Master of Strange Dao

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That place was precisely the demarcated boundary of the outskirts of the Jinlan Mountain Forbidden Land. According to custom, everything within this range belonged to Jinlan Mountain.

Entering without permission was to be considered an unwelcome guest.

One hundred carts of materials were sent by King Xiang, and another twenty carts were sent by Lei Yu.

Yu Ziqing thought it was likely that King Xiang had asked Lei Yu to deliver the items. The Lei Clan felt that it was shameful to deliver things without contributing anything themselves, so they pinched their noses and added twenty carts.

Seeing how generous King Xiang was, Yu Ziqing gave You Zhen a drop of sweet rain, advising him to perform an almsgiving hungry ghost ritual to dispel that newly emerged trace of devil thought from his body.

Coming out from You Zhen's small courtyard, on his way back, Yu Ziqing started to let his thoughts wander wildly.

In the future, You Zhen would at least have to swear brotherhood with him, and King Xiang would have to call him little uncle; otherwise, this favor could not be repaid.

Though much of his enthusiasm was driven by the craving for the hungry ghost's exclusive Spirit Pill, the Heavenly Demon.

This was a rare external force that could currently assist with Hungry Ghost Dao cultivation, which Yu Ziqing could not afford to give up.

He had tasted other devil thoughts, but their flavor was like chewing wax; the best among them tasted like unleavened steamed vegetables with a few drops of oil, without salt, steamed under a lid.

Taste and texture were merely secondary; the problem was that the Yin God showed no reaction after devouring them.

Hungry Ghost Dao cultivation relied heavily on the Heavenly Demon; ordinary devil thought simply wouldn't suffice.

When he finished with Freedom Heaven later, he would have to set up a plaque to commemorate its contributions, no matter what.

Back in the village, he continued his cultivation. The Yin God, with its bloated belly, had yet to digest everything.

So, he could only continue with Body Refinement. His cultivation of Golden Water Yin Escape had naturally slowed after leaving Silver Lake Forbidden Land; he needed to cultivate Qi-Blood and then Golden Water Yin Escape.

By blending Xin Metal Qi with Gui Water Qi throughout his skin, flesh, and bones, if he encountered force while battling others, he could dissipate and nullify it. Even if his flesh bore part of the blow, he could disperse and dissolve it with the softness within the hardness of Golden Water.

According to Yang's explanation, he first brushed against the Heavenly Tribulation to refine his entire body, which had actually completed part of the Fifth Tier Rebirth Realm cultivation. This refinement with the Heaven and Earth Power exceeded his own refinement immensely.

He was laying an extremely formidable foundation for the next stage of cultivation.

In this condition, augmented by the foundation established through Qi-Blood, and leveraging the power of Silver Lake Forbidden Land, he could transform to Golden Water Yin Escape, thereby maximizing the potential of this cultivation technique.

This cultivation technique was not highly favored elsewhere, especially in Daqian, where body cultivators disdained this technique.

It was purely because, in Daqian, few body cultivators had the preconditions that Yu Ziqing had, nor could they leverage the power of Silver Lake Forbidden Land. Going alone into Silver Lake Forbidden Land, without a guide or a protector, was tantamount to seeking death for a Fourth-tier body cultivator.

Those who cultivated this technique could barely harness half its potential, and might as well not cultivate it at all.

Only someone like Yu Ziqing could possibly push the damage reduction of Golden Water Yin Escape to its closest potential limit.

Yu Ziqing felt the strength within him, a calm that belied the terrible power it contained; even the flexibility of his body had increased significantly.

No wonder Yang always said that what's suitable is best. Without the right conditions, the strongest Dharma Method might not yield the strongest results.

Simply pursuing the strength of cultivation techniques and divine power secret skills could be perilous and could backfire.

Previously observing him envying the village chief's awakening of Ten Directions Divine Skills, Yang repeatedly warned him not to attempt awakening Ten Directions Divine Skills without the exaggerated control that the village chief possessed; otherwise, it would be mortally dangerous.

Yu Ziqing was quite aware; he didn't desire Ten Directions Divine Skills.

Surviving came first. If Li Liangqiu, with his divine skill Kui Step or Half-step, had been in that position, You Zhen's kick might not have affected him so severely.

Or if he had mastered Golden Water Yin Escape, he could have applied its full mystical powers and wouldn't have been so heavily injured from a single kick.

Well, today's reflection concluded.

Return to diligent cultivation.

The initial plan had been to unearth Old Emperor Zhen's torso, then continue on to retrieve his left arm, before finally letting Feng Buju contact the Yin Family to extract the remaining two parts of Old Emperor Zhen.

Now, with the unexpected involvement of the Jinyi Wei and the death of one of them, this plan had temporarily become unfeasible.

Even if the Jinyi Wei were clueless, they would send someone to monitor the Feng family's movements now.

If Feng Buju ventured out, a Jinyi Wei Ninth Tier expert might just tail him.

For now, it was wiser to lay low.

Without involving Feng Buju, the target could only be directed towards that Grotto Heaven No. 4 mentioned.

However, that Tomb Ghost was also problematic.

Figuring out how to circumvent its rigid mindset was already giving him a headache.

Dealing with someone as prickly as a hedgehog meant he would either kill you or be killed by you and then succumb to the curse.

Every lingering death qi would demand retribution; Yu Ziqing didn't believe he could remove items from within without being pursued to death.

He would determine the situation at that time, perhaps it was not a Suppression Land.

Mulling it over and over, Yu Ziqing could not settle his mind to cultivate and had to prepare.

He went into the locust forest, sensing the hungry ghost within, and asked a question.