True Lord: Four Tiers

"Huo Yuqing, the Sword Immortal!?"

Gu Jinlai quickly realized something.

Lingxiao City and Longque Manor have become mortal enemies, so he naturally did his best to investigate Longque Manor's intelligence during this time.

There are four Yuan Shen True Lord (Primordial Spirit True Lords) openly displayed at Longque Mountain Villa.

Wang Yinfeng, Ye Wuxia, Ye Qianqiu, and Long Xiangtian.

Among these four True Lords, Long Xiangtian has the highest cultivation level. It is said that his Primordial Spirit has reached its limit and is only waiting to comprehend the heavens and understand the situation in order to glimpse the opportunity Celestial Person.

The remaining Wang Yinfeng, Ye Wuxia, and Ye Qianqiu are at the same level, comparable to Liu Jingtao and Zhang Liefeng of the Purgatory Sect.

Huo Yuqing, the Sword Immortal of the Sparrow...

"You must have heard of the difference in strength between Primordial Spirit True Lord, right?"

Xin Tianqi asked.

Gu Jinlai nodded.

The Primordial Spirit True Lord is generally divided into four stages: ordinary, superior, top-tier, and peak.

Most Primordial Spirit belong to the first tier.

The process of condensing Primordial Spirit consumes too much of one's own essence and energy, exhausting one's potential.

The rest are like Xin Tianqi and Long Xiangtian, Primordial Spirit have grown to their peak and who are capable of comprehending the power of heaven and earth and breaking through to the Celestial Person True Lord.

They can defeat ordinary Primordial Spirit True Lord, and even when facing attacks from two or three, or even three or four, they can retreat calmly.

Further on, there are top-tier True Lord who have mastered powerful Secret Method sword techniques or quasi-Dao artifacts and spirit armor.

This kind of Primordial Spirit is already qualified to kill ordinary Primordial Spirit. Unless the opponent has mastered a top-notch Movement Method, once it is targeted by a top-notch True Lord, it will surely die.

The First Supreme Ancestor Youquan of the Huangquan Sect, the First Supreme Ancestor Leng Ningshuang of the Cold Moon Sect, and the First Supreme Ancestor Zhang Taiping of the Yellow Heaven Sect all belong to this level.

The last batch consists of peak True Lord are qualified to compete for the title of one of the top ten masters of the demonic path.

Like Lu Zhanxian.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword in his hand was a quasi-Dao artifact, forged with Dao artifact materials but its power was diminished due to a failed forging process.

The same was true for his Phantom Armor.

In addition, he mastered the supreme sword technique of the Purgatory Sect —the Six Hell Demon Gods, and cultivated the secret technique Six Paths Revolving Wheel. When he unleashed his full power, it was equivalent to six Primordial Spirit True Lord attacking at the same time, fighting with swords, making him invincible in the Primordial Spirit realm, thus establishing his reputation as one of the top ten masters of the demonic path.

And Huo Yuqing, the Sparrow Sword Immortal of Dragon Sparrow Manor...

A hundred years ago, he was also revered as a peak True Lord, just like Lu Zhanxian.

This sparrow fairy from Dragon Sparrow Manor mastered the sword technique "Spirit Sparrow Soaring to the Sky," and her sword strikes were as swift as a celestial horse soaring through the sky, unstoppable by anyone.

Furthermore, she has also cultivated a powerful Secret Method —the Great Breath Transformation Dragon Technique—to its extreme, which can transform True Qi into a dragon, greatly increasing its power.

With the aid of the quasi-Dao artifact, the Spirit Sparrow Sword, in her hand, the combined attack of the dragon and the sparrow is so powerful that even ordinary Primordial Spirit True Lord cannot withstand a single sword strike when she unleashes her full power.

Such beings can be effective even in the Celestial Person Battlefield, which is beyond the reach of even Nascent Primordial Spirit True Lord.

Two or three people working together can even fight Celestial Person head-on.

"This Sparrow Fairy of Dragon Sparrow Manor was a famous figure a hundred years ago. Judging by her age..."

"One hundred and ninety-six years old."

Xin Tianqi answered directly, "I am nearing the end of my life."

"So, how much of her strength can she still unleash?"

"Theoretically, the lifespan of someone who cultivates Qi to form a pill is two hundred years. However, in reality, most cultivators have hidden dangers in their bodies due to years of fighting with others, and their lifespan is often between one hundred and one hundred and fifty years. Once one cultivates Divine Sense, one can control things with great precision and live to one hundred and fifty to two hundred years old. If one is willing to cultivate one's character and avoid warfare, it is not difficult to live to one hundred and ninety years old or older..."

"Even if Primordial Spirit True Lord is skilled in health preservation and stays away from killing, his combat power will decline rapidly after the age of 180, right? Like Zhou Yunyi of the Purgatory Sect, who was over 120 years old, it took him a lot of effort to deal with a peak Core Forming."

This Gu Jinlai.

"That's not necessarily true."

Xin Tianqi looked at Gu Jinlai and said heavily, "Don't forget, there are many rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures in some deep mountains and forests that can prolong life. They can extend a person's life by several, several, or even several decades. Further east of Longque Manor is the East Sea. Longque Manor was extremely wealthy a hundred years ago because of overseas trade. Although it has lost its overseas trade in recent years due to the rampant Demonic Beasts, it still has a profound foundation. Moreover, Huo Yuqing... she is a person from a hundred years ago."

Gu Jinlai, the purpose of stationing troops on the border has always been to create a show of force, not to actually attack Dragon Sparrow Manor.

Upon hearing Xin Tianqi's words, he immediately seized the opportunity and nodded thoughtfully, saying, "I understand. I will be careful and will not act rashly until I have figured out how much strength Huo Yuqing still has left."

Xin Tianqi breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that Gu Jinlai had heeded his advice.

Next, Gu Jinlai inquired with Xin Tianqi about the specific methods of the Primordial Spirit True Lord, and they did not part until nightfall.

The next morning, Lu Zhanfeng also returned to the state lord's mansion, bringing news of the Cold Moon Sect.

However, there was another person traveling with him.

Cold Moon Sect leader of Lengyue Sect, has achieved the Spirit Transformation stage in just over thirty years of cultivation.

Upon seeing Gu Jinlai, the young sect leader of the Cold Moon Sect, who looked like a twenty-something-year-old girl, gracefully bowed and said, "Lord Gu, on behalf of our two elders of the Cold Moon Sect, I apologize to you for the offense we committed against you in Sunset City. This is a small token of our Cold Moon Sect's goodwill."

Behind her, two girls who looked like disciples quickly took out an item.

It looks like a component?

"As a Celestial Master, the Ancient Lord should be interested in the artifacts created by the Holy Domain back then. This artifact records the spiritual circuits of the floating islands during the Holy Domain era a thousand years ago. I hope it will be of some help to the Ancient Lord."

"Spiritual circuits".

Gu Jinlai at the piece that Fang Yumin handed over...

The stone slab-like object did indeed contain special runes.

These runes have reminded Gu Jinlai of electronic chips.

The patterns on the stone slab are in no way inferior to those on an electronic chip.

Through spiritual perception, Gu Jinlai have gained insight into the immense and incalculable structure within.

This structure is like trying to understand how many neurons the human brain has; even the most powerful computer cannot know all the changes within it.

The floating island was forged from materials such as cloud wood and void stone. No celestial master could be so wealthy as to use similar spiritual materials to forge the entire floating island.

Spiritual materials only play a transitional role at certain key junctures.

Just like the dozens of engines used in a space carrier.

The other parts truly rely on this spiritual circuit.

This spiritual circuit is like the auxiliary component in crafting a floating island, guiding the spiritual support within the spiritual materials to a region, enabling them to levitate and fly into the sky.

Therefore...

"Good."

Gu Jinlai accepted the spiritual circuit with satisfaction. "With this circuit design, if I can obtain some related spiritual materials, I can forge a small flying boat."

Seeing this, Lu Zhanfeng quickly smiled and said, "Elder, actually I brought a batch of generous gifts from the Supreme Elder of my Purgatory Sect. However, those gifts were sent directly to Lingxiao City, so they were not presented to you. Among those materials was a piece of Void Wood, a standard amount of Void Stone, and a Jade Dragon Scale that can be used to refine Dao artifact armor."

"Cloudwood and Void Stone? And a Jade Dragon Scale?"

Gu Jinlai at Lu Zhanfeng.

These items are not cheap.

Especially the Void Stone, which is worth no less than a top-grade Spirit Artifact, and the Purgatory Sect is actually willing to part with it!?

"Yes, our Purgatory Sect doesn't have a Heavenly Monarch. These spiritual materials are just sitting there anyway, so we might as well give them to the Supreme Elder. Maybe they can be put to good use and play their proper role."

Lu Zhanfeng said with a smile.

Seeing this, Fang Yumin, not to be outdone, said, "It seems that our Cold Moon Sect also has some spiritual materials remaining. If the Ancient Lord needs them, we will go back and look for them carefully."

Once found, the next step is to discuss how to make the deal.

Since the Holy Land was destroyed due to civil war, the Celestial Master sect has gradually declined, and the source of Dao artifacts has almost been cut off.

Of course, the Celestial Lords could actually manage to forge Dao artifacts, but it required not only high-quality spiritual materials, but also a low success rate...

It's not an exaggeration to say that we should leave it to fate.

This is how most of the quasi-Dao artifacts within the Great Qian territory came about.

Since no suitable person could be found to refine it, the Heavenly Emperor was asked to do it, but the success rate was as low as getting rich through gambling...

In recent decades, there have been fewer and fewer Heavenly Lords who can smelt spiritual materials to refine Dao artifacts, so these top forces basically have some spiritual materials stored up.

Of course, some sects choose to refine spiritual materials into top-grade Spirit Artifact with four or even five characteristics.

The reason why the Purgatory Sect only has three portions of spiritual materials is because they squander them like this.

"Then I thank Young Master Fang very much."

From Gu Jinlai present, looking at the young sect leader of the Cold Moon Sect who still maintains a youthful appearance, one might say, "You didn't come all this way just to apologize and give away this spiritual circuit, did you?"

"My main task is to turn hostility into friendship with the ancient ruler and lay the foundation for friendship between our two sides."

Fang Yumin smiled slightly, "In addition, our Cold Moon Sect hopes to form an alliance with Lingxiao City, the capital of the ancient state."

"Alliance?"

From Gu Jinlai present, they have vaguely guessed what it was.

"Yes, the three cities occupied by our Cold Moon Sect are our way of showing our sincerity for this alliance. Lord Gu can send people to take over them at any time."

Fang Yumin laughed heartily.

Her delicately arched eyebrows give her a gentle beauty that differs from her usual bold and spirited demeanor when she smiles.

"What kind of alliance is this?"

"We hope to sign a non-aggression pact with Star Province. After all, the ancient lord knows the situation in Muzhou. Our Cold Moon Sect will definitely have to mobilize enough forces to deal with the pressure there. Otherwise, if we can't hold them off, the Demonic Beasts will advance unimpeded and Star Province will be the next target."

"Can."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

He was very clear about right and wrong when it came to fighting against Demonic Beasts.

"In addition, we hope to sign an employment agreement with the governor of Guzhou."

Fang Yumin said, "The Ancient State Lord has many demon god warriors under his command. If these warriors are to grow stronger, they need a large amount of Demonic Beasts Essence Blood. However, within Star Province, Demonic Beasts have been reduced to less than one-tenth due to the Ancient State Lord's constant hunting. In order to avoid cutting off the source of Demonic Beasts Essence Blood, they will inevitably have to leave Star Province..."

After saying that, she immediately added, "Of course, we will give a commission. In fact, if the Ancient Lord is willing to help, it is not impossible to pay with spiritual materials. It is a win-win cooperation."