Achieving the Dao from the Hundred Schools of Thought

The Tianmu Mountains are characterized by their overlapping peaks, which are scattered in a disorderly manner. Birds often fly through the air, and the howls of wild animals rise and fall.

Zhuang Weiyang closed her eyes and concentrated, carefully sensing the candlelight within her heart.

Since breaking through to the next realm, Zhuang Weiyang has devoted all her free time to comprehending the mysteries of the Heart Fire.

The cultivation methods of the Spring and Autumn Period were completely different from those of later generations. Cultivation relied entirely on the inner fire, while external treasures and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth were secondary.

Zhuang Weiyang broke through the Candlelight Realm, and her inner fire seemed to have a source. Her original thoughts became the source of her inner fire, and as long as her belief remained, her inner fire would burn forever.

"The way of change is change. I do not like this world. Now that I have taken a small step, I have a direction for my future cultivation."

However, this approach was extremely difficult. While Zhong Bai and Zhang Zezhong didn't say it aloud, they were both quite opposed to establishing a peasant army.

Zhuang Weiyang slowly opened her eyes and saw that the wild people had rested enough and had started practicing again.

The wild people paired up, wearing armor and carrying knives, either practicing against each other or supervising each other to toughen up their bodies.

If they get injured, they eat the flesh and blood of monsters, rest for a while, and then go back to training.

Zhuang Weiyang nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Hey——!"

A half-demon eagle, just beginning to awaken its senses, saw some thin, weak humans near the stream and, driven by its instincts, swooped down.

The eagle's brown eyes were expressionless, its talons outstretched, poised to snatch away several humans in a few breaths.

"Alert! Form ranks!"

Seeing this, the wild people did not flee, but instead formed a semi-circle as instructed by Zhuang Weiyang, standing back to back in a fierce battle.

"Not bad..." Zhuang Weiyang nodded slightly, and with a thought, an orange-red spear materialized out of thin air and pierced towards the eagle. She then closed her eyes again.

It's just a mere half-demon.

"Boom!" The flaming spear pierced straight into the eagle's neck, its steel-like wings becoming as thin as paper, instantly pierced through.

A catastrophe that would have been devastating for ordinary people was immediately averted.

"General Zhuang is truly a divine being!"

"Do you need to tell me?! Get back to practicing! Don't let General Zhuang down!"

"Who do you think is stronger, General Zhong or General Zhuang?"

"..."

The villagers were gossiping, but Zhuang Weiyang paid no attention.

Normally, Zhuang Weiyang might have made a few jokes, but something unexpected happened at this moment.

Zhuang Weiyang kept her eyes closed, observing the fire in her heart.

"Something's wrong. Why is Zhong Baifeng's energy being used up so quickly? Could he be in some kind of danger?"

Zhuang Weiyang pondered for a few moments and then made a decision.

"We can't be careless! Zhong Bai might be in danger!"

"Wind magic, activate!"

Zhuang Weiyang opened her eyes, and a gentle breeze surrounded her, then transformed into a wind blade, slashing towards the dense forest a hundred feet away!

"Swish swish swish!" A strong wind swept in, and the dense canopy of the century-old tree seemed to be pruned by scissors, with parts of its leaves being cut off.

The gentle breeze once again transformed into a giant hand, blowing the scattered leaves back into the valley and scattering them near the Wild People's Army.

Zhuang Weiyang stood up and clapped his hands. The villagers all looked excited and waited for Zhuang Weiyang to give the order.

"Cover your entire bodies with leaves and hide in the dense forest! Do not move without orders!"

The expectant looks in the eyes of the savages turned to disappointment, and a few of the bolder ones let out a wail.

"General Zhuang, I'm much stronger now! I'm already useful!"

"Yes, General Zhuang! We can work for you now!"

Zhuang Weiyang's eyes hardened, and she commanded, "Execute!"

"Here you go!"

Although the group was reluctant, military orders were paramount, and they immediately set off for the distant dense forest.

After everyone had hidden themselves, Zhuang Weiyang summoned her Dragon Scale Armor, surrounded herself with wind magic, and rushed towards the western valley.

"Zhong Bai is over there! We need to hurry!"

Within the territory of Tianmu Mountain, there is only one second-realm great demon, the Green Snake King.

The Eastern Land is the ancestral land of the human race, and there are few powerful demons. A second-realm demon can already dominate a mountain range.

Zhuang Weiyang used her magic to travel in a straight line. When she encountered any ignorant little demons along the way, she would kill them casually and mark them.

Cultivators of the Spring and Autumn Period had short lifespans but high combat strength. Zhuang Weiyang, having followed the path of the Hundred Schools of Thought, possessed even more outstanding combat strength.

Zhuang Weiyang could easily destroy a lowly demon without any lineage.

With wind magic surrounding his entire body, Zhuang Weiyang flew away at lightning speed, causing grass and trees to bend and leaves to scatter wherever he passed.

Before long, a clear, white voice entered my ears from in front of me.

"Sheya, what are you doing pretending to be human when you're just a scaly creature? You're fucking disgusting!"

Zhong Bai's voice rose and fell, clearly indicating that he was making sarcastic remarks during his escape.

"Hiss, General Zhong's mouth is sharper than mine, a mere dragon, hehehe..."

A hoarse voice rang out, accompanied by the sound of a python crawling.

"This monster is clearly more composed than Zhong Bai, so its strength must be greater than Zhong Bai's!"

Could this be the Green Snake clan?

Zhuang Weiyang cleared her mind of distractions, her heart becoming clear and serene. The tension and excitement of encountering the demon, her resentment towards Zhong Bai... all these emotions vanished.

Since things have come to this, let's not think about anything else and help Zhong Bai first!

Zhuang Weiyang made up her mind, and the phantom of the small mountain appeared on her body.

"Mountain Technique! Lock!"

With the casting of the spell, Zhuang Weiyang's aura and temperature were locked within a small area. She then used wind magic to silently approach the battlefield.

After walking another hundred feet, the view suddenly opened up, and Zhong Bai's figure appeared!

Beside a small river, Zhong Baiqing was surrounded by a gentle breeze, hovering in mid-air, constantly dodging the attacks of the python on the ground, while muttering incantations.

"A dragon? Which do you have: dragon horns, dragon claws, or a dragon tail? Did you send your own mother to the East Sea as a concubine?"

Zhuang Weiyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They can still curse, so at least they didn't suffer much loss.

On the riverbank, a man in blue robes paused immediately upon hearing this, his hoarse voice revealing a rare emotion.

"Brother, capture him quickly!"

Two demons!

The reason Zhong Bai wasn't injured was because the man in blue wanted to capture him alive!

However, the demon that fought Zhong Bai had a more refined body and was clearly stronger! This demon's snake scales were black, and when Zhong Bai's spear tip touched them, it could only ignite sparks and leave a white glow.

The demon race has always revered the strong, so why was it this man in blue who ordered the snake demon?

Zhuang Weiyang held her breath and moved a little closer. When she saw the black python clearly, she suddenly realized what it meant.

Although the black python demon was strong, its eyes were crooked and its mouth was distorted, and saliva dripped from its mouth as it pounced.

Turns out he was a bastard!

Demons possess ancient bloodlines, much like the various schools of thought among humans, and have power that surpasses that of ordinary people.

However, the human race inherits knowledge, while the demon race relies entirely on bloodline.

If one's bloodline is impure, there may be problems when breaking through cultivation realms.

To put it bluntly, there's a problem with their bloodline genes...

"This python... is a Tang snake, no wonder it's so obedient."

Zhuang Weiyang looked puzzled, her mind wandering.

Although Zhong Bai's sarcasm was crude, as Zhuang Weiyang knew, it was common for demons to mate with dragons in order to purify their bloodlines and produce superior offspring.

Dragons are inherently lustful and rarely refuse anything.

Doesn't that mean...?

Was Zhong Bai right to scold him?

Alright, alright. Jokes don't hurt, but truth can disturb people's minds.

Zhuang Weiyang couldn't help but chuckle as she looked the "Dragon Descendant" up and down.

The man in blue robes had transformed even more successfully than the two sisters from the young master's mansion that Zhuang Weiyang had seen before.

There wasn't a single scale on its face!

"This man in blue robes has such a pure form; he must be the young master or son of the Green Snake clan."

This monster is quite strange. The more successfully it transforms, the more it likes human culture. One of the snakes even started coiling jade like Zhuang Weiyang...

wrong!"

Zhuang Weiyang's pupils dilated, and her nonchalant mood immediately turned serious.

"This isn't jade, it's the fruit of blood rice... Isn't this a crop from the Blood Sea?"

In Zhuang Weiyang's memory, only in the later stages of Goujian's reign of perseverance and his subsequent defeat of the Wu Kingdom did blood rice appear sporadically in the Wu and Yue regions.

And this... is the second source of achievement!

Pulling up the blood rice will attract the Blood Sea Rakshasa demons; defeating them will activate an achievement!

Without further hesitation or regard for Zhong Bai, Zhuang Weiyang unleashed her full power of both wind and fire techniques, launching an attack on She Ya.

Zhong Bai is protected by the Wind Technique, so he is safe for the time being.

We can't let this supernatural power get away!