Cultivation of Immortality: This is what unorthodox methods are like.

Just as the White-Haired Ancestor and the others were being sent into the mine by the Black Hand, Wang Quan used magic to skin a lantern monster, then draped the skin over his body, rolled around, and transformed into a real lantern monster.

He learned this technique from the Fierce Tiger Taoist.

After it is cast, not only cultivators, but even lantern monsters will feel that it is one of their own monsters.

call out!

After using his idiotic magic to crudely read the lantern monster's memories, Wang Quan took to the air, picked up his whip, and wandered around, observing the area.

He drifted around the ghosts and spirits, observing their breathing and the injuries on their bodies.

He discovered:

Some of the injuries on the ghosts and spirits looked quite familiar; they were remnants from the attack he had last time summoned the [Heavenly Patrol Treasure].

"After all these years, these guys still haven't recovered?"

At this moment, Wang Quan gained a deeper understanding of the power of the Celestial Survey Treasure.

He traversed the mountains, casually waving his whip and lashing out at some unlucky souls.

Walking like this, he did not arouse any suspicion from any living creature.

Soon, he saw black hands and other monsters.

In Stone City, Black Hand could only serve as flesh and blood to keep the spinning wheel running.

But in these mountains, he was somewhat like a chief steward:

It single-handedly controlled everything from opening up mountains and quarrying rocks to digging rivers and creating caves.

After observing for a while, he noticed that the black hand was constantly cursing and complaining that the laborers were working too slowly.

After circling around for several days and gaining some understanding of the situation, he learned that the Tenth Reincarnation King was going to build the summit of the mountains to withstand the many powerful magical treasures of the [World Dao Court], and he made a plan in his mind.

That day, he approached Ghost Hand, randomly picked an unlucky person, and said, "Master Ghost Hand, I think our project is progressing too slowly."

"If things continue like this, the gods and spirits, and even the King of Reincarnation, will likely become dissatisfied."

The mastermind laughed heartily: "Before I arrived, the project was progressing slowly; after I came, I doubled the progress by cutting corners and shoddy work."

"This efficiency is simply amazing."

Wang Quan shook his head: "No, it's still too slow."

"Um?"

"Is this slow?"

Wang Quan nodded: "Master Black Hand, the big shots above entrusted you with such an important task, naturally hoping you can be even more capable and speed up the process."

"Think about it, as long as the progress is fast enough, the big shots above will definitely be satisfied."

"If they are satisfied, they will definitely reward you."

"At that time, they might reward you with another hand so you can reproduce and give rise to the Black Hand family."

"At that time, you will surely be remembered in history."

With mixed feelings, Black Hand said, "What you said makes sense."

"But... I had already accelerated the progress by cutting corners and using inferior materials."

"If we continue to accelerate the process... will the summit of these mountains still be usable?"

The lantern monster, transformed from Wang Quan, grinned and chuckled wickedly, "Atop these mountains, we're clashing against humanity's most powerful magical artifacts."

"Even if it gets destroyed, people will just think that human magical artifacts are powerful."

"No one cares about the true power atop the mountains."

"Besides, by then you would have already acquired a lot of resources and might have become a big shot."

"At that point, who would dare to bring up your past mistakes?"

Upon hearing this, Black Hand's eyes darted around: "Then, how do you plan to do it?"

Wang Quan laughed and said, "A cave that was ten feet in diameter has been shrunk to half a foot."

"A cave that is ten zhang in size only needs to be carved out to a depth of three to five zhang."

"Size reduced by half"

"The progress of this project can be increased by at least three to five times."

"Just think about it, how much reward could you get for achieving three to five times the engineering efficiency?"

The Black Hand, envisioning the future, chuckled and said, "Great idea."

"But what if the men find out?"

Wang Quan chuckled: "If the gentlemen find out, it's the laborer's fault."

"We'll clean up the laborers then, and let the men vent their frustrations."

The mastermind suddenly realized: "You're so smart."

"I'll leave this to you."

Wang Quan was overjoyed: "I will definitely do it well!"

His delight stemmed partly from his desire to take the opportunity to destroy the formidable weapon of war atop the mountains.

On the other hand:

He wanted to take the opportunity to learn how such a powerful weapon was constructed atop these mountains.

He had never seen such a magnificent weapon in the Taoist scriptures.

If he could get advance knowledge of it, it wouldn't be impossible for him to refine Linjiang Mountain, or some of the mountains outside Stone City, into a miniature version of the mountain peak.

Moreover, he felt that the method of refining mountains into powerful weapons was similar to some of the methods in the "Heavenly Profound Emperor's Bloodline Totem Mountain and Water Classic".

He wanted to take this opportunity to prove it.

If verification can accelerate his understanding of the "Heavenly Mysterious Emperor's Explanation of the Bloodline Totem Landscape Classic", that would be even better.

Therefore, the arrangement by the mastermind was exactly what he wanted.

The king was pleased.

The Black Hand was even more delighted: "With this lantern monster leading the way, we'll naturally go after him if any problems arise in the future."

"And I, the great Black Hand King, remain uninvolved."

"Furthermore, I'll take this opportunity to search for that bastard who's the real body, and then kill him."

With this in mind, it began searching for the entity i.

Meanwhile, Wang Quan also roamed the mountain peaks, openly exploring many mysteries and verifying them with the Daoist scriptures of the [Tianxuan Emperor].

Thus, the crow flies and the rabbit runs:

One month.....

Six months.......

December.......

Wang Quan thoroughly explored the summit of the mountains, confirming the Daoist scriptures of the Heavenly Mysterious Emperor.

According to his initial guess:

The refining method atop these mountains is indeed related to the Daoist scriptures of the Heavenly Profound Emperor.

The two are almost identical in their main structure.

Other differences are: the Daoist scripture of the Heavenly Profound Emperor is more powerful and its methods are more mysterious; similarly, the method of refining it is also more complicated.

The refining method at the summit of the mountains is quite crude compared to the Daoist scripture of the Heavenly Profound Emperor.

However, the refining method at the top of these mountains has an advantage—it's fast.

Both involve refining mountains:

Using the method recorded in the Daoist scripture of the Heavenly Mysterious Emperor, it would take a million years to succeed.

The refining method at the summit of the mountains only requires about a thousand years.

The difference in time is truly worlds apart.

"To shorten the time, it's only natural to reduce some of the mystique and power."

After more than a year of verification, the foundation of royal power has been greatly enhanced.

At this moment, he could secretly release his magic power to render the mountain peaks, and finally completely take control of the unfinished mountain peaks.

But he didn't do that.

Because the magical power required to render the peaks of the mountains is not just tens of millions of strands, but tens of trillions of strands.

Such a massive demand for magical power is truly beyond the control of royal authority.

He was quite upset that he had to give up such a wonderful treasure because of the problem with his magical power.

Fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mood: "Although I can't control the top of the mountains, I have also created countless hidden dangers for this thing."

"If one day the Tenth Reincarnation King uses this thing to kill me, I can naturally detonate many hidden dangers and escape with my life."