Alchemy Dao Immortal

Chapter 457: Magical Weapon Upgrade, Teacher’s Gift
Half a day later, there was a sudden cry of a crane, and the immortal Yuan Xuan Fairy of the Cave Heaven disappeared, leaving behind only a spotless bright light, like the autumn frost in the morning, shining on people's brows, with a cold color all over.

Wu Suowei was immersed in the halo, and felt as if he was in a world of glass, clear inside and out, bright and clean.

"Next step,"

Wu Suowei's eyes were shining with brilliance and his thoughts were full of thoughts. Through this ranking battle within the sect, it was clear that this session of the top ten disciples was also a place of hidden talents. He must lay a good foundation and work harder on his profound skills and magical powers.

Wu Suowei paced back and forth, his sleeves fluttering in the wind. He could go for a walk in Baojingyuan and Linglongtian Pavilion.

At this moment, a point of clear light came from far away and approached. When it got close, it gathered into a line, like a teardrop from a bamboo leaf, swayed, and fell in front of Wu Suowei.

The genius Xia Yuanwu, who ranked fourth among the ten great disciples, took the flying book, unfolded it, and his eyes lit up. He murmured, "Wu Zhong is here."

"In this case,"

Wu Suowei pondered for a moment, then waved his sleeves, which turned into a ray of rainbow light. Soon, he arrived in front of a small pavilion covered with green leaves.

As soon as he stepped onto the steps, he saw his cousin Wu Zhong standing in front of the small window. The light above his head was shining brightly, and the residual light reflected on his face, which looked sharp and tenacious.

Seeing this, Wu Suowei's heart moved. This cousin of his had failed in the competition with Zhou Qing and his glory in the clan had dimmed a lot. But was it really so?
You know, Wu Zhong had achieved the second level of elixir back then, and his talent was top-notch in the entire Zhenyi Sect. Moreover, during this period of time, he was practicing under the tutelage of Wenhui Zhenren of Zuoqiu Meng's family, and was also a member of both the Xiayuan Wu family and the Dongji Qinghua Mingyu Cave Heaven.

What's more, from now on, Wu Zhong lost to Zhou Qing in the competition not because Wu Zhong was not outstanding, but because Zhou Qing was too amazing.

Don’t you see, this time in the ranking battle of the top ten disciples of Feiying Palace, Zhou Qing even brought himself down!

"Myna." Wu Zhong heard footsteps at this time, turned around and saw that it was Wu Suowei who came in. He smiled and greeted him, saying: "Congratulations to Myna for being ranked fourth on the list this time. The top spot is just around the corner."

His smile was less arrogant and more cheerful than before, like a sunny day after the rain, which made people feel very good about him.

Wu Suowei saw this and nodded secretly. His cousin had been trained by Master Wen Hui of the East Qinghua Mingyu Cave Heaven. He remained calm and said, "It's only the top four. Not to mention the first place, there's still a big gap between him and the second place."

"Second place." An inexplicable light flashed across Wu Zhong's face. The air behind him was white and cold. After thinking for a moment, he said in a slightly cold voice, "Zhou Qing has practiced three methods together. His ability in fighting methods is rarely matched by his peers. However, if he wants to improve his realm, it will be three to five times more difficult than for others."

"Myna, you have broken through the realm ahead of time and advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. You can certainly beat Zhou Qing in the next battle for the top ten disciples."

"I hope so."

Wu Suowei also thought so. There were many geniuses in the history of Zhenyi Sect, and those with extraordinary talents were as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river, but there were very few who took the path of practicing the three methods simultaneously. The difficulty in improving one's realm of cultivation was a huge obstacle facing everyone.

The cultivation of cultivators is not just about showing off their strength and power. What they seek is the path to immortality and ascension to the higher realms.

However, it is extremely difficult to advance by practicing all three methods at the same time. Nascent Soul, Cave Heaven, and Longevity, each level is more difficult than the last.

In Wu Suo's opinion, although he was badly defeated by Zhou Qing in the ranking battle of the top ten disciples, he would definitely be promoted to Nascent Soul earlier than Zhou Qing and even to Cave Heaven earlier!
The two of them felt a common hatred for Zhou Qing. After a few more words, Wu Suowei changed the subject and asked, "After a while, you can take the lead and I will meet Meng Fei."

Although Zuoqiu Meng's plan for the ten disciples went wrong this time, in a certain way, Meng Fei benefited a lot.

On the one hand, Meng Fei had secured his position as one of the top ten disciples, and it was unbreakable. On the other hand, Zuoqiu Meng's other plans had failed, and Meng Fei was the only one left, so they had to increase their support.

Being promoted to one of the top ten disciples is a very good start for Meng Fei. He will become more and more powerful in Zhenyi Sect in the future.

Of course, Wu Zhong nodded in agreement to this. This kind of matchmaking would be beneficial to him as it would increase his influence in both the Xia Yuan Wu family and the Dongji Qinghua Mingyu Cave Heaven.

However, this matter will indeed take some time to accomplish, because Meng Fei, as one of the top ten new disciples, is currently busy.

Different from Wu Suowei, one of the ten veteran disciples, Meng Fei, the new disciple, now needs to learn twenty-three more techniques and build a vehicle for the ten disciples.

The treatment for the ten great disciples is quite good.

Thinking of this, Wu Xin felt a sense of envy. There was a reason why the ten great disciples were called the carp leaping over the dragon gate.

Wu Suowei took a look and seemed to understand what Wu Zhong was thinking. He thought that his cousin might become one of the top ten disciples in the future. It all depended on his chance.

The Zhou clan’s homeland in Luochuan, Danyang Island, Shouzheng Palace.

A beam of light shot in from outside, hitting the window, creating a patch of bright colors. Faintly, one could see countless lights dancing inside, and from time to time, precious energy rushed into the air, shining with a dark color, a kind of deep and heavy feeling from the bottom of the abyss.

Looking more closely, in the center of the light, there is a bottomless pool of water, and at the deepest point, there is a mysterious gourd. The gourd is neither big nor small, but standing there, it naturally gives people a sense of swallowing the sky and covering the sea.

As time went by, the light of the gourd became brighter and brighter, but it was confined within a few feet. Only the remaining light fell on the ground, like beads rolling on a jade plate, tinkling non-stop.

It was unknown how long it had passed before the strange vision in the room disappeared and calm was restored. Zhou Qing took a deep breath and waved his hand. The gourd that could cover the sea and swallow the sky became a little brighter and fell into the water light on the top of his head.

The next moment, a deeper and heavier force than ever before emanated from the Heaven-Covering Gourd, Zhou Qing's innate magic weapon, causing the mysterious skill of "The Purple and Green High Saint Yuanhuang Transformation into a Dragon" in his body to operate spontaneously.

The natal magic weapon and the profound art complement each other and make progress together. After swallowing the Heaven-Tunning Gourd that was suspected to be left by the monks of the Green Tour Palace, Zhou Qing's natal magic weapon, the Heaven-Tunning Gourd, became more spiritual and wiser. Although it was still far from being a real weapon, it could already feed back the profound art "The Purple and Green High Saint Yuanhuang Transformation into a Dragon Diagram".

If this continues, among the three profound skills, the "Purple and Green High Saint Yuanhuang Transformation into Dragon Diagram" will probably be the first to break through to the third level of the soul-integration realm.

"Not far."

Zhou Qing's thoughts turned, and his life-saving magic weapon, the Sea-Covering and Heaven-Swallowing Gourd, sank into his dantian, constantly swallowing and spitting. He tidied his clothes and left the quiet room. After meeting the old man in black outside, he left the Shouzheng Palace and went straight to the Changling Miaozhen Yudao Cave Heaven. Not long after, he met his master, Guande Zhenren, and Cai Jiuyuan, a third-level Nascent Soul cultivator who now presided over the Yuanzhong Cai family, in the cave heaven.

Master Guande sat upright on the lotus throne. The light from the sky slanted down, and his robes were stained with strands of light gold. He had a smile on his face. He looked at Zhou Qing and said, "Be careful not to be arrogant or impatient. The second place among the ten great disciples is indeed very important, but if you want to be promoted to the Cave Heaven Realm in the future, you must take down the first place."

Zhou Qing listened to the words and felt a green color in front of him, dark and heavy, and thousands of clouds covered him. He felt an inexplicable feeling. He nodded and said, "Master is right."

According to the history of Zhenyi Sect, those who can sit firmly in the second place among the ten great disciples have great hope of being promoted to the Cave Heaven. However, as long as the chief of the ten great disciples can sit firmly in the position, he can basically be promoted to the Cave Heaven unless he dies.

In this regard, of course, only a truly extraordinary genius can sit firmly on the position of the chief of the ten great disciples of Zhenyi Sect. If one is not extremely outstanding, he cannot sit firmly on the position. Also, the support that the chief of the ten great disciples receives from the sect far exceeds that of the other ten great disciples.

Specifically speaking for himself, he practiced three methods at the same time. If he wanted to break through to the cave heaven realm in the future, it would be more difficult and would require more resources. He must become the chief.

Cai Jiuyuan sat on a cloud couch at one side. Above his head, clouds were flying back and forth, and fist-sized seal characters were circling like countless flying birds dancing. He did not speak, but just listened to the conversation between the master and disciple in the hall, and his heart was not at peace.

As one of the ten new disciples, he had just secured his seat and did not discuss any mysterious skills, magical powers, or magic weapons, but had already started to aim directly for the position of the chief of the ten disciples. Not to mention seeing it, he had never even heard of it before.

But when Cai Jiuyuan heard the conversation between the two, he was not surprised. After all, Zhou Qing in front of him should have such confidence and deserve it.

"Lin Feng is here."

Cai Jiuyuan thought of the current chief of the ten major disciples. He had heard of his name a long time ago. He was indeed a top-notch genius, but he was still inferior to Jing Beixuan, one of the ten major disciples of the previous session.

If Lin Fenglai fails to advance to the Nascent Soul stage in the next sect competition, perhaps Zhenyi Sect will really welcome the youngest chief of the ten major disciples.

After all, the fighting ability displayed by this disciple of Master Guande in Feiying Palace this time was shocking. It would not be easy for Lin Fenglai to keep his position with his current strength.

"My disciple." Master Guande raised the auspicious cloud on his head, his eyes full of brilliance. After giving his instructions, he said, "You have been promoted to one of the ten great disciples, and as your teacher, I cannot fail to show my appreciation. How about this, when Danding Academy builds the flying palace for you, I will help you."

"Thank you, Master."

Zhou Qing stepped forward and expressed his gratitude. His mentor's words sounded like an understatement, but in fact, it was a great gift.

According to the sect's rules, the sect will build a powerful flying palace for each of the ten new disciples. Such a flying palace combines flying and defense, and is truly a powerful weapon for travel.

However, the flying palace built by Zhenyi Sect for the ten major disciples is strong, but it is only a standard version. If the new ten major disciples have ideas, they can also report to Danding Academy for upgrading. However, such an upgrade requires a huge price. To be more precise, the price is very, very high.

After all, a flying palace of this level is far more complex than ordinary magic weapons. To a certain extent, it is almost as good as a real weapon.

"That's it."

Zhenren Guande nodded, casually took out a piece of green book, picked up the pen and wrote a line of words on it. After extending his hand and pressing a wisp of Qi, he sent the serving boy to take his letter to Dandingyuan.

Speaking of which, this time there are four new top ten disciples in the sect, and the Danding Academy is very busy. I am afraid there is a shortage of manpower.

In this case, Dandingyuan must first build Zhou Qing's flying palace.

Seeing that the conversation between the master and disciple in the hall had come to an end, Cai Jiuyuan waved his sleeves, and the clouds fell into the clear sky, and said, "Zhou Qing, what position have you decided on in the sect?"

Once one becomes one of the top ten disciples in the sect, he will naturally no longer hold the same position as before, but will take up a truly important position.

On the one hand, this is the Zhenyi Sect's emphasis on the ten great disciples, and it is to improve their status and power in the sect. On the other hand, it is also the Zhenyi Sect's way of giving full play to the abilities of the ten great disciples and allowing them to make more contributions to the sect.

Zhou Qing used to be the flag bearer in Doulei Academy, which was a good position, but it was not worthy of his current position as the second of the ten great disciples. This time, he would definitely be promoted.

Zhou Qing knew this very well, but he didn't have much thought about the position in the sect for the time being, and just said, "Follow the sect's arrangements."

"The sect's arrangement." Cai Jiuyuan nodded and said, "That's fine."

The important position in the sect that can be held by the second-ranked of the ten major disciples is limited, so even if the Luochuan Zhou family and the Yuanzhong Cai family work with all their strength, they may not be able to get the required position.

In this case, it would be better to leave it to the sect and see how the senior leaders of the sect arranged it. After all, Zhou Qing was the second of the ten great disciples, so the arrangements made by the sect would not be bad.

Next, as there was nothing important to discuss, Cai Jiuyuan pulled Zhou Qing aside and discussed Zhou Qing's practice of the Three Methods.

Cultivating the three methods at the same time is a path rarely used by the cultivators of the Zhenyi Sect. Even the Dongtian Zhenren's eyes lit up when he saw it. Cai Jiuyuan was highly expected by the Yuanzhong Cai family. He would strive for the Dongtian realm in the future, which required the accumulation of a hundred rivers and a sea.

The mysteries contained in the practice of these three methods are refreshing.

Zhou Qing would naturally not refuse such an exchange. He encountered many new problems in the practice of the Three Dharmas, and he just needed to work together. Even though he had the careful guidance of the two Dongtian Zhenren, Guande Zhenren and Tianming Zhenren, people like Cai Jiuyuan sometimes had profound views on certain aspects, which were not inferior to those of Dongtian Zhenren.

I benefited a lot from communicating with Cai Jiuyuan, receiving his guidance, and even listening to him talk about the process of cultivation.

Zhenren Guande sat upright on the lotus throne, watching Cai Jiuyuan and Zhou Qing talking, with a smile on his face.

After he was seriously injured, his life span was getting shorter day by day. Whether Cai Jiuyuan could be promoted to Dongtian Zhenren in the future and whether he could keep the Yuanzhong Cai family from falling depended on these two people. No matter which of them could make progress, he would be very happy.

(End of this chapter)