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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 61 (316): [Harvesting]
(61st of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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After the Spiritual Qi in his seven Qi Seas recovered, Li Weiyi once again turned his gaze inward to his Divine Gate.
The twelve-character Dao Seed hung suspended in mid-air, forming a Soul Bridge that connected to the Spiritual Qi within his body and his soul spirit.
The Spiritual power gushing forth from this Tenth Spring was in liquid form, like a pool of water. Illuminated by the Dao Seed above, it shimmered with a kaleidoscope of colors, resembling a liquid of glazed glass, brimming with Divine Essence.
Ever since he cultivated the Tenth Spring, Li Weiyi had been reluctant to use the liquid qi, always accumulating it.
Now that he had reached the Dao Seed Realm, liquid qi flowed forth constantly. The Spring had also grown several times larger than it had been during the Five Seas Realm.
With a tentative mindset, Li Weiyi channeled the liquid qi, directing it toward his Meridians and Veins.
In his mind, one of the Twelve Divine Shadows appeared, and he carefully savored the essence he had gleaned from their previous battle.
He formed a Finger Seal, his fingers casting multiple shadows.
"Whoosh!"
Cihang Enlightenment erupted.
The air around his fingertip vibrated violently, creating a sonic boom cloud the size of a washbasin.
The speed of his finger strike exceeded the speed of sound.
A beam of finger force shot from the center of the sonic boom cloud, tearing through the surface of the Tanggu Sea with a thunderous roar, carving a long, watery path across the waves.
Waves churned on both sides of the water channel, their momentum immense.
"Such power! The finger force is condensed, its penetrating force terrifying, not inferior to the first layer of a Great Technique."
Li Weiyi didn't know how to cultivate the Twelve Dispersed Hands of the Chan Sect like he cultivated a Great Technique. There were no layers - no first, second, or third - nor a complete, detailed cultivation system.
"Perhaps it's related to the Scriptures I've comprehended."
"Right now, I've only just planted my Dao Seed. Using the Twelve Dispersed Hands as a bridge, I've only obtained a single Scripture seed for each. The more Scriptures I comprehend, the deeper my mastery of the Twelve Dispersed Hands will become, and their power will undoubtedly grow."
In Li Weiyi's eyes, the twelve figures manifested by the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish weren't real people but rather incarnations of twelve different Daos.
He couldn't comprehend what "Dao" truly was, so his subconscious had anthropomorphized it.
No one could explain it to him; he could only speculate.
Li Weiyi then tried again, channeling the Spiritual Qi from his seven Qi Seas to execute the Cihang Enlightenment technique.
As expected, its power was greatly diminished, equivalent to the first layer of a Great Technique at the Minor Completion stage.
Even this was remarkable!
Li Weiyi had only just planted his Dao Seed, yet he was already proficient in twelve Great Techniques.
This meant that in combat, he wouldn't have to rely entirely on Spiritual artifacts and could adapt to different battle environments with greater flexibility.
Consider that Wang Shu had spent three years mastering a single Great Technique, only to be immediately appointed a Divine Son, a feat akin to a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate.
If Wang Shu were still alive and learned that Li Weiyi had mastered thirteen Great Techniques, he'd likely die of rage on the spot.
"It's best to avoid using liquid qi as much as possible. It's too shocking to the world. Who knows, I might be captured by an Immortal Realm Great Power and forced to teach them the cultivation method of the Twelve Dispersed Hands."
"In the eyes of the outside world, I'm cultivating the Dao Seed of the Wind Mansion."
Li Weiyi stood on the sea surface, demonstrating the Twelve Dispersed Hands one by one. He clearly felt a new understanding and insight compared to before.
As he executed each move, he could sense the presence of Dao surrounding him.
Invisible, intangible.
Only through gradual comprehension could he grasp it.
"Whoosh!"
He performed the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step, leaving a wisp of azure cloud smoke trailing beneath his feet that never dissipated.
Weaving through the Xihe flowers, he held a Spiritual artifact jade bottle, collecting dew.
The primary ingredient for refining the Star Spiritual Pill was Extreme Spiritual Light Dew.
Hidden Two said, "That's a treasure born from the Polar Day Land, like liquid light."
Li Weiyi thought the Tanggu Sea could also be considered a Polar Day Land. While Xihe's dew couldn't compare to Extreme Spiritual Light Dew, he had studied it and found it contained potent, scorching spirit light matter, possessing about one-tenth to one-fifth the efficacy of Extreme Spiritual Light Dew.
After refinement, it could be used for Pill Refinement.
The key difference was that Extreme Spiritual Light Dew was incredibly expensive, costing three or four tens of thousands of Yongquan Coins per drop.
Xihe's dew, on the other hand, could be collected in abundance every day.
Soon, Li Weiyi returned to the underground cave.
Sitting in the pitch-black depths of the cavern, he felt a sharp pang of hunger. He took out the dried meat he had prepared earlier and began chewing it slowly.
"This hunger only hits me after emerging from the Time Cocoon. Could Divine Pivot Dao Seeding have really taken ten days?"
Li Weiyi recalled the grueling battles he had fought against the Twelve Divine Shadows in the Sea of Scriptures. The longest duel had lasted a staggering three hundred and twenty-seven rounds before he finally obtained the Dao Seed Scripture.
In the Spirit Realm, his psychic power had largely recovered.
He released his Spiritual Light again, activating the two Fish Eyes.
One was a Buddha's Relic, the other a Dao Ancestor's brow bone.
"Whoosh!"
A radiant light surged, and the Tai Chi Millstone appeared, twisting space.
Li Weiyi carefully sensed the distortion, detecting temporal fluctuations.
The Sea of Scriptures - Daoist Scriptures and Buddhist sutras - reappeared beneath his feet, undulating like ocean waves and shimmering like a dazzling star sea.
Without releasing his Battle Technique Intent, the Twelve Divine Shadows did not manifest.
Li Weiyi walked across the Sea of Scriptures, his mind clear. He observed and comprehended deeply, a smile suddenly spreading across his face.
"I understand! The Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish is the supreme scripture of the Chan Sect, containing the Sea of Scriptures within it."
"The Twelve Divine Shadows, derived from the Twelve Dispersed Hands, serve as twelve keys to unlock this scripture - or perhaps, as twelve teachers passing down the Law."
"Though all twelve individuals cultivated the same scripture, they achieved different results."
"Now, I'm essentially combining the strengths of all twelve to seek a thirteenth outcome, right, you silent gourd?"
No one replied.
Li Weiyi suppressed his self-satisfied smile and withdrew from the Sea of Scriptures.
Much time had passed.
He worried about the situation outside, so he decided to return to the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace and enter closed-door cultivation.
"I need someone I can trust implicitly to help me monitor my condition after activating both Fish Eyes. Have my surroundings changed? Has time been altered?"
Li Weiyi emerged from the Spider Cave.
Outside, darkness and coldness reigned.
Only a faint glow emanated from the direction of the Netherdark Swamp.
The air carried the stench of decay that had lingered for ten thousand years, laced with miasma.
At his current Dao Seed Realm cultivation, Li Weiyi had transcended the limitations of his mortal body. Such a level of poison posed no threat; his Spiritual Qi could swiftly neutralize it upon inhalation.
Only toxins like the Earth Spirit Grey Mist of Coffin Mountain still posed a significant danger to him.
Donning his mask, Li Weiyi summoned a cloud of Spiritual Qi beneath his feet and stepped into the boundless, dim swamp, his form swallowed by the miasma.
Second Phoenix flew out, perching on his shoulder. Its six claws stood upright, its wings folded tightly against its body. Without its head, it resembled a colorful bird rather than a moth or butterfly.
Over the past nine months, Second Phoenix had grown slightly, reaching the Second Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
Most of Li Weiyi's wealth and resources had been consumed by the seven of them.
Their growth rate was slowing.
Even a Millennium Essence Herb, when offered to them, left not a trace of moisture behind after being devoured.
Li Weiyi said to Second Phoenix, "We came to the Netherdark Swamp for two reasons. First, to find Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stones. Second, to meditate."
"The more we find, the more Merit Points we can exchange for, allowing us to purchase more Millennium Essence Herbs. Also, try to track down Lao Qi and Tuoba's Qi to see how they're faring."
"Whoosh!"
Second Phoenix spread its wings and soared into the sky. Its eyes grew bright, and its sense of smell fully activated.
Before long, it spotted something and dove down at breakneck speed in a certain direction.
"That's some sharp perception," Li Weiyi thought, using his Body Technique to follow closely behind.
After running for over a dozen miles, a fist-sized white flower appeared before them. It grew from the decaying mud that peeked above the water's surface, with no leaves, only a foot-long stem.
"A white Meditation Blossom. It's the lowest grade, worth a thousand Merit Points. Consuming it allows Spiritual Masters to enter a deep state of meditation."
Li Weiyi quickly retrieved his Cold Jade Box and approached the flower.
From the distance to their right, a dense, piercing sound filled the air.
A swarm of Bone-Corroding Miasma Mosquitoes flew toward them, countless in number, like a dark cloud.
The Meditation Blossom grows incredibly fast, like the ephemeral tandan flower. Once it blooms, its fragrance attracts all sorts of ferocious creatures. Whether one can harvest it depends entirely on luck, and the danger is immense.
Even ordinary Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators would be forced to flee upon encountering a swarm of Bone-Corroding Miasma Mosquitoes of this scale.
Li Weiyi ignored them.
Using his Spiritual Qi, he enveloped the white Meditation Blossom, plucked it, and quickly placed it in the Cold Jade Box.
Meanwhile, Second Phoenix had already driven back the swarm of Bone-Corroding Miasma Mosquitoes.
"Bone-Corroding Miasma Mosquitoes are General-level ferocious insects, each comparable to a Martial-Mystic Dao expert at the First or Second Stage of the Five Seas Realm. Why didn't you subdue them?" Li Weiyi communicated with Second Phoenix through Psychic Power.
Second Phoenix's reply left Li Weiyi speechless.
It said that the seven of them were always hungry. How could they possibly feed a swarm of Bone-Corroding Miasma Mosquitoes?
Li Weiyi rolled his eyes.
As long as he provided them with food, the seven of them could eat continuously, gorging themselves until they nearly burst.
How could they ever be full?
Li Weiyi released his Psychic Power to probe the depths of the rotten mud.
The Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone was found deep within the rotten mud beneath the Meditation Blossom's roots.
However, not every Meditation Blossom's roots held one; it was entirely a matter of luck.
Unfortunately, Li Weiyi's luck was poor, and he found nothing.
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A day later.
Li Weiyi placed the fifteenth Meditation Blossom into his box.
Among them were twelve white Meditation Blossoms and three blue ones.
Blue Meditation Blossoms could be exchanged for 10,000 Merit Points and were used to aid Great Spiritual Masters in deep meditation.
The most precious were the purple Meditation Blossoms, worth 100,000 Merit Points each, which could help Spiritual Masters achieve deep meditation.
Each deep meditation session significantly enhanced Psychic Power.
"Huh!"
Li Weiyi's eyes lit up. His Psychic Power nerves had detected a strange fluctuation deep within the decaying mud beneath this Meditation Blossom.
A chain of Spirit Light shot out from his brow, piercing into the depths of the mud.
"Whoosh!"
A grain-of-rice-sized fragment of Spirit Platform Blazing Starstone was pulled out and landed in Li Weiyi's hand.
Second Phoenix flew over and perched on his shoulder, eyes wide with curiosity.
"Finally found one. Seems it's not too difficult after all," Li Weiyi murmured, carefully putting the fragment away.
He needed to collect more treasures like the Spirit Platform Blazing Starstone.
Once he left the Underground Immortal Mansion, where else would he find them?
Without it, his progress in cultivating Psychic Power would be painfully slow.
Second Phoenix chirped softly.
"Good, good, you've done a great job..."
Li Weiyi narrowed his eyes, spotting five figures closing in on him in a fan formation.
They wielded Spiritual artifacts and wore the straw robes of Core Disciples.
From their posture, it was clear they had discovered Li Weiyi collecting the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone and were treating him like easy prey.
The atmosphere instantly grew tense.
As they drew closer, one of the Core Disciples with a Pure Immortal Physique saw the Second Phoenix perched on Li Weiyi's shoulder. His expression changed instantly, and he immediately sent a spiritual energy transmission to the other four.
The five figures stopped in their tracks, exchanging bewildered glances.
They were at a loss for what to do.
"What are you doing?"
Li Weiyi stood masked, hands clasped behind his back. His voice was calm and ethereal, radiating an extraordinary aura.
The five Core Disciples, witnessing his upright posture and feeling an invisible surge of Willpower, trembled.
They immediately sheathed their Spiritual artifacts and bowed deeply, not daring to even consider escape.
One of the Seventh Sea Core Disciples, trembling with nervousness, stammered, "Greetings, Fourth Divine Son! We... we were just passing through..."
Li Weiyi strolled forward, each step covering dozens of meters: "Oh, you recognize me!"
"We may not recognize Your Highness, but we recognize Your Highness's rare insect. When Your Highness slew Wang Shu, I was fortunate enough to witness the battle from afar. Your Highness's peerless grace left us mere mortals to gaze upon you from afar," the Seventh Sea Core Disciple said.
Li Weiyi replied, "Empty words! You were clearly planning to hunt me down and seize my treasure. Each of you has such audacity! If I were only at the Five Seas Realm, wouldn't I already be dead at your hands?"
A Fifth Sea Core Disciple, his legs trembling with fear, sank to his knees in the muddy swamp.
"Your Highness, spare us! We were merely passing through, preparing to return. We only came to investigate after noticing the radiant glow of the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone. How could we dare harm our fellow disciples?"
The figure before them had used the same excuse to slay the former Fourth Divine Son.
How could they not be terrified?
In the face of death, fear is the greatest terror.
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END OF CHAPTER
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