Chapter 214: Tai Yan Dao Transformation Stone
Chapter 213 – Tai Diffractive Dao Transformation Stone
“Furthermore, the number of Small Pill King Tripods seems to be far more than two.”
“If you don’t have enough strength, instead of being a chance, the Small Pill King Tripods are a life-altering talisman.”
“But if I were to watch such a treasure buried deep underground. In the end, it will be taken away by someone else, which is really not to my liking.”
“Perhaps this can be used as a medium to stir up some storm. If I can figure out the secret of the returning Pill King’s Cauldron in the meantime, that would be even better. That would be even better.”
Li Fan’s thoughts churned.
“However, before that, it’s better to let Jiao Xiuyuan make a move and dig out the small Pill King’s Cauldron.”
“Speaking of which, how much has this Jiao Xiuyuan lost, and why hasn’t he replied to me yet?”
“The Thousand Miles Hall hasn’t been opened either.”
Li Fan was a bit helpless, so he had to use his detachment and send another message to Jiao Xiuyuan.
Who would have thought that this time, the other party quickly returned.
The tone was still a bit innocent.
“What? I didn’t reply back to you? How can that be!”
“I’ve long since recovered from my injuries! But there’s a small problem, and the Thousand Miles Hall won’t be able to open for the time being.”
Li Fan was somewhat speechless, “Look at the historical news again yourself.”
A moment later, Jiao Xiuyuan hurriedly apologized, “Oops, it was my negligence! It’s true that I didn’t pay attention! But I can’t be blamed either. Right now I’m in a million and one places!”
“I thought that you, Taoist friend, had lost too much money and just ran away.” Li Fan teased.
“Hehe, fellow Daoist is joking. The word “business” is where my Dao lies. How can I just give up so easily. It’s only that the current situation is special. With the strength of one person, I want to manipulate thousands of puppets, it’s really a bit of a stretch. I can’t cope with it, so in order to avoid doing the wrong kind of business and causing even greater losses, I can only temporarily put some unimportant stores out of business for the time being.”
Jiao Xiuyuan spoke in one sentence, speaking intermittently, somewhat similar to Li Fan’s familiar stuck state.
Li Fan could not help but ask, “Huh? Can it be that there is something wrong with the gong method that fellow Daoist is practicing? I wonder if I can reveal it?”
“Hehe, there’s nothing unspeakable about it. Fellow Daoist is my partner, and last time, because of me, you lost a lot of money. You Taoist friend, however, didn’t have a single word of complaint, so I’m a bit overjoyed in my heart as well.” Jiao Xiuyuan was very polite.
“As you know, the gong method I cultivate is called the Dao of Ten Thousand Puppets. Manipulating ten thousand puppets to procure supplies, gather intelligence, and negotiate business, it reduces the cost of operating the Thousand Miles Hall to the extreme.”
“But after all, there is a limit to one’s mind’s attention. With one mind and two minds, one mind and three minds, one can still barely maintain it normally. But trying to flexibly dominate tens of thousands of puppets at the same time is out of reach.”
Jiao Xiuyuan said slowly with a beat.
Li Fan happened to interject at this time and asked, “So what method did you use before to ensure that such a large number of puppets were functioning normally? Is it hard to believe that it is some kind of multi-tasking technique?”
“The effect is indeed multi-tasking, only by virtue of that, it’s not some gongfu, but an ancient strange art!” Jiao Xiuyuan said with some complacency. “At first, in order to find this strange art, I almost turned half of the Immortal Cultivation World upside down.”
“Ancient Strange Art?” Li Fan’s eyes stared and he couldn’t help but ask.
Seeing that Li Fan seemed to be very interested in this, Jiao Xiuyuan didn’t sell the story and directly asked, “Do you know that the ancient Tai Yan Sect?”
“Tai Yan Sect?” Li Fan was slightly stunned, and could not help but think of the tomb of Yi Xing buried deep underneath the Great Xuan.
That Yi Xing, was an outer disciple of the Tai Yan Sect.
Moreover, he had pretended to be a descendant of the Taiyan Sect in front of the duo of Kou Hong and Da Xuan Zi, coaxing the duo to repair the Taiyan Boat for him.
It was unthinkable that the method of multi-tasking, which he had begged for, would be related to the Tai Yan Sect?
Jiao Xiu Yuan saw Li Fan froze and did not answer, thinking that Li Fan did not know much about it, so he briefly introduced it, “This Tai Yan Sect, is from the ancient times, and is famous in the world for the art of deduction and measurement.”
“Its town school technique: the Nine Scrolls of Diffractive Heaven, is extraordinarily subtle and infinitely powerful. Cultivating it to great completion, it is claimed to be able to deduce all people and all things within a thousand years.”
“Heh. Of course, this strange art of mine has nothing to do with this Nine Scrolls of Diffracting Heaven.”
Jiao Xiuyuan’s words turned abruptly, hearing Li Fan’s breath stutter.
“But this strange art is what the disciples of the Tai Yan Sect had to learn in the beginning.” Jiao Xiuyuan explained.
“Oh? What does this say?”
“Fellow Daoist think about it, the so-called pulling one hair affects the whole body. In this world, everyone and everything affects each other all the time.”
“One change gives rise to a hundred changes, and a hundred changes give rise to ten thousand changes. How vast is this world.”
“The number of variables is truly unimaginable.”
“Even with the ability of a Harmonized Dao cultivator, it would be impossible to sort out all of these variables one by one.”
“And the number of variables grasped is closely related to the accuracy of the deduction results.”
“That’s why every Taiyan Sect disciple spends his entire life aspiring to improve his mastery of the variables.”
Jiao Xiuyuan narrated.
“This ability, to put it bluntly, is also a cultivator’s ability to diffract arithmetic. There are cultivators who are exceptionally gifted and have superior arithmetic skills. Even though there are thousands of things, in his eyes, all the variables are just organized and clear.”
“But such cultivators are few and far between after all. Even in the Taiyan Sect in the ancient times, they were extremely rare.”
“Then how would an ordinary Taiyan Sect disciple who wanted to improve their Diffractive Calculation ability be able to do so?”
Jiao Xiuyuan paused.
Li Fan cooperated and asked, “That’s where that strange art of yours comes in?”
“Not bad!” Jiao Xiuyuan excitedly revealed the mystery.
“Cultivators are born non-different, and they are good at faking things! If you’re not born with this ability yourself, you might as well make use of external objects!” “This miraculous art is called [Transformation Dao Divine One].”
“In ancient times, there was a treasure within the Taiyan Sect. The name is: the Dao Transformation Stone.”
“On the surface, it appears that light flows within this Dao Transformation Stone, and at the snap of a finger, it seems like countless worlds are born and destroyed.”
“But in fact, these worlds that were born and extinguished were not just illusions.”
“Rather, they are the manifestation of the results of the Dao Transformation Stone’s own deduction and calculation. Although it is illusory, it is really not illusory.”
“This [Dao Transformation Divine One] technique is to use a secret method to fuse one’s mind and spirit with the Dao Transformation Stone.”
“Thus, borrowing the terrifying ability of the Dao Transformation Stone to use it for oneself, to reach the point of peering into the heavens and exploring cause and effect.”
Jiao Xiuyuan’s tone became more and more fluid.
“In the beginning, the Tai Yan Sect’s disciples almost had one Dao Transformation Stone in each hand. All of them were separated from the largest one [Mother of Dao Transformation Stone].”
“The higher the quality of the Dao Transformation Stone, the stronger the Diffraction Ability.”
“The reason I was able to easily manipulate these thousands of puppets earlier was because of the Dao Transformation Stone and the [Dao Transformation Divine One].”
“And the reason why I’m having a little trouble right now is also related to the Dao Transformation Stone.”
“I really lost too much money in the avalanche of Spirit Mist Grass prices last time. Ten thousand puppets, at the same time, had their hearts and minds shaken violently. The quality of that Dao Transformation Stone with my God One wasn’t too good. Surprisingly, it couldn’t withstand it and directly cracked, losing its Diffractive Calculation function.”
Jiao Xiuyuan mentioned the sad past and couldn’t help but sigh.
“To regain fluent control over these thousands of puppets, we need to find a new Dao Transformation Stone.”
“This is a rare item. There is a price without a market.”
“Back then, when the Great Calamity descended and the Taiyan Sect broke up, the Mother Stone of Dao Transformation was nowhere to be found. Now that so much time has passed again, it’s really hard as hell to find the Dao Transformation Stone again.”
“However, I’ve recently found out a bit of news. If everything goes well, I think it won’t be far from reopening.”
Jiao Xiuyuan’s tone perked up again.
“Dao Transformation Stone, Dao Transformation God One.”
Li Fan pondered in his mind for a moment and asked tentatively, “This Tai Yan Sect has long been broken for thousands of years. How come I see that you know so clearly about all the secret stories within the Tai Yan Sect? Can’t it be that you are a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect?”
“Fellow Daoist don’t joke, of course I’m not a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect. The reason why I know these hidden secrets is not because I happened to dig the grave of a Tai Yan Sect disciple ……”
Li Fan was silent when he heard this.
The two of them fell into an eerie silence for a while.
“Haha, fellow Daoist don’t misunderstand. The matter of digging up graves, I only do it occasionally. My Thousand Miles Hall’s goods come from a clean source, and those that come from graves are definitely just a few.”
“Hehe, don’t worry, fellow Daoist. I am not too squeamish about this matter. What I believe in is that regardless of the origin, if it works well, it works.” Li Fan said.
“Tsk tsk, what fellow Daoist said is simply coincidental with my beliefs, coincidentally!” Jiao Xiuyuan became excited again.
Li Fan remembered the original reason for contacting Jiao Xiuyuan, and said in a smooth manner, “Speaking of which, I do have something that I would like to ask Fellow Daoist for help.”
Jiao Xiuyuan immediately said, “Fellow Daoist, feel free to say, I will definitely help if I can.”
“Fellow Daoist should know about the Ancient Pill King Sect, right? When I was checking the canonical books today, I found out that back then, the disciples of the Pill King Sect would use a kind of small tripod to plant and cultivate all kinds of spiritual plants and herbs.”
“This small cauldron has its own space within it, and it can even automatically generate wood-attribute aura to accelerate the growth of herbs.”
“I happen to need this kind of small cauldron to cultivate a rare herb.”
“However, that Pill King Sect’s ruins seem to be rather dangerous, so I’d also like to trouble you, Fellow Daoist, to make a trip and find some small tripods back for me.”
“Of course, the reward will certainly not be less than that of fellow Daoist. Although you and I are like-minded and have a good friendship. But business is business and cannot be ambiguous.” Li Fan smiled and said slowly.
Jiao Xiuyuan sniffed and was very agreeable.
“Fellow Daoist said it well, business is business. Just based on your words, I’ll help you with this favor! Small tripods, right? This kind of thing that every disciple would be allotted, and isn’t anything particularly treasured, shouldn’t be hard to find.”
“Fellow Daoist wait for my good news.” Jiao Xiuyuan answered with a bite.
“In that case, I’ll take care of Fellow Daoist Jiao!” Li Fan thanked in advance.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, without mentioning the Dao Transformation Stone or the [Dao Transformation God One], Li Fan ended the communication.
“Tomb of the Taiyan Sect’s disciples, Dao Transformation Stone ……”
Within the Heavenly Xuan Mirror, a scene from when he was still a mortal Taishi and led the group to explore the tomb of Yi Xing surfaced in Li Fan’s mind.
“Being a mortal at that time, I did not care.”
“In retrospect, it seems that there is something else within that Yi Xing’s Tomb.”
“The Immortal Jedi’s land is cut off from its aura. Yet within that tomb, there are mountains and a sea of clouds for a thousand years.”
“Obviously not a mortal organ, it should be some sort of formation, prohibition or something like that.”
Li Fan stood up with a huff.
“In that case, let’s make a trip back to Grand Xuan!”
(End of chapter)