Extreme Dao Sanctification

"I just saw a Saint Clan. They seem to be looking for trouble with you. Would you say that's interesting?" Ying Xiaoxiao chuckled.

Li Hao raised an eyebrow slightly. He had noticed the commotion in the teahouse that had just subsided, followed by two more movements outside the city that revealed their Aura and chased after them.

The Ancient Sacred Clan? Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly. Thinking of the Ji Family and the other Saint Clan of the Great Wasteland Heaven, his mind raced, and he asked:

"Were you scared off?"

"I guess so."

Ying Xiaoxiao smiled, "Aren't you going to invite us to sit down first? We haven't eaten yet."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Grilled Fish on the Firewood.

"Please have a seat, both of you."

Seeing that they meant no harm, Li Hao invited them to sit down and asked, "Is the Saint Clan here to cause trouble for you two, or for me?"

"Of course he's looking for you," Ying Xiaoxiao smiled, "He wouldn't dare cause us any trouble."

"Are you two also from the Ancient Sacred Clan?"

You guessed right.

Ying Xiaoxiao was somewhat surprised, then said helplessly.

Li Hao glanced at her and felt that the girl's acting was a bit exaggerated.

But aside from the Ancient Sacred Clan, he couldn't think of any other possibility for the time being.

These two Aura concealed their true nature, and he couldn't discern their specific details. However, the inability to detect them was, in effect, a detection.

Clearly, both of them possess formidable strength, most likely at the Dao Inquiry Realm.

"How about I paint a picture for you two?"

Li Hao suddenly spoke.

Ying Xiaoxiao looked at the Drawing Board next to her and said with interest, "You can really draw? If it's too ugly, I'll tear it up."

"Bao Mei."

Li Hao said.

The Tea Stall Elder said, "Draw me first."

"Old hands are always cautious..." Li Hao Dark Dao, and readily agreed.

The Tea Stall Elder was clearly on guard. He had heard of the little Demon using painting to summon souls and other Demon Art. Although it would certainly be ineffective against them at the Dao Inquiry Realm, he couldn't be sure if they had other strange tricks up their sleeves.

Once he was seated properly, Li Hao prepared the ink and quickly began to paint.

Before long, a lifelike painting was completed.

Painting Dao experience +18790.

Upon seeing the prompts on the Drawing Board in front of him, Li Hao was momentarily stunned, then secretly took a deep breath.

Good heavens, that's really good heavens!

I gained nearly 20,000 experience points from drawing just one picture!

His current Painting Dao attributes:

Seventh Dan in Painting Dao: (38279/500000)

It takes 500,000 experience points to reach Eighth Dan.

Although experience can be gained through continuous drawing over time, and the speed is definitely much faster than simply practicing, it would still take at least half a year to accumulate 500,000 experience points.

After all, even if one paints ordinary landscapes with exceptional artistry, one can only gain a few symbolic points of experience. Only by painting those imbued with Dao Resonance or powerful creatures can one gain substantial amounts of experience.

"Finished drawing?"

Tea Stall Elder inquired.

Li Hao snapped out of his daze, showed him the painting, and when he looked at the two of them again, he was like a pair of experienced babies.

"Wow, this is actually pretty good."

Ying Xiaoxiao peeked out and was somewhat surprised. She could tell that this was not a simple replica, but rather it had captured the essence of the original.

The Tea Stall Elder glanced at the scene and was quite satisfied. At the same time, he quietly checked himself to make sure that he had not been subjected to any strange attacks or hidden rules during the entire process, such as "Curse" or "soul summoning." Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Would you like another one?"

Li Hao looked at the girl.

Seeing that the Tea Stall Elder didn't stop her, Ying Xiaoxiao nodded happily.

Soon, Li Hao was completely absorbed in painting again.

Painting Dao experience +15832.

Tsk!

Li Hao was surprised. This girl was indeed extraordinary. She had gained 15,000 experience points from ten painting sessions. Even if the experience points decreased with each subsequent painting session, she could still gain around 100,000 experience points in total.

If you really go all out and draw hundreds of pictures to get everything you want, you can get at least 200,000 experience points.

Adding the old man's... the two of them can scrape together close to 500,000!

With just the two of them, they can fill the gap in Li Hao's experience level to the Eighth Dan.

His Majesty left earlier, preoccupied with important matters, and Li Hao didn't have time to make any progress. He'll have to go find His Majesty and that True Person of the Qian Dao Palace to paint a picture next time he has time. He should be able to get another 400,000 to 500,000 experience points. When he advances from the Eighth Dan to the Ninth Dan, he can directly increase his experience by half.

Tsk... Li Hao felt increasingly pleased with himself as he thought about it, but then he suddenly remembered that they had just driven away a member of the Saint Clan, which meant they had just lost an experience point.

"Is it finished?" Ying Xiaoxiao asked immediately when she saw Li Hao stop.

Li Hao nodded and handed the painting of the girl to her.

The girl in the painting wears a flowing blue dress, and the Golden Bell on her wrist seems to sway in the wind. Her long, black hair cascades down her back, and she has bright eyes and white teeth, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

Ying Xiaoxiao's eyes gleamed with curiosity as she examined it carefully, then she asked Li Hao, "Can I have this?"

"Certainly."

Ying Xiaoxiao's face lit up with joy, and she said, "I will keep it safe."

Li Hao smiled and said, "If you like, I can draw some more for you, in different poses... like walking and picking flowers, etc."

"Okay," Ying Xiaoxiao agreed.

Li Hao chuckled inwardly and immediately began painting a second picture of her.

Based on his experience, Li Hao could roughly deduce that these two were most likely at the Dao Inquiry Realm, since he didn't have such extensive experience when he painted the Candlelight God.

But these two Dao Inquiry Realm inexplicably appeared here, claiming to be from the Ancient Sacred Clan... Who are they trying to fool?

Having visited the Ji Family before, I know that among the Ancient Sacred Clan, the Ji Family is not considered a particularly declining one. The Dao Inquiry Realm is already considered War God level existence within the clan, and there are only two or three such individuals in the entire clan. Even if the number of other Ancient Sacred Clan doubled, they wouldn't have the time or inclination to come here and follow me.

However, besides the Ancient Sacred Clan, what other forces are there?

Li Hao was curious and thought he might have to ask His Majesty to find out. His current knowledge was limited to the Intelligence that the Divine General Residence could obtain, and it did not include the secrets that True Dragon of the Lineage could know.

"Young Master, the Grilled Fish is almost ready. Why don't you eat first before you draw?"

Ren Qianqian came over and asked.

Li Hao nodded, finished the painting in front of him, and then invited the old man and the young man to have a meal together.

Ying Xiaoxiao readily agreed. The Tea Stall Elder wanted to stop her, but it was too late. He could only whisper, "Miss, we're not familiar with each other yet."

"Don't worry, I have an iron stomach; I can digest even poison."

Ying Xiaoxiao's response nearly made the Tea Stall Elder vomit blood. He smiled bitterly to himself and could only comply with the young lady's request.

However, when it came time to eat, he was faster than Ying Xiaoxiao, taking the fish piece that Li Hao handed him and quickly swallowing it.

After checking and confirming that it was non-toxic, I wanted to tell the young lady that it was safe to eat, but I saw that Ying Xiaoxiao was already eating with her mouth full of oil. It couldn't be said that she had no ladylike qualities at all, but rather that she did, though not much.

The Tea Stall Elder smiled wryly to himself, realizing he had been too nervous seeing Li Hao eating and drinking so casually.

If the young lady weren't around, he wouldn't care, but with her around, he always felt overly tense.

After finishing their Grilled Fish meal, the group chatted casually, their conversation ranging from food and drink to spiritual practice.

It was Jiang Lichen who started the conversation about cultivation, and they quickly moved from the Dao Domain to the Dao Inquiry Realm, and then to the existence of the Saint Realm.

Li Hao simply listened, while Jiang Lichen discussed the path to sainthood with Ying Xiaoxiao.

Having witnessed the Buddha Master's attempt to leapfrog the Dao Inquiry Realm and ascend to sainthood from the Great Peace Dao Realm in one step, Jiang Lichen also developed this idea.

"There are three paths to sainthood: one is Incense Sanctification, one is Sacrificial Dao Sanctification, and the other is Extreme Dao Sanctification!"

Ying Xiaoxiao assumed Jiang Lichen was someone close to Li Hao and explained to him, "If you want to take the path of Sacrificial Dao Sanctification, it's the most difficult and requires the most comprehension."

As Jiang Lichen ate, he hummed softly, "I love challenging myself with the most difficult things. Once I've mastered the Sword Dao and become a saint through sword-wielding, I'll surely be able to slay everything in this world!"

"..."

Ying Xiaoxiao sensed that he wasn't quite right in the head, so she stopped paying attention to him and instead looked at Li Hao:

Which route are you planning to take?

Li Hao had already understood the differences between the three paths when he overheard their conversation.

Attaining sainthood through Incense Sanctification is the most mainstream method, and basically 99% of Sage choose this path.

Secondly, and most difficult, is the path to Sacrificial Dao Sanctification, which is the only path to sainthood that Jiang Lichen knows of.

By cultivating the Dao to its ultimate level, one can Sacrificial Dao Sanctification and transcend through the Dao.

No need for Incense; by Path of Sacrifice, one can save the Sage from the Three Calamities!

This path places the greatest emphasis on comprehension!

Moreover, the required level of comprehension is terrifyingly high, terrifyingly high beyond the ordinary. After all, what kind of comprehension could possibly be equivalent to the Incense Power?

This is the most difficult path, and no one would choose it. Rather than spending your brainpower on this path, it would be more efficient to figure out how to collect some Incense.

This is like the difference between getting into Tsinghua or Peking University and earning a million yuan.

If you work hard and get lucky, you can save up a million in a few decades.

If that's not enough, try to find connections, borrow from your parents, and that should be enough.

But getting into Tsinghua or Peking University... that's not something that can be achieved just by hard work.

If you don't have the brains, no amount of studying will help.

Unless you're reincarnated and have a different brain.

The path to sainthood through Incense Sanctification Sacrificial Dao Sanctification is like this: those who have reached the Dao Inquiry Realm are all chosen ones of Heaven's Pride, and no one would think that they lack comprehension. However, countless people have failed on the path of sainthood through offering sacrifices throughout history.

As a result, no one chose it anymore. Occasionally, someone would be stubborn and insist on it, but apart from wasting their own time, they didn't achieve anything.

Therefore, Incense Sanctification gradually became the main Great Dao. After all, who among those who have Dao Inquiry Realm doesn't have some connections? By borrowing and gathering from various sources, one can barely manage to achieve that.

If that's not enough, then you'll just have to wait and see.

Although Incense offerings are always scarce, just like money, there's always hope if you try.

Besides these two paths to sainthood, the third, which Ying Xiaoxiao referred to as the Extreme Dao Sanctification sainthood, is a somewhat unorthodox method of achieving sainthood.

Similar to achieving sainthood through Incense Sanctification, the Extreme Dao Sanctification gathers negative things like resentment and Slaughter, instead of the Incense Power.

It seems easier to instill fear than praise, especially when one has power.

This path would be suitable for the unruly Jiang Lichen, but unfortunately he's too stubborn and insists on sticking to the Sword Dao.

However, according to Ying Xiaoxiao, this Secret Method can only be used by their clan. The specifics of how to Mastery are not passed on to outsiders, and even if outsiders learn it, they cannot use it because their physical conditions are not suitable.

"I... I'll see later."

In response to Ying Xiaoxiao's question, Li Hao thought for a moment and said...

According to the other party, he could choose between Incense and Path of Sacrifice.

Li Hao has not yet reached the Dao Inquiry Realm. We'll have to wait and see how he fares after he upgrades his Panel.

He felt that, based on the way he added points on the Panel, he might be on the path of Sacrificial Dao Sanctification.

Physical Body Sainthood!

During their casual conversation, the group grew closer. Although Jiang Lichen seemed a bit eccentric, after finishing his chat with Ying Xiaoxiao and the other woman, he secretly sent a telepathic message to Li Hao:

"They might be Devil Race, be careful."

"Devil Race?"

"That's right. The Extreme Dao Sanctification is a long-lost method, and also the most evil one. Once Sage discovers it, it will surely bring great disaster."

Li Hao was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected this Madman Jiang to know so much. No wonder he was of the Imperial Family lineage.

"However, whether they are Devil Race or God Race, it doesn't really matter; at least they don't have any ill intentions towards us," Li Hao replied telepathically.

Jiang Lichen thought for a moment and replied, "That's true."

He then went to find Ren Qianqian to teach her swordsmanship.

Li Hao, having finished his meal, continued drawing for Ying Xiaoxiao and the others, his Painting Dao experience growing rapidly.

Time flies.

An elderly man and a young girl have joined the Small Courtyard.

The courtyard wasn't large, and everyone seemed to have their own way of entertaining themselves.

Two days later, Li Hao received news from the Imperial City: the Wang Family had Intelligence about Old Feng!

Upon reading the message, Li Hao became quite excited. Sure enough, Old Feng's missing soul was in the Mo River.

"Qian Qian, practice your swordplay diligently in the courtyard. Ninth Prince, I'm going to the Wang Family. Do you want to come with me?"

"The Wang Family? No way, no way."

Jiang Lichen waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go and come back quickly, I'll teach your little apprentice properly."

She is not my apprentice.

"What's the difference? Go to hell."

"..."

Li Hao then looked at Ying Xiaoxiao and the Tea Stall Elder. He now knew the Tea Stall Elder's name, though he didn't know if it was true or not; it was Ying Lizhong.

"Will you two still follow me?"

Ying Lizhong looked at Ying Xiaoxiao, who was eager to try, and shook his head, saying, "Miss, the Wang Family's place is surrounded by the Mo River, so let's not go and join in the fun."

Ying Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then we'll wait for you to come back here."

"Alright, then I'll trouble you two and the Ninth Prince to look after Old Feng for me."

Li Hao nodded. Although they had only known each other for a short time, they were already friends, and it didn't matter how long they had known each other.