Techniques Are Easy to Learn, the Dao Is Hard to Cultivate! The Mochao Kingdom Lord's Deterrence
"The Third-tier High-grade spirit boat contributed by Kill Chakra Guardian has saved us tens of thousands of High-grade Spirit Crystal. And with my Purple Winged Double Wings that you're currently repairing, we don't need to prepare any more escape Law Treasure."
"The Demon Weapon armor we have for Defense Magic Item is sufficient for now. I don't need Law Treasure for Divine Sense defense. How about I exchange one for you, Senior Sister?"
"Junior Brother, I don't need to. As you know, I rarely engage in combat. I spend most of my time cultivating and refining artifacts. Besides, I have quite a few Law Treasure in my Treasure Pouch. If needed, I can have them custom-made."
Inside the cave abode, Chen Dengming and He Yingyu were browsing the list of war merit materials for exchange, discussing what to exchange for.
"Since you don't want it, then I'll exchange it for the <Refining Treasures Manual> from the Curiosity Sect Treasures Sect for you."
This is a record of weapon-refining insights from the Curiosity Sect Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Qiwu Sect. Although it is not the core Secret Method of the Curiosity Sect, it is still extremely valuable and may help you improve your weapon-refining skills to a higher level.
This time, He Yingyu did not refuse, and simply hummed in agreement.
Her weapon-refining skills have improved, which will enable her to refine better Law Treasure for Chen Dengming in the future, and also to repair Law Treasure more skillfully.
Chen Dengming didn't force her. His senior sister was gentle, generous, and elegant, somewhat like a casual gamer from his previous life.
He generally dislikes fighting with others and making enemies, and the Law Treasure in his Treasure Pouch are indeed frighteningly numerous, ensuring his safety.
After a series of exchanges, the two spent nearly 150,000 battle merits and one level-one War Merit Authority to exchange for more than ten kinds of supplies.
First, I spent 15,000 battle merits to exchange for a top-tier third-level Spiritual Material, Shadow-Bearing Gold.
This gold becomes almost transparent after refining, and its material is both tough and sharp.
The flying sword forged from this gold moves swiftly through the air, almost imperceptible, much like the legendary divine sword Cheng Ying from High Antiquity.
If He Yingyu were to join forces with Elder Ge, the sect's Artifact Refining Grandmaster, to reforge the Soul Shocking Silk with the Shadow-Bearing Gold, it would be very likely that the Soul Shocking Silk would be upgraded to the Third-tier High-grade.
Afterwards, he spent another 7,000 battle merits to exchange for a chance to enchant a Tier 3 high-level Law Treasure with a 100% Curiosity Sect. This chance allows him to enchant a Third-tier High-grade Law Treasure or lower with a Tier 3 Formation.
Chen Dengming plans to imbue the Soul- Soul Shocking Silk a spirit after it is successfully refined.
In this way, the Soul Shocking Silk is no less than a top-tier third-order Law Treasure, and can be used until the future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm before being phased out.
Third-tier Top-grade Magic Item are extremely rare, and even crafting them is incredibly difficult, requiring various top-tier Tier 3 Spiritual Material, making them incredibly expensive.
War Merit Hall, a Third-tier Top-grade Magic Item requires at least 70,000 to 80,000 battle merits plus a second-level War Merit Authority.
After comprehensive analysis, Chen Dengming still planned to use Third-tier High-grade spirit-enchanted Law Treasure to avoid wasting too many resources on a single main battle Law Treasure.
Afterwards, he also spent 80,000 battle merits and a level one War Merit Authority to exchange for a [Life Returning Pill] personally refined by the Nascent Soul Ancestor the Pill Sect in the past.
This elixir can be taken beforehand after obtaining it, transforming into a powerful Medicinal Power that settles within the body.
If danger occurs and the Physical Body is damaged, as long as the Golden Core remains, the Life Returning Pill can be used to quickly reshape the Physical Body, sparing one the suffering of Physical Body destruction.
However, although this Life Returning Pill seems powerful, in Chen Dengming's view, it actually has many limitations.
When facing an enemy stronger than himself, no one will give him a chance to recover; even if his Physical Body is reconstructed, it can be destroyed at will.
Even when facing someone weaker than oneself, one will not suffer Physical Body destruction; it can only be described as a trump card for survival, prepared for any eventuality.
With nearly 50,000 battle merits remaining, Chen Dengming exchanged them for spiritual pills and materials such as Gold Spirit Pill, Wood Spirit Pill, Zhuang Shen Dan Youth Preserving Pill Heart Mending Pill, and Spiritual Material Law Treasure the Purple Winged Double Wings.
The Youth Preserving Pill costs very little, a large bottle costs only a few dozen battle merits. He had tried it before, and now he plans to let his senior sister try it as well.
However, this kind of pill is only somewhat effective for mortals and low-level cultivators. For cultivators above the Foundation Establishment, it's just a bit of fun. In fact, there are many other wonderful methods to preserve youth, which are even more effective than the Youth Preserving Pill.
In addition to elixirs, he also exchanged for unorthodox techniques such as the "Essentials of Formation Array Deployment and Creation" and the "Six Rens Spiritual Script".
Now that he enjoys a lifespan of 1,800 years, he can also multitask, using his other self to take on part of the cultivation.
Although it is much less efficient than self-cultivation, it still provides enough time, energy, and reason to improve one's shortcomings in other areas and to cultivate various aspects of immortality.
After this large procurement list was finalized, it would take at least half a month for the supplies to be delivered.
After that, Chen Dengming continued to cultivate diligently in the cave abode at the Mountain Gate in a low-key manner.
After the death of his half-finished clone, Bai Mao, he now possessed more Mental Strength and was able to condense three clones at the early stage of the False Core realm.
However, to avoid causing Mental Strength, Chen Dengming only used eight-tenths of his strength, and after the Red Hair, he created two more clones, one Green Hair and one Silver Hair.
One of them went to the vicinity of the former Bright Moon Workshop in the Eastern Region to meet Jiang Qiang and Black Wind, who had migrated in large numbers, and arranged for them to settle in the heart of the Eastern Region.
With his current status and power as the Longevity Dao Child, it would be a simple matter for him to carve out a piece of unwanted wasteland within the Longevity Sect's sphere of influence and provide it to Qiangzi and the others as a place for cultivation.
Ordinary forces have no use for wasteland because it lacks Spirit Vein.
However, Jiang Qiang and his group, who migrated from Lüoshan City, brought with them two First-Rank Spirit Vein.
Along the way, they were protected by the Black Cloud Leopard and two Foundation Establishment Flying Snake, as well as the Foundation Establishment cultivator Black Wind, so no force dared to covet the Spirit Vein.
Chen Dengming arranged for Silver Hair to settle Jiang Qiang and the others in a wasteland not far from Heguan City.
Because of its proximity to Heguan City, this place offers a safe environment, making it suitable for the development of one's power.
If the war situation stabilizes in the future, Chen Dengming still wants to bring his children and Chen Jing here to settle down, have children, and marry immortal wives to cultivate.
However, given the increasingly severe situation and the pressure brought by the Northern Yin Holy Mother, the peaceful days probably won't last much longer.
Chen Dengming felt a sense of urgency. While he was cultivating the Longevity Merit, his two clones were not idle either.
The Red Hair Wood Element Heavenly Immortal Clone cultivates the <Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique>.
Green Hair remains Wood Element Heavenly Immortal Clone, primarily responsible for assisting in the cultivation of the Longevity Merit.
Whether it's Martial Immortal Clone or Heavenly Immortal Clone, to exist for a long time and assist in cultivation, they must respectively possess the <Spirit Devouring Technique> and the <Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique>.
Only in this way can it exist for more than ten days.
However, this means that the Martial Immortal Clone is temporarily rendered useless in cultivation.
Because Martial Immortal Clone possessing the Spirit Devouring Technique can only use this one Martial Dao Divine Ability Spirit Devouring Technique some ordinary martial arts, it is difficult to assist in cultivating other Technique Method and Divine Ability.
Only Wood Element Heavenly Immortal Clone is truly suitable for cultivation.
The existence of the Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique solves the problem of Spiritual Qi depletion and removes restrictions on Technique Method cultivation; any Wood Element Technique Method can be cultivated.
However, seven or eight days later.
When Chen Dengming recalled Red Hair and Green Hair and removed the spiritual imprints from these two clones, he was filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.
The good news is that Red Hair's training efficiency is quite good. After nearly nine days of training, his master-level Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique proficiency has increased by 5 points.
This efficiency is already about 20% of what he could achieve by practicing on his own.
Advancing a master-level Technique Method to the grandmaster level is quite time-consuming.
Normally, Chen Dengming can cast the <Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique> twice every hour without consuming spirit crystals or taking pills to restore his Core Power.
It takes ten uses to increase proficiency by one point, so you can only increase it by less than three points a day. It would take nine days to increase proficiency to nearly 22 points.
It takes more than forty days of dedicated practice to cultivate this Technique Method to the level of a grandmaster.
It was a pity that a Red Hair clone could save him two days of full-force cultivation by cultivating for nine days.
However, on the other hand, it's worrying that Green Hair's cultivation of the Longevity Merit isn't very efficient.
The Longevity Merit is unlike Technique Method like the Reverse Glory Spring Return Technique. It is mainly a Daoist method that improves Core Power cultivation by circulating the Greater Celestial Circuit.
Even though Chen Dengming intended for Green Hair to cultivate and preserve his Core Power, a clone is still a clone, and while cultivating, the energy needed to maintain its existence is quickly depleted.
As a result, after nine days of cultivation, Green Hair had almost made no progress, only gaining some insights into the Longevity Merit through his mental imprint.
However, this kind of insight was completely outdated information for Chen Dengming, who also cultivated the Longevity Merit Technique every day.
Therefore, after Green Hair practiced the Longevity Merit for nine days, it only increased Chen Dengming's proficiency in the Longevity Merit by 18 points.
This efficiency is not even as good as the speed at which he cultivates on his own for half an hour.
"Daoist magic is, after all, Daoist magic. Unlike ordinary Technique Method, which can rely on multiple clones to aid in Technique Method, trying to improve one's cultivation level through clones is like trying to fill a leaky bucket with water—it's highly unlikely to succeed."
Inside the cave abode, Chen Dengming stared intently at the clone that had quickly dissipated after the removal of his mental imprint. His eyes flickered slightly, but he felt no regret.
There are not many shortcuts in spiritual practice, and it is already quite an achievement that he has been able to discover some shortcuts.
To expect to achieve something great overnight is simply too idealistic.
Just as he was about to reassemble his two Wood Element clones to continue his magical Technique Method, a series of terrifyingly rapid bell tolls suddenly rang out.
Chen Dengming's expression changed slightly. After hearing the bell ring eight times, he immediately stood up with a solemn expression.
The Longevity Bell eight times, signifying that an urgent matter concerning the survival of the sect is about to occur, and the sect's high-ranking members must immediately rush to the Longevity Hall to attend an emergency meeting.
Because if the bell rings less than nine times, it means that the sect will suffer a great calamity. If the bell rings eighteen times, it means that the sect's patriarch will perish.
"Has the result of the Four Domains Elders' Council been released?"
Chen Dengming quickly walked out of the cultivation room. Seeing He Yingyu also walking out of the Artifact Refining Room with a worried expression, his solemn expression eased slightly, and he smiled calmly.
"Senior sister, you can focus on refining your weapon. I'll go attend the sect meeting to see what happened."
He Yingyu was infected by Chen Dengming's ease, and the worry on her pretty face lessened. She smiled and responded.
Longevity Hall.
When Chen Dengming arrived, Elder Wen, Elder Ran, Elder Gongshu, and many other Golden Core Elder who were stationed in the sect had already arrived. Upon seeing Chen Dengming, they all bowed and greeted him politely as "Your Highness, Your Highness Daozi."
Looking back a few years ago, when Chen Dengming came here, he had to pay his respects to several elders as a disciple, but now things have changed dramatically.
After Chen Dengming politely returned the greetings, he suddenly heard Gongshu Zai's voice transmission in his ear.
"Junior Brother Chen, the situation is dire. Senior Brother Ran just told me that Mochao Crown Prince has also interfered and challenged our Ancestor to a duel with the Four Domains Elders Council."
Chen Dengming's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that Elder Ran and the others were all sitting in their seats with solemn expressions and no intention of speaking, he calmly sat down in the seat to his left and silently Gongshu Zai to inquire.
"The sect bell tolls eight times; it seems the Four Regions Elders Council has agreed?"
A hint of unease flashed in Gongshu Zai's eyes. "It's very likely that she agreed, or at least agreed to the challenge from the Northern Yin Holy Mother."
That old woman is incredibly powerful. Forty years ago, she had already reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, making her one of the few top experts below the Spirit Transformation in the Four Domains. Even the Second Ancestor of the Tiandao Sect, Senior Xuan, might not be able to confidently say he could defeat her.
Our Longevity Sect might only be able to be confident if our First Ancestor were to take action, but he had already gone into seclusion in the Heavenly Immortal Way Dojo Jiazi ago, solely to break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm."
Chen Dengming was also aware of information about the First Ancestor.
Upon hearing this, I immediately felt an overwhelming sense of urgency and pressure.
If the Elders of the Four Regions truly agree to the challenge from the Northern Yin Holy Mother, the only one the Longevity Sect can confidently accept is its First Ancestor.
The Second Ancestor was only Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
Although the Third Ancestor possessed exceptional talent, he had only recently entered the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and was no match for the Northern Yin Holy Mother.
However, if this battle were to alarm the First Ancestor and cause him to emerge from seclusion, it might affect the First Ancestor's opportunity to break through to the Perfect Realm.
"Besides the threat from the Northern Yin Holy Mother, there's also the Mochao Crown Prince, a demon king who entered the Nascent Soul Realm many years ago."
Gongshu Zai's eyes held a hint of bitterness. "Now, I wonder what the Demon King's strength is like; he might already be in the Nascent Soul Middle Stage."
Chen Dengming frowned slightly. His Spiritual Realm far surpassed that of ordinary people, and he had already keenly detected a trace of resentment deep in Gongshu Zai's heart from Gongshu Zai Divine Sense transmission.
Even if the other party had voted for him and had a fairly good relationship with him, it was still inevitable that he would have some reservations at this moment.
However, after the Zhu Guangbiao incident a few days ago, Chen Dengming is still able to remain calm and will no longer be angry or depressed because of it.
He stopped communicating with Gongshu Zai, took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and quietly pondered, waiting for the other Golden Core Elder to arrive.
His mind raced, pondering the measures and countermeasures that the Longevity Sect would take.
As for whether the sect would hand over him, the Longevity Dao Child, because of the threat from the Northern Yin Holy Mother, he had never given such a foolish thought.
Because it's impossible!
Even if the Longevity Sect is completely detached from worldly affairs, it only means they don't cause trouble, not that they're afraid of trouble.
Numerous instances have demonstrated the sect's care and protectiveness towards its disciples, let alone this Daoist disciple who has already received the Dao Child of the Immortal Celestial Lineage.
No matter how strong the Northern Yin Holy Mother is, she is only a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator.
The Longevity Sect, however, has three Nascent Soul and one Spirit Transformation; there is no reason for them to back down, nor is there any need for them to admit defeat.
"Wait... Could it be..."
Just as he realized this, Chen Dengming immediately sensed something unusual.
The Longevity Sect has three Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation; how could the Northern Yin Holy Mother not know this, yet she still danced so joyfully.
Given the temperament and composure of Nascent Soul Old Monster, this should not be the case. This behavior is quite abnormal, as if they are forcing the Longevity Sect.
So what exactly gives them that confidence?
The source of this confidence must be Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord.
"Is the Mochao Kingdom Lord who truly wants to attack my Longevity Sect? The Northern Yin Holy Mother is merely the first dagger thrust in as a test; the Mochao Crown Prince is the second."
Thinking about this, Chen Dengming suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, as if a cold and evil eye was staring intently at him, and he felt as if there was an olive under his buttocks, making him unable to sit still.
The Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan once attacked the Tiandao Sect, severely injuring Tiandao Sect two founders. To this day, apart from the elusive Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord, the Tiandao Sect has no high-level combat power to deter them.
Now, the Mochao Kingdom Lord has set his sights on the Longevity Sect.
Could it be that a true four-domain war is about to begin?