Longzang

Chapter 598 Enlightenment
After his promotion, Wei Yuan's top priority was to refine the sub-hall of the Hall of Merit and advance it to the next level. Once the sub-hall was advanced, it would be able to trade all materials and resources at the Dharma Aspect level.

The process of refining was relatively simple, and Wei Yuan had already accumulated a considerable amount of experience beforehand.

Each time someone makes an exchange or contribution through the sub-palace, it generates a slight refining effect on the sub-palace. Although the effect of a single refining is not significant, as the Qingming forces grow stronger, more and more Taichu Palace disciples come to make exchanges. In addition, local Qingming cultivators also have many exchange needs, all of which need to be completed through Taichu Palace disciples. Over time, the accumulated refining effect becomes quite considerable.

Years of battles have resulted in Qingming accumulating an astonishing amount of merit.

In the battles against the Witch Clan, Qingming has killed more than four million Witch Clan members, including more than five thousand Dao Foundation cultivators, nearly a hundred Great Witches and Dharma Aspect level Witch Clan members, and even some Nether Witches have died in battle.

Therefore, little by little, the child has already been upgraded once, and now the accumulation is almost saturated. Only a certain amount of Imperial-level materials are needed to complete the refining.

Wei Yuan only had a few hundred million catties of Imperial-grade materials.

Therefore, although Wei Yuan felt a little reluctant, he still took out a full five hundred catties of Nether Iron and completed the upgrade of the Merit Hall's sub-hall. In an instant, a flash of immortal light appeared, and the Merit Hall's sub-hall was completely renewed.

The upgraded sub-hall has been expanded from one to two stories, increasing its height to ten zhang and its area to twenty zhang square. The number of exchange platforms on the ground floor has increased to ten, and the number of sacrifice points has also increased to three.

A spirit pool has appeared beneath the osmanthus tree, its edges edged with jade railings, and its water clear and blue. From now on, any large items available for exchange will be generated from this pool.

The second floor of the Hall of Merit has added a Meditation Hall, a Dharma Enlightenment Room, and a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. The Meditation Hall is used for reading materials; being in it can increase one's spiritual awareness by 20% and greatly improve reading speed.

The Enlightenment Chamber is specifically designed for cultivation materials for those at the Imperial Realm level. If one wishes to study Imperial Realm Daoist texts, the Enlightenment Chamber is an indispensable place.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion can directly communicate with the elders on duty at the Hall of Merit and Merit to discuss matters related to merit and merit.

Wei Yuan was filled with curiosity about the Enlightenment Chamber. At this moment, his total Dao power had already surpassed the threshold of the Imperial Realm. Although the essence of his Dao power was still somewhat inferior to that of Hongye and Su Xuejing, he had the advantage of quantity, and was already able to wield a few Imperial Realm level Dao techniques.

Cultivators at the Realm of Ascension, especially those in the mid-to-late stages, represent a fundamental and significant improvement compared to cultivators at the Dharma Aspect level. Many Daoist techniques at the Realm of Ascension only have basic templates and require cultivators to modify them according to the characteristics of their own mental world in order to transform them into their own Daoist techniques.

The mere modification of the Daoist template is enough to stump 90% of Dharma Aspect cultivators. Of course, these 90% of Dharma Aspect cultivators also have virtually no chance of achieving the Imperial Realm.

The foundation of the Yujing Daoist Method lies in the Mind-Image World. Even a newly formed Mind-Image World possesses enough power to overwhelm the vast majority of Dharma Images, and the Daoist methods based on it are naturally extremely powerful.

The Enlightenment Chamber is small, only about ten feet square, but it is of paramount importance, serving as one of the core elements of the entire magical artifact. Here, one can remotely perceive the enlightenment insights left behind by senior cultivators, which greatly aids in cultivation.

Wei Yuan first browsed through some of the Imperial Landscape Daoist templates, and finally selected a few that were relatively easy: Heavenly Fire Rain, Thunder Prison Forest, Mountain Moving Technique, and Five Elements Daoist Soldiers.

The first three Daoist techniques each have corresponding versions at the Dharma Aspect level, which Wei Yuan is relatively familiar with, and the power of the Imperial Landscape template is even greater. However, Wei Yuan did not aim too high, but instead chose the Five Elements Daoist Weapon, whose difficulty can be adjusted, to comprehend.

The Imperial Dao Technique had consumed a great deal of energy. After all, Wei Yuan's Mortal World was not yet a true mental world, and had not yet undergone the tempering of the Heavenly Tribulation... No, hadn't it just undergone two Heavenly Tribulations? Generally, after a Dharma Body enters the Mental World realm, it will develop true spirituality through the tempering of Heavenly Tribulation lightning, thus completing the transformation from Dharma Body to Mental World. But Wei Yuan wasn't quite sure what state his Mortal World was in right now.

However, the human world is still quite immature and fragile. Wei Yuan did not want to over-extract its energy and damage his foundation by using the powerful Yu Jing Dao Fa. Therefore, he chose the most basic and controllable Five Elements Dao Weapons as his entry point.

The jade paper could no longer hold the Imperial View Dao Scripture, so all spell exchanges took place in the Enlightenment Chamber. Wei Yuan used his divine sense to communicate with the core of the Merit Hall and chose to exchange for the Five Elements Dao Weapon and Dao Technique. In an instant, two hundred Heavenly Merits disappeared, and a small fraction of his tens of thousands of Heavenly Merits changed.

Looking back, it took a whole day after Wei Yuan shot Hongye to gain 30,000 Heavenly Merits.

Clearly, the elders had a great deal of disagreement about this matter, but judging from the final increase in Heavenly Merit, it was not only given according to the standards of the Imperial Realm level, but also according to the standards of a late-stage genius.

Wei Yuan felt somewhat unworthy of this great achievement. After all, Hongye had come to her death on her own; even if Wei Yuan hadn't made any plans, she would have shot herself anyway.

Although he felt guilty, Wei Yuan had no intention of returning the Heavenly Merit. Qingming urgently needed various high-end resources, and Ancestor Xuanyue also lacked a fine robe; the Heavenly Merit would never be enough.

After the exchange was completed, a rich immortal light instantly illuminated the Enlightenment Chamber, and countless tiny runes appeared on the four walls. At the same time, wisps of Daoist rhyme were generated, constantly impacting Wei Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

These runes are all Daoist runes, capable of carrying Daoist essence. Individual runes do not have a specific meaning, but change depending on the Daoist essence they carry. The method of comprehending the Daoist technique of Yujing is quite unique. It requires using one's entire divine sense to perceive the runes, obtain their true meaning, and then piece together the complete true meaning.

This is like tearing a piece of paper filled with writing into many small pieces, and then piecing it back together. The more pieces you can see and remember at once, the faster you can piece it back together.

The general outline of the Five Elements Daoist Army alone could fill dozens of pages of jade paper, and it contains tens of thousands of Daoist principles, which are far beyond what a piece of jade paper can contain.

At this moment, the Five Elements Daoist Military Treatise has been engraved in the Enlightenment Chamber, and Wei Yuan can come to comprehend it at any time. However, before he completes his comprehension, this Enlightenment Chamber cannot accommodate other Imperial Landscape Daoist techniques.

Wei Yuan, quick-witted, sensed the surrounding Daoist energy in vast quantities, simultaneously comprehending it on his own and simultaneously replicating it and storing it in Renjian Yanhuo. Renjian Yanhuo was not yet familiar with this new method of enlightenment, but he could record and preserve it for now. The Daoist energy could be stored with the young girl Yin Yang, and he could gradually comprehend it later.

The girl possesses an extremely high level of Yin and Yang essence, so maintaining her Daoist aura is not a problem.

Gradually, a void appeared before Wei Yuan's eyes, and the outline of a Dao soldier slowly emerged, followed by the continuous filling in of details.

The Dao soldier before him gave Wei Yuan a sense of familiarity. He searched his memory and suddenly realized that this Dao soldier was somewhat similar to the Seven Star Reincarnation Body. The Seven Star Reincarnation Body was based on precious materials and replaced some of the functions of the Dao soldier's body, allowing it to exist for a long time.

If this book, "Seven Stars Reincarnated," was indeed written by Yun Xihe, the founder of the Lan Shen Palace, then it is very likely that it evolved from the Daoist techniques of the Five Elements Daoist Soldiers. Yun Xihe was just a minor Dharma Aspect cultivator back then, and it is said that his talent was also quite ordinary. How could he have modified and improved the Yu Jing Daoist techniques on his own?

Wei Yuan realized that the predecessor of Qingming, Lan Shen Palace, might not be as simple as it seemed. Even the fact that the nameless immortal left the Qingming Immortal Stone here might not have been entirely a coincidence.

(End of this chapter)