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Chapter 411: The Grand Formation of the Tian Shi Mansion (Part 1)
Chapter 411: The Grand Formation of the Tian Shi Mansion (Part 1)
In recent years, the three treasures of the Tian Shi had been reunited and cultivated by Lei Jun. Before this, the three treasures were carried out of the mountains by Tang Xiaotang, who cultivated them daily.
Now, Lei Jun approached this from a different angle. As he cultivated the Tian Shi Seal, the Tian Shi Sword, and the Tian Shi Robes, he began to make other adjustments and preparations.
In the Upper Clarity Thunder Palace Cave, located atop theGreen Tour Immortal Mountain, an illusionary Dharma altar materialized.
The altar looked transparent and white from the outside, and it was divided into three layers.
Each of the three treasures of the Tian Shi resided within a separate layer.
The Tian Shi Seal, like a foundation, was located at the bottom layer, directly pressing down on the peak of the Green Tour Immortal Mountain.
The Tian Shi Robes, emitting a faint golden light, were in the middle layer, seeming to possess a life of their own as they took on a human form.
The Tian Shi Sword occupied the top layer, drawing endless thunderbolts from the nine heavens of the Upper Clarity Thunder Palace Cave.
In response, green Nine Abyss True Fires appeared on the peak of the Green Tour Immortal Mountain below.
At this moment, heavenly thunder and earthly fire were being refined together.
Lei Jun sat cross-legged in mid-air, with his spiritual power circulating and transforming into countless talismans that he continuously cast into the heavenly thunder and earthly fire before him.
The three treasures of the Tian Shi remained calm and serene, gradually reaching the stable and complete state that Lei Jun had anticipated.
"The Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things..."
Lei Jun nodded slightly, "Now, in reverse, all things return to three, and three returns to two, which already has a foundation. It's time for the final step of two returning to one."
With the attainment of natural intuition, many things were no longer a secret to Lei Jun, and everything seemed to fall into place.
After this period of quiet contemplation and comparison, he selected the best options and listed several plans, ready to be implemented depending on the availability of materials.
"As for the dragon scale jade, there is only a small amount in the mansion, and it's not easy to accumulate. These past two years, I've instructed the mansion to collect and search for it, but the results have been limited. It seems we should check if the Tang imperial family has a large collection."
Lei Jun contacted the Tang imperial family, and the result was slightly beyond his expectations.
They did have some.
Dragon scale jade was rare and precious, and Lei Tian Shi needed a large amount, which made it especially hard to find.
Fortunately, the Tang imperial family had sufficient reserves.
"After a little arrangement, we will send it to Longhu Mountain. Please rest assured, Tian Shi." Zhang Hui said.
Zhang Hui, who had been enjoying himself in the Great Ming human realm, had recently returned to the Great Tang side.
The reason for his secret return was that...
Empress Zhang Wantong had secretly left the imperial capital of Luoyang.
The figure that occasionally received courtiers in the imperial capital was a projection created through her literary, martial, and divine abilities.
At times, it was even Zhang Hui who covered for her.
Regarding Tian Shi Lei Jun, Zhang Hui did not hide the truth, "My aunt has gone on a distant journey, and I'm not sure of her specific whereabouts at the moment, but she is no longer in the human realm of the Great Tang."
Lei Jun did not ask further, "I will keep this secret."
After dispersing the fortune of the country, the Empress left the imperial capital without causing the mountains and rivers to shake as before, which made it easier for her to keep her journey private.
However, for many years before that, she had stayed peacefully in the imperial capital of Luoyang.
Obviously, in this regard, Zhang Wantong was quite different from Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang.
This made her private trip this time seem especially unusual.
Was it because the Wisdom Sage of Mount Sumeru woke up earlier than expected? Lei Jun wondered.
He did not inquire further and instead focused his mind and continued his cultivation.
..................
In the Yellow Springs of Youming.
The world between heaven and earth was gray and white, with occasional faint blue light shining through.
All was silent, and the waters of the River of Oblivion flowed quietly.
The environment had mostly returned to its former state, unlike the flood of the River of Oblivion and the raging Underworld ten years ago, which seemed like a cataclysmic event.
The only constant since the beginning was the silent City of Feng, standing on the solitary mountain.
Ji Yao, the leader of the Li Shushan sect, stood silently on the headland of Fengdu, his gaze sweeping over the city and beyond.
Within Fengdu City, whether it was the disciples of the Li Shushan sect or the city itself, all had been preserved.
However, outside Fengdu City, even to this day, the various endeavors of the Li Shushan sect in the Yellow Springs had not recovered their vitality.
"Leader," Elder Tian Lingfeng of the Li Shushan sect appeared.
Ji Yao asked, "Is there any progress with the Heaven-Earth Beast Mirror?"
Tian Lingfeng replied, "Thanks to your capture and killing of the great demon from the Nine Heavens in the previous human realm of the Great Song, the Heaven-Earth Beast Mirror has now reached perfection."
It would be even better if there were new gains in the future.
"With the stabilization of the Five Declines Great Dao Bell, the recovery of the Myriad Souls Banner, and now the perfection of the Heaven-Earth Beast Mirror, our sect's situation in the Yellow Springs has finally stabilized," Ji Yao said.
Tian Lingfeng stood silently by his side.
The Heaven-Earth Beast Mirror was his life treasure.
As a cultivator of the Daoist School of Artifact Refinement, the achievement of such a powerful treasure not only made him formidable in combat but also aided his cultivation growth.
However, without Ji Yao and the support of the entire Li Shushan sect in the Yellow Springs, he would never have been able to refine this treasure.
Unfortunately, the White Bone Divine Ship, the life treasure of Leader Ji Yao, which he had poured his heart and soul into, had disintegrated and sunk into the River of Oblivion.
Even though the Yellow Springs and the River of Oblivion had returned to calm, the White Bone Divine Ship could not be recreated, and that top-notch treasure was completely destroyed.
Ji Yao himself had been injured because of this, and it was only in recent years that he had barely recovered.
This incident had also consumed a significant portion of Li Shushan's resources.
Although Ji Yao had personally gone to the human realm of the Great Song to gather opportunities, the newly acquired souls and vital energy were still insufficient to fill the huge gap.
While the Heaven-Earth Beast Mirror had been perfected and Tian Lingfeng's cultivation had progressed, the rest of Li Shushan was struggling.
Lu Changpeng, a fellow disciple who had reached the perfect state of the Eighth Layer, had not been able to take the final step forward.
The other successors of Li Shushan also lacked the resources and materials for their daily cultivation, artifact refinement, and treasure creation.
Over the past two to three hundred years, all their efforts had been in vain.
Their only hope now lay in the two Great Vehicle Masters of the Ninth Heaven—Ji Yao and Tian Lingfeng. Moreover, Ji Yao was a perfected scattered immortal with the Five Qi Morning Immortal constitution of the Ninth Heaven.
However, they were still far from recreating the splendor of the Five Paths of Reincarnation treasures of the Daoist School.
"That Great Song realm will continue to be in chaos for a while."
Ji Yao spoke, "Even if the Golden Khan of the foreign tribe reappears, his primary opponents will be the other two foreign tribes, the Gray Wolves and the White Deer."
Tian Lingfeng nodded.
With the completion of the Heaven-and-Earth Beasts Mirror, it was now his turn to venture into the human realm and gather opportunities to strengthen Huangquan.
As for Ji Yao, the sect master, he would remain at the mountain gate. While continuing to recuperate, he also planned to refine his third life-bound treasure.
If the White Bone Divine Ship had not been destroyed and everything had gone smoothly, with the complete set of the Five Paths of Reincarnation treasures and sufficient accumulation, Ji Yao would have even had the hope of attempting to break through to a higher realm.
Now, the gap was too vast.
However, the situation was even more urgent than before.
Both the Great Tang Dynasty and the various foreign tribes were gathering powerful experts.
Recently, there had also been abnormalities in Guiyu and Sumeru.
Although the Li Shushan sect had limited knowledge of the details, they could sense that as the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth surged in all the human realms, becoming more and more intense, some beings that had once been dormant due to the great calamity of the past seemed to be gradually becoming active again.
As the tide of the times swept through, the Li Shushan sect in Huangquan had to seize the opportunity to ride the wave.
In this situation, Ji Yao, as the sect master and the number one expert in Huangquan, had to take the lead.
However, this might mean some sacrifice for Lu Changpeng.
With the successive deaths of Kang Andao and Li Linxue, the Li Shushan sect urgently needed new top experts to emerge.
But the current environment and resources were lacking.
Fortunately, their luck wasn't too bad...
Tian Lingfeng turned his head and looked towards Fengdu City.
There, a towering tree stood tall, its canopy covering a vast area. Its branches and leaves were vibrant with spiritual energy.
It resembled a peach tree.
"Senior Brother Ji Yao has found the branch of a divine tree this time. We finally have a foundation for our new Five Paths of Reincarnation treasure," Tian Lingfeng sighed.
The great calamity that befell the human realm in the Han dynasty years ago had far-reaching consequences.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were also affected, to a greater or lesser extent.
There used to be a divine tree in Huangquan, its canopy covering an area of more than three thousand li, keeping away evil spirits and surrounded by the River of Forgetfulness.
However, after that great calamity, the divine tree of Huangquan was lost and could no longer be found in Huangquan itself.
Ji Yao had accidentally obtained a branch of the divine tree during his previous travels, and despite it not being the entire tree, it was still a top-notch heavenly treasure. He immediately brought it back to Huangquan for replanting.
With such a spiritual object as the foundation, Ji Yao and the Li Shushan sect now had the opportunity to refine another top-notch treasure comparable to the Five Declines of the Great Dao Clock, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and the Heaven-and-Earth Beasts Mirror.
"For now, we only have a chance. We cannot be certain of success," Ji Yao said.
"This branch of the Huangquan Divine Tree has been separated from its main trunk for a long time. Although it is full of spirituality, if we want to create a supreme treasure, in addition to a large number of auxiliary materials, we will also need some opportunities. If we act hastily, our chances of success are only fifty-fifty."
"Senior Brother seems to have a plan?" Tian Lingfeng asked.
Ji Yao gazed at the branch of the Huangquan Divine Tree in Fengdu City and fell into deep thought. He didn't answer immediately.
After a while, he slowly said, "We need to gather the light of heaven, piercing through the heavens and the earth, to have a greater chance of success in refining it."
Upon hearing this, Tian Lingfeng fell silent.
As a Great Vehicle Master of the Ninth Heaven, even though he had been in Huangquan for many years with little interaction with the human realm, he knew that gathering the light of heaven was generally a method of the Talisman Sect of the Daoist School.
The light of heaven that was needed to summon and guide the natural spiritual power of the heavens and the earth to refine the branch of the Huangquan Divine Tree was not something that could be easily summoned.
The first thought that came to Tian Lingfeng's mind was...
The Great Tang's Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Heavenly Master's Mansion, the Wanfa Zongtan.
And preferably, it should be assisted by the Heavenly Master Seal, the foremost of the Three Treasures of the Heavenly Master, combined with the light of heaven created by the Wanfa Zongtan.
With this assistance, the task would be much easier.
However, the problem was that there was deep enmity between their Huangquan Li Shushan sect and the Great Tang's Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Heavenly Master's Mansion.
One of the four Great Vehicle Masters, Kang Andao, had been killed by the previous Heavenly Master, Tang Xiaotang.
Although Li Linxue had died at the hands of Chen Donglou of the Great Tang Shushan Sect, it was also because of Tang Xiaotang's presence that the Li Shushan sect had been forced to sink their ship in the River of Forgetfulness and seal off Huangquan.
Even if Ji Yao and Tian Lingfeng put aside past grievances and focused on present interests, it didn't seem likely that the Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Heavenly Master's Mansion would help them refine the branch of the Huangquan Divine Tree.
If they were to force the issue...
"In the Great Tang realm, the Wu Clan member recently sent back news that the Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Heavenly Master's Mansion has produced another Great Vehicle Master of the Ninth Heaven, named Yuan Mobai. Together with the previous three, Xu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiaotang, and Lei Jun, they... now have four Great Vehicle Masters in their sect."
Tian Lingfeng said softly, "Even if some of them are not on the mountain, their strength is still not to be underestimated."
If they were to attack the mountain, the Wanfa Zongtan would be a stable defense, making the difficulty of a direct assault even greater than fighting elsewhere.
"Even if we enter the Great Tang again, our target will still be the summit of Shushan. Unless there is an excellent opportunity, we will not consider Dragon and Tiger Mountain." Ji Yao spoke calmly.
Tian Lingfeng nodded slightly.
There was no other reason besides the fact that Chen Donglou was not always at the summit of Shushan.
Apart from him, there were no other Ninth Heaven experts in the Great Tang Shushan Sect.
While the Wanfa Zongtan of Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Heavenly Master's Mansion was indeed crucial for refining the branch of the Huangquan Divine Tree, the Great Tang Shushan Sect possessed the Purple and Blue Twin Swords, the Qingxiao Mansion, the Beimming God Spear, and the Southern Ming Lihuo Ding.
(End of Chapter)
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