Novel Full Chapter 646
Chapter 646: Chapter 74: A Higher Price Chapter 646: Chapter 74: A Higher Price Shi Liuli, Second Grade Golden Core, with the Taoist name “Dong You”.
“Dong” means to penetrate, and “You” means profound knowledge; “Dong You” refers to the ability to penetrate the most secretive knowledge, which to some extent is an allusion to her capability in Art Calculation.
In other words, even the Wan Xiang Immortal was moved by Liuli’s talent in Art Calculation.
Luo Yan only needed to reflect for a moment to realize that it must have been helping Qiu Changtian and the others locate the Donghua Sect ruins that caught the attention of the Penglai hierarchy to Liuli’s ability in Art Calculation.
Indeed, judging from the Ziwei Master’s reaction, those Donghua Sect ruins were of significant importance, bearing profound implications that we were unaware of.
It’s possible that the Three Pure Orthodox Sect had been covertly searching for the location of Donghua Sect for many years without success, and now Shi Liuli had managed it with just six copper coins.
It’s no wonder the Wan Xiang Immortal was impressed.
After entering the Golden Core Realm’s Soul Storing Rank, an Immortal begins to polish his Divine Sense, striving to infuse the Golden Core with it.
Once the Soul Storing Rank is perfected, and one enters the Root Seeking Rank, one must further refine the physical body-not like in the Foundation Establishment Realm’s Marrow Cleansing Rank, which targets the “outer body,” meaning the meridians, bones, and flesh.
The Root Seeking Rank, on the other hand, targets the “inner body,” that is, within the Dantian and beyond the Purple Mansion.
Each of the major Qi Refining Techniques has its unique mental method and incantation for cultivating the Dantian.
Once the entire Dantian is also cultivated to perfection like the Purple Mansion, the Golden Core will become “translucent throughout,” and when viewed internally with Divine Sense, it will be like a lightbulb.
The next breakthrough is to the Obscure Weave Rank.
At this stage, one must extinguish the bright Golden Core and even cause it to “disappear”.
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Once the Golden Core is completely refined away (actually a very slight essence remains, called the “fetal root”), the Obscure Weave Rank is considered to have reached Great Perfection.
Then, one can form an immortal fetus in the Purple Mansion and become a Nascent Soul.
Luo Yan practices the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra”, and such step-by-step cultivation of the Dantian is his forte, hence, all he needs is to devote time and effort.
As for Shi Liuli, her “Five Latitudes Heavenly Secret Record” does not include any method to rapidly polish Divine Sense, so it seems she’ll remain in the Soul Storing Rank for some time…
“Supreme Netherworld Pill?” Seeing Shi Liuli take out a bottle, Luo Yan immediately asked in surprise.
“Huh?” Shi Liuli also asked in surprise, “I haven’t opened it yet, how do you know what’s inside is an Elixir?”
“Cough cough.” Luo Yan hurriedly coughed and said, “I’ve long heard from the Wan Xiang Immortal that there is such an extraordinary Divine Pill, which when taken can rapidly augment one’s Divine Sense, cutting down ten thousand days of practice…
but I didn’t expect that he would bestow it upon you.”
“Oh, this was a reward for discovering the Donghua Sect ruins and reporting it to the Sect,” Shi Liuli said nonchalantly as she fidgeted with the Elixir Bottle.
“Of course, the main reason is because the Immortal knew I had already formed a Second Grade Golden Core.
Were it not for that, he wouldn’t have bestowed such a Divine Pill.”
“That’s wonderful, Liuli,” Luo Yan exclaimed joyfully as he embraced her delicate body.
“If you can enter the Root Seeking Rank sooner, then even among the entire Orthodox Sect’s elite Direct Disciples, your pace will not be inferior.”
While he was being intimate with Liuli, he was secretly regretting his previous oversight.
Since it was a reward for discovering the Donghua Sect ruins, if Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian could receive a Supreme Netherworld Pill, Shi Liuli would certainly also receive one.
Otherwise, wouldn’t the Wan Xiang Immortal fear ridicule from Kunlun if the three compared their rewards and Liuli’s was less?
Moreover, Liuli’s Art Calculation ability, which played a crucial role in finding the Donghua Sect ruins, would not be an exaggeration to record as a leading contribution.
How did it not occur to me?
Damn it, this means she’ll soon catch up to me in terms of cultivation progress, won’t she?
Junior Sister Xu and Miss Shi received elixir rewards, Senior Sister An was bestowed with Sword Intent, and after Jiang the Witch died once, her cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
Who really is the chosen one?
In this cruel, internally competitive world, perhaps only a fox who is unambitious could bring me a trace of warmth…
After cuddling with his wife for a long time, Luo Yan finally returned to his own room, ready to ‘load the file’.
“Ah Jing, load Long Long!”
[Checkpoint Five: Eastern Emperor Realm, Eastern State, Du Guang Plains.]
[Character Identity: Long Long.]
[Mirror Flower Water Moon Template overlaying, time-space traveling in progress.]
The great war in the Mortal Realm had ended, and the forces of good and evil entered a brief period of peaceful recuperation.
However, a sense of an impending storm loomed in the Eastern Emperor Realm.
Despite some minor unpleasantness with Long Long and the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, Feng Yan, the prince of the Vermillion Bird Clan, had no intention of leaving; he patiently continued the alliance negotiations with the Dragon Clan.
Soon, others grew restless about this alliance.
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That afternoon, Gui Ling’er sought out Long Long alone, pulling him into a nearby grove to ask:
“Long Long, can you give me the lowdown?
You’re going to announce it sooner or later anyway… Are the Dragon Clan planning to form an alliance with the Vermilion Bird?”
“Pretty much,” Long Long pondered for a moment before answering, “The Dragon Clan does not want to get involved in your struggle with Central State, understand?”
“But isn’t that unreasonable?” Gui Ling’er said indignantly.
“The whole world is wrestling over the succession to the Qilin throne, and you’re saying… you want to stay out of it?”
“Not just us, but also the Vermilion Bird Clan,” Long Long replied calmly, “If the alliance is successful, then among the four great nobles, there will be two who intend to remain neutral.
How can you say that the whole world is eager to be swept into this war?”
“If you stay out of it, then no matter who ultimately wins, you won’t be seen as one of their own by the Qilin Emperor,” Gui Ling’er said with a frown.
“The alliance of the two nobles has already severely threatened the prestige of the Qilin Clan, so the new emperor will certainly see you as the next target to eliminate.
Is this your plan?
To weaken the emperor’s power to strengthen yourselves?”
“That is indeed the case.” Long Long was slightly surprised, not expecting this young Turtle to also understand politics, “But you hit the nail on the head: even if our Dragon Clan forms an alliance with your Xuan Gui and supports Prince Qi Weihong of the Qilins in his bid for the throne, after the victory, Qi Weihong will regard you, the Xuan Gui Clan, as his own, not the Dragon Clan.”
“From the perspective of our clan’s interests, we believe that the key at this moment is to eliminate unnecessary risks.
Besides, the expected benefits of cooperating with the Xuan Gui Clan are not significant enough to justify taking this risk…”
“In plain terms, you still don’t trust us,” Gui Ling’er sighed, “What if we could offer you a better deal?”
“A better deal?” Long Long asked in surprise.
“Go tell the Ancestral Azure Dragon,” Gui Ling’er said earnestly, “The patriarch of the Xuan Gui Clan, Gui Yan, will be visiting soon, and a formal invitation will be sent shortly.”
In that instant, Long Long suddenly realized intensely that this seemingly naive young Turtle actually possessed a sharpness and authority uncommon among the demon race…