Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 470 - 385: Why Does It Feel Like This Mountain Can’t Be Crossed? _2
"Dream Tao Divine Power—Five Finger Fist Dream Sword!"
One finger!
Hong Yuan suddenly raised his right thumb.
The fist he held high above his head, at its center, suddenly shot out a sword light.
FAST! FAST! FAST!
「After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.」
Though Hong Yuan’s light blue robe was tattered and torn, he still stood upright. In front of him, the Heavenly Horned Ant Emperor lay on the ground, devoid of any signs of life and with no capacity to resist.
He won. He had won.
At last, his Original Body had defeated the Heavenly Horned Ant Emperor using the methods of the Dream Tao.
With this, he had now accomplished half of the four essential elements required for saintly ascension in Dream Tao.
The first condition: defeating the Great Emperor Mark during the Saint Achievement Transcending Tribulation with a Power Tao Incarnation, achieved!
The second condition: his Original Body single-handedly defeating the Power Tao Incarnation through the cultivation of Dream Tao, achieved!
Now, Hong Yuan only needed to possess a Dream Tao Holy Artifact and accumulate 300,000 Dream Tao Tao Marks, and then his Original Body could initiate the Dream Tao’s Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation, without fear of encountering any problems during the process. Once he became a Saint through Dream Tao, he could then start working towards the Supreme Grandmaster Realm of Dream Tao, without worrying about his body not being able to withstand such a position.
At that time, regardless of any Great Dream or whatnot, everything would be within Hong Yuan’s arrangements.
Everything he did, he did for stability.
Now that he was halfway to saintly ascension through Dream Tao, how could he not be happy?
"Hahaha, indeed a cause for celebration, indeed a cause for celebration!"
Hong Yuan exited the Dream Meditation Fight.
Sitting cross-legged on the White Feather Tao Mat, he slowly stood up and took out an erhu from his storage bag. With a sweep of his large sleeve, the erhu began to play, and beautiful music flowed forth.
Within the cultivation cave, the beautiful melody spread all around, and a cheerful atmosphere began to permeate.
「...」
Ever since his Original Body was able to defeat a Power Tao Incarnation of the same realm using solely Dream Tao techniques, Hong Yuan began to focus on forging a Dream Tao Holy Artifact and accumulating 300,000 Dream Tao Tao Marks.
Benefiting from his ability to convert Illusion Tao Tao Marks into Dream Tao Tao Marks, he had now accumulated over 90,000 Dream Tao Tao Marks, even during an era when the Dream Tao lineage and its resources were not prominent. Such an immense number of Tao Marks was not only remarkable compared to his peers but perhaps also matched some extremely powerful seventh-tier Saints.
However, Hong Yuan’s benchmark was Great Emperor level individuals; he even directly compared himself with the Great Dream Emperor, known as the Strongest Great Emperor. Therefore, these ninety thousand or so Dream Tao Tao Marks were still somewhat insufficient. With just these Tao Marks, it would likely be challenging to overcome the Great Emperor Mark in the Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation.
Always strive for the best, but prepare for the worst.
Hong Yuan had no doubt that his Original Body, which had transformed into a complete Extraterrestrial Demon, would receive particular attention from the will of heaven and earth.
If the Power Tao Incarnation encountered the Emperor Marks of the Heavenly Horned Ant Emperor and the Azure Lotus Heaven Lord during its tribulation, then the trial for his Original Body would surely only be more severe!
Of course, that was the worst-case scenario, and it might or might not happen.
If his Original Body received favor like his Demonic Body and achieved sainthood almost without catastrophe, that would be exceedingly good.
「Half a month later.」
As the Phoenix Creek Sect’s Phoenix Creek Auction, held once every ten years, approached, the flow of people within the Sect noticeably increased. Disciples and Elders alike, whether assigned externally or out for experiential training, all returned to the Sect to attend the auction.
The Phoenix Creek Auction amassed numerous heavenly treasures; there were even Divine Pills capable of solidifying the cultivation of peak fifth-stage Cultivators. In a sense, the Phoenix Creek Auction was like the Sect digging into its own pockets, dispensing benefits to the disciples in hopes that some would gain a fortuitous creation and, ideally, produce one or two Saint Level beings.
「Rainbow Fire Peak.」
「Peak Master Great Hall.」
Hong Yuan’s Water Tao Incarnation was tightly holding a white Jade Slip to his forehead, receiving information from it.
"Phoenix Creek Auction..."
"Knife embryo with potential for advancement to a Holy Artifact..."
"Cyan Jade Slip suspected of containing a mysterious Divine Power..."
The Water Tao Hong Yuan closed his eyes tightly, his eyebrows quivering slightly.
After the Power Tao Incarnation became a Saint, he had condensed a Water Tao Incarnation to deal with miscellaneous affairs. Moreover, to prevent a backward flow in Temporal Tao, he had also created a Temporal Tao Incarnation, tasking it with studying Temporal Tao. His intention was for this Incarnation to guard the long river of time in this realm once it matured.
But in the end, no matter how numerous these Incarnations were, Hong Yuan always remembered: "The Original Body is the absolute foundation, and the Demonic Body is the root in the pursuit of the Path of Immortality!"
Those other forms, such as the Power Body, Sword Body, Water Body, and Temporal Body, were merely tools he used to aid his cultivation or settle grievances.
「After a long while.」
Hong Yuan placed the white Jade Slip on the desk beside him and narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
"Perhaps I can disguise the ’Life Plant Skill’ as a Divine Power obtained from the Cyan Jade Slip and give it to Yiru and Yue’er so they can practice it and extend their life spans."
"Of course, the unedited version of the ’Life Plant Skill’ absolutely cannot be handed over to them. They simply wouldn’t be able to protect it!"
"However, my Wood Tao proficiency has greatly advanced after the ’Eternal Azure Lotus Dreamland’. I could improve the ’Life Plant Skill’ into a Wood Tao Art of Longevity, allowing them to live for at least another three hundred years. That’s certainly not a problem and would be comparable to an ordinary Saint’s life span."
Hong Yuan’s thoughts raced.
He always respected others’ opinions. For instance, when Master Lin Daoyan and Zhu Wushang had politely declined his life-extending medicine, he did not force-feed them to attain a self-righteous sense of reassurance.
