Longzang

Chapter 1045 Prepare for a rainy day
In an instant, the palace returned to its original state, the luster of the mark completely dimmed, and the remaining divine thoughts of the Toad Demon Lord completely dissipated.

In a daze, Wei Yuan had a feeling that Su Chan's divine thought had existed for more than three thousand years just to say this to him.

Since the grotto-heaven and the sun and moon were complete, and the prosperity of all realms appeared, Wei Yuan discovered that the boundary between the Dharma Form and the Imperial Realm had become completely blurred. He was even a little confused about his own cultivation state.

If it weren't for the fact that his true spirit hadn't yet formed and his mental world hadn't yet risen above the celestial realm, Wei Yuan would even feel that the difference between himself and an immortal wasn't that great, given only his six grotto heavens.

As all realms flourished, the world in Wei Yuan's eyes suddenly changed, like the receding tide revealing secrets hidden beneath the surface.

Taking over as the Palace Master of Shuiyue Palace seemed like a natural progression. But upon closer examination, it appears that during the more than two hundred years that Xuan Yue Zhenjun concurrently served as the Palace Master, the position of Palace Master of Shuiyue Palace was actually vacant, as if it had been waiting for him all along.

Wei Yuan even had some doubts about whether the previous Water Moon Palace masters had ever seen this memory of the Toad Demon Lord.

After all, the authority of the Taiyin Dao has been seized by someone else. Other Water Moon Palace Masters are likely to be like True Lord Xuan Yue, holding the title of Palace Master but unable to activate the mark on the jade platform.

Wei Yuan's fifth grotto-heaven is the ancient full moon, a unique object. Although the full moon is a level lower than the Taiyin in the Great Dao, Wei Yuan possesses the entire full moon, which is stronger than a mere point of the Taiyin Great Dao. Perhaps this is why he was able to activate his memories.

Upon closer examination, more clues can be found.

For example, after Wei Yuan established his Dao foundation, logically and emotionally he should have cultivated the "Qianqing Zhengfa Yushi Jing" like Zhang Sheng. However, for some reason, Xuan Yue Zhenjun taught him the "Taiyin Yuehua Wanxiang Pian". At the time, he didn't think anything of it, but now the more he thinks about it, the more something seems wrong.

Even the "Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon" painting practiced during the body-forging process seems to be no coincidence.

In this clash between Zhang Sheng and the Buddha Sword, the Dharma Image of the World Sword Tomb clearly showed signs of erosion over time. However, the World Sword Tomb's status was too high; the time erosion that would normally reduce the lifespan of an ordinary Yujing by a thousand years only took less than two hundred years to affect Zhang Sheng. If Zhang Sheng's Dharma Image had been slightly weaker, he would have died long ago.

Judging from the memories left by Su Chan, both the power of time erosion and the authority of Taiyin fell into the hands of the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land. This supernatural power is unique, and Zhang Sheng was afflicted by the power of time erosion. To say that the Buddha Sword has nothing to do with the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land is something Wei Yuan would never believe, even if he were beaten to death.

However, many questions remain, and one could even say that seeing this memory has only increased the number of questions. First of all, the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land has multiple paths and attainments, so why would it covet the authority of the Great Yin Dao? Unless there is a very important reason, the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land should not have formed such a deep enmity with the Tai Chu Palace, which is enough for sects to attack and exterminate its lineage.

If this lingering regret was specifically waiting for him, then there's an even bigger problem. Wei Yuan is the reincarnation of the Great Joyful King Buddha, and has a very deep connection with the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land. Why would Su Chan want to say her last words to the reincarnation of the King Buddha?

Wei Yuan's head throbbed with worry, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Delving too deeply into the matter would only touch upon cause and effect, and the darker side of things. Anyway, he'd eventually uproot the Buddha Sword, and then many of his questions would naturally be answered.

Having seen the treasure vault, Wei Yuan found that most of the treasures were of little use to him. Many of the Imperial Spirit Treasures had lost their spiritual essence over thousands of years, leaving only empty shells. They were mainly kept in the vault for commemorative purposes.

Wei Yuan then left the treasure vault without taking anything.

After viewing the treasure vault, Wei Yuan said to Master Lan Hua, "I will stay for a few more days and give my disciples some guidance during this time. Please send the list of disciples to my residence first."

Several True Immortals were somewhat skeptical, as they were far more senior than Wei Yuan, and even the youngest, True Immortal Lan Hua, had watched him grow up. Although Wei Yuan was the newly appointed Palace Master, they still didn't quite believe he could instruct the younger disciples using the Water Moon Palace's cultivation methods. Wei Yuan ignored their strange looks, and after receiving the roster, he immediately determined the order, then summoned all the disciples one by one to examine their innate talent, cultivation level, and Dao foundation characteristics in detail.

Wei Yuan examined the matter very carefully and did not deliberately avoid it.

The female disciples were particularly curious about Wei Yuan. Their reactions after the examination varied. Some chuckled, some were dazed, some were secretly pleased, and some blushed slightly, trying their best to hide it. After the examination, they hurriedly left.

The disciples of Shuiyue Palace who had completed the Dao Foundation Formation stage numbered only about fifty. With each disciple requiring less than a quarter of an hour of examination, Wei Yuan gained a comprehensive understanding of all the disciples' situations in just one day.

Most of the Body Forging disciples were still in the unified instruction phase, so Wei Yuan kept them all behind and announced that each of them would receive a Nourishing Pill every day. Of course, it wasn't the version from the Creation Temple, but rather the Qingming's own version.

Based on the current price after mass production, the efficacy of Qingming Nourishing Pill is roughly 30% of the original version from Zaohua Guan, but the price is only 1%.

Previously, disciples of the Water Moon Palace who had cultivated their bodies had to be frugal and could only afford one nourishing pill, or a pill corresponding to their cultivation level, every half month. Now, they could take them every day, which would undoubtedly greatly accelerate their cultivation progress.

Wei Yuan planned to take all the disciples above the Dao Foundation stage with him to the Ji Kingdom to farm. He wanted these beautiful young men and women to interact with real mortals and experience human life firsthand. Only by truly understanding the joys and sorrows of ordinary people could they embark on the path to great fortune.

Wei Yuan will one day perish, and he cannot bless every disciple in the hall with good fortune at all times. In the end, this is something that must be done by oneself.

Now that he has taken charge of the Water Moon Palace, Wei Yuan naturally hopes that all the disciples in the palace will uphold his ideals: to transform the world, change heaven and earth, improve the lives of mortals, and ultimately turn this world into a paradise.

Afterwards, Wei Yuan left behind several pieces of Desolate Realm Iron Stone and ordered the construction of a hot spring pool in the Water Moon Palace for the young disciples to use for body tempering. Then, all Foundation Establishment disciples were given supplementary cultivation pills, naturally, all of the Azure Nether version.

Even the Azure version is seven or eight times better than what they used in the past.

Finally, Wei Yuan left one of the True Persons who had the strangest expression towards him to guard the Water Moon Palace, and then told the other three True Persons to hurry to Qingming, so that they could go to the Desolate Realm to bask in the sun together when the next Desolate Realm Gate opened.

As for when this person who dared to disdain Wei Yuan could go to the Desolate Realm, that depended on whether she realized her mistake. As for whether she should write another short apology in private, Wei Yuan felt it was unnecessary, but if she insisted, he wouldn't refuse.

With the internal affairs of the Water Moon Palace settled in this way, when Wei Yuan visited Yan again, the two sides negotiated for a while, and finally Wei Yuan finalized the requirement to recruit 300 formal disciples and 1,700 outer disciples for the next Immortal Sect Unified Examination, making it a round number.

The disciples who passed the Immortal Sect's unified examination were all the best of the best. Even the outer disciples were of much higher quality than the Qingming cultivators.

Wei Yuan planned ahead, intending to popularize advanced template Dao Foundations among the outer disciples, mainly focusing on the Myriad Flower Golden Core path. Therefore, the more outer disciples, the better. Even if the vast majority could not achieve the Dharma Aspect stage, the number of people working in the Water Moon Palace would increase significantly.

(End of this chapter)