Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 530 A Triumphant Return, Professional Magic Weapon

After entering the Nine Mountains Realm, Zheng Fa finally felt completely relaxed, inside and out.

This time, leaving the Nine Mountains Sect, he traveled from Haori Mountain to the Heavenly River Sect. Not to mention the many dangers, he was also on tenterhooks. Although his body was not tired, his mind was full of exhaustion.

Only when he landed on the Purple Palace did he feel that his heart was at peace and settled in his stomach.

Senior Sister Zhang and her group came to greet them.

"Head!"

"Zheng Fa!"

"Alliance leader!"

A group of people shouted incoherently, one after another, chaotic yet strangely pleasing to the ear.

The crowd escorted Zheng Fa into the Heavenly Palace, all with smiles on their faces, though it was unclear what they were happy about.

Anyway, I'm quite happy.

But besides being happy, these people also felt a lingering sense of confusion and panic.

The worry on Uncle Pang's face was the most obvious, which made Zheng Fa take a second look.

The elder walked behind, listening to Uncle Pang mutter, "To be honest, whether Zheng Fa is here or not, my feelings are completely different."

"How is it different? Doesn't it still have the body of the Heavenly Emperor?"

Uncle Pang thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason. He could only shake his head and say, "It's still different. It seems that I'm not so panicked anymore."

The elder looked at Zheng Fa, smiled, and nodded slightly.

The group filed into the Heavenly Palace.

Zheng Fa sat at the head of the table, and Senior Sister Zhang sat next to him.

All the trustworthy Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect, except those who were on missions in other places, gathered at the Heavenly Palace.

Elder Yuan, Uncle Pang, Sun Daoyu, and others sat on the left.

Xie Qingxue, along with Yan Wushuang, Elder Han, Shi Nandang, and others, took their seats on the right.

This was certainly to welcome Zheng Fa's return, but the Nine Mountains Realm didn't have so much formalism; they gathered here for another purpose.

The crowd exchanged glances, until Uncle Pang finally couldn't help but ask, "The Nine Nether Emperor has established the Cycle of Reincarnation. How should our Nine Mountains respond?"

The hall fell silent for a moment.

The panic that Uncle Pang and the others had been experiencing stemmed from this: everyone understood that the rules of the Xuanwei Realm were about to undergo a major change, and the intensity of the struggles would likely reach an even higher level.

The disciples may not know, but the higher-ups in these sects understand that the Nine Mountains Sect is subtly on the opposite side of the Four Sects and is in the eye of the storm, so they are naturally uncertain.

Zheng Fa glanced at everyone's expressions and saw only unease and bewilderment.

All eyes were on him, filled with anticipation.

Zheng Fa took out a jade tube from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

Xie Qingxue spoke first: "Is this the Heavenly River Technique?"

Her eyes were fixed on the jade tube, as if it were made of magnet.

Zheng Fa lightly tapped his finger, and the jade tube flew up from the table and landed in Xie Qingxue's arms.

"Thank you, Fairy. Please feel free to look."

Xie Qingxue pursed her lips and glanced at the people around her.

Uncle Pang was nodding at her.

Xie Qingxue silently raised her hand, gripped the jade tube tightly, and eagerly began to read it.

No one in the hall made a sound, as if afraid of disturbing her.

Two incense sticks later, Xie Qingxue slowly opened her eyes, her expression relieved and her eyes filled with gratitude.

She rose, stepped over the wooden table, stood in the hall, and bowed silently to Zheng Fa, bowing once and again.

Everyone just watched silently, and even Zheng Fa did not stop them.

The suffering and torment that Xie Qingxue's lineage endured over hundreds of thousands of years since the beginning of the era is beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

For Xie Qingxue, this jade slip containing the Heavenly River Method was not just the next cultivation technique, but also the obsession of her ancestors.

The significance of this is difficult to express.

Everyone in the hall understood this, which is why they let her see it first.

After Xie Qingxue finished reading, Elder Yuan and the others passed the jade tube around for inspection.

It's impossible to learn the Heavenly River Method in a short time, but understanding the general concept is enough.

“The Heavenly River Method.” Uncle Pang closed his eyes and recalled for a long time before finally unable to stop sighing in his heart, “The Heavenly River Venerable is a man of great wisdom, courage, and benevolence.”

Everyone in the hall nodded silently, seemingly in admiration.

"With the Heavenly River Method, Fairy Xie's cultivation has hope, and the perfection of the Yellow Court Scripture is just around the corner," Uncle-Master Pang said with a smile. "Master Zheng, you've gained a lot from this trip!"

Zheng Fa smiled, and a flash appeared in his palm.

The Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram and the Four Swords slowly appeared in his hands.

Uncle Pang suddenly jumped up.

The elder man pulled hard and tore off his beard, but seemed not to notice.

The hall fell silent once more, everyone staring blankly at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

"This, this, this..."

Uncle Pang certainly recognized this thing, but he simply couldn't believe his eyes.

They knew that Zheng Fa had obtained the Heavenly River Law.

When the Nine Nether Emperor gifted the sword formation, the live stream had already stopped, so these people naturally didn't know about it.

Now that Zheng Fa has drawn the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, the teachers and fellow disciples in the hall are all in a daze, feeling a mix of confusion and surprise, as if a huge pie has fallen from the sky.

"Where did this come from?" Uncle Pang suddenly lowered his voice. "Does the Emperor know? Your Five-Colored Divine Light has become so powerful?"

"It's not that I'm criticizing you, but the Emperor is a good person. He has done great favors for the people of Xuanwei..."

Zheng Fa was at a loss for words.

I don't know if this senior uncle trusts my methods too much or doesn't trust my character enough.

"A gift from the Emperor."

"I knew the Emperor was a good person!" Uncle Pang breathed a long sigh of relief, happily reaching out to stroke the Zhuxian Sword, saying, "With this thing, our Nine Mountains Realm will have nothing to worry about."

The elders and others nodded, their expressions much more relaxed.

They could see the power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation during the live stream.

In the current situation, setting up the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation would make one virtually invincible.

Then there's nothing to worry about.

Zheng Fa shook his head, pouring cold water on the idea: "We are invincible now, but according to the Nine Nether Emperor, a Golden Immortal will appear soon."

"Even now that I wield the array diagram, I am still no match for a Golden Immortal."

Uncle Pang's smile faltered, and after a moment of silence, he said, "So, you mean we shouldn't use this sword formation either, lest we invite trouble?"

“Uncle-Master is right. The Nine Nether Emperor has established the cycle of reincarnation, which has probably offended all the Dao Fruits,” Zheng Fa agreed. “He is not afraid of retaliation now, but our Nine Mountains Sect cannot stop him.”

Once the Four Swords of Zhuxian are revealed, the relationship between Zheng Fa and the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor will be fully exposed.

The Nine Mountains Realm probably can't withstand it.

A look of worry crept onto the faces of Uncle Pang and the others.

"So this treasure is just a useless trifle?" Uncle Pang muttered.

"It's not exactly a chicken rib, it's just our last resort." Zheng Fa shook his head and said, "If pushed too far, we'll just kill indiscriminately and then run to the underworld afterwards. But we'll have to give up the Hundred Immortals Alliance and the sea area."

The elder frowned: "We've invested so much, how can we give up? Besides, we don't know what the underworld is like. If we go there, we might have to start all over again."

Zheng Fa thought about it from a deeper perspective.

The rules of the underworld are probably different from those of Xuanwei, so it's hard to say whether they're suitable for living people to cultivate. "And even if you use an array diagram, you still can't defeat a Golden Immortal..." The old man's brow furrowed, "That's a problem too."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall immediately looked worried, as if a storm was brewing and the Nine Mountains were like a lone boat in an endless raging sea, in danger of capsizing at any moment.

"Golden Immortal..."

Xie Qingxue couldn't help but let out a long sigh, which contained a sense of helplessness.

Uncle Pang smiled bitterly: "The Four Swords of Zhuxian are useless. With our limited cultivation, let alone facing a Golden Immortal, we'd probably only be a burden to someone who has attained Dao Fruit."

This saying reflects the sense of loss some people experience when they get old and feel useless.

The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive.

"Uncle-Master, didn't you see the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation?"

"The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation?"

Uncle Pang looked somewhat confused: "I only thought it was a formation, I didn't look at it closely."

The others nodded in agreement with puzzled expressions. Clearly, they had overlooked the Myriad Immortals Formation or had not yet realized its compatibility with the Nine Mountains Sect.

It was Senior Sister Zhang who spoke up.

She hadn't spoken until now, but now she said, "Junior brother, do you intend to merge this method with my Nine Mountains Immortal Formation?"

She actually guessed some of Zheng Fa's thoughts.

Uncle Pang and the others didn't understand, so they picked up the jade tubes and studied the method of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation for a long time.

That's when I roughly understood the details.

"Setting up an array with one's natal magic weapon..." Uncle Pang murmured, "It is indeed more convenient and stable than immortal arrays, and it is naturally integrated, so it can even have the power of a Dao Fruit?"

The elder, who was also the founder of the Immortal Array, stood up at this moment, his half-grown beard flying around happily: "In this way, our Immortal Array can finally transcend its limitations, and we will have the power to fight back against the Dao Fruit!"

Clearly, after carefully examining the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, they understood its significance.

"Senior Sister Zhang!" Zheng Fa suddenly called out.

"I intend to use the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to establish a legion in the Nine Mountains."

"Legion?"

Senior Sister Zhang looked at Zheng Fa with some doubt, waiting for him to explain.

“My initial idea is two major legions,” Zheng Fa said, refining his thoughts in his mind. “Sword disciples will cultivate the Four Meridians Sword Manual of the Heavenly River and form the Heavenly River Legion.”

"Normally, it is divided into four parts: Immortal Slaughter, Immortal Trapping, Immortal Slaughter, and Immortal Annihilation."

"If, at the final moment, the four departments unite and deploy the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, then we will have the strongest fighting force of the Nine Mountains Sect."

Xie Qingxue's eyes grew even more excited as she heard the words "Tianhe Legion".

The group exchanged glances and understood Zheng Fa's thoughts.

The elder clapped his hands and said, "Besides setting up the formation, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation also has the effect of mutual inspiration. If talented disciples are selected to cultivate the same sword manual, it will greatly benefit their cultivation progress."

Zheng Fa also had this idea.

The Wanxian Formation's open-source competitive approach is a supreme method for disciples to exchange what they have and what they lack.

In his plan, the Heavenly River Legion was the Nine Mountains Realm's trump card.

With the addition of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram, he now possesses the cultivation level of a top-tier True Immortal.

In the future, as the disciples of the Heavenly River Legion grow stronger, the power of the sword formation will naturally increase day by day, and one day, they will no longer fear Golden Immortals!
This can be said to be the culmination of various methods used by the Tianhe Sect back then.

……

"And what about the other legion?"

After thinking for a while, Senior Sister Zhang asked again.

“After all, the methods of the Heavenly River Legion are related to Venerable Heavenly River, so it’s not good to expose them to the public normally,” Zheng Fa explained. “It’s inconvenient to take action unless the Nine Mountains Sect is facing a life-or-death crisis or has no worries about the future.”

"Therefore, we need a second, overt military force—the Divine Firmament Legion."

Senior Sister Zhang suddenly realized: "Thunder magic?"

"Yes, my Nine Mountains Realm Thunder Technique is unparalleled in the profound and subtle realms, and it is not inferior to the Heavenly River Sword Dao."

"Compared to the Heavenly River Legion, the Divine Firmament Legion can serve as the daily external force of my Nine Mountains Sect."

"The power of the Thunder Magic is already considerable, and it has unique uses in transportation, stealth, and reconnaissance."

"Normally, they are the main combat force. Even when the Tianhe Legion takes action, they can serve as a supporting force and cooperate with the Tianhe Legion."

The thunder magic of the Nine Mountains Realm incorporates modern electromagnetic theory.

Its power goes without saying, and it has other wonderful uses compared to the Mysterious Thunder Technique.

In terms of using lightning magic for detection, communication, concealment, and transporting cultivators, the Nine Mountains Lightning Magic far surpasses that of other sects.

Furthermore, the "Divine Firmament Thunder Control True Method" that Zheng Fa learned also includes a support-type natal magic weapon like the Heaven-Shaking Drum, which boosts morale and reduces recovery time.

Therefore, although lightning magic may not seem as powerful as swordsmanship, it is actually superior in terms of overall effectiveness.

In fact, if it weren't for the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, the power of the Nine Mountains Thunder Technique might not necessarily be inferior to the Sword Dao.

Moreover, the earliest immortal formations used lightning magic, so having that foundation makes them easier to study.

In Zheng Fa's design.

The Tianhe Legion is the trump card, while the Shenxiao Legion is the daily force; the two complement each other.

"The natal magic weapons of the Tianhe Legion cultivators are the Four Swords of Zhuxian," Uncle Pang asked疑惑地, "What about the Shenxiao Legion?"

Uncle Pang's question actually hit the nail on the head.

What the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation actually requires is that the cultivators' fundamental cultivation methods are the same, and their natal magic treasures are also roughly the same.

For example, in the Myriad Swords Realm, the disciples of the Heavenly River all cultivate the Heavenly River Sword Dao and use immortal swords, which is why they can easily unite as one.

“This is something I’ve been thinking about before,” Zheng Fachao nodded to his Uncle Pang. “I want to design some standardized natal magic weapons.”

"A standard natal magic weapon?"

The word itself is familiar to everyone, but when put together, it sounds quite novel.

"Simply put, for each profession, several innate magical treasures with great potential and many uses are designed for disciples to choose from for cultivation."

Uncle Pang and the others exchanged glances, all somewhat puzzled, clearly not understanding why they had to do this.

"For example, when cultivating the sword path, we take the Four Swords of Zhuxian as the template. In this way, with the help of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the Four Swords of Zhuxian that my disciples in the Nine Mountains Sect refine will naturally become more and more powerful, and their attainments in the sword manual will become deeper and deeper."

"For example, the Thunder Path, the Heaven-Shaking Drum in the Divine Firmament Thunder Control True Method is very useful, as is the Ten Directions All-Knowing that you use for reconnaissance, Elder Han."

“Dan Dao disciples tend to focus on alchemy furnaces, array Dao disciples might be better at compasses, and talisman Dao disciples, like Senior Sister Zhang’s Flying Immortal Brush, would be very suitable, and so on.”

Zheng Fa's idea was simple: in the cultivation of alchemy, weapon crafting, array formation, and talismanic arts, there are suitable natal magic treasures and techniques.

For tasks such as reconnaissance and transportation, some personal magical artifacts are even more practical.

He wanted to identify some key projects and then use the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to iterate them rapidly, quickly improving the crafting level of these natal magic treasures and thus accelerating his disciples' cultivation.

"Of course, it doesn't mean that disciples can only choose these and can't choose their favorite natal magic treasures," Zheng Fa explained. "It's more about focusing on studying some natal magic treasures and cultivation techniques to improve the disciples' cultivation level as quickly as possible."

"Besides this reason, these disciples who cultivate the same techniques and refine standardized natal magic treasures can be linked together by the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, which can also give full play to the advantage of having more disciples from the Nine Mountains, greatly increasing their combat power."

To put it simply, it's about linking one's natal magic weapon, profession, and cultivation method together, and formalizing them in a preliminary way.

On the one hand, the situation in Xuanwei is changing too rapidly, so we need to concentrate our efforts on major tasks, focus on key challenges, enhance the combat effectiveness and self-defense capabilities of our disciples, and enable them to help each other.

On the other hand, the benefit of professional magic weapons is that they strengthen the division of labor among disciples, allowing them to conduct more in-depth research in specific fields and better absorb the research results of others, thus improving the unique cultivation path of Jiushan.

"This..." Uncle Pang pondered for a moment, then understood, "But how would we know which magic weapons are better?"

Zheng Fa looked at Shi Nandang and said, "We have to thank the man on the stone for this."

"Thank me?"

"You brought back the entire scripture hall of Haori Mountain, so of course we have to thank you, Master Shi."

Shi Nan's expression changed for a long time before he asked Zheng Fa, "Sect Leader, did you kill Lu Yao?"

His eyes were filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)