Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 542 The Second Avatar, Tianhe Forms an Army

Ideals are bright and glorious, but reality is often bleak and dismal.

To control the Hundred Immortals Alliance by using the underground magnetic field is tantamount to one thing—the entire Hundred Immortals Alliance will embark on an unprecedented large-scale infrastructure project.

This massive infrastructure project is destined to be arduous, chaotic, and exhausting, with no trace of ethereal elegance.

Only through such hard work and sweat could the Nine Mountains Sect create a celestial kingdom on earth.

"Uncle Pang, please ask you and Fairy Xiao to conduct another survey of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, this time focusing on the distribution of the earth's magnetic veins."

Uncle-Master Pang and Xiao Yuying exchanged a glance, then bowed in unison and said, "Yes!"

The reason for entrusting these two men to conduct the exploration was clear to everyone else:

Uncle Pang's Void-Piercing Spiritual Eye has now reached its highest level, not to mention Xiao Yuying's Yuan Magnetic Dao Body.

"Elder Xuanhua."

"exist!"

"Setting up the Yuan Magnetic Network requires designing and manufacturing certain magical artifacts, as well as modifying the Divine Firmament Flying Boat and various factories. The Heavenly Craft Pavilion has a heavy task."

"Don't worry, Sect Leader!"

Madam Zheng Fachao nodded gently and said with a smile, "The Tiangong Pavilion has made great contributions to the development of our Jiushan Sect. If you have any needs or difficulties, please feel free to ask me."

Madam Xuanhua nodded solemnly.

Zheng Fa then turned his gaze to Ancestor Jiushan and Senior Sister Zhang: "Ancestor, the Lingshan Method is still somewhat rudimentary. I would like to ask you to cooperate with Senior Sister Zhang to improve the Lingshan Method using the Innate Eight Trigrams to match the Yuan Magnetic Network."

Even the childlike Patriarch Jiushan solemnly agreed at this moment.

After Zheng Fa's demonstration and explanation, even a child could understand the significance of the Yuan Magnetic Network to the entire Jiushan Sect:
In modern terms, this would be a complete transportation, industrial, and defense system.

It is no exaggeration to call it a great achievement of the Jiushan Sect for all time.

The group returned to the Purple Palace, and the elders with missions went to their respective departments to select disciples and begin their work.

Suddenly, the Heavenly Palace, which had been packed with people, became much emptier.

"Junior brother, what are you going to do?" Senior Sister Zhang asked.

"I have more than just the ability to hide my inner world in my sleeve."

"One Qi transforms into Three Pure Ones?"

It is precisely because of the transformation of Qi into Three Pure Ones that, after Zheng Fa's cultivation level advances, the power of his innate divine abilities will naturally increase.

However, the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones is different; this supernatural power requires Zheng Fa to go into seclusion and condense another clone.

After advancing to the Mahayana stage, Zheng Fa will be able to obtain another clone.

Senior Sister Zhang couldn't help but look at the Heavenly Emperor's form in the sky and asked curiously, "What kind of cultivation technique is your clone planning to practice?"

"The Heavenly River Law".

“The Heavenly River Technique…” Senior Sister Zhang’s expression shifted, as if she understood. “Yes, it can only be the Heavenly River Technique.”

……

In Zheng Fa's courtyard, the Heavenly Emperor stood outside the door, gazing at the quiet room where Zheng Fa was in seclusion, his eyes filled with anticipation.

The courtyard was filled with spiritual energy. After half an incense stick's time, the glow of dawn shone through the window lattice, and auspicious clouds carrying three golden flowers burst through the roof of the quiet room, one of which shone with a brilliant blue light.

It was high in the sky, the sun was blazing.

But this blue light was even more dazzling than the sun's rays.

A human figure faintly appeared in the blue light. As the spiritual energy gradually dissipated, the human figure became more and more lifelike, eventually transforming into the appearance of Zheng Fa.

He was dressed in white, his body as tall as a lone bamboo, his face arrogant, and his eyes sharp as he glanced at the surroundings.

A scroll unfurled and closed behind him, slowly unleashing boundless killing intent.

Ga~
Zheng Fa himself pushed open the door and came out, looking up with a helpless expression.

He considered himself an honest man, and in his Heavenly Emperor form, he was an even more diligent and hardworking ox, but in his Sword Dao form, he was a bit flamboyant.

Indeed, what he has condensed this time is the Sword Dao Body. To be precise, this clone uses the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram as its natal magic weapon and cultivates the Heavenly River Four Meridians Sword Manual.

In Zheng Fa's view, the large array built using the Yuan Magnetic Network was merely the basic defensive force of the Nine Mountains Sect.

It might be able to handle ordinary cultivators, but against the top cultivators of the Xuanwei Realm, such as True Immortals or even Golden Immortals, relying solely on the earth vein's magnetic field might be insufficient.

The Heavenly River Legion, or perhaps the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, are the Nine Mountains Sect's trump cards.

This tactic became increasingly important as the Hundred Immortals Alliance began its large-scale infrastructure construction.

Zheng Fa once heard a joke in modern times: "My neighbor grows grain, I manufacture guns; my neighbor is my granary."

But if the Nine Mountains Sect were to cultivate the land, they would end up becoming this neighbor...

He would find it hard to laugh at this joke again.

"Aren't you coming down?" Zheng Fa asked, seeing Kendo still standing on the roof. "How about it?"

Sword Dao leaped down from the rooftop, a slight smile playing on his lips: "With me here, Jiushan is as stable as Mount Tai. If anyone dares to be so blind, I will make sure they know that those who offend Jiushan, no matter how far away, will be punished!"

"..."

Zheng Fa was speechless. This clone was so childish that he didn't know how to start a conversation.

Beside him, the Heavenly Emperor said in a low voice, "I remember that the personalities of the clones created by the Three Pure Ones are influenced by the original body."

"You mean me? Him?" Zheng Fa pointed to himself, then glanced at the swordsman, and after thinking for a while, he said with certainty, "You don't understand! It must be the effect of the cultivation technique on the cultivator!"

"..."

"The cultivation technique corresponding to this Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram is flawed... The Nine Nether Demon Ancestor has misled me!"

The Heavenly Emperor stared at him for a long time before finally squeezing out a reply through gritted teeth: "Heh."

Zheng Fa felt a little guilty and quickly changed the subject: "Are you confident in advancing the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram?"

Kendo glanced at him, said nothing, but the corners of his mouth curved up by fifteen degrees.

Zheng Fa said quietly, "You'd better be really sure..."

His primary purpose in condensing his sword body was to upgrade the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram.

The sword-wielding body, which uses the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram as its natal magic weapon, is connected to the Heavenly River Legion using the Myriad Immortals Formation technique, making it 50% stronger than Zheng Fa himself.

Not to mention, through the Myriad Immortals Formation method, this sword-wielding body can gradually strengthen the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram, which is many times faster than Zheng Fa's own crafting.

The power of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram is currently only among the top True Immortals, or rather, between True Immortals and Golden Immortals.

Enabling him to break through to the Golden Immortal realm is crucial for the Nine Mountains Sect to cope with the future emergence of Golden Immortals.

On the other hand, Zheng Fa really didn't have time to devote himself to the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram—perhaps other cultivators would be obsessed with the power of the formation diagram, but he himself understood that this formation diagram was not his foundation, and could only be regarded as a means of protecting his path.

However, such a treasure cannot be given to others to possess.

Whoever controls the Immortal Slaughtering Formation can be considered the Commander-in-Chief of the Nine Mountains Sect's armed forces, and this position can only be held by Zheng Fa himself now.

Uncle Pang had privately advised him that this array diagram should not be given to anyone else, not even Senior Sister Zhang.

Uncle Pang, Elder Yuan, and Uncle Huang were alright; the disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect before them were not entirely unacceptable.

However, the newcomers like Madam Xuanhua and the newly joined disciples had a different feeling about Senior Sister Zhang. In their hearts, Senior Sister Zhang's identity was more that of a high-ranking member of the sect.

If there's anything special about Senior Sister Zhang, it's probably that in their eyes, her identity as a Daoist partner is even more special.

Thinking of this, Zheng Fa looked towards Senior Sister Zhang's courtyard.

This change seems natural, but it appears that someone is subtly pushing it forward. In recent years, although Senior Sister Zhang has continued to help with internal affairs, even more so than Zheng Fa himself, she rarely steps into the limelight.

Just as he was deep in thought, Kendo suddenly spoke up: "Wait."

"Ok?"

"He will help you handle miscellaneous matters in the Nine Mountains Realm and gather incense offerings, while I will help you refine array diagrams and enhance your strength."

"Correct."

"What about you?"

Zheng Fasun said solemnly, "I have other important matters to attend to." Jian Dao narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning: "What important matters?"

“My senior sister helped me a lot in my early years. Now that I have advanced to the Mahayana stage, it is only right that I repay her in some way.” Zheng Fa said sincerely, “I will help her with her cultivation.”

"...Is the 'helping her cultivate' you're talking about the same kind of 'helping her cultivate' I'm thinking of?"

Zheng Fa solemnly said, "Do you know that if my Nine Mountains Sect has one more Mahayana cultivator, its strength will increase by one point? Since that is the case, as the sect leader, I naturally have an inescapable responsibility."

"..."

Watching Zheng Fafei leave, the swordsman turned his head to look at the Heavenly Emperor, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke: "Isn't this division of labor a bit unreasonable?"

The Heavenly Emperor chuckled and said, "I think so too."

"Right?"

"Shall we switch?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Daoshen stopped complaining—cultivating the Heavenly River Method was certainly not as comfortable as dual cultivation, but was the Divine Path Method something for humans to cultivate?

……

Three days later, Zheng Facai walked out of Senior Sister Zhang's courtyard.

It wasn't that he could only last three days, but even if he delegated the difficult tasks to his two clones, there were still many things at the Nine Mountains Sect that he needed to personally oversee.

One of them is what I mentioned before: to start lecturing on the "Huang Ting Jing".

The second, and more important, was the ceremony for the formation and sword-granting of the Tianhe Legion.

On the parade ground of Xuanwuyuan Military Academy, 108 Nascent Soul cultivators and 436 Golden Core cultivators stood in four teams.

Their figures resembled vigorous pine trees, and they made no sound at all; even their breathing was so soft and inaudible that it seemed as if they were one with one breath.

A breeze picked up on the playground, and the sound of the wind made them seem even quieter.

Yan Wushuang stood at the front of a group, her eyes filled with complex emotions as she looked at the high platform in front of the group.

On the high platform, Zheng Fa stood first, with Xie Qingxue and the others standing behind him.

Yan Wushuang's gaze swept across Xie Qingxue's face, noticing that her expression was also somewhat inscrutable, and she knew that Xie Qingxue was thinking the same thing as her:

The Four Swords of Zhuxian... are ultimately the most precious treasures of the Tianhe Sect.

Today, he was to be ordained as a disciple by Zheng Fa. Although he and his senior sister were also "accomplices," he still felt a little sad.

On the high platform, Zheng Fa's gaze swept across the faces of the more than five hundred disciples, as if he were trying to memorize each one's features.

"After being selected by the military academy and assessed by the instructors, you have demonstrated superb swordsmanship and exceptional character, making you worthy of being pillars of the sect."

There was a slight commotion among the disciples.

"As decided by the Nine Mountains Elders' Meeting, you have all been selected for the Sword Dao Legion, codenamed 'Tianhe'!"

Suddenly the wind picked up, blowing up dust that rushed towards Yan Wushuang and the others.

But they didn't blink, only their breathing became a little heavier.

"Li Lingfeng is hereby appointed as the chief of the Tianhe Legion's Immortal Trapping Division."

"Appointed...as the chief of the Immortal Slaughtering Division."

"Appointed...as the chief of the Immortal Extinction Division."

Yan Wushuang waited quietly, and sure enough, he heard his name called: "Yan Wushuang is appointed as the chief of the Zhuxian Department."

He knew that this chief position was not stable; it only represented that his current mastery of the "Zhu Xian Sword Manual" surpassed that of others.

But if someone more talented comes along and surpasses him in the future, then he will lose his position as chief.

On the high platform, Xie Qingxue took two steps forward, holding the Immortal-Trapping Sword in both hands, turned her body to the side, and faced Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa nodded slightly, then stretched out both hands, presented the Immortal-Trapping Sword to his face, and called out to the audience:
"Li Lingfeng, Chief of the Trapping Immortals Division, receive the Trapping Immortals Sword!"

A disciple stepped out from the queue, slowly ascended the high platform, bowed to Zheng Fa, and then accepted the Immortal-Trapping Sword.

"...Receive the Immortal Slaughtering Sword!"

"...Receive the Immortal Sword!"

"Yan Wushuang, Chief of the Zhuxian Department, receive the Zhuxian Sword!"

Yan Wushuang stepped up the stairs with a stern face and walked up to Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa looked into his eyes, smiled gently, and handed him the Zhuxian Sword.

Yan Wushuang took a deep breath and lifted the Zhuxian Sword.

The Zhuxian Sword was naturally not heavy for him, a Nascent Soul cultivator—but at this moment, he felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, afraid that he would not be able to hold it steady, and the veins on his fingers were bulging.

He and the other three chief disciples stood in front of Zheng Fa, turned around, and faced the disciples below the stage.

Zheng Fa's voice rang out behind them:

"These four swords are the supreme immortal swords of the Xuanwei Realm, and I entrust them to you today."

"The legion is called Tianhe, and you all know its origin."

Zheng Fa's words made Yan Wushuang's face tighten even more.

“The Venerable Tianhe valued me and passed on the Tianhe Method to me. Today, I will pass on these four swords to you.”

No disciples spoke; only the wind howled across the playground.

"The Heavenly River Legion will be the strongest legion in the Nine Mountains Sect."

“Normally, you only need to cultivate and do not need to perform any tasks. The sect will distribute merits accordingly.”

Zheng Fa's tone became more forceful, and his voice grew louder.

"The cultivation technique you are learning is the most powerful sword manual of Xuanwei."

"The sect will provide any pills or medicines that are needed."

"The Immortal Sword is the strongest in the world compared to the Four Swords of Zhuxian."

"This is the result of your hard work and your swordsmanship."

Many disciples couldn't help but show a hint of pride on their faces.

"But I hope you remember that the pills you use for cultivation are made by disciples within the sect."

“Even the smallest good deed is the result of the hard work of disciples from other departments.”

"While you are cultivating in peace, the other disciples are busy planting spiritual plants, making magic treasures, refining pills, and doing tasks. They are never free for a day."

The pride on the disciples' faces slowly faded.

"I would like you to remember that the Heavenly River Dharma you practice was created by Venerable Heavenly River."

"The Four Swords of Zhuxian are also the legacy of the Tianhe Sect from the previous era."

Yan Wushuang blinked.

"What you should inherit is not just the Heavenly River Law and the Four Swords of Zhuxian, do you understand?"

The disciples were silent for a moment, then shouted in unison, "Understood!"

“Very good.” Zheng Fa nodded slightly and continued, “If one day the sect needs you to go to war, it will be a time of life and death for our Nine Mountains Sect.”

"When that time comes, will you be willing to risk your lives and sacrifice for the Jiushan disciples who have silently dedicated themselves to you?"

"can!"

Zheng Fa's gaze swept across the faces of these disciples, and after a while, he finally smiled:
"I hereby declare the Tianhe Legion officially formed."

"I hope that you will pave a broad road for my Jiushan and for this Xuanwei in the future."

Yan Wushuang, suddenly inspired, drew his sword together with the three chiefs beside him and shouted, "For the Nine Mountains, for the Mysterious Void, let us carve out a broad road!"

Four streaks of sword light, accompanied by the shouts of the disciples, cleaved through the wind and clouds, soaring straight to the heavens.

(End of this chapter)