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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 69 (324): [Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear]
(69th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Beneath the two-zhang-tall stone gate, Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan, seated in meditation, gazed into the depths of the Cave Dwelling.
"Such rapid progress in Psychic Power cultivation! He actually broke through just like that!" Yang Qingchan exclaimed.
"In Psychic Power cultivation, there are only two types: those with exceptional talent and those who are mediocre. With the aid of the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, his cultivation speed naturally surpasses even those with exceptional talent." Yang Qingxi spoke calmly, her heart undisturbed.
She was on the verge of reaching the Fourth Stage of the Dao Seed Realm. Once she crossed that threshold, a whole new world would open up, and her name would surely be recorded in the Jiazi Register.
Yang Qingchan raised her arm, carefully sensing the air: "The temperature is rising rapidly. The Golden Crow Flame within his Psychic Power Light is even more terrifying than the Great Technique of the first layer. Its power already rivals the Beginner level of the second layer's Great Technique."
"That's where he truly surpasses other Spiritual Masters!" Yang Qingxi affirmed.
Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao retreated from within, unable to withstand the scorching Golden Crow Flame surrounding Li Weiyi.
They felt as if the entire interior had become a sea of fire.
The six Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were ecstatic, leaping and frolicking in the Golden Crow Flame, circling the shimmering image of the Fusang Divine Tree.
Having consumed Xihe's essence for years, they were immune to the Blazing Flame.
Li Weiyi focused his mind inward, feeling himself merge with the Fusang Divine Tree's shimmering image.
His eyes seemed to grow between the branches and leaves, allowing him to watch the six little ones flutter and dance as they flew toward him.
"This must be the Spirit Divine Power of a Four-Star Spiritual Master!"
The shimmering image of the Fusang Divine Tree was the Spirit-Divine-Power Li Weiyi had cultivated.
Upon reaching Four-Star Spiritual Master, Li Weiyi clearly sensed that the Fusang Divine Tree's shimmering image now possessed Life and consciousness, and his own consciousness could enter it.
With a thought, the Fusang Divine Tree's branches lashed out like whips, showering the cave with a torrent of fiery rain.
Within his Spirit Realm between his eyebrows, four Spiritual Power (Nianli) Stars, each as large as a golden core, rotated endlessly like a miniature galaxy. Rings of Spirit Light spread from his body, transforming the cave into a sea of light.
His perception intensified further.
It was as if countless eyes and ears had burrowed into the stone walls, pierced through the Formation, and now perceived the most subtle and profound mysteries.
"Whoosh!"
Countless strands of Spiritual Light Flame, like threads of silk, flew back into Li Weiyi's Spirit Realm between his eyebrows.
The Spirit Realm resembled a divine furnace, blazing with intense heat. If it were to explode, it could obliterate a vast expanse of land.
Li Weiyi's upper body was clad only in the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor, his arms bare. His long hair hung loose, and his skin had returned to its normal state, no longer illuminated like a Pure Immortal Physique.
A rusty spear, its tip pointing downward, was planted in the ground before him.
At the spear's tail, the irregular hollow tube had been replaced by a doll-like Earth Spirit Seed - the very one the five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors had snatched from the depths of the water.
About a foot long, it was pitch black, with limbs and facial features.
Its head was adorned with bare, withered branches, their leaves devoured by the six little ones. It resembled a humanoid old tree root.
Li Weiyi couldn't tell how many years this Earth Spirit Seed had grown, but it was undoubtedly an Essence Herb over three thousand years old. Its body was incredibly tough, impervious even to a Fifth-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact sword.
Half a month ago, Li Weiyi had wanted to dissect it to see what it contained.
It emitted a childlike cry, desperately begging for mercy. The scene was as tragic as if they were slaughtering a child, causing an awkward silence to fall over the room.
Unlike other Essence Herbs, this one possessed a strong human-like nature and even resembled a human in appearance.
Later, as Li Weiyi refined the rusty spear, the Earth Spirit Seed within it began to glow intensely, accompanied by a continuous chanting of Buddhist sutras. The two were drawn to each other, and the Earth Spirit Seed's roots directly grew into the spear's tail, forming a tight connection.
Clearly, the object within the Earth Spirit Seed was the missing part of the spear.
Footsteps echoed.
Yang Qingxi, Tuoba Butuo, and Qi Xiao entered the room. Li Weiyi was toying with the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, attempting to use his newly cultivated, stronger Golden Crow Flame to burn away the rust.
However, his efforts once again ended in failure.
The Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear was the name Li Weiyi had given it, meaning "Three Lifetimes of Myriad Manifestations."
This was because its main body was closely connected to the character "(three)" .
Yang Qingxi said, "It's been quiet outside for several days. Yi Zhouxue, Si Kong Yanlun, and Si Kong Jingyuan must have truly left. Shouldn't we start our journey back to the Main Hall?"
"Have the Yang Family or Spirit Valley (Linggu) Hall sent anyone to Truth Zen Forest?" Li Weiyi asked.
Yang Qingxi frowned slightly: "That is indeed strange. Logically, given our talents, they shouldn't have ignored us. But don't worry too much. There are many routes back to the Main Hall from the south. It won't be easy for our enemies to intercept us halfway."
"Once we return to the Main Hall and I break through to the Fourth Heaven, we'll settle the score with them ourselves. There's no need to involve the older generation."
"Alright! Once I've claimed the Inner Treasury, we'll head back to the Main Hall."
Li Weiyi looked at the cliff face dozens of meters away.
Between them, an ancient stone staircase, carved into the rock, wound its way up the cliff, leading to the highest and most distant reaches of the Cave Dwelling.
During his breakthrough, Li Weiyi's Psychic Power had pierced through the Formation, giving him a blurred glimpse of the Cave Dwelling's depths.
Since his Psychic Power could penetrate the Formation, Li Weiyi believed that with his current cultivation level, he should be able to break the Formation on the stone staircase and enter the inner chambers.
Yang Qingxi narrowed her beautiful eyes, a sense of impending danger washing over her.
The secret treasury Wang Shu had discovered was merely a facade. The outer layer contained only Blood Crystals, gold, silver, and ceramics.
The true treasures must lie within the Inner Treasury.
Yang Qingxi considered it her personal domain, keeping even the elders of the Yang Family in the dark.
"This Cave Dwelling was clearly the cultivation ground of a great figure from the Ancient Bhagavata Sect. The Formation on the stone steps is extraordinary and extremely dangerous. You absolutely must not enter without permission," she said, hoping to dissuade Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi grabbed his Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear and strode toward the steps, laughing heartily, "Tens of thousands of years have passed. The formation glyphs on the steps have long faded. How much of the Formation's power remains? Divine Maiden, there's no need to worry. I know what I'm doing."
Yang Qingxi followed him, "It's too dangerous! We can come back later when our cultivation reaches the Seventh Realm or higher. It won't be too late then."
Li Weiyi had already reached the first step.
The steps numbered in the hundreds, leading straight up to the hundred-meter cliff peak.
The space at the top of the steps was distorted, making vision blurry.
He said, "Divine Maiden, aren't you reluctant to share a portion with me? This is a treasure trove Wang Shu found. Before we dealt with Wang Shu, we agreed to a three-seven split. You kept the Outer Treasury all to yourself! Now you want to keep the Inner Treasury too?"
"You absorbed Wang Shu's forces. I didn't quibble over it, did I?"
"Second Miss Yang devoured Wang Zhi's Dead Spirit Soul. I didn't demand a share to feed my insects, did I?"
"Now, the formation you can't break, I will. And I'll take my share - that's only natural, isn't it?"
Yang Qingxi's delicate face, radiant with her Pure Immortal Physique, flushed with a playful pout.
"When did I ever say I was reluctant? The Fourth Divine Son is so skilled and daring, please, go ahead!"
Li Weiyi flashed a brilliant smile.
Then, golden-red psychic power surged from his arm into the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear.
Instantly, strands of starlike patterns wrapped around his arm and body.
The spearhead pointed straight ahead.
"Sizzle!"
A blinding beam of light shot from the spear's tip, followed by a series of thunderous explosions as it shattered seventeen layers of the formation.
Ever since the Earth Spirit Seed had taken root at the spear's base, Li Weiyi could infuse it with psychic power and use it like a simple staff.
It was impossible to determine what kind of staff it truly was. Its internal structure remained impenetrable.
However, when Li Weiyi channeled his Golden Crow Flame-infused psychic power into the staff and unleashed it again, the resulting spiritual light flame became incredibly concentrated, its piercing power and temperature soaring.
Without the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, his Golden Crow Flame psychic power was equivalent to the power of a second-tier Great Technique at the beginner level.
After using it, its power would likely rival the fully realized second layer of Great Technique.
For someone his age, this was an astonishing achievement.
Yang Qingxi watched Li Weiyi's tall and upright figure as he ascended the steps with his spear, her emotions complex and difficult to describe - a mixture of anxiety and anticipation.
She called out, "Then let's split it three-seven!"
"Considering you took me to the treasury, I'll give you five shares. If I only gave you three, you'd probably be furious."
Li Weiyi chuckled and activated the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, launching his second strike to continue breaking the formation.
Yang Qingxi was already furious, her pearly teeth clenched tight, her fists clenched as hard as stones.
Yang Qingchan flashed to her side, gloating, "At his current level of Psychic Power, I'm not even sure I could beat him. If we fought, we'd have no chance of winning."
Qi Xiao chimed in, "The Fourth Divine Son was entitled to three shares of the treasury anyway. Since he's the one breaking the formation now, getting an extra two shares is only fair. The Divine Son is being very generous, considering his affection for the Divine Maiden. If it were me, Lao Qi, I'd take it all for myself."
"Boom!"
"Shatter!"
As Li Weiyi ascended, the Ancient Formation Inscriptions became clearer, more powerful, and imbued with terrifying offensive capabilities.
During the final dozen layers, Li Weiyi dared not force his way through.
Instead, he sat on the stone steps, using his Heavenly Eye to carefully study and analyze the inscriptions.
He employed Spiritual Light Flame to slowly burn away the formation glyphs and used his Yellow Dragon Sword to grind them away.
He tried every method he could think of to break the Formation.
Days passed in this manner.
Yang Qingxi calculated the time. The end of the month was approaching, and when the Formation's power waned, the final dozen layers of stone steps would surely fail to stop Li Weiyi. The formation glyphs here had existed for too long and were no longer stable.
"Boom!"
Half a day later, as the Formation's power weakened, Li Weiyi used his Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear to pierce a hole in the final layer of the Formation Light Veil and leaped through first.
By the time Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan had raced up the stone steps, the hole in the Formation Light Veil had vanished, leaving them stranded outside.
The two women stomped their feet in frustration.
The Inner Treasury wasn't large, and its end was visible at a glance. It truly resembled the secluded cultivation chamber of an enlightened monk, furnished with a Buddhist shrine, stone platform, incense burner, stone bed, and stone stool.
Li Weiyi merely glanced around before his gaze was drawn to a patch of Immortal Soil on the floor.
Immortal Soil spread beneath the Buddhist Shrine, covering an area the size of the abbot's chamber and radiating a four-colored radiance. Upon closer inspection, the surface of the Immortal Soil was covered in a layer of Four-Colored Immortal Moss - crystal-clear, tender, and an inch deep, emitting a faint, refreshing fragrance.
"Four-Colored Immortal Moss!"
Li Weiyi recognized it instantly, his heart pounding and his blood boiling.
Four-Colored Immortal Moss grows by absorbing Immortal Soil, making it incredibly rare. It's an unparalleled treasure for cultivating the Immortal Body.
To contend with an Immortal Realm Great Power using only his physical body, Li Weiyi would need to refine at least ten pounds of Immortal Soil.
However, the later stages of refining Immortal Soil become increasingly difficult, and the body has a limit to how much it can absorb at once. It requires a slow, drip-by-drip process.
Four-Colored Immortal Moss perfectly addresses this drawback.
Currently, Li Weiyi had already refined two pounds of Immortal Soil.
His ability to unleash such formidable combat prowess at the first level of the Dao Seed Realm stemmed from two advantages: first, he had cultivated an extra minor realm in both the Spring Surge Realm and the Five Seas Realm compared to other Martial-Mystic Cultivators, and his Qi Sea was vast. Second, his physical body had advanced beyond his cultivation realm.
After quickly scanning the chamber, Li Weiyi immediately retrieved his Cold Jade Box. He enveloped the Four-Colored Immortal Moss in Spiritual Qi and carefully harvested every strand, storing them with utmost care to leave no trace.
He was tempted to take all the Immortal Soil as well, but ultimately decided it would be too greedy.
Li Weiyi had always been one to reciprocate kindness.
Yang Qingxi had indeed helped him before.
To avoid danger, she had brought them to hide in this treasury.
Therefore, Li Weiyi didn't want to be too greedy.
"Eh!"
Li Weiyi's gaze fell upon a three-foot-tall Buddhist Shrine.
Inside the shrine, instead of a Buddha statue, lay a foot-long rectangular iron box.
Even after tens of thousands of years, not a speck of dust clung to its surface. It remained as pristine as new, exuding a solemn and profound aura.
Li Weiyi instinctively felt that the contents of the iron box were far more precious than the Immortal Soil and Four-Colored Immortal Moss.
He reached out to take it, but the box remained utterly motionless.
Consider that with Li Weiyi's current strength, he could tear the box from the ground even if it were fused to the earth.
Yet, repeated attempts yielded no results.
Using both hands, he tried to move the Buddhist Shrine itself, but it wouldn't budge.
Li Weiyi was utterly stunned.
He could clearly see that neither the shrine nor the box was stuck to the ground.
Why couldn't he lift them?
How heavy could this iron box possibly be?
Did it contain a mountain inside?
Unable to waste any more time, he activated the Buddha's Relic, using his Spatial Power to store the iron box and the Buddhist Shrine together in his Blood Mud Space, intending to study them later.
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