Achieving the Dao from the Hundred Schools of Thought

Zhuang Weiyang woke up from her dream and immediately looked at She Ya next to her.

Sheya remained calm, sitting cross-legged on a stone stick with her eyes closed, showing no trace of the panic she had just displayed.

Zhuang Weiyang was delighted with this, manipulating the stone rod to float and follow, heading towards the distant wild people.

The person who answered was now crying, his eyes filled with tears, and he choked out:

"fire!"

A flame appeared out of nowhere, and the surrounding savages' eyes burned with fervor, their previous deathly silence completely gone.

Zhuang Weiyang coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention. Just as she was about to speak, the villagers all knelt down.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you... thank you, sir!"

The savage who had answered so fluently just moments before was now trembling as he thanked her. When Zhuang Weiyang looked up again, she saw that his eyes were bloodshot and red, and tears and snot were streaming down his face.

Zhuang Weiyang sighed softly and said:

"This place is no place to linger. Pack your belongings and leave with me in half an hour!"

The seal of Yi requires time to comprehend and learn. If one leaves now, the villagers will all become food for demons within three days.

When Zhuang Weiyang gets things done, she never does only half of it.

Whether they were from Wu or Yue, Zhuang Weiyang made no difference.

But the surrounding savages clearly didn't think so, and they all stood there dumbfounded.

The village head, quick-witted, was the first to react and turned around to drive the villagers away.

"What are you standing there for? Go now! In fifteen minutes! You have to be back within fifteen minutes! Hurry up!"

The surrounding villagers then dispersed in a commotion.

After hesitating for a moment, the villagers mustered their courage and stepped forward to strike up a conversation.

"gentlemen……"

"What's your name? Don't you have anything to pack?"

Zhuang Weiyang did not need thanks; everything she did and thought was in accordance with her own principles, and she interrupted the villagers' expressions of gratitude.

The villager in the lead village paused for a moment, then immediately replied:

"Sir, my name is Zongchuan. I was elected village chief during my escape. I have nothing and am all alone..."

The most precious thing is the companions in this village.

Zhuang Weiyang nodded slightly, agreeing with these words.

Those who were sacrificed for the sake of the people's fortunes included Zongchuan. This statement was not made to please Zhuang Weiyang.

"Alright, once all the villagers have arrived, come with me to live in Wu Kingdom! I will find a place to settle you all. With my seal, you can handle most minor demons."

"Thanks……"

"Go."

Zhuang Weiyang waved her hand to send Zong Chuan away, and then planned to close her eyes to rest and observe the wonders of the Heart Fire.

"He just broke through to the Candlelight realm and then broke through to the Radiance realm. Not to mention his lack of proficiency, he's not even skilled in controlling his Heartfire."

And this supernatural power…”

Zhuang Weiyang focused her mind on the inner fire, where she saw it shine brightly, illuminating her entire body, except for a chaotic area in her mind where she could not see clearly.

"Having understood my mind and seen my true nature, this chaos must be my true nature."

Once one reaches the peak of the Mind Realm, one can begin to ignite the inner fire, dispel the fog, and break through to the second realm.

This step in the game is a slow and gradual process, requiring constant practice of spells and engaging in related professions.

Use experience and insights as fuel to accelerate the illumination of your inner fire, and then advance to the next level.

If it were Zhuang Weiyang herself...

"Forget it, let's familiarize ourselves with the methods first. I've broken through several realms in the past few days, and my methods and techniques can't keep up. Let's not make any plans too far ahead for now."

But this supernatural power…

Zhuang Weiyang pondered for a moment, then took out a demon core from his bosom.

It was at Tiger Hill that he obtained the demon core of the elephant-nosed boar demon.

Zhuang Weiyang stared at the demon core, pondered for a moment, and then gradually increased the pressure in her two fingers until she used seventy percent of her strength...

"Click..."

A faint cracking sound came, and cracks appeared on the demon core, from which pure demonic energy and blood energy escaped.

"This strength...it's unbelievable! No wonder it's a supernatural power!"

He had never seen a human cultivator in the first realm who could crush a demon core with his bare hands!

The demon core is the essence condensed by a demon's cultivation, and is naturally hard.

As for its value... In the [Spring and Autumn Period Chaos] version, the human race could not use it; it was only when the [Qin King Unifies the Six Kingdoms] version appeared that "Fangshi" appeared, and could use demon cores as alchemy materials, that the value of demon cores rose sharply.

Nowadays, cultivators mostly keep demon cores for collection or to exchange for items with the demon race.

Zhuang Weiyang originally just collected it for fun, but she never expected it to come in handy now.

He tossed the demon core into his mouth; it felt eerie and icy to the touch. As it went down his throat, the fire in his stomach immediately transformed into the shape of a three-legged furnace.

The furnace continuously absorbed Zhuang Weiyang's inner fire, then condensed it, spewing out flames to continuously calculate the demon core.

As the demon core was refined, Zhuang Weiyang felt her body's qi and blood slowly increasing.

After waiting for about five minutes, the panel displayed the proficiency level once.

[Qi and Blood Furnace Proficiency +1]

"This calcination process is fast enough; it should be fully digested in a day! At this rate, it should be maxed out in one or two months, allowing for the evolution of my divine abilities!"

Zhuang Weiyang regained her composure, opened her eyes, and saw the serpentine body of Sheya standing tall beside her, staring intently at her.

"You...you actually ate a demon's core raw! Only wild demons do that! Are you human or demon?"

Zhuang Weiyang smiled slightly but did not reply.

Seeing this, Sheya became even more nervous and threatened:

"Zhuang Weiyang! I advise you to release me immediately! If I don't return to my clan's territory within three days, my father will surely come knocking, and you will be dead for sure!"

Zhuang Weiyang said slowly, "Three days..."

"Three days!"

Will your father really come looking for me?

Sheya thought Zhuang Weiyang was scared, so it flicked its tongue and hissed.

"I will definitely come! I am the only bloodline heir among my father's offspring, the young patriarch of the Green Snake Clan, and my status is equal to that of you, the human prince!"

"If I disappear for three days, my father will come looking for me through our bloodline connection!"

Zhuang Weiyang did not refute She Ya's boasting.

There's not much to say about a dying snake.

It's good that your father is here!

……

A moment later, the villagers gathered, numbering over a thousand people from more than two hundred households.

Zhuang Weiyang used her magic to envelop the villagers and head towards the valley where Zhuang Bai was.

"I originally intended to use my identity as a soldier cultivator to conceal my true identity and buy time to cultivate to the second realm, but now plans have changed."

Zhuang Weiyang sighed softly, feeling a bit of a headache.

The method of military cultivation can only be applied to soldiers registered in the country.

Now that Zhuang Weiyang has empowered the common people with military strategy, even a fool would know that he is definitely not a military cultivator.

How can I explain this to Zhong Bai and ask him to keep it a secret?

"Zhuang Weiyang, why won't you let me go?!" She Ya thought Zhuang Weiyang would be threatened and let him go, but Zhuang Weiyang put two more layers of magic on the stone stick while she was on her way!

With the mountain magic blocking their way, Sheya had absolutely no chance of escape.

Zhuang Weiyang, already irritated, waved her hand and cast another layer of mountain magic, blocking out She Ya's voice as well.

"When my senior brother arrives, he'll definitely kill you and make soup from you!"

"Yes, senior brother! I am not a military cultivator, I, Ziyang, am a Confucian cultivator!"

If anyone has any doubts, they can go and confront the Master face to face!

Zhuang Weiyang immediately decided to change her identity.

If I'm not a Confucian scholar, then who is? Even the Master said I'm a good child!

……

With over a thousand people casting their spells, the wind was like a thousand horses racing, raising clouds of dust wherever it passed.

Like the previous peasant army, the Yue people were experiencing the blessing of magic for the first time, and their initial fear quickly turned into excitement.

Zhuang Weiyang flew through the air, and if any wild demons attacked, she would kill them with a flick of her wrist and take their demon cores.

"The more of these, the better... I have a feeling that I'll inevitably have to deal with monsters in the future."

The Qi and Blood Furnace was clearly a major player in the demon-devouring industry, and from that moment on, the shrewd and calculating Zhuang Weiyang began to manage the household frugally.

"After we get back, ask Zezhong to give us those dozens of demon cores!"

As she pondered, the valley came into view. Zhuang Weiyang controlled her inner fire, illuminating the surroundings, and Zhong Bai immediately jumped out of the valley.

Zhong Bai leaped and landed next to Zhuang Weiyang, his face filled with disbelief.

"Brother-in-law, your cultivation level..."