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

Chapter 377 Return to the middle stage, Impression of the Immortal Sect

“Recently, the number of Five Elements Immortal Sect disciples in my Baifeng Spirit Realm has decreased a lot.

“It seems that most of it is radiating towards several nearby spiritual realms.

"At the same time, the number of foreign Void Refining cultivators gathered in this spiritual domain has also been reduced to a certain extent..."

After listening to Yan Yong’s report, Wei Zhong waved his hand and saluted before leaving.

"Sure enough, if we can't find any demon dragons in this Baifeng Spirit Realm, then we will expand outwards."

Wei Zhong shook his head slightly and returned to the cave.

A small silver umbrella was placed in the refining room.

This is exactly the Tianpu Umbrella that Wei Zhong promised to refine for Qin Zhihui, but the umbrella in front of him is a semi-finished product.

"The difficulty of refining this magic weapon is indeed much higher than that of magic swords and spirit beads of the same level.

"But there's no rush to practice now..."

Qin Zhihui and Yang Bao have been transferred to the Chong'an Spiritual Realm in the north and will not return for a while.

Even if Wei Zhong refined the magic weapon, he could not deliver it immediately.

It would be better to deal with your own affairs.

He lowered his head slightly, and a layer of fluorescence appeared in his eyes.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Early stage of Refining Void (Level 92, %)]

【Shouyuan: 5013/8000】

"I'm almost in the middle stage of the Void Refining Stage again. I'll take a few days off and concentrate on my cultivation."

After tidying up everything in the refining room, Wei Zhong opened the transmission channel to the demon world.

One step into it, and you’ll find yourself in a completely different world.

Wei Zhong's arrival was sensed by dragons such as Luo Jia and Bi Yuan.

As soon as they entered this world, several dragons approached and saluted.

Wei Zhong simply nodded to the enthusiastic demon dragons and turned around to escape into the cave for practice.

After a while, the spiritual energy hovered over the spiritual land of the demon world and was attracted and collected by the cave below...

More than 20 years passed before Wei Zhong came out again.

The aura on his body was completely different from before, and his cultivation level had once again reached the middle stage of the Void Refining Stage.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Middle stage of Refining Void (Fourth level, 1%)]

【Shouyuan: 5036/8800】

"Congratulations to the master for his great progress!"

In response to the dragons' congratulations, Wei Zhong just pressed his hand and then asked:
"Has there been any unusual activity in this spiritual place or its surroundings recently?"

All the dragons shook their heads, and Luo Jia took the initiative to step forward and explain:
"Everything is normal. Not only is there no invasion from the demon world dragons, but the Jiuzhou human race that the master mentioned seems to have changed the direction of development in the past hundred years and is not coming towards us..."

Wei Zhong rubbed his palms:

"We changed direction. Could it be that we found a treasure trove?"

Although there are many sixth-level demon dragons here, Wei Zhong still does not think that it can stop the human race in Jiuzhou from exploring.

Back then, Wei Zhong, Huang Shuya and the others were just a few gods, yet they dared to break into the lairs of several sixth-rank demon dragons.

Now that Jiuzhou has greatly improved in strength and has gained many more Void Refining experts, how could it be blocked by this spiritual land?
"I don't know about this yet. Master, do you want me to go and investigate?"

Wei Zhong lowered his head and glanced at Luo Jia:
"No need. The human race in Kyushu is not like the spirit world. If you go there rashly, you will most likely be discovered. Less trouble is worse than more."

With the strange psychic tower, Wei Zhong suspected that those people had conducted in-depth research on the Jiuzhou Heavenly Dao and had a stronger ability to identify alien races.

"Also, Qingbei, are you ready for the relocation of the spiritual land?"

The latter arched his body and replied:
"It's all ready. All the spiritual objects in the spiritual land have been transplanted and are ready. We are just waiting for Brother Ling Shen to find a suitable spiritual land."

Wei Zhong nodded slowly upon hearing this:

"Notify me when you move!"

After leaving these words, Wei Zhong returned to the cave, opened a space channel in it and returned to the spiritual world.

More than two hundred years have passed since the originally agreed upon period of three hundred years.

Soon, Wei Zhong will go to the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

There will certainly be a lot of time when they will be under the sight of Hedao or even Mahayana, and by then it will not be as convenient to open the space channel to travel between the two worlds as it is now.

Therefore, we must take advantage of this period of time to quickly move the spiritual land of the demon world to a deeper place.

Don't get into conflict with the human race in Jiuzhou and cause losses.

No one knew about Wei Zhong's advancement to the middle stage of Refining Void.

He is not the kind of person who would publicize this matter.

Even the head elders of the same sect were completely unaware of Wei Zhong's improvement in cultivation.

Just like that, several decades passed, and a small silver umbrella was born in Wei Zhong's hands.

It is slightly smaller than an ordinary umbrella and is not enough to cover a person completely on a rainy day.

However, for magic weapons, size is not a problem.

Wei Zhong rotated his palm slightly, and the spiritual energy around him gathered and was absorbed into the treasure umbrella.

The latter's umbrella immediately extended by two fingers in length, and even the ribs grew longer.

“Only when it is big and small as you wish can it be called a magic weapon!”

Wei Zhong played with it for a while, and then injected his own spiritual power into it.

A layer of mist appeared all around, constantly gathering and condensing, turning into a stream of water.

The water flows violently, like a waterfall falling from the sky.

Wei Zhong stepped forward and put his hand into the waterfall, and immediately felt a tingling sensation on his arm.

He quickly withdrew his hand, looked down, and found that his skin had turned red.

This is not an ordinary stream of water, but a barrier formed by the immortal power in Wei Zhong's body transformed through the magic weapon Tianpu Umbrella.

The killing power is only on the surface, the more intrinsic one is its isolation ability.

Wei Zhong turned around and looked at the entire Tianpu barrier.

Its radiation is about 300 feet, which is much smaller than the cave heaven. But compared with the barriers that Wei Zhong has seen, it is very large.

Fiddling with the treasure umbrella in his hand, Wei Zhong escaped from the barrier and returned to the cave in an instant.

Looking up, I saw a ball of water no more than ten feet in size floating above the refining room.

"The barrier looks only about ten feet from the outside, but the space inside is more than a hundred feet. This is the effect of the Void Stone."

The Kongming Stone mixed into the Tianpu Umbrella not only transforms the umbrella's barrier into a special space like a cave, expanding its range, but also increases the solidity of the entire barrier to a higher level.

Under the control of monks of the same level, it is extremely difficult for people inside to escape.

"It is indeed an extraordinary magical weapon for confinement, but unfortunately there are not many spiritual materials. I want to copy it, but I don't have the raw materials."

In particular, the Kongming Stone described in the refining jade slip does not exist at all in this Baifeng Spiritual Realm.

Even though Wei Zhong asked Feng Xi to help look for him, there has been no news for many years.

"It is indeed a barren land. I wonder why Master Xuanxiao would establish his sect here." After secretly complaining in his heart, Wei Zhong waved his hand and a sword flew out of the cave, passed through the Shahe Sect's magic circle, and flew towards the north.

Then he walked into the practice room, practiced quietly and waited.

This time Wei Zhong didn't have to wait long. After only ten years, Qin Zhihui returned.

A beam of blue light flew to Shahe Gate, passed through the formation passage, and landed on the Lingshan Mountain.

After Wei Zhong saw the latter's escape light, he waited here.

Qin Zhihui fell down and transformed into a blue Taoist robe.

As soon as he saw Wei Zhong, he bowed and then eagerly asked Wei Zhong to take out the magic weapon, the spiritual umbrella.

Wei Zhong took it out with a smile, and Qin Zhihui immediately took it and checked it with excitement.

A ball of cloud and mist appeared and disappeared in the sky above Lingshan Mountain several times. Only then did Qin Zhihui put away the spiritual umbrella in her hand with satisfaction.

"Fellow Daoist Wu Se's weapon-refining skills are indeed profound. He is able to refine such an unconventional magical weapon."

"I have refined an umbrella-shaped magic weapon before, so I have some experience..."

Wei Zhong explained modestly, and then asked about the Kongming Stone used to refine the umbrella.

Qin Zhihui looked embarrassed:
"So you are interested in this item, but unfortunately I don't have any in stock."

Just when Wei Zhong was feeling regretful, he suddenly heard Qin Zhihui say:

“But one of my fellow disciples still has a few in his hand. After we return to the sect, I will help you build a bridge.

“I’m sure that with Fellow Daoist Wu Se’s weapon and pill refining skills, the other party will not refuse.”

"In this case, I have to thank Brother Qin very much!"

The latter waved his hand, indicating that you're welcome, and then took out a dozen top-grade spirit stones from his storage bag, wanting to use them as a reward for Wei Zhong's refining of the weapon.

But Wei Zhong no longer needed these small things, so he quietly refused.

"I don't know much about the Five Elements Immortal Sect. Is there anything I need to pay attention to when I go there this time?"

I don't want the spiritual stones, exchanging information is the right thing to do.

Wei Zhong is a cautious person, and he is even more careful when dealing with a force like the Mahayana Immortal Sect. He must not be careless.

"So you want to know about this matter, I will sit down and talk to you slowly."

The two sat down on both sides of the stone table. Qin Zhihui took out a jade slip and handed it to Wei Zhong. It contained various information about the Five Elements Immortal Sect, including the distribution of forces, the composition of the sect's monks, their strength, and so on.

While explaining, he helped Wei Zhong digest the contents of the jade slip.

"Nine Lords and Twelve Palaces, so Palace Master Yang and Uncle Master Fang are of such noble status?"

"Of course, those who can reach the pinnacle of the Hedao realm are not simple people. They are all the Mahayana reserve of my Five Elements Immortal Sect."

According to his description, these nine figures refer to the nine perfect monks who have achieved the Dao within the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

Such cultivators, whose cultivation has been fully advanced, only need to find an opportunity for advancement to try to enter the Mahayana realm.

From then on, the lifespan of heaven and earth is the same, and one is free from the limits of lifespan, becoming a true earthly immortal.

Of course, this description is just a compliment from the cultivators in the spiritual world. If one does not ascend to heaven, he is ultimately just an immortal in this spiritual world.

Just imprisoned in this middle thousand worlds.

"Senior Sister Qin is one of the nine disciples. It seems that her status in the sect is also extraordinary!"

Wei Zhong looked at the cultivator in front of him and praised him slightly.

The latter smiled and shook his head, putting down the teacup in his hand:
"No, no, it's just an empty name.

“Although the title of Master in the sect is a bit impressive, it is still a long way from the real Mahayana.

"Even the basic Sun Essence and Moon Essence have not been found. If you want to step into the Mahayana stage, you will have to travel a long way."

At this point, the latter looked regretful.

Wei Zhong didn't know what to say, Qin Zhihui continued to speak:
“Although there are nine people in the Nine Lords, two of them are of extraordinary status.

"One of them is a disciple of the previous sect master, Uncle Chai Lan. He has already collected two items and is preparing for the Mahayana...

"The other one is Uncle Yun from the Tianfen Palace. He has also found the true essence of the sun, but he is missing the moon essence of the moon...

“Speaking of which, this Uncle Yun is from the same sect as Palace Master Yang, so he can be considered an elder of Taoist Fellow Wu Se.”

Wei Zhong listened to Qin Zhihui's introduction and looked at the contents of the jade slip:
"This uncle-master seems to be a seventh-rank alchemist?"

Qin Zhihui nodded:
"Uncle Yun became famous in his early years because of his alchemy skills, but in recent years, due to his progress in cultivation, he has been focusing on practice and rarely opens the furnace.

"The alchemy affairs in the sect are all handled by other alchemists..."

Wei Zhong continued to look at the information in the jade slip.

Among them, the Twelve Palaces are the general composition of the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

There are ten palaces under the Five Elements, with each of the Five Elements occupying two palaces.

For example, the fire-attributed Chiyang and Tianfen, and the water-attributed Shuiyun and Xuanbing...

In addition to the Ten Palaces, there are two other most special yin and yang palaces.

Although it is Yin and Yang, the monks in these two halls do not focus on practicing Yin and Yang methods, but a hodgepodge.

It is a gathering place for cultivators other than those who practice the Five Elements Dharma.

The number of disciples among them is no less than that of the other ten palaces, and even exceeds that of the others.

These are also the two halls with the most say within the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

Chai Lan, a disciple of the previous sect leader, was born in the Yin Palace among the two palaces.

After reading about the power structure of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, Wei Zhong finally had a preliminary impression of the Mahayana Immortal Sect.

Rather than saying it is one sect, it is more accurate to say it is a union of many sects.

Because the relationships between the various halls are extremely complicated, some are good and some are bad.

The Five Elements Immortal Sect has existed for a long time, and its disciples have been replaced one after another. The relationships between them are no longer as good as those of the founders of the sect.

Today's disciples of the Immortal Sect are completely strangers within the same sect.

The relationship between them all depends on the sect's name and the protection of the elders above them.

But despite this, internal competition and separatism are quite fierce.

In Wei Zhong's opinion, if it weren't for the so-called subordinate title of the immortal world being bound to the top, the Five Elements Immortal Sect would probably have ceased to exist long ago.

Take the Chiyang Palace, where Wei Zhong currently belongs, for example. It is at odds with four or five of the other eleven palaces, including the Xuanbing Palace and the Yin Palace.

Such a relationship made Wei Zhong, who had just joined the Five Elements Immortal Sect, quite helpless.

"It's not as serious as what is written in the jade slip. After all, they are all from the same sect. It's just because of various reasons such as interests that this cold situation has occurred.

“Within the Immortal Sect, no matter how bad the relationship is, Fellow Daoist Wu Se does not have to worry about being poisoned by fellow sect members.

"According to the sect rules, it is strictly forbidden for fellow disciples to kill each other. If you violate it, it will not be as simple as death.

"Compared to the relationship between me and the independent cultivators, it's much more harmonious."

What Qin Zhihui said was not wrong, but Wei Zhong rarely joined such a large sect, so he lacked experience in dealing with such things.

"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Wu Se is a rare seventh-rank alchemist. This status is enough to allow Fellow Daoist to escape the prominent sign of the Red Sun Palace and thrive in the sect..."

Wei Zhong just smiled and flipped through the jade slip in his hand.

The information recorded in it was very rough, and Wei Zhong was able to understand most of it only after Qin Zhihui explained it.

Holding the jade slip, Wei Zhong continued to ask:
"This jade slip contains very little explanation about Mahayana cultivators. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Qin can help me clear up my confusion?"

(End of this chapter)