Chapter 213: Tai Yan Transmutation Dao Stone (2k+ words)

"Moreover, it seems that the number of Little Medicine King Cauldrons is far more than two."

"If the strength is not enough, the Little Medicine King Cauldron is not an opportunity, but a death sentence."

"But if I watch such a treasure buried underground, and it is eventually taken away by others, it really doesn't suit my taste."

"Perhaps, using this as a medium, I can stir up some waves. If I can also find out the secrets of the returning Medicine King Cauldron, that would be even better."

Li Fan's thoughts surged.

"However, before that, let Jiao Xiuyuan take action and dig out the Little Medicine King Cauldron."

"Speaking of which, how much has Jiao Xiuyuan lost? Why hasn't he replied to me yet?"

"The Qianli Hall has not been open for business either."

Li Fan was somewhat helpless and had to use his clone to send another message to Jiao Xiuyuan.

Unexpectedly, the other party quickly replied this time, with a somewhat innocent tone.

"What? I didn't reply to you? How is that possible!"

"My injuries were healed long ago! But there was a small problem, and Qianli Hall can't open for business temporarily."

Li Fan was a bit speechless. "Check your historical messages again."

After a moment, Jiao Xiuyuan quickly apologized. "Ah, it's my negligence! I really didn't notice! But don't blame me. Right now, I'm dealing with a thousand things, a thousand things!"

"I thought, friend, that you suffered too many losses and simply ran away." Li Fan teased.

"Hehe, friend is joking. Commerce is integral to my Dao. How could I give up so easily? It's just that the current situation is special. With my strength alone, wanting to manipulate thousands of puppets is a bit difficult. Unable to handle it, in order to avoid making wrong business decisions and causing greater losses, I can only temporarily close some unimportant stores."

Jiao Xiuyuan spoke intermittently, similar to Li Fan's familiar stuttering state.

Li Fan couldn't help but ask, "Oh? Could it be that there's a problem with your cultivation technique, friend? Can you reveal it?"

"Hehe, there's nothing to hide. Friend is my business partner, and last time, because of me, you suffered quite a bit. Yet, you didn't complain at all. I feel a bit guilty." Jiao Xiuyuan was quite polite.

"As you know, the cultivation technique I practice is called 'Myriad Puppets Dao.' Manipulating thousands of puppets to purchase goods, gather intelligence, and negotiate business has reduced the operating costs of Qianli Hall to the extreme."

"But human spiritual attention has its limits. Handling two things at once, maybe even three things at once, can barely be maintained normally. But if you want to flexibly control tens of thousands of puppets simultaneously, it's beyond my ability."

Jiao Xiuyuan spoke slowly and steadily.

At this moment, Li Fan happened to interrupt and asked, "So, friend, what method did you use before to ensure that such a large number of puppets operate normally? Is it some technique that allows multitasking?"

"The effect is indeed like multitasking, but what I relied on was not a technique, but an ancient mystic art!" Jiao Xiuyuan proudly said. "Back then, in order to find this mystic art, I almost turned half of the cultivation world upside down."

"Ancient mystic art?" Li Fan's eyes narrowed, involuntarily thinking of the tomb of Yi Xing buried deep underground in the Great Profound. That Yi Xing was an outer disciple of the Tai Yan Sect.

Moreover, he had once pretended to be a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect in front of Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi, deceiving them into helping him repair the Tai Yan Boat.

Unexpectedly, the method he had desperately sought after to multitask was actually related to the Tai Yan Sect?

Seeing Li Fan seemingly interested, Jiao Xiuyuan, not holding back, directly asked, "Friend, do you know about the ancient Tai Yan Sect?"

"Tai Yan Sect?" Li Fan was slightly stunned, recalling the tomb of Yi Xing, an outer disciple of the Tai Yan Sect, buried deep underground.

And he had once pretended to be a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect in front of Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi, deceiving them into helping him repair the Tai Yan Boat.

Unexpectedly, the method he had desperately sought after to multitask was actually related to the Tai Yan Sect?

Seeing Li Fan seemingly interested, Jiao Xiuyuan, not holding back, directly asked, "Friend, do you know about the ancient Tai Yan Sect?"

"Tai Yan Sect?" Li Fan was slightly stunned, recalling the tomb of Yi Xing, an outer disciple of the Tai Yan Sect, buried deep underground.

And he had once pretended to be a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect in front of Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi, deceiving them into helping him repair the Tai Yan Boat.

Unexpectedly, the method he had desperately sought after to multitask was actually related to the Tai Yan Sect?

Seeing Li Fan seemingly interested, Jiao Xiuyuan, not holding back, directly asked, "Friend, do you know about the ancient Tai Yan Sect?"

Chapter 213: Tai Yan Transmutation Dao Stone

"The foundational sect technique: 'Nine Volumes of Expanding Heaven,' is extraordinarily profound and endlessly powerful. When cultivated to perfection, it's said to be able to deduce everything and everyone in the world for a thousand years."

"Hehe. Of course, my mystic art has nothing to do with this 'Nine Volumes of Expanding Heaven.'"

Jiao Xiuyuan's words suddenly changed direction, leaving Li Fan momentarily breathless.

"But this mystic art is a must-learn for the disciples of the ancient Tai Yan Sect," Jiao Xiuyuan explained.

"Oh? How so?"

"Friend, think about it. The so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body. In this world, every person and every thing are constantly influencing each other."

"A slight change leads to countless changes, and countless changes give rise to myriad changes. How vast is this world?"

"The number of variables is truly unimaginable."

"Even with the ability of a Daoist adept, it's impossible to unravel each of these variables."

"And the mastery of the number of variables is closely related to the accuracy of the deduction results."

"So every disciple of the Tai Yan Sect spends their entire lives aspiring to improve their ability to control variables."

Jiao Xiuyuan explained in a leisurely manner.

"This ability, to put it bluntly, is the divination ability of a cultivator. Some cultivators, with extraordinary talent, have exceptional divination power. Despite the countless complexities, in their eyes, all variables are orderly and exceptionally clear."

"But such cultivators are few and far between. Even in the ancient Tai Yan Sect, they were extremely rare."

"So how can ordinary Tai Yan Sect disciples improve their divination abilities?"

Jiao Xiuyuan paused.

Li Fan cooperatively asked, "Is that the role of your mystic art?"

"Exactly!" Jiao Xiuyuan excitedly revealed the answer.

"Cultivators are not born with unique abilities; they excel at borrowing from external objects!"

"This mystic art is called 'Dao Transformation God One.'"

"In ancient times, there was a treasure in the Tai Yan Sect called the 'Transmutation Dao Stone.'"

"At first glance, the brilliance inside the Transmutation Dao Stone flows, and in the blink of an eye, it seems like countless worlds are being born and destroyed."

"But in fact, these worlds being born and destroyed are not just illusions."

"Instead, they are results self-deduced and calculated by the Transmutation Dao Stone. Although they are illusory, they are not completely illusory."

"This 'Dao Transformation God One' technique involves a secret method that melds one's own divine consciousness with the Transmutation Dao Stone."

"By doing so, it borrows the terrifying divination ability of the Transmutation Dao Stone for oneself, reaching the point of peering into the secrets of the heavens and probing cause and effect."

Jiao Xiuyuan's tone became smoother.

"In ancient times, every Tai Yan Sect disciple almost had a Transmutation Dao Stone. They were all separated from the largest one, the 'Transmutation Dao Mother.'"

"The higher the quality of the Transmutation Dao Stone, the stronger its divination ability."

"The reason I was able to easily control these thousands of puppets before was due to the Transmutation Dao Stone and 'Dao Transformation God One.'"

"And the reason I encountered a bit of trouble now is also related to the Transmutation Dao Stone."

"The last time the price of the Lingwu Grass collapsed, I suffered too many losses. The divine consciousness of the thousands of puppets shook simultaneously. Also, the quality of the Transmutation Dao Stone that fused with my 'Dao Transformation God One' wasn't that great. It couldn't withstand the impact and directly cracked, losing its divination function."

Jiao Xiuyuan mentioned the sad past and couldn't help sighing.

"To smoothly control these thousands of puppets again, I need to find a new Transmutation Dao Stone."

"This is a rare item. It has value but is not available for purchase."

"When the catastrophe struck, the Tai Yan Sect collapsed, and the Transmutation Dao Mother Stone's whereabouts became unknown. Now, after so many years, finding the Transmutation Dao Stone again is as difficult as reaching the heavens."

"However, I recently obtained some information. If everything goes smoothly, I believe it won't be long before I can resume my work."

Jiao Xiuyuan's tone became upbeat again.

"The Transmutation Dao Stone, Dao Transformation God One."

Li Fan calculated in his mind for a moment and tentatively asked, "The Tai Yan Sect has been destroyed for thousands of years. Why does my friend seem to know so much about various secrets within the Tai Yan Sect? Could it be that my friend is a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect?"

"Friend, don't joke. I am certainly not a descendant of the Tai Yan Sect. The reason I know these secrets is because I happened to dig the grave of a Tai Yan Sect disciple..."

Upon hearing this, Li Fan fell silent.

The two fell into a peculiar silence.

"Haha, friend, don't misunderstand. Grave-robbing is just something I occasionally do. The source of my goods from Qianli Hall is clean. Only a small portion comes from graves."

"Hehe, friend, rest assured. I'm not particularly secretive about this matter. My belief is that regardless of the origin, as long as it's useful, it's fine," Li Fan said.

"Tsk tsk, friend, what you said coincides with my beliefs! It's amazing!" Jiao Xiuyuan became excited again.

Li Fan, thinking about his original intention of contacting Jiao Xiuyuan, continued, "Speaking of this, I have something to ask for your help, friend."

Jiao Xiuyuan immediately said, "Friend, just say it. As long as I can, I will definitely help."

"Friend should know about the ancient Medicine King Sect, right? Today, when I was checking the records, I found that the disciples of the Medicine King Sect used a kind of small cauldron to cultivate various medicinal herbs."

"This small cauldron forms a separate space and can generate wood attribute spiritual energy, accelerating the growth of herbs."

"I happen to need this kind of small cauldron to cultivate a rare herb."

"However, it seems that the Medicine King Sect's ruins are quite dangerous. So, I would like to trouble my friend to go there and find some small cauldrons for me."

"Of course, the reward will certainly not be lacking for my friend. Although we share common goals and get along well, business is business and must be taken seriously," Li Fan smiled and said.

Jiao Xiuyuan agreed wholeheartedly, "Friend, what you said is right. Business is business. Just for the sake of your words, consider this done! A small cauldron, right? It's something that each disciple is equipped with, not particularly precious. It shouldn't be hard to find."

"Friend, wait for my good news." Jiao Xiuyuan readily agreed.

"In that case, I'll trouble Friend Jiao," Li Fan thanked in advance.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries and without mentioning the Transmutation Dao Stone and Dao Transformation God One, Li Fan ended the communication.

"The graves of Tai Yan Sect disciples, the Transmutation Dao Stone..."

In the Tianxuan Mirror, scenes of Li Fan, who was once an ordinary mortal teacher, leading a group to explore the tomb of Yi Xing, flashed in his mind.

"At that time, as an ordinary person, I didn't pay much attention."

"Now thinking back, there seemed to be something special inside the tomb of Yi Xing."

"The spiritual energy in the forbidden area of the Immortal Exclusion Zone was cut off. But inside that tomb, there were towering mountains and clouds that hadn't dissipated for thousands of years."

"It's obviously not an ordinary mechanism created by mortals. It should be some kind of formation or restriction."

Li Fan stood up abruptly.

"In that case, I'll make a trip to Daxuan!"