Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 62 New Discovery
Amidst the peaks, the three sat down again, and then Zhang Chong got straight to the point: "Li Yao, could you give me that Earth Fate Fruit? Of course, I can't just take it for free; I have to buy it."

Li Yao took out a jade box and handed it over decisively, saying, "Sunrise Island has protected me for a long time, so there's no need to give me the source. Consider it a gift from your disciple to Elder Xun."

Although Zhang Chong didn't say it, Li Yao knew perfectly well that it had been several days and those trash from the Holy Land hadn't bothered him, which meant that Sunrise Island had stepped in to stop them.

The Yao Guang Holy Land has twelve factions. Luo Xia Mountain is an ally, and there are other factions that, although not allies, have a good reputation and never participate in factional struggles or get involved in such matters.

Even so, the remaining factions are enough to keep Sunrise Island busy. He will naturally not be indifferent to the efforts others make for him.

Li Yao's principle of conduct is this: if others are good to him, he will naturally repay them.

Another point is that Elder Xun is undoubtedly the pillar of the entire Rising Sun Island. As a top-tier expert, as long as he is alive, no one else will dare to be too presumptuous.

This is his strongest backer at the moment. Before he grows up, he needs Elder Xun to keep some people with ulterior motives in check.

Zhang Chong gently stroked the jade box with his fingers, his expression somewhat moved.

Even if Li Yao said he would sell it to Xuri Island, he could understand. Everyone has to look out for themselves, and this is hundreds of thousands of catties of Origin, which is not a small amount for him.

But he just gave it to him directly, which made Zhang Chong feel very comfortable. Sometimes, you need to get something in return for your efforts, even if it's someone you're very close to, let alone someone who has no blood relation to you.

Of course, he wouldn't take advantage of his disciple, and the purpose of purchasing Rising Sun Island wasn't to test Li Yao, but rather he genuinely intended to do so.

"Senior Brother Zhang, Sunrise Island has truly gained a fine disciple. Before you arrived, I also offered to buy it, but Li Yao refused," Yun Shang said enviously.

With such exceptional talent in cultivation and extraordinary comprehension, the Rising Sun Divine Island may well catch up with the Holy Lord and Supreme Saint lineages in the future.

"Heh, what's there to envy? Your Luoxia Mountain got a share too," Zhang Chong said, shaking the jade box in his hand.

"What?!" Yun Shang stared at Zhang Chong in shock, unable to understand the meaning behind his words for a moment.

"This Earth Fate Fruit will be given to Brother Pharmacist to refine. With the addition of some auxiliary materials, it will be refined into two divine pills, one for Elder Xun and one for Elder Luo."

Yun Shang understood, but it felt somewhat unreal. If a single Earth Life Fruit were refined into two Divine Pills, its medicinal effects would be halved. Originally, it could increase lifespan by two hundred years, but now it had become one hundred years.

“So, this Earth Destiny Fruit belongs not only to Sunrise Island but also to Sunset Mountain. You must accept the 800,000 jin of Origin.” Zhang Chong took out a jade bottle and tossed it directly to Li Yao.

"Yes, yes, we should accept it. We absolutely must accept it. As an elder, how can we take advantage of a junior?" Yun Shang came to his senses and nodded hurriedly, his face filled with uncontrollable joy.

The elder Luo's real name is Luo Qianqiu. To Luoxia Mountain, he is equivalent to the elder Xun in Xuri Island. His importance is self-evident.

The reason why Luoxia Mountain was so eager to invest in Li Yao was actually because Old Master Luo's lifespan was not long, and they also urgently needed a future.

Unfortunately, the disciples of Luoxia Mountain in this generation are not very promising. The best one, Xu Qi, can probably only reach the level of Grand Elder. Unless he has an extraordinary opportunity, he will never be able to overcome the hurdle of becoming a Great Power.

That's why Li Yao came into their view and they decided to invest now so that when he became powerful, he could take care of the Luoxia Mountain lineage.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Li Yao put away the jade bottle and didn't refuse any further.

The Heavenly Book is a massive absorber of resources; it will only become more and more outrageous as you progress.

He is currently only supplied with one copy of the Yao Guang Sutra, so the pressure on his source is not too great. However, as he collects more scriptures in the future, the source he will need will also increase.

Such as fragments of the Imperial Scripture, the Nine Secrets, and forbidden secret techniques, all require a massive amount of resources.

He could give away the Earth Fate Fruit, but since Sunrise Island insisted on giving it to Yuan, he was happy to accept it.

The three chatted for a long time until the sun began to set, at which point Zhang Chong stood up and said, "I need to send the Earth Life Fruit back so that it can be refined into a divine pill as soon as possible, so that Elder Xun and Elder Luo can have their lives extended."

Then, he looked at Li Yao and said, "You can rest assured and cultivate in the Holy City. As for the Holy Land, we have Sunrise Island and Sunset Mountain holding us back, and the Holy Lord's lineage is also secretly on our side. Those who are restless will not make any moves in the short term."

After saying this, Zhang Chong turned and left, and then Li Yao also took his leave and departed from Congfeng.

...Back in his meditation chamber, Li Yao sat cross-legged on a futon. From the stone gambling duel to now, he finally experienced a long-lost sense of tranquility.

"Now, I finally have time to organize what I've learned during this period," Li Yao thought to himself.

He began to silently calculate his gains during this period. In the Jiang family's eighteen-layer stone garden, he had cut out many rare treasures, worth a total of about 800,000 jin of source material, of which the cost was more than 200,000 jin of source material.

But this time, the payment for the stone gambling wasn't made by him, but by the Yao Guang Holy Land, so he had no cost whatsoever and his net income was 800,000 jin of resources.

Next, there was a wager of 200,000 catties of source, and 800,000 catties of life fruit for buying land on Sunrise Island. In total, they harvested 1.8 million catties of source.

That piece of divine source, the size of a human head, is difficult to measure, but it's easily worth 500,000 to 600,000 jin of source. Adding it all up, he now has about 2.4 million jin of source on him.

Such a vast fortune is something even a powerful figure couldn't produce in a short time.

Of course, it's not that they don't have it, but rather that for them, Source is similar to copper coins in the mortal world—it can only be used as a form of currency, and they wouldn't carry that much Source on their person.

But this doesn't diminish the fact that Li Yao's current net worth is incredibly high.

"With so many sources, if we don't use them all, they'll just take up space." Li Yao was somewhat tempted.

Then, he really started using it. First was the Divine Radiance of the Sun, which was his only means of attack at the moment. Before he had the Holy Light Technique and the Primordial Holy Light Technique, he needed this divine technique as a substitute.

The original Hao Ri Divine Radiance was already quite powerful, created by a brilliant and talented Holy Lord in the history of Yao Guang, and was at least at the level of a great being.

The powerful divine arts are actually enough for him right now, but he has the means to have better ones, so why not use them?

Ten thousand catties of source were absorbed by the Heavenly Book, and the light of enlightenment suddenly shone. Li Yao was momentarily dazed and felt as if he were in a mysterious realm.

Previously, when his strength was weak, he hardly felt anything when deducing divine arts, until new scriptures entered his mind, and he realized that the deduction was over.

However, after breaking through to the other shore realm, when he made further deductions, he did indeed feel the process of the Heavenly Book deducing the scriptures.

It was a mysterious realm, and I truly felt that I was also involved in the deduction.

However, the deduction ended in an instant, and the sage-level Hao Ri Divine Radiance Scripture appeared in his mind.

"Was that feeling just now...the creation of the Dharma?" Li Yao was deeply troubled.

He could sense that he had a deep grasp of the divine radiance of the sun. In the past, when new scriptures were deduced, he also had a high level of proficiency, but it was absolutely incomparable to this time.

These are two different concepts. In the past, when he read the scriptures deduced from the Heavenly Book, he felt as if he had been cultivating for a year. But this time, he felt as if he had been cultivating for at least three years.

"As my strength increases, I can experience more profound mysteries when the Heavenly Book is used for deduction. It's as if the Heavenly Book is creating laws with me. Doesn't that mean that when my strength reaches a certain level, the Heavenly Book's deduction will be equivalent to creating laws on my own, and I won't need to cultivate anymore. I can achieve the point of turning the rotten into the miraculous." Li Yao was somewhat excited.

"Wait, doesn't that mean that when I break through to the Dao Palace and then deduce the Divine Radiance of the Sun, I will have more time to experience the creation of the law and a deeper understanding of the scriptures. Once I deduce it, it will be equivalent to having cultivated for a longer period of time."

"I think... I've found another way to quickly become stronger using the Heavenly Book?"

It's just a guess at the moment, but Li Yao thinks it won't be difficult to verify it, and he doesn't even need to wait until the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

The cultivation of the Other Shore Realm has two steps. The first step is to increase one's cultivation level and improve one's realm. After reaching the peak of the Other Shore Realm, one then begins the Nine Transformations of the Other Shore Realm.

Although the Other Shore Realm and the transformed Other Shore Realm are both in the same realm, their strengths are worlds apart.

If his conjecture is true, then after he undergoes the ninth transformation of the Other Shore, he will use the Heavenly Book to deduce the scriptures again. At that time, he will definitely stay in that realm for a longer period of time and have a deeper grasp of the newly deduced scriptures.

"If used properly, the Heavenly Book can really play a significant role."

(End of this chapter)