No Feast Lasts Forever

Return to the Qingyin Pavilion at the Yan Jue Mountain.

After helping Yu Yaozi clear the weeds from the vegetable garden, Li Weiyi sat down at the stone table.

They took out dozens of densely packed boundary bags and arranged them neatly.

Taking stock of the gains from the trip to the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin.

Ghost Pills, Corpse Pills, and Bone Pills are stored separately in a box. They can be used to craft Battle Corpse Puppet or sold.

The spirit crystals were arranged in a small pile.

They are all Low-grade Spirit Crystal, each worth three to five million Spring Coin. The internal magical energy is pure, making them essential for refining Spirit Talisman, spirit arrays, and spirit pills. They can also help martial arts practitioners increase their cultivation speed.

Of course, it's far inferior to Nangong's direct absorption of the Bright Spring Eye for cultivation.

The Netherworld Soul Divine Marrow, when all is added together, amounts to several bottles, enough for Saint Mind Master at the seventh level, saving a significant amount of time spent on Soul Condensation. It can also be used to nourish the Soul, allowing Li Weiyi to be unafraid of the damage Heavenly Fire could inflict on his soul, and greatly increasing the speed of his Mind Power cultivation.

This was the fundamental reason why he decided to go to the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin!

The other treasures were all unexpected finds.

There were quite a few Thousand-Year Elixir. Some were harvested from the enemy's bag, some were picked under Heaven Spirit Cub's guidance, and some were rewards from the Dongxu Camp.

For a long time to come, there will be no need to worry about food for the Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors.

There are dozens of Thousand Character Artifacts of various kinds. Among them, the claw-shaped magic weapon of the Six-Colored Peacock, the talisman umbrella of Luo Yinji, the vajra of the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis, etc., are all of very high quality and priceless.

Of course, the most precious one is the Golden Sky Lei Seal.

The remaining supernatural corpses, ores, Spring Coin, Magic Tool Martial Robe, pills, and various other miscellaneous items filled the entire courtyard, leaving Li Weiyi exhausted.

Such wealth would make even ordinary immortals green with envy, let alone those with Great Longevity.

This is what Tang Wanzhou meant by a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For the younger generation, it's extremely difficult to wrest resources from the older generation. Therefore, every opportunity is incredibly precious.

The upcoming Hundred Realms Longevity Crossing will undoubtedly be another opportunity to make a fortune.

It is said that Gu Zhenxiang alone possessed more than one Myriad-character Artifact.

Li Weiyi was actually very tempted, so for the next year or so, he had to improve his cultivation level as much as possible, actively prepare for battle, and make another big score.

"First, attempt to reach the Saint Mind Master Third Realm."

Inside the Chun Clan Cocoon, Li Weiyi had already condensed his third soul, "Qi Po," to perfection. During his final seclusion within the Chun Clan Cocoon, the fifth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Sword was completed, breaking the cocoon silk and allowing him to emerge from seclusion ahead of schedule.

Otherwise, it's very likely that the thirtieth Psychic Power Stars would be condensed within the Chun Clan Cocoon, allowing one to enter the third realm.

Taking out a Mid-grade Spirit Pill, the "Saint Mind Star Pill," Li Weiyi entered the Blood Mud Space to cultivate in seclusion and break through to a higher realm.

He exchanged most of the rewards from the Dongxu Camp for Saint Mind Star Pill, a total of seven.

Mid-grade Spirit Pill are highly prized treasures that even those Great Longevity achieve immortality would fight over, costing dozens of Low-grade Spirit Crystal to acquire. Seven Saint Mind Star Pill represent all that the Dongxu Camp currently possesses.

Two weeks later.

Outside the Qingyin Pavilion.

Qing Ziqin has fully recovered. She is dressed in a light blue ruyi (a type of traditional Chinese dress), the hem of which hangs over her shoes. Her black hair is tied up in a bun. She has taken off her bamboo hat, revealing a radiant smile with red lips and white teeth, a stark contrast to her previous cold and desolate demeanor.

"Li Weiyi, I've come to say goodbye."

Her appearance was immature, with round, bright eyes, and when she smiled, she exuded a youthful charm and playfulness.

Li Weiyi had expected this, and laughed, "That's more like it. Smile more, and be more optimistic from now on. I've already removed the Puppet Script from those seniors and placed them in the sea of coffins in the cave. Do you want to take them with you?"

Qing Ziqin shook her head, looking at him quietly. "I used to cultivate Corpse Control to conceal my martial arts cultivation. Now, I don't need it anymore... Thank you!"

"No need to thank me. You're my captain, we're allies, and teammates of the Lesser Yang Guard. This kind of connection and fate is more precious than anything else," Li Weiyi said.

"You..."

Qing Ziqin sighed softly, but swallowed the rest of her words, instead saying, "Whether we have the chance to meet again in the future or not, I will remember our friendship."

"Where are you going?" Li Weiyi asked.

Qing Ziqin said, "Carefree Capital! From now on, there will be no more Qing Ziqin in this world! Qing Ziqin, long is my longing. From now on, my name will be Yu Youyou."

Li Weiyi quickly explained, "Those few lines of poetry are from my hometown, Captain, please don't overthink it. Yu Youyou doesn't sound good, let's call her Yu Qingqing instead. Our Lesser Yang Division has two names, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai, which makes me feel less homesick."

"Who is Xiaobai? Nangong?" Qing Ziqin asked.

Li Weiyi told her Nangong's real name, and the two of them burst into laughter, their laughter mingling with the sound of the nearby stream.

This summer is destined to be unforgettable.

There is no sadness of parting.

At least not on the surface.

"This is for you!"

Qing Ziqin took off the Psychic Power Star Bracelet from her wrist and placed it in his hand.

Then, she put on her straw hat and veil again.

After exchanging heartfelt farewells, she waved goodbye and left with Yu He, who was waiting in the distance. On the way, she looked back twice.

Half an hour later, Li Weiyi stood atop the array tower, thirty feet from the gate of the Dongxu Camp, watching the carriage and dust disappear below the horizon along with the setting sun.

It got dark.

Liu Ye stood beside him. "All good things must come to an end. Once that old scoundrel Qing Ci is brought to justice, she can naturally live in the sunlight again. But you actually lied to me, isn't that a bit too much?"

"Can you act?" Li Weiyi asked.

"Everyone has things they're not good at."

Liu Ye gave a helpless bitter smile, then suddenly said, "The war in the Sacred Hall Life Realm has broken out, and it is said to be extremely fierce. On the first day alone, tens of millions of people in the four border prefectures died in the aftermath of the transcendent battle. Fortunately, those Ghost Kings and Corpse Kings were stopped at the border, preventing them from entering the heartland."

"The Rainforest Realm has joined the battle, and Various Life Realms surrounding the Sacred Hall Life Realm have also sent troops to provide support."

"It is said that the Holy Dynasty's Grand Chancellor Zuo Tianqing, along with more than a dozen Realm Lords, have already rushed over. This shows that no matter how dangerous the situation, as long as the human race is united enough, it can cope with it."

Li Weiyi's expression turned solemn. "It's not as simple as it seems on the surface. The human race ultimately lacks a supreme expert who can unify all forces. The Demon Kingdom, the Sacred Dynasty, the Sword Dao Imperial Court, the Du'e Temple, the Saints Learning Sea... all forces are still a disorganized mess, constantly embroiled in internal strife. When faced with danger, everyone wants to preserve their strength and fears sacrifice."

"I'm going to the Sacred Hall Life Realm!" Liu Ye said.

Li Weiyi looked at him. "You're here to say goodbye too? That's too dangerous!"

"If reinforcements from Various Life Realms can go, why can't I? There should be a place for me in the Rainforest Realm's military camps," Liu Ye said.

Before their departure, the two had a drink together, neither knowing whether they would ever see each other again; their fate was uncertain.

Li Weiyi still had the mission of luring the enemy, so she did not accompany him.

After seeing Liu Ye off, Li Weiyi prepared to enter the Heavenly Fire World to cultivate his mental power.

With the help of a Saint Mind Star Pill, he successfully fused his soul, condensed his thirtieth Psychic Power Stars, and stepped into the Saint Mind Master Third Realm.

"Six Saint Mind Star Pill remain! In the third realm, each one can help me condense two Psychic Power Stars. Before the results announcement, I'll have a chance to raise my Spiritual Power cultivation to the Fourth Realm."

"Upon reaching the Fourth Realm, the Time Cocoon woven by the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish should be able to reach a ratio of one to ten, comparable to the Netherworld."

Li Weiyi boasted that he would catch up with An Xianjing within ten years, but without the help of the Time Cocoon, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream. Furthermore, the ten-year agreement with the owner of the Bronze Ship was fraught with unknowns and dangers; only those with higher cultivation levels could be truly secure.

In the past two weeks, three spirit sentinels have appeared near the Qingyin Pavilion, and all of them have been taken away by Zhuang Shiyan.

With this venerable sage personally protecting him in secret, Li Weiyi felt quite at ease.

Enter the Heavenly Fire World, find a suspended jade platform, sit down, and release the Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors.

"If you each become hungry after absorbing the Heavenly Fire and need Thousand-Year Elixir, then come to me... I'm not talking about now. Do you think I don't know how much you've eaten?"

Li Weiyi drove them away and then entered into meditation.

"Whoosh!"

In the spirit realm, the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God manifested, with thirty Psychic Power Stars and twinkling in the air.

The <Bing Po Jue> protects the Tian Chong Soul, Ling Hui Soul, and Vital Soul that have merged with the spirit.

The heavenly fire flowed like a stream of light, continuously converging towards his brow. Instead of immediately refining the Saint Mind Star Pill and condensing the thirty-first Psychic Power Stars, he focused on consolidating his realm.

At the same time, they planned to take this opportunity to further refine the "Wind Fire Lightning Electricity Great Formation".

The cultivation of mental power must be paired with corresponding techniques to unleash sufficiently powerful combat strength. If used skillfully, its combat strength can even rival that of Ancient Sect True Disciple at the same level.

If there is no such law.

Just like Chu Yutian, who Fourth Realm of the Saint Mind Master, he didn't increase his combat power much.

The Formation Script for Li Weiyi's Wind Fire Lightning Electricity Great Formation were refined on the four pages of the <Earth Book> representing wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.

On each page, there are currently about four hundred Formation Script that have been refined. When added together, there are a total of one thousand six hundred, which can be called spirit arrays.

Baiwen protects the town.

A thousand men defended the city.

Formation Script reach a thousand, it can be classified as a "Low-grade Spirit Formation." When spread out, it can protect an entire county town. When condensed around oneself, it can be used to deal with Longevity Realm Martial Cultivator below the Great Longevity Realm.

Formation Script with four thousand runes is called a "Mid-grade Spirit Formation." It can protect a small prefecture city and even pose a threat to Great Longevity.

When the Formation Script has seven thousand runes, it is called a "High-grade Spirit Formation" and can protect a large city. It can also be used to deal with top-tier Great Longevity experts in the Seventh Realm.

When the Formation Script reaches ten thousand, it falls into the category of "Sacred Formation".

The power of a formation is closely related to the number of its Formation Script.

However, the Formation Script cannot be stacked infinitely, nor can they be stacked arbitrarily.

The Wind Fire Lightning Electricity Great Formation of Dongxu Camp, in its complete state, is a "Mid-Grade Sacred Formation" with 40,000 Formation Script. It is said that the array manual was found by a sentry spirit in a secret realm.

Currently, the Dongxu Camp does not have any Nian Masters who can refine a complete Wind Fire Lightning Electricity Great Formation.

The reason Li Weiyi initially valued this formation was twofold: firstly, he happened to obtain four pages of the <Earth Book> containing the elements of Wind Fire Lightning Electricity, thunder, and lightning. Each page of the <Earth Book> was like a magical artifact; the deeper one's understanding of it, the stronger the power of Wind Fire Lightning Electricity that would be unleashed.

In other words, using these four pages of the "Earth Book" as the foundation of the formation will definitely make the formation more powerful.

Secondly, he could go to the Tanggu Sea, collect sufficiently powerful Golden Crow Flame, and refine them into a fire array. He could then use the Purple Sky Lei Seal and Yellow Dragon Sword to infuse the lightning array and thunder array with lightning.

The only problem is the wind formation; the powerful wind energy is extremely difficult to find.

Li Weiyi perused the <Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Array Manual>, studying the low-grade spirit array runes of the second stage. The second stage also contained 1,600 runes.

Once completed, the Formation Script will contain 3,200 runes, becoming a top-tier Low-grade Spirit Formation.

Next, they began refining Mid-grade Spirit Formation.

Time passed by day by day.

Unbeknownst to him, Li Weiyi had spent half a year in the Heavenly Fire World in one go.

Until Taishi Yu, who had reached the Saint Mind Master Realm, entered the Heavenly Fire World and found him. "The Sword Dao Imperial Court has sent people; the Sentinel Master wants you to go to the Camp Hall."