NOVPUBShao Yangzi felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this and quickly diverted the subject,
"Sect Master, we still need to pay close attention to the Kingdom of Immortals, previously Wang Ba had provided an intelligence briefing..."
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"Wang Ba respectfully sees off Hall Master Du."
"Wang Ba respectfully sees off the esteemed Martial Uncles!"
Wanfa Peak.
Wang Ba stood above Wanfa Peak, smiling as he saw off everyone.
With so many spirit chickens crossing the Tribulation, he had finally managed, albeit barely, to push his physical body to the peak stage of Golden Core Perfection, although it was not yet stable.
But before he could catch his breath, two figures suddenly appeared beside him.
Seeing these two, Wang Ba was at first astonished, then hurried forward to pay his respects,
"Wang Ba pays his respects to Sect Master and great elder!"
"Your presence honors me, I dare not presume."
However, what surprised and rather flattered Wang Ba was that the great elder, who had previously appeared quite indifferent, now came forward with a smile and stopped his gestures of respect, his face brimming with closeness:
"No need to be so formal in private, you are Invincible’s disciple. Strictly speaking, you should address me as ’Martial Granduncle’."
Wang Ba grasped the implication and promptly insisted on completing the formality:
"Disciple pays respects to Martial Granduncle."
It’s better to err on the side of overdoing it than not doing enough.
Even the great elder, Yan Wenzheng, could not eschew common practices. Seeing Wang Ba’s display of respect, his smile grew a bit broader, and he asked,
"Who did you learn your Beast Control Path from?"
Wang Ba glanced at Shao Yangzi, not daring to hide anything,
"Replying to Martial Granduncle, the disciple learned the Beast Control Dharma from Martial Uncle Qi Yan."
"Qi Yan..."
Yan Wenzheng involuntarily turned to look at Shao Yangzi:
"Sect Master, Qi Yan is junior brother’s disciple, right?"
Shao Yangzi, who had been silent, nodded.
Yan Wenzheng immediately expressed his commendation:
"Not bad. The inheritance of Shou Peak is indeed the elite of Beast Control within the Sect. Studying under them is good for you, and if there are any issues Qi Yan can’t answer, you can also seek advice from Hall Master Du. If he is not available, you can come to Taihe Palace and find me; I will help you seek him out..."
"Cough."
Shao Yangzi, seeing Yan Wenzheng diverging further from the topic, coughed once.
Then, looking at Wang Ba with a smile, he said,
"Your Martial Granduncle has always cherished talent, and you shouldn’t find his chatter wearisome... The main reason for our visit is to request a batch of Class IV lower-grade spirit poultry from you."
Wang Ba was startled for a moment, but quickly caught on, and without hesitation, he took out the batch of Class IV spirit chickens that had just successfully crossed the Tribulation and respectfully offered them with both hands.
"It will suffice for the disciple to keep a few as the breeding stock; Sect Master, feel free to take the rest."
Seeing Wang Ba’s lack of hesitation, even giving up more than two hundred Class IV spirit poultry as though it was nothing, Yan Wenzheng’s look of appreciation deepened.
Shao Yangzi also nodded slightly, and then said with a smile,
"I don’t need so many, just about a hundred to serve as protective spirit beasts for some Golden Core disciples within the Sect... Of course, they won’t be taken for free. Now that your physique has reached perfection, I imagine you will soon enter seclusion. I specially grant you permission to use the Sect’s Dungeons without the requirement of any merit."
"Additionally, in the Myriad Cave, should there be divine soul-typed treasures, whether for defense or counterattack, as long as you can control them, you are allowed to borrow them for use during critical moments."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ba immediately understood Shao Yangzi’s intentions.
This was full support for him to guard against Han Yanzi.
Overjoyed, he promptly thanked them.
Then, he provided Shao Yangzi with the portion of spirit chickens that was needed and handed them over.
"Stabilize your physical realm well; we shall not disturb you further."
Yan Wenzheng, seeing the instability of Wang Ba’s physical realm at a glance, casually gave him some advice and then both figures disappeared from his presence.
Wang Ba thought back to this suddenly affable great elder and couldn’t help but reflect thoughtfully.
However, he didn’t have the leisure to think further.
Feeling the active blood energy in his body stimulated by the Thunder Tribulation, he pondered slightly:
"After stabilizing the physical body a bit more, that would be mostly sufficient. Next, I should focus on amassing full mana, then integrate the blood energy, soul, and Golden Core..."
He thought about it, took out the relatively intact parts of the physical bodies of the spirit chickens that had failed to cross the Tribulation, and refined them into spirit food.
The rest were either dealt with externally or given to the Spiritual Ghost Eel, Azure Spirit Turtle, and others as food.
After all, these spirit chickens had been refined by the fourth-stage Thunder Tribulation, and their flesh had absorbed some of the Thunder Style spiritual energy, subtly changing the nature of the spirit food.
"It happens to be usable for daily cultivation by the Tianji Peak disciples."
Having consumed a few portions of the spirit food, Wang Ba soon discerned its effects.
Of course, he also cultivated the Dragon-Tiger Yuankan Method, which benefited him from this type of spirit food.
Apart from these, he also specially refined a batch of normal spirit food.
After completing these tasks, keeping a hundred Class IV lower-grade spirit chickens for himself, he set the remaining chickens beneath the Fire Paulownia Tree.
With everything prepared, he had his final soul exchange with Bu Chan before parting.
Full of vigor and spirit, he finally arrived at the assembly location of the Sect’s Dungeon, Shaoyang Mountain.
But as soon as he arrived at Shaoyang Mountain, he saw many Sect Disciples coming from a distance, landing on Shaoyang Mountain.
Alongside there was a clear and sonorous voice, lingering over Shaoyang Mountain:
"...Heavenly Dao is magnificent, the sun and moon as constants, the enlightened take it as law, the subtle as practice. The Yang peaks and then Yin arises, Yin peaks and then Yang emerges. The sun wanes and returns, the moon waxes and is rectified..."
Accompanying this were the hurried voices of cultivators passing by:
"Quick, Guardian Pang has started preaching again!"
"Who knows what he’s discussing this time..."
"Why bother about that, listening can’t do any harm."
"That’s right, Guardian Pang has maintained the Myriad Library for hundreds of years, engaging in all inheritances of ten thousand peaks. A casual remark from him can lead to profound insights and dispel confusion."
"Yesterday, he spoke of the Dragon Blood Transformation Path of Longxie Peak, and the day before was about the Thunder Dao of Tianji Peak... Today seems to be about the Dao Law of Hehuan Peak."
"Hehuan Peak? What’s there to discuss about that? Isn’t it just about cultivating essence?"
"Listen carefully."
Hearing the conversations of these young disciples, Wang Ba’s thoughts were stirred.
"Hehuan Peak?"
"The Path of Yin and Yang?"
