A Hundred Years in the Blink of an Eye

With the first batch of training supplies from the Dragon Palace arriving at Yuan Lake, and with the arrival of forty-eight training commanders.

A massive military training exercise began in the seven-thousand-mile-long Yuan Lake and Long Mountain Archipelago.

Among the forty-eight generals, he was skilled in swimming and trained aquatic creatures.

The rest trained with the spirits and monsters of the mountains.

Whether they are aquatic creatures or spirits, they all cultivate rudimentary methods of the Fate Dao. Once they advance from the first stage of Body Refinement to the second stage of Soul Refinement, condensing their Power Soul and Essence Soul, expanding their flesh and blood, and changing their body shape are all easy matters.

By transforming into human form, one can arrange troops and deploy formations.

For example, the Min River Water Army was an elite force that had all reached the second stage.

In terms of combat prowess alone, they can even rival cultivators at the Immortal Dao Spirit Void Stage the Immortal Path in close combat. Moreover, those with exceptional talent can achieve the second realm of the Fate Dao in just a few decades or even a dozen years of cultivation. Compared to the hundreds of years required for cultivators at Immortal Dao Spirit Void stage of the Immortal Path to achieve any significant progress, this is undoubtedly incredibly fast.

Although he cultivated to the second realm of the Fate Dao, he only had a lifespan of a little over two hundred years.

However, the methods of immortality are closely guarded secrets. For example, in the Minjiang Immortal Dao Min River Dragon Palace, only the Dragon Lord and his family of five, including Ao Le, practiced.

Secondly, the Immortal Dao has extremely high requirements for aptitude, with countless cultivators stuck at the Embryonic Breath Realm and the Postnatal Realm. In contrast, the Fate Dao has a much lower threshold. No matter how poor one's aptitude, as long as one studies diligently, one can reach the Manifest Force and Hidden Force levels in the Body Refinement Realm, which, to a certain extent, is comparable to Foundation Establishment Qi Guiding and Foundation Establishment Liquid Condensation cultivators.

Live a wonderful life.

The Nature Dao is bizarre.

The Immortal Dao is arduous.

In the Immortal Qin Realm, those who cultivate the Fate Dao are actually the most numerous. Soldiers in the army, spirits in the mountains and fields, aquatic creatures in the waters, and demons from all directions mostly cultivate the Fate Dao.

Certainly.

There are many practitioners of the Fate Dao, and those in the first and second realms are as numerous as clouds and rain.

However, only the most outstanding among them can cultivate to the Third Realm, which is only three times easier than the Immortal Dao Core Formation and the Nature Dao Unification.

Among the aquatic creatures and spirits in Yuan Lake, not a single one has reached the Third Realm; the strongest among them is only at the second realm, having refined six or seven souls.

Yuan Lake Water Lord recruited soldiers, countless people responded.

In a single day.

Then 30,000 spirits and 100,000 aquatic creatures came to join them.

Lu Qingfeng accepted all comers and divided the troops into forty-eight battalions, which were then trained by the generals themselves.

Time passed.

A century has passed in the blink of an eye.

Min River Dragon Palace.

The Tortoise Chancellor presented the memorial, saying, "Your Majesty, this is a new memorial submitted by the Imperial Son-in-Law."

"It's him again!"

The Dragon King rubbed his temples, glanced at the memorial in the Tortoise Chancellor's hand, and waved his hand, saying, "I won't read the memorial. It's nothing more than him asking for rations. Just send him whatever he wants."

"This quantity is quite large, so Your Majesty must take a look."

The Tortoise Chancellor handed the memorial to the Min River Dragon Lord.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Min River Dragon Lord let out a soft "hmm" and took the document to read it.

The blue-faced man with the red beard trembled slightly.

Snap!

"This wretched child!"

The Min River Dragon Lord slammed the memorial onto the table, then glared at the Tortoise Chancellor with both hands on the table and roared, "What kind of magic does this wretched creature practice? What kind of soldiers does he train? Does he intend to empty my Min River Dragon Palace?!"

The folded documents on the desk were scattered—

Two million catties of pig iron.

500,000 catties of copper.

Ten thousand catties of gold.

One hundred bushels of agate.

One hundred bushels of jade.

One hundred bushels of pearls.

Thirty thousand pieces of Flame Paulownia Wood.

Hundreds of barrels of demon blood.

Twenty demon cores.

The list is so long that it seems to stretch on forever.

Min River Dragon Lord caught a glimpse of it, and his anger flared up again. With a wave of his sleeve, he was about to smash the memorial to pieces.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

Tortoise Chancellor hurriedly reached out and snatched it, saying, "The Prince Consort is not a man who does not know his place. Since the memorial has been submitted, it must have been after careful consideration. Moreover, Yuan Lake is far away, remote and dangerous, and the young prince is also in Yuan Lake. It is a prudent move for the Prince Consort to train the troops more."

"Know your limits?"

"A prudent move?!"

The Min River Dragon Lord's red beard trembled wildly, his eyes glared, and he pointed Guangyuan angrily, saying, "Let's not even mention how many treasures and provisions he has taken from my Min River Dragon Palace in the past hundred years, or how much he has embezzled and kept for himself. Just look at how I appointed him as the Yuan Lake Water Lord, governing seven thousand miles of water and sweeping away demons and monsters for ten thousand miles. In the past hundred years, have he ever stepped out of Yuan Lake even once?!"

Do you know what people outside are saying?

"Snort!"

"Everyone says that I've been trying to find a son-in-law for three hundred years, but in the end I've only caught a greedy, lazy, cowardly old turtle!"

The more Min River Dragon Lord spoke, the angrier he became, his beard bristling and eyes widening, his pale face turning red.

"..."

The Tortoise Chancellor, clutching his memorial, chuckled sheepishly upon hearing this.

A cowardly turtle hiding its head?

Isn't this like 'pointing at a monk and cursing a bald man'?

Seeing that the Tortoise Chancellor remained silent, the Min River Dragon Lord King looked up and, upon seeing his expression, immediately realized, "I've lost my mind in anger."

The Tortoise Chancellor shook his head. "What the Prince Consort wants, though seemingly in large quantities, is not particularly valuable. If these resources could be used to create a Fourth Realm expert, why would Your Majesty hesitate to use ten times more?"

"The Fourth Realm?"

Even if he reaches the Fourth Realm, he probably still won't be able to shake off his timid and hesitant nature.

Mentioning the 'Fourth Realm' finally calmed Min River Dragon Lord down a bit.

Upon seeing this, Tortoise Chancellor laughed and said, "Who in the Dragon Palace and even the entire Qi Kingdom doesn't know about the Prince Consort's talent for cultivation?"

Previously, he was obsessed with alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, and military training, and was stuck in the Soul Condensation Realm for thirty-eight years, unable to break through to the Earth Soul Realm. Within the Qi Kingdom, there was a great deal of pessimism and ridicule of the Prince Consort and the Emperor.

Zhuge Yan, the prime minister of the Qi Kingdom, wrote "Lament for Guangyuan" in the Golden Hall, and it spread throughout the seven provinces of the Qi Kingdom in a single day.

Even within the Dragon Palace, memorials impeaching the Imperial Son-in-Law for embezzling grain and salaries under the guise of military training and clamoring for his dismissal were as numerous as snowflakes, infuriating the court officials.

But what was the result?

Your Majesty strongly supports it.

The prince consort resolutely abandoned his 'sex' to cultivate his 'life'.

In just three years, he broke through the first realm of Body Refinement and entered the second realm of Soul Refinement.

Then, a single spirit is condensed every three years.

After twenty-one years, the seven souls were forged.

Seven years later, he Fate Dao the Third Realm of the Dao of Destiny, the realm of "forging the elixir".

All sides questioned him, leaving him speechless.

"The Lament for Guangyuan" is a disgrace to Zhuge Yan's entire life.

The Prince Consort has been the Yuan Lake Water Lord for almost a hundred years, and has only been in the Dragon Palace for a little over a hundred years. Yet, he has cultivated from a completely ignorant mortal to the Third Realm of the Fate Dao — the Pill-Casting Realm.

Six years ago, he even reached the second level of the Pill-Casting Realm, the 'Core Embrace' Realm, where he fused his seven souls and Core Embrace with his inner strength.

At this rate, the Dragon Palace will surely gain another cultivator at the Fourth Realm within a hundred years.

Being more cautious and steady is a good thing.

Speaking of Lu Qingfeng.

The Tortoise Chancellor was filled with emotion, and his tone was quite impassioned.

Although the prince consort whom the emperor had chosen through a selection process was somewhat mild-mannered, unassuming, and rather fond of money, his talent and courage were truly astonishing.

At the "advanced age" of sixty-four, he abandoned his "nature" to cultivate "life," and in just sixty-two years, he achieved the second level of the Fate Dao Pill-Casting Realm. If he had not been distracted by many external things such as pill refining, weapon forging, and soldier training, it is possible that he would have already achieved the Third Layer or even Fourth Layer of the Pill-Casting Realm.

Such natural talent.

With the spread of "The Lament for Guangyuan," a masterpiece by Zhuge Yan, the prime minister of the Qi Kingdom, it also became popular Qi Kingdom, adding much fame and fortune to the Min River Dragon Palace.

"Snort!"

"If it weren't for the fact that he is quite diligent in his cultivation, I would have already demoted him from his position Yuan Lake Water Lord and sent him back to the Dragon Palace to avoid making a fool of himself in public."

Considering Lu Qingfeng's progress in cultivation, the Min River Dragon Lord finally calmed down.

The Tortoise Chancellor smiled without speaking, understanding in his heart—

The Min River Dragon Lord spoke coldly, yet when the Prince Consort's cultivation stagnated, he withstood criticism from both inside and outside the Dragon Palace, turning a blind eye to the Prince Consort's almost blatant embezzlement of military training provisions and never reprimanding him.

This shows how much they valued and loved the prince consort.

The Min River Dragon Lord glanced at the memorial in the Tortoise Chancellor's hand and said impatiently, "Quickly send it to him and tell him that if he doesn't reach the 'Inner Core-Derived True Force' level next time, and doesn't clear away the demons and monsters within 100,000 li of Yuan Lake, he shouldn't bother me again!"

"He's been hiding his head for a hundred years, and he doesn't even feel ashamed. I'm embarrassed for him!"

"Yes."

The Tortoise Chancellor acknowledged this, took the memorial, and respectfully withdrew.

Winter had already arrived.

Rain and snow fell from the sky, and the earth was covered with three feet of snow.

High in the void.

A divine light roamed back and forth.

Centered on the seven-thousand-mile-long Yuan Lake, the vast territory spans ten thousand miles, experiencing rain or snow, sunshine or gales, and shade. The landscape is expansive and varied.

Suddenly a strong wind arose and dark clouds gathered.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, the sky hung low, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

The divine light stopped, revealing the figure in the center. The robes of a fourth-rank water god dissipated, revealing a figure in a green shirt, none other than Lu Qingfeng.

Yuan Lake is a century old.

He served as a god for a hundred years.

He cultivated himself for a hundred years.

Living environment changes one's temperament and physical condition.

For a century, Lu Qingfeng has ruled Yuan Lake, exercising the duties of a water deity, overseeing the rain, thunder, floods, and tides over its vast Yuan Lake; controlling the climate and weather changes; and managing snow, hail, freezing temperatures, and frost...

They also cultivate the Nature Dao, the Fate Dao, and the Immortal Dao.

"Spirit Nurturing with the right timing, nourish your energy with the right location, and nourish your essence with the right people."

Their spirit and energy have been elevated, making them vastly different from ordinary people.

His demeanor is truly extraordinary.

The Immortal Dao is ethereal, carrying three parts divine majesty and three parts martial arts ruthlessness.

One hundred and ten years.

Lu Qingfeng looked up at the sky and saw thunder brewing, and couldn't help but smile.

He has been cultivating in the Immortal Qin Realm for 110 years.

He had not cultivated the Immortal Dao immortality for the first ten years.

After arriving at Yuan Lake, he began his cultivation. With a divine position, the blessing of good fortune, and abundant resources, Lu Qingfeng's strength advanced by leaps and bounds. In just a hundred years, he went from nothing to the Spirit Void Peak.

Today, he faces the Heavenly Tribulation of the Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and is about to enter the Core Formation stage.

His cultivation speed can be described as incredibly fast.

If it weren't for numerous delays along the way, the hundred-year period could have been reduced by another twenty years.

Even now.

The Nature-Life Dao is superior to the Immortal Dao immortality in terms of cultivation speed, with the Third Realm comparable to the Core Formation Stage of the Immortal Dao. However, only a very few top geniuses in the world can reach the Third Realm in a hundred years.

In the Qi Kingdom, apart from the "Yuan Lake Water Lord", no one else has ever been heard of such a person.

"After Core Formation, many miscellaneous tasks will become much easier."

A century flashed through Lu Qingfeng's mind.

Rumble!

The Heavenly Tribulation had been brewing for a time, and it finally came to pass.

Lu Qingfeng, with practiced ease, soared into the sky and disappeared into the clouds, his physical body Tribulation Transcendence.

Beyond the heavens.

A sword light pierced the sky and landed outside the tribulation clouds.

The sword light fell, revealing a person.

The man appeared to be middle-aged, dressed in a white Daoist robe, with sharp, sword-like brows. After landing, he stood with his hands behind his back, making no further movement.

From the west, two more beams of light streaked in, accompanied by wind and thunder, rushing towards them.

Boom!

Upon landing in the air, it emitted a sound like a mountain collapsing or the earth cracking, its Qi and Blood soaring straight into the sky.

However, it was Lan Feihu and Yuan Bi who were involved.