"The situation is turning grim," one said.
"Hasn't it always been like this?" came the reply.
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Eagles soar through the sky, fish dart in the shallow waters,...
The little water sprite, who had just gotten up, knelt down again. He didn't dare to say anything on his face, but he kept muttering to himself.
What is this new king doing coming and going? When ordinary gods and monsters go out, doesn't it take them ten days or half a month? This day hasn't even been up yet, and the new king has already come and gone several times.
They weren't complaining about how often Li Changzhou came and went, but rather that the water demons had to be constantly on edge around him, fearing they might be killed at any moment.
Li Changzhou had no time to deal with these minor demons. He returned to his cave and sat in meditation, observing Tang Sanzang through the perspective of the black eagle.
Ordinary eagles can accurately identify animals on the ground while flying at high speeds and altitudes of several thousand meters. Even snakes, field mice, and other small or slender creatures cannot escape their eyes. Not to mention the black eagle summoned by S-level skills.
On modern Earth, an ant that can see the ground from outside the atmosphere is more terrifying than any satellite.
No matter how powerful Sun Wukong was, he couldn't spot the black eagle overhead.
After watching for a while, because of the old woman's instructions, Chenjiazhuang was very hospitable and kept trying to persuade Tang Sanzang to stay. Sun Wukong also played along, saying that he couldn't cross the river for the time being and trying to persuade Tang Sanzang to stay. His idea was to make the monster anxious and lose his composure.
Sha Wujing had no objections, while Zhu Bajie continued to eat and drink heartily.
The four of them decided to stay in Chenjiazhuang.
After watching for a while, Li Changzhou withdrew his gaze. Tang Seng was not in a hurry, and neither was he. He focused his mind on sensing the changes in the blood and comprehending the principle of 'blood refining'.
As soon as you close your eyes, you can see the gears of your five internal organs operating on their own amidst the abundant primordial energy.
Without his will, the internal organs, like gears, did not mesh together; each organ stood alone like a planet, radiating a vast divine power.
Any one of these five internal organs is comparable to the entire body's vital energy and blood of several immortal cultivators. Li Changzhou's foundation is too deep. Even a saint cultivating the "Eight-Nine Arcane Technique" would not be able to surpass him in the five internal organs.
The Divine Will Great Wall has explored the universe for countless years, discovering countless planets, and Li Changzhou has selected almost all of them as the best.
Beyond the gears of the five internal organs lies a long river of blood. The blood acts like a divine chain pulling and binding the gears, and like rain nourishing them, making the five internal organs stronger, more harmonious, and easier to control.
Li Changzhou carefully sensed that the blood refined by the Tongtian River did indeed have a binding effect on his five internal organs; it was not an illusion.
Constraints do not mean weakness; on the contrary, they facilitate control and unleash greater power.
Li Changzhou had previously revealed his thousand-foot-tall divine body, but that only allowed his internal organs to turn slowly; it wasn't that he couldn't turn faster.
The five internal organs are made by refining the gears of five planets. It would take 1,300 Earths combined to form the size of Jupiter. The other four planets are on the same level as Jupiter. This gives you an idea of how powerful the five internal organs are.
But he dared not.
Once the gears of the five internal organs start operating at full speed, the body, with its current strength, will definitely collapse.
With this blood constraint, he was able to open up a little more and use more of the power of his five internal organs.
The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts does not simply increase power; on the basis of increasing power, it also releases the power that was previously stored—depending on how much power was stored beforehand.
Erlang Shen, having mastered the Thirty-Six Forms, possessed a physical body comparable to the Buddha's golden body. However, once Li Changzhou mastered the Thirty-Six Forms, even the Buddha's golden body would be inferior to his.
Once you complete your blood refining, you can learn the 'Three Winds'; after forging your bones, you can learn the 'Three Fires'. When you master the 'Three Mountains', 'Three Waters', 'Three Winds', and 'Three Fires', you will be able to manipulate heaven and earth, and dominate the world with a single hand—competing with ordinary celestial beings with just your bare hands.
The "Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts" has six supernatural powers: the sixth form "Three Mountains", the twelfth form "Three Waters", the eighteenth form "Three Winds", and the twenty-fourth form "Three Fires". By comprehending wind, fire, water, and earth in the physical body, one can emulate the heavens and the earth.
The "Law of Heaven and Earth" does not belong to any of the techniques in the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques," but rather to a derived supernatural power.
Li Changzhou felt that it was somewhat similar to the Thousand-Foot Divine Body.
"Forget about the 'Three Winds' and 'Three Fires,' I haven't even mastered the 'Three Mountains' and 'Three Waters' yet," he sighed.
There really isn't enough time.
If it were given to him...
Li Changzhou interrupted his thoughts of complaint. Time is fair. If he didn't achieve his goal, it was either because he wasn't diligent enough or because he lacked talent.
Talent is not something that can be determined by a person; the only thing he can do is work hard.
Discarding distracting thoughts, Li Changzhou began to comprehend the "Three Waters".
The "three waters" refer to seawater, weak water, and blood water.
Seawater is heavy; a single breath of water can weigh as much as an entire ocean. When one cultivates to a certain level, a clenched fist can withstand the weight of the "Sea-Stabilizing Needle."
The weak water is dangerous and can drown you; once the "momentum" is unleashed, the opponent has nowhere to escape.
There's not much to say about the blood; it's simply the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique," where blood is burned to gain power.
[Your blood is extraordinary, and you've made significant progress in blood refining. Comprehending the secrets of 'blood' will rapidly enhance your strength.]
With guidance from Guanyin, Li Changzhou focused solely on comprehending the 'blood and water'.
Heavenly Palace.
Guanyin sat below the Queen Mother, dressed in white, her beauty no less than that of the other fairies, but her compassionate and magnanimous temperament made people overlook her appearance.
After eating the celestial fruit and drinking the wine, the Queen Mother said, "Today's Hundred Flowers Gathering is not for admiring the flowers, but for testing you all. Regardless of your background or the year you attained enlightenment, you can all display your talents."
"Your Majesty," the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden in her orange fairy dress began, "how shall the examination be conducted?"
"I will pass through three passes. If I pass the first pass, I will be rewarded with a peach that is three thousand years old; if I pass the second pass, I will be rewarded with a peach that is six thousand years old; if I pass the third pass, I will be rewarded with a peach that is nine thousand years old."
As the Queen Mother spoke, fairies dressed in red, blue, plain, black, purple, yellow, and green, who were in charge of colors, entered carrying flower baskets. Inside the baskets were the peaches of immortality that even Li Changzhou wanted to sacrifice his looks for.
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