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Chapter 101 Top-Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure, Building a City in the Wasteland (10,000-word update, please subscribe!)

The research has come to a temporary end, and the five internal organs gods of Houtu and Yidi have also bid farewell and returned to their physical bodies.

Taiyi collected his thoughts, then threw the cursing, shouting, and somewhat insane Xinman into the Netherworld's Yellow Spring Sea within his body to suppress her and wear down her consciousness.

He didn't know if Bo Xun intended for Xin Man to cultivate himself into an innate spiritual treasure, but he was now going to give it a try.

He then divided his physical body into countless forms, dissected and studied Zhu Yan once more, and finally restored Zhu Yan to its original state with satisfaction. He then smiled and said, "It's in very good condition."

"I already have ideas for the next stage of my training."

Zhu Yan originally wanted to complain, but after hearing this, he immediately swallowed his words.

Taiyi led Him out of the cave and into the wild mountains.

However, he was thinking about whether to pass on the knowledge to Zhu Yan, or whether to tell Qiongqi the method of cultivating the Soul God.

Although we are cooperating now, we are not really on the same side; it's more like we're using each other.

"However, His Majesty the Human Emperor seems to be intentionally pushing for cooperation between me and Qiongqi, but I wonder what he's planning..."

Given the power of the Human Emperor, it's impossible that Qiongqi wouldn't know about their meeting and cooperation.

This is also why he was so bold and unconventional in discussing cooperation.

Tai Yi pondered for a moment, and finally decided: "We should take it one step at a time; we can't just take everything out at once."

……

Wild mountains and basins.

Taiyi and Zhuyan arrived at the spiritual root. The five internal organs divine avatars within the spiritual root immediately stepped out and laughed, "This low-grade acquired spiritual root is called the Vajra Divine Tree. It contains the wonders of Jia wood and Geng metal. Now, the main root has been refined to ninety percent."

Taiyi looked up at the spiritual root in front of him. Both the trunk and the branches were very straight.

The branches are entirely dark blue-green, with subtle dark gold patterns visible upon closer inspection.

The leaves, on the other hand, are bluish-gold in color, looking like bronze leaves.

Looking at it, Taiyi couldn't help but laugh and said, "These leaves are natural talismans!"

The Five Organs Divine Avatar listened and laughed, saying, "That's true, but it's more suitable to refine it as a whole into an acquired spiritual treasure, with considerable killing power."

This is a spiritual root that has been corrupted by malevolent energy!

Zhu Yan, who was standing nearby, stared intently at the spiritual root, his eyes practically glued to it. He glanced at Tai Yi, realizing he still couldn't win, and said, "Tai Yi, could you cut off a section of the main stem to forge a divine artifact for me?"

Taiyi shook his head upon hearing this: "What kind of divine weapon can be forged from a single main trunk? That's unwise!"

He stomped his foot on the ground and laughed, "There's a huge amount of Geng metal underground. Zhu Yan, you dig it out, and I'll forge a postnatal spiritual treasure for you!"

Zhu Yan's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

The acquired spiritual treasure, this is good!

In the past, He didn't understand what acquired spiritual treasures were, but now, after spending so much time with Taiyi, He has come to know their value. He scratched his head, wishing he could dig out all the Geng metal underground immediately, and said repeatedly, "Okay, let's do it this way, I'll go dig it up right now!"

With that, Zhu Yan leaped away and vanished.

The Five Internal Organs Divine Avatar returned, and Taiyi reached out and pressed his hand on the trunk of the Vajra Divine Tree, feeling a connection of blood, and the divine tree did not reject him.

The five internal organs' divine avatars, having undergone a long period of "mutual consent" in their refining process, had long been regarded as "one of their own" by the divine tree.

Although only 90% of the main root has been refined, it is actually fully capable of controlling this low-grade acquired spiritual root.

"After being refined into an acquired spiritual treasure... my magical power is my primordial spirit, and also the Great Dao. Since my spiritual root has instinctively taken the accumulated primordial energy within my body as its own power, can we truly merge them into one?"

Taiyi pondered to himself, and then thought of the Dao of Divine Sense, and of Xinman, the innate god-king who looked like he had been refined into a treasure.

"If I didn't have the Primordial Chaos Qi, it would indeed be difficult to do this. After all, even a low-grade acquired spiritual root has a much higher level of power and Dao than I do."

"My power will definitely be absorbed and digested when it is integrated. Only the Primordial Chaos Qi can not be digested even by a low-grade acquired spiritual root."

"But now that my spiritual root has instinctively accepted this power as its own, I can use it to transform the fake into the real!"

With that in mind, he decided to give it a try.

Immediately, the spirits of the five internal organs emerged from the body and merged into the spiritual root.

Ninety percent of the main root?

not enough!

Get them all!

At this moment, a voice rang in his ears. Taiyi turned around and saw Zhu Yan... not Zhu Yan, but a Zhu Yan born in the primordial form, nine zhang tall.

Zhu Yan's father?

"My name is Zhu Dang!"

Zhu Dang looked down at Tai Yi and said, "I have come under orders and will obey your commands."

"Furthermore, I, Your Majesty, would like to remind you that someone intends to take your life with this superior acquired spiritual treasure."

As he spoke, He opened his palm, revealing something.

Taiyi looked at it and saw a dark blue bell enveloped in a primordial evil aura. He recognized the aura; it belonged to Qiongqi.

Therefore, someone offered this bell as payment to Qiongqi to kill him.

A top-grade acquired spiritual treasure—they really went all out!

Qiongqi used this magical treasure as payment, asking him to find a way out for the ferocious beast lineage.

Now, Qiongqi has taken the reward given to him by others and used it as payment to the person he was originally going to kill.

"Trying to get something for nothing!"

Taiyi secretly praised it, then immediately thought of something: "Qiongqi's reminder... there's something wrong with this magical treasure."

"So, the person who wants to kill me can use this magical artifact to do so?"

"No, no, no, if the person who wants to kill me wants to use a magical treasure to kill me, then there's no need to go through Qiongqi. It's that Qiongqi guy... there's something wrong with this magical treasure, but the person who wants to kill me might not dare to use it, or might not have even intended to use this magical treasure to kill me..."

"Being able to make a deal with Qiongqi, especially when Qiongqi is being suppressed by His Majesty the Human Emperor, must mean it's not a simple matter."

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Qiongqi is really cunning. He gave me the spiritual treasure, so it's no wonder that the person who wanted to kill me failed."

"If Qiongqi is so confident that I won't die from this magical treasure, it's either because he's certain that the owner of this magical treasure wouldn't dare to use it to kill me."

"Either it's because of His Majesty the Emperor..."

So, he became a pawn once again.

The Emperor is also playing chess; perhaps he's a bait?

The existence that allows the Human Emperor to fish...

Moreover, if the guess is wrong, the Emperor himself is unaware of this matter.

Taiyi couldn't help but shudder.

Qiongqi is too cunning!

They must have realized this, which is why they used their innate malevolent energy to envelop the spiritual treasure.

So, is it to entrust one's hopes to the human emperor?

Or is it the malevolent energy of Qiongqi?

With his mind racing, Taiyi hesitated for a moment.

Answer or not?

If I accept the challenge, can I resolve this hidden danger without relying on the Human Emperor or Qiongqi?

At this moment, Zhu Dang said, "Your Majesty is right, you are indeed very clever!"

"But you don't need to worry, this magical artifact won't hurt you."

Taiyi was speechless.

Who gave you the courage to say that?

Is it Qiongqi?

Seeing him dawdling, Qiongqi couldn't help but pop out.

The innate malevolent energy emanating from the bell in Zhu Dang's hand surged, and a miniature winged tiger appeared, perched on the bell, glaring with its tiger eyes, and roared, "Taiyi Clan, do you not trust me, or do you not trust the Nine-Headed Clan?"

"Hmph, now that you've cultivated to the level of a Divine Lord, your courage is far less than it used to be."

Tai Yi was inevitably a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Senior is right."

After saying that, he reached out and took the bell.

Qiongqi said, "This bell is a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure. You've gotten a good deal."

"However, if you fail to do as you said before, I will take your life before anyone else does."

Tai Yi smiled confidently upon hearing this: "Don't worry, senior, it's absolutely worth the price!"

"Senior, there's no need to hide it anymore; that person must be intelligent as well."

Qiongqi nodded and then got off the bell, but its gaze remained fixed on it.

Sure enough, the bell did not make any unusual movement.

Taiyi immediately absorbed it into his own body and hung it on the demon tree of the Demon Lord Bo Xun.

At this moment, Zhu Yan arrived with a large group of apes and ferocious beasts, roaring as he drove them into the basin and commanding the apes to mine.

Both Qiongqi and Zhu Dang were stunned.

Taiyi couldn't help but chuckle, then explained, "Zhu Yan is mining Geng metal; I plan to forge weapons and armor for him."

"You two can see that my achievements over the years are embodied in Him."

"Oh?"

Qiongqi turned its head to look at Zhu Yan.

Zhu Dang was more direct, stepping forward.

Then the father-son battle began.

Zhu Dang wanted to test his son, Zhu Yan, who wanted to challenge his father's authority.

Of course, in Taiyi's eyes, Zhu Yan was like a child jumping around, easily played with by Zhu Dang.

This innate Zhu Yan is very strong; it is most likely an innate ferocious beast at the level of a God Emperor!

As Qiongqi observed, Taiyi explained the cultivation of the seven souls to him, and finally said: "The cultivation method suitable for the lineage of ferocious beasts has been found, and the key to why Zhu Yan can maintain its intelligence has also been found, but how to do it is still undecided."

Qiongqi was both surprised and delighted, but his face remained expressionless as he calmly nodded: "Not bad, it's worthy of a post-natal spiritual treasure."

"If you can find the way to awaken spiritual intelligence, I will keep my promise and give you a primordial spiritual treasure."

Upon hearing this, Tai Yi laughed and asked, "You're not going to take it from someone else, are you?"

Qiongqi, embarrassed, immediately glared at him: "Do you want it or not?"

"Yes, of course I want it!"

Taiyi gritted his teeth.

As one cultivates over time and attains higher levels of spiritual cultivation, one becomes increasingly aware of the preciousness of innate spiritual treasures.

Not all innate gods and demons possess accompanying spiritual treasures.

Even those born with divine powers may not exist.

Although Qiongqi's innate spiritual treasures often come with hidden dangers, there are no easy benefits in the world, and it is worth taking risks for the sake of innate spiritual treasures.

Qiongqi thought for a moment and said, "Zhu Dang will follow you. He is a creation of heaven and earth, the innate ferocious beast you mentioned. I hope you will not disappoint me."

"Furthermore, someone is trying to harm you right under the Emperor's nose; perhaps they are testing something."

"Your time is probably running out."

Qiongqi sneered: "That scoundrel from the Nine-Headed Clan might soon follow in the footsteps of the Cangli Clan and the Yuejian Clan."

Having said that, He transformed into a wisp of innate malevolent energy and roared away.

Taiyi stood there, but then thought back to the words he had heard inside Tubo's body when he returned to the past.

There was also the previous Mara.

Is there really no future in Shinto?

Taiyi Shi couldn't help but re-examine the sacrificial practices pioneered by the Human Emperor.

The power of sacrifice can be used to resist the assimilation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Was it created to take the final step in the Shinto path?

No one is destined to provide the answer.

a long time.

When Taiyi came to his senses, he found that Zhu Dang was already helping his son Zhu Yan mine.

"With my current level of cultivation, thinking about these things is like worrying about nothing."

"The key is to continuously improve one's cultivation level!"

"With sufficient strength, we can handle any unforeseen circumstances."

Taiyi cleared his mind of all distractions: "I don't want to, and I can't, become a second Tubo!"

After thinking it over, he sat down cross-legged under the Vajra Sacred Tree to cultivate.

Time flies.

A century later, a mountain of metal has been piled up in the basin.

After finishing his cultivation, Taiyi absorbed the Gengjin Mountain and the two Zhuyan into his blessed land, and then returned to the Great Wilderness Seal by escaping underground.

Standing atop Wuzang Peak, he gazed towards the desolate plains to the south.

The various malevolent energies that had accumulated underground have been drained by the Great Wilderness Seal, making it possible to create a place for humans to live.

He immediately summoned Li Ling, Gou Jiang, Yan Zi, and others, and revealed his plan.

Yanzi said, "We also have this plan. However, the wasteland has been eroded by evil energy for a long time. Even though the evil energy has been exhausted, there is still little chance of life. Therefore, we plan to first govern it with divine powers and magic before carrying out the migration of our tribes."

Tai Yi nodded and smiled, "That's a good idea."

"However, we might as well loosen up a bit more."

"Build the city first!"

fortification?

Li Lingshi and the others were taken aback.

Taiyi then said, "Drawing a circle on the ground as a prison can confine people, but it can also protect them!"

With a wave of his sleeve, the air rippled with light, revealing a model of a phantom city.

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately understood its profound meaning, and they were overjoyed, agreeing to build the city.

Li Lingshi said, "Master, you must have built the city to guard against the ferocious beasts in the wild mountains. I think it would be better to use the mountains as the city and set up a great formation."

Zhong Yue immediately laughed and said, "Now that I have mastered the art of carrying mountains, I can go to the outer edge of the desolate mountains and move a few mountains back."

Dawei said, "The mountain is not the problem; the grand formation is the key."

Yanzi pondered, "The great formation is nothing more than Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols and the Five Elements; the key is the divine artifact it is crafted from."

"There are quite a few weapon refiners in the clan now, but most of them can only refine ordinary divine artifacts."

"In addition, there are materials needed for refining weapons, which the clan also lacks."

Ju Jiang replied, "Materials can be exchanged with the gods, and there are also mineral veins hidden underground in the wasteland. Although they are affected by evil energy, they are not unusable."

"As for weapon refiners, perhaps we can ask the five patriarchs to send a master down to the mortal realm to guide us."

"If we can cultivate some weapon refiners through this, we can also refine divine artifacts in the future to exchange for cultivation resources from the gods and even other innate races."

……

Taiyi watched as Jujiang and the others brainstormed, seemingly forgetting his presence. Far from being displeased, he was instead delighted.

This is exactly what he wanted.

Humanity cannot cease to develop simply because someone is gone!

Without interrupting Ju Jiang and the others, Tai Yi listened quietly to their conversation, and the plan to build a city in the wasteland gradually took shape.

After everyone finished their discussion, he smiled and said, "Regarding the mountain-moving matter, Zhong Yue, you choose some people to accompany me on a journey to the desolate mountains."

"As for weapon crafting, there is no need to seek help from the Divine Court anymore. Brother Giant Spirit and Fellow Daoist Yidi are both capable of weapon crafting."

"Our ancestor has also passed down the method of weapon forging... There's no need to aim too high; let's start with small-scale formations."

"We can first build a divine city to house gods or cultivators... Spirit-gathering arrays, spirit-collecting arrays, and various defensive and offensive arrays can be refined and researched step by step."

"There's no need to worry about wasting materials; if it fails, the materials can be broken down and recycled."

"It can also be used to forge divine artifacts for the gods, demigods, and even gods outside of the Dragon Gate, earning them resources and materials."

"For example, the Technique of the Heavenly Pot, Great Wind Clan, I remember you mastered it. This technique can be used to refine storage treasures, and those who have not yet reached the Divine Lord realm all have some need for it."

"Even a true god might not master a Dao technique like the Heavenly Pot."

"It can also be used to create palaces using the technique of the Pot Heaven..."

Taiyishi identified and addressed any shortcomings, offering some suggestions.

With the current capabilities of the human race, it's not impossible to earn resources through weapon crafting; the key is to grasp the demand.

Upon hearing this, Li Ling and the others immediately had many ideas.

For example, the requirements for making robes are not as high as those for armor; the key is whether they are exquisite.

(End of this chapter)