strictlysupreme Chapter 113 Lord Dragon, This Prosperous Era Is Just As You Wished
Chapter 113 Lord Dragon, This Prosperous Era Is Just As You Wished
Chapter 116 Dragon Lord, This Prosperous Era Is As You Wish (4k)
Anping Kingdom, Red Lotus Dojo.
The once unremarkable hill still looks unremarkable on the surface; the hill is not high, the water is not beautiful, and it is overgrown with weeds.
The small temple on the mountaintop has been slightly expanded, but it's still just so-so.
There were no carved beams or painted rafters, just a few simple houses with golden thatched roofs.
To the average person, to put it nicely, this is called living in harmony with nature, which offers a unique kind of rustic charm.
To put it bluntly, this is just the dwelling of a country bumpkin.
But once you actually step into this small hill, the space changes dramatically in an instant.
The small hill, no more than a hundred meters high, suddenly turned into a majestic peak, and the weeds turned into ancient trees that are thousands of years old.
Countless medicinal herbs grow freely throughout the mountain, like weeds.
Throughout the mountains and fields, you can see many spirited animals, almost like humans, frolicking and playing among the forests, discussing poetry and songs with each other.
The mountains are shrouded in mist, and upon closer inspection, it turns out that the mist is formed by the convergence of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
If an ordinary person lives here for a long time, even without knowing Taoist magic, they will be able to sense the Wheel of Life unconsciously under the influence of nature.
The liquid source gas on the mountain converges into a babbling brook, creating a scene reminiscent of a paradise on earth.
But the only thing that remains unchanged is those few small thatched houses.
Although everything looks the same, anyone who isn't a fool knows that these few small thatched huts are definitely not simple houses.
This is where the final eight teams of the League Conference arrived—
Honglian Taoist Temple.
The sound of footsteps echoed in the quiet, deserted Taoist temple.
After two and a half years of learning and growth, Hong Yi, who used to be so thin that he looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind, has grown into a man who is 2.3 meters tall.
However, he was wearing a simple Confucian blue long gown, which was originally a very loose-fitting garment.
However, when worn by Hong Yi now, it appears somewhat too restrained.
The loose sleeves of Hong Yi's long robe were stretched bulging by his arms, which were as thick as two thighs of an average person, and his bulging muscles could be clearly seen through the tight clothes.
With a broad back and a strong waist, and the legs of a unicorn and an elephant, that perfectly describes Hong Yi today.
If his physique were placed on an ancient battlefield, he would be like Li Yuanba reincarnated. Even if Lü Bu possessed him, he would still die on the spot.
"Knock knock knock"
Hong Yi stopped in front of Sha Xiao's room, knocked on the door, and reported loudly, "Master, this disciple has something to report."
"Come in. I've told you so many times, if there's no sign on the door, just come in. Your knocking is just disrupting my train of thought."
Sha Xiao's helpless voice came from inside the room.
With a creak, Hong Yi pushed open the door and entered the room. He respectfully bowed to Sha Xiao, who was sitting by the window, intently studying two strangely shaped insects in his hands. Then, with a hint of persuasion, he said, "Master, etiquette cannot be neglected."
"hiss!"
Hearing Hong Yi say this, Sha Xiao pressed his throbbing temples with a headache, put the two Gu worms in his hand back into his acupoints, and helplessly raised his head to look at his eldest disciple.
He was 2.3 meters tall, with a muscular physique and the same handsome face he had back then.
He was dressed in a Confucian and Taoist robe, with a gentle and refined demeanor, like a piece of polished, warm and beautiful jade, which complemented his delicate features perfectly.
But if you add his muscular physique, although his gentle and refined demeanor remains, it doesn't diminish his charm.
But something just doesn't look right; it's really weird.
Sha Xiao looked at Hong Yi, who was respectfully bowing his head and waiting for her orders, and helplessly rubbed his temples.
He just couldn't understand it. In just two years, where had his lively and adorable young disciple gone?
He still looked like a handsome young man of fifteen or sixteen. If the two of them went out at the same time, he suspected that he would be mistaken for Hong Yi's junior brother.
Two years have passed. Through his research on the Enlightenment Gu, many of the secret realm gates within Hong Yi's body have been opened, giving rise to many flesh and blood supernatural abilities that can be activated with just a thought.
Hong Yi's physical strength is frighteningly strong.
Meanwhile, relying on his extraordinary cultivation speed in Gu Dao, and under the tutelage of Sha Xiao, who was also an expert in Gu Dao, Hong Yi had rapidly advanced to the late stage of the fifth level.
It seems that his rank is one level higher than Sha Xiao's own.
But this is only the surface. Even though Sha Xiao has done his best to help his disciple, he can only bear a little over three hundred Dao marks.
Even though Sha Xiao deliberately didn't cultivate the Gu Dao or refine Gu in the past few years, the number of Dao marks on his body still rapidly increased to more than seven hundred.
Given this enormous difference in Dao traces, if Sha Xiao were to unleash the same killing move, the effect would far exceed that of Hong Yi.
It's important to know that the minimum requirement to become a Venerable is 300,000 Dao Marks.
An eighth-level Gu Immortal who has survived one tribulation only has a little over ten thousand Dao traces.
This was even after Sha Xiao deliberately toned down the effect.
Otherwise, his Dao traces would probably be heading straight for five figures.
Pulling her thoughts back from their jumbled thoughts, Sha Xiao looked at Hong Yi, who was waiting for her without moving, and sighed helplessly: "Look up and speak. What's wrong? Did Xiao Qing and Yi Bu cause trouble on the mountain again?"
Hong Yi looked up at his master, who, despite his furrowed brows and humble dwelling, still exuded extraordinary bearing in his coarse linen robe, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Well, no. Master Xiao Qing said she saw what appeared to be the aura of a dragon in the southwest, and she and Yi Bu have been down the mountain for two or three days."
"Hmm? Why didn't she tell me? Oh, I remember now."
Sha Xiao suddenly realized and patted her head, remembering.
A few days ago, while he was studying the two Gu worms in his hand, Xiao Qing suddenly sent him a divine thought, saying that she wanted to go out and play. He agreed without thinking much about it.
"Okay, I got it. Go on, what's up?"
Sha Xiao waved to signal Hong Yi to continue his report.
"Yes."
Hong Yi cupped his hands in greeting, then took out two large stacks of jade discs from his wide sleeves, his face showing a serious expression: "Master, these are the detailed rules for this Alliance Conference. We can't delay any longer."
"Also, this part contains the natal Gu worms of the vast majority of those who have registered at various Daoist temples. I have selected all the potentially useful ones."
"You need to carefully review which ones are valid. Once you have approved them, I will arrange a way to bring them over."
"Master, you wouldn't want any Gu that could be useful to your vital organs to be overlooked by me, would you?"
"Uh, hahaha, how could that be?"
With her buttocks already raised, Sha Xiao, who was putting on her shoes, gave an awkward smile and took the recording jade from Hong Yi with a bitter expression.
It's not that he wanted to run away for no reason.
Indeed, my disciple is too meticulous in his work and too strict in his review.
According to Sha Xiao's initial idea, he only needed to pay attention to those natal Gu that were around the fifth level.
This does not mean that there are no Heavenly Dao Gu worms or Gu worms that can affect the orifices in those first-stage and second-stage Gu.
On the contrary, given the sheer number of these individuals, this is the dominant segment.
But given his current state, it's not really supportive for him to conduct such research.
If Sha Xiao really wants to study this, then first he needs to spend his energy figuring out how to refine these first-stage Gu worms to the fifth stage in their original form.
This is not an easy job.
To be honest, this is no different from using an incomplete immortal Gu formula to deduce a complete Gu formula, and it's even a bit more difficult.
Do you think that finding the Gu worm and continuously refining it into an Immortal Gu will solve the problem of insufficient efficacy?
The first problem you'll face is the refining process.
Because the Dao traces of low-level Gu worms are too chaotic.
Many low-level Gu worms that possess the effects of the Heavenly Dao are not actually composed of traces of the Heavenly Dao.
The vast majority of low-level Gu worms are a mixture of more than a dozen Dao trace fragments that interact with each other and inexplicably simulate the fragments of the Heavenly Dao.
If you blindly attempt to upgrade your skills without understanding the process, you'll only keep failing.
Therefore, in the world of Gu, there are often cases where, after careful research, a three-turn light Gu can only be deduced to be a four-turn wood-path Gu.
Even among the Immortal Gu, such situations do not not exist.
If you are truly determined, you must completely refine these low-level Gu to level five, or even to immortal Gu.
So first, you must figure out which part of the Dao trace fragments are mixed together to take effect in the low-level Gu.
Then, you also need to study how to ensure that this part still exists, takes effect, and even amplifies the effect during the refining process.
Then, when the Gu reaches the fourth and fifth stages, the main Dao traces of the Gu worm are basically determined.
Then you need to study how to replace these composite Dao marks with the same type of Dao mark without affecting their power.
At this stage, we are not far from mastering the Immortal Gu technique.
Instead of going through all that trouble, it's better to just focus on the fifth-level Gu worm.
There won't be many of these Gu worms, their basic functions are already determined, and their Dao traces are very obvious.
The Gu worms related to the Void Aperture are basically based on the Heavenly Dao. He only needs to glance at the information to find the part that is useful to him.
However, Hong Yi didn't think that way. He felt that since his master needed to repair the flaws in the Great Dao, he, as a disciple, had to share the burden with his master and should not miss any possible opportunity.
Therefore, he personally reviewed every Gu worm that was reported that might be useful to Sha Xiao, regardless of its origin.
The problem is that the total land area of the countries surrounding Qishifu is actually dozens of times larger than the Earth.
Moreover, this place is blessed with favorable weather and abundant resources, and since ordinary people have few forms of entertainment, they can only have babies.
There are nearly 100 billion ordinary people in just a few countries nearby, and conservatively estimated, 15 billion of them have already entered the path of Gu.
Those who are willing to attend the Alliance Conference will be mostly eliminated by natural selection.
Seventeen or eighteen hundred million people have arrived at the eight branch temples established by Sha Xiao when he preached.
There are already 600 million people from several countries who can collect four badges to qualify for the competition.
Among them, there are 200 million people who are willing to let Hong Yi arrange for them to test, explore, and name the effects of their natal Gu.
Twenty million people were not assigned to any specific task, but they gained fame through battles along the way and caught Hong Yi's attention.
All of these are contained within these few jade discs, awaiting Sha Xiao's review one by one.
Even if a large portion is duplicated, the number remaining is still considerable.
Moreover, if Sha Xiao doesn't provide a detailed assessment of each and every Gu, Hong Yi will never let those people go.
He will definitely try to bring that person, or at least that Gu, to Sha Xiao through underhanded means or other methods, so that he can study it.
Looking up at Hong Yi, whose attitude was as hard as stone, Sha Xiao sighed deeply and reluctantly picked up the jade disc.
There was no way around it; he was just that kind of person who wouldn't listen to reason. His disciples had gone to great lengths for him, and he simply couldn't bring himself to slack off.
While quickly analyzing the information, Sha Xiao instructed, "Hong Yi, how many times have I advised you? We should be kind to others and do things with integrity and magnanimity."
"You can't use underhanded tactics to force others to your side just because of your own desires."
Heaven have mercy, he, a dignified Red Lotus Demon Lord, is almost forced into becoming a Red Lotus Immortal Lord by Hong Yi.
Lord Long, this prosperous age is just as you wished.
Hong Yi listened to Sha Xiao's advice and nodded seriously, his mind quickly recording what Sha Xiao said.
Confucius said, “It is easy. We should treat others with kindness and uphold the grand and magnanimous way. We should not use petty tricks to force others to our own ends because of our own selfish desires.”
While taking notes, Hong Yi also made his own reading comprehension.
I understand. We need to construct a grand and majestic road leading directly to everyone so that they can come over.
At the same time, we must convince them that this is a sacrifice for the future of all people, and bring them here with a sense of righteousness.
As expected of my master, he is so domineering when he does things. I still need to study hard.
Hong Yi looked at Sha Xiao with reverence, pondering what kind of Gu worm he needed to build that magnificent road.
Sha Xiao looked at Hong Yi, who was bowing his head and waiting respectfully for her review, and waved her hand to take out some thousand-year-old precious medicines and delicacies made by the Great Demon of Sendai from the Bitter Sea: "Don't just stand there, come and eat with me. I'll tell you how to quickly identify Gu worms."
"yes.
""
Hong Yi knelt beside Sha Xiao, his back ramrod straight. He took out a bowl and chopsticks made of millennia-old jade, divided the food into two portions, and then began to eat.
"Waaaaah—"
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The surge of energy instantly flushed Hong Yi's face, and wisps of steam rose from his forehead.
Sha Xiao slapped his thigh and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, how does it taste? This is an old yellow ox at the second level of immortality that I killed when I went out last week. It tastes excellent."
Hong Yi nodded without saying a word, chewed quickly for a while, swallowed the food, and then honestly commented: "The ingredients are naturally delicious and have the effect of enhancing physical potential. They are comparable to a thousand-year-old elixir and are truly a rare delicacy."
"However, the combination of Phoenix Grass and Black Earth Ox is too dominant and could perhaps be improved."
"You don't know how to appreciate it. Stir-fried beef with yellow peppers is such a delicious dish."
Sha Xiao muttered to himself as he quickly flipped through the jade disc.
"Huh? What's this?!"
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he stopped in front of a piece of information.
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