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Chapter 270: Chapter 267 True Understanding of Celestial Immortals
Train the troops.
This time, Gu Jinlai’s purpose in setting out was to train the troops.
As the scale of the Sword Formation expanded, they needed more gunners.
The Cold Moon Sect’s defense battle in Blue State was the perfect training ground.
Through observing Lucky Qi, he had already detected something, demons were deliberately concealing themselves.
Or rather, they did not wish to expose their true strength.
Although he, as a Heavenly Monarch, posed a great temptation to devils, Great Demons, and Demon Demon Kings, compared to annihilating him, and destroying the Heavenly Master’s Holy Land in Lingxiao City, they clearly had greater ambitions.
That ambition was to engulf Qiantian.
Impatience can ruin a grandiose plan.
In such situations, despite having the power to breakthrough Blue State, they only deployed the forces that were apparent to all.
If this force could take down Blue State and penetrate into Star State, so much the better; if not, they would not insist.
Under the arrangements of Zhang Lihuo, a team quickly formed, led by twenty Heavenly Master captains and accompanied by three hundred apprentices.
Seeing the number of apprentices listed, Gu Jinlai was somewhat surprised.
"I remember there were just over three hundred apprentices in the Great Sun Heavenly Sect at that time?"
"Yes."
Zhang Lihuo nodded, "Although a large number of Heavenly Masters have come to join us, bringing many apprentices, the total number of apprentices has never reached a thousand. However, since the defense of Baihe City, where Heavenly Masters operated artillery to annihilate the enemy from tens of miles away, gradually people began to join our Great Sun Heavenly Sect willingly, hoping to become a part of it. As of today, there are as many as 1,600 disciples in the Great Sun Heavenly Sect, among which more than two hundred have completed their first Qi Refining and God Transformation, cultivating a Spiritual Sense and becoming apprentices."
Gu Jinlai listened and was quite surprised.
The difference between a Heavenly Master and a Heavenly Master Apprentice lies in just two aspects:
Having a Spiritual Sense.
A stable Visualization core.
Out of these two, a stable Visualization core is much more difficult to establish than cultivating a Spiritual Sense.
People can control their physical actions but not their thoughts.
Therefore, many often complete Qi Refining and God Transformation, possessing their first Spiritual Sense, but remain stuck at the apprentice level because their core is not stable.
This ratio is about one to ten.
Out of ten apprentices, only one can stabilize their core and become a true Heavenly Master.
Those apprentices, although their Visualization Method is not up to par and they cannot share spirits with Spiritual Artifacts like a Heavenly Master, are not much worse at operating Spiritual Artifacts.
But that’s not the point.
The point is, the prerequisite for Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation is Hugging Pill, achieving Perfect Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
In other words...
"The Great Sun Heavenly Sect has taken in two hundred Hugging Pill cultivators as disciples?"
Gu Jinlai asked curiously.
"Yes."
Zhang Lihuo said with a smile, "With the situations in Lingxiao City, or now in Star State and Jiangzhou State, gradually becoming clear, and from now on, the charge into battle will be replaced by Demon God Warriors. Compared to the Demon God Warriors that can be trained in three to five years’ time, achieving Hugging Pill is...too difficult! Those Hugging Pill Masters, if they do not want to completely fall into obscurity in Star State, must find a new path. And the best path..."
"Heavenly Master."
Gu Jinlai suddenly understood.
Yes.
The presence of cultivators within Star State has been diminishing progressively.
The expansion of the Demon God Guards has reached tens of thousands.
In contrast, within Star State and Jiangzhou State, even including civilian Hugging Pill cultivators, there are only a few hundred people.
What counts this force compared to the tens of thousands of Demon God Guards?
Some discerning individuals have already reacted by this time, converting to the Heavenly Master Path in order to have a bright future.
"Actually, we owe a lot to you, Supreme Elder. If it weren’t for your huge success on the Heavenly Master Path, people wouldn’t refocus their attention on the Heavenly Master System. In addition, you rectified the deficiency of dual loss of Qi and blood for Heavenly Masters; these Hugging Pill cultivators don’t have to worry about dying young as a result and are less resistant to converting to Heavenly Masters. Benefiting from you holding the position of Supreme Elder, our Great Sun Heavenly Sect became the top choice for everyone, thus we were able to receive more than 1,600 disciples in such a short time, including 209 Hugging Pill cultivators."
Zhang Lihuo continued with a smile.
"Good."
Gu Jinlai nodded his head.
He approved those cultivators of mediocre talent finding their own way.
As for those with exceptional talent in the cultivation path, he would also support them in continuing on that path.
After all, even in the most glorious era of Heavenly Masters, the cultivation path never ceased to exist completely, which suggests that this system has its merits.
At this moment, Gu Chifeng came in from outside, "Patriarch, we have received critical news from Qiushan Mountain."
"Oh?"
Gu Jinlai quickly thought of something, "Prepare the Demon God Guards thoroughly, advance the departure to tomorrow."
He then turned to Zhang Lihuo, "The last weakness of the Mystic Bird Fighting Machine might be resolved soon. Sect Master Zhang, it seems you’re about to get busy."
"Is it the new weapon called Electromagnetic Cannon that Venerable Daoist mentioned?"
Gu Jinlai smiled slightly.
He went to the manor, took with him the key technologies for the Cheng Ying Mecha and the Qingluan Mother Ship that were prepared earlier, and then headed to Qiushan Mountain.
Outside the observatory, Gu Junxiu was waiting.
Upon seeing Gu Jinlai, he quickly escorted him inside the observatory.
Gu Jinlai reviewed the messages received from Blue Star and two large files that seemed to take several days to transmit, a smile appearing on his face.
"Both Electromagnetic Cannon and Laser Cannon have arrived."
The characteristic of these two devices is their incredibly high energy requirements.
But...
Controlled nuclear fusion technology is known as what?
Infinite energy!
By using this technology to power electromagnetic cannons and laser cannons, the attack power of the Mystic Bird fighting machines would absolutely climb to a new level.
"Good."
Gu Jinlai emphatically said.
A moment later, he settled his mind.
"The transmission of the two sets of data will take several days, and if there are intermittent disruptions, it may take as long as ten days... Hasten to Blue State to repel the demons there and, by the way, seize all the Immortal Essence Gold belonging to Cold Moon Sect. Once both the southern and northern borders are at peace, I’ll quietly climb the technology ladder in Star State, work on inventions, and await the perfection of the Mystic Bird fighting machine’s attack system... With these three machines, it’s like having three Devas on our side, and this power... is enough to sweep through Tian Nan." 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Gu Jinlai made his decision.
After all, the battle situation in Blue State was really just child’s play.
The demons deliberately concealed their true strength but, due to the Heavenly Master flag already being raised high, their failure to attack would raise suspicions.
Faced with merit and Demon Blood Essence that was practically delivered to his doorstep, he naturally wouldn’t miss out.
...
Gu Jinlai led his group hurriedly toward Blue State.
In the north, Moon State.
A group of several people appeared in the midst of a wilderness.
This wilderness seemed to have just witnessed a fierce battle; within a radius of several hundred meters, shredded trees and intersecting sword marks could be seen everywhere—the entire Earth appeared to have been plowed over.
The group searched briefly, and soon a corpse appeared before them.
Upon seeing the body, everyone’s expressions turned ugly.
"Guichi cultivated the top Magic Skill of Xuzhen Tower, and he managed to escape unscathed under the search of a Hall Master from Xuzhen Tower... How could Venerable Xuan Tian detect him and kill him first, escaping our pursuit?"
A middle-aged man in a gray robe, who didn’t seem to have a shred of dignity to his appearance and whose clothes were plain and unremarkable, said in a grave voice.
Although the man seemed ordinary and would not catch anyone’s eye in a crowd...
Any leader of a force from the Cultivation World who saw him would not dare to underestimate him in the slightest.
Wu Tiandi!
The Hall Master of Human Immortal Hall!
Next to him stood Saint Di Luo, who had previously dedicated his efforts to unify the Ten Demonic Sects through the Divine Sword Conference, in order to twist the forces of the Ten Demonic Sects into a single rope.
He, too, was the number one expert of the Demon Path.
"Sir, Venerable Xuan Tian has been hiding in Moon State this whole time, and Moon State is where our power among the Ten Demonic Sects is weakest. Him hiding here has greatly hampered our pursuit," said an elder by Di Luo’s side.
"Moon State."
Di Luo squinted toward the center of Moon State.
Where they were was actually just on the border of Moon State.
But even setting foot here, he faced immense danger.
After all, within Moon State, besides the two saints Wu Zhong and Wu Nian, there was another...
An existence that truly made him apprehensive and even fearful.
Master Wushi!
The Earthly True Immortal who contended with Emperor Tianji.
The undisputed top expert of Qiantian before Emperor Tianji emerged.
Even now...
Following Emperor Tianji’s fall in that great battle, he remained unquestionably the foremost person under heaven.
In the face of such an ancient and terrifying being, no one was without fear.
"Recently, there’s been more and more activity from Sanqing Hall, and Devas have started to act, hunting down Venerable Xuan Tian while also clearing out our forces that have infiltrated Moon State. In this period, we have already lost three Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, with even more Divinity Transformation and Refining God Realm True Men, dozens of them. Our operations in Moon State have been too limited..." The elder spoke with a pained tone.
"Earth Immortal Palace and Human Immortal Hall haven’t been lurking in Moon State for long, but there is a force that certainly holds a special channel for concealing itself within Moon State," said Di Luo.
Wu Tiandi quickly thought of something, "Purple Night Sword Sect."
Originally called Purple Night Mountain Villa, the Purple Night Sword Sect was founded by a disciple descending from Sanqing Hall, having deep ties with it.
However, later on, Purple Night Sword Sect forged the Divine Sword Purple Night, which was coveted by Master Wusi from Sanqing Hall, who wanted to seize it by force. In the process, he orchestrated a massacre of Purple Night Mountain Villa in secret.
As a result, just when the Divine Sword Purple Night happened to be taken away by the current Sect Master of Purple Night Sword Sect, Yi Yun, it did not fall into the hands of Master Wusi, and thus the deep blood feud was formed.
Given that they were originally part of Sanqing Hall, they were intimately familiar with many of Sanqing Hall’s critical departments, and even had many internal connections within the hall.
If one were to speak of understanding Sanqing Hall, not even Xuzhen Tower could compare with Purple Night Sword Sect among the Ten Demonic Sects.
"Are we going to visit Purple Night Sword Sect? The Sword Qi contained within the Purple Night Divine Sword nurtured for so many years... probably not something a Deva could withstand," said Wu Tiandi.
"Ultimately, Purple Night Sword Sect is one of our Ten Demonic Sects, and Yi Yun knows well, to seek revenge, he must rely on our demon path’s power," Di Luo spoke and then paused briefly, "Moreover, the Divine Sword Conference has been delayed for so long, it’s time to convene it."
"The Sky Extreme Sword is no longer in our hands; the other sects might not respond, and there is no trust whatsoever between the Ten Great Demon Sects."
"With Sky Extreme Sword gone, how are we going to invite them to participate in the True Understanding of Celestial Immortals?"
Di Luo spoke indifferently.
As soon as he said this, everyone present inhaled sharply.
