Chapter 348

To strike the strong with the weak, to overthrow the superior from below?

After reading Long Long Yingchan's translation, Li Yuan sensed the meaning—the trial was not a gladiatorial contest; victory and defeat were indeed important, but potential seemed even more crucial than victory or defeat?

"This can work..."

Long Long Daozhu pinched his long eyebrows, deeply startled—there was no similar record in the Ancestral Master's Daily Records.

But after a moment's thought, he understood.

When the two Ancestral Masters seized the Longhu Yangsheng Furnace, they had already shattered Tian Gang; and all subsequent Ancestral Masters, at the very least, reached Tian Gang before unlocking the True Transmission Trial.

No one had ever won with weakness, so naturally, no one knew the Yangsheng Sect's trial had this rule.

"In the dueling grounds, all are Master-level cultivators with millennial-level talent; even with strength against weakness, victory is hard—how could anyone imagine winning with weakness against strength?"

Long Long Yingchan understood.

Li Yuan pondered the characters on the stone tablet, his attention naturally falling on the pill formula, his heartbeat quickening:

"Long Daozhu, this Bai Xing Dan?"

He was deeply shaken—if this name was literal, and one pill could transform a hundred forms, then the value of this formula was immense, likely surpassing even the Longhu Longhu Dadan.

"This pill formula..."

Long Long Yingchan glanced at the ghostly scribbles on the hide: "Hmm, this formula—I must study it carefully. Once deciphered, I'll give you a copy, and the first batch of pills you refine will be yours!"

Over the past two thousand years, Longhu Temple had obtained multiple pill formulas from this relic trial, and knew the Yangsheng Sect named their pills with extreme precision.

The value of this formula was evident even from its name alone; Long Long Daozhu naturally had his own calculations.

"Thank you, Long Daozhu."

Li Yuan had no objections—he had already memorized the formula on the road and planned to have the Yu Xuanjing Spirit translate it later.

"Deciphering pill formulas is extremely difficult; don't attempt it on your own."

Long Long Daozhu glanced at him—he knew this brat was cunning enough to have already memorized the formula.

As the Yu Xuanjing Hammer's master, he clearly had the means to decipher it.

But deciphering formulas was a technical art: one had to translate the characters, understand their meaning, and among countless herbs, find those with matching and compatible properties to attempt refining.

It was tedious, troublesome, and dangerous—he didn't want Li Yuan wasting time on it.

"Disciple remembers."

Li Yuan replied, then asked his next question:

"Long Daozhu, how many victories are needed for the True Transmission Trial?"

"Three consecutive wins."

Long Long Daozhu emphasized "consecutive": "Three consecutive wins are required to pass the trial—whether inner or outer sect True Transmission. But fighting more won't hurt."

"... I understand."

Repeatedly farming the trial—Li Yuan suddenly realized; he recalled the Yu Xuanjing Sect's trials—weren't those also farmable?

"The two Ancestral Masters hold you in high regard; if you wish to return here later, simply go to the mountain gate—no need to report to me. But if you intend to achieve consecutive wins, consult me first."

Holding the formula, Long Long Yingchan felt a itch to decipher it.

"Yes."

Li Yuan saw his intent and quickly asked his most pressing question:

"Long Daozhu, bone modification improves talent—what about divine endowment?"

"The heart is the dwelling of the spirit; pure heart, pure spirit. Divine endowment is intimately tied to the spirit form; to alter it, you must act upon the spirit form."

Long Long Yingchan didn't wish to force growth, but after thinking, he explained:

"Before I perfected Fenghu Wu Yunlong, my divine endowment was only 'China'—slightly stronger than yours."

"Spirit form?"

Li Yuan relaxed inwardly—if it could be altered, the problem wasn't insurmountable.

"Altering divine endowment differs from talent. You've just unblocked your meridians—wait until you fully comprehend Yin and Yang before considering it."

Long Long Yingchan waved his hand and vanished into the mist.

"Fully comprehend Yin and Yang."

Li Yuan murmured it, a sense of anticipation rising within him.

With this Longhu Longhu Dadan and the other spirit pills he carried, within half a year at most, he would reach the blood-replacement threshold—close to fully comprehending Yin and Yang.

"Master—how far is Li Master?"

Returning to the outer sect from the distant path, dawn was nearly breaking; feeling the warm medicinal power circulating within him, Li Li Daoye felt inner peace. With Brother Sikong Xing's matter resolved, he could now calmly train and forge.

"Hmm, I should come here more often—farm the trials, whether I win or lose, spend time with the two Ancestral Masters, get familiar with them, so I can ask them to destroy the 'spirit' trapped in the Qianling Duren Stele."

In the night, Li Yuan slipped quietly back to his room, tore off his tattered robe, washed it carelessly, then sat bare-chested on his bed in stillness.

Hum~

Li Yuan had no sleepiness; closing his eyes, he entered the Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing space.

On the gray stone platform, the Yu Xuanjing Hammer continuously hummed—it could not perceive the platform's existence, but once released from his control, the Yu Xuanjing Spirit would appear within the Mi Jing.

"That old ghost of the Stele—dealing with it will be troublesome."

In one corner of the platform, the Qianling Duren Stele was buried among weapons, utterly unremarkable—but in Li Yuan's perception, it glowed with Jin Guang.

These days, he'd considered how to dispose of this spirit, but "slaying a god" was a technical matter—he dared not be careless.

After all, this fragmentary spirit likely came from Qianling Qianyan Fa Zhu.

"Among the eight hundred gods, those ranked as Qianyan Fa Zhu require the incense of other Qianyan Fa Zhu-level spirits—like the Hundred-Armed Daoist, the Crimson-Haired Buddha, the Sword Spirit, or Qianyin Qianyan Fa Zhu—to extinguish this fragment."

Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Long Long Yingchan's book, "On Slaying Gods: A Few Things," had mentioned "Qianyan Fa Zhu."

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The imperial court canonizes them; folk wild gods are divided into three classes — the lower are the Ascended Person and Fayin Fayin Tongzi, the middle are the Vajra and the Garan, and the highest take the names Bodhisattva and Buddha, unified under the title Dharma Lord.

"That Mo Tian Shang Shi hadn't even unleashed his true divine power, yet already carried that terrifying pressure. If this stele really is a Dharma Lord..."

Though his eyes burned for the seventh- and eighth-tier incense offerings on the stele, Li Yuan still held himself in check — stability above all. The meat was already in the pot; sooner or later he'd get to eat it.

"Om~"

A moment later, Li Yuan entered the Mysterious Whale Mi Jing.

At the peak of the Overhanging Mountain, the Mysterious Whale's spirit took the form of a small crimson hammer, chirping softly as it circled him — perhaps complaining, perhaps playing pitiful.

Li Yuan was unmoved. Even if it cried the heavens down, he could never bring himself to let the Rift Sea Mysterious Whale Hammer go unwielded.

"What does this phrase mean?"

Li Yuan grabbed the hammer, recalled the voice he'd heard behind the Yang Sheng Gate, and with his powerful mimicry, repeated it once.

The pronunciation of the Rift Sea divine script was extremely tongue-twisting; Li Yuan stumbled through it.

Om~

The Mysterious Whale's spirit seemed somewhat stirred upon hearing the sound. Li Yuan urged it on again, and only then did a stone tablet rise before his eyes:

【Those masterful in form are granted the Bai Xing Dan.】

"Just one line?"

Li Yuan was somewhat doubtful. He remembered the voice outside being much longer — or had he missed something?

The Mysterious Whale's spirit also stumbled a bit:

【... A hundred forms become a Mirage Dragon, with the hope of transforming into the Heavenly and Star Dragon aspect — the bearing of a Dao Child.】

"That's all?"

【That's all.】

"A hundred forms, the Mirage Dragon; with hope, the Heavenly Star."

Li Yuan muttered the phrase. Similar words, he recalled, he'd glimpsed in the Soldier Controlling Art when he obtained the Mirage Dragon Whip.

If "dragon" is what these heritage sects call a hundred forms, then could "heaven" and "star" be the terms for a thousand forms and ten thousand forms?

Li Yuan's mind drifted into wild speculation.

He'd known for a long time that when Han Han Chuijun changed his hundred forms, he'd been deeply shocked. In Gao Liu County, a root bone bearing two forms was already top-tier; he had no concept of a hundred forms, let alone ten thousand.

And even though he'd changed his hundred forms, he still had no real concept of ten thousand forms — simply because the number was too vast.

Even at a hundred forms a year, it would take a century. Who could manage that?

But now...

"That Dragon Demon Daoist, perha

ps also has a peerless elixir like the Bai Xing Dan?"

Li Yuan's thoughts wandered, and he felt it very likely.

Whoosh!

While mulling it over in his mind, Li Yuan had already carved the Bai Xing Dan recipe he'd recorded into the ground.

This time, the Mysterious Whale's spirit responded much faster:

【Blood is the mother of qi, qi is the commander of blood; only when qi and blood merge do sinews, bones, and viscera come to be... The body is the dwelling of the spirit, and also the spirit's root.】

Li Yuan murmured along in his heart. After the opening lines, the main ingredient of this Bai Xing Dan was mentioned:

"Blood."

【The Bai Xing Dan has many refining methods. The main ingredient is the blood of a spirit beast. To take on what form, take the blood of such a spirit beast, supplement it with various herbs and woods, and the dan can be formed; consume it, and the form can be achieved.】

Good heavens — this is the true meaning of "using form to supplement form."

Before the Mysterious Whale's spirit had finished deciphering, Li Yuan couldn't help clicking his tongue in awe. If this dan recipe were to spread, the price of living spirit beasts would skyrocket.

"No, that's wrong — those who know how to farm-raise are the minority; most would drain the pond to catch the fish. If this recipe spreads, spirit beasts will likely go extinct sooner or later!"

Li Yuan's heart chilled slightly, but he immediately felt he was overthinking it.

This life isn't the previous one. For a single low-grade Wu Gong, the vast majority of disciples might never fully learn it even after a lifetime — let alone a dan recipe of this caliber?

"Hundred Beast Mountain has at least several hundred kinds of spirit beasts... this dan recipe must be deciphered."

Li Yuan glanced at the stone tablet and immediately frowned. This Bai Xing Dan, because its main ingredient varies, requires different medicinal materials to compound — at minimum several dozen kinds, and not a few of them are spirit herbs.

"These herb names..."

Li Yuan examined them carefully. He had once leafed through a compendium of a hundred herbs, but reading all the way to the end, he still couldn't find a single spirit herb from his memory.

"No wonder the Dragon Dao Lord won't let me compound it privately. By one's own strength alone, it simply can't be deciphered."

Li Yuan felt a sudden clarity in his heart.

Still, though he thought this, Li Yuan still recorded the deciphered dan recipe. Afterwards, he questioned it one by one, and only after confirming the Mysterious Whale's spirit had made no errors or omissions did he set the matter aside.

He stood up and walked toward the Mysterious Whale Gate's memorial archway.

Here too, there was a True Inheritance Trial.

Whoosh!"

In the room, Li Yuan groaned and opened his eyes, his heart still lingering with fear.

"Winning the Yang Sheng Gate trial — luck still played a part..."

His second attempt at the True Inheritance Trial failed, as expected. That giant wielding the Fang Tian Halberd was far faster than the one from the Yang Sheng Gate.

And what's more...

"My true body is stronger than the true qi body — not just in horizontal training; the enhancements from all this gear on me are also a great Wan Wan Zhuli."

Li Yuan analyzed the reasons for his defeat.

"To enter the Mysterious Whale Mi Jing with my true body, I'd need to fully master the Mysterious Whale Hammer... forget it, that's not reliable. But to bring weapons into the Mi Jing, there is still a way."

Li Yuan drew the Phantom Dragon Whip from his waist, brushed his palm across it, and stained the whip with blood.

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