webnovel Chapter 321 - 278: Low-grade Law Stone, Changes in the States, and Cangba Dao’s Ambition
Chapter 321 - 278: Low-grade Law Stone, Changes in the States, and Cangba Dao’s Ambition
And that was to say nothing of the Perfect Law Realm.
"So," Xu Qing said, taking a deep breath, his tone solemn. "This is all just the beginning..."
Fortunately, Xu Qing had made Wang Miao the Lord of Cangzhou, giving him complete control over the province and, by extension, all of its resources. He had obtained the inheritances of all the top-tier influences in Cangzhou.
Among them:
The Cangzhou Buddhist Sect possessed a total of 30,000 Buddhist Scriptures. Nine of their inheritances were powerful enough to rival the Dark Demon Technique: the Great Sun Vajra Sutra, the Dragon-Slaying and Tiger-Subduing Divine Skill, the Arhat Golden Body Technique, the Bodhi Buddha Scripture, the Small Cause and Effect Buddha Scripture, the Golden Cicada Buddha Scripture, the Daluo Buddha Scripture, the Tathagata Heart Sutra, and the Western Heaven Bliss Scripture.
Similarly,
the Cangzhou Daoist Sect had 30,000 volumes of the Daoist Canon, and it also had nine Inheritance Secret Techniques comparable to the Dark Demon Technique. They were in no way weaker than those of the Cangzhou Buddhist Sect—in fact, they were even stronger.
The Cangzhou Martial Sect, Cangzhou Immortal Sect, and Cangzhou Academy Palace.
These three influences were relatively weaker, but each still possessed seven Inheritance Secret Techniques on par with the Dark Demon Technique, enough to cultivate complete Laws.
Finally,
there was the Marquis’s Mansion.
To Xu Qing’s surprise, he found a total of fifteen Inheritance Secret Techniques within the Marquis’s Mansion, which included six different paths: Dao, Martial, Immortal, Confucianism, Demon, and Deceit.
In total,
Xu Qing now had fifty-four Secret Techniques and inheritances in his possession. If he could refine them all, he would be able to cultivate fifty-four complete and flawless Laws.
Moreover,
Xu Qing had learned from Golden Cicada and the others that above Top-grade Law Stones, there was another cultivation resource called the "Stone of Law." It contained the energy of the Heaven and Earth Laws and could assist those in the ’Fourth Realm: Array Realm’ with their cultivation.
Unfortunately,
no place that produced Stones of Law had been discovered within the Cangzhou Prefecture. The combined resources of all the top-tier influences in the entire prefecture amounted to only one thousand Low-grade Stones of Law.
Furthermore,
they had exchanged for all these Stones of Law from the Imperial City.
Therefore,
the Court of the Great Zhou Martial Country should have more information about the Stones of Law.
’Stones of Law.’
BUZZ!
With a thought, Xu Qing retrieved a Low-grade Stone of Law from his Storage Ring. The entire Cangzhou Prefecture had a total of one thousand three hundred and twenty Low-grade Stones of Law, and all of them were now in his hands.
Aside from those,
Xu Qing also had a large quantity of Top-grade Law Stones.
For now, having seized control of all the resources in the Cangzhou Prefecture, Xu Qing wouldn’t have to worry about them for the foreseeable future. He could focus entirely on his cultivation.
’I’ll test the effects of this Stone of Law.’
BUZZ! BUZZ!
It was worth noting that the only reason Xu Qing could circulate the Dark Demon Technique hundreds of millions of times per second was because of Wang Miao’s assistance. Wang Miao had released the Dark Law to aid his cultivation, allowing him to reach such an incredible speed.
Without Wang Miao’s help, it would be impossible to reach hundreds of millions of cycles per second. His speed would be reduced by at least ten times, capping out at tens of millions of times per second at most.
This meant that when Xu Qing cultivated other Secret Techniques, he wouldn’t be able to reach hundreds of millions of cycles per second. His top speed would likely be in the tens of millions.
Now, Xu Qing tightly gripped a Low-grade Stone of Law in his right hand. It had a crystal-clear luster, like a transparent crystal.
However, within this transparent crystal were numerous fine threads—a manifestation of Law, containing the energy of the Heaven and Earth Laws.
Now, Xu Qing absorbed the energy from the Low-grade Stone of Law. It surged into his body as he entered a state of rapid circulation and Meditation on the Dark Demon Technique.
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[Experience +1]
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[Experience +1]
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"Haaaah..."
Xu Qing let out a long breath. Feeling the rapid increase in his Experience Points, a look of shock appeared on his face. ’With the help of a Low-grade Stone of Law, even without Wang Miao’s assistance, my cultivation and Meditation on the Dark Demon Technique can actually reach one billion cycles per second.’
’In other words,’
’the boost a Low-grade Stone of Law gives my cultivation is a full one hundred times greater than that of a Top-grade Law Stone.’
Then, Xu Qing checked the energy consumption of the Low-grade Stone of Law.
’Hmm.’ Xu Qing pondered, ’Over a full day, I consumed about one-tenth of the Law Energy in a single Low-grade Stone of Law. So one stone can last for ten days.’
’Currently,’
’I have a total of one thousand three hundred and twenty Low-grade Stones of Law. At this rate, that’s enough to support my cultivation for thirteen thousand two hundred days.’
’In that case,’ Xu Qing resolved grimly, ’starting today, I’ll use the Low-grade Stones of Law to assist my cultivation.’
Immediately, Xu Qing entered a state of cultivation.
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[Experience +1]
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[Experience +1]
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At a rate of one billion cycles per second,
over a full day—
twenty-four hours,
one thousand four hundred and forty minutes,
eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds—
he could accumulate eighty-six trillion, four hundred billion Experience Points.
Meanwhile,
while Xu Qing was in seclusion, frantically accumulating Experience Points, the Cangzhou Prefecture was gradually being consolidated under Wang Miao’s control.
Beyond that,
across the Nine Provinces Land of the Great Zhou Martial Country,
in Qing Province, Yong Province, Xuzhou, Yang Province, Jing Province, Liang Province, Yu Province, and the Divine Continent—
in the other Eight States besides Cangzhou,
various powers had been rising one after another. Dragon Children emerged, destined by fate to take control of a province and carve up the world.
It could be said that, including Cangzhou, a situation of Nine Lords’ States had now formed.
Currently, the Great Zhou Martial Country had lost its Emperor Dragon Qi and could only desperately cling to life by relying on its National Protection Array. Emperor Yuanwu, Zhou Di, was a fatuous and benighted ruler. In his selfish quest for eternal life, he attempted to cultivate the ’Undying Immortal Dao,’ abandoning the common people. This led to a backlash from the Emperor Dragon Qi, allowing Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits to plague the world and leaving the populace in misery.
Essentially, with the emergence of the Nine Lords’ States, it wouldn’t be long before they joined forces to march directly on the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Martial Country.
Of course, this would still take time.
However, it wouldn’t be too long.
"Haaaah..."
「Late at night.」
「In the Marquis’s Mansion.」
Cangba Dao took a deep breath, his gaze chilling. He looked up toward the mansion built among the clouds. "I am truly unwilling to accept this."
Clearly, even now, Cangba Dao had not given up his ambition.
’I am indeed no match for Master Ouyazi,’ Cangba Dao’s eyes flickered. ’With Master Ouyazi’s power and methods, he has probably reached the Soul Law Realm.’
’But,’ he thought, ’Master Ouyazi clearly has no interest in being the Lord of Cangzhou himself. He prefers to be the one pulling the strings from behind, which is why he put Wang Miao in that position.’
He took another deep breath. ’To Master Ouyazi, it probably doesn’t matter who becomes the Lord of Cangzhou, as long as that person obeys his commands.’
’I certainly can’t deal with Master Ouyazi, nor would I dare to make a move against him. But Wang Miao is a different story. He’s merely Master Ouyazi’s servant.’
’When the time comes and Wang Miao dies, a new Lord of Cangzhou will naturally have to be chosen. And as the former Marquis of Cangzhou, I am obviously the best candidate.’
’Therefore, there is only one obstacle standing in my way: Wang Miao. As long as I kill him, I can become the Lord of Cangzhou.’
At this thought, Cangba Dao made his decision.
BUZZ!
Without further hesitation, Cangba Dao took a Communication Jade Scroll that emanated a strange aura from his robes. He infused it with the Power of Laws, activating it.
In the next moment, the strange aura billowed from the Jade Scroll, forming into a series of tentacles.
Evidently, Cangba Dao had once again contacted the Fengdu Deceitful King.