War Preparation

Qin Yi was about to uncork the wine and take a sip when Yin Yizhong stopped him. "If you have something to do, don't drink it for now. This wine is easy to get drunk on; savor it slowly when you're free."

Qin Yi was taken aback. "That's amazing?"

"Hmm," Yin Yizhong said solicitously, "How about we find a place to have a couple of drinks now?"

"No, thank you." Qin Yi put away the gourd, glanced at him, and smiled, "Hey, could you teach me how to use your Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Step and Wine God Technique?"

Yin Yizhong chuckled, "Our moves aren't called that, what nonsense are you spouting? Besides, your Movement Method and special skills are very strong, no weaker than ours, so why would you learn them?"

"Nostalgia." Qin Yi put his arm around his shoulder. "Besides, if you want to look cool while playing around with drunken boxing, don't be so stingy. You're from the same sect..."

"The main problem is that you 'Non-Self master of wine; you can only grasp its form. It's not that we're trying to hide this secret, so what's the point?" Yin Yizhong said irritably. "You yourself belong to the Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting Sect, and painting, but you only grasp the form of Painting Dao and music. Ju Yunxiu doesn't even consider you his successor..."

Qin Yi puffed out his chest. "As long as she treats me like a man, that's enough."

"Get lost." Yin Yizhong kicked out, but Qin Yi dodged it and laughed, "Anyway, getting the form is enough. As long as my sound attack can injure the enemy, that's fine. Do you really need to study the grand principles of music? If you pass on the Wine Sect's techniques to me, I can help you spread the word when I'm showing off outside."

Yin Yizhong glanced at him sideways for a long time. "Don't you know that saying such things is essentially an insult to ourselves? Our path still needs you to spread your power outside..."

Qin Yi said sincerely, "The truth is, I'm pretty awesome."

"How come I never realized you could be this shameless before?" Yin Yizhong annoyed and amused, too lazy to argue with him anymore. She tossed him a jade slip. "Go study it yourself. Apart from the fundamental methods, all the techniques are here. I think I understand now, you came back this time to prepare for War Preparation, didn't you?"

"Yes..." Qin Yi tugged at him and said, "Lao Du's forced Gambling Contract is quite interesting. You two are both from the 'Eating, Drinking, Whoring, Gambling, and Whoring' clan, do you have one here?"

"That's Law Treasure, not Law Technique. You'll have to ask him for it yourself."

Qin Yi vanished in a flash.

Yin Yizhong: "..."

"Gambling Contract?" Inside the casino, Du Pingsheng looked at Qin Yi strangely. "Virtuous Nephew, you wouldn't happen to want to join in the fun of gambling, would you?"

"I just think yours is really amazing, like a special move in a game."

Du Pingsheng said speechlessly, "The game... our forced Gambling Contract is actually a concept that is based on the rules of the Heavenly Dao. The contract rules are similar in essence to the Heavenly Dao's response to oaths and grand vows. It forcibly sets a concept of fair betting. If you don't understand it, you definitely won't be able to use it."

Qin Yi discovered that Du Pingsheng was Huiyang.

Yin Yizhong, who just now, has also reached the mid-stage of the Cloud Ascension realm.

While he was growing, his fellow disciples in the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace were not stopping either.

While Du Pingsheng, at the Cloud Ascension stage, wouldn't have been very convincing to say something like "Heavenly Dao's Dao responds," Huiyang's words sound quite plausible. Qin Yi pondered for a moment and asked, "If we follow your line of reasoning, could this analysis be applied to vows or grand aspirations?"

"Theoretically, yes. Of course, the nature is similar, but there are still systemic differences. Just like how the Daoist theory is all about the same thing, but different schools of thought are different, and there are even deep gaps between them."

"Hmm... I understand."

Du Pingsheng handed over a magical Law Treasure shaped like a balance scale. "Other types are not suitable for you, but this balance scale might actually come in handy sometimes."

"What are you measuring?"

"Everything, which is more important?" Du Pingsheng smiled slightly, "Imagine you take your heart out and put it on the left, Ju Yunxiu on the right... guess which is heavier?"

Qin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

This thing is interesting...

Although I can't think of how to use it right now, this kind of mysterious thing must have some use.

These kinds of things are not measured within the conventional system. They might still exist within the gambling community, but to outsiders, they would be priceless.

"This die is for one-time use, forcing you to gamble once. You can't use it if the opponent's level is too much higher. Use it as you see fit."

"Thanks, Lao Du." Qin Yi took the dice and breathed a sigh of relief. He had come here specifically for this; this kind of forced control technique was incredibly effective in combat. However, he unexpectedly obtained an even more mysterious balance.

Thinking about this, I felt somewhat ashamed. It was indeed as I had told my disciple: I had missed out on too much because of the gains and losses in battle.

Du Pingsheng smiled meaningfully, "Since you've returned home to prepare for War Preparation, the things you'll face are bound to be difficult. You are now the face of our Immortal Palace, and we'd rather go bankrupt than let you suffer a loss."

Qin Yi bowed sincerely and said, "Thank you."

"Airship?" Mo Wuzi, the sect leader of the Artisan Sect, looked at Qin Yi who had come to his door and chuckled. "You should have returned that airship a long time ago. It was originally intended for the War Hall's public use. You embezzled it and then brazenly flaunted it."

"Uh..." Qin Yi immediately changed the subject. "How's the Battle Hall?"

"Gongshu Lu is currently overseeing the War Hall... No one has called you a mere figurehead, after all, you built the framework and led it for a whole year, making you the most meritorious contributor..." Mo Wuzi laughed, "If you have time, you might as well go and take a look at the War Hall. It's a bit different from when you left. But it might be even more interesting to come back after some time."

"Why?"

"Because some of the things they are researching have not yet yielded results, especially the Calculation School... I heard that they have gone mad to the point that they think people are made up of numbers. I wonder what will happen if they attain enlightenment. Everyone in the Immortal Palace is looking forward to it."

"..."

"Alright, keep your airship, and you can have mine." Mo Wuzi said, tossing out an airship.

Qin Yi was overjoyed.

The first thing that pleases me is that the appearance is finally not a silly crane anymore, but a real spaceship. This is the airship I have been looking for!

The second pleasant surprise is that this is Shining Sun Peak airship, with comprehensive upgrades in speed, protection, impact force, and even the cannons on board.

"It can also be used as a fortress, not just an airship... This level of airship is considered part of the sect's War Preparation." Mo Wuzi said, "The materials and effort required are greater than our combat puppets, and the entire sect only has two or three of them."

"Uh..." Qin Yi tentatively asked, "Isn't it a bit too expensive? I feel a little embarrassed..."

"Come on, you're here just for this." Mo Wuzi chuckled. "Use it when you need to. It's not a bad thing that the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace has a troublesome monkey like you."

"Pah, you're the monkey." Qin Yi quickly put the airship into his ring.

The gluttons inside were drooling.

Liusu slammed it to the ground. "If you dare steal this, I'll pluck out every single black hair from your body and stuff it into your greedy mouth!"

Taotie shed tears again.

"Oh, right." Qin Yi remembered something. "Do we still have that World-Breaking Bomb? If we had that bomb when we entered the Taotie Altar, we would have been much more flexible."

Mo Wuzi handed him another bomb. "This thing is also rare. Its ability to blast open a plane involves some rather mysterious things. Moreover, it can only blast small, less stable planes. You should keep that in mind and not have too high hopes."

"That's enough." Qin Yi put away the bomb, feeling that this trip was even more useful than wiping out more than a dozen sects. The things from the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace were too bizarre.

Mo Wuzi asked, "Are we going to a very dangerous place?"

"Yes."

"The open sea?"

"... How did you know?"

"I can guess it, either west or east. Going west means venturing into the homeland of the Witch God Sect, and I believe you're not that clueless, so of course we'll head out to sea."

"Hmm..."

"Go and see the Palace Master; he probably has something to say to you."

Leaving the Artisan Sect, Qin Yi felt a warmth in his heart.

I used to wonder if the people in the Immortal Palace would blame me for always causing trouble. But now it seems that although the Immortal Palace is eccentric, it is actually more humane than most sects.

After all, what they are obsessed with is just mundane stuff.

Never transcended.

Given Qin Yi's personality, it was truly Will of Heaven that he joined this sect.