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"What method?"
Qin Yuzhi looked at Li Mo, who had raised one finger with such confidence, and couldn't help but feel suspicious. She was so smart, yet she couldn't come up with a solution in such a short time, and he just slapped his forehead and figured it out?
That would make me, the dignified God Summoning Cult, seem rather worthless, wouldn't it?
Li Mo's lips curled up slightly. "I have a wonderful thing that once you've tasted it, you'll never forget it, and you'll never be able to live without it for the rest of your life..."
"But I can't make many of these by myself, I need to ask Elder Xue for help."
"!"
Qin Yuzhi leaned back slightly.
Why does it suddenly seem like Little Li has sprouted devil horns?
"Xiao Mo..."
"Ahem, when discussing official business, you should address people by their official titles."
"Yes, Master Li, those who are often masters of their own sects know this."
Qin Yuzhi's expression turned serious:
"If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will easily follow suit. You are still young and easily impatient for quick success..."
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"I know you're in a bit of a hurry, but listen to me first. Do you remember the Martial Refinement Hall I told you about last time? The hall master back then was a genius, until later, he came into contact with a kind of drug..."
Li Mo blurted out, "Divine Strength Powder?"
"How did you know?" Qin Yuzhi was taken aback.
"Um, actually the Martial Refinement Hall no longer exists. The Demon Summoning Cult now only has the Blood Refinement Hall."
"???"
Qin, the leader of the sect, stared blankly, and almost drooled from the corner of his mouth.
After a moment of silence, the expression on her round face turned dejected.
She had originally wanted to boast about her achievements in managing the cult, such as eradicating banned drugs, but now she realized that she seemed to have accomplished nothing.
Seeing her dejected look, Li Mo comforted her, "Let's start over! Let's work together to make the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect bigger and stronger! Let's create new glories!"
"No way," Qin Yuzhi shook her head.
Why?
"How can you do something illegal or disorderly?"
"..."
Li Mo was both amused and exasperated.
It's estimated that the members of the evil cult today would never have dreamed that their former leader would be so law-abiding.
"You eat that stuff every day, what does it have to do with breaking the law?"
"Um?"
"You've been enjoying MSG and chicken bouillon with every meal, even though you said you couldn't eat in Southern Border."
Li Mo took out two small jars, one containing white powder and the other containing pale yellow powder.
Qin Yuzhi opened the jar, took a taste, and her eyes lit up – it was that familiar umami flavor.
So you mean seasonings?
"Yeah, don't you feel uncomfortable if you don't eat a meal? What's wrong with saying you can't live without this stuff?"
"... That makes sense." Qin Yuzhi found herself unable to refute it.
Li Mo then asked, "By the way, Master Qin, can you send messages through dreams? Can you recreate the taste of the dishes in your dreams?"
"Hmph, you underestimate me too much. I only slightly interfered in pulling an entire city into a dream feast."
Qin Yuzhi rallied and regained her enthusiasm.
"Then I'll leave the advertising to you! I'll go see Elder Xue and see if I can get the MSG and chicken bouillon formulas."
"Advertising...?"
After the two finished speaking, Li Mo got up and went to Cauldron Peak, intending to add these two seasonings to the dining tables of so many people in Southern Border. Other problems would not exist.
Anyway, he's not short of money.
The key is the formula; with the formula, it won't be difficult for him to mass-produce these two items.
emmmm
However, he couldn't figure out the recipe himself, and he didn't really understand how the protagonist in the novel could know everything, since schools didn't teach this stuff...
Once he reached Cauldron Peak, things progressed more smoothly than he had imagined.
Elder Xue wasn't there, but he didn't need to lift a finger. Senior Brother Xiao Bao tasted a bit and quickly wrote down the ingredient list, even including the preparation method. He was practically a walking testing machine.
Li Mo only paid with a few Lollipop Pill.
On the other side.
In the main ancestral Ancestral Hall of Clear Abyss Main Peak, Shangguan Wencang lowered. Both the Sect Master and the only Supreme Elder of Clear Abyss Sect had solemn expressions.
Well, he might not be the only Supreme Elder now, but he's probably the only reliable one...
"Little Bing, why don't you try again?"
"Just as you broke through to the Seven Apertures of Divine Observation, the Bronze Tree emitted a buzzing sound."
"It should... be related to you."
This is just a small fragment.
But, after all, it is a genuine Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifact.
Ying Bing lowered her eyes, looking at the ancient and exquisitely crafted Bronze Tree, and felt a familiar call to it.
The incomplete Heavenly Phoenix Domain lit up at this moment, connecting with the stars on the Divine Tree.
One after another, Divine Intent surged forth, like leaves clinging to the branches of Divine Tree.
At this moment, the light swirled and converged into a scene before Ying Bing's eyes: a vast starry sky, beneath which stretched an ancient, colossal city, and in the center of the city stood a magnificent and imposing Divine Tree.
Dark golden patterns flow across its surface, representing its root system that extends to an immeasurable distance, channeling the Power of All Living Beings into it.
Its branches seemed to extend into invisible chains, binding something that existed somewhere unknown and unseen.
A breeze stirs in the azure sky; is that clanging sound from chains or leaves?
The complete Bronze Divine Tree!
She didn't see this scene when she communicated with the Divine Tree last time. What caused this change... is the Heavenly Phoenix Domain?
Not only the Divine Tree, but also the two figures playing chess beneath it, appeared incredibly clear.
One of them was Ying Huang.
The image that Ying Huang and Jade Phoenix God had changed. She was wearing a magnificent and mysterious black cloak, and her face was more profound than before, with long, flowing hair cascading down her back.
Her expression was calm, just like the way she placed her pieces on the chessboard.
The person opposite, holding the white pieces, wore a long yellow robe and had his eyes half-open, as if he were dozing.
Ying Huang spoke up, "Cloud Dream, you won't find the answer to this game of chess even in your dreams."
The man in the yellow shirt seemed to wake from a dream, and as if by accident, reached out and scrambled the Chessboard.
"Hmm? Oh, sorry, I fell asleep while thinking about it."
"Is this what you mean by winning or losing not necessarily within the game of chess, but sometimes outside the Chessboard?"
The communication between Ying Huang and the Bronze Divine Tree was severed, and she seemed to have broken free from some state. Her gentle and graceful demeanor returned.
How can I describe this feeling?
If I had to say, she looked more like a 'person' at that moment.
Cloud Dream Immortal wasn't embarrassed even though she'd been seen through. "How could Chessboard truly be as vast as the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths? By the way, don't you have a Heavenly Phoenix Domain that gathers the Will Soul of countless beings?"
"Why don't you use all living beings as pieces, manifest the game, and then let me in to see what happens?"
Obviously.
Cloud Dream Immortal's attempt was a failure.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been trapped in the Heavenly Phoenix Domain by Qin Yuzhi, and even after being torn apart, he still couldn't break free.
A moment later, Cloud Dream Immortal was released and sat down heavily on the ground, looking utterly dejected.
"This predicament in the Heavenly Human City is even more unsolvable than a game of chess..."
But then he smiled and said, "If the peace of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could last forever, just as you planned in your chess game, that wouldn't be bad."
Ying Huang shook her head and said, "You're right about one thing: the masses are alive, but the chess pieces are dead. From the moment the Great Shang was established, it began its march toward its end."
Cloud Dream Immortal murmured, "Are we... the same?"
But the dream will continue.
Ying Huang's gaze seemed to pierce through endless years, crossing time and space to look at the newcomer.
She gently raised her finger, and the broken Bronze Divine Tree, like embers reigniting, burst forth with light that threatened to consume itself. The Divine Intent of the many birds perched on its branches vanished as starlight.
The fragments on the broken Divine Tree peeled away, as if it were being reborn.
She smiled and said:
"I hope that you, who have received this power, will not be controlled by it, but will forge your own path."