A Chess Piece
Metal Stone Immortal Sect.
[In the 2124th year of ancient times, on the day of the Earth God, the eighth day of the fourth month, all activities were auspicious, and great fortune was bestowed upon the world.]
[Emperor Wude personally led an expedition and annihilated the rebel Qiu Xuanlong at Dragon-Severing Ridge. Heaven and Earth were moved and he ascended to immortality, thus bestowing merit, bringing favorable weather, and allowing the people to recuperate...]
[Tie Feng betrayed his allies in battle, severely wounding Qiu Xuanlong, and was subsequently killed by Feng Yi, his life extinguished...]
[The Imperial Preceptor Zhang Daochang obtained the Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir, which formed his Purple Mansion, and returned to Mount Longhu...]
[Fang Yu, seeking the Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir, was slain by Feng Yi and returned to the heavens...]
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"Feng Yi truly has no shame whatsoever, personally engaging in combat for the sake of a Divine Ability, needlessly disgracing the status of Purple Mansion True Person."
The Moon-Embracing Sword Immortal calculated the celestial secrets of the place where his Sword Intent dissipated, let out a cold snort, and his face darkened.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir has encountered such a setback, resulting in the loss of two of our own Dao Foundation. As for Fang Yu, he was just a Firestone worker, so his death was no big deal. It's just a pity about Tie Feng.
As for Feng Yi, with the Water Virtue, he recklessly cultivated the way of the sword. He must have been instructed by someone in Mount Longmen. He did not know the difficulty of sword cultivation and tried to force it with the method of human pill cultivation. Although he succeeded, it was not compatible with his ' Heavenly River Water '. He will probably stay at the second level of Divine Ability powers for life.
Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on the lips of the Moon-Embracing Sword Immortal. "So what if they are disciples of Golden Core sects? Aren't they all just pawns?"
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The Dao of Qi Refining.
Inside a guest room at White Deer Inn.
Fang Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, pondering:
He reaped considerable rewards from this "Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir" event, recovering tens of millions of true spirits, collecting the heart fires of hundreds of millions of people in the An Kingdom, and obtaining the "Molten Edge Flow" Purple Mansion stage Cultivation Method.
In addition, he also encountered a lightning tribulation, where five bolts of heavenly lightning tempered his body and reshaped his physical form, giving his Golden Core a trace of lightning power, making his Law Power quality incomparable to before.
Most importantly, he received the guidance of heaven and earth, understood the flaws in his own cultivation Cultivation Method and the path ahead, and obtained the follow-up clues to his natal Wings Fire Dao Foundation, ' Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze '. Although it was just a simple westward journey, it gave him direction and prevented him from blindly searching for fortuitous opportunity.
While there were many gains, many problems were also raised during this trip.
He was clearly practicing the Dao of Qi Refining Cultivation Method the ' Great Scarlet Heaven ', and his cultivation level was also the ' Golden Core ' of the Dao of Qi Refining. He didn't need to undergo tribulation to advance in the Great Scarlet Heaven, but he needed to undergo tribulation when he went to the Dao of Qi Ingestion.
What exactly is the reason for this? What is the connection between the Dao of Qi Refining Cultivation Method and the Dao of Qi Ingestion?
There might be some connection between these two worlds, or even...?
Fang Yu suddenly remembered the ' Kunlun ' secret realm that the Cloud Spirit Sect envoy had mentioned when he was being courted.
In the ' Black-Yellow Realm ' of the Dao of Qi Ingestion, he had also seen the ancient sect ' Kunlun ' in a miscellaneous book. Both Kunlun and Phoenix Mountain were extinct lineages.
Furthermore, the cultivation method of ' Kunlun ' is called 'Ancient Method', which is different from the new methods of today. It does not have a fixed Cultivation Method Secret Manual, and there is no relevant information on how to cultivate the 'Ancient Method'.
Is the Kunlun Secret Realm in the Great Scarlet Heaven related to the extinct ancient lineage in the Black and Yellow Heaven, or is it just a pure coincidence?
Once I advance to the Nascent Soul, I might visit the Kunlun Secret Realm. For now, let's just consider it a coincidence.
The second problem is that when the Heavenly Dao was imparted, there was only the Dao of Qi Ingestion Cultivation Method, but no Dao of Qi Refining Cultivation Method was imparted.
How can this situation be explained? After all, he underwent the tribulation because of his ' Golden Core ' cultivation, yet there was no infusion of any Dao of Qi Refining Cultivation Method during the tribulation. It's as if the Heavenly Dao wanted him to only cultivate Dao of Qi Ingestion Absorption Cultivation Method, or perhaps the Heavenly Dao considered me an ' Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon ' and wanted to use the tribulation to reform me.
But it couldn't kill me, so it wanted to assimilate me, which is why it only instilled the Dao of Qi Ingestion Cultivation Method into me?
Furthermore, Zhang Daochang and Feng Yi each stole a bolt of heavenly lightning from me, which was certainly not out of kindness to shield me from the tribulation. They must also know that one can ask the heavens for guidance during a tribulation of lightning, so they must know some information that I cannot obtain from ordinary miscellaneous books.
Fang Yu felt like his head was about to explode when he thought about this.
"Alas! My understanding of the Dao of Qi Ingestion is still too limited. I only know a few fragments about the past and present of the Black-Yellow Realm, as well as the ancient and new methods, which is why I cannot accurately determine the cause of the problem."
I will definitely find a way to solve this problem of lack of knowledge in the future. As for this kind of secret information, I think only the major Golden Core sects have relevant records. If I want to obtain it, the simplest way is to send people into the major sects.
Thinking of this, he scanned the millions of true spirits in his sea of consciousness with his Divine Thought. Among them were many true spirits with various destinies, but if he were to intercept a trace of their destiny like he had done with ' Zhao Heming ' before, they would definitely not be able to escape the political review of these Golden Core sects. With the methods of these Golden Core sects, they could probably find out exactly what they did in their previous lives.
If he truly wanted to send these true spirits to join the Golden Core sect, he would have to release their life force, leaving them without any flaws. However, in doing so, he would no longer be able to sense them through this wisp of life force.
'I need to think of other ways, like pretending to be an old man or something...'
Fang Yu quickly came up with several methods to guide the true spirit without relying on fate, but whether they could evade the political vetting of the Golden Core sects would only be known after trying them.
Although there are many problems now, they can all be solved gradually. He has plenty of time, so there's no rush.
After pondering for a long time, Fang Yu reached out and took out the small sword that Zhang Daochang had given him earlier.
This small sword looks ordinary, with its blade covered in fish-scale-like hammer marks, much like a sword blank still in the forging stage.
Fang Yu stared at the small sword for a moment, then probed it with his Divine Thought.
"Clang clang clang..."
The familiar sound of hammering metal filled Fang Yu's eyes. To his surprise, he found himself in a blacksmith's shop, wielding a hammer and forging a hoe.
Around him were more than a dozen other blacksmith apprentices.
"The hammer must fall quickly and accurately, and the force must be controlled..."
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up..."
"The quenching time must be precise, and the temperature must be well controlled; otherwise, it will be either too tough or too soft—it needs to be just right..."
"..."
Shouts, reprimands, and pointing fingers rose and fell. Fang Yu suddenly felt as if he had transformed into one of these dozen or so apprentices. The mistakes they made were just like his own, and he also gained something from their corrections.
It felt like an instant, yet also like an eternity. Suddenly, the scene changed, and he found himself holding an iron sword, practicing swordsmanship with a blurry figure in front of him, alongside many other disciples.
The sword techniques are simple and unadorned, consisting of only a few moves repeated over and over, but with practice, the speed increases rapidly, becoming as fast as light and lightning.
Suddenly, the scene of him practicing swordsmanship disappeared, and he became a blacksmith again. However, this time he was not forging a hoe, but a fish-scale sword. He no longer used a hammer, but directly controlled the scorching flames of the Molten Edge Flow to forge the fish-scale sword.
After an unknown amount of time, the scene changed again, and it seemed to be a battlefield. Endless lightning and fire shot out from his palms, burning one enemy after another, melting and merging them like gold and stone, turning them into blood pills the size of longan eyes.
The scene changed again. He was drawing runes on a person's back with a brush. As the runes were completed, the person's body condensed and transformed into a blood rune.
With a gentle tap, the blood talisman flew out and suddenly appeared in a mountain wilderness. Countless runes had appeared between heaven and earth, forming a great array, and within the array were endless vengeful ghosts, spirits, ghost soldiers, and ghost generals...
"Click..."
Suddenly, a sound like something breaking rang out, and everything in front of me vanished.
Fang Yu opened his eyes and looked at the small sword in his hand, which had been shattered into several pieces.