Right Prime Minister
Now Li Fan can control the Dao Breath as if it were his own, allowing the evil energy in his arm to change at will, transforming into various forms such as an arm, a flying dragon, a sword, and celestial robes.
Although I can't yet wield it as freely as sword energy, and the evil energy within my body needs to be circulated through my stomach and refined to mimic the previous feeling of bloating before I can use it, this is at least the beginning of exploring the Tai Su Dao and the method of controlling Qi.
However, the white evil energy is a real headache. The white polymer that makes up Qiongqi's body doesn't have much physical strength. It's really like a block of rosin wax, which can be crushed and deformed with the slightest force.
Fortunately, Qiongqi wasn't dead, and Li Fan could still control this tiger-shaped body. It felt like his body was sealed with wax, so he couldn't transform into a gale or use physical attacks. He was incredibly weak!
Although the system said it would analyze and study the properties of the white substance and tell him the results, Li Fan now understood how unreliable the system was. He couldn't rely on them at all; cultivation was something he had to figure out for himself.
Li Fan only took a small sip and it caused him this much trouble. There was still a lot of liquid left in the gourd. Although the evil energy was very nourishing, if he took two more sips of the white stuff, he might vomit up the Kun. Li Fan didn't dare to take any more risks, so he decided to use the evil energy that was now abundant in his body to cultivate his Dao body back to normal.
After all, Qiongqi's primordial spirit was completely expelled, and now Li Fan felt a significant decrease in grip strength. It was clear that after losing the attributes of Gonggong and Fuli, even Qiongqi's attributes had been lost! Moreover, the lack of a mountain god had greatly affected the speed of the circulation of the five qi in the body!
Li Fan, now possessing only the power of five Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, felt weaker than ever before!
No, I need to replenish my killing energy and restore my fighting strength first!
' Li Fan refined the North Mountain God Dao Body, forcibly broke through the Golden Core realm, forcibly broke through to the Golden Core Perfection realm, and forcibly broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm!'
Current mood: 5k/9.1k; Energy: 3k/9.1k
He forcibly cultivated the North Mountain God Dao Body, but this time the human form that appeared was a snake-bodied child, not the red-haired Gonggong. It was obvious that his power was not as strong as Gonggong's before, but at least the Five Qi had been restored to circulation.
The killing energy is used up, but we can still reduce the upper limit and add a few more lives.
' Li Fan has mastered the Gonggong Dao Body (Elementary Level), Li Fan has mastered the Fuli Dao Body (Elementary Level), Li Fan has mastered the Yinshan Antelope Dao Body (Elementary Level)'
Current mood: 5k/8.5k; Energy: 3k/8.5k
Five Mountain Gods, three fish, tiger, wolf, antelope, bird, Gonggong, Tai Su transformation, thirteen lives, and three flowers. One of the three flowers just withered, no big deal. Refresh, 7.3k, can I refresh six more flowers? That would be a total of twenty-two extra lives.
Hmm... twenty-two lives should be enough to farm seventy-two Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, right?
After all, this is still the Taiji Realm, and it's impossible for some Emei old monster to cause Non-Thing experimental subjects to go berserk everywhere.
Moreover, the progress on the Qiankun Golden Core side is quite significant. Li Fan gritted his teeth and refined the North Mountain God Dao Body for this very reason.
Although he didn't yet understand the principles of Tai Su Qiankun, he had grasped the Dao of Tai Chi Qian Kun. After all, it involved the Yin-Yang Micro Dust of Emei and the vortex model of the system; the answers were laid out for him, so how could he not copy them?
So Li Fan directly changed his own Qi Sea model, which was lukewarm and slowly circulating between black and white Qi, into Yang Ying's storm model. With the help of the Qi offerings from the Five Mountain Gods, a rapidly expanding and stabilizing vortex storm eye finally formed in his Inner Landscape dantian!
Taiji Universe! Forged! Limitless Nascent Soul Stage! Cultivation accelerates once more!
Li Fan estimated that his current speed was already a hundred times faster than before, and he would probably be able to refine the Limitless Nascent Soul Stage in about two years. By then, with a more advanced understanding of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, he should be able to comprehend the principles of the Tai Su Qiankun and that white baleful energy.
Li Fan's confidence returned. This time, he couldn't use his sword escape technique. He could only carry the gourd on his back, sit on Qiongqi's back, fly over snow-capped mountains and frozen land, and head north to find a lone shaman to capture.
With a compass to Si Nan them and Divine Sense to scan the area, the entire route was a battlefield, naturally filled with demons and monsters, as well as Hu Barbarians soldiers and cavalry, though they were mostly at the Golden Core stage.
Li Fan now felt invincible again, so he naturally accepted everything that came his way. He nourished the Blood Infant with his primordial spirit and let Qiongqi eat his physical body. He devoured all the living creatures he detected within his Divine Sense range. During the day, he sat on the tiger's back to cultivate the Wuji Zhenyuan, and at night, Moon Worship on the snow mountain to cultivate the Returning to Emptiness True Essence. His days were quite fulfilling.
About a week later, the Chanyu finally discovered that someone was following the army and killing scouts and rogue cultivators on the outskirts. So, Nascent Soul Realm were sent to scout the situation.
That would be suicide, of course. If they came one or two at a time, Li Fan wouldn't even need to lift a finger.
"Right Guli King... Shuofang Army... defeated... Xiongnu... encirclement and suppression..."
Who lost? Next time, ask first, and eat more slowly.
Li Fan frowned. He had to Moon Worship at night, and when he woke up in the morning, all that was left of the Nascent Soul Stage was a skeleton being gnawed on by Qiongqi.
Fortunately, the Hu Barbarians reacted quickly; after losing one Nascent Soul Stage, they sent three more to search the mountain.
So Li Fan kicked Qiongqi up, releasing his aura to summon it over for questioning.
Soon, three fully armed Hu Barbarians Nascent Soul Stage, whose identities were unclear—whether warriors or shamans—flew over. Upon seeing the young Daoist, with the blood still wet on the skeleton in the mouth of his White Tiger mount, they all became solemn, armed with sabers and maces on guard.
Li Fan made a note, then spoke in gibberish, asking, "Where is the Chanyu?"
Qiongqi grinned as it looked at the fresh meat that was served, crunching loudly as it chewed on the skull.
The three of them wore expressions of mixed grief and indignation, shock at their values, and mental instability.
Li Fan asked again, "What? Can't you speak? Then I'll kill you all, and then wait for the Chanyu to send a group willing to communicate, how about that?"
"Southern barbarians! Die! Die! Die!" The first warrior who charged out to fight was thrown aside by a flash of silver light, bleeding profusely.
The other two were stunned by the incredibly gruesome manner of their deaths.
Li Fan was also a little surprised. He had only intended to cut open the abdomen and leave the other person half-dead. "Moon Spirit, what did you eat? How come you're suddenly so powerful?"
Yuepo replied matter-of-factly, "Eat the Taiyin Sword Force? Didn't you leave me a lot?"
Uh, yeah... The Taiyin Sword Art's killing move actually has quite a few hidden dangers, but it's perfect for feeding the sword pellets...
Then another person suddenly trembled all over, rolled his eyes back, and spat blood from his mouth and nose. His primordial spirit was being eroded by the blood infant, and he fell headfirst onto the icy plain, smashing into a bloody flower.
The last Hu Barbarians was nearly scared to death. He never imagined that these Central Plains people would be so ruthless, killing without warning! He cried out in alarm.
"The Chanyu has gone to the Western Regions!"
"Huh? To the Western Regions? The war isn't over yet and the Chanyu has already run away? Do you think I'm stupid?" Li Fan frowned, flicked his finger, and a sword pellet slashed out, severing the shaman's hands and feet. Qiongqi immediately pounced and bit his head.
"Ahhh! It's true! The Heavenly Soldiers Army of the Northern Expedition Forces has retreated! All the other armies have been annihilated! Only the Shuofang Army remains, which is now surrounded! The Chanyu said that his opponent suddenly stood him up, and he left the rest to Tuoqi King while he went to drink with his friends!"
"... When did this happen?"
"One, a little over a month ago!"
The opponent suddenly stood me up? I remember Gao Ming saying that Shan Yu wanted to lure Qin Tianjue of Emei into a duel. Is that what he meant?
He even went out drinking with friends, friends of the Divine Cult? It seems the Chanyu really is the reincarnation of the Divine Cult's Dharma King...
"Then how many Dao Lords and Divine Lords do you have left?"
"Ah, ah?"
"How many are on par with the Chanyu? Don't you have the Nine Banners? And the Left Wise King Tuoqi King, right? How many of them are there? And how many shamans like you are around here?"
Qiongqi gritted its teeth and cracked the shaman's skull in its mouth with a loud snapping sound.
"Ahhhh! No one is stronger than the Chanyu! Among the Nine Banners, the cultivation of Tuoqi King, the Left Right Wise King, and the Left and Right Guli Kings far surpasses that of the others!"
The Left Wise Left Wise King is harassing the Jiedushi Central Plains! The Right Guli King was killed in battle by the Shuofang Military Governor! Now, the Tuoqi King is commanding various forces to encircle and suppress the Shuofang Army! We are a subordinate of the Right Prime Minister, and there are nine of us in the army, including the shaman! We are here on orders to go to the Egun River to join the main army of the Tuoqi King! That's all I know! Please let me go!"
"You've already said everything in one breath and you still want to live? Are all Hu Barbarians a little stupid?"
Li Fan nodded, letting Qiongqi begin its meal.
The army of the Right Prime Minister of the Hu Barbarians Royal Court is nearby. There are nine Nascent Soul Stage level cultivators, four of whom have already been used as rations. Even if the Right Prime Minister is at the Divine Transformation level, he is probably only moderately strong and not yet at the point where his cultivation far surpasses that of others. He should be easy to deal with. We can go over and see if there are any advantages to take advantage of.
Knowing that the Chanyu was not in the army, Li Fan headed straight for the army, expecting a warm welcome. However, he was not; in fact, it seemed he was even a step too late.
Others attacked the Right Prime Minister's camp, drawing away the remaining experts. Now there are no Nascent Soul Stage cultivators left in the camp, only the troops resting and regrouping.
Li Fan rode Qiongqi Fourth Department for a while, observing the Hu Barbarians army as if it were empty.
Well, there were probably around 20,000 to 30,000 men. Most of them were wounded, and there was a stench of rotting corpses everywhere. It seemed they had been through a bloody battle. Perhaps they were defeated and reorganized by the Northern Expedition expeditionary forces, which delayed them. In any case, they were second- or third-line ragtag troops.
Li Fan then stormed into the camp, casually killed the guards, set fire to the supplies and provisions, and left the chaotic camp to continue north. Following the traces of the battle, he went after the Right Prime Minister experts who had been lured away by others.
He actually ran into two Nascent Soul Stage cultivators who had turned back. They must have seen the fires and smoke coming from the direction of the military camp and turned back to provide assistance. They were both insignificant trash, and of course, Li Fan easily killed them and gave them to Qiongqi to eat.
Fortunately, the Right Prime Minister did not disappoint Li Fan. He and the remaining two shamans were all highly skilled individuals who had become demonic gods, just like Fuli Bojin, and were not ordinary trash.
And their opponent was someone Li Fan knew.
Wang Hong, the dwarf of the Black Lotus Sect!
But now he is no longer a dwarf. Now his appearance is a mountain of flesh, which looks like a blooming black lotus from a distance. From the center of the petals made of writhing flesh, tentacle-like stamens burst out to whip and pierce, counterattacking the attacking opponents.
Well, no wonder Mo Shan has the ability to discern things; looking like this, who the hell would recognize him?
The two shamans who besieged Wang Hong were clearly the kind who worshipped demon gods. They could resist the erosion of evil energy, and they were also Non-Thing, strangely shaped. One of them had a vulture growing out of his back, and the man and the vulture were stuck together back to back, shooting arrows around the black lotus.
The other was a half-human werewolf, a half-human werewolf like a centaur, with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a wolf. He wielded a large sword and leaped back and forth, fighting against the tentacles and vines that spewed out from the lotus.
There was also a Hu Barbarians nobleman riding a demonic horse, watching the battle from a high place. He also had the aura of a great demon at the Transformation Stage. He should be the Right Prime Minister.
"Aren't you a member of the Black Lotus Sect? Since you are loyal to the Chanyu, why did you kill my soldiers, attack my camp, and hinder my army's advance? Let's see if you have any skills left. If you submit to me, I will spare your life!"
The Right Prime Minister is still trying to persuade them to surrender.
He was indeed confident of victory. The Northern Expedition Army had already lost. Although Wang Hong's black lotus form looked ugly and cute, and quite depressing, it was actually useless. It could only lash out a couple of times with its vines. It seemed that it wanted to burrow underground to escape, but its petals and roots were pinned to the ground by a large flag, so it couldn't move at all. It seemed that it had been caught.
Thus, the black lotus that Wang Hong had transformed into could only be pinned to the ground and besieged by vultures and werewolves, its flesh and blood splattering and petals scattering. It was likely that once those tentacles and vines were all severed, it would have no chance to fight back.
Li Fan used his Divine Sense to confirm the situation from afar. Seeing that the three people's attention was on Wang Hong, he naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. So he opened his mouth and spat out the Moon Essence, using his Divine Sense to strike with a sword from a distance, severing the Right Prime Minister's head!
"Awooo! A sneak attack! You cowards! Come out and face your death!"
The Right Prime Minister was extremely aggrieved. His head was severed with a single sword strike. He hurriedly held his head up with his hands, blood gushing from the severed neck. At the same time, his entire body transformed into a gigantic Dharma form that was forty zhang tall and as large as a mountain!
This troll god was a giant monster with a blue face and fangs, with wildfire burning on its head and malevolent energy spewing from its mouth and nose. Moreover, very clearly, there was a starfish-like tentacle-like fleshy mass clinging to its heart in the chest area, and the malevolent energy was transformed from that fleshy mass.
To be honest, this Dao body structure is far too crude. It's clearly just a matter of simply piling up cultivation to the level of a demon god and then attaching a Non-Thing core to the chest.
Li Fan was too lazy to talk to this trash. He first retrieved the Moon Soul Sword to prevent it from being contaminated by the evil energy, and then rode Qiongqi forward.
"Awooo! Die--!"
As soon as the troll god saw its target appear, it opened its mouth and spewed out a black fireball, which burned straight towards Li Fan!
Li Fan also opened his mouth, swallowed the fireball, and then burped.
Right Prime Minister, "??"
Before the other party could even understand what they had just seen, Li Fan's burp transformed into a black hand that rushed back at them!
The Right Prime Minister was greatly alarmed and roared, spewing out a series of large fireballs.
Of course, this only added fuel to the fire, making the perpetrator's influence grow several times larger.
Then the enormous black hand smashed the head that the troll god was supporting away with a single punch, and then tore the starfish and chunks of flesh from its chest, revealing the troll god's heart, which was clearly being held by the starfish's countless sharp teeth and siphons.
"Awoooooo!"
The Right Prime Minister screamed as his head rolled.
Immediately, a flash of red light appeared between Li Fan's eyebrows, blasting the starfish into minced meat. Then, the black hand clenched again, crushing the demon god's heart on the spot.
The giant instantly rotted into flesh and blood, which fell onto the icy plain and became a vast, muddy swamp of blood.
The dissipated malevolent energy spontaneously gathered on the large black hand, which then slapped the fleeing vulture and werewolf into a bloody pulp with two quick slaps, like swatting flies.
"... Go eat."
Li Fan nodded, and Qiongqi, who was seated below, happily went to begin the feast.
The large black hand circled around, absorbing all the surrounding malevolent energy. It then flew back, its palm flat like a dark cloud, lifting Li Fan to the ground. It then whirled away, transforming into the black Daoist robe on Li Fan's body.
Li Fan rummaged through the blood-soaked swamp, grabbed the Right Prime Minister's hair, and lifted his head out of the blood and mud.
"You couldn't even withstand one move? You're too weak! A prime minister, my foot! Even the toads in the south are stronger than you... Are you the kind of person who focuses on internal affairs? Or is it that your Nine Banners, like the Immortal Palace, value bloodlines?"
The Right Prime Minister rolled his eyes and twitched, but he couldn't hide it from Li Fan. Although he was a trashy Divine Transformation, he was still a Divine Transformation, and he hadn't even given Li Fan any affection.
Having said that, is this all the Hu Barbarians' nine banners are capable of? Well then, let's go and take the head of that Tuoqi King.
So Li Fan nodded, letting the Blood Infant rush into the Right Prime Minister's head to digest the remnant soul. Then, with a wave of his hand, he pulled out the large flag that was stuck in the Black Lotus, tore it off, wrapped it around the Right Prime Minister's head, and tied the hair bun to his waistband.
Seeing that the Hu Barbarians's magic had been broken, the black lotus naturally retracted, transforming into Wang Hong's appearance, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, "Thank you for saving me, Immortal."
Li Fan glanced at him, pretending not to recognize him, "Black Lotus Sect? Why aren't you running away? Are you looking for death?"
"I am Wang Hong. In my youth, I went astray and fell into the demonic path. I know my sins are grave. Even if the Immortal had killed me, I would have no complaints. But I cannot die now. There are still people waiting for me to return! I beg the Immortal to have mercy and spare my life!"
Li Fan stroked his chin. "Hand over the Black Lotus Sect's Cultivation Method from earlier, and I'll spare your life."
"Yes!" Wang Hong kowtowed, then raised his left hand, which transformed into a black lotus. He then gritted his teeth and snapped off the flower stem that had formed from his wrist, offering it to Li Fan. "This humble one is dull-witted and has only learned this technique."
Li Fan beckoned over the black lotus, examined it closely, and tossed it to Qiongqi to chew.
' Li Fan has mastered the Black Lotus Dao Body (Beginner Level), current mood cap 7200'
Li Fan nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand.
Wang Hong bowed deeply in gratitude, clutched his severed left wrist, and fled underground.
Yes, a win-win situation.