Chapter 405: Chapter 123 Unity of Three Laws
After determining the matters at hand, Jiang Li was left with only one problem to solve, that is, to refine... or rather, to initially refine the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron.
This heavy artifact was the Jiang family’s ancestral treasure, containing Emperor Yan’s Tao Fruit and the essence of the Qi Tomb. Despite Jiang Li possessing the Divine Farmer’s appearance and having practiced sacrificial cultivation day after day, he was still unable to initially refine it and take it away with him.
Upon returning to the Underground Palace, Jiang Li saw the large cauldron standing like a mountain and felt a headache coming on.
With his ability, he could continue to refine the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron indefinitely, but as for the time required... that was uncertain.
"Perhaps try using ’Minister Fu Shan,’"
said an affiliated son-in-law who had appeared quietly.
Feng Manlou, this fellow who appeared and disappeared like a ghost, arrived without making a single sound, and Jiang Li didn’t even realize how he had come. However, when he appeared, Jiang Li sensed it, so he wasn’t completely in the dark.
Of course, that was not the point.
The point was that the "Minister Fu Shan" technique, which Feng Ziyang had taught Jiang Li, had never been revealed to anyone else. Logically, Feng Manlou shouldn’t know of it.
But thinking of their shared surname...
Well, isn’t this brazen?
They most likely shared a connection, even possibly being in contact.
It was because of the oath Jiang Li and this elder brother had sworn, pledging not to backstab each other; otherwise, he would surely complain to Tianxuan and turn the Dragon King’s affiliated son-in-law’s family upside down.
Jiang Li didn’t turn his wheelchair, his back to the Dragon King’s affiliated son-in-law, and said, "I’ve only grasped the surface of ’Minister Fu Shan.’ Although I am already familiar with it, if I were to refine the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, I fear my power might be inadequate."
So, elder brother, won’t you provide some support?
Since the Dragon King’s affiliated son-in-law wanted to show some of his hand, Jiang Li took the initiative to ask directly.
One would expect the whole version of "Minister Fu Shan," right?
"Young brother, if you don’t try, how will you know if your power is insufficient?" Feng Manlou said with a smile, "By the way, it’s best to use the technique of Qimen Dunjia to complement it."
He wore an unfathomable expression as if he understood everything.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li’s heart stirred because he had indeed never tried to complement "Minister Fu Shan" with the technique of Qimen Dunjia.
The key was that it was difficult to link the two. "Minister Fu Shan" was a Qi Manipulation Technique, focusing on using one’s own Qi to subdue all things, making them bow down and submit like mountains, while Qimen Dunjia was a marvelous technique derived from the combination of Yi virtues and magic, created by the Wind Queen in conjunction with the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter...
Wind Queen!
Jiang Li suddenly remembered something he had almost forgotten.
He had always been skeptical about whether the Wind Queen Dao Fruit was in Feng Manlou, for Wind Queen was a descendant of Fuxi, and Feng Manlou could also be a descendant of Fuxi. And now, his second senior brother Feng Ziyang had been confirmed to have a connection with Feng Manlou.
Then the question arose, could the "Minister Fu Shan" taught by Feng Ziyang be a technique of Fuxi of the Feng family?
Jiang Li’s mind raced, and suddenly he expanded his Qi Veins, forming a huge compass on the floor of the Underground Palace. The Eight Trigrams rotated, and eight streams of Primordial Qi shot out, following a mysterious trajectory and falling onto the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron.
Lying dormant within the mountain was the embodiment of subjugation.
Minister Fu Shan used the growth of Essence Qi to subdue all things, reacting to stimuli, overcoming all forms of resistance, and thus obtaining control. That day, Feng Ziyang had refined Yuan Zhen’s Sword Orb with this method. Today, Jiang Li used this method on the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, an act seemingly identical, but the differences were night and day.
How could the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron be compared to a mere Sword Orb?
After the eight qi entered the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, its unusual aggression triggered the cauldron to act on its own. Inside, a golden-red auspicious light rose, and a familiar yet strange Primordial Qi surged from within.
It was familiar because the Primordial Qi was precisely a combination of the Innate Eight Qi, with eight qi clashing and changing into thousands of variations within an instant.
It was strange because of its overwhelming and domineering nature.
No matter the method, the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron had only one response—to refine.
Refining the Ten Thousand Qi, refining all things, refining all phenomena.
When the Primordial Qi’s transformations reached their extreme, Yiqi Turns into Ten Thousand Qi, then returning to simplicity, the path was utmost simple, leaving only one element—refinement. Emperor Yan Shennong revered the Fire Element, and his Cultivation Techniques and Dao Artifacts encompassed all things, but at their core, they still revered the Fire Element.
Any assault, any invasion, was directly refined by the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, revealing the fundamental nature of a heavy artifact that revered fire.
Like the radiance of the Great Sun, it refined the eight qi and then flowed in reverse, following the Qi Mechanism’s lead. A wave of heat rushed toward him, and the color of the Qi Veins on the floor also took on a reddish hue.
Jiang Li felt his blood vessels swelling within him. His blood, already heating up due to the maturation of Fire Qi within him, now grew scorchingly hot. He even felt as if magma was flowing through his veins, constantly burning his body.
Divine Farmer’s appearance was fully unleashed; as clear as crystal, Jiang Li stood tall like a deity. Talismanic seeds were circulating within his acupoints, and mysterious runes simultaneously appeared within his seven orifices.
At this moment,
A faint radiance emerged from the seven orifices, and Jiang Li sensed an unusual vibration in the acupoints where the Heavenly Dharma had converged.
His eyes suddenly widened, perceiving changes in his senses which sometimes intensified, sometimes weakened. His facial features were as if enveloped in a thin mist, various senses undergoing adjustment.
Hearing, touch, taste, and smell, the four perceptive abilities gradually closed off, replaced by a drastic enhancement of eye power—tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold!
Jiang Li’s pupils dilated, and his gaze fell upon the ascending Primordial Qi within the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron. He could clearly see innumerable intertwining Qi Mechanisms, unfolding and changing every second, mutating with external eight qi’s qualities, achieving suppression before refining them.
It wasn’t a crude refinement, but one of complete, targeted restraint.
As Jiang Li "saw" the essence of the Primordial Qi, the operations of Wind Queen’s Strange Gate also changed accordingly, adapting to the cycle of Essence Qi’s generation and suppression, even disregarding this cycle, undergoing continuous change, evolving various Qi Mechanisms that infiltrated it.
’The Heavenly Dharma can actually respond to ’Minister Fu Shan’ and Wind Queen’s Strange Gate...’
’Could it be because Wind Queen’s Strange Gate also contains the secrets of Dragon Armor Divine Chapter? Allowing the Yin Talisman Scripture, which derived from Form Tomb, to unite with Fuxi’s Technique?’
’No, that’s too far-fetched.’
Jiang Li’s mind raced with various possibilities streaming past.
’Or could it be... not the Form Tomb, but there is something with the Yin Talisman Scripture itself... or should it be said... the Heavenly Dharma!’
The union was not with the Cultivation Technique, but with the Heavenly Dharma that Jiang Li had already mastered.
This likeness crafted after Heaven itself could merge with Fuxi’s Technique, leading to incredible thoughts in Jiang Li’s mind.
—Heaven is relevant to the Fuxi Sect.
As such a conjecture surfaced in his mind, Jiang Li internally manipulated the Heavenly Dharma, externally stimulating the appearance of the Divine Farmer, combining the two and operating the Wind Queen’s Strange Gate, managing the Innate Eight Qi, performing "Minister Fu Shan".
All sorts of Magic Doors and abilities were operated forcefully by Jiang Li, yet they seemed orderly and did not contradict one another. The Innate Eight Qi once again explored the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, a Qi Mechanism like that which could refine all things rushing toward him. In an instant, Jiang Li felt as though he was in the furnace of heaven and earth of the Dinghu Sect, enduring the endless torture of Flame Qi.
But he was not alarmed, instead, he rejoiced.
Compared to being refined without the slightest reaction before, this current perilous situation indicated that Jiang Li had made progress.
The Eight Trigrams revolved, then advanced into the Eight Gates, entered the nine stars, forming a majestically spectacular and extremely mysterious Array Map. The Innate Eight Qi moved forward and retreated at will, seeping into the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, engaging in a tug-of-war with that Essence Qi, indistinguishable in superiority.
"Treasure Lotus Lamp."
At that moment, a clear shout came through, followed by the projection of a lotus lantern appearing above Jiang Li’s head, casting down auspicious Qi.
"Ziwei and Tianfu, the power of assistance."
Gongsun Qingyue gracefully arrived, her hand forming seal techniques, with two great stars rising from the crown of her head, one of which settled above Jiang Li’s head.
A scorching wave of Fire Qi poured down from afar, together with the auspicious Qi from the Treasure Lotus Lamp, both infusing into Jiang Li’s body, significantly boosting his strength.
With this powerful support, Jiang Li finally managed to have the Innate Eight Qi completely penetrate that Primordial Qi, grinding against it, a mighty Qi Mechanism cleansing the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron above and below, leaving his own mark within it.
The treasure light of the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron suddenly paused, then like the tide returning, flowed back into the large cauldron. That great vessel, seeming as if it would never move from its place on earth, at last began to stir.
Boom—
With a hefty sound, the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron slowly rose, and above Jiang Li’s head, a vast shadow in a bright red Qi burst forth like a raging fire in oil, vastly impressive.
’Emperor Yan.’
Feng Manlou watched this shadow take form, a mysterious smile curling up at the corner of his mouth, ’Recognized by the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, the Jiang family’s rightful lineage is transferred; Qi Shu takes shape, finally, it is accomplished.’
’What surprises me the most, though, is that he could practice the techniques of the Three Emperors concurrently, even though these are not the complete Cultivation Techniques. Form Tomb and Mountain Tomb lack the essence, but to achieve this much...’
’My worthy brother, you truly amaze me over and over again.’
Thinking thus, the smile at the corner of Feng Manlou’s mouth threatened to twist.
The more promising Jiang Li was, the greater Feng Manlou’s future benefits would be. The initially reluctant investment was now beginning to bear fruit.
’But that he could imitate the power of the heavens to this extent was unexpected, forming some resonance with me...’
Feng Manlou slowly moved his left hand behind his back, his sleeve concealing a patch of Qing scales that had emerged.