Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 229: Current Status of the Ice Palace, the Pill Tempering Has Not Been Completed

The wish to ascend to heaven is the same for people in the human world and the demon world.

The human world is quite special, as it has the ascension platforms of the spiritual world, the Mingyu world, and the true demon world. As a small world under the true demon world, the demon world only has a few true demon world ascension platforms.

But this is not important to the demons in front of the ascension platform. As long as behind the ascension platform is the demon world they long for, it does not matter where they start their ascension.

The only pity is that the ascension platform here cannot be used at present.

The migration of the human world has caused the severance of the previously stable space channel. At this moment, forcing an ascension along the ascension platform will only lead to falling into a chaotic void, with a high probability of ending in death.

After restraining his emotions, Hutt said:
"Prepare the formation, and call down the true demons from the upper realm!"

……

Since the demons only captured the demon cultivators guarding the ascension platform, most cultivators in the world were unaware of the demons' actions and were still immersed in blocking the demons of the abyss and finding ways to contact the upper realm.

Wei Zhong had no idea about this. Flames rose in his hands, and a small tower slowly took shape.

It has eight layers and is pitch black in color. The surface is covered with mysterious spiritual patterns. When Wei Zhong's spiritual power is injected into it, it emits a slightly dim spiritual light.

But if you look inside the tower, you will find that the spiritual patterns inside are even denser, almost illuminating the entire enclosed tower like daylight.

And it exuded a faint sense of suppression. Wei Zhong felt it and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise:
"This suppressive effect doesn't seem to be just aimed at the demons. It also has a certain suppressive effect on humans and monsters, but it's not as obvious as that on the demons."

How could Wei Zhong know that the origin of the Demon-Suppressing Tower was actually a spiritual treasure from the upper realm and this tower was just a replica based on it.

It was the means of reinforcement provided by the Mingyu Realm to stop the invasion of demons and monsters ten thousand years ago.

There is not only the Demon-Suppressing Tower, there are also variants and imitations of the Monster-Suppressing Tower.

After playing with the small tower for a while, Wei Zhong took it into his body to nourish it.

He then sat cross-legged and practiced the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art".

Now that I have some free time to practice, I must practice well.

In these troubled times, cultivation and strength are the kingly way.

……

“I didn’t expect Kitahara to be like this!”

Bai Heng and another cultivator stood in the air, looking at the strong wind in front of them with some emotion.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, have you ever seen such a violent frost gale?"

Chen Gong shook his head:
“The last time I came to Beiyuan was more than a hundred years ago. Although I heard about the ice disaster in Beiyuan, I didn’t expect it to be so serious.

"With such a strong gale, I'm afraid it would be difficult for a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage to pass through it, right?"

Bai Heng nodded slowly:

"This trend has been getting stronger in recent years. Maybe one day, even you and I won't be able to pass through this place."

"In this case, we must hurry up," Chen Gong said, and suddenly frowned.

Bai Heng asked:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, what happened?"

The latter said uncertainly:
"It seems that there are some unusual movements in the Taihua Monument."

The Chen family is a family that has guarded the Taihua Monument for generations, and their inheritance is extremely special. There are not many people in the family, but there are always people with extraordinary talents who have stepped into the realm of transformation, and most of the remaining family members can also reach the realm of Dan formation or even transformation.

Bai Heng heard that this family had been passed down for more than ten thousand years, which was much longer than the last cross-border racial war.

There is a hidden connection among the Divine Transformation cultivators, and they are the descendants of the original owner of the Taihua Monument who ascended to the upper realm.

This can be seen from the partial connection between the Chen family cultivators and the Taihua Stele.

However, the Chen family has never responded directly to this dissenting opinion, which led to Bai Heng's uncertainty about the matter.

"The Taihua Monument is moving?" Bai Heng's eyes flickered, "This is no small matter."

Chen Gong hesitated for a moment, but finally bowed:
"Fellow Daoist Bai Heng, I'm afraid I can't go to Beiyuan with you. I have to go back to my tribe to check it out."

"It's all right, fellow Taoist, just go back to your family. If you find anything unusual, please inform us. I will be the one to investigate the Beiyuan area.

"As for the Polar Star Sea, I'll need to trouble Fellow Daoist Chen to pay attention to it."

Chen Gong sighed:
"I save it!"

Then he bowed and walked towards Fengzhou.

The Chen family is located in the southeastern part of Yunzhou and the southern part of Fengzhou, and is adjacent to the Polar Star Sea.

The location is particularly special, but for some reason, the Chen family cultivators rarely visit the Polar Star Sea, but they have close ties with the Fengyun States.

After seeing its escaping light disappear into the distance, Bai Heng turned around to glance at the wall of ice that blocked out the sky.

With a flick of his sleeves, a white cloud wrapped himself up.

It flew straight into the strong wind without any intention of looking for weak spots.

The strength of the current gale is not strong enough to affect a cultivator who has reached the God Transformation stage.

The clouds were submerged in the ice and frost, and there was no trace of man left.

Thousands of miles away from the Frost Wall, Zhu Xueling caught a glimpse of the divine light flying past her head and sighed:

"Even a master of the Divine Transformation Realm can't do anything about the Arctic Ice Field?"

Not knowing what he had meant by misunderstanding, he looked down at the disciple in front of him.

"Yu Rou, are you sure about Ning Ying's matter?"

The person below was Cong Yurou, who nodded:
"Disciple is ready and can condense the infant soon."

Zhu Xueling touched the bun on his forehead and murmured:
"It's a pity that the last Xuanbing Pill in the palace was given to the Yunzhou cultivator, and the next one is still in the making. It can't provide much help for your infant condensation."

"Master, don't worry. Even if it's just an ordinary Calming Pill, I'm sure it will work."

"That's good. Your uncle has gone to Yunzhou to suppress the demons. I am the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the palace. It's a bit weak. If you can advance to the Nascent Soul stage at this time, you can share some of the pressure with me."

When she said this, there was still deep sadness in Zhu Xueling's eyes.

……

In Yunzhou, Yunxiao Lingshan, a monk in a white robe knocked on the mountain gate.

He was none other than Zhuo Zecheng of Linhai Ice Palace who came to visit from the distant Beiyuan.

The Chamber of Commerce disciple on duty fled to the mountain gate and found that it was a Yuanying senior with an unfamiliar appearance. He did not dare to neglect him and bowed quickly, then asked:
"May I ask you, Senior?"

The latter smiled:
"I hope you will inform fellow Daoist Wei Zhong that an old friend from Beiyuan is visiting."

"Please wait a moment, Senior. I will go and report right away."

Soon, a hearty laughter came from Lingshan.

"I wonder what wind brought Fellow Daoist Zhuo here?"

A flash of lightning appeared and gradually took shape as Wei Zhong's body.

Looking at the middle-aged Taoist priest who looked familiar but had an increasingly powerful aura, Zhuo Zecheng sighed in his heart:
"I haven't seen you for a hundred years, and you have made great progress!" It has been more than a hundred years since they separated, and Wei Zhong has advanced to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Zhuo Zecheng, who entered the Nascent Soul earlier, is still standing still in the early stage of the Nascent Soul.

The gap is obvious.

"It was just luck, please come in quickly, fellow Taoist!"

The two of them sat cross-legged in front of a stone table on the top of Lingshan Mountain, and disciples from the Chamber of Commerce offered them various spiritual teas and wines.

Wei Zhong said with a smile:

"I haven't seen you for a hundred years. Your Majesty has found a suitable fourth-level spiritual place in Beiyuan."

Ever since the people from Linhai Ice Palace left Yunzhou and returned to Beiyuan, their contact with Yunji Chamber of Commerce has become less and less.

Nowadays, even high-level officials in the Chamber of Commerce such as Wei Zhong cannot get detailed information related to it.

The latter sighed upon hearing this:
"We have found the spiritual place, but..."

After this narration, Wei Zhong understood that Linhai Ice Palace was not having an easy time either.

It rented a fourth-level spiritual land from the Tianshan Goshawk lineage, located in a vast ice field.

This is nothing. Linhai Ice Palace is a sect that was inherited on the ice field and has its own way of survival.

What troubled them was the high rental price. Seeing that Linhai Ice Palace was desperate, that lineage made a huge demand. In order to reduce the burden on the palace, Zhuo Zecheng and Zhu Xueling had to agree to their many harsh conditions.

However, this compromise did not bring peace to Linhai Ice Palace in the following days.

As time went by, those Beiyuan monks actually set their sights on the Tianxuan Ice Flame of the Linhai Ice Palace.

The conditions for dividing this fire are proposed.

Zhu Xueling and Zhuo Zecheng would definitely not agree to such a thing that would undermine the sect's foundation.

"Forget about splitting the main flame, even if it's a sub-fire, those guys can't get it," Zhuo Zecheng said this with some angrily.

Wei Zhong sighed:

"It seems that it would be better for your majesty to stay in Yunzhou."

Zhuo Zecheng shook his head:

"Let's not talk about this. Have you ever been to the Puyang family in Baling Prefecture in recent years? The head of the family, Puyang Yuanfu, has been in seclusion since he escaped from the space turbulence.

"It is rumored that he was seriously injured and nearly died..."

Most of the Nascent Soul cultivators who were caught in the spatial turbulence of Shuangwuling Mountain, except Kongming from Fuyun Temple, survived, but their injuries varied in severity.

Even the two men from the Tianshan Goshawks, according to Wei Zhong's inquiries, suffered some minor injuries, but they returned to Beiyuan more than ten years after the incident.

Among the many people who suffered this disaster, Puyang Yuanfu could be said to have the lowest cultivation level and the worst inheritance and foundation.

It is normal that the injury is serious.

"But he has stayed indoors. Could it be that he has really passed away due to his injuries?"

"Did Daoist Zhuo meet Daoist Puyang during this trip to Yunzhou?"

Zhuo Zecheng shook his head:

“Not yet. Not only that, the Puyang family as a whole seems to have not received the call of the God of Transformation. They have been entrenched in the Eight Ridges, without any signs of rushing to help the Demon Abyss.

"Let's not talk about the Nascent Soul cultivators for now. Several skilled Jindan cultivators should still be able to produce some, but..."

No matter how strange the situation in Yu Puyang's family was, the two of them could not guess clearly.

"I hope that Fellow Daoist Puyang can recover from the danger."

If he passed away at this time, the Puyang family would have a hard time. Without a successor Nascent Soul cultivator, the family with its complicated connections would not be able to protect such a huge family business.

"In addition to visiting Fellow Daoist Wei, I also came here in response to a call. As a native cultivator of Yunzhou, Fellow Daoist Wei must have participated in many demonic missions. I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Wei to impart some of my experience," Zhuo Zecheng said softly, changing the subject.

Wei Zhong nodded:
"It's a small matter. Fellow Daoist Zhuo should have heard of the species of the demons, so there is no need for me to introduce them in detail. What is worth being vigilant about is their respective means of attack.

"Bone Demons are body refiners... Their bodies are strong. Some special bone demons also have some unique white devil bones on their bodies, which have the effect of warding off magic. They are quite difficult to deal with. If you see one, just turn around and avoid it. Don't fight with it.

"The most difficult thing about the Blood Demon is its own filthy demonic energy, which is extremely difficult to deal with. Once you are infected by it, it will take dozens or even hundreds of years to get rid of it. My fellow Yuanying Daoists of the human race have already summarized the methods to deal with it. Daoists can find out by asking around.

"As for the last inner demon, it is good at the power of spiritual consciousness and has the ability to take over other people's bodies. I don't know much about it. But fortunately, its number is extremely rare and it is rarely seen among the demons. Fellow Daoist, don't worry too much.

"If you want to be on guard, you might as well use your merits to exchange for a fourth-level demon-suppressing tower."

The eight-story small tower in Wei Zhong's hand was suspended and shown in front of Zhuo Zecheng.

The latter looked at it carefully, and finally nodded slowly:

"It is indeed a secret treasure that can suppress demons. Did you earn this item by accumulating merits?"

Wei Zhong smiled lightly:
"How can I accumulate these 400 merits? This thing was refined by me myself."

Zhuo Zecheng looked surprised:
"Is your weapon refining method so profound?"

Thinking that he had just arrived, he was afraid that it would not be possible to accumulate 400 merits in a short period of time. After thinking about it, he said:
"I wonder if I could ask you for a tower like this?"

Wei Zhong had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and he looked embarrassed:

"This Demon Suppression Tower is extremely difficult to refine. Even I cannot guarantee a 100% success rate. Moreover, it is also very difficult to collect the raw materials... This..."

Seeing this, Zhuo Zecheng couldn't help but say:
"Fellow Daoist Wei, just tell me what you need."

"Since Fellow Daoist Zhuo is so straightforward, I will speak directly. My Taoist partner will be condensing his infant soon, and he needs a Mysterious Ice Pill."

Hearing that Wei Zhong was planning on using the Mysterious Ice Pill, Zhuo Zecheng couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"I cannot meet your request. You have already obtained the last Mysterious Ice Pill, but it will take at least three hundred years for the next one to produce flames."

Wei Zhong shook his head secretly in his heart.

"In three hundred years, Ling Ziwei would have died and turned into a pile of dry bones. How can we wait that long?"

"This is a bit troublesome!"

The atmosphere between the two was depressing, and it remained so until Zhuo Zecheng left Yunxiao Lingshan.

He was thinking about how to impress Wei Zhong to help him refine the Demon-Suppressing Tower, but he never doubted whether this item was worth the price.

The fact that it can command 400 merits above the Hun Tian Ce has already proven its preciousness.

"With my level of refining skills, I have no chance of making it. Besides, the spiritual materials used in refining are extremely rare and cannot be wasted."

Watching Zhuo Zecheng's fading light from afar, Wei Zhong sighed inwardly:
"It's a pity that I can't get the Xuanbing Pill after all."

The difficulty of the Spirit Flame Tempering Pill method has exceeded Wei Zhong's expectations.

"One coin every five hundred years, it's really a way to kill time."

'However, the Linhai Ice Palace was summoned to send out one of the only two remaining Nascent Soul cultivators in the palace, at a critical moment when it was under pressure from other sects.

'Has the situation really deteriorated to this point?'

(End of this chapter)