togophonebook Chapter 79 Xuannv leaves the mountain
Chapter 79 Xuannv leaves the mountain
The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden stayed in the Green Black Mountain for over a thousand years, discussing the Dao with Xuan Yao day and night. Eventually, the day of her departure arrived.
On the morning before her departure, she did not leave the mountain directly, but instead climbed the highest peak of Qinghei Mountain with Xuanyao.
The wind and thunder roared atop the mountain, and the fierce winds of the heavens were as sharp as knives, causing the sea of clouds to surge endlessly. However, when the wind and thunder approached within three feet of the two people, they were quietly neutralized by an invisible magical power, unable to penetrate them in the slightest.
The Mysterious Maiden, dressed in a black feathered robe that fluttered in the wind, leaned on the railing and gazed into the distance, overlooking the entire Qinghei Mountain Taoist temple that had taken shape.
She looked for a long time, then suddenly turned her head and asked Xuan Yao:
"Junior brother, you have now entered the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm. Your magical power is restrained, and your primordial spirit is flawless. I wonder how much you have grasped of the Five Qi Convergence Path of the Taiyi Golden Immortal?"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yao remained calm and made no attempt to conceal anything, answering frankly:
"To be honest, I managed to break through the bottleneck of the late Golden Immortal stage thanks to what I gained after the battle of Yan Yuan."
"If one only seeks an ordinary Taiyi realm, relying on the various spiritual roots accumulated in the mountains and searching for some ordinary five-element spiritual objects in the outside world, and forcibly condensing the five qi circulation within the body, it is not necessarily impossible to succeed."
At this point, Xuan Yao shook his head and sighed:
"But my methods of cultivation are ultimately too complicated and too complex."
"The principles of virtue, mystical energy, array formation, swordsmanship, and later the principles of water, fire, yin and yang have all been integrated into the foundation of my Great Dao."
"If you use ordinary innate spiritual objects to hastily gather the five elements in your chest, you may seem to be able to break through to a higher realm in the short term, but the strength of the five elements is vastly different. If there is any slight deviation, it may leave irreparable hidden dangers deep in your foundation."
The Crimson Fiend Master of Zifu Continent serves as the best cautionary tale.
Although this person was of a high level, his internal fire element was too strong and his five elements were unstable. This caused his internal laws to become completely disordered after his natal spiritual treasure was destroyed by the Falling Treasure Coin, ultimately leading to a backlash from the Primordial Ancestral Tree.
After hearing this analysis, Xuan Nu showed no surprise in her phoenix eyes.
"Your clear-headedness and insight are truly commendable; you have indeed cultivated this merit and virtue in vain."
"However, if you truly lack top-tier five-element spiritual items, you may return with me to the Jade Pool and request them from your master."
"Given your current achievements and the potential you have shown in Xikunlun, your master's treasure trove, with its accumulated resources spanning countless eons, may well be able to gather a set of top-tier Five Elements treasures for you."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yao merely smiled faintly and slowly shook his head:
"I appreciate your kindness, senior sister."
"In the past, my foundation was shallow, and in this perilous wilderness, I had to rely on the protection of my master at every turn."
"Seeking a way to find peace, seeking treasures to protect oneself, and even establishing this place of practice, are all blessings bestowed by the Master."
"But now, I have cultivated to the late stage of Golden Immortal, and I have also opened up a sect in this Green Black Mountain. My sect has spirit birds patrolling the sky, white foxes managing the accounts, and 300,000 Yan Yuan citizens and the naturally born holy Yan Yuanzi attached to me."
Xuan Yao raised his head, facing the drifting clouds, his gaze deepening.
"If I reach such a level and still only know how to ask my master for help in everything, then I will not only never be able to truly support my lineage, but I will also lose the sharpness and heart to seek the Dao independently."
"It's not that I don't know how to leverage power, but without personally experiencing the baptism of the primordial world, personally fighting, and personally planning the cause and effect that I gained, even if I forcibly break through the realm with the help of my sect's fortune, I'm afraid I would lack some of the pure and unyielding spirit when facing the Great Luo Heavenly Barrier in the future."
"But if I truly reach a desperate situation where such an opportunity is extremely rare, I will naturally return to the mountain to pay my respects to my master."
"But before that, I would like to use my own methods to find my own Taiyi foundation in this primordial world."
"What a fine example of not losing one's independent pursuit of truth."
The Mystic Maiden nodded in approval:
"Your spirit is commendable, but you must not let it turn into pointless bravado."
"The Five Qi of Taiyi are related to your hope of attaining the Dao in this lifetime. It is better to break through the realm a few eons later than to be hasty."
As she spoke, the Mystic Maiden extended her jade finger and pointed to the distant Western Regions of Water and Fire.
"Now you have the Southern Bright Fire Seal and the Innate Fire Phoenix Tree for the Fire element, the Pan Peach Branch and the Wind and Thunder Water Eye for the Water element, the Flying Gold Sword, a superior acquired spiritual treasure, for the Metal element, and you can also slowly nurture the Wood element with the innate vitality of a few spiritual roots."
"Your greatest flaw lies solely in the element of earth."
"Earth is the foundation of all formations and the earth's veins. It is responsible for bearing, suppressing, and carrying all things with its virtue."
"If you cannot find a powerful earth-element treasure to condense the earth energy in your heart, your thirty-six Zhou Tian Sha Banners will eventually lack the most solid foundation to support your complex Dao foundation."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yao kept these words firmly in mind, and bowed respectfully, saying:
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister. I will do my best to find the most suitable earth-elemental spirit."
Xuan Nu nodded slightly, without further hesitation. Her figure transformed into a streak of black and white light, instantly tearing through the clouds in the sky and drifting towards the direction of Xikunlun.
After seeing Xuan Nu off, Xuan Yao did not rush to go on a journey, nor did he immediately enter a deep seclusion.
He walked alone back to the quiet stone hall, and with a flick of his sleeve, thirty-six streams of black and gold light shot out from his sleeve. These were the Zhou Tian Sha Banners that had accompanied him through countless battles.
Thirty-six small flags fluttered in the wind in mid-air, their black and gold surfaces swirling with malevolent light, faintly radiating a chilling aura of annihilation and destruction.
Xuan Yao closed his eyes, his divine eye slowly scanning the array restrictions and material textures on each of the evil flags, but his brows furrowed slightly without him realizing it.
When he first became a Golden Immortal, the materials he used to forge this flag were top-tier divine materials such as Taibai First Mountain Copper, Nine Nether Profound Soil, and Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Soul, which he obtained from the Yaochi Treasure Vault.
At that time, his understanding of the art of weapon crafting was merely a rudimentary method he had figured out on his own after hearing the Primordial Celestial Venerable explain the Jade Purity Weapon Path at the Jade Pool Gathering.
Although it had divine material as its foundation, and incorporated his own innate mysterious evil and blessed pure energy, it was barely able to be pushed to the level of a superior acquired spiritual treasure.
But now Xuan Yao has reached the late stage of Golden Immortal, and his understanding of array formations has undergone a transformative leap.
Looking back now and examining this set of flags again, one can see how many regrettable flaws and rough edges remain.
"In the end, we were too short-sighted back then and wasted such a wonderful innate talent."
Xuan Yao gently stroked the flagpole with his fingers and sighed softly.
These thirty-six Zhou Tian Sha Banners are nominally top-grade acquired spiritual treasures, but they actually contain only twenty-five acquired restrictions.
Among top-grade acquired spiritual treasures, the number of restrictions in this quantity can only be considered bottom-tier at best.
The reason this flag can display such astonishing power in combat is mostly due to the formation changes of the thirty-six flags combined into one, as well as the powerful enhancement of Xuan Yao's own incomparably pure innate Xuan Sha.
If we only consider the restrictions and spirituality of each flag itself, it is rather rudimentary.
Xuan Yao looked at the small black and gold flag in front of him, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
Now that he knows where the weakness lies, before setting off to find the innate spiritual objects of the wood and earth elements, he must first remelt and recast these thirty-six Zhou Tian Sha Banners.
With this in mind, Xuan Yao did not delay any longer.
He returned to the secret chamber in the cold pool, slammed the stone door shut, and with a casual flick of his hand, brought out the Yin-Yang Harmony Cauldron.