Divine Casting Platform
"Another act of goodwill?" Xiong Ba grinned, feeling that their Iron Eater Tribe lacked many things, but had an abundance of goodwill to cultivate.
The old clan chief glanced at it and asked, "Do you have a problem with that?"
Xiong Ba immediately became solemn. "Of course not, what the boss said is all correct."
"Go there yourself tomorrow, and take another look at that mountain while you're at it."
The next morning, Gu Yuanqing sat cross-legged on the mountaintop waiting when he suddenly saw two bears riding the clouds and mist in the distance.
North Spring Mountain appeared out of the Void.
Gu Yuanqing smiled and cupped his hands in greeting, "Senior Xiong Ba, Great Gong Venerable."
Xiong Ba's eyes gleamed with divine light as he curiously looked North Spring Mountain up and down, saying, "Human Race boy, this mountain of yours is indeed quite peculiar."
Gu Yuanqing said, "It's all for self-preservation."
Xiong Ba waved his short hands. "Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about these things. As long as you've paid the rent, that's fine. I heard from Meng San that you're planning to buy some new things?"
Gu Yuanqing said, "Indeed, I wonder if you brought it with you, senior?"
Xiong Ba patted his storage bracelet, and one after another, Rare Materials from the Divine Casting Platform flew out and floated in the Liaokong: "My Iron Eater Tribe has plenty of these things, but you have to exchange them for something. I don't need much, hmm, it's all clearly priced."
Gu Yuanqing then noticed that each pile of Exotic Object had a price, but upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but gasp. He glanced at Xiong Ba next to him and directly pasted the name of Black-Hearted Bear on it.
"Senior, isn't your price a bit too high? A Thousand Year Lightning Strike Wood would cost ten thousand catties of bamboo, and a piece of Phoenix Gold would cost one hundred thousand catties."
Gu Yuanqing's lips twitched involuntarily. Most of these Rare Materials were extremely heavy. For example, Phoenix Gold and Seven Colored Cloud Iron, each the size of a grain of rice, weighed several kilograms. If that were the case, the entire North Spring Mountain would need to be planted with bamboo to make up for it.
Xiong Ba looked at Gu Yuanqing with a regretful expression. "You really can't afford it?"
Gu Yuanqing said with a dark face, "This price is indeed too high."
Xiong Ba then looked up and scratched his head, seemingly realizing something, and said, "Oh dear, the price was indeed marked wrong."
With a wave of his hand, the price of one ounce became the price of one pound.
"It's still a bit expensive," Gu Yuanqing said with some difficulty.
Xiong Ba grinned widely. "It's alright, the price is negotiable."
Gu Yuanqing felt a strange sense of familiarity; wasn't this exactly the same scene as when they were negotiating the Land Rent?
After some haggling, Gu Yuanqing suddenly realized that after selling all the bamboo in the Mountain, the amount he bought back was almost exactly the amount he had originally intended to purchase.
He felt a chill run down his spine and looked up at Xiong Ba seemed like a stranger to him.
Xiong Ba packed up the unsold goods, muttering to himself, "I'll never do business with you Human Race again. I lost big time this time."
Gu Yuanqing seemed to understand something, and cupped his hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you, senior."
Xiong Ba glared at him. "You surnamed Gu, you got a huge advantage and you're thanking me? Aren't you going too far?"
Gu Yuanqing's expression froze. Was Xiong Ba's thought process a little off?
Xiong Ba snorted coldly, "San'er, let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind swept up the two bears, and they disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Gu Yuanqing stood there, gazing thoughtfully in the direction where the two bears had disappeared.
"This Iron Eater Tribe is quite interesting; they seem to be on good terms with me, yet they also seem unwilling to have too much entanglement with me."
Ripples slowly spread across the outer perimeter of North Spring Mountain before disappearing into the Void.
Gu Yuanqing looked at the various Exotic Object on the ground and a smile appeared on his face.
"We can begin the process of breaking through to the Divine Platform Realm, but before that, we need to cleanse these items of Demonic Qi."
This is quite simple; it can be done by quenching it with Dao Fire. However, care must be taken not to damage the inherent properties of the object when refining it with Dao Fire.
It took Gu Yuanqing ten days to refine all the Exotic Object he had obtained from the Iron Eater Tribe.
By this time, all preparations were complete, and all that remained was to wait for the Opportunity for a breakthrough.
His daily routine remained unchanged, just as usual, only his actions became more spontaneous.
One day, he was reading in the courtyard when he suddenly had an epiphany, and the Dao Fire within him ignited involuntarily.
Gu Yuanqing immediately knew that the time had come to break through to the Divine Platform Realm.
He reached the top of the back mountain in one step, raised his hand and waved it, creating a Spatial Barrier that enveloped the entire back mountain, prohibiting anyone from entering.
With a thought, all the materials used to build the Divine Platform were lined up in a row.
Gu Yuanqing had already mentally rehearsed the process of breaking through to the Divine Platform countless times, and had even tried it during the Spiritual Mountain Trial, but he was unable to Divine Casting Platform during the trial.
Regardless, he had already prepared thoroughly and had a clear understanding of the process.
The Dao Fire on his body blazed fiercely, and then, as he activated his Cultivation Method, the color of the Dao Fire turned pure blue, covering an area of three zhang in radius.
With a thought, Gu Yuanqing summoned the Earth Vein Sand. Under the scorching heat of the pure azure Dao Fire, the Earth Vein Sand gradually turned red, and wisps of impurities turned into Black Smoke.
In the end, only the crystal-clear essence of the Earth Vein Sand remained.
The Dao Fire was originally formed from the Vital Essence, and spirit of a person. Under constant scorching, the Earth Vein Sand was as if it had been branded with Gu Yuanqing's mark.
Under Gu Yuanqing's changing thoughts, the Earth Vein Sand began to change, and the foundation of a Grand Formation slowly emerged.
The next moment, another material flew out, slowly changing within the Dao Fire, and finally embedding itself into the Array Base formed from the Earth Vein Sand.
One Exotic Object after another flew out, and under the tempering of the Dao Fire, it quickly transformed into part of the Divine Platform Formation.
This step cannot be stopped, because if the final Divine Platform is not completed and cannot be incorporated into the Divine Court, then all the previous efforts will be in vain, and the Rare Materials will be destroyed.
Therefore, those whose Dao Fire is too weak will find it difficult to establish Divine Platform, because the Dao Fire formed from their Vital Essence, and spirit is simply unable to forge Exotic Object. Those with ordinary foundations will also find it difficult to sustain themselves until they successfully forge Divine Platform.
Only Cultivator at the peak of the Dao Fire Realm Perfection with an extremely solid foundation have the possibility of achieving the Divine Platform.
Most of them barely become Divine Platform Cultivator, and then they have to spend countless years completing their Divine Platform before they can advance further.
Gu Yuanqing is different. His Dao Embryo Heaven and Earth was originally transformed from the Saint Martial Secret Treasure, so his foundation is extremely solid. His Dao Resonance comes from his daily Mountain Observation, which directly points to the essence of the Dao Resonance. With the help of the Spirit Mountain like a pond, the True Essence in his body can be said to be extremely Perfection.
Under the influence of the Green Mountain and the Body Refinement of the Demon Realm, his Physical Body reached the level of Golden Bones Jade Muscle.
His Divine Sense, honed through Mountain Observation, Object Control, and Heavenly Fishing, had long surpassed the Dao Fire Realm itself.
All of this combined made Gu Yuanqing's attainment of the Divine Platform a natural outcome.
Then, the last Phoenix Gold and Seven Colored Cloud Iron flew into the Dao Fire at the same time. A phantom image of Phoenix flashed and disappeared in the Dao Fire, and then seven-colored light enveloped the entire Grand Formation.
The Divine Platform Formation is complete, but now is the truly crucial moment for achieving the Divine Platform's ultimate goal.
That is the Transformation of the Dao Embryo, where the Divine Sense is condensed into the Divine Soul, and then enters the Divine Platform. When this stage is reached, the Gale Tribulation will follow!
I had some things to do over the weekend, so the word count is a bit low. Sorry.