, Lu Jiangxian immediately had a lot of understanding of the framework remaining in the present world, and also understood where the discrimination and prejudice that appeared from time to time among Zifu cultivators came from.

As for the former head of Qing Profound Taiyin, it's hard to say whether he also possessed the Sun, why he fell into this situation, that would be interesting.

"At least this Luoxia, nine times out of ten, is not a good thing. Although the Dragon species is slightly better, in the final analysis, it is also of another kind. The road to restoring strength is long..."

Right now, the main body fragment in the Mifan secret treasure is not an easy thing to get.

'The Mifan secret treasure hangs in the Grand Void, always closed, only open for those few days every year, hanging nakedly above, but I cannot take it.'

Jiangbei is under the eyes of everyone, and Li Qianyuan was forced to appear in the world. Lu Jiangxian was so cautious that he didn't even show his head. He didn't know how many True Monarchs were surrounding that small territory. No matter what, he had no intention of taking it out of thin air.

What's more, from the beginning of Jiangbei's spiritual energy prosperity to the end of Li Qianyuan's reincarnation and possession, everything was clearly arranged. Almost everyone on the whole road had been replaced by Tong Profound Daoist traditions, and the Chengyun Sect was even Jin Yu's people. The dangerous aura couldn't be stronger.

"It's hard to say, obtaining that fragment still depends on this True Monarch."

He flicked his sleeves gently, and the mirror surface on the jade platform, as well as the jade slips, all disappeared. A bit of purple electricity appeared in his palm, and Lu Jiangxian's expression was slightly complicated: 'Li Qinghong.'

Li Qinghong was a person who received talismans and registers. That year, she entered the cave heaven with Xi Zikang. Lu Jiangxian watched her all the way from the south of the cave heaven to the north, until she ascended to the Hall of Thunder.

Finally, he saw the boundless dragon body of Beijia.

Li Qinghong transformed into a thunder body while swallowing thunder. The connection of the talisman seed was not interrupted, and it even gave Lu Jiangxian some feedback, although it only slightly improved his spiritual sense, which was better than nothing.

Although Lu Jiangxian only had a slight understanding of True Monarch Beijia's intentions, planting such a key eye among the Dragon species was undoubtedly an excellent thing. Even if Li Qinghong could only guard the Thunder Pool, it was enough for Lu Jiangxian to observe a scale and a half claw.

'This True Monarch Beijia not only has great ambition, wanting to achieve a True Dragon, but is even preparing to impact the Dao Fetus!'

The True Dragon matter involves that Qing Xuanzi, but no matter how Lu Jiangxian looks at it, this True Dragon is at least an existence above the Dao Fetus:

"What the True Chi at the peak of the Dao Fetus couldn't do back then, without a Dao Fetus status, how can it be achieved? Although the Dragon species has had better improvements generation after generation and is constantly plotting, to continue the great cause of the predecessors, at least there must be a Dao Fetus."

He pondered for a long time and finally looked at Shao Yu, who was waiting to the side.

This Shao Yin immortal maiden immediately bowed and said: "Reporting to Mansion Lord, the subordinate has already written a 【Daoist Wugui Seeking Yin Divine Scroll】, with a complete table of contents, both body methods and techniques are prepared, and can be cultivated into divine abilities. I have already brought it to the mansion!"

The Shao Yin immortal maiden was transformed from the demon sparrow Fu Yu. In her previous life, she cultivated Shao Yin. Lu Jiangxian let her write the classics through the mouth of the Lord Lord Zhengao. This immortal maiden was very honest and sorted out the classics of her previous life's achievement of divine abilities in one breath.

This was not a small amount of work. After all, she was a demon in the early days and a human body now. It was really not easy to sort out these things without some weight in Daoist methods. Lu Jiangxian took it and looked at it twice, nodding secretly:

'This efficiency is much higher than Dang Jiang!'

The 【Daoist Wugui Seeking Yin Divine Scroll】 achieves 'Fragrance All Sinks', which is a rare fourth-grade cultivation method. Shao Yu's own limitations are here. Being able to push this cultivation method to Zifu is already the limit, so naturally, there is no high grade. Lu Jiangxian just nodded slightly and said casually:

"It's still passable."

A clever woman can't cook without rice. After Shao Yu finished writing this 【Daoist Wugui Seeking Yin Divine Scroll】, it would be difficult for her to write other Zifu cultivation methods. Lu Jiangxian could only say:

"There are still Daoist treasuries in the mansion, read them carefully. There are many affairs in the Lord Lord Zhengao place, arrange them well."

This woman in tea-white clothes quickly retreated. Lu Jiangxian secretly thought: "According to Chi Buzi's efficiency, there will soon be people from North Release who will suffer!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Shao Yu 【Shao Yin Daoist Wugui Immortal Maiden】 【Fu Yu Demon Sparrow】

Chi Buzi 【Zifu Late Stage】 【Lu Buzi】

Seeing Ning Wan 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Ning Family Direct Line】 ===== CHAPTER 822 =====