Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1171 - 391: Refining Chi You’s Bone
Jiang Li just left like that, leaving Elder Wan in a cold sweat.
"Whew—"
Elder Wan wiped his cold sweat, feeling his brain was in a fog, breathing heavily.
Although there has always been talk of Jiang Li living off others, Elder Wan didn't really agree with it.
Do you know how hard this kid has worked?
The achievements he has today, while not discounting the help from the Gongsun family, are mostly deserved by him.
But seeing him today...
Jiang Li, you really are living off others, and you're eating two bowls, aren't you afraid of bursting?
"Looking at it now, he's not bursting from living off others, but I might die from this shocking news."
Even at his advanced age, being startled like this, Elder Wan felt like his soul was about to emerge. After wiping off the cold sweat, he disregarded cleaning up the chessboard and was about to return to the Daoist Law Pavilion to recite the Calming Incantation, to calm his mind. But just as he stood up, he got another fright.
Outside Kaiyang Hall in front of the Daoist Law Pavilion, two figures appeared at some point — it was Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue.
"What a good thing."
Gongsun Qingyue clapped her hands, smiling as she said, "Once this news spreads and the sect and the world gradually accept it, even if my junior brother is someday conferred as an imperial concubine, it might just be possible."
In this way, even if Tianxuan is the master, in the future, she would have to call the Empress sister.
Thinking about it, it doesn't seem too bad.
"It's just a strategy of retreating to advance," Tianxuan said calmly, "Tarnishing his own reputation to please me, merely trying to make me feel guilty so he can get a hold of me."
As she spoke, Tianxuan also felt a mixture of shame and anger.
She hadn't just started planning to retreat to advance, but Jiang Li beat her to it.
This rebellious disciple, how dare he use my trick against me!
Is he trying to tell me that he's seen through my thoughts?
But amidst the anger, Tianxuan also felt a rare sense of delight.
The main reason why she ended up with Jiang Li was because Jiang Li could keep up with her pace, even surpass her. If Jiang Li merely fawned over her, she might not have forgiven him.
Of course, if Jiang Li had only been overly tough, Tianxuan wouldn't have been a pushover either.
Now, with Jiang Li's actions, soft with a hint of firmness, it instead gave her a strange feeling.
"So... should we pretend we didn't see it?" Gongsun Qingyue teased her master.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Tianxuan scolded, "That shameless disciple might be, but I still have my dignity as a master."
After speaking, Tianxuan's gaze fell on Elder Wan.
"When my disciple was in the Outer Disciple area, Elder Wan looked after him," Tianxuan said gently, "It was not easy for him to reach where he is today. Now, with the Great Zhou rejuvenating, there can be no rumors affecting the Emperor's reputation. I hope Elder Wan will pay more attention to any gossip within the Outer Disciple area to prevent tarnishing the Emperor's name."
"Just call me Little Wan."
Elder Wan saluted and quietly wiped some more cold sweat, then hesitantly said, "But as for the Emperor's side..."
"If Elder Wan has doubts, why not wait, and later, I can send you to the palace to ask the Emperor in person?" Tianxuan suggested softly, "At that time, you'll have plenty of time to ask the Emperor whatever you'd like, Little Wanzi."
Little... Wanzi?
Alright, Elder Wan knew how he would be entering the palace now.
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Elder Wan said repeatedly, "As an Outer Elder, I will absolutely not allow any wicked winds or evil influences in the Outer Disciple area, nor spread rumors or make them up."
He felt his cold sweat was almost soaking through his clothes.
It's safe to say that Elder Tianxuan truly exerts great pressure, and it's unclear how Jiang Li managed to associate with her. When they argue, does he immediately kneel on a washboard?
It wasn't until Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue left that Elder Wan finally sat back down in relief.
"I overestimated myself, not as open-minded as I imagined. I'm fine facing Jiang, but when it comes to Elder Tianxuan, I lose my courage."
Elder Wan's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a look of remembrance, "Time flies really fast, in the blink of an eye, little Jiang has become the Emperor. It's just this personal virtue... why didn't I notice he had the ailment of a lonely monarch before?"
Thinking of this, Elder Wan couldn't help but laugh heartily.
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On the other side, beneath the Heaven and Earth Furnace in the Molten Rock World.
Six figures surrounded the stone platform, simultaneously injecting Primordial Qi into the gold and iron books on the stone platform, slowly refining the eternal Chi You's Bone.
All six were Jiang Li, and observing their forms, they were all equally real and vivid, with the same strong Qi Mechanism, making it hard to distinguish the genuine.
This was precisely the Heavenly Monarch's showcasing of the Six Transformations Technique.
By overlapping spatial changes, one's side appeared in six places, achieving the six transformations indirectly.
Jiang Li originally would not have known this Magic Door, as he directly shot and killed the Heavenly Monarch to prevent a dying counterattack.
However, with Jiang Li's current wisdom and fathoming of Yi Dao, along with understanding the Heavenly Monarch's cultivation techniques, he grasped the basics of this Magic Door during their confrontation. Moreover, although the Heavenly Monarch acted inhumanely, he was still part of the Human Race, and the Dao Fruit he held also belonged to the Human Species, so his insights and wisdom naturally belonged to the Human Path.
In the past, when the Heavenly Monarch was alive, he could sever cause and effect, leaving no trace in the human torrent. Now that he is dead, Jiang Li can continuously trace back the marks of the Heavenly Monarch, calculate the cause and effect of the Heavenly Monarch's past in order to understand him, and even reconstruct the complete "Yin Talisman Scripture."
However, Jiang Li's expertise in the Dao of Space is not as good as the Heavenly Monarch's. The six transformations can remain stable when stationary, but there might be flaws when deployed in fierce combat.
While refining, a blue light traversed the magma to this place, revealing Jiang Li clad in a green robe.
Without halting his steps, the figure blended directly with the frontal Jiang Li.
Evidently, this green robe Jiang Li was also an incarnation. But unlike ordinary manifestations, this form stemmed from Jiang Li's cultivation of "One Qi to Three Pure Ones," segmenting the Fuxi Daoist Body side.
While refining Chi You's Bone to nothingness, Jiang Li simultaneously continued cultivating, persistently absorbing past human wisdom, whether through the six transformations or "One Qi to Three Pure Ones," marking the achievements of this period.
However, like the six transformations, the "One Qi to Three Pure Ones" was still far from perfected, currently only capable of manifesting one side without employing the "Emperor Emerges from Zhen," and with difficulty in sustaining for long.
Despite the wisdom from the human torrent, instantly forming these two techniques proved overly challenging.
The "Yin Talisman Scripture" was initiated by the Heavenly Monarch, and few from the Human Species could cultivate "One Qi to Three Pure Ones" in the past. Jiang Li could only use related knowledge for assistance in comprehension, unable to achieve a direct mastery.
Furthermore, Jiang Li must also focus on reconstructing the Heavenly Mirror and find knowledge related to the Artifact Dao.
Too many tasks require time, leaving Jiang Li undecided about the ginseng fruit tree or when to send the Maitreya Dao Fruit to Buddha Country.
"Fortunately, things seem favorable on Master's side," Jiang Li muttered softly.
Tianxuan has been strong all her life, making it difficult to oppress her with a stronger approach, yet neither can one simply be weak. Weak individuals have already become sycophants, with one even cooling down due to unrequited love.
The combination of firmness and softness is the true principle.
Moreover, with Senior Sister's support, and considering Rain Master Primordial Lord is not an outsider but rather close to Tianxuan as a mentor, her attitude should soften.
The multi-thread operations left Jiang Li feeling mentally overwhelmed, wondering whether "One Qi to Three Pure Ones" could also boost his brain capacity threefold.
'Even after cultivation ends, I need to try using the Karma Collection to draw other Dao Fruits; Green Emperor Dao Fruit is part of the Fuxi Dao Fruit, maybe I can pull a segment from Heaven, and even Luu Dongbin's Dao Fruit could be completion.'
Regarding Luu Dongbin's Dao Fruit, Jiang Li knows there is at least one Upper Immortal Luu Dongbin, representing Luu Dongbin among the Upper Cave Eight Immortals. The Dao Fruit level should be fifth or fourth rank.
Calculating carefully, I might not find leisure in upcoming years.
With thoughts like these, Jiang Li accelerated the refining of Chi You's Bone.
With repetitive sacrificial cultivation and the added pressure from the Xuanyuan Sword above, three days later, Chi You's Bone finally showed signs of disintegration.
Once this sign appeared, the refining speed accelerated continuously. After all, it's merely a dead thing; once a crack opens, the rest becomes increasingly straightforward.
Jiang Li concentrated his mind, fully guiding Taixu Qi to reverse the innate, causing Chi You's Bone to disintegrate into countless dust particles, transforming into particles like the Number of Eternals, resembling mist, further reversed, completely refining away its material existence.
From the sensory perspective, it seemed the substance became a phantom, even the phantom gradually vanished, invisible to mere senses.
In Jiang Li's Heavenly Eye, the "Chi You Three Disks Scripture" had turned into a chaotic mass, lacking any material existence.
"Chaos and disorder, already without substance or body; flesh and blood is useless for controlling chaos through operation methods. Only strong willpower can rely on to avoid merging into disorder. My idea is correct; achieving Tai Shi Dao is indispensable to 'Mountain Tomb.'"
"Mountain Tomb's strongest trait lies in its command."
As Jiang Li spoke, his eyes shone with unusual light, forcibly stabilizing the form of "Chi You Three Disks Scripture," keeping it in a phantom state.
