Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 387

Chapter 387 Nascent Soul Relics, The Method of Yin-Yang Balance (Seeking Subscriptions)

Wang Songde had no idea how he had been controlled.

Years ago,

while searching for treasure in the Northern Plains, he

suddenly heard a faint, ethereal zither melody.

The melody seemed to carry a strange power, compelling him to search for its source.

Just as he was about to investigate, everything went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

When he awoke, he was in the heart of the Yan Kingdom’s demonic territory.

Over the years,

the Yan Kingdom’s demonic forces had implanted numerous restrictions into his body and nascent soul.

The fourth-tier Nascent Soul Control Gu was merely one of the methods used to control him.

Even after killing the Gu worm, he couldn’t remain conscious for long.

“Thank you, fellow Daoist, for granting me this moment of clarity,”

Wang Songde bowed deeply, expressing his sincere gratitude.

Li Chang’an replied, “It was merely a convenient act. Does Fellow Daoist Wang have any last wishes?”

He could see that Wang Songde had resolved to die and no longer wished to be controlled by the demonic forces.

Sure enough.

A crimson flame of life gradually ignited around Wang Songde.

He needed to seize this moment of clarity to try and stop the demonic Nascent Soul cultivator, buying more opportunities for the Wang family members to escape.

“I have no other request, only…”

He paused abruptly, his aged eyes gazing towards the Southern Region.

“I only ask that you, fellow Daoist, go to the capital of the mortal kingdom of Qianshui in the Southern Region this New Year’s Day, and hang a lantern with the character ‘Wang’ on it on the tallest lantern tree in the capital.”

“Why is that?”

Li Chang’an was somewhat surprised.

He had thought Wang Songde would beg him to help stop the demonic Nascent Soul cultivator.

Of course,

if that were the request, he certainly wouldn’t agree.

But Wang Songde’s request was unexpectedly simple.

Wang Songde sighed: “Years ago, when I went to the mortal realm to seek geniuses, I passed through the Thousand Water Kingdom in the Southern Region…”

After his explanation, Li Chang’an understood everything.

It turned out

that Wang Songde, like Wang Yannian, had also fallen in love with a mortal woman.

At that time…

He disguised himself as a young swordsman with exceptional martial arts skills and unexpectedly met a chivalrous woman.

Together they roamed the martial world, upholding justice and helping the weak, until they parted ways in the capital of the Thousand Water Kingdom.

They made a promise:

to meet again under the tallest lantern tree when the capital was adorned with lanterns on New Year’s Day.

If either could not make it, they would ask someone to hang a lantern with their surname on it.

But after that, Wang Songde encountered an accident.

“Counting the time, more than twenty years have passed. How can a mortal wait so many years…”

Wang Songde looked at the Southern Region, a hint of regret in his eyes.

As he spoke,

he released a beam of spiritual light.

Within this light was a map of the Zhao Kingdom’s cultivation world, with a single point of light on it.

“Fellow Daoist, this point of light is my personal treasure vault. It should contain some treasures you may find useful; consider it my token of gratitude.”

With that, he didn’t linger; his mangled body blazed with flames as he charged towards the demonic Nascent Soul cultivator.

Li Chang’an swiftly departed the area.

Soon,

he was far from the Wang family’s territory.

“I wonder if Wang Yannian managed to escape.”

Li Chang’an looked back in the direction of the Wang family’s territory, only to see a burst of blood-red light soaring into the sky.

After confirming that no demonic Nascent Soul cultivators were pursuing him, he changed his identity and aura, returned to Changqing Mountain, and released Wang Qianling from the spirit beast pouch.

Wang Qianling’s eyes were bloodshot, and she hurriedly asked,

“Fellow Daoist Li, did Ancestor Yannian’s Nascent Soul escape?”

“I don’t know.” Li Chang’an shook his

head slightly.

He created a separate cave dwelling and left some pills for Wang Qianling to recuperate.

Afterwards, he left Changqing Mountain again, heading towards the location of Wang Songde’s personal treasure vault.

That location was not far from Changqing Mountain.

Soon,

Li Chang’an arrived at a large lake.

He used his escape technique to enter the lake and, based on the information left by Wang Songde, found the entrance to his treasure vault.

“Open!”

Li Chang’an cast a spell, isolating the lake water and opening the treasure vault door.

The next instant,

a dazzling array of treasures came into view.

As a veteran Nascent Soul True Monarch, Wang Songde’s personal treasure trove was astonishing in both quantity and value.

Li Chang’an entered the treasury and was instantly engulfed by a dense aura of treasure. Almost everything

within sight

was a fourth-grade treasure.

He sat cross-legged and began to inventory the treasures.

“These ten-odd treasures are what I need for my fourth-grade body refinement.”

“These things are beneficial to the growth of spiritual plants; I can give them to the Eternal Evergreen Vine.”

“As for these…”

For the next half hour,

Li Chang’an remained almost motionless, using his magic power to categorize the various treasures.

Suddenly,

his gaze sharpened as he looked at a spiritual flower.

This flower had five petals, its entire body pure white like jade, in a state of near-blooming. Spiritual mist swirled around the petals, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area was much higher than elsewhere.

“The Primal Spirit Flower?”

Li Chang’an recalled ancient texts he had read before and quickly found the corresponding treasure.

This flower was extremely rare, and its only function was

to enhance the grade of spiritual veins!

After it blooms, it can gather a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, upgrading a third-grade high-level spiritual vein to a fourth-grade low-level one, a process that can last for several months.

Furthermore, this flower can bloom a total of five times,

each time enhancing the spiritual vein.

“This is an unexpected delight.”

Li Chang’an smiled; he needed this kind of treasure to enhance his spiritual veins.

With this,

he wouldn’t need to find outsiders to cultivate fourth-tier spiritual veins for him.

This would save him spirit stones and make the advancement of the Myriad Poison Gu more discreet.

He only needed to let this flower bloom on Evergreen Divine Mountain in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm to temporarily upgrade Evergreen Divine Mountain to a fourth-tier spiritual vein.

The entire Fire Cloud Secret Realm would then belong to Li Chang’an.

Even if there was a huge commotion, no outsiders would know.

“Once the Myriad Poison Gu has completely absorbed that Thousand Poison Marrow, I’ll let it undergo its tribulation in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.” Li

Chang’an put away the original spirit flower and continued to examine other treasures.

Another half hour passed, and all the treasures were inventoried.

Li Chang’an entered the depths of the treasure vault and opened another door.

Behind this door

were various cultivation techniques, spells, and ancient books that Wang Songde had obtained during his long years of cultivation.

“Wang Yannian should also have a private treasure vault like this,”

Li Chang’an pondered.

Those Heavenly Infant Fruits must have been hidden by Wang Yannian in his private treasury.

“Besides Wang Yannian, no one else should know the location of his treasury. If he dies, who knows when that treasury will see the light of

day again?” Li Chang’an only hoped that Wang Yannian could escape.

He composed himself and examined the numerous books.

Because Wang Songde’s spiritual root was different from his, most cultivation techniques and spells were useless to him; he could only expand the scale of the Changqing Mountain Library.

However,

Li Chang’an soon discovered a spell that was extremely useful to him:

the [Yin-Yang Transformation Technique] .

This spell expounded on the principle of Yin-Yang balance!

For many years,

Li Chang’an had been exploring Yin-Yang balance.

Yi Wood is Yin, Geng Metal is Yang.

He wanted to combine the power of the *Great Yi Wood Sword Formation* and the *Great Geng Metal Sword Formation* to form a Yin-Yang sword formation, allowing both sword formations to unleash their full power.

To this end, he even used the Three-Eyed Bodhi Seed to temporarily enhance his comprehension.

However,

it always ended in failure.

The principles of Yin and Yang are profound and mysterious, making true balance extremely difficult to achieve.

Treasures and spells related to Yin-Yang balance are also incredibly rare, and he had never been able to find one.

Unexpectedly,

such a spell was found in Wang Songde’s treasure vault.

“This is quite an unexpected surprise,”

Li Chang’an said with a smile.

Although he hadn’t obtained the Heavenly Infant Fruit during his trip to the Wang family, he had acquired the Primal Spirit Flower and this spell.

He concentrated, carefully examining its contents.

The philosophy expounded in this spell differed from his previous understanding.

His concept of Yin-Yang balance was one of Yin within Yang and Yang within Yin, both opposing and inclusive.

This “Yin-Yang Transformation Technique” was simpler, directly converting Yin and Yang forces to achieve balance.

“This method is simple and direct, much easier than I previously thought, and the Yin and Yang forces can be perfectly integrated, maximizing the power of the sword formation,”

Li Chang’an estimated.

After learning this spell, his combat prowess would reach a new level.

Now, by forcibly fusing two sword formations, his killing power has surpassed that of a pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator and is comparable to that of an ordinary early-stage True Nascent

Soul cultivator. If he were to learn the “Yin-Yang Transformation Technique,” he should be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with veteran early-stage Nascent Soul experts.

“From now on, I will focus my cultivation on this spell.”

Li Chang’an made up his mind and put it into his storage bag.

Several hours later,

he briefly looked through all the books in the area and selected two Heaven-grade sword techniques.

One was the “Mysterious Gold Sword Qi,” which, after mastering the basics, could unleash extremely powerful metal-element sword qi.

The other was the “Azure Feather Sword Qi,” similar to the “Mysterious Gold Sword Qi,” except that the sword qi unleashed was of the wood element.

Li Chang’an planned to use these two sword qi to replace the ordinary sword qi generated by his own magic power, further enhancing the power of the sword formation.

In this way,

the entire Yin-Yang Sword Formation would consist of five spells, with unimaginable power.

“It should work. I’ll test it slowly when I get back.”

Li Chang’an raised his hand and collected all the books.

Then, he used earth-elemental power to fill the treasure vault and erase all traces.

After doing all this,

he left and returned to Changqing Mountain.

As soon as he returned to Changqing Mountain, he received two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

The good news is that Wang Yannian’s Nascent Soul successfully escaped and possessed another member of the Wang family, currently recovering its strength.

The bad news is that

not only the Wang family suffered misfortune today.

The Xuanwu Sect, one of the four major sects of the Yuan Kingdom, also encountered trouble.

A fourth-tier demon lord of the Xuanwu Sect was ambushed by a demonic Nascent Soul expert while on patrol.

By the time everyone arrived, they only saw countless traces of battle.

Inside the Xuanwu Sect,

the demon lord’s soul lamp had already gone out.

“Which demon lord was it?”

Upon hearing this news, Li Chang’an’s heart skipped a beat.

The Xuanwu Sect had two fourth-tier demon lords: the “Twin-Headed Azure Spirit Turtle” and the “Purple-Gold Crimson-Eyed Flood Dragon.”

He didn’t want the old turtle to be harmed, as he still wanted to exchange it for the Azure Jade.

Song Yu’er informed him, “Senior, I heard it was a flood dragon that was harmed.”

“It’s good that it wasn’t the old turtle.”

Li Chang’an was still somewhat uneasy and immediately took out his communication artifact to contact Lin Xuanyan.

He spoke frankly: “Fellow Daoist Lin, I heard something happened at the Xuanwu Sect. How is Senior Biling Turtle?”

“It’s not the old turtle, the old turtle is still alive. It’s another demon lord senior,”

Lin Xuanyan informed him.

The one who was in trouble was the Purple-Gold Crimson-Eyed Flood Dragon.

Judging from the traces and aura at the scene, at least a dozen demonic Nascent Soul True Monarchs had attacked him.

Now,

the Xuanwu Sect, like the Wang family, is no longer at its peak.

The sect’s fourth-tier power consists only of the old turtle and that young Sacred Fire True Monarch.

“Today’s events gave the old turtle a fright.”

“He was supposed to go out on patrol, but he got lazy and let Senior Crimson-Eyed Flood Dragon patrol in his place. He didn’t expect the demonic True Monarchs to ambush him outside.”

“The old turtle has made up his mind that he will never leave the sect again and will guard the sect’s fourth-tier formation until the end of time…”

Lin Xuanyan said, describing the old turtle’s state.

In terms of valuing life,

the old turtle was no less than Li Chang’an and Lin Xuanyan.

Although he had lived for over five thousand years, he felt he hadn’t lived enough, and the longer he lived, the more he cherished his life.

“Fellow Daoist Li, rest assured, the old tortoise’s defense is astonishing. I suspect he could survive even facing attacks from more than ten Nascent Soul True Monarchs simultaneously.”

“That’s good.”

Li Chang’an secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Other Nascent Soul forces were extremely wary of Nascent Soul treasures, but the old tortoise was the only one where it was easy to obtain Azure Jade.

Naturally, he hoped the old tortoise would live as long as possible, and not risk going to the front lines of the war between good and evil.

In the days that followed,

the intensity of the war between good and evil gradually increased.

The Wang family’s resurgence and the death of the Crimson-Eyed Flood Dragon ignited the anger of many.

True Monarch Mingxia and others also tried to intercept lone Nascent Soul demons, but the opponents were always on guard, making it difficult to achieve any results.

Fortunately, the

area around Changqing Mountain remained relatively peaceful.

This place was considered the rear, and not many demonic cultivators appeared.

In this peace, Li Chang’an gained more and more faith power, and his strength grew stronger day by day.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Now,

his nascent soul quality is considered above average among nascent soul cultivators.

In terms of strength, he has few rivals among nascent soul cultivators.

Furthermore,

he has successfully cultivated the “Yin-Yang Transformation Technique.” He has

also mastered the “Mysterious Gold Sword Qi” and “Azure Feather Sword Qi” techniques.

“Sword Formation, unleash!”

With a thought, powerful Azure Feather Sword Qi appeared, forming the Great Yi Wood Sword Formation around him.

At the same time,

countless sharp Mysterious Gold Sword Qi appeared, transforming into the Great Geng Gold Sword Formation.

He activated the Yin-Yang Transformation Technique, and the two sword formations instantly merged, transforming into a perfect azure-gold sword formation.

The power of this sword formation, just as Li Chang’an had predicted, far exceeded the fusion sword formations he had previously forcibly unleashed, enough to pose a fatal threat to even veteran early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

“Not bad, this sword formation is arguably my strongest killing power, but I’m still not entirely familiar with it. The formation process is too lengthy; I need more practice.”

Li Chang’an dispelled the sword formation, intending to practice it a few more times.

Just then,

he suddenly sensed someone spying on him outside Changqing Mountain.

The feeling of being watched flashed by and quickly disappeared; most Golden Core cultivators would have found it difficult to detect.

“Strange, I haven’t gone out recently, nor have I provoked any powerful enemies. Who would be spying on Changqing Mountain? Could it be Liu Xuanfeng and his son, or that Mu Chen?”

Li Chang’an pondered briefly, several old rivals flashing through his mind.

…

Meanwhile,

outside Changqing Mountain, in a mortal kingdom.

The man and woman withdrew their gazes and began to discuss.

If Li Chang’an were here, he would definitely recognize these two as familiar faces.

The man was Teng Ying, the Holy Son of the Yellow Spring Sect, who had once used formations to deal with Zi Xi at the Blood Pool stronghold beneath the mountains of the Northern Region.

The woman was Ye Qiuling, the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Valley, currently the most renowned among the many Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the Demonic Path.

Ye Qiuling frowned and said, “Teng Ying, this Changqing Mountain is just an ordinary Golden Core power. Why did you ask me to deal with it? With your own abilities, can’t you break through it?”

“Fellow Daoist Ye, don’t underestimate Changqing Mountain!”

Teng Ying immediately recounted his previous encounter with Zi Xi.

At that time, he suspected that Zi Xi had become a fourth-tier formation master.

However,

after that,

Zi Xi never showed any ability to break formations again.

Among Zi Xi’s many retainers, there were no outstanding formation masters.

After repeated investigations,

Teng Ying focused his attention on Li Chang’an.

“This person seems ordinary, yet he possesses the talent to form a core with a low-grade spiritual root and has such a vast foundation. He must be hiding many abilities. I suspect he is that fourth-tier array master!”

“If you and I force our way into Changqing Mountain, we might be trapped in the array…”

Teng Ying stated his conjecture.

As the Holy Son of the Yellow Spring Sect, he was no fool.

Through careful analysis, he discovered too many coincidences surrounding Li Chang’an.

“Please, Fellow Daoist Ye, help me!”

“How do you want me to help you?”

“Simple, first lure him out of Changqing Mountain and see his true abilities. If he truly possesses fourth-tier array techniques, Fellow Daoist Ye can take him as a servant…”

Hearing this, Ye Qiuling’s eyes flickered slightly, and she glanced in the direction of Changqing Mountain again.

A servant with fourth-tier array techniques was already worth her effort.

…

At this moment,

Li Chang’an had already surveyed the area around Changqing Mountain.

Although he had found several demonic cultivators, none of them were the ones who had been spying on him before.

“Alright, we’ll deal with whatever comes our way. I have a fourth-tier grand formation and the cultivation of a pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if a mid-Nascent Soul expert arrives, I can hold out for a while.”

“The most urgent task is to advance the Myriad Poison Gu to the fourth tier.”

In the past six months,

the Myriad Poison Gu has absorbed all the power of that Thousand Poison Marrow.

Its current foundation is astonishingly strong, and most of its body has reached the fourth tier.

Li Chang’an immediately entered the Fire Cloud Secret Realm, placed the Original Spirit Flower deep within the Evergreen Divine Mountain, and opened a secluded cultivation cave for the Myriad Poison Gu in a suitable location.

Subsequently, he set up multiple grand formations to prevent the Myriad Poison Gu’s breakthrough from being disturbed.

After the formations were completed,

he took out a large number of low-level treasures that could improve the grade of spiritual veins and placed them in various locations inside the Evergreen Divine Mountain.

Although these treasures were not as good as the Original Spirit Flower, they could still have some effect.

After doing all this, it was exactly midnight.

A golden light appeared before his eyes.

[The divination has been updated]

[Today’s divination: Neutral]

[Liang Chang of the Qingyun Sect has come to Changqing Mountain, offering a clue to a fourth-tier longevity treasure and inviting you to search for it in the secret realm. However, you discover that he carries the aura of Ye Qiuling and has been refined into a poison avatar by her, so you refuse the invitation.]

“Ye Qiuling?”

Li Chang’an was somewhat surprised.

“I haven’t even gone to find her yet, and she’s already come knocking on my door.”

He had originally planned to deal with Ye Qiuling after his Myriad Poison Gu successfully advanced to the fourth tier.

But her arrival was too sudden, and he wasn’t prepared.

“I can’t refuse directly; I’ll stall for time.”

(End of Chapter)