"Fang Zhuo left Seacloud City and headed southwest!"
"Does that have to do with me?" asked Yang Ning.
"Yes!" Deep Blue opened a video, playing the footage of Fang Zhuo's departure.
["Ah, Yang Ning!"]
["To actually be able to invent such a bow, along with this curved shaft plow, waterwheel, catapult, horseshoes, saddle, and wrought iron method!"]
["However."]
["He is a man on Wei Daocheng's boat!"]
["Perhaps he excels at invention and creation, but so what? Spirit artifacts are different from mortal artifacts, let alone Dao artifacts. A new Dao artifact might take a sect decades or even hundreds of years of effort."]
Yang Ning leaned his back against the sofa, replaying this footage back and forth, using a frame-by-frame analysis method to repeatedly study Fang Zhuo's tone and expression.
Was this a cherishing of talent? Why did he say I am a man on Wei Daocheng's boat? Does he have a grudge against Wei Daocheng? Or is it that Lin Tianheng truly gave the order to kill us?
That last sentence should have been an attempt to persuade himself, but it did not succeed, which is why he left Seacloud City. Yang Ning looked at the entanglement on Fang Zhuo's face, completely natural and a true exposure of emotion.
Clearly, he has no right to speak before Lin Tianheng, but he also does not want to sit idly by and watch me die under Lin Tianheng's plan, so he must have gone to fetch reinforcements? The southwest direction—was that not precisely where the Taiheng Sect was located!
Fang Zhuo is at the Fourth Level of Qi Refining. According to Taiheng's educational system, he should have a master above the Fifth Level of Qi Refining. If this person can easily suppress Lin Tianheng, he wouldn't be this conflicted. Therefore, his master should have some ability, but is still inferior to Lin Tianheng, at most matching Lin Tianheng in strength!!
Then what will be the result of his heading to the Taiheng Sect?
To think on the bright side, his master will be moved by Fang Zhuo and will offend Lin Tianheng in order to protect me, but this is not wise, seeing as I am only a small character at the Second Level of Body Tempering!
Thinking on the medium side, his master indeed thinks highly of me, but will not offend Lin Tianheng for my sake, so he will use a roundabout method to save me. This method is relatively reliable.
On the worst side, Fang Zhuo completely fails to move his master and sits idly by watching me die amidst Lin Tianheng's plan. This probability is also very small; Fang Zhuo clearly knows very well what kind of personality his lord has. If he were cold and merciless, he wouldn't have gone to seek help!
"Why not ask the sect for help? Like some sort of Law Enforcement Department or something?" asked Deep Blue.
"Because this is not a world governed by sect law!" said Yang Ning. "So even if such a department exists, it is nothing more than window dressing."
Tapping the table, Yang Ning sighed. "But regardless of which one it is, as long as it involves high-level figures, my name is destined to no longer stay hidden! It seems the plan needs to change a bit!"
"How shall it change?" asked Deep Blue.
"Optimize the structure of Kun-12, upgrading it from making a tank by indigenous methods to a family-workshop-made tank!"
Deep Blue was speechless. What difference did that make?
"Do not underestimate this slight change. From the birth of the tank to World War II, it took a full twenty years, and that was on an Earth that had gone through the Second Industrial Revolution. Placed here, this slight change is enough to exhaust the efforts of a generation!" said Yang Ning. "Placed on me, it can elevate my title of artifact-refining genius to artifact-refining monster!"
Deep Blue's understanding of human nature was still not deep enough, and she did not understand what difference there was between a genius and a monster, but she was still quite diligent when it came to working, immediately manipulating various types of equipment to upgrade the tank.
After this upgrade, all operations of the tank would be even more precise—such as acceleration, deceleration, steering, and aiming—progressing from the original reliance on feel down to a hair's breadth.
As for Yang Ning, he began his own life of cultivation.
Through more than a month of big data collection, the Great Dragon Physiognomy in his hands had been translated further.
Currently, it was:
Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique [11%]
Heavenly Dragon World Ending Sound [22%]
White Dragon Swallowing Absorption Technique [9%]
Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body [15%]
Azure Emperor Shakes the World Fist [28%]
Crimson Dragon Crimson Cloud Strength [3%]
Mysterious Nether Carefree Travel [14%].
These seven peerless divine abilities all contained cultivation content for the Body Refinement Realm.
Within the Spirit Realm, Yang Ning could advance all seven divine abilities side by side, but in reality, restricted by insufficient time, the need for secrecy, and the requirement to counter the Heavenly Spirit-Word Spell, he could only choose four to cultivate: the Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique, the Heavenly Dragon World Ending Sound, the White Dragon Swallowing Absorption Technique, and the Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body.
The "gazing" of the Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique referred to observation, hoping, and distant sacrificial offering.
These three meanings also represented the three main functions of the Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique.
First: observing the qi of all things in heaven and earth, including longevity qi, fortune qi, destiny qi, loyalty qi, luck qi, spiritual qi, essence qi, and so on. Even Nightmare Qi fell within the scope of observation.
Second: manipulating the observed qi. Ordinary qi could be manipulated when the realm was low, while special qi required a higher realm. Like Nightmare Qi, Zhao had died without ever figuring out how to manipulate it.
Third: utilizing the method of sacrificial offerings to harness qi coming from afar, such as the qi of the sun and moon or the qi of stars. This could not only be used to temper the body, but also utilized in combat.
As for the Body Refinement Realm portion, by utilizing special qi and blood tempering methods coupled with medicinal effects, the Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique could greatly enhance binocular vision, observational power, dynamic visual acuity, and observation range.
Having practiced it for only a few days, Yang Ning felt that the world visible to his eyes had become much more vibrant, which meant his sensitivity to colors had increased greatly. Even light that supposedly was not within the observation range, such as infrared and ultraviolet rays, began to be captured.
The White Dragon Swallowing Absorption Technique could consume all matters and things to transform them into nourishment for his own growth, considered the ultimate version of dining on fine jade and luxurious food. When this technique was used in conjunction with the Emperor Dragon Qi Gazing Technique, it could directly consume spiritual qi, boasting an efficiency far higher than cultivation.
Yang Ning could not yet see spiritual qi at present, but by utilizing this spell, he was already able to drink the wind and sip the dew.
If not for his realm still being low, he estimated he could already undergo a penance of total abstinence from food.
Moreover, practicing this spell had another benefit: his appetite plummeted drastically.
Clever people were able to judge a person's cultivation realm based on their appetite. Previously, no one paid attention to Yang Ning, but now that he had become a celebrity, the amount of food he ate might attract attention.
With the White Dragon Swallowing Absorption Technique, Yang Ning ate the same amount every day as someone at the Second Level of Body Tempering, yet the energy he actually gained was sufficient to sustain the normal cultivation of the Fifth Level of Body Refinement.
The Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body was a body-refining technique. It used a type of special incantation that Zhao called Dao text.
Every peerless divine ability involved Dao text, but among the seven peerless divine abilities of the Great Dragon Physiognomy, only this one and the Crimson Dragon Crimson Cloud Strength began using Dao text at the Body Refinement Realm.
When using the Qi and Blood Field to temper the body, silently reciting the Dao text in one's heart would unconsciously alter the tempering method of the Qi and Blood Field, thereby evolving an ordinary dragon body into a purple gold coiling dragon body.
The purple gold coiling dragon body was the most supreme and noble of bodies, possessing the abilities of causing all evils to yield, immunity to all techniques, and being free of karmic hindrances and defilements.
Yang Ning originally did not intend to recite Dao texts at the Body Refinement Realm. After all, these were Dao texts meant to be recited by the dragon race, and heaven only knew if there would be any problems if a human recited them as well.
Yet among the seven divine abilities in his hands, only this one could restrain the Heavenly Spirit-Word Spell, so he had to learn it whether he wanted to or not.
As for the Heavenly Dragon World Ending Sound, because its communication aspect was far too useful, it was the divine ability Yang Ning mastered earliest.
However, as the translation deepened, Yang Ning discovered that besides being used for communication, the Heavenly Dragon World Ending Sound could also forge the body, heal injuries, dispel poisons, quiet the mind, and bring enlightenment!
Apart from cultivation, he could even play music to relieve his mood!
Currently, it had long since become the Daoist art that Yang Ning used most and most frequently!
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