Red Dragon seeks his position in both realms.

The Bafeng Mountain was rather deserted at night, with only the faint chirping of insects echoing under the dim moonlight.

Winters appeared silently, without disturbing any living beings, merely adding a shadow to the world.

He first looked around to check the situation of the forest, then smelled it, but found no unusual odor.

First, find that foul-mouthed crow.

Winters thought to himself, then flapped his dragon wings and took off.

.........

Mount Dai, located in the land of Qi and Lu.

A huge, blurry human face burst forth from the ground, breaking through the soil and arching over layers of rocks, reaching a height of hundreds of feet, transforming into majestic mountains.

In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, the ground shook, rocks rolled, the entire forest collapsed, birds and beasts scattered and howled, sand flew everywhere, a strong wind blew, and the river dried up.

"Guanghan! Yuepo!"

The human face roared, its voice like thunder.

The sound waves were vast and resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

With a roar from the human face, a multitude of treasures, including rocks and minerals, spewed forth from its mouth from beneath the earth.

All of them are at the Foundation Establishment level.

There are white mountain jade, stone heart, and dust of the Earth element; purple copper, cloud-patterned red iron, and unsinkable gold of the Metal element; and countless other treasures and spiritual materials.

It also spewed out a fist-sized Purple Mansion-level spiritual material, named: Luoyin Chime Stone.

This stone can collect all the sounds of heaven and earth, storing them within itself so that they will never dissipate.

These treasures are rarely seen by ordinary cultivators and are extremely precious, yet they were casually given out by this giant mountain-faced creature.

After the human face finished shouting, the moon that was hanging high in the sky sank, and layers of light were scattered from the moon, covering the area around Mount Dai and hiding everything on the ground.

A clear, ethereal female voice rang out:

"Greetings, Immortal Lord Shanqi! This humble immortal, Yuyao, pays her respects!"

"Both of the lords of the manor are not here. The Lord of Guanghan has gone on a journey beyond the heavens, and the Moon Soul Immortal Lord has just returned to his position with the moon. May I ask what important matter brings you here, Immortal Lord?"

"Upon the return of the two Venerable Ones, I will immediately convey the message on their behalf."

A blurry humanoid figure descended from the moon, bowing respectfully to the human face on the ground, speaking in a humble yet dignified manner.

The Immortal Shanqi remained silent for a moment before slowly beginning to speak:

  

"A message to Yuepo and Guanghan: The [Name-Ascending Stone] has an anomaly! The [Pleiades] sect has produced a new disciple!"

"I suspect this is an omen of a change in the position of the sun."

"Investigate immediately! Investigate immediately!!"

His words, once spoken, resonated like a thunderclap, lingering for a long time.

After speaking, the face formed by the mountains slowly disappeared and ceased to exist.

Upon hearing the words of the immortal Shan Qi, the figure under the moon trembled and shook, as if the news had shocked him so much that he had even forgotten the proper etiquette of seeing off the immortal.

After a short while, she came to her senses, withdrew the moonlight that enveloped the earth, and drifted away.

…………

"Where exactly is that foul-mouthed crow?"

Winters flapped his dragon wings and darted through the forest, sometimes high, sometimes low, searching for his target, but he couldn't find that stinky crow no matter what he did.

Winters was very annoyed that he could sense the crow's presence but couldn't find it.

For some reason, after entering this world, he began to feel uncomfortable all over. He felt hot, restless, and his temper became unusually irritable.

It was only after using magic tricks and calming spells that the situation eased slightly.

"This is probably a drawback of practicing this technique!"

Winters frowned, recalling that he had never been this irritable and agitated before, and began to speculate about the reason.

Flying along the mountainside in search of traces, we unknowingly arrived at a cave.

The cave was over ten feet wide and extremely deep, with no end in sight. Winters did not rush in, but stood in front of the cave, because he saw an illusion.

Ordinary wild animals would only see this cave entrance as an ordinary, dark cave entrance and would not see anything unusual about it.

But under Winters's gaze, the cave in front of him presented a completely different scene. The cave was covered by a curtain of light with interwoven seven colors, shimmering and dazzling.

No normal dragon would go there rashly.

But the scent of that foul-mouthed crow was definitely there. Thinking about it, Winters felt there was a high chance this was its nest, and this illusion was probably a barrier it had set up.

Just as Winters was pondering, the light screen suddenly disappeared, and a dark shadow flew out of the cave. Its feathers were as black as ink, its eyes as red as crimson, and its beak was curved like a hook. It was the stinky-beaked raven.

The stinky-beaked crow, however, had glossy, shiny feathers all over its body, and its beak and claws were shiny as well. It looked like it was living a very comfortable life, probably because it had eaten those two and a half ginseng roots.

"Skinfish! What are you doing in my lair? I thought it was that damned golden eagle coming to get revenge on me! Speak quickly and leave now."

The crow king was extremely vigilant, wanting him to leave quickly, and kept looking around, as if afraid that something might happen in the sky.

"Lord Crow, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

Winters gave a dragon-like smile and exchanged pleasantries first, since he would need to ask it for a favor later, so it was better to be polite.

"Why are you mimicking a human accent? Just speak plainly."

Crow curled his lip, seemingly disliking Winters's smiling face.

"Hmm, as expected, there are humans in this world too, and judging from their appearance, their strength is probably not to be underestimated."

Seeing the Raven King's disgusted expression, Winters immediately switched to a serious dragon face:

"King Crow, I'd like to ask if there are any drawbacks to the 'Sunrise Technique'? For some reason, I can't practice at night and can only practice during the day."

As if he had anticipated this, the crow king tilted his beak and chuckled as soon as he finished speaking:

"The Pleiades Method cannot be practiced at night, of course. I also have a copy of the Blood Moon Sutra, which only requires nine ginseng roots..."

But before he could finish speaking, Crow King froze.

"What?!"

"What do you mean you can't cultivate at night, but you can cultivate during the day?!"

Crow King realized that the stone dragon wasn't asking why it couldn't practice the Pleiades Technique, but rather why it couldn't practice the Pleiades Technique at night!

"You think you can cultivate during the day?!"

The crow exclaimed in surprise, seemingly unable to believe the news. Its feathers bristled, and it appeared extremely shocked.

Winters felt a pang of anxiety upon seeing Crow's appearance. Was the Pleiades Technique forbidden in this world? Or was there some kind of taboo surrounding it?

Seeing the strong reaction from the crow, Winters simply kept quiet, staring intently at the crow without uttering a word.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ya Jun took it as a tacit agreement and stared at Winters with wide eyes.

So in the mountains and forests, a dragon and a crow stared at each other, and silence fell over the scene.

A moment later, Crow King couldn't contain himself any longer. He moved closer to Winters, scrutinized him closely, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously:

"Have you truly broken through to the first level of embryonic breathing through the practice of the Pleiades Method?"

Winters raised an eyebrow and asked in return:

"What, can't you tell?"

"The sun is hidden from the world. As long as one is a cultivator of the sun path, one will have the appearance of concealing one's divine brilliance. How can I tell?"

However… when you broke through, did you use a fire-elemental spirit item?

Crow first shook his head, then stared at Winters and asked.

"Fire element?"

Winters' heart skipped a beat.

"Judging from the state of this stinky crow, it would be more reasonable for it to cultivate the 'Pleiades Method' using the Fire element. If it doesn't use the Fire element... that would be less reasonable."

Winters decided to be vague at first, then deliberately spoke in an ambiguous tone:

"I think I ate a certain red fruit a long time ago, and afterwards I felt a burning sensation in my body."

I'm not sure if this is the fire-elemental spirit you mentioned.

"That's it! You scared me! It's the Fire element entering the Pleiades, that makes perfect sense!"

The crow laughed, clearly relieved, and flapped its wings.

Winters asked in confusion:

"Can't the [Pleiades] path be cultivated directly?"

The crow was still flapping its wings and laughing:

"Stone Dragon, you were indeed a mortal before. These are just basic common sense in cultivation, and you didn't even know them."

Lord Crow laughed triumphantly, then explained:

"The Sun Avenue has four paths: [Pleiades Sun], [Room Sun], [Star Sun], and [Void Sun]."

"Since ancient times, the sun has been hidden from the world and has not appeared. The paths of the [Fang Sun] and [Mao Sun] have been cut off by the Great Yin."

The "Starry Sun" school uses stars as a metaphor for the sun, while the "Virtual Sun" school uses the earth's yang energy as a metaphor for the sun; each school has developed into its own system.

Winters suddenly realized that the path of the Pleiades in this world had been severed, making cultivation impossible.

The sun is gone!

No wonder Lord Crow was so shocked when he heard that Winters was practicing the Pleiades Technique.

"No! Then why did you trade me the cultivation method of the [Pleiades] path! Doesn't that mean I can't cultivate it?"

Furthermore, why is it possible to cultivate using fire-elemental spiritual objects? Why is that?!

Winters discovered the problem and immediately questioned Crow King.

"Hehehe~ Well, the moon is really full tonight!"

Ya Jun chuckled twice, trying to change the subject.

The silver moon hung high in the sky, without a single cloud in the heavens; it was indeed extremely round and bright.

"Enough nonsense! If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, give me back my two and a half top-grade wild ginseng roots!"

Winters, his face stern and his voice fierce, seemed about to erupt in anger, thrusting his dragon head forward as if to unleash a breath of dragon's breath.

Seeing Winters's firm stance, Crow King knew that things would not end well today.

It's not good at fighting, and it's even afraid of that pig demon. Winters was able to deal with that tyrant of the mountains, the pig demon, so it definitely can't beat Winters.

Winters was now closing in on it, its mouth slightly open, as if it were about to unleash its dragon breath at any moment.

Seeing this, Lord Crow hurriedly spoke up:

"I've already eaten all the wild ginseng!"

How about this, you come with me to the mountain market, I'll take you to the martial arts shop, you can choose any one, I'll pay for it, okay?

As for why fire-elemental spirits can aid in cultivation, come fly with me, and I'll explain it to you in detail.

Let's calm Winters down first!

Crow isn't confident he can beat Winters, otherwise he'd be roasting birds today.

It just never imagined that one day its tricks would backfire.

He used to be able to fool those little demons who were just starting out on their path of cultivation with great success, but he never expected to suffer such a big setback in Winters this time.

Unbeknownst to Crow King, Winters had actually gained an advantage and had instead been tricked by Winters.

Seeing its appearance, Winters knew it was guilty and in the wrong, so he deliberately said:

"I'll trust you one last time, you stinking crow!"

"This time you'd better choose a cultivation technique that I can practice properly, or else... hmph!"