Longzang

Chapter 1190 Extracting Oil from Stone
Can oil be extracted from stones?

The answer is: Wei Yuan is not suitable, but Bao Yun is.

This was an unexpected answer, and Wei Yuan was very reluctant to admit it, but it was the truth.

From the initial construction of Ding'an City until later, Wei Yuan sent batches of young and strong men and women there to recuperate in the Azure Netherworld. After several months to a year of rest and recuperation, with plenty of food and sleep, these people grew into very strong and healthy individuals, many of whom had already developed the foundation for body forging.

Clearly, these people were of much higher quality than the average level in Qingming. Wei Yuan's decision to send them over was obviously motivated by self-interest, which drew criticism from Xiao Yu, who was also a city lord.

However, Bao Yun's contributions were different from his; what she gave Xiao Yu couldn't, so he could only mutter a few curses inwardly and let it go. Shao Yang Xing Jun seemed to have a different opinion on this, but he didn't say anything.

Yong'an City, under Xiaoyu, is Qingming's earliest and largest city. It is not far from the Immortal City and is located in a convenient location. As a result, it has a large population, but inevitably there are both good and bad people, and many unruly people.

The troublemakers naturally wouldn't dare to go against Xiaoyu, but they often did many small and strange things that were particularly tormenting to Xiaoyu's mind.

For example, A sues B: "We met on the side of the road, and he stared at me." A demands that B kneel down and apologize, be publicly shamed, and pay a certain amount of silver in compensation.

For example, in the case of woman C suing man D, who claimed that C's eyes were lewd and that D had malicious intentions, Xiao Yu only glanced at the woman's face before ruling against her on the spot.

However, Xiaoyu did not let the handsome, tall, and powerful Ding off easily. Instead, she sent someone to investigate his background and found that he was indeed married and had affairs with multiple women. Xiaoyu was furious and immediately used her supernatural powers to prevent Ding from ever having any improper relations with women other than his wife.

For Ding, this was truly an undeserved disaster. He kept protesting his innocence, claiming that no matter how many people he had affairs with, it would never be this woman, and that she was indeed making a false accusation. Xiaoyu then, citing her dissatisfaction with the verdict, had him beaten dozens of times.

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As a result, Xiaoyu dealt with these trivial matters every day, which made him angry and unstable. From then on, he dared not go on undercover investigations or impersonate low-level officials to solve cases.

At such times, he would envy Bao Yun even more, for the city was full of neat and strong elites.

However, every gain has its loss. The people of Baoyun City have all contributed their fortune, many even twice. The first time was when they first arrived in Qingming, and the second time was when they were strong and began to forge their bodies. A small number of people who had been educated and had gained wisdom contributed a third time.

In layman's terms, these large leeks have all been harvested.

In Xiaoyu's Yong'an City, many are the original leeks, such as those troublemakers who have not yet contributed any luck.

However, some unruly people are like leeks, requiring only careful cultivation; but many are actually weeds, no matter how strong they grow, they are still weeds. No matter how robust and fat they become, they will never contribute a single bit of luck, and all they do every day is curse.

This is the difference between the two cities. The cultivators of Taichu Palace didn't know this at first, but gradually came to understand Wei Yuan's arrangement.

Under Wei Yuan's guidance, the cultivators have made great progress in the path of destiny, and the human destiny cleansing has become the second way to improve aptitude, after the cultivation of divine sense in the prosperous world.

However, while the Human Fortune Cleansing is a purely high-end route that everyone in the world can use, only the initial group of people who came from the Taichu Palace can use it. Other cultivators who came later, such as the Jianmu Eight Minus One Hero, cannot use it.

Wei Yuan knew that the people of Baoyun City had contributed limited fortune, and he had always felt somewhat guilty about it, wanting to let some newcomers in. However, this immediately provoked strong dissatisfaction from the city's original residents, who questioned how these sallow-faced, thin people had managed to get in. They now considered themselves members of the Baoyun family and looked down on people from other parts of Qingming.

Bao Yun noticed a significant increase in conflicts within the city, so she stopped accepting newcomers to Qingming and raised the entry standards for citizenship to a much higher level. From then on, everyone was happy, and batches of robust newcomers joined Ding'an City, becoming its backbone.

Wei Yuan originally thought that Bao Yun's target was the children born from the "leek roots" (a term referring to people who exploit others), and that these children would definitely be of outstanding quality, not only useful but also having their fortunes completely transferred to Bao Yun. But by any calculation, it should be something that happens ten years from now.

Before the appointed time had even arrived, Wei Yuan suddenly sensed a strong fluctuation of fortune in the azure sky, indicating that someone was reaping a large amount of fortune!

He was greatly shocked, and then flew into a rage! To dare to so blatantly harvest fortune in the Azure Netherworld was tantamount to snatching food from a tiger's mouth, completely disregarding Wei Yuan!

As long as he stood in the Azure Sky, Wei Yuan dared to exchange insults with the miscellaneous immortals, so how could he tolerate such provocation?
So he broke free of his confinement and stepped out of the cave. He first glanced left and right to make sure no one was nearby before conjuring a strange flying machine. This object resembled a missile, but it had three thick legs at the bottom, which allowed it to stand upright on the ground.

Wei Yuan leaped up and stood on the tip of the flying vehicle. Immediately, spiritual energy and flames spewed from its three legs, propelling it straight into the sky. Then, with a sudden twist, as if kicked by an immortal, it instantly changed to flying sideways. Then, the main body of the flying vehicle spewed out long streams of flame, its speed increasing dramatically, far surpassing that of ordinary miscellaneous immortals.

And so Wei Yuan vanished like the wind and fire in an instant! A moment later, those high above sensed the changes on the ancestral land and gazed upon it, only to discover that Wei Yuan was about to fly into the azure sky.

Some of the powerful beings in the heavens were surprised, some were indifferent, and some were puzzled, not understanding what Wei Yuan was trying to do.

But everyone understood one thing: Wei Yuan's speed was even faster than that of ordinary immortals. If he was just traveling back and forth between the Lü family's ancestral land and Qingming, it would be really difficult to intercept him. By the time they noticed, he had already covered most of the distance.

As the powerful beings were devising their own strategies, suddenly a great black aura surged in the celestial realm, the wind carried a foul stench, and countless ghostly heads appeared and disappeared intermittently!
In the center of the demonic black wind, Zhu Yan, holding a crystal skull, strolled around, attracting all the gazes directed at Wei Yuan, before disappearing into the void.

The powerful figures then remembered that another scourge had recently appeared in the Immortal Realm. At least for now, this fellow was far more troublesome than Wei Yuan.

In the short time since entering the Immortal Realm, Zhu Yan has unleashed three immortal treasures and severely injured two immortals. This accuracy has caused the immortals' opinion of Zhu Yan to rise sharply, and they no longer dare to walk in the dark with their faces covered.

In the short time it took, Wei Yuan had already entered Qingming. Then, a beam of light shot out from Qingming Immortal City, soaring straight into the sky. The light exploded in the air, transforming into a giant middle finger, pointing at the immortals in the heavens!

Such childish behavior was truly unexpected by the immortals. However, the immortals suddenly realized that this act of pointing fingers and cursing at them in front of the whole world was really infuriating. Several of them felt their Dao hearts wavering and wanted to use some methods to teach Wei Yuan a lesson.

Once Wei Yuan entered the Azure Sky, he was like a fish in water, his speed increased by another 30%, and he became silent and stealthy. Wherever he passed, it was like a spring breeze sweeping across the plains, leaving no trace.

In the blink of an eye, he was above Qingwu City, where he saw Bao Yun singing her heart out on the stage. Hundreds of thousands of people below were dancing to her rhythm, completely captivated!
After the song ended, Bao Yun's forehead was slightly sweaty. Suddenly, she placed one hand on her chest and the other behind her back, bowing deeply to the audience below the stage, her demeanor indescribably elegant and beautiful.

The people below the stage are all ordinary mortals. When have they ever seen a high and mighty deity bow and thank them?
A deafening roar of screams erupted from the audience, and many people fainted on the spot from the excitement. The city guards, who were prepared, immediately carried the unconscious people out. However, although Bao Yun had clearly deployed 10,000 city guards, more than 9,000 of them were also screaming, and only a few hundred were still doing their jobs.

Wei Yuan stood in the air, watching in astonishment as those people managed to release a wisp of energy from their bodies before they fainted, which then flew towards Bao Yun.

Even when people are unconscious, they still don't forget to contribute their luck. How crazy can they be? Bao Yun could probably send them to the ends of the earth with just a word.

Next, Bao Yun sang several more songs while dancing gracefully, captivating Wei Yuan completely.

After several dances, Wei Yuan had only four words to say: "Excellent in both singing and dancing... no, unparalleled in the world."

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the renaming ceremony of Qingwu City was finally completed. Half of the city's residents were still reluctant to leave, lingering around the empty platform for a long time.

Wei Yuan was speechless. He had just watched as 500,000 viewers contributed a million units of luck! How many real things would he have to do, how many ordinary people's lives and destinies would he have to change, to get a million units of luck?

Moreover, in Wei Yuan's eyes, these people were originally like stones from which no luck could be extracted. Now, these stones are exuding oil right in front of Wei Yuan, without needing to be squeezed at all.

Wei Yuan suddenly had a crazy idea: if Bao Yun's songs and dances were simultaneously transmitted to all parts of Qingming, wouldn't the three hundred million people of Qingming be able to immediately extract the luck of six hundred million people? Wei Yuan would even dare to kill his way to the Immortal Heaven and exchange three curses with the Venerable Lord!
However, Wei Yuan seemed to be deep in thought, as if there was something wrong with using the Heavenly Demonic Appearance for this purpose.

As Wei Yuan was pondering, his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Bao Yun waving at him from afar. Wei Yuan's figure flashed, and he walked side by side with Bao Yun. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the center of the high platform and stood together beside the small tree.

A Seven Wonders Tree appeared above Bao Yun's head, its branches and leaves swaying as it continuously poured the luck it had just gained onto the sapling, like a light drizzle.

Wei Yuan carefully examined the sapling, and the illusory figure on the lotus platform of the Pure Land Temple also opened its eyes, looking down at the same time as the Heavenly Demon in the Underworld Palace of the Yellow Springs Cave.

Gradually, Wei Yuan noticed something amiss, his expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed, "Ancestor Huang Yun?!"

Bao Yun nodded gently and said, "I couldn't bear to see the Ancestor adrift in the cycle of reincarnation, so I came up with this method myself. With the help of the luck that was just gathered, and using a bit of karma as a guide, this sapling can draw upon the scattered karma of the Ancestor throughout the myriad realms. Then, as it grows, it will receive constant worship from the townspeople. In this way, in the endless cycle of reincarnation, it will be like a lighthouse that only the Ancestor can see. When the Ancestor's reincarnation has achieved cultivation, he may be inspired and come to this place on his own."

When Wei Yuan thought of True Lord Huangyun, he was filled with countless emotions, and could only let out a sigh.

Bao Yun was also a little tired, so she leaned back against Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan naturally reached out and put his arm around her waist. Little did he know that this embrace would undo all the hard work he had put into cultivating his wild roar over the past few months.

(End of this chapter)