Chapter 102: Ancestral Field And The Two Sides
“Old Zhao, speaking ill of people behind their backs is not right. Also, I am now called Sima Tan.” Li Weiyi laughed.
Zhao Zhizhuo looked serious and extremely earnest: “This Yin Niang is truly a dangerous person. Otherwise, why would I be so urgent to find you? You are too young and inexperienced. I worry that facing the peak beauty of a Pure Immortal Body woman, you will make a wrong judgment, which is very fatal!”
He certainly knew that Li Weiyi had a mature and steady mind, but from ancient times to the present, the heroes who stumbled and sank at the beauty pass were countless.
Li Weiyi sat down at the desk, poured two full cups of tea: “She is just the granddaughter of the Medicine Li Tribe Leader. Could there be some other background?”
In his mind, he recalled the strange changes in Yao Yin’s body in the Ash Region. The loud cry that rang out from her body had deterred even the six extremely powerful Ash Spirits, which was indeed unbelievable.
Zhao Zhizhuo sat down, holding the teacup, and said, “To be precise, she is the outer granddaughter of the Medicine Li Tribe Leader Yao Jingfeng. Yao Jingfeng has five sons and one daughter, and this daughter is Yin Niang’s mother, who was a Pure Immortal Body. Back in our era, her beauty had no equal, known as Li Zhou’s number one beauty. Wherever she went, cities emptied and streets cleared, with countless followers just to catch a glimpse of her.”
At this point, Zhao Zhizhuo’s eyes showed a gleam of reminiscence, and he smiled: “To be honest, old Zhao was also once bewitched and lost his soul, but… look at my talent, it’s not bad, right? Broke through to Five Seas at twenty-three, then advanced triumphantly, fully opening all five Seas of Qi at forty-one. But at that time, I couldn’t even stand within a zhang of Yao Qingxuan.”
“I am a person with good self-awareness, knowing that a woman like Yao Qingxuan was beyond me by half a point. So I chose to leave, focus on cultivation, and no longer inquire about her news.”
“When my cultivation was accomplished and I was ready to step out of the Cang Li Tribe to show my skills and make a name for myself, I heard the bad news of her fragrant soul perishing and jade body breaking. I was naturally devastated. A woman of such peerless beauty, favored by heaven, with cultivation talent far surpassing mine by more than ten times—how could she suddenly wither in her prime?”
“I asked many old friends and finally learned the inside story.”
“This matter caused a huge stir in the entire Li Zhou at the time, with everyone watching the Medicine Li Tribe’s joke. Some said Yao Qingxuan was shameless and had an affair with a Great Demon, became pregnant, but was cruelly abandoned.”
“Others said she was actually captured by that Great Demon, so she lost her chastity.”
“Sometimes, rumors are more terrifying than brutal violence. All kinds of rumors were extremely vile, trying to trample that once Heavenly Proud Daughter into the mud, leaving her no way to live. It was said she committed suicide on a night with three feet of snow, driven to death by the ubiquitous gossip.”
“Even so, those who once envied her talent and temperament, or those who couldn’t have her, still mocked her. Saying that only the truth can kill a person—if the rumors were false, she naturally wouldn’t take them to heart.”
Zhao Zhizhuo let out a long breath of turbid air, furious and unable to contain himself, the past events making him very uncomfortable: “In my eyes, the young Yao Qingxuan was the embodiment of perfection without flaw, with lofty aspirations, tenacious will, a smile that could topple the country, and a sword that could convey the divine—how could I ever imagine such a tragic end for her? I always thought she would achieve longevity, prove the Dao and become an immortal.”
Li Weiyi said: “Yao Yin’s father never appeared from beginning to end?”
Zhao Zhizhuo snorted: “If he appeared, how could Yao Qingxuan have died? Although I am very unwilling to believe it, the rumors might have some truth.”
“All hearsay, the truth is probably known only to a very few people, or perhaps only Yao Yin’s mother herself knew.” Li Weiyi said.
Zhao Zhizhuo nodded: “Yin Niang, who was just a child at the time, was handed over by the Medicine Li Tribe Leader to his fourth son to raise, claiming she was his daughter. But as Yin Niang grew up and became more and more like her mother, how could the truth be concealed?”
Li Weiyi immediately understood: “I’m afraid she also had to endure all kinds of ridicule and mockery.”
“That I don’t know. By then I was already a cripple. A few months ago, I heard the three young ladies and four young ladies gathered together, laughing and chatting a few sentences, saying this Yin Niang inherited her father’s demonic ferocity and brutality, and killed her own cousin. They also said that sometimes she would transform into a demon, losing reason and slaughtering the innocent. In the Medicine Li Tribe, she is hated by all, only the tribe leader still protects her.” Zhao Zhizhuo said.
Li Weiyi found it hard to reconcile the Yao Yin in Zhao Zhizhuo’s words with the Yao Yin he knew, and snorted: “Li Ling’s hearsay personality needs a good overhaul.”
Then he added: “Old Zhao, what you’re afraid of isn’t Yao Yin’s father, is it?”
Zhao Zhizhuo was moved, and said in a low voice: “Legend has it that her father is a top Great Demon from that Ash Region in the west. Even the Medicine Li Tribe Leader doesn’t dare to seek revenge and can only swallow this insult. You getting too close to her is absolutely not a good thing; it will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble. After all, even the Medicine Li Tribe hardly has a place for her.”
“Alright, I know, I have it in mind.”
Li Weiyi suddenly asked: “Do you have a Blood Crystal? Never mind, I suppose you can’t afford it either. I have one here; you take it and use it first.”
A pigeon-egg-sized Blood Crystal was taken out from his sleeve and placed on the table.
This Blood Crystal was worth eighty thousand Silver Coins. Li Weiyi had bought it before going to the Cang Wang Tomb, originally planning to use it to subdue the strange insects in the tomb, but never used it.
The function of the Blood Crystal was to heal damaged lungs.
Only after restoring the lungs first could they bear the Sea of Qi.
Zhao Zhizhuo could feel that Li Weiyi truly wanted to help him recover his cultivation, and naturally had the awareness that this great kindness and favor had surpassed the giving and help of friendship.
The other party was buying his life.
Zhao Zhizhuo said nothing, clasped his hands in fists, bowed to Li Weiyi in salute, and then took the Blood Crystal.
Li Weiyi asked: “How long to heal the first Lung Leaf?”
“Three days should be no problem.” Zhao Zhizhuo said.
“After healing, come find me again.”
After Zhao Zhizhuo left, Li Weiyi fell into contemplation. To deal with Qi Shanshan, or rather Zen Sea Observing Mist, he must make full preparations. She was the number one person in the Lingxiao Life Realm a thousand years ago!
He released the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, cut off a jin of Purple Cordyceps and placed it on the table, and instructed them to guard the cabin, not allowing anyone to intrude.
The seven little ones had extremely tough physical bodies. In the Ash Region, they ate a belly full of earth and stone, yet forcibly digested it without any issue.
Over these two days, after eating two jin of Purple Cordyceps, their bodies finally showed changes.
On the outer layer of their backs, the five-colored wings first grew a section, emitting even brighter and more divine radiance.
But the inner membrane wings obviously needed to eat more Precious Medicines to grow.
They were currently in the metamorphosis stage.
“Crash—”
Spiritual Light Mind Power was released from the brow, urging the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish.
Li Weiyi entered the Blood Mud Space.
“Jar Master, why is Zu Tian’s Sea of Qi only about two square size? How much Magic Energy can it store?” Li Weiyi asked puzzled.
After a moment, the Jar Master’s voice rang out from underground: “Feng Fu and Zu Tian are two living Inner Worlds, true treasures in the full sense. Their value will only show when your cultivation reaches the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm.”
“When first opened, all Martial Cultivators’ Feng Fu are very small, only able to store Magic Energy for one move of Martial Arts.”
“The size of Zu Tian is not fixed! Most people’s Zu Tian is about one square foot, enough to store Magic Energy for bursting out a dozen or so moves of Martial Arts.”
“Of course, like the Hundred Meridians Pure Silver Immortal Body Yang Shenjing you fought, who can burst dozens of moves at the Nine Springs realm. His Zu Tian size, I guess, is several times that of an ordinary Supreme Person.”
Li Weiyi had been silently calculating: “Most Nine Springs Supreme Persons’ Zu Tian is only one square foot. Isn’t mine then dozens of times larger than theirs? Can I burst hundreds or thousands of moves? By this calculation, it doesn’t seem small.”
The Jar Master was silent for a long time before saying: “Big, of course it’s big. After all, those Seven Springs Martial Cultivators’ first Sea of Qi in the Five Seas Realm is almost only one square, even smaller than your Zu Tian.”
Li Weiyi said: “Then am I directly equivalent to a First Realm of the Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator?”
“Of course not calculated that way. The Magic Energy grade of Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators is far beyond what the Spring Gushing Realm can compare to; the energy intensity is worlds apart. There’s also Battle Intent, which gives huge boost to combat power.” The Jar Master said.
Li Weiyi suddenly realized, and said: “So, I am still far from being a match for a First Realm of the Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator?”
The Jar Master was stumped, his own Martial Way system seeming to collapse, and said: “Not… exactly. Your current combat power, even without using those powerful Magic Tools, is not comparable to a Seven Springs First Realm of the Five Seas Realm.”
Then, exasperated, he said: “At Eight Springs, you already fought against several First Realm of the Five Seas Realm gang leaders of the Chang Lin Gang. Don’t you have your own judgment?”
It was the first time Li Weiyi saw the Jar Master angry, and said: “I just don’t have a clear judgment in my heart. They are all First Realm of the Five Seas Realm, but the combat power gap is too big!”
“Big, of course big. Summarize it yourself in actual combat.” The Jar Master was speechless and didn’t want to speak again.
Li Weiyi secretly summed up that the Jar Master’s Martial Way Cultivation should be very high, but his state of mind and temper were lacking.
That thirty-plus-meter-long Magic Tool Jade Boat was parked in the Blood Mud Space, always emitting jade-white treasure light.
Li Weiyi mobilized Magic Energy to activate it, but no matter how much Magic Energy surged in, it was like a stone sinking into the sea; the Magic Tool Jade Boat showed no change.
The Jar Master said: “This is a mount for Governor-level strong practitioners, able to cross the Lingxiao Life Realm, traveling ten thousand miles in a day is commonplace. Not something your current cultivation can activate.”
“Then what realm is needed?”
Li Weiyi was very covetous of this Jade Boat. Riding it to fly to the heavens and escape into the earth—thinking about it was exhilarating, enough to make all Martial Cultivators under heaven envious.
The Jar Master said: “At least reach the peak of the Five Seas Realm.”
“Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm?” Li Weiyi said.
The Jar Master said: “Exactly! Once you open the fifth Sea of Qi, you can start cultivating Feng Fu and Zu Tian, expanding these two living Inner Worlds to the extreme. Possibly turning them into two Seas of Qi larger than the fifth Sea of Qi. At that time, the advantages of Eight Springs Martial Cultivators and Nine Springs Martial Cultivators will truly manifest.”
Li Weiyi laughed: “Equivalent to the sixth Sea of Qi, seventh Sea of Qi?”
“Exactly.” The Jar Master said.
Li Weiyi said: “Since there is the concept of living Inner Worlds, there must also be dead Inner Worlds?”
The Jar Master said: “The five Seas of Qi in the Lung Leaves are dead Inner Worlds. Whatever size they are when opened, they remain that size forever.”
“Then I must even more cultivate the Tenth Spring Shenque Acupoint. That way, when I reach the Five Seas Realm, I will have eight Seas of Qi.”
The more Li Weiyi thought, the more excited he became, his fighting spirit soaring. He immediately sat cross-legged, performed the Jade Void Breathing Technique, and gathered all his perception to the Shenque Acupoint in his navel.
Impacting other Spring Eyes, Li Weiyi could sense the barrier between the body and heaven and earth at the acupoint, then continuously surge the Breathing Technique to wear it thin, ultimately breaking it open to open the Heaven-Human Channel.
But when perception acted on the Shenque Acupoint, it was a dead silence there.
If the barrier of other Spring Eyes was like a thin wall, making a hollow sound when knocked.
But knocking on the Shenque Acupoint was solid, with no possibility of breaking open.
“I have fifty-five Gold Veins protecting my body. Since knocking doesn’t work, then directly smash it. Smash again and again; it will eventually smash open.”
The smashing he spoke of was, of course, not literal smashing, but using the Broken Spring Needle.
Hearing this, all three Masters were startled.
