Chapter 88 Different
Upon returning to Xifeng Island, Gu Qingqing buried herself in the ground and slept for five days, refusing to wake up no matter who called her.
Ji Zhuang dug her out several times, but she would just move to another spot and bury herself again.
After she emerged from the ground, she was like a completely different fox, cultivating frantically every night.
Inspired by him, Ji Zhuang also began to cultivate.
Ji Rong then focused her mind on the spiritual platform within her body, pondering day after day.
She often sneaks off to the deserted island to conjure up her bird body, tree body, and celestial body to look at them alone. Sometimes she even asks Gu Qingqing to conjure up all three bodies for her to see.
What Gu Qingqing dislikes most now is her large-bellied celestial form.
Whenever Ji Rong made this request, she would first beat Ji Rong up, and then transform herself to show her.
After being beaten thirty-seven times, Ji Rong finally realized the difference; she was not like Gu Qingqing.
When Gu Qingqing transforms into a celestial being, it is a perfect transfer and combination of the bones and hair on her body, using the illusory image of the celestial being as a template.
What is false is false, what is real is real.
Her own celestial body, however, was released directly from the spiritual platform space, transforming from the illusory into the real.
Ji Rong felt uneasy once again because of her strange behavior.
She nervously sought out Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang to tell them about her strange behavior.
To their surprise, Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang were extremely envious after hearing this.
Ji Zhuang asked, "Sister, if you continue to cultivate like this, won't you be able to fight three against one in the future?"
Gu Qingqing said, "It's one thing to have a perfect celestial body, but to be able to manifest at the same time is truly impressive! Alas, the way of heaven is unfair!"
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing's words inspired Ji Rong. She immediately transformed into three bodies and attacked Gu Qingqing, determined to get some retribution for the beatings she had suffered these past few days.
With one intention transforming into three, all three of her bodies leaped up, only to crash straight to the ground.
After finally gathering her thoughts and restoring her bird form, Ji Rong discovered that half of the spiritual lake water within her body had been lost.
Ji Rong, who hadn't expected that half of the Spirit Lake would be lost after just one experiment, told Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang the results with a bitter face.
Ji Rong's words made Gu Qingqing burst into laughter, and she immediately rewarded Ji Rong with a slap on the face with her Five-Tailed Whip.
Ji Zhuang looked worried. He just wanted his good brother Jiao Jue to bring Ji Rong another ring of spirit crystal ore.
Jiaojue no longer lives with them, but he comes often.
After Jiao Jue returned from his tribulation, he couldn't stop thinking about his miners, so he asked the Wu tribe to build him a cave on Huofeng Island, which Wu Qi readily agreed to.
After Ji Rong's spiritual lake shrank by half, she felt empty again.
She ran to Jiaojue and declared righteously that she wanted to go into the mine to dig for ore!
To everyone's surprise, Jiao Jue refused. He looked at Ji Rong with disdain and said, "Behave yourself. You only get 20%, the rest is mine."
"Once I reinforce the mine shaft, you can go in and supervise the work." Ji Rong had no choice but to nod.
With the reinforcement inscriptions for the Wangfeng Island mine completed, Jiaojue led his miners into Wangfeng Island as he had hoped.
Ji Rong naturally went as well, but as soon as she entered, she couldn't help but rush to the front, transform into a tree trunk, and take root to absorb the energy.
By doing this, she not only blocked the main entrance and exit, preventing the miners of Jiaojue from entering the cave, but also drained the spiritual essence of a section of the middle layer of raw ore in the mine, turning it into powder.
The reinforcing inscriptions carved on the outer layer of the horn jade fell down along with the middle layer of stone.
Although there were no casualties, the mine shafts collapsed.
Jiaojue had no choice but to shrink down and crawl inside to clean it up little by little. When he crawled out, the once golden dragon had turned into a mud loach.
Feeling utterly humiliated in front of the miners, Jiao Jue was furious. He threw the ore fragments he had collected from clearing the mine to Ji Rong and refused to let Wu Yue let her in again.
Therefore, Ji Rong set her sights on Tuifeng Island.
Every day, she would fly around Tuifeng Island, looking for an opportunity to enter, but Jiaojue, who was on guard against her, would never let her have her way.
In the end, Jiao Jue bypassed Ji Rong and made an agreement with Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing that they would exchange one sack of spirit crystals every three days for the price of Ji Rong, and that Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang would jointly guard Ji Rong to prevent her from going out at will.
With her older siblings objecting, Ji Rong had no choice but to settle down on Xifeng Island.
Since returning to the island, Jiaojue has been carrying Wuyue around every day.
Before long, the old fellow Wu Yue was given the title of "Great Wu Yue, the Legacy of the Ancestral Wu".
Today, no member of the Wu tribe does not worship Wuyue in their heart.
Many lich disciples with good bloodlines even tried to replicate Wu Yue's path and take the path of sacrifice, but they were beaten up by Wu Qi and still didn't behave themselves.
Wu Yue had no choice but to summon these seeds of hope within the clan separately to address this unhealthy trend.
"...taking the path of sacrifice and becoming a great shaman was a necessity forced upon him by circumstances."
Now that our clan is showing signs of prosperity, why should we be shortsighted and destroy our foundation by pursuing this quick-fix method?
The ancient ancestral witches could live for ten thousand years, while I am only two hundred and eighty years old, yet I have already aged and decayed to this extent, which shows that this path is blocked.
Lord Golden Dragon is a guardian auspicious creature inherited from my clan, not something I acquired during my time as a high shaman. Therefore, I am truly unworthy to be compared to the ancient ancestral shaman.
Those present are all elites of the clan. If you concentrate on your cultivation, your future lifespan and achievements will surely surpass mine. Whoever can truly cultivate into a Great Witch will naturally gain the approval of Lord Golden Dragon.
"If you wish to raise dragons and phoenixes like the ancient ancestral witches, then cultivate diligently. Once you are strong enough, what difficulty would there be in capturing one in the Central Plains, just as your ancestors did?"
Wu Yue's words greatly excited the clan members, and in an instant, the spirit of cultivation swept through the entire clan from the bottom up.
Many elite disciples vowed to cultivate themselves into great masters, to capture a dragon in the Zhongzhou mountain range, and even often secretly challenged each other to fight and hone their combat skills.
Whenever Wuqi saw his clansmen diligently cultivating, he would inwardly praise himself for his brilliant decision.
A leader's wisdom is evident in whether their decisions are good or bad.
Wuqi never expected that he, who was usually not good at thinking, would be so farsighted.
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It was five years later that Wu Yue fully took control of the remaining Wu tribes.
For the past five years, Wuqi has been stationed on Vulturewind Island, overseeing the production of spirit crystals by the slaves.
Wu Yue, skilled in diplomacy, quickly established a relationship with Youhu Qing, the newly appointed official in charge of the inner tribute in the Temple of the God of War.
Knowing that Hu Qing was a master of fire magic, he knew his opportunity had arrived.
Those who specialize in fire magic have a huge demand for fire crystals.
However, fire crystals are important strategic materials and have always been strictly controlled by Guangyang Palace.
Therefore, Fox Spirit often has to use second-grade firestones for cultivation. Firestones are secondary minerals that are found alongside fire crystal veins. They are not pure and often contain fire poison.
During his cultivation, Youhu Qing often had to stop to expel the fire poison after cultivating for a period of time, which was extremely painful and caused his personality to become worse and worse.
Therefore, Wu Yue proposed during the council meeting that the array seal on Huoguang Island next to Wangfeng Island be repaired and some of it be mined to bribe Youhu Qing.
The elders naturally agreed.
The Fifth Elder, Yue Wu, was obsessed with magic and artifacts. She volunteered to take the lead in repairing the array seals.
She spent half a year using Wu Yue's blood to gradually nurture the array seal on Firelight Island back to life.
Once they did it, they did it again. By the fifth year, they had managed to repair twenty more seals. If Wu Yue's blood hadn't been insufficient, they could have repaired even more.
In response, Yuewu often cursed her ancestor in her heart for having led the dilution of bloodlines in order to survive.
Since the Witch Clan secretly provided Youhu Qing with precious fire crystals, Youhu Qing's cultivation has gradually stabilized, showing great potential to become the number one in the Treasure Pavilion.
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