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Chapter 289: Chapter 286 Collaborators
Tai Yuan looked at Jiang Tianji.
As the Emperor of Daqian, his inherent status allowed him to monitor the Lucky Qi from much further away.
Although his Qiantian Purple Qi Technique was not yet Mahayana, and he could not observe the Lucky Qi in details as well as Gu Jinlai could, one was the Star State Governor, and the other was the Emperor of Daqian.
It was like two people, one with astonishing eyesight but standing amidst the plains, while the other had weaker vision but stood atop a high mountain.
From the perspective of the big picture, the latter naturally surpassed the former.
"What did you see?"
Tai Yuan asked.
"A deep darkness."
Jiang Tianji said, "The whole Daqian is like the only torch in the darkness, I dare not even think about it, because if I do, it might be extinguished by the darkness in the next second."
"Darkness..."
Tai Yuan’s expression became grave.
He didn’t have the talent for cultivating Lucky Qi and lacked the ability of Qi Observation.
But he could tell from Jiang Tianji’s tone how dire the situation outside was.
"No wonder... the Abyss Lord has not returned... Perhaps he thinks we have no hope left,"
Tai Yuan muttered.
The Abyss Lord.
One of the four Earthly True Immortals who had besieged Emperor Tianji back then.
He and Wushi were the only two survivors of that great battle.
After a while, the current Imperial Advisor raised his head to look at Jiang Tianji, "What do you plan to do?"
"To eliminate external troubles, we must first stabilize internally,"
Jiang Tianji stated solemnly, "Di Luo plans to use the Heavenly Demon True Understanding as bait to amalgamate the powers of the Ten Demonic Sects. Is the Imperial Advisor aware of this? This could be our opportunity."
"Do you intend to annihilate the Ten Demonic Sects in one fell swoop when they are gathered?"
As Tai Yuan spoke, he shook his head, "Unless The Three Pure Ones intervene to assist, we do not possess such power. And if we rashly start a war, the needless internal consumption would only benefit the Demons, allowing their rampant arrogance to become even more uncontrollable."
"For the Demons, I have already seen a glimmer of hope,"
Jiang Tianji said.
Tai Yuan’s heart stirred, "Star State?"
Jiang Tianji nodded, "What I now feel to be a great threat is not only Di Luo from the Earth Demon Hall but also that person from The Three Pure Ones..."
He did not continue.
But Tai Yuan already knew who he meant.
Immortal Wushi.
The number one expert in the world.
Even though he had not appeared for decades, the pressure from the world’s number one still loomed over the heads of all the top experts.
Devas, Saints...
The stronger they were, the more intense they felt it.
"Do you think... that Immortal... still exists?"
After a while, Jiang Tianji suddenly asked.
Tai Yuan remained silent for a moment before saying, "Sixty years ago, an internal conflict erupted within The Three Pure Ones. Immortals Wu Zhong and Wunian fought against each other. The conflict ended quickly, but from then on, The Three Pure Ones, despite not showing much change outwardly, were internally almost split in two; Immortal Wu Zhong took charge of the overall situation of The Three Pure Ones, while Immortal Wunian secluded himself in the Moon Clear Palace and seldom interfered with the affairs of The Three Pure Ones again... In that near-splitting conflict, Immortal Wushi never appeared."
Jiang Tianji understood what Tai Yuan meant.
He didn’t know whether this was good news or bad news for Daqian, surrounded by Demons.
"If you want to deal with Di Luo, we won’t get the support from The Three Pure Ones."
Tai Yuan said.
"I know, but... what if they turn against each other?"
Jiang Tianji said.
"Turn against each other?"
Tai Yuan was startled, "Who would turn against whom?"
Then he immediately thought of something, "Wu Tiandi and Di Luo!? No, Wu Tiandi doesn’t have the courage to oppose Di Luo; he can’t even break Di Luo’s Immortal Golden Body... At least before Di Luo’s Immortal Golden Body is broken, he wouldn’t even have the courage to strike..."
As he said this, his voice came to an abrupt halt...
The next moment, a name burst forth, "Venerable Xuan Tian!?"
Jiang Tianji slightly nodded, "My people have made contact with Venerable Xuan Tian."
Tai Yuan’s pupils abruptly constricted.
"Before Di Luo’s Divine Sword Gathering had even taken place, wasn’t it already proclaimed brazenly that whoever became the master of the Sky Extreme Sword would have the Ten Demonic Sects bow to his will? Although there have been some changes in the Divine Sword Gathering now, this claim has taken deep root in people’s hearts. If Di Luo were to slip up again..."
"Are you planning to support Venerable Xuan Tian in uniting the Ten Demonic Sects?"
"Correct."
Jiang Tianji nodded his head, "There’s no chance of a peaceful coexistence between Venerable Xuan Tian, Wu Tiandi, and Di Luo. Wu Tiandi needless to say, he has slain the whole lineage of Venerable Xuan Tian, it’s a blood feud. Venerable Xuan Tian probably dreams of slaying Wu Tiandi with his sword. As for Di Luo... he’s an even more ambitious person than Emperor Tianji, and he will not allow anyone to take control of the Sky Extreme Sword and reorganize the Ten Demonic Sects as Emperor Tianji once did, to be beneath anyone."
Tai Yuan, thinking of Di Luo’s character...
It was indeed so.
This Devil had never ceased to stir up chaos.
His threat to the Daqian Dynasty was not less than Emperor Tianji.
Therefore, such Saints, rather than becoming the foundation for Daqian to fight against the Demons, were hoped to be as few as possible.
"If you assist Venerable Xuan Tian in uniting the Ten Demonic Sects, what if he becomes the next Emperor Tianji?"
"He won’t."
Jiang Tianji asserted confidently, "The Three Pure Ones will not allow it."
Tai Yuan instantly grasped his implication.
To use Venerable Xuan Tian to unite the Ten Demonic Sects, and then exploit The Three Pure Ones’ reluctance to witness the birth of another Emperor Tianji, to provoke a battle between the two...
If successful, the Daqian Royal Family could truly become the biggest winner of this war.
"So, the most crucial point now lies with Venerable Xuan Tian,"
Tai Yuan looked at Jiang Tianji, "What do you plan to do?"
"It’s not what I plan to do, but what Venerable Xuan Tian plans to do."
Jiang Tianji said, "It was not I who found Venerable Xuan Tian, but he who found me. He wants to use the Lucky Qi of Daqian to achieve the status of a Deva."
Tai Yuan was startled, then incredulous, "He actually... made such a request? By what right!?"
Jiang Tianji did not answer, but simply said, "Would you like to know what his purpose is in becoming a Deva?"
"Of course, it’s to target Di Luo, Wu Tiandi, and those other pursuers."
Tai Yuan calmly said, "If Venerable Xuan Tian becomes a Deva, with the might of the Sky Extreme Sword and Wu Tiandi’s cooperation, it’s... not impossible for them to kill Di Luo..."
Jiang Tianji shook his head: "He wants to kill Master Wushi."
"Master Wushi?"
Tai Yuan was bewildered.
He could not keep up with this young man’s train of thought at all.
How had Master Wushi offended him?
Sitting at home and trouble comes from the sky?
"Master Wushi, the first under heaven."
Jiang Tianji took a deep breath: "Venerable Xuan Tian, he too wants to be the first under heaven."
"I need to sort this out..."
Tai Yuan said.
"Unbelievable? I feel the same. But when I saw him, I chose to believe him," Jiang Tianji paused, "That is why I have drawn up this series of plans."
...
At this time, in the Military Workshop.
Seeing the New Great Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method presented by Gu Jinlai, Zhang Lihuo, Zhang Yukan, and others were filled with disbelief.
"This... this... The Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method can be cultivated like this!?"
"By comparing one’s own visualization of the Great Sun to the radiant Great Sun in the outside world and starting with the light emitted by the Great Sun, one achieves the transition between the imagined visualization and the real sunlight... Why did we not think of this cultivation method before?"
"We didn’t think of it because we did not understand the essence of the Great Sun’s radiance. Without that foundation, even if we had thought of it, what would have been the point?" Si Tianyan, Guan Xingyun, and others sighed.
Although the newly revised Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method had not solved the problem of the Great Heavenly Master breaking through to Heavenly Monarch, it had shortened the cultivation time for a Great Heavenly Master to just three years...
This was already an unbelievable progress.
Ordinarily, it took twenty years to go from an ordinary person to Hugging Pill. In other words, by the time Heavenly Masters had the foundation to switch cultivation pathways, they were already over thirty years old.
Due to Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation, the Heavenly Masters, who often had a deficit in vital energies, could usually live only to their fifties or sixties.
By the age of fifty or sixty, less than half of them could achieve the rank of Great Heavenly Master.
Of course, if one cultivated according to the standards of remaking the Great Sun Core and compensating for the deficit in vital energies, the cultivation time from Heavenly Master to Great Heavenly Master could be shortened to just over a decade.
But a decade compared to three years...
That was still an increase in speed by four or five times.
Do not underestimate the difference of four to five times.
It’s normal for a six-year-old to study and take the college entrance examination eighteen years later, at the age of eighteen. What if you have four to five times the pace, and you take the college entrance examination at nine?
The word "genius" would not be sufficient to describe it.
"Everyone, diligently practice the new Great Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method and the Spirit Nourishment Technique. These two complement each other well. I can’t wait to see the day when our Heavenly Masters pilot the Cheng Ying Mecha onto the battlefield," said Gu Jinlai with a smile.
Zhang Lihuo, Zhang Yukan, and others nodded vigorously.
After a moment, Zhang Lihuo said, "Venerable Daoist elder, compared to the cultivation technique you created, the original Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method is far inferior. Please consider renaming this method, as it will become the true core cultivation technique of our Great Sun Heavenly Sect."
"A name..."
Gu Jinlai was initially reluctant to name it but seeing the fervent gaze of the few before him, he eventually pondered.
After a moment, he said, "This method utilizes the light of the Great Sun Stars for cultivation... Let’s call it the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method."
"Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method."
Zhang Lihuo, moved by the name that clearly hinted at the connection with the original Grand Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method, nodded somberly, "As the Venerable Daoist elder says, we shall call it the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method."
"Hmm, how’s the modification of the Mystic Bird Fighting Machines going?" Gu Jinlai shifted the topic.
"Two Mystic Bird Fighting Machines have undergone preliminary modification, the third one has just been repaired and hasn’t had the chance to be modified yet..." Zhang Lihuo said, then paused, "As for the Railgun... well, strictly speaking, the Railgun model has been made. Now we’re just waiting for the Co-spirit."
"Mm."
Gu Jinlai said, "Let’s wait for news from Tianhe first. If we really can’t wait, I’ll see if I should make a trip to Central State."
"Central State?"
Zhang Lihuo naturally knew what Gu Jinlai meant by going to Central State.
The opening times of the two Demon Realm Rifts in Central State were public knowledge, and one of them...
Was scheduled to open in a month.
But...
"Venerable Daoist elder, if you were to go to Central State, those bigwigs of the Imperial Capital would surely find a way to keep you there, at least, they would not allow you to return so easily..." Zhang Lihuo hinted discreetly.
"Hence, it is the worst option," said Gu Jinlai.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Lihuo suggested, "Let Yu Kun go to Tianhe, she has thoroughly studied the Demon Realm Rift and has more experience."
"The Tianhe Demons have not been completely annihilated... and Yu Kun, as a Great Heavenly Master..."
"Tianhe is guarded by six thousand Demon God Guards, so it’s unlikely the demons will act rashly again," Yu Kun reassured with a smile.
Considering their urgent need for enough "spiritual" energy to complete the modification of the three Mystic Bird Fighting Machines, Gu Jinlai nodded immediately, "Have Cheng Wanli and the others accompany you."
"I will do my utmost to locate the Rift of the Tianhe Demon Realm."
