Chapter 841: Venerable Basilisk
Li Qiye smiled in response and teasingly gestured with his hands: "Sorry, but you are a step too late. I have already dealt with that basilisk; I plucked his feathers and am ready to cook him. As a basilisk yourself, do you think it is better to boil or fry your kind? If you are interested, I can throw you a leg since I have always been hospitable." He chuckled sardonically afterward.
The venerable's expression quickly changed after hearing this. She grew furious as the hair on her head, no, the feathers on her head flared up. Her enraged voice rang out: "You want to die?!"
With that, she immediately lunged straight at Li Qiye.
"Take this arrow!" Jian Wushuang shot out an astonishingly fast arrow to stop the venerable.
The venerable snorted and unleashed a ray of light from one eye. Her glare immediately petrified the arrow. Meanwhile, the other eye shot out another ray towards Jian Wushuang.
Jian Wushuang's bow lit up and shot out a "Forward" arrow that turned into myriad realms for protection. The venerable's glare fell on these realms and began to petrify them as well, resulting in a strange sound.
"Watch this!" Long Jingxian also rushed forward after seeing just how powerful the venerable's glare was. She immediately unleashed her wide array of emperor's laws. Her left hand used a technique from Immortal Emperor Qing He and her right a technique from Immortal Emperor Yu Shou. 1
The venerable slightly shifted her gaze and shot out another ray. With a buzzing sound, it instantly petrified the two emperor laws from Long Jingxian.
"Hmph." Jian Wushuang snorted. She instantly appeared in a different location after her myriad realms were petrified and shot out a "Formation" arrow. In the blink of an eye, a rain of arrows engulfed the sky and Venerable Basilisk.
"Know your own strength!" The venerable's expression darkened in the face of the joint attack from the two girls. Her eyes became dazzling and, with a buzz, a blinding brilliance quickly petrified both Jian Wushuang and Long Jingxian.
Compared to the four-eyed basilisk, her petrification was faster and far more overwhelming. In terms of speed, Jian Wushuang was definitely not weaker than anyone else, but she couldn't dodge the glare from the venerable.
At this time, the venerable headed towards Li Qiye with a cold glint in her eyes. Li Qiye only stood there without moving. He smiled leisurely: "Not bad to be able to cultivate your tribe's innate art to this level. When your eyes reach grand completion, it will be possible for you to fight against Godkings."
The venerable glared at him and coldly uttered: "A life for a life. I'll let you go comfortably if you end yourself, or else I'll show you a fate worse than death!"
"Crash!" However, the layer of stone that covered Long Jingxian's body shattered, followed by the one that covered Jian Wushuang's body. Long Jingxian emitted a frightening imperial aura while the Nine Words True Bow in Jian Wushuang's hand became blindingly radiant.
Although they were petrified, Long Jingxian had cultivated numerous emperor laws so they protected her. The petrification process was not absolute. On the other hand, Jian Wushuang had the bow's blessing giving the same result.
"Hmph, what's the big deal, I also know how to petrify others!" Long Jingxian copied the venerable's pose. Her eyes also turned bright in just a moment.
At the same time, the true bow lit up as well. The last five words turned into a mantra, "descend and arrange yourselves in front of me". This mantra arrow completely sealed the venerable.
If the three words "Soldiers and Fighters" had ultimate power, then the last five words had supreme speed.
The venerable grew serious and faced the attacks from both of the girls without daring to underestimate them. Her eyes became radiant once more.
The two sides were about to collide. Even if the venerable was more powerful that she currently was, she wouldn't necessarily be able to block their combined attack.
Meanwhile, Li Qiye didn't say anything and only smilingly watched at the side, waiting for the ultimate blow. He hoped that Jian Wushuang and Long Jingxian would work together since their combination would be able to slay gods and devils!
"Sis, I'm fine." Right when the battle reached its climax, the hiding four-eyed basilisk peeked out with his head like a bandit.
The atmosphere was tense as both sides were ready to attack, but the appearance of the four-eyed basilisk immediately cooled the situation.
"How boring…" Long Jingxian ranted and could only withdraw her blinding gaze. She actually wanted to give this new trick a shot.
Jian Wushuang, on the other hand, didn't say anything. She only put away her bow while showing her usual cold demeanor.
Venerable Basilisk leered at the four-eyed basilisk. The young basilisk had an awkward expression and laughed mirthlessly a couple of times.
He unwillingly came out from his hiding spot and went to please his sister with a cheerful demeanor: "Sis, it has only been a couple of days, but you are becoming more and more beautiful. Do I have a new brother-in-law now?"
The venerable continued to glare at him, causing his scalp to tingle. In the end, he gave up and drooped his shoulders: "Okay, Sis, I only came out to play for a couple of days, there's no need to be like this."
The venerable loudly shouted: "Scram back home for me!"
The basilisk immediately protested after hearing this: "Sis, you are being too overbearing. You can go around the world, so why can't I go out for a few days?"
"Because you still haven't trained your innate art to thirty percent of its potential yet!" The venerable responded: "Scram back home and train. Don't think about coming out until you are finished!"
"Sis, your words are not right. Training is a type of cultivation, so imprisoning me at home won't necessarily yield any results." The basilisk pouted.
"No more crap, go home immediately." The venerable ignored his complaints and coldly issued an order.
It wasn't that she didn't love her little brother, it was just that a four-eyed basilisk was different. He was born with four eyes so his talents were peerless; he could completely surpass her in the future.
She placed high hopes on him. However, this little brother only goofed around with little regard for self-improvement. Because of this, she was very strict towards him.
"Sis, if you keep being so strict like this, watch out or you won't be able to marry anyone. It will be very troublesome if you have to stay back at the tribe even as an old lady." The unwilling basilisk pouted again.
The venerable's expression sank after hearing this. She immediately grabbed him by the neck and exploded: "You little brat, you got a lot more courageous, huh?!"
"Sis, Sis, I was only joking, joking." The basilisk howled after being grabbed by the neck.
The venerable snorted then threw him outside. Once he landed, he coughed dryly and said in a serious tone: "Sis, I am not out here to play, I'm following an order from the ancestors."
The venerable didn't believe him and questioned him dryly: "What order? How come I haven't heard of this?"
The basilisk quickly stood up and whispered a few words to the venerable. The venerable couldn't help but glance at Li Qiye, then she stared at the basilisk with a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Are you telling the truth?"
"Sis, why would I lie to you?" The basilisk swore with a solemn demeanor: "If I am lying, then you can ground me for a hundred years, no, five hundred years."
"Well, I'll believe you for now. After this is over, go back immediately." The venerable glared at him for a bit before scowling.
"Yes, yes, there's no need for you to tell me, I'll go back by myself." The basilisk cheerfully smiled after obtaining his sister's permission.
The venerable ignored the basilisk and continued to look at Li Qiye for a long time before speaking: "Because of my brother, I'll tell you some news. Ye Qingcheng wants your head!"
"This is nothing surprising." Li Qiye chuckled: "Besides, those who want my head in present day are innumerable. One more person doesn't matter."
"Hmph, you're quite confident." The venerable coldly stated: "I'll kindly remind you that Ye Qingcheng isn't as easy to mess with as you think. I'll let you know something else as well, he went to the Divine Valley!"
"The Divine Valley?" Li Qiye's eyes narrowed after hearing this.
The basilisk jumped from shock and exclaimed: "He must be insane if he went to meet those old geezers! Is he not afraid of getting burned while playing with fire?"
"You underestimate Ye Qingcheng too much!" The venerable drily said: "He wouldn't go there without complete certainty. Our Young Noble Mei believes that he has managed to convince the valley!"
The Young Noble Mei mentioned by the venerable was Mei Aonan; she was working under Mei Aonan at the moment.
"Damn, this Ye Qingcheng guy is quite a badass." The basilisk had a certain understanding of the Divine Valley. He took a deep breath and muttered: "He actually dares to move those old geezers with one foot in the grave — quite domineering. Many experts would tremble before even entering, let alone be courageous enough to persuade them!"
"Thank you for the message." Li Qiye chuckled in a carefree manner.
"I can point you on the right path." The venerable coldly said: "Cooperate with our Young Noble Mei. Our Young Noble definitely has the ability to fight Ye Qingcheng! If you work with us, then both of us will benefit."
"I appreciate your goodwill." Li Qiye gently shook his head with a smile: "However, I still have confidence in myself. It doesn't matter if Ye Qingcheng or the Divine Valley dares to come, I'll slaughter them all the same."
The venerable only snorted at this response and didn't add anything else. She turned around to leave.
Long Jingxian smiled naughtily and told the departing venerable: "Ey, I'll tell you some good news. My father is currently cultivating at the Flower Crossing Peak."
The venerable turned stiff after hearing this. The words clearly shocked her motionless, but she quickly left right afterward.
841 TeaserLi Qiye smiled in response and teasingly gestured with his hands: "Sorry, but you are a step too late. I have already dealt with that basilisk; I plucked his feathers and am ready to cook him. As a basilisk yourself, do you think it is better to boil or fry your kind? If you are interested, I can throw you a leg since I have always been hospitable." He chuckled sardonically afterward.
The venerable's expression quickly changed after hearing this. She grew furious as the hair on her head, no, the feathers on her head flared up. Her enraged voice rang out: "You want to die?!"
With that, she immediately lunged straight for Li Qiye.
"Take this arrow!" Jian Wushuang shot out an astonishingly fast arrow to stop the venerable.
The venerable snorted and unleashed a ray of light from one eye. Her glare immediately petrified the arrow. Meanwhile, the other eye shot out another ray towards Jian Wushuang.
Jian Wushuang's bow lit up and shot out a "Forward" arrow that turned into myriad realms for protection. The venerable's glare fell on these realms and began to petrify them as well, resulting in a strange sound.
"Watch this!" Long Jingxian also rushed forward after seeing just how powerful the venerable's glare was. She immediately unleashed her wide array of emperor's laws. Her left hand used a technique from Immortal Emperor Qing He and her right a technique from Immortal Emperor Yu Shou.
The venerable slightly shifted her gaze and shot out another ray. With a buzzing sound, it instantly petrified the two emperor laws from Long Jingxian.
[collapse] Qing He = Green/Pure River; Yu Shou = Beastmaster. ↩Chapter 842: Flirting
After the venerable left, the basilisk curiously asked: "Hey, what are you trying to do? Don't tell me you are trying to set my sister up with your dad?"
Long Jingxian proudly glanced at the basilisk and said: "Bah, don't think I don't know that your sister secretly likes my dad."
The basilisk scratched his head and asked: "Uh, is that true?"
Although he wasn't too sure, his sister had always been single until now. Maybe Long Jingxian's words carried some truth.
Long Jingxian was not wrong in this regard. Venerable Basilisk and the Dragon-Tiger Monarch were the two brightest talents of the last generation. Both of them were considered future Godkings by the demon race.
Their fame spread around the same time and their relationship wasn't bad. The venerable had a crush on the monarch. Alas, the feeling wasn't mutual. Moreover, an excellent person like the monarch never had a lack of suitors. Many among them were supreme beauties and princesses.
Because of this unrequited love, she remained single until now.
Li Qiye shook his head and told the two of them: "There's no need for you two to worry about matters of the last generation. They know how to deal with it themselves."
"Haha, I like watching those beauties fight for my father." Long Jingxian laughed.
Li Qiye could only shake his head again. This brat wanted to play around too much and only wanted more chaos in this world.
"However, Boss, you really have to be careful of Ye Qingcheng." The basilisk hurriedly stated: "You should know just how amazing the Divine Valley is. If those old geezers are really coming for you, then it might get dangerous."
The Basilisk Tribe was somewhat related to the Divine Valley as well, so the four-eyed basilisk knew more about them than outsiders.
"The Divine Valley, right?" Li Qiye chuckled with narrowed eyes.
"What is the Divine Valley? Are they that amazing? How come I've never heard of them before?" The old turtle hiding in the corner finally came out at this time in a very cautious manner.
"This valley is indeed very mysterious." Jian Wushuang spoke: "Even imperial lineages are wary of it. Some say that inside lies a bunch of old undying gods."
"Undying gods?" The old turtle was aghast: "Wouldn't they be unbeatable then? How many people in this world would dare to call themselves undying gods?"
The basilisk explained: "Who knows if they are unbeatable or not. However, no lineages are willing to go all out against those old geezers. Plus, they wouldn't easily do the same either. They are a bunch of monsters hiding in a den; they neither see sunlight nor the world. Thus, cultivators in the Stone Medicine World don't really know much about them."
"What is this undying god title?" Li Qiye smiled and shook his head: "If they can be called undying gods, then I am the ruler of the high heavens, the tyrant of the eternal ages. Those old geezers are only a bunch of defeated veterans."
"Haha, Smelly Qiye, this personality of yours is arrogant enough, just the way I like it." Long Jingxian smiled cutely: "The two of us together will stomp the Divine Valley and become renowned!"
The girl was very excited as she was ready for slaughter.
Li Qiye smiled: "Just the way you like it? Okay, I can think about taking you in as a concubine then." With that, he glanced her up and down.
The truth was that Long Jingxian was very likable. She had amazing features and an incredible figure on top of supreme talents and a straightforward personality. It would be hard not to like her.
"So be it." Long Jingxian revealed a charming smile that would cause the hearts of others to beat faster. She confidently grabbed Li Qiye's arm and provocatively stared at Jian Wushuang: "Jian Wushuang, you are my servant from now on."
"It is time for you to wake up from your daydreaming." The proud Jian Wushuang looked at her and replied with disdain.
She arched her towering breasts and proudly declared: "I'm not just daydreaming, I can definitely make this Smelly Qiye swoon over me. Just watch."
"Okay, stop being so noisy you two. Just keep training hard until the opening of the Bi'an Beastworld. There will be countless pleasant surprises then." Li Qiye saw that those two were about to start again and helplessly shook his head.
"Haha, Boss, is there any room for me to see those pleasant surprises?" The basilisk wouldn't miss out on a good opportunity.
The old turtle hiding in the corner also crawled out extremely quickly and softly said: "This lowly one too."
Li Qiye noticed the swift crawling and instantly kicked him away: "You have the nerve to come ask? Earlier, the fastest to hide was you, the first to act like a black turtle hiding in its shell was you as well. But now, you are faster than anyone when good stuff is brought up." 1
"This lowly one, this lowly one is closely related to a black turtle in the first place." The old turtle blushed after hearing this, but he still replied shamelessly.
Li Qiye went back to his spot. After two days, Li Qiye stared into the far distance and nodded his head: "No problems this time, the beastworld will appear."
"Really?" The group was happy to hear this.
Li Qiye ordered: "Four eyes and the old turtle will go search around. When the beastworld comes out, the entrance will naturally be at the ruins. Let us know after you find it."
"Boss wants to go somewhere else?" The basilisk asked.
"Yes, Wushuang and Jingxian will come with me." Having said that, he told Jian Wushuang to clean up before leaving.
The three of them left while the old turtle and the basilisk waited for the beastworld to come out before searching for the entrance.
"We aren't leaving the ruins?" Long Jingxian asked after noticing that they weren't leaving the ruins, they were only walking around randomly. Moreover, Li Qiye's death energy emerged as the laws of the Death Chapter pierced into the ground.
"No, we aren't leaving the ruins." Li Qiye shook his head: "We have to prepare a bit before entering the beastworld."
"You plan to summon more undead?" Jian Wushuang inquired after seeing the death energy and laws.
Li Qiye chuckled: "That's one way to put it, but the time is not right. We just need to be ready before the storm begins. Just watch, blood will run like rivers, but the ones to fall shall not be us, it will be our enemies."
Jian Wushuang turned silent. She had always been proud, but after clashing against Li Qiye, she understood that all of his enemies would eventually suffer horrific deaths. She knew that although he acted in an outrageous and arrogant manner, he was in control at all times.
"Are you afraid of the Divine Valley now after listening to Venerable Basilisk?" Long Jingxian grinned.
"The Divine Valley alone can't frighten me." Li Qiye smiled in response: "Besides, I have many methods if I wish to destroy it. Even if those things come out from the ground, I wouldn't care at all."
"Then why are you suddenly making preparations right now?" Long Jingxian blinked with her pure yet enchanting eyes.
"Because I have a few things that I don't want to use since it would be too wasteful." Li Qiye smiled and shook his head: "Plus, it is not certain that I will deal with the Divine Valley."
"Haha, what other items or schemes do you have? Let me have a look." Long Jingxian stared at Li Qiye in a very cute manner.
"Little girl, don't get any ideas." Li Qiye glanced back and knew exactly what she wanted.
Long Jingxian didn't seem to mind at all. She intimately hugged his arm and lovingly said: "Don't be so stingy. What's yours is mine, right? Haha, I'm not asking for much, only your chapter from earlier. This chapter is really too amazing. I have looked at it for so long yet I still can't grasp it." She blinked cutely while saying this.
Her Immortal Fate talents were beyond words since she could even copy an emperor law to sixty to seventy percent potential with a single glance despite not being able to grasp their true profundities.
However, she had looked at Li Qiye's Death Chapter for a very long time and couldn't fathom the least bit from it. Of course, it was part of the Death Scripture, one of the nine grand scriptures. If she could grasp it after just one or two glances, then it wouldn't deserve to be part of the nine. Not even an Immortal Fate could accomplish this feat.
"Nice try." Li Qiye shook his head and smiled. He then looked over at her and jokingly said: "Since you said what's yours is mine, then very well, your Beastmaster Citadel has several treasures that I like a lot, why don't you give them to me?"
"Okay, no problem." Long Jingxian agreed right away and kept on hugging his arm: "Husband and wife need to have solidarity, so all I have is yours. If you want something, I'll definitely help you get it. Which ones do you want?"
"Wow, already taking stuff from your clan even before marriage." Jian Wushuang looked at her and quipped: "There is a great saying, one cannot hold onto a daughter forever."
"So what? This is how I like it, what are you going to do?" Long Jingxian gloatingly glared at her: "Don't even think about marrying my husband!"
Jian Wushuang turned livid from this and angrily glared back at her.
Li Qiye had grown used to them arguing at least three times a day. He gently shook his head towards Long Jingxian and said: "This is a big if. And even if you really do marry me, I will not pass this chapter down to you."
Black turtle hiding in its shell is an idiom about cowards. ↩Chapter 843: Temptation
"Nevermind, you're too stingy. Isn't it only a merit law? If you want, I can give you eight to ten emperor laws, it's nothing special." Long Jingxian was upset and angrily pouted after Li Qiye refused to give her the Death Chapter.
Li Qiye smiled and pinched her jade-white nose: "Little girl, too much greed is bad. How many merit laws have you learned so far?"
"Not that many." Long Jingxian lifted her head and answered: "One to two hundred emperor laws, such as the Qilin Art from the Heavenhoof Ravine, the Alchemy Kingdom's flame mastery, the Jian Clan's archery… As for the other random ones, there should be one to two thousand ancient and arcane techniques or holy incantations…"
Jian Wushuang snorted after hearing this and stated with disdain: "Hmph, what is this about the Jian Clan's archery? You only managed to steal the outer layer."
Long Jingxian proudly looked at Jian Wushuang in response: "Please, your archery isn't special at all. I learned it with just a glance. Even though I couldn’t learn all of it, I definitely understood fifty to sixty percent of it; this is countless times better than some geniuses in your clan that specializes in archery. If I really wanted to learn it, then give me one month and I'll be able to replicate your art to its full potential." She held her head high after declaring this.
Jian Wushuang only scowled without commenting since she knew about Long Jingxian's abilities. She had no choice but to admit that her talents were peerless. She was able to steal laws from just seeing them once in action. What could anyone else do? Who was to blame for her having an Immortal Fate?
"Little girl, this isn't a good thing." Li Qiye gently shook his head: "You are wasting your talents. It is not necessarily desirable to know many arts in cultivation. You have an extremely rare gift so you don't need to cultivate so many laws. Just focusing on one will be enough in your situation."
Having said that, he looked at her and added: "Your talents are able to bring one merit law to the limit in a short amount of time and then push it to another pinnacle. Others might not be able to reach the state of one law deriving myriad dao, but for you, this would be the best type of cultivation."
"Of course I understand that rationale." Long Jingxian didn't seem to care at all: "Many old geezers at my place always tell me this boring theory."
"No, this is not just a boring theory." Li Qiye solemnly shook his head: "You do possess a lot of different arts, but compared to the Immortal Emperors, do you have something of your own? Do you possess something unique across all the eons? No! For example, Empress Hong Tian, she has the Emperor Suppression Art. Or Immortal Emperor Fei, he has the invincible Soaring Immortal Physique." 1
"For you… Even if you cultivate countless laws, you will just be a part of the common crowd in the end! Not to mention not having your own legacy, you wouldn't even able to surpass your forefathers. Just in archery alone, don't even think about surpassing Immortal Emperors because you are still far inferior to Wushuang."
It was rare for Li Qiye to offer such sincere guidance. In his eyes, she was a talent worth grooming. A natural Immortal Fate was peerless. As long as she doesn't play around too much and consider cultivation a joke, she would definitely stun the eras. Ye Qingcheng or whatever was not worth mentioning!
Long Jingxian chuckled and quietly quipped: "If you keep on blabbering so much, you are going to turn into an old geezer too."
Li Qiye coldly glared at her improper attitude: "Don't laugh. If I didn't consider you a prospective talent, I wouldn't bother wasting my breath on you."
"Okay, okay, don't act like an old man." Long Jingxian immediately pulled on his arm playfully and smiled: "What if others say that I have married an old man? That would be a problem."
Li Qiye didn't know what to do about her attitude. Others would wish to have such talents, but she simply didn't care about wasting them.
Li Qiye looked at her before speaking in a leisurely tone: "If you listen to me and train, then I can give you a nice surprise."
"Surprise? What kind of surprise?" Long Jingxian was intrigued after hearing this: "But wait, don't give me treasures or stuff like that, I have too many of those toys already."
"If you listen to me and follow my guidance, I will take you to the tenth world to play." Li Qiye attempted to seize her weakness.
"Playing in the tenth world?" Long Jingxian was taken aback and angrily glared at him: "Please, don't try to trick me, you think I've never seen the world before? There are only nine worlds, a tenth doesn't exist!"
"Who says there is no tenth world?" Li Qiye leisurely smiled.
Jian Wushuang on the side didn't want to comment on Li Qiye's words since she also felt that he was trying to trick Long Jingxian, but after seeing his confident demeanor, she had to speak: "There is no way the tenth world exists, it is only a legend."
"Yes, Jian Wushuang is right, it is impossible." Long Jingxian angrily glared at Li Qiye: "Don't think I'm just an ignorant girl. Stop trying to trick me."
"What if there is a tenth world?" Li Qiye calmly said: "There have been too many secrets since the start of time. For example, what is above the Heaven's Will? What is the final destination for Immortal Emperors? And even more, what do the twelve forbidden burial grounds hide?"
"Umm…" Even a genius amongst geniuses like Jian Wushuang felt her heart beat faster. The questions that he brought up were secrets that many Immortal Emperors sought after.
"If you can't even solve these mysteries, then how do you know that there is no tenth world?" Li Qiye revealed a mysterious smile while looking at her.
Long Jingxian angrily stated: "Hmph, I won't be tricked by you! There is definitely no tenth world!" However, she was clearly tempted despite what she said.
Li Qiye continued in a carefree manner: "When the time is ripe, I will take Wushuang to the tenth world so that she can broaden her horizons. If you don't want to regret it at that time, you can still make the right decision now. There will be no more chances after missing this opportunity. Just imagine, even Wushuang will go to the tenth world while you cannot, what a shame that will be."
"I'll definitely strangle you to death if there is no tenth world!" Long Jingxian cutely snarled and acted as if she was about to scratch Li Qiye.
"I'll be right here." Li Qiye smiled: "Plus, I'm normally too lazy to care for ordinary people, but I keep on advising you. Doesn't this mean I have a soft spot for you?"
"That's more like it." Long Jingxian charmingly smiled while holding onto his arm and glanced at Jian Wushuang provocatively: "Did you hear that, Jian Wushuang?"
This time, Jian Wushuang didn't try to argue with her and only smiled faintly. It was rare for this proud beauty to reveal even a tiny smile. She was truly a noble and elegant phoenix that caused her admirers to palpitate with adoration.
"Okay, Smelly Qiye, I'm listening, how should I cultivate?" Long Jingxian leaned close to him and smiled: "I want to cultivate the most profound and difficult technique in this world. Otherwise, I'll be done with an ordinary merit law in three months and I won't have anything else to do. But cultivating one thing can be boring as well…"
She cheerfully looked straight at his face and continued: "Do you have the most difficult merit laws in this world to comprehend? Give me one of them will you?" She was purposely making it hard for Li Qiye.
Jian Wushuang was very curious as well because making someone as talented as Long Jingxian cultivate one merit law was impossible. It wouldn't be able to tie her down and retain her focus because just mastering one was a simple matter. She wanted to know what kind of merit law Li Qiye could have to keep her interested.
"You have to promise me to concentrate, then I'll show you the way." Li Qiye spoke earnestly.
"Yes, I promise." Long Jingxian also had a rare moment of acting solemnly as she responded.
Li Qiye said: "Practice the Cultivator's Primary Principles."
"Cultivator's Primary Principles!" Long Jingxian raised her voice after hearing this and glared at him: "Smelly Qiye, you're purposely messing with me, right?!"
"Who says I'm messing with you? I'm being very serious." Li Qiye angrily glared back at her in response.
"Can one train with the primary principles?" Jian Wushuang was not trying to undermine him, but she was confused as well: "The primary principles are only a basic outline for new cultivators."
"That depends on the person." Li Qiye gently shook his head: "Others would be unable to do so, but she can."
"The primary principles are unwanted even by the vagrant cultivators at the very bottom. It only contains the most common knowledge that even these vagabonds don't want to read, let alone me!" Long Jingxian snapped.
"It is true that the primary principles are very ordinary and even those at the bottom don't want to read it." Li Qiye denied her claim: "But there is a reason why I want you to train in the Cultivator's Primary Principles."
Fei means soaring; there is another emperor named Fei Yang. ↩Chapter 844: Cultivator's Primary Principles
"Hmph, you better explain the reason well or I'll strangle you to death!" Long Jingxian bared her fangs as if strangling Li Qiye to death was an interesting thing to do.
Li Qiye glanced at her and asked: "Do you know the real origin of these principles?"
"Umm…" She was a bit stunned and looked over at Jian Wushuang: "Do you know?"
"I don't." Jian Wushuang responded coldly. Although they were enemies, she still responded to the inquiry.
The primary principles had been passed down countless times to the cultivators in the world, but no one could clearly explain its origin.
It was a very ordinary manual with the elementary basics of cultivation. Although there were breathing techniques, the incantations and formulas were so common that it couldn't be used for cultivation.
Despite it being passed down for a very long time, any cultivator with some money or who was part of a sect wouldn't want to read it.
However, for millions of years now, countless mortals wanted to enter the path of cultivation, so countless copies of this manual continued to spread in the world.
"No one can be sure about its true origin since it was already very popular during the Desolate Era." Li Qiye explained: "One theory states that it comes from even before the Desolate Era."
He paused for a moment at this point: "In fact, many wise sages during the Desolate Era had studied these principles. But today, there are too many merit laws and emperor laws in this world, so no one wants to read the primary principles."
"However, I'll tell you two a heaven-shattering secret." Li Qiye put on a mysterious appearance in an attempt to bait the two.
"What heaven-shattering secret? Just say it already." Long Jingxian liked this type of stuff the most, so she immediately fell for his bait.
After piquing her interest, Li Qiye calmly spoke: "At a young age, Immortal Emperor Jiao Heng studied the primary principles and obtained great enlightenment from it."
"No way…" The feuding pair exclaimed in unison after hearing this.
"Nothing is impossible in this world. This is indeed the truth." Li Qiye flatly stated.
Jian Wushuang and Long Jingxian looked at each other. Who was Immortal Emperor Jiao Heng? This was an emperor undefeated throughout his entire life; some even called him the greatest among all the emperors! When it came down to it, many believed that he cultivated a supreme merit law. How could he have gained some enlightenment from the primary principles?
"What proof do you have on this claim?" Long Jingxian was skeptical.
"My words are the most convincing evidence." Li Qiye smiled. This would be nonsense coming from someone else, but when they came from Li Qiye, they held an entirely different meaning.
Li Qiye gently shook his head: "The two of you shouldn't look down on the Cultivator's Primary Principles. Yes, the majority of the contents are common knowledge, but it is due to this most basic knowledge that we have a cultivation system! Without these basics, what would you two cultivate? Would you have a life wheel? A fate palace? A physique? You would have nothing at all!"
The two of them were intrigued by this explanation as Li Qiye continued in a serious manner: "The most basic incantations and knowledge contain the most essential elements of longevity laws and fate techniques. You need to read one part but understand ten from it to be able to create all of these laws along with offensive and defensive techniques… This is called understanding one law to reach the myriad dao."
"So to say, if I cultivate the Cultivator's Primary Principles, I will be able to create the longevity laws and fate techniques that I desire." Long Jingxian was tempted after hearing this.
"That's one way to put it. The myriad laws have a single origin, so you must understand one law to reach the myriad dao. Others might not be able to, but you can with your Immortal Fate." Li Qiye solemnly nodded.
"Good, I'll cultivate it." Long Jingxian replied immediately.
Li Qiye added: "It is not something you can do on a whim. If you truly want to reach the level of one law to reach the myriad dao, then you have to start all over again. It is best to cripple your dao foundation so that everything will be back to the beginning. From then on, your grand dao will truly be the purest."
"Starting from scratch?" Long Jingxian repeated with a tinge of surprise. This was not a small challenge to someone who always wants to play around like her. How pitiable was it to completely abolish all the training of the past?
Li Qiye asked: "This is no big deal with your talent. If you focus completely, how long do you think it will take for you to reach the Heavenly King realm?"
It was simply torturous for others to remove their merit laws and start all over again, but for Long Jingxian, this was not necessarily the case. It was simple; cultivation for her was like a game due to her innate talents.
"This, I have to discuss this with my ancestors." She hesitantly said.
Li Qiye nodded: "I'm not forcing you to do it right now. It is better to have your ancestors watch over you during the process. If you really want to proceed, then I will refine a couple alchemy batches for you to take back."
"Haha, nothing would be better." Despite her laziness, she still knew about Li Qiye's supreme dao of alchemy. His medicine was absolutely priceless.
"You have to pay attention when picking a manual for the Cultivator's Primary Principles." Li Qiye told her: "Pick an edition from Immortal Emperor Bing Yu's generation, it will be best if you can find a copy from the Icy Feather Palace."
Jian Wushuang was curious: "Why pick one from the Icy Feather Palace of that generation?"
Li Qiye smiled: "The edition of that period can be said to be the best. It contains countless efforts from wise sages. This edition was even changed by Immortal Emperor Jiao Heng! I trust that this little task won't be difficult for your Beastmaster Citadel."
Of course, Li Qiye left out some key information. Outside of the wise sages and Immortal Emperor Jiao Heng, the edition of that generation also had fixes from him and several other emperors. It was definitely the best edition!
"Okay, my citadel can definitely find that particular copy of the primary principles." Long Jingxian's curiosity was piqued; she was itching to give it a shot.
The divine light engulfing the sky along with the news of the beastworld's emergence spread across the entire Stone Medicine World. In just a short period of time, many cultivators entered these heavenly ruins.
These sects were shaken from the pulsing divine light after stepping inside. From the very start, many people had speculated that the beastworld's entrance would appear in these ruins.
This was very understandable since back when the Divine Beast Realm stood strong, the entrance had appeared here many times.
Due to this speculation, many sects and cultivators rushed to this place, including the armed forces of great powers from the distant Alchemy and Beast Realms.
Among the group was one that garnered the most attention. Moreover, they were also the fastest to reach the ruins.
This sect was the Celestial Array School. They brought many experts with the majority of them being formation masters. This time, the Celestial Array Young King was the leader of this group.
The young king immediately ordered for the search of the entrance. At the same time, he released a certain piece of news: "We, the imperial lineages from the Stone Realm, are willing to reestablish the Bi'an Agreement and propose that Young Noble Ye be the director."
Many people shivered after hearing this; they thought about Ye Qingcheng instantly. The young king and Ye Qingcheng were sworn brothers and even had a blood ceremony. This meant that his words were the same as Ye Qingcheng's!
The weaker sects that were hoping to enter the beastworld were even more shaken after hearing this news. The Bi'an Agreement took effect back when the Divine Beast Realm controlled the Bi'an Beastworld. Back then, the contents of the agreement were written by the beast realm along with several imperial lineages who were qualified to control the Stone Medicine World.
The main point of the agreement was that the Divine Beast Realm and these sects were the ones to decide who could enter the beastworld. The key to the beastworld's emergence was the bronze rod in Li Qiye's hand. Although it was capable of doing so, it required a great amount of power. Thus, even back during the beast realm's era, the beastworld only appeared once every one or two generations.
Because of this, the descent of the beastworld was without a doubt an amazing and rare fortune! But now, the young king immediately brought up the old agreement from the start, how could other people not be uncomfortable?
Keep in mind that the lineages who were qualified to preside over this agreement, such as the Alchemy Kingdom and the Jianlong Clan, no longer showed themselves!
This meant that the Bi'an Agreement this time would be regulated by imperial lineages such as the Celestial Array School, the Stony Edge Kingdom, and the Heavenhoof Ravine. All of these sects also had great relations with Ye Qingcheng. If Ye Qingcheng were to be the director of the agreement, then the beastworld would become their possession.