Stars Filling the Sky
The only person outside who knew who was responsible for the attack on the Spirit Stone mine was Hundred Charm Demoness. However, she also had the wrong idea, thinking that Yue Qianchou had sent out twenty-one teams at the same time. In particular, after receiving reports from fifteen elders that experts at the late Tribulation Transcendence stage had appeared in fifteen different places, Hundred Charm Demoness was startled. Could that mean fifteen experts at the late Tribulation Transcendence stage Realm? She couldn't help but wonder who the "Black Society" behind Yue Qianchou was. Why had she never heard of them before?
Inside the Wu family hall of the Four Great Families, the heads of the Four Great Families gathered together. Inevitably, they also had to discuss the major events happening in the Cultivation World. After some speculation, Wu Sihai suddenly laughed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this big move might very well be the work of Yue Qianchou, whom we're looking for. The power behind this kid is truly unfathomable!"
The other three family heads asked him why he was so sure, and Wu Sihai smiled and said, "The Daluo Sect and the Qingguang Sect can't find out who did it, and the entire Cultivation World can't find out either. Both sects just happened to provoke that kid, so I'm afraid it's inseparable from that kid. I'm afraid only that kid has the ability to do such a thing."
Whether the outside speculations were right or wrong, for Yue Qianchou, what was done was done and was now in the past; he had no time to care about them. After half a month, a large complex of buildings sprang up within Utopia, thanks naturally to the four or five thousand extraordinary cultivators; otherwise, such rapid progress would have been impossible. After providing some initial constructive guidance, Yue Qianchou stopped worrying about the details and delegated the specifics to his subordinates.
That night, Yue Qianchou felt troubled by some things. Standing alone before Misty Peak, gazing at the thousands of people busily working under the dim light of lamps in the distance, he couldn't help but sigh deeply. Whenever danger or difficulty arose, Bai Suzhen always had to step in. As a man, constantly needing a woman to protect him was too much of a blow to his pride. He had thought that with a large amount of Spirit Stone, he could rapidly improve his cultivation, but after reaching the Core Formation stage, the speed at which he refined his True Essence into physical form was far too slow.
Others worry about having enough Spiritual Qi, but he, possessing ample Spiritual Qi, complains about the slow pace of his core formation. Is he unaware of his good fortune? Yue Qianchou stood on the cliff edge, shaking his head and smiling bitterly. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and examined the small core within his Dantian. True Essence clung to the core, continuously flowing in, condensing at a speed barely perceptible even with focused attention. At this rate, how long would it take for the core to reach the size of a mid-stage core? He feared that even with day and night of arduous cultivation, it would take nearly ten years!
To others, this speed is already ridiculously fast, but it takes ten years to reach the mid-stage of Core Formation. Does that mean that if he encounters trouble, he'll have to rely on his sister for protection, and that protection will take another ten years? Besides, even if he reaches the mid-stage of Core Formation, what are those old guys in the Tribulation Transcendence stage to him? And how many years will it take to reach the late Core Formation stage?
After the nascent soul breaks through the Nascent Soul Realm and reaches the Nascent Soul stage, it will take countless years, followed by the mid-to-late stages to slowly climb to the Tribulation Transcendence stage. By the time I reach the late Tribulation Transcendence stage, I'll probably be over a hundred years old. And that's assuming everything goes smoothly. In reality, how many cultivators are blocked by each hurdle at every stage? I'm afraid I'll be lucky if I can successfully break through to the late Tribulation Transcendence stage before I'm two hundred years old.
Yue Qianchou opened his eyes and stood up. He looked up at the starry sky speechlessly and sighed again. In fact, he could think of some things. The sects would never lack Spirit Stone for cultivators who could cultivate to the Tribulation Transcendence stage. He just didn't believe that the major sects would really supply Spirit Stone to cultivators who reached the privileged level as they said on the surface.
The logic is obvious: once you're in a position to set the rules, who would make things difficult for themselves? Therefore, consider this: the advantage of having abundant Spirit Stone is only in the early stages. In the early stages, your cultivation speed will be significantly faster than the lower and middle levels of various sects. However, once you reach the Tribulation Transcendence stage, your cultivation speed will definitely be similar to the higher levels of each sect. Because no matter how many Spirit Stone you have, your speed of refining True Essence is limited, unless someone can break through the barrier of refining True Essence.
Why was Bi Changchun invincible before he was three hundred years old? Why was he able to create his own Cultivation Method? Yue Qianchou looked at the starry sky and suddenly remembered the painting he had seen in the Wu family. In the painting, Bi Changchun stood with his hands behind his back on a cliff, looking up at the stars. Wasn't he just like himself now? Could it be that the starry sky held some kind of secret?
"If Heaven had feelings?" Yue Qianchou murmured, chewing on the phrase. Judging from the inscription on the painting, it seemed that Bi Changchun often said "If Heaven had feelings." Wu Sihai had also said that Bi Changchun's cultivation was achieved through a unique path, comprehending the Dao of Heavenly Dao. But what exactly is the Dao of Heavenly Dao? It's too ethereal and elusive! Although he didn't know if the Old Demon was truly invincible within three moves, the fact that his cultivation had reached the Spirit Transformation stage and he had lived for over two thousand years was enough to inspire admiration.
Are the stars related to the Heavenly Dao? Yue Qianchou stood on the cliff, looking up at the sky.
The night sky was twinkling, full of tiny stars, so many that my eyes were dazzled by them. Yue Qianchou gritted his teeth and thought, "I'm going to find out what the connection is between these stars and that ethereal Heavenly Dao. One day I'll even develop three invincible moves that will make me awesome."
The night dew was heavy, Yue Qianchou's outer garment was already soaked with a thin layer of cold dew. Little did he know that on the roof of the Misty Palace in the distance, Bai Suzhen was staring at him with a puzzled Orthodox God. Seeing that he seemed to be struggling with the night sky, she would also look up at the sky from time to time, but she did not find anything special.
The sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn, and the stars gradually faded. Yue Qianchou raised his hand to rub the back of his aching neck. He had worked hard all night but hadn't figured anything out. He wondered if this nonsense about the Heavenly Dao was real or not. Dejected, he could only stop his efforts and return to the Misty Palace to catch up on sleep.
But that's how people are; once they become interested in something, it's enough to hold their attention for a while, at least until they completely lose interest. So Yue Qianchou spent several nights in First Company on the cliff watching the stars, trying to figure something out. He ended up watching for over a dozen nights. Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao of fate seemed to be against him. The stars, aside from shifting slightly in position each day, didn't seem to do anything else. Using his knowledge from his previous life, it appeared to be due to the rotation and revolution of celestial bodies.
A few nights later, Yue Qianchou really couldn't take it anymore. Not only did he look at the stars at night, but during the day, no matter what he did, the stars were always flashing before his eyes. He could almost recite the entire sky of stars in his mind. He was acting a bit strangely, which made those who cared about him a little anxious, but he said he was fine.
That night, Yue Qianchou habitually walked towards the cliff. Just as he reached the edge, he slapped himself Yue Qianchou, waking himself up. Damn it! If this continued, he would definitely go insane. Maybe that Tan Fei had just drawn a stargazing picture in the style of Bi Changchun, but he had taken it seriously and foolishly looked at the stars here every day. If it were really useful, why would the Four Great Families need to do business? They would have been watching the stars every day long ago.
"How utterly foolish!" Yue Qianchou cursed himself, a hint of sudden realization creeping into his mind. He thought to himself, "I'd be better off forging some good flying swords. I haven't even used the 'Profound Gold Sand' I bought last time." Immediately, a flying sword shot out, carrying him down into the deep valley, letting the cold wind blow against his face, trying to clear his head.
Upon reaching the underground, Yue Qianchou first rushed to see what Chen Feng was doing, only to find Chen Feng deeply engrossed in his cultivation, stubbornly guarding a pill -Pill Furnace. Yue Qianchou didn't disturb him, instead inspecting the scorching, red-hot underground environment. Seeing that this logistics department was operating smoothly and efficiently, he realized he didn't need to worry about anything. So he found a cave with intense underground fire and crawled inside, preparing to forge weapons himself.
He conjured a hundred flying swords out of thin air and then took out the "Profound Gold Sand" and placed it aside. The raging and violent earth fire in front of him made his face feel hot, but with his current cultivation level, he could withstand the heat as long as he didn't jump into the fire to be roasted.
Refining weapons requires a clear mind, otherwise it's easy to create useless items. Wasting a little bit normally is fine, but it would be a pity to waste the "Profound Gold Sand" that cost 500,000 high-grade Spirit Stones. He exhaled and focused his mind, which should have gradually stabilized, but unknowingly, the starry sky that had been deeply ingrained in his mind these past few days started to wander again.
I don't know what happened, but being in a cave, I should have only felt a little hot on my skin with my cultivation level. However, because of the starry sky that suddenly appeared in my mind, it seemed to subconsciously guide the True Essence in my body to do some strange circulation. The heat that should have been resisted by the outside of my body was actually drawn in through the pores on my skin and integrated into the True Essence in my body. My whole body immediately became warm, and the heat outside of my body no longer felt so hot.
Startled, Yue Qianchou suddenly snapped back to reality. This sudden awakening caused the strange phenomenon of his internal True Essence circulation to cease immediately, as if it had never happened. However, the undeniable heat contained within his internal True Essence remained. Yue Qianchou shuddered; could this be related to the starry sky that had just appeared in his mind...?
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