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Chapter 151: 150. The Heavenly Tome's Opportunity, Expansion
Chapter 151: 150. The Heavenly Tome's Opportunity, Expansion
A fleeting smile appeared on Xu Yuanzhen's face.
She waved her hand and walked past Lei Jun, heading towards the High Achievement Pavilion.
Her movements were casual, but as Lei Jun watched her leave, he knew that his senior sister was not joking.
Once she finished sorting out the clues regarding the Heavenly Master's Sword, she would probably make a trip to Jiangzhou.
Xu Yuanzhen's thoughts were straightforward.
The Lin Clan of Jiangzhou had set an ambush to kill their sect's disciples, but they failed because they lacked skill.
Your people suffered heavy casualties because we were skilled.
But that doesn't mean you haven't paid a price for your ambush.
The price should be that we will also set up ambushes to kill your people.
As for who lives and who dies, that will depend on everyone's abilities.
Although the recent battle between the TianShi Mansion and the Jiangzhou Lin Clan in Poyang Lake was quite loud, it was more like a tacit understanding with minimal losses.
But with Xu Yuanzhen's intervention, the situation might become unpredictable... Lei Jun thought to himself.
However, it must be said that as enemies for hundreds of years, both the TianShi Mansion and the Jiangzhou Lin Clan were familiar with such scenarios.
Lei Jun shook his head slightly. As long as Xu Yuanzhen's attention was temporarily focused on the clues related to the Heavenly Master's Sword, the situation should remain peaceful for a while.
He turned his attention back to his own cultivation and studies.
With the foundation of his Yin-Yang Holy Body and the assistance of a page from the Heavenly Tome, Lei Jun no longer needed to seek the treasure of the North Pole's Yuan Magnet. Relying solely on the South Pole's Cold Iron satisfied his current needs.
He had successfully drawn the first stroke of his second spell, the Chinese character for "eight."
However, when it came to upgrading and refining the Fu brush, more research and experimentation were required.
Lei Jun had already gone through several Black-edged brushes and Green-edged brushes during his practices and experiments.
And he would go through many more.
There were results, though.
In his courtyard, Lei Jun set up a ritual platform.
On top of the three-layered platform, he walked in a circle around its center, where a illusory palace—the Central Sanqing Palace, formed from his essence, energy, and spirit—floated.
As Lei Jun circled the palace, speckles of light akin to a galaxy enveloped the platform.
With the enhancement of the Trigram Walking Steps, Lei Jun's magical powers and thoughts were elevated, as if he were connecting the stars in the sky, drawing the power of the starry dome into himself.
Above the Sanqing Palace floated a green-edged brush.
As Lei Jun circled the palace, he chanted, his one hand forming incantations in front of his chest while the other pointed and tapped at the air.
With each circle, he was essentially pointing and directing at the green-edged brush above the Sanqing Palace.
Each time he pointed, a faint green glow seemed to flicker at his fingertip.
It resembled a greenish flame.
This was the glow of the Nine Abyss Earthfire, a secret technique of the TianShi Mansion.
Although the flame was illusory, a manifestation of Lei Jun's magical powers rather than true Nine Abyss Earthfire, the essence of the flame's power was accurately captured.
As the greenish illusory flame flickered, Lei Jun's streams of magical power transformed into talismanic restrictions and flew into the suspended green-edged brush.
The surface of the brush began to glow with intricate and intricate patterns of light.
Lei Jun was fully concentrated.
Deep within his spiritual soul, in the True One Law Platform cave, the Daoist field was brightly lit, with Daoist banners fluttering.
On the first layer of the platform, tiny green flames could be seen, transforming into specks of light that floated and drifted out of the platform.
These specks of light, like green smoke, drifted across the flying bridge and swirled above the Daoist field.
The lamps on the four sides and four nines of the Daoist field seemed to be tinged with a hint of the green color of the Nine Abyss Earthfire.
Thus, Lei Jun continuously drew upon the true meaning of the Nine Abyss Earthfire from the True One Law Platform cave, infusing it into his magical power, and meticulously refining the brush.
As time passed, the intricate patterns of light on the surface of the green-edged brush gradually diminished.
Those talismanic restrictions, fused with the brush, delved deeper, constantly reconstructing themselves within the brush.
In the instant when all the intricate light patterns on the brush's surface disappeared, Lei Jun, who had been constantly circling the Sanqing Palace, abruptly stopped.
He clasped his hands together, forming incantations in front of his chest.
His magical power condensed into a shimmering, illusory spiritual talisman.
Then, Lei Jun pushed his hands forward together, and the shimmering talisman, held between his fingertips, seemed to evaporate and ascend into the air.
The brush glowed once more.
The galaxy formed by the Trigram Walking Steps dissipated.
Lei Jun breathed a long sigh of relief and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
His skill in refining magical artifacts had officially reached a new level, and he was beginning to master the art.
Due to the limitations of the original material, this green-edged brush was still not too exquisite, but it had improved significantly from its original state.
After a short rest to recover his magical power and refresh his mind, Lei Jun carefully summarized his previous experiences.
The next day, he went to the Treasure Pavilion to collect another batch of basic raw materials.
And then, using the Qingfeng Brush as a blueprint, he began the refining process again.
This time, he added new materials to further enhance its quality.
Hmm, it failed...
Undeterred, Lei Jun remained calm and picked up another basic model of the Qingfeng Brush to continue practicing and fine-tuning.
After consuming several more Qingfeng brushes and raw materials, Lei Jun finally succeeded in refining an upgraded version that met his initial expectations.
With the aid of the Nine Abyss Earthfire, it was almost comparable to Yuan Mo Bai's Zhu Feng Brush.
However, due to the inherent inferiority of the original material, it was still slightly inferior to the Zhu Feng Brush.
But for Lei Jun, it had already served its purpose for practice.
He tried again a few more times, making further preparations and summarizing his experiences.
When he felt confident, Lei Jun finally prepared to use the real Zhu Feng Brush.
However, before refining the Zhu Feng Brush again, Lei Jun had a sudden stroke of inspiration.
From the perspective of spiritual energy compatibility, the Zhu Feng Brush was relatively balanced, neither leaning towards Yin nor Yang.
On the other hand, the Nine Abyss Earthfire leaned towards Yin.
Therefore, Lei Jun prepared some Yang-oriented raw materials as an additive to further balance the Yin and Yang.
But, recalling his previous experience with the South Pole's Cold Iron, Lei Jun wondered if he could also seek assistance from that page of the Heavenly Tome. After some contemplation, he felt that it might be possible.
However, something unexpected happened.
Just as he was about to begin, the glowing sphere in his mind suddenly flashed, and words appeared:
"Within the book lies a new world, within the book lies the entanglement of cause and effect, entering and exiting is up to you."
After reading this, Lei Jun's first reaction was to recall the fortune he received when he first obtained the Heavenly Tome:
"Obtain a third-grade opportunity, which can be expanded. Expansion carries no risk or trouble."
Based on the literal meaning, simply obtaining this page of the Heavenly Tome seemed harmless.
Indeed, in the years since then, Lei Jun had occasionally studied it with no unusual occurrences.
Although the Heavenly Tome couldn't help him balance his Yin and Yang before his root bone advanced to the Yin-Yang Holy Body, contemplating its principles and profound meanings was still immensely beneficial.
After attaining the Yin-Yang Holy Body, the Heavenly Tome proved to have even more wonderful uses for Lei Jun.
Moreover, there were no particular surprises.
But unexpectedly, a new change emerged today.
"...Is it because I'm about to have deeper contact with the Tian Shi Seal or the True One Law Platform?" Lei Jun wondered.
It was precisely because he remembered the fortune from earlier that Lei Jun had been cautious in his research of the Heavenly Tome over the years.
He had also never guided the Heavenly Tome into the True One Law Platform cave.
Now it seemed that although the Tian Shi Seal was dormant, it could still potentially catalyze that page of the Heavenly Tome.
However, the final outcome was uncertain.
"Opportunity can be expanded, expansion carries no risk or trouble."
Conversely, if one chooses to expand, the situation may become unpredictable.
Two fortunes appeared in the glowing sphere in Lei Jun's mind:
"Upper-middle fortune: Combine the True One Law Platform and the Heavenly Tome (III). Empower artifact refining and obtain a third-grade opportunity. No danger, but future endeavors may entail cause and effect entanglements, so proceed with caution. Auspicious."
"Middle fortune: Empower artifact refining using only the True One Law Platform. No additional gains or losses. Neutral."
"Hmm, at least it's an upper-middle fortune, that's fine." Lei Jun nodded slightly.
After a moment of contemplation, he made his decision, choosing the path of the upper-middle fortune.
As Lei Jun's thoughts turned, the page of the Heavenly Tome floated up, unfolding in the air and glowing brilliantly.
At the same time, Lei Jun's fingers lightly tapped the air, and once again, a flash of greenish illusory flame appeared.
The surface of the Heavenly Tome seemed to tremble slightly.
Lei Jun temporarily calmed his mind and continued with the artifact refining process.
This time, the Zhu Feng Brush did not hover above the Sanqing Palace but directly entered it.
At the same time, rare and precious raw materials such as Panlong Xu and Qingmu Heart were offered within the illusory Daoist palace.
These materials would later be combined with the Zhu Feng Brush to enhance the artifact further.
The page of the Heavenly Tome floated and landed above Lei Jun's Sanqing Palace.
The surface of the book shone with wondrous light, revealing intricate and incomprehensible Daoist patterns that seemed even more profound than before.
Lei Jun began to walk around the Sanqing Palace, stepping on the Trigram Walking Steps, infusing stream after stream of magical power into the palace to empower the artifact.
The page of the Heavenly Tome drifted.
Lei Jun suddenly felt as if the Tian Shi Seal, deep within his spiritual soul, and the True One Law Platform that derived from it, had somehow responded to the Heavenly Tome.
On the first layer of the platform, countless Daoist talisman patterns emerged.
Although the Tian Shi Seal remained dormant and the second and third layers of the True One Law Platform were still closed, the platform emanated a much denser spiritual essence than before.
After an unknown amount of time, the Sanqing Palace suddenly shone brightly.
Lei Jun paused in his steps, and with his fingers in a seal-forming posture, he pointed at the Daoist Palace and jabbed at it three times in succession.
The doors of the Daoist Palace swung open, and two streams of qi, one black and one white, rushed out.
Inside the palace, all the other raw materials had disappeared, leaving only a single Fu brush that floated out, carried by the qi currents.
The tip of the brush glistened, a mesmerizing interplay of black and white that was both elegant and balanced.
Lei Jun grasped the Fu brush and breathed a long sigh, a smile spreading across his face.
"The Yin-Yang Brush. It's done."
"Finally, I didn't waste Master's Zhu Feng Brush."
With the addition of more high-quality raw materials, along with the aid of the Heavenly Tome and the Nine Abyss Earthfire, this Fu brush had successfully reached a new level!
When Lei Jun was at the Fourfold Heaven-Supporting Talisman realm, his personal cultivation allowed him to create lower-grade high-level spiritual talismans.
With the help of the Zhu Feng Brush, he could craft middle-grade high-level spiritual talismans using his innate Fu magic.
Now that his cultivation had reached the Fifth Level of the Heaven's Dao Palace realm, his personal cultivation was sufficient to create various middle-grade high-level spiritual talismans.
However, the assistance the Zhu Feng Brush could provide had become limited.
Now that it had been reforged into the Yin-Yang Brush, the situation was different.
With his current Fifth Level realm, he could create upper-grade high-level spiritual talismans!
Normally, this would be a miraculous feat achievable only by Talisman Sect cultivators at the Sixth Level of the Heaven's Seal realm.
"If I hadn't used the Heavenly Tome to help, and had simply refined the Fu brush with the Nine Abyss Earthfire, the results would probably be inferior," Lei Jun mused as he examined the brush.
If he had followed the original plan and only refined the brush, he could indeed create upper-grade high-level talismans, but it would likely be limited to a few innate talismans.
While the brush had improved, it was still constrained by the middle levels of the Three Heavens.
The current Yin-Yang Brush, on the other hand, had reached the upper limits of middle-level Three Heavens artifacts, and it still had room to grow.
As Lei Jun's cultivation continued to advance and eventually broke through to the Seventh Level, this brush would keep pace with him, and he wouldn't need to reforge it.
Before that, if Lei Jun could cultivate to the Sixth Level of the Heaven's Seal realm, he might even be able to create supreme-grade high-level talismans.
In most cases, that was the exclusive domain of Upper Three Heavens cultivators.
Lei Jun turned to look at the page from the Heavenly Tome. "This Third-Grade opportunity isn't just about this Yin-Yang Brush..."
With the True One Law Platform working in tandem with this page from the Heavenly Tome, Lei Jun's crafting of other artifacts and spirit pills, depending on the specific circumstances, would also see a corresponding improvement.
"Good. Now, what's the cost?" Lei Jun gazed at the page, and the surface of the book shimmered with an unnatural glow, distinct from before.
He felt as if a door had opened within the book.
As the radiance flickered, Lei Jun found himself standing inside.
All around him, the light filled his vision, yet it wasn't blinding.
From within the light, a voice suddenly spoke, its gender indiscernible, sounding ethereal like the voice of the Dao itself.
But at that moment, Lei Jun's mind effortlessly comprehended the meaning.
However, the content of the message sent a chill down his spine.
It was just one sentence.
It was short, consisting of only seven characters: "The third and the fourth?"
But the content was extremely bizarre.
Lei Jun could even sense the tone in those words.
This voice was clearly not the Heavenly Tome's usual expression of natural principles; it was as if someone else was speaking through it.
So, it really is an online dating platform? There really are other pages of the Heavenly Tome, and they're in the hands of other people.
Lei Jun's eyebrows arched slightly at the sight.
However, he did not let down his guard.
The reason was simple: this medium of communication, the Heavenly Tome, was not just a tool for communication.
Based on what he knew about his own page of the Heavenly Tome, Lei Jun surmised that the other pages would also elucidate the profound mysteries of the heavens and the earth.
In other words, it was a cultivation resource of immense value.
Given this, there was a possibility of conflict and competition...
While Lei Jun was curious about the contents of the other pages, as long as the other party didn't show any hostility, he wouldn't have the urge to monopolize all the good things for himself.
However, he couldn't guarantee that others would share the same mindset.
Lei Jun remained silent for the moment.
The radiant light before his eyes gradually stopped obscuring his vision, and in its place appeared a pitch-black expanse dotted with starlight, resembling the universe.
The previous light hadn't been glaring.
The current starlight wasn't dim, either.
It was just that the other stars were very distant.
What drew Lei Jun's attention were seven star-like objects nearby.
The Sun, representing the day.
The Moon, representing the yin.
Venus, representing gold.
Jupiter, representing wood.
Mercury, representing water.
Mars, representing fire.
Saturn, representing soil.
Although they weren't labeled, Lei Jun instinctively understood their significance as he found himself among them.
He was currently at Venus, the Golden Star.
Or, in this illusory universe, he was Venus, the Golden Star.
(End of Chapter)
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