The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 731 - 326: Taiyin

"May we live long and share the beauty of the moon over a thousand miles." Xu Xuanhu murmured softly over a small patch of spirit field he had cultivated.

But...

He and his father and mother were not under the same moon.

Xu Xuanhu began cultivating Taiyin Xuan Guang, and gradually gathered Moonlight around him, which in the path of Taiyin Xuan Guang, condensed into Taiyin Moonlight.

Do not underestimate this Taiyin Moonlight; it is the foundation for cultivating Taiyin Xuan Guang, and it can nourish Spirit Plants, making them grow fast and increase their yield.

Xu Xuanhu could condense one strand of Taiyin Moonlight a day, which allowed an acre of Spirit Rice to grow in a day what would usually take a month.

After a few days, Xu Xuanhu harvested a full acre of Spirit Rice.

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"Is this rice?" After eating a meal cooked with Spirit Rice, Xingyao almost cried. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

It was so delicious!

He never imagined that there could be such delicious food in the world.

Legend says that the delicacies enjoyed by the Barbarian King of the Jiuli Tribe daily might not be any better than this.

Xu Xuanhu thought the flavor of Spirit Rice was not bad, but not so exaggerated.

It’s just that the people of the Qingshui Clan hadn’t tasted good food before.

He began teaching the tribe how to cultivate Spirit Rice.

Fortunately, there weren’t many people in the Qingshui Clan, so the amount of spirit field needed for cultivation was not much. Xu Xuanhu also, through his own exploration, brought a Spiritual Spring to the fields.

With the nourishment of the Spiritual Spring and Taiyin Moonlight, the Spirit Rice grew quickly and well.

But a new problem arose, the fertility of the land was quickly depleted.

The recovery of the fertility of the spirit field takes time.

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Great Black Mountain.

This mountain range was also where the Qingshui Clan was located.

But this mountain extended for thousands of miles, containing tribes of different sizes, and without unexpected occurrences, the tribespeople might never encounter people from other tribes their entire lives.

Of course, larger tribes like the Qinggang Clan were exceptions.

They controlled their own river, had organized markets such as Qinggang Market, and several powerful priests.

They were undeniably the overlords of Great Black Mountain.

"The Moonlight Wheel in the tribe detected an abnormality in the flow of Moonlight within Great Black Mountain," said a priest from the Qinggang Clan.

Sun Essence and Moonlight were important resources for their cultivation.

Especially the Moonlight, which was more gentle compared to Sun Essence, making it easier to refine.

However, each clan’s method of refining Moonlight differed.

In the Jiuli World, the most precious Moonlight was the Taiyin Moonlight, and the method for this was said to be recorded only in the Forgetful Celestial Book of the Supreme Dao.

This book was stolen a thousand years ago, and even the present Supreme Dao did not have it.

Yet, the Supreme Dao was wealthy and vast; they had accumulated a pool of Taiyin Moonlight in their early years, which was far from depleted and could be traded with others.

But such good fortune would never fall to a border tribe like the Qinggang Clan.

Indeed, even with the emergence of a third sun in Black Water State, it still remained a peripheral area in the Jiuli World, not worth notice.

On the other side, although the elders of the Qinggang Clan used the Moonlight Wheel to detect the abnormal flow of Moonlight, they could not find the specific location. This was because the history of Great Black Mountain was complex, with chaotic energies, and even cave dwellings left by masters of previous generations...

Such anomalies would occasionally occur frequently, sometimes not for many years.

This elder merely recorded it truthfully, not paying much attention.

Recently, in Black Water State, rumors spread of a Demon Path wandering around, attracting the attention of major tribes like the Qinggang Clan in Black Water State.

The Taoist sects were once an unbearable memory for the Jiuli World barbarians.

Once, these powerful barbarians were often raised by the Taoist sects to become Daoist Soldiers.

Named Daoist Soldiers, they were actually slaves.

Those Daoist sects even wanted them to refrain from killing and hunting casually, proposing they raise livestock and farm...

Even going further to collect everyone’s food and give it to ordinary barbarians for free distribution.

Utterly absurd.

Thankfully, the Jiuli Tribe corrected these wrongs, preventing the barbarians from being enslaved by the Taoist sects.

The only way for the barbarians to acquire food was through plunder.

Either competing with nature, or robbing from other tribes...

The strong need not indulge in production, a lowly activity.

As long as one had strength, the objects of heaven and earth were there to be freely enjoyed.

What the Qinggang Clan had to do was maintain their mighty strength continually.

Therefore, those areas rich in Moonlight in Great Black Mountain were under their control, even if they could not use it themselves, they would not let others use it.

The appearance of the Taoist sect heretics was undoubtedly a hidden concern for Qinggang Clan’s hegemony over Great Black Mountain.

Since the Qinggang Clan focused their efforts on searching for the Demon Path, they inadvertently overlooked one matter.

In Great Black Mountain, a tribe known as the "Qingshui Clan" was quietly rising.

Xu Xuanhu did not rashly teach the Qingshui Clan people cultivation, as such matters depended on one’s aptitude and understanding of Taoist texts, which the Qingshui Clan lacked.

According to the characteristics of the barbarians, he sorted out a Body Refinement suitable for their cultivation.

It was called Body Refinement, but it was actually Martial Arts.

This Martial Arts was called Xingyi Fist, based on the Primordial Stance.

Thanks to reading too many miscellaneous books as a child, Xu Xuanhu, with the enhancement of cultivation, implemented the knowledge he had learned piecemeal as a child.

He was such a genius.

After all, as a young child, Xu Xuanhu could independently create Divine Skills like Beiming.

The talent of the fourth generation Black Mountain Old Demon seemed even more extraordinary than the previous three generations.

Each generation of Black Mountain Old Demon was stronger than the last!

This saying was gradually realized through him.

Xu Xuanhu continued to water the Spirit Rice with Taiyin Moonlight.

When he returned to the tribe, he saw Xingyao whipping his brother Xingshi.

"What’s going on?"

"Young Priest, this guy sneaked off to Qinggang Market."

"Hmm, so what?"

As the largest market in Great Black Mountain, Qinggang Market was well-known to many tribes’ top members, and they were frequent visitors.

However, considering his own origins, Xu Xuanhu had never been there.

Because there were strong figures from the Qinggang Clan in the market.

He feared encountering trouble.

Xingyao explained.

It turned out that Xingshi exchanged a bag of Spirit Rice for jewelry.

He intended to use the jewelry as a betrothal gift for Xingyao’s future wife.

Xu Xuanhu couldn’t help but think sarcastically, your brother is getting married, why are you so attentive to his bride?

But having such a brother who was concerned about his own personal affairs, though foolish, made Xu Xuanhu feel envious.

However, he also realized that this matter wasn’t that simple.

"If the Qinggang Clan gets hold of the Spirit Rice and recognizes its benefits, they might come to cause trouble for our tribe."

"I didn’t reveal my identity, and our Qingshui Clan’s territory is quite remote, they probably won’t find it." Xingshi muttered while being whipped.

Xingyao lashed out again, "Idiot, what do you know? If the Qinggang Clan discovers our tribe, they won’t spare us."

Xingyao knew well that although the Qingshui Clan was much stronger now, the Qinggang Clan’s methods against emerging tribes had always been brutally ruthless.

He heard from his grandfather, who was the previous generation priest, that when his grandfather was a child, the Qingshui Clan was not weak, and that’s precisely why they attracted the wrath of the Qinggang Clan.

That battle saw heavy casualties in the Qingshui Clan, leaving only the old, weak, sick, and infirm hiding underground.

Years later, Xingyao still recalled the fearful expression his grandfather had when describing that battle.

Xu Xuanhu: "Since it’s come to this, killing Xingshi is useless; for the next period, everyone should stay within the tribe."

Xu Xuanhu knew well that he might be facing the greatest life-and-death crisis in this world.

It might happen, or it might not.

But everything had to be prepared for the worst.

He was very troubled.

Because Xu Xuanhu didn’t know how to handle such a crisis.

If only his father were here.

Xu Xuanhu thought wistfully in his heart.

In his heart, his father was omnipotent.

No matter how great the calamity, to his father, it was just a trivial matter.

With his father around, even if the sky fell, he wouldn’t be afraid.

But now, he could only rely on himself.

He couldn’t help but look up at the third sun about to set.

In a trance, he saw the face of the Third Generation Old Demon in the sun, as if saying, "Kid, I’m waiting to see how you’ll perform next; don’t disgrace the Black Mountain Old Demon!"

Gradually, Xu Xuanhu clenched his fists.

The Wind Thunder Wings stirred slightly, a voice ringing out.

This was also the first time Xu Xuanhu left the tribe in many years.

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