The Great Xia Dynasty's Longevity Begins with Connecting to the Swallowed Starry Sky

"but……"

Master Yunhua seemed to have remembered something, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "However, when your people arrive at Lion Mountain Forest and see my disciple's clone, I wonder what their expressions will be?"

He seemed to have thought of something particularly funny, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile.

"Yunhua, what's wrong?"

Seemingly noticing Yunhua Zhenren's unusual behavior, one of the elders asked.

"It's nothing, but how exactly should we handle the matter of Lion Mountain Forest and Marquis Lion Mountain?"

"Handle it? We've already released the information; the Great Xia Dynasty can handle it themselves. Well, we can't just do nothing. How about this, Yunhua, you, Zhong Li, and your two junior brothers Zhantai go together."

Yunhua gladly accepted the order.

Someone like him, who has just broken through to the fourth realm, may seem high and mighty, but in reality, he's just a gofer.

They wouldn't be assigned ordinary tasks.

But for major events like the Demonic Calamity, the usual presiding work, which is tedious and doesn't bring much credit, is done by them.

Furthermore, matters like Lion Mountain Forest are not something a seasoned Fourth Realm expert should have to deal with.

That would make them run errands.

Master Yunhua had no objections. After years of cultivation, he was not like Qin Hao, a true disciple who had cultivated outside and never returned to Tianlian Valley.

Master Yunhua had joined the Heavenly Refinement Valley from the very beginning of his cultivation, or even before that.

For many years, Master Yunhua has enjoyed too many benefits from Tianlian Valley and used too many of its resources.

When it's his turn to contribute, he naturally won't refuse.

"Well then, fellow disciples, I'll be going now."

Aside from direct lineage masters and disciples, once they reach the fourth realm, they generally address each other as fellow disciples.

The way we address each other is a bit confusing, but there's nothing we can do about it.

You can imagine that you've already reached the fourth realm, so you're not far from transcending tribulation and ascending to immortality.

At this time, an elder master takes a child as his disciple, and you immediately have to call him "uncle-master".
In the realm of spiritual cultivation, the higher one goes, the longer one's lifespan becomes.

Ultimately, it all comes down to strength.

The elders didn't pay any attention and waited until Master Yunhua left.

One of the white-bearded elders laughed and said, "Yunhua's performance just now was a bit different."

Another elder with white eyebrows thought for a moment and said, "Yunhua has always been quite mischievous. It seems that something has happened that we don't know about."

"Well, it's probably nothing serious. But the selection of the Holy Son of Heavenly Refinement Valley is about to begin, on the day this great calamity begins. We can't let things get out of order, so we should select the Holy Son as soon as possible."

"good."

……

Qin Hao was completely unaware of what was happening inside the Heavenly Refinement Valley.

Even if they knew, they probably wouldn't care.

Son?

Just as he had told Master Yunhua before, he already had Pengze Lake and Qinghe Bay, so why would he take over Tianlian Valley?
It's like having two wholly-owned companies that you don't develop yourself.

Instead, if you become a professional manager for someone else, you only receive a salary, and the capital you develop in the company basically doesn't end up in your own hands.

Why bother?
If you have the ability and strength, wouldn't it be better to develop your own company?

Although Tianlian Valley has a larger platform, its overall benefits will be greater once it develops.

But those belong to other people, so why bother?
However, after taking a walk around Lion Mountain Forest, he discovered something unexpected.

"This old monk is a bit different. Judging from his appearance, is he cultivating the path of a living Buddha? He's already reached his peak. If he can't ascend to immortality, he'll need to be reborn. What does he want to do?"

Among the Buddhist practitioners, the Seven-Colored Dragon's clone had not yet discovered that there was also a monk who was cultivating the path of a Living Buddha.

Judging from his kind face and profound skill, one could tell that he had cultivated for many lifetimes and possessed immense magical power.

"It seems that he has cultivated for at least seven lifetimes. Now he has reached the critical point of reincarnation again."

Buddhism places great emphasis on accumulating merit through lifetimes; if one lifetime is not enough, then try another.

However, usually after death, the soul is reincarnated, goes through the six realms of reincarnation, and re-enters the world.

If one can unravel the mysteries of the womb, one can naturally embark on the path of spiritual cultivation once again.

Buddhist temples usually have their disciples find and convert these individuals, guiding them back to a path of spiritual practice.

Such people are usually deeply rooted in wisdom and possess a strong Buddhist nature.

With each practice and accumulation, one's strength and wisdom will grow stronger and stronger.

But Living Buddhas are different.

Ao Hong didn't know what the underlying principle was behind the passing away of this Living Buddha.

"Is it possession, or something else?"

The path of the Living Buddha has never been recorded in writing; at most, there are only some rumors about it.

So Ao Hong didn't know what was going on either.

He searched everywhere but couldn't find it.

In Buddhism, there is a type of golden body called the relic golden body. The more relics one possesses, and the better their quality, the more powerful the golden body becomes.

Ao Hong speculated that the Living Buddha's path might be one of cultivation aimed at creating this golden relic.

Although Ao Hong was somewhat interested, she didn't pay much attention to it.

The path others take is not his path.

The path of this identity is that of an innate god or demon.

"It seems that the Buddhist cultivation lineage of Southern Chu may have already known about Marquis Shishan's situation. They may have made some arrangements here. So?"

Ao Hong thought of the treasures near the altar.

"Could that be the goal of Buddhist practice?"

He's too lazy to care, but if it involves something he likes, that's a different story.

"It seems we need to be more cautious."

Ao Hong quickly started setting things up again.

"in addition."

Ao Hong crept up to the vicinity of the altar and began to search carefully.

Soon, he noticed something amiss.

"This exposed mine is not actually a real treasure. In the center of this mine, there seems to be a gemstone with the essence of the five elements. In addition, there seems to be a spiritual plant inside it."

No, it's not a spiritual plant.

Ao Hong quickly discovered that the thing was an innate spiritual root.

Yes, spiritual roots.

Spirit plants are the inferior offspring of spirit roots, evolving through a process of degeneration.

In theory, if a spiritual plant can continuously trace back to its origin, strengthen its source, and evolve along the way, it can even restore itself to its original state and become a spiritual root.

But such a thing is highly unlikely.

Moreover, innate spiritual roots are even rarer.

The acquired spiritual root is nurtured by the Heavenly Dao and grows in the world.

Innate spiritual roots are generally conceived in chaos, but they fall into the world when it is created.

Then it degenerates into an innate spiritual root.

There is actually a primordial spiritual root in this Lion Mountain?
"A fruit tree with innate five elements?"

If it weren't for the Primordial Spiritual Eye within the Primordial Mirror, Qin Hao might not have been able to discover the clues.

too difficult.

The innate essence of the five elements has already blocked all sight and attention.

The Five Elements Treasure Mine outside is a rare high-end material even in the Qianyang Realm, and it can be used to refine Dao artifacts.

Even the lowest-grade immortal artifact is not out of the question.

Judging from the altar built by the demons, it should serve several purposes.

First, and most fundamentally, is to open the passage to the Demon Realm.

This is a temporary passage, not a permanent one.

It was through the power of sacrifice that the connection between the two realms was forcibly opened, allowing the demon realm to come here through the passage.

Its strength depends on the power of the sacrifice.

Secondly, there was probably also the idea of ​​corrupting this acquired Five Elements Treasure Mine.

Used to refine magical artifacts for the demon race.

Ao Hong glanced at the Moon Demon Mirror within the True Spirit, which was still being refined and purified by the Dan Yang Fire.

This thing is essentially a Dao artifact. Once it has been refined and purified, it can become a Dao artifact with extremely high power.

If you want to further enhance your foundation, this acquired Five Elements Treasure Mine is an excellent material.

"Of course, if we really want to enhance it, we still need to use the Taiyin attribute ore. The Five Elements ore is not the best choice, and this acquired Five Elements ore can also be used to refine the Five Elements Flag."

The legendary Five-Colored Flag of the Five Directions is said to be extremely powerful.

Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are the path Qin Hao is currently following. In terms of Yin and Yang, he has already refined the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.

If Yin and Yang were to transcend and become Tai Chi, Qin Hao could then master another Dao.

Alternatively, transitioning from Yin and Yang to life and death is also a supreme path.

Even the chessboard of heaven and earth is a manifestation of yin and yang.

However, in terms of the Five Elements, there is a significant difference.

Nowadays, only the Five-Colored Warriors can be considered a representative of the Five Elements.

If Qin Hao wants to cultivate the Five Elements, he still needs to continue exploring the paths within the Five Elements.

"This innate five-element fruit tree, and this innate and acquired five-element treasure mine, are a kind of medium."

"It looks like we need to make more arrangements."

At this moment, the demons were on extremely tight guard around the altar.

There's not much Ao Hong can do; he's still waiting.

Master Yunhua sent him a message that he, Zhong Li, and Zhan Tai, both at the fourth realm, had begun their journey to Lion Mountain Forest.

In addition, it seems that the Great Xia Dynasty has also dispatched a member of the cabinet and a fourth-level divine constable from the Six Doors.

This surprised Qin Hao. Wasn't it only the rumored leader of the Six Doors who was in the fourth realm?
So, the Six Doors also had a fourth-realm expert hidden inside?
"No matter what, let's make some arrangements first."

It seems that those Buddhist practitioners probably came for this reason as well.

In addition, I also need to make some arrangements for those cultivators who have been captured.

We can't let that Living Buddha take away all these favors we've accumulated.

I just want to help others, but I have to be careful not to let my true colors show.

The cages imprisoning the cultivators were covered with numerous demonic runes, which polluted the spiritual energy around the cages.

These imprisoned cultivators, unless they replenish their internal energy, will be corrupted once they absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.

They even need to expend some spiritual energy to combat the pollution of the surrounding spiritual energy.

Ao Hong is actually a bit strange; everything has already been successfully arranged.

Why haven't they offered sacrifices yet? What are they waiting for?
Are we just waiting to pollute those precious mines?
"Perhaps, it's also a trap?"

Ao Hong quickly realized something and couldn't help but smile. "Let's see whose setup is more effective!"

With Ao Hong's arrangement, the cage was quickly assimilated to some extent.

Ao Hong dared not make any big moves; he simply assimilated one of the runes, creating a channel through which he could input pure spiritual energy.

What he needed to do was not to rescue all the cultivators immediately.

At this point, their bodies were severely depleted.

If we don't give them time to recover, they'll only be a burden once they're rescued.

"Everyone, I am a true disciple of the Heavenly Refinement Valley. I have already reported the situation here to the sect. The elders of the Heavenly Refinement Valley and the cabinet ministers of the Great Xia are coming soon. I am alone at the moment, so please do not show it. I will send you pure spiritual energy. Please meditate and recover while we wait for the rescue to arrive."

At that moment, Ao Hong's voice rang in the minds of all the captured cultivators.

They were somewhat surprised and somewhat skeptical, wondering if it was true.

Or am I just hallucinating?
But the pure spiritual energy transmitted from underground could not deceive them.

Everyone present was a cultivator and was aware of the current situation. If the demons found out that Ao Hong was helping them, they would be in serious trouble.

It's not just staying up late that can cause problems.

They will also lose this hard-won rescue.

Although this rescue may not be useful, for now, we should focus on cultivating and recovering.

This is the only lifeline.

The ordeal of the past few days had almost driven them to despair.

The sudden arrival of the rescue excited them, but they didn't show it.

They didn't even open their eyes; they all began to recover silently.

They didn't open their eyes, nor did they observe the others.

Therefore, they wouldn't know that only the Taoist and martial cultivators were rescued; the Buddhist cultivators were not taken care of.

It wasn't that Ao Hong was unwilling, but rather that the Living Buddha clearly had his own plans.

Ao Hong didn't want to alert the enemy.

If anyone here is capable of normal spiritual practice, it is this group of Buddhist practitioners.

Although Taoism has methods for subduing demons, directly absorbing demonic energy into the body can cause conflict, leading to corruption and moral decay.

Of course, a powerful Daoist cultivator might be able to refine demons into the Dao.

But this practice of refining demons to enter the Dao is a specialty of Buddhist cultivators.

High-ranking monks and virtuous masters can easily subdue demons and enter the path of enlightenment.

This path is not the path of cultivation, but the path of the road.

The methods of Buddhist practice can lead to either becoming a demon or a Buddha in a single thought.

This Buddha and this demon are both their paths.

In addition, there is the path of "laying down the butcher's knife and instantly becoming a Buddha."

This is why Qin Hao doesn't particularly like Buddhism and Taoism.

It requires a high level of comprehension, but this could potentially lead to some problems.

Ao Hong once thought that if a Buddha with profound wisdom were to commit mass killings, he could become a demon in an instant.

Then he realized his mistake in time and became a Buddha on the spot.

Wouldn't that mean frequent sudden enlightenments, a surge in one's own magical power, and the imminent attainment of Buddhahood?

Although this idea is extreme, it is also highly unlikely.

However, Ao Hong dislikes the idea of ​​someone who "lays down the butcher's knife and becomes a Buddha on the spot."

After doing all that, Ao Hong still wandered around, looking for any further ways to make amends.

At this moment, in the world of Swallowed Star.

Qin Hao stepped out of the nutrient tank.

At this point, he had already advanced to the cosmic level and directly absorbed the nutrient solution, reaching the ninth level of the cosmic level.

"Fortunately, we've already taken advantage of Virtual Universe Company."

After the battle of the universe's top geniuses, they were considered to have joined the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company.

Previously, no one had noticed that he had two bodies, both of which had joined the Virtual Universe Company.

It's highly likely that the higher-ups at Virtual Universe will remain silent and won't bring it up.

Just after Qin Hao finished, he told Luo Feng and the others about the situation.

After that, he went into seclusion to break through to the cosmic level.

He broke through very quickly, completing the breakthrough in just two days.

Next, it's time to absorb the nutrient solution and complete the process from the first to the ninth level of the cosmic level.

"I have to say, in the Devouring Star World, within the same major realm, having resources is just a matter of time. I completed in about half a month what others would take months to fully absorb and break through. It seems that the methods are still very important."

Ok?
Qin Hao suddenly felt that the foundation of the five-colored warriors within his Five-Colored Warrior Realm was beginning to grow steadily.

"It seems that the training of Five-Colored Warriors has become quite widespread in the legions of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom?"

Although the Five-Colored Warriors are summoned, their projection will naturally be canceled when the time is up or their magic power is exhausted.

Qin Hao benefited the most from this approach.

If the projection is killed by the opponent, it will disappear immediately.

In this way, Qin Hao would gain far less scattered spiritual energy.

But even with drought or flood, the harvest won't be too bad.

You'll reap some rewards no matter what. Take it slow, sell more at a lower profit margin, and you can still make money.

At this time, the legion of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom began to promote the secret method of summoning the Five-Colored Warriors, which was equivalent to making his Five-Colored Warriors a product of low profit and high sales volume.

At this time, the number of Five-Colored Warriors within the Five-Colored Warrior Realm exceeded 300,000.

What a terrifying number this is!

Moreover, these five-colored warriors can traverse worlds and manifest in multiple worlds.

"It seems that the easiest way to promote my Five Elements Dao is still within the Swallowed Star World."

Qin Hao thought to himself that his demand for the innate and acquired Five Elements treasure mines in the Lion Mountain Forest of Qianyang Realm had become even stronger.

"We must obtain that innate and acquired Five Elements Treasure Mine. In addition, we must also obtain that innate Five Elements Fruit Tree. That should be the highest quality spiritual root I have seen so far."

Its quality should be significantly higher than that of the World Tree in the Swallowed Star world.

It was conceived in chaos and grew up afterward, without being tainted by the energy of the world.

It can even continuously absorb the power of chaos and transform it into innate energy.

Not only are the fruits it produces extremely important, but the five elements energy that this fruit tree usually generates is also extremely important.

It can be said that if one can obtain this spiritual root, the innate five elements will be continuously replenished.

"Then, we can consider practicing the Five Elements Secret Technique."

Qin Hao wondered if Tianlian Valley and Xiaoyao Cave possessed the legendary secret technique.

"The five-colored divine light can cleanse everything."

Qin Hao was extremely envious of this secret technique.

But it's not certain that you can get your hands on it immediately.

"It would be very difficult to derive it yourself."

No matter how difficult it is, Qin Hao will continue on this path.

"Fortunately, Yin and Yang transform into the Five Elements. My chessboard of Heaven and Earth has reached this stage, where each piece represents a world, which is similar to the Five-Colored Divine Light. Perhaps, it is worth considering."

With this in mind, Qin Hao of the Qianyang Realm began to search the secret manuals of Tianlian Valley and Xiaoyao Cave.

Unfortunately, there isn't one.

"Perhaps I'm not high enough in status?"

After thinking for a moment, Qin Hao began to communicate with his master, Daoist Nanhua, at Xiaoyao Cave, as well as with True Person Yunhua.

Master Yunhua is currently in the clouds, heading towards Lion Mountain with his two senior brothers, Zhong Li and Zhan Tai.

I was a little surprised to suddenly receive an inquiry from Qin Hao.

"Why is he suddenly getting involved with the Five Elements again? Hmm, he already created secret techniques like the Five Elements Shield before, perhaps he wants to improve upon them?"

However, Master Yunhua had also checked and found that there was no cultivation method like the Five-Colored Divine Light in the treasure vault.

It's not that there's none at all.

“Disciple, most of the Five-Colored Peacock lineage have inherited this secret technique. But the legendary Five-Colored Divine Light Technique possessed by the original peacock is something that no one can obtain.”

The five-colored peacocks that followed were merely exquisite examples.

But if we're talking about the Five-Colored Divine Light Secret Technique, only the original peacock possessed it.

After receiving a reply from Master Yunhua, Qin Hao searched the secret treasure vault again and found it.

The price is not high either.

Because this is a secret technique belonging to the Five-Colored Peacock, it is highly unlikely that humans can cultivate it.

Moreover, it consumes too much energy, yet the power of the secret technique is not very good.

It belongs to the kind of secret method that is time-consuming and laborious, but not very effective.

The price is naturally not expensive.

Moreover, there are quite a few secret techniques.

Qin Hao had no shortage of resources. He exchanged some resources and immediately gained some contribution points, which he then used to exchange for all of them.

The replies from Xiaoyao Cave were similar, but there were more of them than from Tianlian Valley.

The Taoist Master Nanhua is truly amazing.

That one person is already more powerful than all the masters from your various sects.

Moreover, each of the Nan Hua Daoist masters can descend upon a world.

To date, it is unknown how many incarnations the Taoist Nanhua has manifested.

"Huh? It seems that this Master Nanhua is actually on a similar path to me."

Qin Hao used the Primordial Mirror and the Golden Thread Treasure to fix the world and retrieve his true spirit.

The Taoist Master Nanhua chose his own world, leaving his true spirit to manifest in countless realms.

"This is probably not just the path of the Great Luo Immortal, after all, that master is already a Quasi-Saint. But can this really allow one to escape the river of fate and successfully reach the other side?"

The Great Luo is beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements.

But the river of fate runs through the entire process, and even quasi-saints are still struggling within it.

Only a sage can break free from the river of fate and reach the shore to observe the masses still struggling within it.

"Forget it, let's not worry about it. Let's exchange for the secret technique first and try it out ourselves."

Since there were none readily available, Qin Hao didn't think too much about it and exchanged all the Five-Colored Divine Light Secret Techniques.

"Next, all bodies in the worlds without missions should study the secret techniques. Ideally, they should be able to synthesize all the secret techniques and create their own, even more exquisite Five-Colored Divine Light Secret Technique."

The secret technique can be continuously improved, and Qin Hao is not in a hurry about that.

"Hmm? Luo Feng and the others are coming back from Earth. Hopefully, the journey will be peaceful."

If we really want to target them, this journey is the best time. (End of Chapter)