Taiyi Dao Fruit

"Wu——"

A distant low hum resounded, the clouds dispersed suddenly, but the dragon shadow did not vanish.

Amidst the gradually dispersing mist, a golden winged dragon revealed its form, its elongated body coiling in the air, surrounded by a few white clouds. Its wings spread wide, harnessing a gentle breeze to soar swiftly into the sky, flickering within the rain clouds, transforming nine times in the air, and then suddenly dropping, turning into an elegant silhouette landing on the Shooting Flood Dragon Platform.

The transformation of the Rain Master into a Yinglong was indeed perfected.

In comparison, Jiang Li's Yinglong Transformation was far from polished. However, with the Eight-Nine Profound Skill, he was still able to fully transform his body into a dragon.

In human form, the Rain Master wore a water-blue wide-sleeved flowing immortal dress, with a veil covering her face, her eyes flashing with a brilliant golden color, slowly fading away.

She gently waved her sleeve, dispersing the surrounding clouds, her gaze fallen on the nearing master and two apprentices. When she saw Tianxuan's face without a veil, a peculiar look flashed in the Rain Master's eyes.

Tianxuan and her two apprentices slowly floated like a light cloud, landing on a high stone platform. Smiling towards the Primordial Lord Rain Master, she said, "Master Uncle, congratulations on perfecting the Yinglong Transformation."

"I was initially quite delighted, but after seeing you, the happiness faded away."

The Tianxuan she had trained was almost at Third Grade, needing only to take that last step, while she herself found it difficult to advance due to the rigorous ceremony of the Yinglong Dao Fruit. This swept away any joy the Rain Master had felt.

She flicked her sleeve, resting one hand on her back, accentuating her full chest, and asked flatly, "You wouldn't come to the temple for no reason; what do you need from me today?"

In just a few days of interaction, the Primordial Lord Rain Master had already seen that a significant portion of Tianxuan's attention was on her disciples nowadays.

For her disciples, she even willingly used her influence to pave the way for them. In contrast, she, as the master uncle, received less favorable treatment than the nephews and nieces of the past.

They had been in the Divine Capital for several days, yet Tianxuan had not proactively come to pay her respects. Instead, it was she, the master uncle, who had to come to guard Tianxuan against the Yin Law Department's offenses. The disparity was stark.

Upon hearing these words, Tianxuan immediately knew that her evil disciple Gongsun Qingyue's earlier remarks had indeed taken effect. Elders of past generations of Tianxuan were all meticulous, else they wouldn't have been able to manage the sect in the absence of the Sect Leader. Moreover, given the relationship between the Rain Master and Tianxuan, it was inevitable that some clues would be discovered.

The Rain Master saying this was also to see how Tianxuan would respond.

Tianxuan, internally experiencing a whirlwind of thoughts, instantly understood the other's intentions, but outwardly, she feigned ignorance and smilingly said, "How could I dare ask for your service, only hoping Master Uncle could guide my two inadequate disciples a little."

How to respond when it's difficult to handle? Pretend not to see through it, and simply avoid the conversation.

Though this might reveal a little truth, it's still better than exposing everything.

The Primordial Lord Rain Master cast a deep glance at Tianxuan, having made certain guesses, then glanced at Jiang Li and Gongsun Qingyue, shaking her head and saying, "You've already surpassed, even your second disciple is stronger than me. If they're inadequate, I would have no face left. It would be Qingyue, the girl, whom I could guide a bit. Though not cultivating the Drought God Palm, it's enough to advise her."

Being at Fourth Grade Perfection, the Rain Master's realm far surpassed Gongsun Qingyue, with her high-level perspective, even not having cultivated the Drought God Palm wasn't an issue.

Thus, Gongsun Qingyue was suddenly confronted with the fact that she was not only the weakest but weak enough to be casually guided.

And Tianxuan replied, "Master Uncle is too modest. In terms of Dao Fruit, your accomplishments are unrivaled among the sect. Many of the sect's Lower Four Grade Dao Fruits were crafted by your hands."

Crafting Lower Four Grade Dao Fruits······

Jiang Li already knew that Lower Four Grade Dao Fruits were mass-produced, but he didn't know how until today. The mass production of Dinghu Sect's Lower Four Grade Dao Fruits was handled by the Rain Master back then.

With such mastery, no wonder a Secret Technique for auxiliary Dao Fruit could be invented.

As for the Primordial Lord Rain Master, hearing Tianxuan's words, how could she not understand Tianxuan's intention?

"Ah, so you have your eyes on the Three-Phases Transformation Skill after all."

The Primordial Lord Rain Master shook her head with a wry smile, her gaze once again falling on Jiang Li and Gongsun Qingyue. After scrutinizing briefly, she said, "Qingyue's foundation is still lacking, but your precious disciple, provided with an appropriate Third Grade Dao Fruit, may be able to cultivate the Three-Phases Transformation."

While appearing quite disgruntled with Tianxuan's failure to greet her, upon hearing Tianxuan's purpose, the Rain Master still immediately expressed her willingness to impart her teachings.

But what she said left Jiang Li somewhat puzzled.

"Primordial Lord."

Jiang Li saluted and asked, "This secret technique should require completion of a Promotion Ceremony, no? This junior's Fourth Grade Dao Fruit has not yet reached Perfection, can it still communicate with Dao Fruits through a Promotion Ceremony?"

The Primordial Lord Rain Master replied, "A Dao Fruit not in Perfection cannot advance, first because a not fully integrated Dao Fruit would conflict with a new Dao Fruit, causing repulsion. However, this Magic Door of mine merely borrows power, thus fusion is unnecessary, so there's no need to worry about conflict."

"Second, if the Dao Fruit is not in Perfection, one's strength cannot reach its limit, lacking sufficient foundation to bear Dao Fruits of a higher grade. But conversely, if the foundation is strong enough, even cross-grade Dao Fruit advancement isn't impossible. As you should know, before the emergence of Lower Four Grade Dao Fruits, could cultivators not accommodate any Dao Fruits? Or did they directly assimilate Fifth Grade Dao Fruits?"

After the End of Dharma, Dao Fruits appeared. The old cultivation insights can hardly be applied to the new era of cultivation. There must be an exceedingly special period before the mass production of Lower Four Grades Dao Fruits begins.

During this period, the Lower Four Grades Dao Fruits emerged, and the Dao Fruits system was constructed. Without sufficient understanding, how could one build a cultivation system?

Jiang Li thought of this and had some realization.

Primordial Lord Rain Master saw his expression and knew Jiang Li had grasped the key point, then continued: "Cultivating with Dao Fruits is like ascending steps, each grade a step, advancing higher step by step. But if one is already at such height, why start from scratch?"

"In the same way, your current strength, Jiang Li, is already considered as the supreme of the fourth grade. Except for the Dao Fruits not being perfectly integrated, there is no difference between you and me. In terms of strength, I am even inferior to you."

That is to say, if the conflict between Dao Fruits can be resolved, Jiang Li could directly advance to the third grade.

However, there are other issues before cultivation.

"Even if not integrated, the communicating Dao Fruits will suppress the existing Dao Fruits, making integration difficult, and—"

Elder Tianxuan asked carefully: "Is there a basis for this discovery, Martial Uncle?"

Merely talking is speculation, unless someone can cross-grade to integrate Dao Fruits, Elder Tianxuan finds it hard to trust. After all, this concerns Jiang Li, who is not someone insignificant.

Elder Tianxuan is right to care, which only makes Rainmaster more certain of the discovery in her heart.

"After the End of Dharma, some cultivators likely survived. They couldn't breathe the spiritual mechanism turning into Five Vile Qi, but if they cultivated with Dao Fruits, they held a natural advantage. However, even if these people reached fourth or third grades, they should have died long ago, but I truly know of someone possible."

Primordial Lord Rain Master slowly said, as if anticipating: "Daoist Lord Li Boyang."

"I don't know if he survived from before the End of Dharma or cultivated enough realms through Cave Heaven Blessed Land. It was just due to an accident back in the day that led me to some guesses."

"Daoist Lord, there's a great possibility he made step three, directly integrating the third-grade Dao Fruit."

This statement indeed stirred like a stone causing a thousand waves, shaking the hearts of the three present.

There truly exists such a person, and he still remains in the world as Daoist Lord.

Elder Tianxuan immediately wanted to use divination, but before even starting, she suddenly loosened her fingers.

"I can't do it, no one can divine that one, maybe Great Venerable can, but not me." Elder Tianxuan said somewhat dejectedly.

Famous for a long time, yet Daoist Lord's past holds puzzling mysteries hard to understand. Like no one knows his birth year, just that four hundred years ago he suddenly appeared as the Sect Master of Daode Sect.

For instance, no one can divine Daoist Lord using Echange Skill, unable to capture his life number, life chart, as if he doesn't exist.

With so many mysteries, it's no wonder Rainmaster suspects Daoist Lord might be one from before the End of Dharma.

For a moment, everyone had their guesses, leading to a period of silence at the scene.

After a while, Jiang Li spoke first, "How should the suppression of current Dao Fruits by third-grade Dao Fruits be resolved?"

The matter of Daoist Lord is indeed too distant; Jiang Li is more concerned about the present.

External Dao Fruits are certainly good, but if they suppress the integration of Qingyuan Miao Dao True Monarch Dao Fruit, it may not be a good thing. Jiang Li doesn't wish to exhaust the present for the future confirmed strength.

"I don't know."

Primordial Lord Rain Master spoke straightforwardly: "I've never tried using Three-Phases Transformation to communicate with other Dao Fruits before reaching perfection, so how could I know the situation? But even without communicating Dao Fruits, just sensing, is enough to benefit you greatly. Provided that you can successfully sense it."

Quite an unreliable answer, but oddly reassuring.

If Primordial Lord Rain Master guaranteed no problem, Jiang Li might have concerns.

The Dao Fruit cultivation system has continued for so many years; surely someone has thought of similar ideas. The lack of related rumors indicates most likely that people in the past couldn't solve this problem either.

Frankly, Rainmaster's ability to create the secret technique for external Dao Fruits is already enough to astonish Jiang Li. If she claimed to solve the Dao Fruit conflict, Jiang Li wouldn't believe her.

As for Jiang Li himself······

[Although everything Jiang Li has now is gained through his own efforts and talent, without Karma Collection, he wouldn't be confident in reaching this step so quickly.]

The only he can see tome reveals such a line, letting Jiang Li know he has a fair self-awareness.