Chapter 652 All good things must come to an end
Return to Qingyin Pavilion at the foot of Yanjue Mountain.
After helping Yu Yaozi clear the weeds from the vegetable garden, Li Weiyi sat down at the stone table.
They took out dozens of densely packed boundary bags and arranged them neatly.
Taking stock of the gains from the trip to the ancient kingdom of Suiyuexu.
Ghost Pills, Corpse Pills, and Bone Pills are stored separately in a box. They can be used to craft battle corpse puppets or sold.
The spirit crystals were arranged in a small pile.
They are all low-grade spirit crystals, each worth three to five million Yongquan coins. The internal magical energy is pure, making them essential for refining spirit talismans, spirit arrays, and spirit pills. They can also help martial arts practitioners increase their cultivation speed.
Of course, it is far inferior to Nangong's direct absorption of the Bright Spring for cultivation.
The Netherworld Essence, when all is added together, amounts to several bottles, enough for a Saint Spirit Mind Master at the seventh level, saving a significant amount of time spent on Soul Condensation. It can also be used to nourish the Soul, allowing Li Weiyi to be immune to the damage to his soul from Heavenly Fire, and greatly increasing the speed of his Mind Power cultivation.
This was the fundamental reason why he decided to go to the ancient kingdom of Time Ruins!
The other treasures were all unexpected gains.
There were quite a few thousand-year-old medicinal herbs. Some of them were harvested from the enemy's bag, some were picked under the guidance of Tian Lingzai, and some were rewards from the Dongxu Camp.
For a long time to come, there will be no need to worry about food for the seven phoenix-winged moth queens.
There are dozens of artifacts of various kinds. Among them, the claw-shaped ritual implement of the six-colored peacock, the talisman umbrella of Lady Luoyin, and the vajra of the Four-Eared Ghost Monkey Marquis are all of very high quality and priceless.
Of course, the most precious one is the Golden Thunder Seal.
The remaining supernatural corpses, ores, spring coins, magical artifacts and martial arts attire, pills, and other miscellaneous items filled the entire courtyard, leaving Li Weiyi exhausted.
Such wealth would make even ordinary immortals green with envy, let alone those with great immortality.
This is what Tang Wanzhou meant by a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
For the younger generation, it's extremely difficult to wrest resources from the older generation. Therefore, every opportunity is incredibly precious.
The upcoming Hundred Realms Longevity Competition will undoubtedly be another opportunity to make a fortune.
It is said that Gu Zhenzhen alone possessed more than one swastika-shaped artifact.
Li Weiyi was actually very tempted, so for the next year or so, he had to improve his cultivation as much as possible, actively prepare for battle, and make another big score.
"First, attempt to reach the third realm of Holy Spirit Mind Master."
Inside the cocoon, Li Weiyi had already condensed his third soul, "Qi Po," to perfection. During his final seclusion within the cocoon, he emerged early because the fifth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Sword had been perfected, breaking through the cocoon's silk.
Otherwise, he might have condensed the thirtieth psychic star within the cocoon and entered the third realm.
Taking out a mid-grade spiritual pill, the "Sacred Thought Star Pill," Li Weiyi entered the Blood Mud Space to cultivate in seclusion and break through to a higher realm.
He exchanged most of the rewards from the Cave Ruins Camp for Sacred Thought Star Pills, a total of seven.
Mid-grade spirit pills are highly prized treasures that even those at the Great Longevity Realm would fight over, costing dozens of low-grade spirit crystals to acquire. Seven Saintly Star Pills represent the entire amount the Cave Ruins Camp currently possesses.
Two weeks later.
Outside Qingyin Pavilion.
Qing Zijin has fully recovered. She is wearing a light blue ruyi (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with the hem of her skirt hanging down to her shoes. Her black hair is tied up in a bun. She has taken off her bamboo hat, revealing a radiant smile with red lips and white teeth. She is very different from her previous cold and desolate self.
"Li Weiyi, I've come to say goodbye."
Her appearance was immature, with round, bright eyes, and when she smiled, she exuded a youthful charm and playfulness.
Li Weiyi had expected this, and laughed, "That's more like it. Smile more, and be more optimistic from now on. I've already removed the puppet markings from those seniors and placed them in the sea of coffins in the cave. Do you want to take them with you?"
Qing Zijin shook her head, looking at him quietly: "I used to cultivate Corpse Control to conceal my martial arts cultivation. Now, I don't need it anymore... Thank you!"
"No need to thank me. You are my captain, we are allies, and even more so, teammates of the Shaoyang Guard. This kind of connection and fate is more precious than anything else," Li Weiyi said.
"You..."
Qing Zijin sighed softly, but swallowed the rest of her words, and instead said, "Whether or not we have the chance to meet again in the future, I will remember the friendship between us."
"Where are you going?" Li Weiyi asked.
Qing Zijin said, "Xiaoyao Capital! From now on, there will be no more Qing Zijin in this world! Green are your robes, long is my longing. From now on, my name will be Yu Youyou."
Li Weiyi quickly explained, "Those few lines of poetry are from my hometown, Captain, please don't overthink it. Yu Youyou doesn't sound good, let's call her Yu Qingqing instead. Our Shaoyang Division has a little Qing and a little Bai, which makes me feel less homesick."
"Who is Xiaobai? Nangong?" Qing Zijin asked.
Li Weiyi told her Nangong's real name, and the two of them burst into laughter, their laughter mingling with the sound of the stream beside them.
This summer is destined to be unforgettable.
There is no sadness of parting.
At least not on the surface.
"This is for you!"
Qing Zijin took off the psychic star bracelet from her wrist and placed it in his hand.
Then, she put on her straw hat and veil again.
After exchanging heartfelt farewells, she waved goodbye and left with Yu He, who was waiting in the distance. She looked back twice on the way.
Half an hour later, Li Weiyi stood atop the array tower, thirty feet from the gate of the Dongxu Camp, watching the carriage and dust disappear below the horizon with the setting sun.
It got dark.
Liu Ye stood beside him: "All good things must come to an end. Once that old scoundrel Qing Ci is brought to justice, she can naturally live in the sunlight again. But you actually lied to me, isn't that a bit too much?"
"Can you act?" Li Weiyi asked.
"Everyone has things they're not good at."
Liu Ye gave a helpless bitter smile, then suddenly said, "The war in the Holy Temple Realm has broken out, and it is said to be very fierce. On the first day alone, tens of millions of people in the four border prefectures died in the aftermath of the transcendent battle. Fortunately, those ghost kings and corpse kings were stopped at the border and were not allowed to enter the heartland."
"The rainforest habitat has joined the battle, and various habitats around the Sanctuary habitat have also sent troops to support it."
"It is said that Zuo Tianqing, the Grand Chancellor of the Holy Dynasty, and more than a dozen Lords of the Living Realm have already rushed over. This shows that no matter how dangerous the situation, as long as the human race is united enough, it can cope with it."
Li Weiyi's expression turned solemn: "It's not as simple as it seems on the surface. The human race is ultimately lacking a supreme expert who can integrate all the forces. The Demon Kingdom, the Holy Dynasty, the Sword Dao Imperial Court, the Crossing Calamity Temple, the Zong Sheng Academy... all the forces are still a disorganized mess, constantly fighting amongst themselves. When faced with danger, everyone wants to preserve their strength and is afraid of sacrifice."
“I’m going to the Sanctuary!” Willow Leaf said.
Li Weiyi looked at him: "You're here to say goodbye too? That's too dangerous!"
“If reinforcements from other habitats can go, why can’t I? There should be a place for me in the rainforest’s military camp,” Liu Ye said.
Before leaving, the two had a drink together, neither knowing if they would ever see each other again, their fate uncertain.
Li Weiyi still had the mission of luring the enemy, so she did not accompany him.
After seeing Liu Ye off, Li Weiyi prepared to enter the Heavenly Fire World to cultivate his mental power.
With the help of a Holy Star Pill, he has successfully fused his soul, condensed his thirtieth Star of Mind Power, and stepped into the third realm of Holy Spirit Mind Master.
"There are still six Sacred Mind Star Pills left! In the third realm, each one can help me condense two Mind Power Stars. Before the results announcement, I will have the opportunity to raise my Mind Power cultivation to the fourth realm."
"Upon reaching the fourth realm, the ratio of the time cocoon woven by the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish should be able to reach one to ten, which is comparable to the Netherworld."
Li Weiyi boasted that he would catch up with An Xianjing within ten years; without the Time Cocoon's assistance, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream. Furthermore, the ten-year agreement with the owner of the bronze ship was fraught with unknowns and dangers; undoubtedly, a higher cultivation level would ensure a more secure outcome.
In the past two weeks, three spirit sentinels have appeared near Qingyin Pavilion, and all of them have been taken away by Zhuang Shiyan.
With this sage personally protecting him in secret, Li Weiyi felt quite at ease.
Enter the Heavenly Fire World, find a suspended jade platform, sit down, and release the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Kings.
"Each of you absorb the Heavenly Fire. If you get hungry and need a thousand-year-old elixir, come find me... I'm not talking about now. Do you think I don't know how much you've eaten?"
Li Weiyi drove them away and then entered into meditation.
"Whoosh!"
In the spirit realm, the spirit of the Fusang Divine Tree manifested, with thirty psychic stars hovering and twinkling in the air.
The "Soldier's Soul Technique" protects the Heavenly Soul, Spiritual Wisdom Soul, and Vital Soul that are integrated into the spirit.
The heavenly fire flowed like a stream of light, continuously converging towards his brow. He did not immediately refine the Sacred Thought Star Pill to condense the thirty-first Star of Thought Power, but instead focused on consolidating his realm.
At the same time, they plan to take this opportunity to further refine the "Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Array".
Mental power cultivation must be paired with corresponding techniques to unleash sufficiently powerful combat strength. If used skillfully, its combat power can even rival that of a true disciple of an ancient sect at the same level.
If there is no such law.
Just like Chu Yutian, who was at the fourth level of the Holy Spirit Mind Master, he did not increase his combat power much.
The array inscriptions for Li Weiyi's Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Array were crafted on the four pages of the "Earth Book" representing wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.
On each page, there are currently about four hundred array runes that have been refined. When added together, there are a total of one thousand six hundred, which can be called spirit arrays.
Baiwen protects the town.
Qianwen defended the city.
Once the array runes reach a thousand, it can be classified as a "low-grade spirit array." When spread out, it can protect an entire county. When condensed around oneself, it can be used to deal with martial artists in the Longevity Realm below the Great Longevity Realm.
A formation with four thousand runes is called a "mid-grade spirit formation." It can protect a small prefecture and even pose a threat to a Great Immortal.
When the array has seven thousand runes, it is called a "superior spirit array" and can protect a large city. It can also be used to deal with top-tier longevity experts in the seventh realm.
When the number of array characters reaches ten thousand, it falls into the category of "sacred array".
The power of a formation is closely related to the number of its runes.
However, the array patterns cannot be stacked infinitely, nor can they be stacked arbitrarily.
The Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning Array of Dongxu Camp, in its complete state, is a "Mid-Grade Sacred Array" with 40,000 array runes. It is said that the array manual was found by a sentry spirit in a secret realm.
Currently, the Dongxu Camp does not have any Nian Masters who can refine a complete Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Array.
The reason Li Weiyi initially valued this formation was twofold: firstly, he had just obtained four pages of the "Earth Book" depicting wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. Each page of the "Earth Book" was like a magical artifact; the deeper one's understanding of it, the stronger the power of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning that would be unleashed.
In other words, using these four pages of the "Earth Book" as the base of the formation will definitely make the formation more powerful.
Secondly, he could go to Tanggu Sea, collect sufficiently powerful Golden Crow Flames, and refine them into a fire array. He could then use the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal and Yellow Dragon Sword to infuse the electric and thunder arrays with lightning.
The only problem is the wind formation; powerful wind energy is extremely difficult to find.
Li Weiyi perused the "Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Array Manual," studying the low-grade spirit array runes of the second stage. The second stage also contained 1,600 runes.
Once completed, the array will contain 3,200 runes, becoming a top-tier low-grade spirit array.
Next, he began refining a mid-grade spirit array.
Time passed by day by day.
Unbeknownst to him, Li Weiyi had spent half a year in the Heavenly Fire World in one go.
Until Taishi Yu, who had reached the level of a Holy Spirit Master, entered the Heavenly Fire World and found him: "The Sword Dao Imperial Court has sent people. The Sentinel Master wants you to go to the camp."
(End of this chapter)
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