Longzang

Chapter 575 The Patriarch's Instructions
This sea of ​​lightning originated from a bolt of celestial lightning struck down by Xu Wangu. The celestial lightning not only struck the physical body but also attacked the sea of ​​consciousness. As a result, not only was a wisp of celestial lightning that entered the mortal realm swallowed whole by the three-eyed bird-headed creature in the moon, but the celestial lightning that attacked the physical body was also affected, with a small portion being torn away and falling into the mouth of the three-eyed bird-headed creature as well.

The bird-headed creature swallowed the celestial lightning, pondered it for a moment, and then spat it out, seemingly finding it unpalatable. However, the celestial lightning it had swallowed transformed into the lightning paste before it, forming this small sea of ​​lightning that remained condensed and no longer emitted any lightning light.

This change delighted Wei Yuan; the celestial lightning had transformed into lightning slurry, but its essence remained unchanged. This was an excellent opportunity to study the methods of immortals up close. He immediately used his authority as a Creator Immortal Venerable to retrieve a cup of lightning slurry and sent it to the central city, instructing all major research institutes to study it with full force.

Outside Hanyang Pass, Wei Yuan finally saw Xu Lanshan up close and gained a direct understanding of this woman. Although they hadn't directly clashed yet, Wei Yuan already felt the pressure. This woman's strength was probably only slightly inferior to Su Xuejing's, and even in a fair fight, Wei Yuan wasn't confident of victory.

However, this woman seemed to possess a certain integrity, and Wei Yuan favored opponents with principles and a bottom line, finding enemies like himself most repulsive. A gentleman can be deceived by his own principles; if Wei Yuan could find a way to lure her into a decisive battle in the Azure Netherworld, things would be much easier.

Even within the Azure Netherworld, Su Xuejing could only manage a draw against Wei Yuan, let alone Xu Lanshan. With the causal markings and automatic counterattacks of the Peerless Dao Domain, Wei Yuan could easily overwhelm her with hundreds of Dao techniques. Looking across the entire Great Tang World, Wei Yuan felt that no human Dharma Aspect cultivator possessed more Dao power than himself while seated within the Azure Netherworld, excluding other races.

The alien races have all sorts of strange and wonderful shapes. Some races are thousands of feet tall even when they are young. Even when they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, their magical power is much greater than Wei Yuan's at present.

The Azure Stone is originally a celestial stone, but disregarding the power of its domain, its various special effects are at least equivalent to half a celestial artifact. Celestial artifacts are extremely rare; many immortals have experienced the predicament of having no celestial artifacts at their disposal for the first few hundred years after achieving immortality. Most immortals never handle more than three celestial artifacts in their entire lives.

Not only are immortal artifacts rare, but they are also not something anyone can use. Even if an immortal artifact were given to a Dharma Aspect cultivator, the cultivator would probably be drained of life force as soon as it was activated. Only a Realm-Controlling cultivator, who activates it through their Mind World, could possibly unleash an attack with an immortal artifact.

However, the Azure Nether is special, as it is originally a boundary stone. Therefore, standing within the Azure Nether, Wei Yuan, as the realm lord, is essentially wielding a near-immortal artifact, which he can use at will. Looking at all the Dharma forms in the world, as long as the battle takes place within the Azure Nether, Wei Yuan doesn't feel he would fear anyone.

Wei Yuan had already figured this out himself. During the time Su Xuejing stayed in Qingming, she had also come to a clearer understanding of the situation, so she stopped mentioning sparring. Mainly, she had come to know Wei Yuan to some extent afterward and knew that if she accidentally lost a move or two in a sparring match, Wei Yuan would nag her so much that she would lose her composure.

What worried Su Xuejing even more was that Wei Yuan would refuse to spar again after winning one round. Once this thought arose, she couldn't suppress it. So, Su Xuejing, who had already entered the Heavenly Dao, knew that this was not a guess, but something that was bound to happen, and therefore she would never spar with Wei Yuan again.

At this point, Wei Yuan had already set up a trap for Xu Lanshan; it was just a matter of whether she would take the bait.

Wei Yuan studied the Thunder Pool for a while, then took a stroll through the everyday life of the common people, focusing on the planned island. Countless deep pits had already been dug on the island, most of them square and upright, with rows of reinforced steel bars erected at the bottom, and some pits had already begun to be filled with concrete.

Nothing else seemed out of the ordinary yet, but Wei Yuan had a feeling that beneath the calm surface, some storm was brewing.

But the source of any storm was the girl Yin Yang. Wei Yuan went to look at the girl Yin Yang and saw her standing quietly in the same spot, motionless, with only a faint light flashing in her eyes, looking like she lacked luck and couldn't do any work.

Wei Yuan circled her twice, lost in thought. In the blink of an eye, her clothes began to slip off, one by one.

Wei Yuan felt slightly relieved, thinking she was still under control. But when he tried again to get her to put her clothes back on, this time it didn't work. It seemed her accumulated luck was only enough for this one move.

Wei Yuan felt somewhat guilty, thinking he shouldn't have wasted his precious luck on such a trivial matter. However, now that the purple luck was gone, Wei Yuan couldn't very well go and play a few games of chess with Canglong Shi and the others; that would be beneath him and make it seem like he hadn't gained any luck.

Wei Yuan now possesses considerable expertise in how to gain respect and acquire fortune, deeply understanding the principles of feigning indifference, feigning reluctance, giving before taking, and so on. Great masters like Xuanjizi and Canglongshi are arrogant and haughty; winning their sincere submission is harder than killing them.

Therefore, matters of destiny cannot be rushed. We must wait until they think they have thoroughly studied Wei Yuan's chess moves, have figured out all the subsequent moves, and then confidently come to Wei Yuan to play chess. Only then will Wei Yuan make a move that is as ethereal as a celestial being, leaving them utterly stunned and losing their composure. Only then will they be completely subdued, contributing their destiny to reach a higher level, and the young girl will be able to remove more yin and yang... no, do more things.

Having thought this through, Wei Yuan decided not to argue anymore. He checked the surrounding formation and found it to be fairly stable, so he left the place.

At this moment, a pile of Nether Iron ore, weighing tens of millions of kilograms, has appeared on the western coast of the central city. Anyone standing around the pile of ore will experience palpitations, accelerated blood circulation, and other symptoms.

Since most of the Netherworld ore was not needed for the time being, it all sank to the western seabed. Wei Yuan's plan was to excavate the entire Netherworld Mountain and then build a small island there, in accordance with the Western concept of refined gold.

If this island is completed, and the Langya Divine Tree is transplanted here, the Mind World will be even more perfect, and Wei Yuan's Dao Power will have an extra wisp of sharp metal true meaning, greatly increasing its sharpness and killing power.

Just then, Wei Yuan suddenly felt someone calling him from outside, so he regained consciousness. At this time, Wei Yuan had already quietly returned to Qingming from the front line of Hanyang Pass, and had assembled a force of 20,000 men to go to Hanyang Pass to provide support.

Wei Yuan's plan was that if the Xu family became enraged and launched a war, then in the early stages, they would fight under the name of the Extinction Gang, mainly to kill as many of the Xu family's elite forces as possible.

Once the Xu family suffers more than 100,000 casualties, escalate the war and have the Qingming troops establish a defensive line dozens of miles behind the small mountain to stop the Xu family's army from advancing westward. At that time, Wei Yuan will be on the defensive, while the Xu family will be on the offensive.

Wei Yuan would record all the images, and then complain to the King of Jin while distributing them throughout the land, denouncing the Xu family for taking advantage of the chaos after he had just finished fighting the Wu tribe. He argued that if this matter was not stopped, who in the world would be willing to resist foreign tribes?

As for the fact that the Extinction Heaven Gang provoked them first, killing dozens of Xu family soldiers with a few cannon shots, Wei Yuan naturally wouldn't record that in the footage. Wei Yuan had learned the true meaning of the sage's writing of the Spring and Autumn Annals.

Even if someone were to use this to criticize Wei Yuan, he would not be afraid. It was the bandits who did it; what did it have to do with him?
When his consciousness returned, Wei Yuan saw a woman in red sitting in front of him. On the table next to her were several storybooks, the very ones he had taken from his storage treasures.

Zhu Yuanjin took a storybook from the table and asked, "Anything similar?"

Wei Yuan took the book and read it. It was about a woman who was framed and died tragically, but was reborn ten years in the past thanks to a protective magic treasure. However, she still remembered what happened in her previous life. As a result, her personality changed drastically. She was no longer gentle and kind. She tore apart her rivals in love and eventually reunited with the emperor and the prince.

Seeing that Master Yuan Jin finally gave instructions, Wei Yuan hurriedly said, "Yes! Of course! It's just that you'll have to wait a day. Come and pick it up at this time tomorrow."

A rare smile appeared on Zhu Yuanjin's perpetually unchanging face. He nodded and then disappeared.

Wei Yuan stared in astonishment at the wisp of purple energy slowly descending into his sea of ​​consciousness! He quickly recovered and immediately ordered Human Fireworks to begin writing their stories. With so many brilliant minds, what kind of story couldn't they write?
(End of this chapter)