Chapter 317: Plucking Flowers
After the Magic Energy in the seven Seas of Qi recovered, Li Weiyi once again inwardly viewed his Divine Palace.
The Twelve Character Dao Seed floated in mid-air, constructing a Soul Bridge connected to the Magic Energy and Soul Spirit within his body.
In this Tenth Spring, the erupting Magic Power was liquid, like a pool of water, illuminated by the Twelve Character Dao Seed above into a dazzling array of colors, very much like a lapis lazuli solution, brimming with divine essence.
From the moment he cultivated the Tenth Spring, Li Weiyi had been reluctant to use the liquid Magic Power, always accumulating it.
Now reaching the Dao Seed Realm, liquid Magic Power erupted every moment. Compared to the Five Seas Realm, the Spring Eye had grown several times larger.
With an experimental mindset, Li Weiyi mobilized the liquid Magic Power, transporting it toward the String Pulse and Veins. In his mind, one of the twelve Divine Shadows appeared, and he carefully experienced the charm he had sensed from the previous battle with it.
His hand formed a Finger Seal, finger shadows layering heavily.
“Hua!”
Ci Hang Kai Guang was unleashed.
Around the fingertip, the air vibrated fiercely, forming a sonic boom cloud the size of a washbasin.
The speed of the finger thrust exceeded the speed of sound.
A beam of Finger Force shot out from the center of the sonic boom cloud, tearing open the sea surface of Tanggu Sea with a crashing sound, forming a long waterway.
Waves churned on both sides of the waterway, with tremendous momentum.
“Such strong Power! The Finger Force is condensed, with terrifying Penetrate power, no less than a First Layer Great Technique.”
Li Weiyi did not know how to cultivate the Twelve Loose Hands like cultivating Great Techniques, with no divisions of first layer, second layer, or third layer, nor a complete specific Cultivation Method.
“Perhaps, it is related to the Scriptures I comprehended.”
“Currently, I have just seeded the Dao, using the Twelve Loose Hands as bridges, each obtaining only one Scripture Seed. The more Scriptures I comprehend, the deeper I cultivate the Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hands, and the greater the Power will surely be.”
In Li Weiyi’s view, the twelve figures presented by activating the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish were not real people, but incarnations of twelve kinds of Dao.
He could not understand what “Dao” was, so subconsciously personified “Dao.”
No one could explain it to him; everything could only be guessed.
Li Weiyi then tried again, mobilizing the Magic Energy from the seven Seas of Qi to unleash Ci Hang Kai Guang.
The Power was indeed greatly reduced.
Only equivalent to a minor accomplishment First Layer Great Technique.
This was already extraordinary!
Li Weiyi had just seeded the Dao, yet he was proficient in twelve Great Techniques. This way, in battle, he did not need to fully rely on Magic Tools, allowing more variations to adapt to different combat environments.
It must be known that Wang Shu spent three years cultivating one Great Technique and was directly conferred as Divine Son, leaping over the Dragon Gate.
If Wang Shu were still alive and learned that Li Weiyi was proficient in thirteen Great Techniques, he would probably die of anger on the spot.
“Still, try not to use liquid Magic Power, otherwise it is too shocking to the world. It might lead to being captured by Longevity Realm Giants and forced to teach the Cultivation Method of the Twelve Loose Hands.”
“In the outside world’s view, I sowed Dao in Feng Fu.”
Li Weiyi on the sea surface unleashed each of the Twelve Loose Hands one by one, clearly sensing that compared to before, he had new understandings and comprehensions.
While unleashing the moves, he could sense the existence of Dao, surrounding his body.
Invisible, intangible.
Only comprehended bit by bit.
“Hua!”
He unleashed Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, a wisp of cyan cloud mist under his feet always lingering.
Shuttling between Xihe Flowers, holding a Magic Tool jade bottle in hand, collecting Flower Dew.
The main material for refining Star Day Pill is Extreme Day Light Dew.
Yin Er said it was a treasure born in the polar day land, like liquid light.
Li Weiyi felt that Tanggu Sea could also be considered a polar day land. The Flower Dew of Xihe Flower was indeed inferior to Extreme Day Light Dew, but he had studied it; it contained strong scorching Spiritual Light substances, with one to two tenths the effect of Extreme Day Light Dew.
After Quenching, it was fully usable for Alchemy.
The key was that Extreme Day Light Dew was extremely expensive, three to four thousand Spring Coins per drop. While Xihe Flower Dew could be collected in considerable amounts every day.
Soon after, Li Weiyi returned to the underground cave.
He sat at the bottom of the pitch-black Cave, a strong hunger surging from his abdomen, taking out pre-prepared Dried Meat and chewing it.
“This hunger only occurs each time I emerge from the Time Cocoon. Could seeding Dao in Divine Palace have taken ten days?”
Li Weiyi recalled the fierce battles with the twelve Divine Shadows on the Scripture Ocean, which indeed took a lot of time. The longest one lasted three hundred twenty-seven rounds before acquiring the Dao Seed Scripture.
In the Spirit Realm, his Mind Power had mostly recovered.
He released Spiritual Light again, activating the two Fish Eyes.
One was the Buddha’s Sarira, the other the Dao Ancestor Brow Bone.
“Hua!”
Radiance rose, the Tai Chi Millstone appeared, and space distorted.
Li Weiyi carefully sensed that during the space distortion, he detected time fluctuations.
The ocean of Dao Script and Buddhist Scripture reappeared under his feet, rippling like seawater, shining dazzlingly like a starry sea.
Without releasing Battle Intent, the twelve Divine Shadows did not appear.
Li Weiyi walked on the Scripture Ocean, his State of Mind clear, carefully observing and comprehending, a smile suddenly appearing on his face: “I understand! The Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish is the supreme Codex of the Chan Sect, containing the Scripture Ocean within.”
“The twelve Divine Shadows derived from the Twelve Loose Hands are the twelve keys to comprehending this Codex. Or rather, twelve teachers imparting the law.”
“Cultivating the same Codex, yet those twelve produced different results.”
“Now, I am gathering the strengths of twelve families to seek the thirteenth result. Right, gourd?”
No one responded to him.
Li Weiyi put away his complacent smile and withdrew from the Scripture Ocean.
A long time had passed; he was somewhat worried about the situation outside and could only wait to return to Southern Clear Palace for secluded cultivation.
“I need to find someone I can absolutely trust to check for me: after simultaneously activating the two Fish Eyes, what is my state? Has space changed? Has time been altered?”
Li Weiyi walked out of the Spider Cave.
Outside was pitch black and cold, with faint light coming from the direction of Nether Flower Black Swamp.
The air carried a stench accumulated over ten thousand years, containing miasma poison.
With his current Dao Seed Realm Cultivation, he had long transcended his mortal Physical Body. This level of poison gas could be swiftly refined by his Magic Energy upon inhalation.
Only the “Earth Spirit Grey Mist” on Coffin Mountain still posed a certain Threat to him.
Putting on the Mask, Li Weiyi released a fog of Magic Energy from under his feet and stepped into the vast dim Swamp, his figure engulfed in the miasma.
Er Feng flew out and stood on his shoulder, standing upright on six claws, wings folded around its body. Ignoring the head, it didn’t look like a moth but rather a colorful bird.
Over the nine months, Er Feng had grown somewhat, reaching the Dao Seed Realm Second Heaven.
More than half of Li Weiyi’s wealth and Resources had been consumed by the seven of them.
Their growth speed was slowing down. An ordinary Thousand Year Elixir thrown to them would create no splash after being eaten.
Li Weiyi said to Er Feng: “We’ve come to Nether Flower Black Swamp for only two things. First, search for Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone. Second, Flower of Meditation.”
“The more we find, the more Merit Points we can exchange for, to purchase more Thousand Year Elixirs. Also, look for traces of Old Qi and Tuoba to see their harvest.”
“Hua!”
Er Feng spread its wings and flew into the high sky, its eyes brightening, sense of smell fully released.
Soon, it discovered something and dove downward, speeding toward a certain direction.
“So sensitive perception?”
Li Weiyi used his Movement Technique to follow closely.
After traveling over a dozen li, a fist-sized white Strange Flower appeared before him. It grew from the rotting mud exposed above water, without leaves, only a foot-long stem.
“The white Flower of Meditation is the lowest grade, exchangeable for one thousand Merit Points. After consumption, it allows a Mind Master to enter a deep Meditation state.”
Li Weiyi hurriedly took out the Cold Jade Box and approached.
From the distance on the right came dense, piercing sounds.
A swarm of Bone-corroding Miasma Mosquitoes flew over, countless in number, like a black cloud mass.
The Flower of Meditation was like an ephemeral flower, growing extremely fast; after blooming, its fragrance would attract nearby Fierce Insects. Thus, whether it could be harvested depended entirely on luck, and the Danger was extremely high.
A Bone-corroding Miasma Mosquito swarm of this scale would force even ordinary Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators to flee in panic.
Li Weiyi ignored them, using Magic Energy to envelop the white Flower of Meditation, plucked it, and swiftly placed it into the Cold Jade Box.
On the other side, Er Feng had already repelled the Bone-corroding Miasma Mosquito swarm.
“Bone-corroding Miasma Mosquitoes are General-level Fierce Insects, each comparable to a First Realm or Second Realm Martial Way Master of the Five Seas Realm. Why didn’t you subdue them?” Li Weiyi communicated with Er Feng using Mind Power.
Er Feng’s response made Li Weiyi laugh and cry.
It said that the seven of them were usually not full; if they subdued the Bone-corroding Miasma Mosquito swarm, how would they feed it?
Li Weiyi rolled his eyes; as long as Food was provided to the seven of them, they could eat endlessly, to the point of stuffing themselves to death.
How could that be considered full?
Li Weiyi released Mind Power to probe the rotting mud Underground.
Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone was found deep in the rotting mud beneath the Flower of Meditation. But not every Flower of Meditation had one underground; it all depended on luck.
Li Weiyi’s luck was poor; he found nothing.
…
One day later.
Li Weiyi stored the fifteenth Flower of Meditation into the box.
Among them, twelve white Flowers of Meditation, three blue ones.
The blue Flower of Meditation could be exchanged for ten thousand Merit Points, a Medicine to aid Great Mind Masters in deep Meditation.
The most precious was the purple Flower of Meditation, exchangeable for one hundred thousand Merit Points, capable of aiding Spirit Mind Masters in deep Meditation.
Each deep Meditation greatly increased Mind Power.
“Hmm!”
Li Weiyi’s eyes lit up; the Mind Power Earth Nerve detected unusual fluctuations in the rotting mud beneath this Flower of Meditation.
A Spiritual Light Chain shot out from his Brow, piercing deep into the rotting mud Underground.
“Hua!”
A rice-grain-sized Fragment of Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone was pulled out and fell into Li Weiyi’s hand. Er Feng flew over, landing on his shoulder, staring wide-eyed.
“Finally found one; it seems not too difficult.” Li Weiyi carefully stored it away.
For a Treasure like Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, he must collect more; otherwise, once leaving the Underground Immortal Mansion, where else to find it?
Without it, his Mind Power Realm advancement would surely be extremely slow.
Er Feng made “chirp chirp” sounds from its mouth.
“Good, good, your Merit is great…”
Li Weiyi’s eyes narrowed, seeing five figures approaching in a fan formation to encircle him, holding Magic Tools, wearing Core Disciple Rice Robes.
From their stance, they had clearly seen Li Weiyi collect the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone earlier and were treating him as a fat sheep for hunting.
The atmosphere instantly grew tense.
Upon nearing, one Pure Immortal Body Core Disciple saw Er Feng on Li Weiyi’s shoulder, his expression changing instantly, immediately sending a Magic Energy voice transmission to the other four.
The five stopped in unison, exchanging glances, momentarily at a loss.
“What do you intend to do?”
Li Weiyi, masked, hands behind his back, spoke in a faint tone, exuding extraordinary demeanor.
Seeing his upright posture, feeling an intangible Mind surge over them, the five trembled, immediately stowing their Magic Tools, bowing in salute, not even daring to think of fleeing.
One Seventh Sea Core Disciple, voice trembling with tension: “Greetings, Your Highness the Fourth Divine Son, we… we were just passing through this area…”
Li Weiyi strolled over, each step covering several zhang: “Oh, you’ve recognized me!”
“We didn’t recognize Your Highness, but we recognize Your Highness’s Strange Insect. When Your Highness slew Wang Shu, I was fortunate to witness from afar. Your Highness’s elegance is unparalleled; we vulgar mortals can only admire from a distance.” That Seventh Sea Core Disciple said.
Li Weiyi said: “Such words are useless! You clearly intended to surround and hunt me just now, to seize the Treasure. What audacity! If I were only Five Seas Realm Cultivation, wouldn’t I be dead by your hands right now?”
One Fifth Sea Core Disciple, legs giving way in fright, knelt in the Swamp: “Your Highness, spare us! We really were just passing through, preparing to return. We only came to check after noticing the glow of the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone; how would we dare harm a fellow disciple?”
The one before them had slain the former Fourth Divine Son for the same reason.
How could they not fear?
Before life and death, there was great terror.
