Chapter 867: Taking the Object (122) (Silver Tier Bonus for Patron 'Qianlong' 420)

Seeing him so composed, True Person Fuxuan actually believed him seventy percent, and a secret suspicion arose in his heart:

"The 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】 is a spirit treasure left behind by the Founder to suppress the Daoist lineage, and because of the Founder's breakthrough and subsequent fall... it possesses unique, miraculous properties that no ordinary spirit treasure can compare to. Since Chi Buzi is so confident... I fear it really might be something he cultivated himself!"

Even though Chi Buzi is now a Great True Person who has cultivated countless divine abilities and secret arts, to say he could deceive the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】—which was bonded to the life of the Sun lineage's direct disciple and Founder Chunyi—is absolutely impossible.

Thinking of this, his heart pounded:

"Could it be that he really found the Daoist lineage left behind by the Founder?"

True Person Fuxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Che Hong, go and invite the spirit treasure out!"

Che Hong bowed and went down. True Person Fuxuan then turned his head, his expression toward Chi Buzi becoming much more complex, and he said softly:

"After all, it is the Founder's object; there is no reason to move it without proper ceremony. Che Hong will go down to burn incense and bathe; I ask the Great True Person to wait for three days."

Chi Buzi waved his hand indifferently, raised his eyebrows, and said, "After all, I haven't seen Fellow Daoist Fuxuan for many years. Ever since we parted ways over the Song Fangshan affair, I have missed you dearly."

True Person Fuxuan stared at him deeply and replied, "Fellow Daoist miscalculated once. Regarding the matter of the Chen Donghe brothers, I went to your gate to plead for mercy, but Chi Wei refused to see me and sent you down the mountain to decline."

This old affair was clearly not pleasant to recall, and it was no wonder Chi Buzi had been given the cold shoulder when he came to the door. True Person Fuxuan did not stop, continuing, "As for the Song Fangshan you mentioned, or the later Yu Yuxie, and even the final Li Chijing, we tried to persuade them. Now that Qingchi has fallen to this state, it can be said to be self-inflicted."

"Not so."

Chi Buzi did not agree with him, replying, "Back in the days of the Chi Tang Ning Si, what was the scene like? Sanyuan was majestic and powerful. Tang Yuanwu's subordinates, Tang Shecheng and Yu Xiuxian, and the younger generation like Chi Zhiyun, Ning Wan, and Si Yuanli... which one of them wasn't a Zifu seed? Tang Shecheng was even compared to me, and everyone felt the next generation would still be Qingchi's golden age."

"Back then, one would only feel that there were too many Zifu of various families and not enough spirit artifacts to go around. Outsider Zifu were considered untrustworthy, and living too long would only be a disaster, so where was the need for them? Who could have imagined that Yu Xiuxian would be killed by Guo E, and Tang Shecheng would fall while attempting the Zifu realm? Just looking at this Yuanwu Peak, they later went to cultivate Tang Shejun, who fell all the same, and finally there was Yu Muyuan, who was killed by the Li family supported by the elements."

He shook his head slightly and sighed:

"The blame doesn't lie solely on him. If there had been a few more True Persons surnamed Yu or Li back then, would it really have been a good thing?"

True Person Fuxuan was silent and replied, "Qingchi was, after all, the administrative seat of that one. Even if he didn't care and didn't show his face, the style of conduct had similarities. Fellow Daoist is of the nature that seeks the Dao, and the Lu Shui Locking Dao... I fear it hasn't been easy."

Chi Buzi looked at him quietly. At this Chunyi mountain gate, he was still unwilling to say too much, only saying:

"Seeking the Dao, seeking the Dao, there is more than one path before one's eyes. My lifespan is still long, and the True Lord's immortal might is unfathomable. Perhaps in a hundred or two hundred years, when the True Lord ascends another level and the 'washing and robbing' of his Qi can be harvested, there will naturally be a path to walk."

"If I cannot wait for the opportunity and cannot become a subordinate of the Great One, then by working hard to accumulate connections and spiritual resources now, seeking a path of reincarnation is also a path to walk."

He appeared broad-minded and leisurely, seeing things very clearly. True Person Fuxuan nodded secretly and said:

"That is the only way. Speaking of subordinates, I heard that a True Person in the 【Beihuan Sect】 is attempting the Golden Core, intending to become a subordinate of that 'Huo'. The hopes are high, and I don't know if he is proving the Dao in the present world, or how that one intends to assist him... I wonder if there is a chance to catch a glimpse of his demeanor."

The two soon fell silent. Although these two True Persons had met when they were young and had known each other for a long time, they were ultimately two different types of people, and their Daoist lineages conflicted. Whatever they could talk about was nothing more than idle chatter.

Fortunately, for Zifu cultivators, three days passed in the blink of an eye. True Person Che Hong changed into white robes, his attire and demeanor neat and orderly as he stepped forward, holding a jade plate in his hands, with a mirror placed in the center.

The mirror was eight inches in diameter, snow-white throughout. The mirror surface was like a drop of water in a still lake, clear and bright. The top was decorated with auspicious clouds supporting the moon, and the back was painted with dense coiled dragon patterns and feathery silver patterns, interlaced and shining.

Chi Buzi was merely sitting in place, not even facing the mirror directly, yet he felt a sense of terror arise. His life-bound divine ability sent a series of throbbing warnings of crisis toward this direction.

【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】! "It is worthy of being a spirit treasure bestowed by the Sun lineage, and one personally pointed out by an Immortal... This power, I fear, is the pinnacle of spirit treasures."

Chi Buzi understood how terrifying the power of this object was. Nine out of ten of the reputation of the Chunyi Founder 【Jiequn】 lay in the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】, and that was no joke.

Back then, when 【Jiequn】 was bestowed this object, the Great One personally said this object had the potential of a magic treasure. If properly nurtured, 【Jiequn】 would bond his life to it, nurturing it day and night with his divine ability. Although this Founder later fell and failed to break through to the Golden Core, and the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】 was henceforth cut off from becoming a magic treasure, in the absence of magic treasures, the power of this spirit mirror was likely the number one in the Sun lineage.

True Person Fuxuan stood up respectfully and bowed before holding the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】 in his hands. Chi Buzi glanced at it slightly and actually saw the surface of the spirit treasure like water ripples, seemingly containing a world within. He saw a guqin, an incense table set in front, and a bamboo forest behind, hazy and indistinct.

True Person Fuxuan held up the spirit treasure. Chi Buzi cautiously stepped back, his hands not hesitating as he lit up four divine ability radiances—blue-gray interlaced, green and white rippling. True Person Fuxuan sensed it secretly, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

"How can this not be our lineage... The 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】 not only did not detect a hint of filth or abnormality, but it also had a faint sense of intimacy. Besides our lineage, what other path could it be?"

The Xi family's Lu Shui lineage 'Chou Gui Cang' originated from the Founder 【Jiequn】, and further up, it was passed down orally by Immortals. Founder 【Jiequn】 achieved great success in his cultivation and specifically took this path out to leave for his descendants. Later, when Du Qing achieved the Dao, no one in the Xi family cultivated Lu Shui, so naturally, there was no reason for it to flow out.

"Chi Buzi has already cultivated it, so he must have the cultivation method. If he had obtained it from any predecessor of the past, he would never have come to me to throw himself into the net. The so-called opportunity seems to be true."

True Person Fuxuan felt both joy and worry in his heart.

This was the Daoist treasury related to Founder 【Jiequn】!

Clearly confirming that the other party's was indeed his own lineage, True Person Fuxuan did not have much change on his face, saying casually:

"Fellow Daoist has good fortune and a good temperament; it is undoubtedly self-cultivated. But this object..."

Chi Buzi raised his eyebrows and replied:

"Is it the Daoist lineage of your noble gate?"

Chi Buzi's question hit the nail on the head, pointing directly to the key point, not giving True Person Fuxuan any chance to shirk. True Person Fuxuan had to grit his teeth and nod, hesitating: "Exactly!"

Chi Buzi lowered his eyebrows and said nothing. True Person Fuxuan smiled bitterly in his heart. His own lineage could not be leaked, so he had to say:

"This opportunity..."

Chi Buzi cautiously raised his head and narrowed his eyes: "I obtained this opportunity, but it's not as simple as just taking the benefits."

He glanced at True Person Fuxuan and said lightly: "This True Person indeed needs the help of the Chunyi lineage. I want your family's direct bloodline to help me willingly, but the location of the opportunity must never be told to your gate's Zifu."

True Person Fuxuan frowned. Chi Buzi said very frankly:

"Your gate has the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】. Once the location of the opportunity is revealed and we go together, it will inevitably end in a siege against me with the spirit treasure. I do not want to be injured, nor do I want to fall."

True Person Fuxuan wanted to speak but stopped. Chi Buzi said:

"I know this secret treasury of opportunity. The most precious thing inside is a Taiyin spirit object. How about this... your family sends a direct descendant to go with me. I will pledge a spirit treasure in your family's hands as proof."

"When we open this opportunity, I will take out the spirit object and then use the items inside to exchange back for the spirit treasure. And this direct descendant going with me can also witness the items inside, which will make it easier to distribute the spirit objects then."

True Person Fuxuan's brows were locked, silent in response, seemingly unable to find any major loopholes. After all, there were many direct descendants of the Xi family, and there was no shortage of those whose path was cut off, so he wasn't afraid of him harming them...

He pondered for a long time, understanding that Chi Buzi was wary of the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】, and feared he would not let his own Zifu go together. The so-called reputation of the righteous path had no use in front of such a suspicious person...

I don't know how long it took, but he finally nodded slightly and said softly:

"One spirit treasure is not enough... My family's person will carry the 【Treasure Pagoda Heart-Clearing Talisman】 from the Dao, which does not fear divine ability confusion."

Chi Buzi hesitated and said:

"Add another spirit artifact, no more. This is not some cave-heaven secret realm..."

True Person Fuxuan nodded, thinking to himself:

"First ask him for the "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method" in his hands. After all, it is something obtained by accidental opportunity. Maybe there is a more complete version than the one in hand! Taking a careful look can also be considered a double guarantee!"

But he didn't speak. Chi Buzi waved his hand and said:

"Fellow Daoist... what you say is not bad, but I am not a person of your Chunyi lineage. I cannot see the changes of the 【Grand Void Spirit Mirror】. You all understand, but the opportunity is in my hands. How can I not be on guard?"

"What do you mean by this, Fellow Daoist?"

True Person Fuxuan frowned, clearly a bit confused. Chi Buzi said: "The opportunity only says it requires the bloodline of descendants who cultivate this path. Who knows if this 'Chou Gui Treasury' is really your Chunyi lineage's version? Who knows if your Chunyi lineage has such great face? If it's not, I take people there, fail to open it, and return empty-handed, and your gate immediately reneges on the debt. Anyway, it's just the death of a small direct descendant, and you swallow a spirit treasure and a spirit artifact of mine. Wouldn't that be a huge profit!"

"Hiss..."

True Person Fuxuan finally understood, gasping for air, as if he had suddenly discovered that this could be done. He felt cold in his heart and was full of emotion, laughing and scolding:

"This is something only you, Chi Buzi, could do!"

He turned back and ordered: "Che Hong, go and fetch the "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method"."

True Person Che Hong had listened the whole way and was full of anticipation. He walked quickly down. Chi Buzi drank tea calmly and waited for a moment. This True Person came up holding a golden jade slip, opened it with a secret method, and delivered it to True Person Fuxuan's hands.

"Please!"

True Person Fuxuan was full of confidence. Chi Buzi took it casually, frowned, and read it from beginning to end. After a quarter of an hour, he seemed to have turned it over and over without finding anything wrong, and then said with great relief:

"It is indeed correct!"

As soon as he said this, the two True Persons beside him breathed a sigh of relief. Chi Buzi sent it back and waved his hand:

"Trouble your family to send the person up. Older is fine, but don't go to the point where they can't walk... they won't be able to withstand the tossing."

Clearly, sending a cultivator whose path was cut off was not as good as letting an old man whose lifespan was coming to an end go. True Person Fuxuan signaled True Person Che Hong, who soon brought an old man up. He bowed to the three of them and said in a hoarse voice: "Xi Jiankuan pays respects to the three True Persons..."

"Why is it this one."

True Person Fuxuan appeared a bit unbearable. Che Hong whispered:

"There are many who cultivate the "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method" now, but this one is the oldest. When we told him about this, he insisted on coming, saying he didn't have many years to live anyway, so it was just right to make a contribution to the gate."

"Alas!"

True Person Fuxuan waved his hand and replied with divine ability: 'According to this person's statement and his divine ability, this matter is likely not false. It's just that going there is enough, just letting the old man run around in vain...'

Chi Buzi appeared indifferent, holding his cup and drinking tea silently, glancing at Xi Jiankuan on the ground. He was not surprised in his heart. He was so shrewd that he had already secretly investigated and calculated it. Nine out of ten, it was this one.

'Anyway, he doesn't have many years to live. When the old man falls and you return from beyond the heavens, can you really make the dead Xi family bloodline speak? Even if you can, you'll turn the Xi family upside down... Just wait and see if Taiyi can tolerate it!'

His thoughts flashed by, his face leisurely and self-satisfied, secretly laughing:

'Chunyi... whether it's Fuxuan or Che Hong, neither are fools, but they are followers of rules and restorers of the old. How can they play against me? It's just that this Taiyin spirit object cannot be saved. The "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method" is thus in hand!'

Chi Buzi went around in circles, nothing more than for this "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method". Even if he paid the spirit object brought from the heavens in the end, it would be fine. Seeing the person sent to his front, he raised his hand and flipped it lightly, and two objects appeared on the jade table.

One was a small tripod shrouded in a layer of gray light, green and glistening, surrounded by many runes. As it landed on the table, there was an atmosphere of damp falling rain.

【Rain-Watching Treasure Tripod】.

The other was a string of blackish-green prayer beads, each one like condensed pool water, round and shiny, as if they would break at a poke.

【Mo Tang】.

True Person Fuxuan wanted to speak but stopped, looked up at the spirit sword on his waist that pinched techniques, and sighed:

"Qingchi has been emptied by you!"

Chi Buzi smiled lightly. With the "Chou Gui Water-Seeking Method" in hand, his mood was clearly much better. He said lightly: "What should be taken, I will not let go of a single one. What should not be moved, I will leave all behind."

Wangyue Lake.

The scorching sun was overhead, and Zhijing Mountain was shining brightly. This mountain was the place where True Person Zhaojing broke through. Gardenia flowers were everywhere, never fading all year round. The gardenia flowers on the whole mountain bloomed at the same time, which was even more dazzling like snow.

In these gardenia flowers falling like rain, a white-robed True Person was sitting cross-legged on a jade pillar. The light of the whole mountain range fluctuated with his breathing, and purple flames surrounded his body from time to time, but they could not burn the white flowers flying on the ground.

I don't know how long it took, but this True Person suddenly exhaled. Suddenly, the whole mountain was filled with strong winds, the sound of horse hooves, the sound of armor colliding, and the sound of war drums ringing together. People in golden armor marched all over the mountain, a piece of brilliance.

Li Ximing slowly opened his eyes, and the light between his brows gradually converged.

"'Yetian Sect' complete!"

'Yetian Sect' complete, making the power of his Heavenly Gate even greater, and the power of grinding and suppressing even more prosperous. 'Yetian Sect' was already outstanding in similar divine abilities. Now that one barrier was shaken, I fear even Chi Luo could not escape.

And the power of the golden armor and golden clothes of 'Yetian Sect' was much stronger, but the targeting was too strong. No one had ever used Foundation Establishment to surround and strangle Zifu, so it was never useful. Only when encountering Ye Huai's 'Nan Chou Shui' which also turned into thousands, could it be of help.

Excluding this point, the power of the purple flames of 'Yetian Sect' finally made progress, but Mingyang was not fire virtue after all, so it still could not compare with 【Three Hou Shu Xuan Fire】, and still had to be reduced to its foil.

These were all insignificant. The important thing was that it represented that Li Ximing had already perfected this divine ability, completely refined and hidden in the Shengyang Mansion, and could begin to cultivate the second divine ability 'Jun Daowei'! His spiritual sense sank into the Shengyang Mansion, and he saw that the heavenly light representing 'Yetian Sect' had already shrunk into a corner, having more space to refine other divine abilities.

The rune seed in the center stopped slowly and gently in the middle, emitting a faint cold light. Although it was far from 'Yetian Sect', it had a cold and unshakeable power.

Li Ximing glanced at it, exited Shengyang, lowered his eyebrows and looked. The jade talisman outside the retreat place hung one large and six small, proving that one year and six months had passed, and there were no other warnings. Clearly, the family had been very stable for more than a year.

He felt relieved and took out a jade slip from his sleeve.

"Body-Suppressing Tiger Pass Precious Scripture"! This "Body-Suppressing Tiger Pass Precious Scripture" was only a fourth-grade cultivation method. Although it was already the cultivation method of the direct lineage of the Immortal Sect outside, it was nothing to the Li family today, not to mention the Wei Li Heavenly Dynasty that was in its prime back then. Listening to the name, it was not the key cultivation method of the imperial family, but for those generals sent to the border.

Li Ximing had also read this cultivation method early on. It was precisely because of this that the "Body-Suppressing Tiger Pass Precious Scripture" lacked a bit of the majestic power to suppress people with momentum, and had more of the posture of being born and dying, being trapped in a desperate situation, and forcing people with martial arts.

Li Ximing's attainments in Mingyang were not shallow today. Although he had not seen what the imperial family's cultivation method should be like, he could still see many things. The "Body-Suppressing Tiger Pass Precious Scripture" tended to hurt people with strength rather than protect himself, which made him nod secretly.

'After all, it is for the border. Just rush forward and kill. Where do you need so many things to save your life? As a general, you should exchange life for life.'

'Fortunately, it is a body divine ability, so it's not bad. It already has 'Yetian Sect' to suppress, so it's better to tend to attack and charge.'

He paused slightly and took out a jade box from his sleeve.

This object was 【Xuan Pass Red Fire Qi】.

This spiritual energy had to be harvested from the Xuan Pass personally established by a Mingyang cultivator. The Xuan Pass required a history of two hundred years. Fortunately, it did not require any desert. The Cui family could not practice it in the early years, but later built it on Chongzhou Island, and then slowly had this cultivation method to practice.

It's just that the requirements were harsh, the Xuan Pass occupied a large area, and it was not easy to build more. The Cui family did not have much in their hands, and they were not enough for themselves. When they sent the cultivation method, they gave Li Ximing a copy, and the Li family did not have any extra, so for so many years, there was no one in the clan practicing this cultivation method.

Zifu had already cultivated a divine ability, and coming to forge an immortal foundation was not as complicated as Foundation Establishment. During the fetal breath period, it required six rounds of cultivation. Today, there was no immortal foundation in the dharma body, so it could be condensed at will. What's more, today's Qi induction was not as troublesome as when he was young. According to Li Ximing's speed, the three or five years of fetal breath back then would only consume three or five days today.

After these six rounds were condensed, he could take the spiritual energy and easily break through to Qi Refining. The time from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment was not so simple. Fortunately, today it was a Zifu dharma body, open and close, and elixirs could be taken at will. It was estimated to be two or three years.

After that, it was Foundation Establishment. With the help of divine ability, it was not difficult. Although there was a probability of failure, a customized Suiyuan Pill was taken, and the immortal foundation was established!

The process of cultivating the 'Jun Daowei' immortal foundation was also much easier. Similar to Qi Refining, it could be completed in almost five to ten years. After the immortal foundation was complete, it could be moved back into Shengyang, and the divine ability could be achieved according to the cultivation method.

'Theoretically, this immortal foundation achieving divine ability takes less than ten years at the fastest!'

This was undoubtedly a terrifying speed, but Li Ximing had rarely heard of Zifu achieving divine ability in ten years. It seemed that the fast ones took twenty years... The difficulty was that the Shengyang Mansion already had a divine ability, and pushing the immortal foundation again would be much more difficult! Once it failed, although the Zifu dharma body would not have much injury, the immortal foundation would be finished! "Equivalent to ten, or even more years of effort, all flowing into the water..."

Although every attempt to push the Immortal Foundation into the Rising Yang, even if it ends in failure, the wondrous effects left behind will adjust the position of the original divine abilities and adapt to them; perhaps the second time will have a higher chance of success, but failing time after time is also a torturous thing.

Li Ximing pondered to this point and almost immediately had another judgment: "If one suffers too heavy an injury during this period and the Qi Sea is pierced, although it can be easily pinched back together, the Immortal Foundation within the Qi Sea will likely have been destroyed by the other party... No wonder these Zifu cultivators are unwilling to make a move and try their best to solve problems by placing pieces..."

"And people like the rogue Zifu cultivators of the East Sea... cultivating the Immortal Foundation time and again, I fear they have already spent decades or nearly a hundred years..."

"A single divine ability is already this difficult; if the Rising Yang requires two or three... wouldn't that be difficult to the point of reaching the heavens! No wonder there are Zifu cultivators who get stuck for a hundred years..."

He lowered his brows, and a name flashed through his mind: "The Wonderful Method of Continuing the Path!"

"The person who thought of this method is simply a genius!"

"No wonder they all flock to it! This is too great a convenience for Zifu cultivators! One side cultivates the Immortal Foundation in the body, while the other raises a genius medicine-person; when it comes time to break through... refining them into an elixir and consuming it is equivalent to gaining an extra chance to conceive a divine ability out of thin air!!"

"A saving of ten or twenty years of effort... who wouldn't be tempted? Who could not be tempted? Even if one wasn't tempted at first, when facing a bottleneck, stuck for ten or twenty years, or stuck for a hundred years, could one still not be tempted?!"

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Li Ximing 【Early Zifu】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Chi Buzi 【Lu Buzi】