Chapter 86

After completing his meditation and breath regulation, Feng Ye began to search for the few Sea-Stabilizing Pearls left behind by Nüwa.

In the end, Feng Ye's gaze fell on a large bluestone by the water's edge. Although the battle between Feng Ye and the Fire Crow didn't cause any catastrophic destruction, why was only this bluestone unscathed amidst the scorched earth for a thousand miles around?

Moreover, on the bluestone, there was a natural Nine Palace diagram. Could this be the hint left by Nüwa for him? After all, he had been improving the Luo Shu replica in the direction of the Nine Palace diagram.

With a sweep of his divine consciousness, sure enough, there were fourteen luminous pearls continuously emitting light, which were precisely the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearls.

Feng Ye took out the Nine Palace Luo Shu and absorbed the bluestone into it. The Nine Palace diagram on the bluestone was clearly a primordial Dao intent left by Nüwa, which could help him comprehend the Dao of the Nine Palaces. It shouldn't be easily destroyed. It would be better to let the Luo Shu absorb it before breaking the bluestone.

After tidying up and obtaining the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, Feng Ye set off for the next place.

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Thus, five years passed, and Feng Ye's footsteps could be found across much of the vast primordial world.

Although he was very tired, it wasn't without benefits. During these five years, Feng Ye experienced many things, which also helped his cultivation of the heart.

Some people, after Feng Ye subdued the Fire Crow, expressed gratitude and even invited him to their caves as a guest. As a result, Feng Ye also made connections with those in the immortal realm, rather than just staying within the circle of the powerful deities.

However, some people harbored resentment and blamed everything on Feng Ye. They attributed this unwarranted disaster to him, blaming him for coming too late. But even a cold stare was better than nothing; some even resorted to violence.

Worse still, some coveted the spiritual treasures in Feng Ye's possession and wanted to kill him to take them. Feng Ye was not a saint. He didn't remain silent when hit or insulted. When someone wanted his spiritual treasures, he wouldn't just hand them over.

Although Feng Ye usually seemed to have no temper and had never truly encountered the dark side of the primordial world, he had a ruthless streak in his bones. Without a word, he directly killed those with ulterior motives.

The Fire Crows in the southern, central, and eastern regions had all been subdued. The remaining ones were in the northern and western regions. The northern region belonged to water, and the far north was extremely cold. Even if the Fire Crows hadn't developed intelligence and were confused, they wouldn't fly there to suffer. Even if a few mistakenly entered the northern region, they only stayed at the edges and didn't venture deep into the icy lands, making it easy to subdue them. The remaining ones were in the west.

In the west, Feng Ye estimated that as long as the Fire Crows didn't run around, this would be his last stop. After a count, he estimated that about three hundred Fire Crows were still at large.

He hoped for a smooth journey and didn't want to encounter any unexpected troubles, like the legendary "fellow Daoist, you have a connection with the west." Feng Ye silently thought.

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Barren, indeed barren! Feng Ye had been in the western region for a few days and hadn't seen a single person, only endless yellow sand and raging winds.

Having traveled through the various regions of the primordial world and seen all kinds of scenery, this was the most desolate place! How could the Fire Crows even want to come here? Feng Ye couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, Feng Ye saw a figure in the distance, followed by a trail of fire. The figure was dressed in white, looking very disheveled, with a face covered in dirt. Behind him, a group of Fire Crows were spewing fire at him.

Found them! Feng Ye flew forward, intending to subdue them.

Daoist Shan Le was very tragic. He had only wanted to gather some herbs on the Medicine Mountain to refine elixirs and save lives. Before he could do anything, the Fire Crows came. If they had just stopped him from gathering herbs, he would have backed off. But they burned the entire Medicine Mountain! This made him very resentful.

The Medicine Mountain was one of the few precious places in the west. Naturally, Daoist Shan Le went to reason with them. But against seven Fire Crows, he was directly chased away.

For this, Daoist Shan Le secretly lamented. They were just a group of celestial-level beasts. He thought he had a chance. But he didn't expect that a few Fire Crows working together could match him, a peak Xuanxian just one step away from becoming a Jinxian.

Actually, not just Daoist Shan Le, many immortals and deities suffered this way. They thought their cultivation was deep and looked down on the Fire Crows. But who could have thought that these Fire Crows, coming from the same source, had such a powerful method of combining their powers.

Moreover, the west was barren, with scarce spiritual energy, and the prevalent cultivation method was the Heart Cultivation method founded by Daoist Jieyin. After all, Heart Cultivation emphasizes the cultivation of the mind and the spirit, requiring the least amount of spiritual energy.

However, it must be noted that in terms of combat power, Heart Cultivation is the weakest among the three cultivation systems in the immortal realm. Physical cultivation emphasizes combat and fighting, Heart Cultivation emphasizes destiny and causality, and Qi cultivation is the most balanced, with a solid foundation and a smooth path, producing four sages and dominating the primordial world. It is a major mainstream in the cultivation world.

Heart Cultivation emphasizes destiny and causality, which is good, but they lack powerful magical abilities. With insufficient spiritual energy, their magical power is naturally low. Even if they understand the heavenly will and see everything clearly, they can't run away or do anything when an enemy comes. They can only wait to be killed.

For this reason, Daoist Jieyin came up with another method—the Retribution magical ability.

By leveraging the power of causality, merit, and will in the world, one can obtain magical abilities. This way, the magical abilities are naturally formed, and less time is spent on arduous cultivation. This saved time can be used for cultivation and enhancing one's Dao. This is the result of the efforts of this sage, opening a new path, though not the orthodox one, but a direct path to the supreme Dao fruit.

Moreover, he didn't keep it secret. The cultivation method spread throughout the western land, benefiting all the cultivators there. Daoist Jieyin, the great leader of the Western Teachings, lived up to his name.

Daoist Shan Le, although he had reached the Xuanxian stage through Heart Cultivation, had the Retribution magical ability. However, his Retribution magical ability was the medical cultivation method of saving lives, not for fighting and killing.

This was the tragedy of the Heart Cultivation path. Many Retribution magical abilities were granted by the world based on one's actions. Abilities like eloquence,千里眼 (千里眼 means "千里眼" which translates to "千里眼" in English, but it is a term for a supernatural ability to see things far away, so it can be translated as "far-seeing eye"), and creation from nothing were just a few. The combat abilities for subduing demons and protecting the path were just one of them. Daoist Shan Le tragically lacked these abilities and even the divine step for escaping.

As he lamented his impending death and hoped to use his accumulated merit to secure a better reincarnation, he suddenly saw another group of Fire Crows flying towards him. He was dead for sure. Before he could even cast the cycle protection spell, the Fire Crows were already in front of him. Daoist Shan Le closed his eyes, thinking about his life of saving people and lamenting his fate.

The Fire Crows flew past Daoist Shan Le and directly attacked the other Fire Crows, pecking them to death and transforming them into fire essence, which they then carried back to the Ten Thousand Crows Flask.

This was a method Feng Ye had devised. After the Yunmeng Marsh, the Ten Thousand Crows Flask already contained about two hundred Fire Crows. The Fire Crows he encountered later were at most a hundred, so his side had the advantage.

Therefore, in subsequent battles, he didn't need to personally participate. He just needed to release the Fire Crows and cast some enhancement spells from the side. This was both safe and easy.

The seven fire essences fell into the Ten Thousand Crows Flask and were absorbed by the core's solar essence. Then, seven new Fire Crows emerged and flew around inside the flask.

However, compared to their original spirituality, the newly refined Fire Crows, controlled by Feng Ye, were flexible and obedient but lacked the foundation for independent cultivation.

In other words, their essence was absorbed by the solar essence, and unless the Ten Thousand Crows Flask was upgraded, they would have no further potential.

However, after the Yunmeng Marsh incident, Feng Ye discovered that the Fire Crows could summon the broken mental imprint of Di Jun, which was not good news.

For Feng Ye and others, the Di Jun lineage had deeply offended the human emperor lineage. The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper were a clear symbol of this irreconcilable conflict. For this reason, when Di Jun died, Feng Ye and Yuan Kui played a role in the planning. The Nine Sovereigns even directly intervened, releasing the moon goddess Wang Shu. This entanglement of enmity meant that if Di Jun were to be reborn, none of them would fare well.

Therefore, rather than waiting for the Fire Crows to advance further and for Di Jun to be reborn, it was better to directly eliminate their spirits. Although this would cause some damage, it was better than being bitten back in the future.

After subduing the Fire Crows, Feng Ye approached Daoist Shan Le: "Fellow Daoist, are you alright?"

Daoist Shan Le, having survived the ordeal, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, fellow Daoist, for saving me." Suddenly, Daoist Shan Le remembered something: "Fellow Daoist, could you help me? Three hundred miles to the west, there are still dozens of Fire Crows on the Medicine Mountain. Could you please go there—?"

Feng Ye put on a compassionate expression: "The Fire Crows are causing chaos in the primordial world. As a fellow being, how can I stand by and do nothing? It is my duty!" Then, he took Daoist Shan Le to the Medicine Mountain. After a series of actions, the Fire Crows were all subdued by Feng Ye.

However, the Medicine Mountain had become a volcano, and all the spiritual herbs and immortal materials had turned to ashes. The west had lost another precious place.

Daoist Shan Le sighed lightly, "Well, well," and fell silent.

Feng Ye glanced at Daoist Shan Le. His cultivation of the mind was quite good. Despite the great disaster, he didn't blame heaven or others, unlike those who blamed him. This Heart Cultivation seemed to have its merits.

Feng Ye's divine consciousness scanned the Medicine Mountain. Well, let's do our best and leave the rest to fate!

He took out the divine duty jade token, cast rain to extinguish the fire, and promoted the growth of life. After a long time, he managed to restore some vitality to the place, and some spiritual herbs began to grow again. However, the top-tier spiritual herbs were too precious and couldn't be cultivated with Feng Ye's current abilities. He could only hope for the best.

Daoist Shan Le, seeing the Medicine Mountain come back to life, was overjoyed: "Thank you, fellow Daoist! I, on behalf of the beings of the west, thank you!"

"Too kind! We are all beings of the primordial world. How could I stand by and do nothing?" Feng Ye shook his head and declined.

Just as Feng Ye was about to get up, a voice came from behind him.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"

Feng Ye shuddered, almost falling. This phrase was very famous.

In his previous life, in the 21st century, some said this phrase was a curse, bringing bad luck. Some said it was a Retribution magical ability, leading to certain death. Some said it was the arrival of a star of misfortune, bringing bad luck.

In short, those who heard this phrase usually didn't have a good outcome. The截教 (Jie Jiao) sect was almost wiped out by this phrase.

In short, those who heard this phrase didn't have a good outcome.

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Bookworm's Tea Room:

I estimate the second update will be after midnight, so you don't need to wait.

Also, for this chapter, you should have guessed who Daoist Shan Le is, and the phrase "Fellow Daoist, please wait" can't be Shen Gongbao, who hasn't been born yet. Given that this is the west, you should know who it is, right?

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