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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 2 (257): [Shocking News in Fu Prefecture]
(2nd of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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An Inferior Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator is one who opened eight springs in the Surging Spring Realm and six seas in the Five Seas Realm, cultivating the Dao Seed in the Wind Mansion.
Their foundation is considered inferior.
Such Martial-Mystic Cultivators can never break through to Immortal Realm, destined to remain retainers and consumables. Their status and combat power are significantly lower than those of their peers.
As for Martial-Mystic Cultivators who opened seven springs in the Surging Spring Realm and five seas in the Five Seas Realm, they can't even reach the Dao Seed Realm, eliminated even earlier.
That's why many Hidden Ones from the Jiu Li Hidden Sect perished while attempting to open the Ninth Spring.
The three of them boarded the carriage and headed toward the city.
Zuoqiu Ting, seated in the main seat, said, "It's not about pretending everyone is equal. It's about avoiding unnecessary conflicts and divisions caused by words."
Qi Xiao forced a bitter smile and nodded: "I'll keep that in mind!"
Li Weiyi asked, "Brother Qi, did you use a Dragon Seed to break through to the Dao Seed Realm?"
Qi Xiao knew what he was asking. He lowered his voice, "Yes. During the Shangyuan Festival, the Qi Clan Ancestor was fortunate enough to seize a fallen Dragon Seed. He urged me to refine it quickly, fearing prolonged delays. Lately, battles have erupted daily both inside and outside the city over Immortality Pills, Dragon Seeds, and Dragon Bones."
Li Weiyi turned to Zuoqiu Ting: "I made quite a splash at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Someone is bound to want to capture or kill me. Traveling with the First Inheritor of the Zuoqiu Clan should keep me safe, right?"
Zuoqiu Ting chuckled: "Though the city is in turmoil, this is still Qiu Prefecture City. If you die, can I live? If we two are killed in the city, the joke would spread across the land."
Qi Xiao replied, "Isn't there a Dao Seed Realm cultivator traveling with us?"
Zuoqiu Ting asked, "May I ask, Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Master, what are your plans next? Will you directly join the military camp to hone your skills, or will you go to the Fourth Heaven for further cultivation?"
Qi Xiao said, "I plan to go to the Fourth Heaven first to consolidate my realm and choose a Dao Technique. Once I've made some progress with the Dao Technique, I'll join the Secret Realm Division."
Zuoqiu Ting was somewhat surprised: "The Secret Realm Division? That's a dangerous place!"
"The Zuoqiu Clan provides Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators with a generous annual salary of five million silver coins, which is indeed substantial. But if one seeks Immortal Realm, it's far from enough! Exploring secret realms, though perilous, offers immense rewards, perhaps even heaven-defying opportunities," Qi Xiao explained.
Zuoqiu Ting said, "War is coming! The Zuoqiu Clan will undoubtedly launch campaigns against powers like Heavenly Cliff Ridge, Guan Shan, San Chen Palace, and Night City. Once the fighting begins, you Dao Seed Realm cultivators will find it easy to make money."
Qi Xiao replied, "It's the same everywhere: risk and reward are proportional. Every Immortal stands atop a mountain of the bones of their fallen comrades."
"Those who dare not risk their lives cannot achieve Immortal Realm."
"To win money, one must wager money; to contend for life, one must first gamble with life."
The carriage exited the Outer City gate of East City.
The wilderness outside was already packed with people. Countless young Martial-Mystic Cultivators had come to "pay their respects" to the fallen Transcendent.
Li Weiyi had prepared himself, yet he was still stunned.
The Silver Feather Eagle King's corpse was as massive as a mountain. Even after seven days, its Blood Qi remained vigorous, its aura awe-inspiring, and its heat astonishing.
Even refugees miles away felt their hearts pounding in fear, too terrified to approach.
Only the courage of Martial-Mystic Cultivators could withstand such an aura.
"With so much flesh, you, the First Inheritor of the Zuoqiu Clan, will only get a few pounds?" Li Weiyi asked.
Zuoqiu Ting replied, "Do you think killing a Transcendent Demon Clan member happens every year? There are only a handful in the entire Lingxiao Realm."
"Today, we'll only divide a portion. The rest will be preserved using secret techniques to prevent the Blood Qi and Transcendent Law Spiritual Qi from dissipating. It will serve as a foundation and resource for the clan's disciples over the next century."
"The reason we're selling it so publicly at the city gate is to send a clear message to any Transcendent who dares oppose the Zuoqiu Clan: death is not the worst fate."
Zuoqiu Ting naturally didn't need to buy any.
As the First Inheritor, he simply went to the old geezers of the Zuoqiu Clan and snatched it.
Li Weiyi and Qi Xiao were more than happy to wait on the side and get their share of the Demon King's flesh for free.
Li Weiyi sent a Spiritual Qi transmission: "Brother Qi, could you do me a favor and find out where the people from the Sui Sect are?"
"Those five boxes of Yongquan Coins?" Qi Xiao asked.
"Uh..."
Li Weiyi said, "Just find Yang Qingxi for me!"
The Six Desires Talisman had to be dealt with as soon as possible.
Qi Xiao immediately slapped his chest and assured Li Weiyi that he would handle it.
However, his eyes held a strange glint as he secretly mused that Li Weiyi must be afraid of the Jiu Li Tribe finding out about this, so he had to rely on an outsider like him to search for Yang Qingxi.
'There's definitely something going on here!'
Zuoqiu Ting returned, handing the Boundary Pouch to Li Weiyi: "You two, take two hundred catties each. I'll keep the rest."
"Thank you, Young Master, for your generosity. I've heard that fresh Transcendent Flesh sells for quite a high price."
Qi Xiao summoned his Spiritual Artifact warblade from his Ancestral Field and began dividing the meat with Li Weiyi.
Even with his Dao Seed Realm cultivation, he had to strain with all his might to cut through the flesh.
"Transcendent flesh probably needs a Spiritual Artifact Cauldron and exotic flames to stew tender," he chuckled.
A blood-soaked Five Seas Realm Elder rushed through the city gates at top speed, bringing news that shook the entire Qiu Prefecture City.
Half an hour later.
Strong cultivators from the city began to pour out, heading north in ever-increasing numbers.
Zuoqiu Ting's carriage, carrying three people, was in route to a medicinal pill shop opened by the Zuoqiu Clan. Hearing the commotion on the street, Qi Xiao jumped out and grabbed a familiar Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator for questioning.
"What?"
After hearing the news, Qi Xiao was stunned, then ecstatic.
Back in the carriage, his heart still pounded wildly: "We have to go north immediately! Something big is happening there!"
"Calm down! You're already a Dao Seed Realm cultivator. Why are you losing your composure like this?" Zuoqiu Ting chided.
Qi Xiao said, "I can't calm down! They say that at the border between Qiu Prefecture and Fu Prefecture, a Transcendent battle has torn a hundred-mile-long fissure into the earth!"
"A group of daring Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, following the trail of a Transcendent battle, were searching for Transcendent relics - such as Transcendent blood - hoping to find opportunities."
"As a result, deep beneath that terrifying fissure, they discovered the legendary entrance to an underground Immortal Mansion. The entrance was said to be over ten miles long, built like a palace, and truly magnificent."
Zuoqiu Ting was deeply moved, unable to remain calm. He immediately sent Zuoqiu Qingting to gather more precise information.
Li Weiyi's curiosity was piqued: "What do you mean by 'underground Immortal Mansion'?"
Qi Xiao's blood boiled with excitement as he struggled to organize his thoughts: "Legend has it that Fu Prefecture got its name because of an Ancient Immortal's Wind Mansion deep underground. It's also jokingly called the Netherworld, and it's said to be as vast as... well, an entire prefecture. Over the years, people have indeed found traces of this underground Immortal Mansion, spanning thousands of miles, with rock and metal structures, as well as spatial reactions."
"But this is the Ancient Immortal's Wind Mansion. It's impossible to force your way in."
"For thousands of years, generation after generation of Dao Seed Realm experts have scoured the depths of Fu Prefecture, yet they've never found the entrance."
"Who would have thought that a Transcendent battle would reveal the underground entrance?"
Li Weiyi asked, "Brother Qi, are you referring to the Wind Mansion - the innate world we cultivate by opening the Eighth Spring?"
"Precisely."
Qi Xiao continued, "The Wind Mansion is a living innate world. When first opened in the Surging Spring Realm, it's usually quite small. But by the Five Seas Realm, the Wind Mansion becomes our Sixth Sea, capable of expanding to over ten thousand square kilometers."
"Martial-Mystic Cultivators who haven't cultivated the Seventh Sea Ancestral Field plant their Dao seeds in the Wind Mansion."
"In the Dao Seed Realm, both the Wind Mansion and Ancestral Field can continue to expand."
"What kind of being could cultivate the Wind Mansion to the size of an entire prefecture if not an Ancient Immortal? More importantly, this Ancient Immortal seems to have planted their Dao seed in the Wind Mansion. Dao Traces were discovered underground in Fu Prefecture years ago."
Li Weiyi said, "Planting a Dao seed in the Wind Mansion offers no hope for Immortal Realm. Yet some ancient sages have walked this path and achieved Immortal enlightenment. If this is true, it would indeed drive many to madness."
Zuoqiu Ting said, "What's the rush? Opportunities like this aren't easily seized. Let's wait and let them scout ahead. These Ancient Immortal secret realms are incredibly dangerous in their early stages."
Qi Xiao nodded, having calmed down. He realized that even if the entrance to the underground immortal palace truly appeared, he would first need to consolidate his cultivation base. He wouldn't be able to venture there anytime soon.
Zuoqiu Qingting flew back and used Mental Power to relay the information the Zuoqiu Clan had gathered so far.
"Is the news reliable?" Li Weiyi asked.
"It's likely true, eight or nine times out of ten."
Zuoqiu Ting's eyes flickered, and he chuckled, "You wouldn't be thinking of going after the opportunity yourself, would you?"
Li Weiyi shook his head, leaning back against the carriage wall with a lazy air: "The Hidden Lord said I was too aggressive in the Five Seas Realm. I'll probably be in closed-door cultivation for the next year or two, slowly accumulating and refining my cultivation. Who has time to explore such dangerous places? Taoli (Peach and Plum) Mountain has incredibly high Spiritual Qi concentration and is perfectly safe. If I cultivate here, you won't drive me away, will you?"
Qi Xiao glanced at Zuoqiu Ting, and the two burst into laughter.
"Perfect timing," Zuoqiu Ting said, "We're planning to enter closed-door cultivation as well."
Li Weiyi spared no expense, purchasing sixty Radiant Flame Pills and a Body-Fixing Talisman capable of immobilizing a Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator.
The total cost: ninety thousand Yongquan Coins!
On their way back to the mountain, Zuoqiu Ting asked curiously, "Why did you spend so much on a Body-Fixing Talisman? Even if a Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator is only slightly prepared, you'll never have a chance to immobilize them."
Li Weiyi replied, "I have no choice. You're both on the verge of breaking through to the Dao Seed Realm, while I'm still stuck in the Five Seas Realm. Of course I need to find more ways to protect myself."
Upon reaching the Third Heaven, the two parted ways.
Li Weiyi headed to the residence of the Jiu Li Tribe's Hidden Sect Martial-Mystic Cultivators and tossed Yin Ershi Si several dozen pounds of Transcendent Flesh, urging her to cook it quickly.
Her culinary skills were nothing to write home about, but Li Weiyi believed that with enough practice, she would eventually improve.
The Hidden Sect needed a master chef.
"An elder from the Zuoqiu Clan told me he overheard your conversation with Zuoqiu Ting. It seems you've developed feelings for Zuoqiu Hongting?" Hidden Lord suddenly appeared.
Li Weiyi was stunned: "Which shameless elder from the Zuoqiu Clan eavesdropped on two juniors' conversation?"
"Want to talk about it?"
Hidden Lord's expression was unusually serious.
Li Weiyi nodded.
He had something important he wanted to discuss with Hidden Lord as well.
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END OF CHAPTER
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