Intervention III
As for reclaiming the medicine ship in Ci Tong Port, the White Ten Sect has come all the way across the sea, so they shouldn't have mobilized many high-end forces.
Given Master Yue's temperament, they will probably react quickly and take action to suppress him.
When the time comes, it won't be difficult to seize back the medicinal herbs; even if the Heaven Character Division is mobilized, it won't be a problem.
"By the way, as mentioned before, the three forces in the vicinity— Four Peace Escort Agency, Glory Mountain Sword School, Divine Wind Sect —have all sent people to wait for a long time, hoping to join us. Their gifts have already been delivered to me," the messenger said in a deep voice.
He was a special figure within the Human Immortal Temple, as he could relay orders to Zhang Rongfang at any time.
Therefore, it's normal for him to receive these treatments, and he never hides these things.
"The Human Immortal Temple no longer needs to recruit new members. If you want to be formally admitted, you need to show sincerity." Zhang Rongfang does not intend to expand the number of Blood Descendant within the Great Ling Suzerain State territory.
The He Country has already done a good job. Here, the control by Gods and Buddhas is even stricter. If expansion is too rapid, it will exacerbate the conflict between the two sides even faster.
He hasn't reached the point where he can completely oppose all Gods and Buddhas.
"Yes, I will go and report back to them immediately." The messenger withdrew upon receiving the order.
Before long, the cave returned to calm.
Zhang Rongfang recalled the specific information about the White Ten Sect, his expression thoughtful.
'The raid has captured Citong, but reinforcements from the surrounding area are slow to arrive. It seems there are some problems.'
"If you get involved now, aren't you just getting yourself into trouble?" White Scale asked curiously.
'Muddy waters? It's just Xiao Shui.' Zhang Rongfang didn't care and quickly put it out of his mind. He continued to close his eyes and refine his newly compiled Five Energies Merge to Origin.
Based on his own martial arts foundation, he collected all the more advanced martial arts manuals from the Human Immortal Temple, and after compiling them, he finally completed a rough path manual for the Five Energies Merge to Origin.
He temporarily named it the Five Hearts Qi Gathering Art.
The so-called Five Hearts refer to the fundamental sources that produce the five kinds of energy.
He did not choose the essence of the five internal organs from traditional Daoism as the source. After all, the physical structure of Blood Descendant is essentially no longer concerned with internal organs.
Aside from head damage, the Blood Descendant can discard any other part of their body at will.
For them, the five internal organs are not important; blood is the most important.
Therefore, the traditional Daoist concept of the Five Elements is no longer applicable.
Zhang Rongfang adopted five emotions as the basis for adopting the five vital energies.
These five emotions are joy, anger, sorrow, fear, and pity.
When the five elements converge and transform into one, it is called the Five Energies Merge to Origin.
In this respect, he adopted the fundamental system of the Great Ling Martial Arts.
After reaching the Grandmaster level, the main focus for Great Grandmaster is on enhancing their mental and physical will to drive their physical development. Furthermore, a strong mental and physical will can be combined with external forces, such as military might, reason, and the overall trend, thus Further Progress strengthening the spirit.
Therefore, the Five Energies Merge to Origin at the Origin in the Human Immortal Dao involves developing the five emotions to their extremes, then collecting the five divine energies, fusing them into one, and achieving one primordial state.
Of course, Zhang Rongfang has only just begun to perfect this set of techniques, and it actually incorporates many concepts of the Extreme Realm and Confucian Sect martial arts.
The Extreme Realm is to develop a single emotion to its extreme in order to resist the oppression of the will of Gods and Buddhas.
Fortunately, although Zhang Rongfang's self-created method seems unreliable, it has a check in the Attribute Panel. If it fails, the Attribute Panel will not automatically generate options.
This allowed him to avoid many detours without even realizing it.
The method involves first using martial arts skills that are scattered into smaller branches, then checking them against the Attribute Panel, and finally merging and combining them.
Zhang Rongfang is gradually bringing the Five Energies Merge to Origin Returning to the Origin from fantasy to reality.
The rest can be completed in time.
*** Yong Jing Mountain.
This is at the foot of a mountain, a ferry crossing on the coast from Shan Province to Citong.
On the Yong Jing River, outside a small town called Zhou Family Town.
First Squad people carrying wooden signs were walking along the Official Road, passing by outside the town.
As they passed a large tea shop, the weather was gloomy and cold, and the leader of the group looked up at the sky.
The sky was overcast with dense clouds, threatening rain at any moment.
"This damn weather! If it's going to rain, just hurry up and do it. This indecisiveness is so annoying!" The leader cursed under his breath, glancing back at the group.
The group of more than ten people were all staggering and swaying. The rush they had been taking since morning had left them all exhausted and unable to keep going.
"Captain, why don't you take a break and have some hot tea?" The vice-captain, a dark-skinned man in his thirties, approached and whispered.
"Alright." The Captain nodded and looked into the teahouse.
This tea shop is called Hundred Swans Tea House, and it's a well-established brand in the area. Every time they pass by, they stop to have some tea five out of ten times.
Drinking hot tea in winter and cold tea in summer, along with some accompanying snacks, is a common practice to relax the mind and body.
At this moment, the group of people left the Official Road and headed towards the teahouse.
Inside the teahouse, there were only a few scattered customers, among whom two women in a corner attracted some attention.
Both of them were dressed in long black robes that covered their entire bodies, and their heads were also covered with black headscarves and black veils, with only their eyes visible.
Furthermore, both women were eating tea and snacks with their heads down, making it impossible to see their faces clearly.
They could only be roughly identified as women from their figures.
"Mother, it seems like there's a strong martial arts culture around here. I 'Upper Capital."
One of the women glanced at the Captain had entered the teahouse out of the corner of her eye and said softly.
"Located deep in the mountains, many people make a living by transporting or escorting goods, so naturally they are quite skilled in martial arts."
There are many martial arts sects and schools of varying sizes around here, and many of them have intricate connections with other forces within the Great Sect Alliance. Therefore, we must be careful not to cause any unnecessary trouble upon our arrival."
Another older woman answered softly.
"These people Upper Capital, so they should be disciples of the Cold Blade Sect, which is quite famous in this area," the older woman continued. "This sect is a well-established and deeply rooted sect in the area, with its influence having been established for many years. It has a considerable force behind it, and it is rumored that its Sect Master is the wife of a high-ranking member of the Heaven Lock Sect."
"Tsk tsk. These old guys really are everywhere, their connections are everywhere," the young woman said, raising her head to reveal a pair of bright, clear eyes like crescent moons.
Lifting her veil, she gently placed a pancake into her mouth. The face revealed beneath the veil was none other than Yan Shuang, Taiqing Lineage the Sensing Gate, who had disappeared long ago.
The older woman opposite her gently lifted her veil and ate her steaming mung bean porridge.
Judging from her face, it was none other than her mother, Gong Shuyin, whose appearance had become even more charming and mature.
The two women came here together to search for a core disciple of the Sensing Gate who had defected.
"Don't say that. The longer the power remains stable, the more likely this kind of situation will occur," Gong Shuyin replied softly. "Anyway, just be careful to conceal your identity, don't alert them, and don't let them escape."
"What should we do if that traitor colludes with local forces?" Yan Shuang asked.
"The Cold Blade Sect Master is Super Grade Three Voids the highest rank, holding considerable influence in several Great Roads surrounding areas. We'd better not attract her attention," Gong Shuyin replied.
"So, you mean we shouldn't get into conflict with these people?" Yan Shuang asked, frowning.
Just as Gong Shuyin was about to reply, suddenly many red dots appeared on the Official Road in the distance.
The red dot moved incredibly fast from afar to near, and even from a distance, one could vaguely smell a sweet, metallic scent, like rust.
Upon seeing the red dot, the First Squad Cold Blade Sect members who had just entered the teahouse immediately fell silent, their expressions changed slightly, and they lowered their heads, no longer speaking.
They had been chatting quietly, but now they suddenly stopped even chatting.
The tea shop owner and his staff also changed their expressions, lowered their heads and fell silent, each going about their own business.
"What's going on?" Yan Shuang and Gong Shuyin exchanged a glance, both puzzled.
Both of them were Super Grade experts. As the red dots approached, they could vaguely sense that these people's movements and speeds were unusually fast.
Moreover, their eyes were all red! Yan Shuang's heart skipped a beat.
"They're from the Red Dao! Everyone, keep quiet and don't cause trouble!" The Captain of the Cold Blade Sect quickly gave a warning, then lowered his head to eat the tea and snacks that were served.
Red Dao?
Gong Shuyin and Yan Shuang understood the whisper, and were filled with doubt. They didn't know what the "Red Dao" meant.
Soon, the red dots approached and revealed their forms, which turned out to be First Squad more than ten Daoist priests with Red Dao, red eyes, and black hair.
Without stopping, they walked straight along the Official Road past the teahouse, their faces indifferent, not even glancing at the people inside.
In the blink of an eye, the group of Daoists left the teahouse and headed in a more distant direction, gradually disappearing from sight.
Once everyone had gone far away, the members of the Cold Blade Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why have so many of these red-eyed Daoist priests suddenly come down the mountain? I just saw that the leader among them is actually from the Heaven Character Division!" the Captain said with a solemn expression.
"Heaven Character Division? Captain, are you sure you're not mistaken?!" The people around him gasped in shock.
"Our Cold Blade Sect has dealt with these red-eyed Daoist masters more than once or twice, so how could we admit our mistake?"
The markings for the Heaven Character Division are completely different from those for the Earth Character Division and the Human Character Division. I've seen the Sect Master receive them from afar several times during the sect's grand competitions before. I can't be mistaken!"the Captain said solemnly.
"A storm is brewing," he sighed.
"Gentlemen, what do you mean by the Red Dao and the Heaven Character Division? Why are you all so wary of, even afraid of, those Daoist priests?"
At this moment, Yan Shuang couldn't hold back any longer. She stood up, stepped forward, and asked with her hands clasped in greeting.
She Unveiling her veil, revealing a pretty and delicate face.
Her pale blue eyes and fair skin made it immediately apparent that she might have Hu Xi People ancestry.
The Captain of the Cold Blade Sect only glanced at it before immediately standing up, clasping his hands in a fist salute, not daring to be negligent.
Having roamed the Jianghu for many years, he knew very well that a woman as beautiful as her, who dared to travel alone in the mountains, was definitely no pushover.
Therefore, being overly polite is never a bad thing.
"You're too kind, young lady. You must be from out of town," he said in a deep voice.
"That's right. My mother and I were passing through this place when we witnessed what just happened. We were puzzled and came here to ask for your explanation." Yan Shuang's voice was gentle, carrying an irresistible charm.
"Sigh," the Captain sighed, "Actually, many local martial arts practitioners here know a saying: 'Better to provoke tigers, leopards, and wolves than to touch a red-eyed ghost.' They were referring to those Daoist priests who just passed by."