Hong Wuji left him with one last remark: "Don't rush, but be quick!"
Then he sent a thoroughly bewildered Xiang Yun out.
But Xiang Yun suddenly remembered something and hurried back to the Primordial Battle Hall, where he saw Hong Wuji putting on a Daoist robe.
"Master, what are you... Didn't you say you didn't like wearing one?"
Seeing Xiang Yun suddenly return, Hong Wuji's old face reddened. "I'm preparing for the trip to the Dao Sect. After all, it wouldn't be right to go there bare-chested."
"Uh, I don't know what to say. Why is it that whenever you see the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, you put on a Daoist robe...?"
Xiang Yun was speechless. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.
"Master, don't tell me you have feelings for the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace?"
As if Xiang Yun had touched a sore spot, Hong Wuji hurriedly took off the Daoist robe. "Of course not, of course not!"
"All right, if you say you don't, then you don't." Xiang Yun shook his head. Look, he's flustered again.
Did that look like a man who had no feelings for her? No wonder his master had been alone all these years.
So he had feelings for the master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
What a pity.
He had been able to have relations with Ling Qingzhu partly because he had set out with that purpose, and partly because he was an Innate Dao Embryo. His master couldn't exactly help the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace cultivate.
"Out with it. What is it?"
Hong Wuji hurriedly asked, as if eager to move past the awkward topic.
"Uh, Master, if you have a way, could you help me send a message to the Immortal Sacred Whale Fish Clan in the Chaotic Demon Sea? Tell them I have information about the person they've been looking for."
Hong Wuji had still been embarrassed, but when he heard Xiang Yun's words, he frowned. "The Immortal Sacred Whale Clan? What dealings do you have with them? They're a true behemoth."
"Master, don't worry about that. Just help me send the message."
The threat of the Yuan Sect had always hung over Xiang Yun's head. Even if his relationship with Ling Qingzhu remained secret, once he began to stand out,
the Yuan Sect would be sure to make plenty of moves against him. They might even provoke the Three Great Sect Masters into acting.
The character of those who would later turn to the Yimo could not be trusted.
In that case, he might as well find himself another backer.
For example, he could use information about the Lord of Life and Death to win over the Immortal Sacred Whale Clan.
"All right."
Hong Wuji knew his disciple was somewhat mysterious. Since he had said as much, he must have been confident.
Two days later, Hong Wuji still needed to consult the other peak masters about the Nirvana Golden Qi and gather their disciples' opinions.
So Xiang Yun took the resources Hong Wuji and Xiang Huang had given him to the Pill River to cultivate.
On the Pill River platform.
Xiang Yun brought out his Universe Bag and opened it. Several things immediately floated out.
"Earthly Fiend Cold Pearls, Qian Thunder Essence, Primordial Qi..."
Terrifying Earth Fiend Cold Qi spread from several black pearls, freezing even the dense Nirvana Qi around them.
There were also several crystals, each seeming to contain a small world of thunder.
Though these two things were small, the power within them would take even someone at Seven Yuan Nirvana a long time to refine.
They were resources Talisman Masters used to forge Heaven Tier Spirit Treasures.
The last was a mass of golden Qi filled with a weighty pressure. It was Primordial Qi, an extremely rare substance born only in the depths of the Primordial Mountain Range.
It was an important resource for cultivating the Primordial Battle Body.
When he had obtained the Qiankun Battle Body, he had considered whether to stop cultivating the Primordial Battle Body.
But after thinking it over,
he remembered that besides granting a powerful body, the Primordial Battle Body also activated Qi and blood in battle.
Moreover, many of the martial arts he had mastered were based on the Primordial Battle Body, so he couldn't neglect it.
And in his plans, the Battle Body Divine Ability would be derived from the Primordial Battle Body.
After all, the Qiankun Battle Body was unique to him, while the Primordial Battle Body was the mainstay of the Primordial Hall. So when establishing the Battle Body Divine Ability as a system,
he naturally had to use the Battle Body Divine Ability as the basis for his deductions.
The Great Devouring Technique spread out from Xiang Yun once more, grinding down and devouring all the Earthly Fiend Cold Pearls, Qian Thunder Essence, and Primordial Qi.
Wave after wave of power surged madly into Xiang Yun's body.
At the same time, Xiang Yun opened another Universe Bag, and the corpses of fierce beasts and demons, each several zhang long, appeared.
"Almost all demons have innate divine abilities. Some martial arts were created based on those divine abilities..."
"If they could create martial arts, it might be possible for me to create totems. It's a pity I never studied the Talisman Master system before, or I might have figured it out faster."
"Looks like I'll have to ask Xiang Qingzhu for advice later..."
Xiang Yun found himself inexplicably missing Ling Qingzhu. Apparently his internal fire was burning too fiercely. He hurriedly suppressed it and began studying some of the innate patterns on the corpses.
At the same time, he compared them with the traces left by the Kun Peng Precious Technique and the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique.
The Innate Dao Embryo's comprehension showed itself beyond doubt at that moment. Of course, Xiang Yun had also built up a deep foundation; it was as though the materials had long been prepared.
The Innate Dao Embryo's role was more to blend them together.
Time passed slowly. As Xiang Yun madly devoured resources and Nirvana Qi, his presence grew increasingly terrifying.
He himself became immersed in comprehending the Dao.
"Totems... imprint totems inside the body with Qi and blood, then use them to unleash power and bathe in the enemy's blood..."
"The enemy's blood can naturally perfect the totems and even make them stronger..."
Xiang Yun murmured.
He began to circulate the Qi and blood in his body, weaving within himself the pattern he had obtained from a beast called a Desolate Ox, which could unleash battle stomps filled with the power of desolation.
His Qi and blood flowed smoothly. Before long, the pattern beneath Xiang Yun's feet continued to take shape and grow complete, but the instant it was about to be finished,
his blood, suffused with purple, seemed to react instinctively. It instantly washed the pattern away, like a true dragon that would tolerate no intrusion upon its territory.
At the same time, the presences of all nine Divine Forms manifested.
The change instantly roused Xiang Yun from his contemplation.
"No wonder there are only nine Divine Forms in the end. It seems there's nothing stronger that can gain the approval of all nine Divine Forms at once."
"That's another key point. Every Battle Body Divine Ability obtained must be stronger than the last."
"Otherwise, there's simply no way to construct a new Totem Divine Ability!"
The failure did not discourage Xiang Yun. Instead, it gave him a direction.
"At least I've worked out the construction process. For the specifics, someone will have to try it in person..."
Xiang Yun rose to his feet. He had already absorbed all the Earthly Fiend Cold Pearls, Qian Thunder Essence, and Primordial Qi around him.
Ordinary people cultivating body-refining martial arts needed to concentrate fully on absorbing resources to temper their bodies.
But he had no such need. Once he understood the process, he only needed to devote a portion of his attention to maintaining the Great Devouring Technique and the Body Tempering circulation path.
With the many powers in his body suppressing them,
those resources, which were considered explosive even by body-refining martial artists at Seven Yuan Nirvana, were as docile inside Xiang Yun as a bitch that had been tamed.
At the same time,
Xiang Yun's Qiankun Battle Body reached the fourth level, two earths and two heavens.
Naturally, it also gave rise to a new ability.
The Qiankun Boundless Body.