Dense Fog, Grandmaster's Art

The Spring Autumn Water Refining Art naturally focuses on refining water. The magic power cultivated through the Spring Autumn Water Refining Art inherently carries a hint of water's weight and gentleness.

Moreover, it records a secret technique for nurturing one's Natal Magic Treasure.

Magic Treasures are at least Magical Artifacts used by Core Formation cultivators.

Although Wei Zhong is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, he can already begin nurturing a Magic Treasure prototype.

This technique requires a large amount of water, which is then condensed and fused with the practitioner's own spiritual power to create a special secret treasure called the Yuan Water Pearl.

As the condensed water and spiritual power increase, this treasure will become heavier and heavier, weighing a ton to enemies, but feeling as light as a feather to the practitioner who refined it.

At the same time, as the practitioner's Natal Treasure, this treasure is connected to the practitioner's spiritual power, which can make the thickness of the spiritual power in the body even higher.

In other words, the stronger the Yuan Water Pearl is nurtured, the higher the quality of the cultivator's spiritual power will be.

Even if the cultivator's cultivation realm does not improve and the total amount of spiritual power does not increase, their strength will continue to grow.

This is the powerful treasure recorded in the Spring Autumn Water Refining Art, and the reason why Wei Zhong is looking for a water-based Spirit Vein.

Wei Zhong knew he had to act quickly against the Li Family and could no longer wait as he had before. He needed to take action as soon as possible while the Li Family's situation was still relatively clear.

Otherwise, if other cultivators were attracted, the situation might become even worse.

If necessary, he could use the Years Dao Method to forcefully crush and seize this Spirit Vein, as long as he didn't expose himself to others.

With this in mind, Wei Zhong immediately took action and submitted his intention to act to the Li Family's contact.

Soon, a member of the Li Family came to visit.

"Junior Li Haowen greets Senior."

Wei Zhong looked at the somewhat old man in front of him and exclaimed in surprise:

"So you are the Li Family disciple who took the Foundation Establishment Pill back then."

Li Haowen's face showed a hint of bitterness upon hearing this. His failure to establish his foundation had led the Li Family into a predicament, so he was often ridiculed by others. Although Li Haowen was used to this, he couldn't help but feel a trace of shame.

To make up for the mistakes he had made, he had been stationed in the Bright Moon Market of the Azurewood Sect for many years, hoping to find a senior expert to help the Li Family.

However, the Li Family could not offer much, and few were willing to take action.

"It is indeed this junior. Please, Senior, save my Li Family from this dire situation."

Wei Zhong smiled, not agreeing immediately, but instead asking:

"That Candle Daoren has been living in your Li Family, hasn't he noticed your little actions?"

The latter smiled bitterly: "He has noticed, but he hasn't stopped it. Perhaps he doesn't care."

Wei Zhong frowned: "You've been seeking help for so many years, surely some Foundation Establishment cultivators have agreed to help? Why haven't they been able to turn the tide for your Li Family?"

Li Haowen bowed:

"To be honest, Senior, in the past ten years, two Early Core Formation seniors have secretly taken action, but they were both defeated by that Candle Daoren.

In addition, most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the market have gone to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to seek opportunities, which is why we couldn't find a Foundation Establishment expert to stand up for our Li Family. Until now, we have waited for Senior."

"Oh? Two people have already taken action, so you think this poor Daoist, who has just advanced to Foundation Establishment, can win? Are you perhaps colluding with that Candle Daoren to harm my life?"

Wei Zhong feigned anger.

Li Haowen, upon hearing this, immediately lowered himself in fear, pressing his head to the ground:

"This junior does not mean that at all. I am truly at the end of my rope, which is why I have come to seek help from you, Senior. Please, Senior, help my Li Family."

"Humph."

Wei Zhong remained silent, lost in thought.

The Li Family's situation truly revealed a strange anomaly. Candle Daoren, as the aggressor, had not prevented the Li Family's pleas for help. Instead, he had been allowing it, as if using the Li Family as bait to fish.

Even if he couldn't stop the Li Family from talking, shouldn't he have done something to warn the others?

But according to Li Haowen, nothing of the sort had happened.

Strange, truly strange.

"Stand up and speak," Wei Zhong waved his sleeve, and a surge of heavy spiritual power lifted Li Haowen's arm. "Tell me in detail about that Candle Daoren."

"Yes, Senior. That Candle Daoren is a rogue cultivator who came here from Hanzhu City to avoid the calamity of the True Lord's inheritance..."

"The cultivation method he practices is unknown, only that it is a powerful fire-based technique. His cultivation is at the Early Foundation Establishment stage, and the Magical Artifact he uses is a giant fire scissor, which he calls the Blazing Stone Treasure Scissor."

"It is a second-grade, high-quality Magical Artifact. This Magical Artifact has astonishing destructive power. Those two seniors were defeated because their Magical Artifacts were no match for it."

Blazing Stone Treasure Scissor? What is that thing that it has the word 'treasure' in its name just like my Time Treasure Record.

"A second-grade, high-quality Magical Artifact, so he is a wealthy rogue cultivator. What happened to those two fellow cultivators after they were defeated?"

"After the two seniors were defeated, they fled in panic and disappeared without a trace."

Heh! Wei Zhong sneered inwardly: They were probably secretly followed and killed by that person.

Li Haowen continued to provide information about Candle Daoren, but Wei Zhong felt that what he was saying was unreliable.

No, the Li Family is too deeply deceived. I still need to investigate myself.

With this thought, Wei Zhong was too lazy to listen to his nonsense. With a wave of his sleeve, he swept him out of the courtyard.

"Allow this Daoren to consider it carefully."

Li Haowen saw that this newly advanced senior had swept him out of the house after asking a few questions and said such words, he must have given up.

Instantly, a miserable smile appeared on his face, and he left this place.

Wei Zhong watched him leave from the house, his brows furrowing even deeper.

The information obtained from Li Haowen was too little. In the end, he still had to investigate himself.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he had already placed his gaze on the panel.

[Invisibility Art · Grandmaster (43%)]

[Aura Concealment Technique · Grandmaster (89%)]

[Soaring Cloud Art · Grandmaster (97%)]

[Flying Throwing Art · Grandmaster (11%)]

Geng Sword Art·Grandmaster (68%)

These five Arts were the ones Wei Zhong was most familiar with and used most often.

Although he also had several higher-level secret techniques from his inheritance, he didn't have time to learn them. In the short term, he could only grind them to the proficient level, which was still not as good as the master or even grandmaster level first-order Arts that he had practiced for many years.

Aura Concealment Technique and Invisibility Art were both concealment Arts, Soaring Cloud Art was an escape technique, and Flying Throwing Art and Geng Sword Art were both attack-type Arts.

Among them, Aura Concealment Technique and Soaring Cloud Art were not far from the grandmaster level, so he could grind them first.

Perhaps, like Flying Throwing Art, they could produce unexpected effects after reaching the grandmaster level.

Wei Zhong condensed a ball of spiritual power in his hand, which was wrapped in a small black ball, and rotated at high speed under the urging of spiritual power.

Now, with the grandmaster-level proficiency of Flying Throwing Art and the blessing of Wei Zhong's own Foundation Establishment spiritual power, it had transcended the concept of ordinary spells.

Ordinary first-order defensive Magical Artifacts had truly become paper-thin in front of it, breaking with one blow, and even the power could not be weakened much.

It even carried a trace of breaking-law effect, hitting the defensive Magical Artifact driven by spiritual power, it could remove a small amount of spiritual power from it, reducing its defensive effect.

In a sense, it greatly strengthened the previous penetration effect, but this time it was not only on physical matter, but also pointed to the illusory spiritual power.

This strange transformation was the reason why Wei Zhong wanted to continue practicing these Arts.

When Aura Concealment Technique and Soaring Cloud Art are practiced to the grandmaster level, he would go to Sea Moon Lake to explore. With the grandmaster-level concealment and escape, plus the Early Core Formation cultivation for one hour brought by the Years Dao Method.

Even a Late Core Formation great cultivator, Wei Zhong was confident that he could escape from his hands. As for Core Formation, then he could only hide in the Grotto-heaven, cultivate for hundreds of years, and come out again when he reached Core Formation.

If the water is too deep... it would not be impossible to abandon this Spirit Land of the Li Family.

The reason why he favored this Spirit Land of the Li Family was to find a reasonable reason for Chu Zhong's subsequent cultivation improvement.

If things cannot be done, then find a first-order Spirit Land with a water area, anyway, he has a Spirit Vein in the Grotto-heaven.

It's just that it will be easy to cause suspicion when he advances to Core Formation in the future.

Forget it, he would just change his identity again.