"All phenomena in the world emerge from the Dao."
This is a widely circulated sentence in the Nine Provinces. Although it is somewhat exaggerated, it is enough to illustrate the status of the Daoist sect in the Nine Provinces.
There are four types of external forces that cultivators most commonly rely on: elixirs, spiritual treasures, talismans, and formations. The alchemy peak, the refining peak, the talisman peak, and the formation peak of the Daoist sect are the masters of these four external forces.
If one wants to learn these four external forces, they cannot avoid the Daoist sect no matter what.
Jiang Li and Saint Jingxin arrived at the entrance of the refining peak and saw a seven or eight-year-old girl standing there, accompanied by several guards. Even though they concealed their cultivation, Jiang Li could sense that the tallest guard among them was actually in the combined body stage, and the others were also quite capable in the transformation stage.
It seems like they are from a powerful faction.
"Uncle, you can't go in." Just as Jiang Li was about to enter, he was stopped by the little girl. "Father and Uncle Feng are refining inside. Father said that no one can enter until the refining is complete!"
"What a lovely little girl, what's your name?" Saint Jingxin, seeing the little girl's delicate appearance, felt a fondness in her heart and patted the girl's head.
"Don't touch me!" The girl shook her head vigorously and escaped from Saint Jingxin's hand, with her hands on her hips, saying, "Hmph, I am the nineteenth princess of Da Zhou, Ji Kongkong!"
"Oh, so your father is Ji Zhi?" Jiang Li rubbed his hands, feeling interested, never expecting to encounter Zhou Emperor Ji Zhi here.
Why did the Daoist sect Master Bai Hongtu know that he, Jiang Li, was impersonating a Daoist sect member? It must have been Ji Zhi who disclosed it secretly!
"Uncle, do you know my father?" Ji Kongkong, seeing Jiang Li wearing the Emperor's mask, felt a fondness for him. She also admired Emperor Jiang Li.
Can a bad person be admired by the Emperor? Ji Kongkong thought this way.
Obviously, she didn't know about her third brother's affairs.
Several guards surrounded the three people, with a subtle hint of protecting Ji Kongkong. The lead guard asked, "Do you two know our Emperor?"
The guards were actually quite nervous, unable to discern the depth of these two people, that both were definitely masters in the combined body stage. They wouldn't necessarily be able to hold back if these two were to attack, and it would not be good for the little princess.
"Don't be so tense." Jiang Li smiled, took off his mask, revealing his face, "After all, the Emperor and I are old friends."
"Guards of the Zhou Emperor, bow to Emperor Jiang!" Seeing Jiang Li, the guards relaxed and hurriedly saluted.
Ji Kongkong was wide-eyed, as if she could swallow an entire egg.
"Uncle, are you Emperor Jiang?" I heard my father tell me your stories!
"Oh, how did he say?" Ji Kongkong gestured with her hands and feet, clumsily recounting the bedtime stories told by the Zhou Emperor to her.
"Hahaha, I never expected Ji Zhi to see me like that!" Jiang Li laughed heartily and decided to go easy on Ji Zhi when he beat him later.
"Refining requires quietness. Ji Zhi does not refine things, so why go in?"
Jiang Li smiled, "Have you forgotten Ji Zhi's third eye? It is very helpful for refining."
...
Inside the refining peak, Ji Zhi and the peak master were studying the refining process.
"What if we increase the heat by ten percent after half an hour? Will it succeed?" The peak master of the refining peak wrote and drew on the paper. The paper was filled with the process of refining, constantly getting erased and modified, looking very messy.
There is a danger of explosion during the refining process, which would cause most of the materials in the furnace to be wasted. So, the peak master of the refining peak was used to repeatedly calculating the correct process for refining before firing the furnace, including fire power, materials, styles, and so on. It was a very painstaking task.
Fortunately, Ji Zhi helped this time, making it much easier.
Ji Zhi's double pupils became profound and mysterious, as if he could see everything.
"No, it will still cause an explosion." Ji Zhi saw that following this process would lead to failure.
"Uh, then what if we change the Mountain Pure Water to Snowy Mountain Pure Water?"
"No, the explosion from this change would be even bigger."
"In that case..."
"No, it won't work..."
"How about..."
"No, it won't work..."
"That..."
"Eh, this time it will work!"
The two repeatedly deduced and finally confirmed the successful process. Ji Zhilei was panting, even though he was good at observing the past and the future, it was very hard for him to repeatedly use the Heavy Pupil.
Therefore, he usually wouldn't casually use his eyes.
"Hmm?" Ji Zhilei's expression suddenly became ugly.
"What's wrong?"
"I see that when I go out later, I will be beaten by someone."
"Who?" The Peak Master of the Refining Peak was curious, but not too worried, since Ji Zhilei could see the future, he could avoid it.
"It's Jiang Li!"
The Peak Master of the Refining Peak fell silent for a while. No need to ask, Ji Zhilei was known to be a malicious talker, he might have said something to offend Jiang Li.
He patted Ji Zhilei on the shoulder, "I will go to the Alchemy Peak to find a Grand Restoration Pill, if that doesn't work, I have friends in the Corpse Sect."
After he finished, he pushed open the door, not giving Ji Zhilei a chance to escape.
"Your heart is as black as the bottom of a furnace!" Ji Zhilei cursed, then saw Jiang Li walking in with a smile and closing the door.
If it were in the native territory of Great Zhou, he would have the confidence to deal with Jiang Li, but at Daozong...
"Don't lose face!"
"Okay."
...
After a one-sided intense battle, Jiang Li walked out of the Refining Peak in high spirits and went to visit the Peak Master of the Alchemy Peak with the Holy Maiden Jingxin, who had no intention of looking for Dan medicine, and the Refining Peak Master.
...
A few days later, the much-anticipated exhibition of various powerful factions finally arrived.
Named as an exhibition, but it was actually a competition.
The forces such as the Hall of the Human Emperor, the Six Major Sects, the Nine Great Imperial Dynasties, and the Four Seas all sent representatives to sit in the stands. Of course, there were also some forces that did not have anyone present, such as the Great Wei Imperial Dynasty.
Behind these people, a temporary high platform was built, on top of which a seal was faintly glowing, with a pair of yin-yang fish spinning behind it.
Many people were seeing the Yin Yang Celestial Seal for the first time. They felt that this seal was as vast as the heavens and the earth, unfathomable, containing the power to break through the sky, as well as the cause and effect of everything condensing on this seal.
They even felt that they were destined to have a connection with this seal, that there was a karmic relationship, so they deserved to obtain this seal.
If it weren't for many big shots sitting on the stage, there would really be people who wanted to fight for the Celestial Seal.
The power of the Yin Yang Celestial Seal not only could refine all things, but also could launch karmic attacks, rendering people defenseless.
The Eternal Immortal once said that even in the immortal world, the Yin Yang Celestial Seal was a very extraordinary immortal treasure.
The competition platform was not set on the ground, but in the sky, with combined phase cultivators using immortal treasures to fight. The impact was too wide; if it was on the ground, it would not be convenient to make their moves.
Daozong set up a barrier array over the heads of the crowd to block the residual waves of the fighting.