Chapter 291: Each with His Own Agenda
What is the principle of Yin and Yang?
"The way of yin and yang is the alternation of cold and heat, yin is cold and yang is hot, and when cold and heat are entangled together, the power of yin and yang will be generated."
"The principle of yin and yang can also be described as the alternation of cold and heat, and with the change of cold and heat comes wind, frost, rain and snow."
"The yin and yang can also refer to men and women. Men are yang and women are yin. Women are soft and men are hard. The combination of hardness and softness is yin and yang."
Chen Jiu began to gain enlightenment again, but his method of enlightenment was relatively simple. Basically, he came to listen to the explanations of Master Wuyun and others every day, and he gained enlightenment unknowingly.
At this moment, there are also three people including Biyun Tianzun.
Yunxiao Tianzun seemed to have become more clingy since she helped Chen Jiu practice last time. As long as Chen Jiu appeared, she would come up to him and talk endlessly, seemingly explaining the principles of yin and yang, or as if she was obsessed with the emotions between men and women.
Chen Jiu had already left the Yin-Yang Immortal Palace by now, but his palace was a bit chaotic, with Yin-Yang energy entangled everywhere. Some places were cold, some were hot, some were windy, and some were even thundering.
Moreover, there is no land in this fairy palace, only a strong yin and yang energy.
Perhaps, the Plain of High Heaven is an immortal palace that was discovered in the Yin-Yang Divine Kingdom.
While listening to the explanations of Lord Wuyun, Lord Yunxiao and others, he gained insights and his progress was quite fast.
The speed of the Imperial Army's retreat was not slow this time. Perhaps Juliu Tianzun was afraid that Chilian Tianzun, who was impatient, would not be able to resist and weaken him if he waited too long, so he led the Imperial Army to march quickly all the way, not daring to delay at all. After about twenty days, they returned to the capital.
The atmosphere in the capital was a bit weird at this time.
Those immortals from wealthy families who were originally eager to become gods seem to be no longer in that hurry. Their speed of cultivation and comprehension is even slower than those immortals with poorer qualifications among the dukes and nobles.
Last time, hundreds of earthly immortal ancestors began to become gods after practicing for less than a month. In less than two months, hundreds of earthly immortal ancestors had all become gods.
It has been nearly three months since then, and not a single earthly immortal from the aristocratic families has broken through and become a god!
In fact, they were not in a hurry, nor did they not want to become gods. They just did not want to be killed by Jiajing and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun.
The attack and defense of Sishui Pass was too obvious, it was obvious that they were just going to die!
They are not fools, why would they go and die in vain?
So, they simply decided not to become gods and just dragged on.
After those ancestors who had become gods came back, they had a headache today and a fever tomorrow. Some even simply lay in bed and pretended that they could not get up. What's worse, some even pretended to be possessed and crazy.
Anyway, what they mean is that they can't go to the battlefield. It will be difficult for Jiajing and Crown Prince Zhu Yijun to plot against them again!
Most of the princes and royal disciples are like this. Those who haven't become gods are like their cultivation is stuck. They have been practicing for two or three months without any progress. Those who have become gods also groan all day long without any illness, pretending to be sicker than the patients.
Only the immortals of the dukes and nobles are still practicing diligently. Unfortunately, their aptitude is too poor. Those who can become gods have basically become gods, and for the rest, it is unknown how long they will have to practice to become gods.
Seeing this, Jiajing felt a huge headache. He just hated that Juliu Tianzun was so stupid and could scheme against others so blatantly and unscrupulously.
Now, people know that going to the battlefield means death, so who would be willing to go and die?
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun did not seem to be as anxious as Jiajing, because he had a strong backer in Chilian Tianzun. Moreover, the Hongmeng Sect was no pushover either. They had fought with the Tongtian Sect several times and won every time.
Chi Lian Tianzun told him that if things really didn't work, Hong Meng Patriarch could invite other ancestors to help. One ancestor could match most of the strength of Tong Tian Sect. As long as two ancestors were invited, Tong Tian Sect could be easily dealt with.
They are just temporarily at a disadvantage at the moment, there is no need to rush.
In short, the people in the capital all have their own ulterior motives, and they won’t be able to unite and fight Chen Jiulai in a short period of time.
Chen Jiu was as unhurried as ever. While he was comprehending the principles of Yin and Yang, he could also enlighten the demons and fairies. Anyway, his development momentum was still quite good and he was far from reaching his limit. He didn't need to be anxious at all.
However, what he didn't expect was that when he was not in a hurry, someone else was in a hurry.
At noon that day, he was just about to accompany True Lord Wuyun and Tianzun Yunxiao to eat something and chat, but Xu Yanran, who had just been pulled out of the Yindu Divine Kingdom, said anxiously: "Ajiu, why don't you take care of those young and strong people who practiced in the Divine Kingdom? They can't help but come to find me."
Chen Jiu was surprised when he heard this: "I didn't say I don't care. Didn't I send them the elixir every day? Why did they come to you for help?"
Xu Yanran said helplessly: "Several young and strong people who are cultivating in Yindu Divine Kingdom have reached the peak of the king level. You promised to enlighten them to become immortals. Have you forgotten?"
ah!
So fast?
Chen Jiu couldn't help but said awkwardly: "I didn't forget, I just didn't expect them to be able to cultivate to the peak of the king level so quickly, wait a moment, I'll go and take a look."
After saying this, he directly sent his spiritual consciousness deep into the Yindu Divine Kingdom and carefully examined the young and strong men who were practicing in the temple square.
The aptitude of these young and strong men is really extraordinary. Most of the more than one hundred who cultivated to the general level without taking any elixirs or magic medicines have now cultivated to the eighth or ninth level of the king level. Several of them have actually reached the peak of the king level and are just short of a breakthrough.
And among the thousands of generals who were recruited later, there are now more than 200 who have reached the king level, and there are several who are above the fifth level of the king level.
He really didn't expect that these young and strong people would be so talented.
It seems that their ancestors have been living and multiplying in the Wood God Kingdom for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, which has not been without some benefits. At least these young and strong people with wood spiritual roots have excellent aptitude and their cultivation speed is also frighteningly fast.
This may be the result of long-term accumulation.
After carefully investigating for a while, Chen Jiu stood up with a slightly apologetic look and said, "Well, I promised them at the beginning. Now they are all working hard to cultivate to the peak of . I can't keep them waiting. I'd better go and enlighten these people who have cultivated to the peak of the king level to become immortals. I won't accompany you at noon today."
He transformed a little bit of these peak king-level ones, and the rest were stimulated. They practiced day and night, continuously took elixirs, and desperately absorbed wood spiritual energy. In the following time, they also exploded one after another.
Chen Jiu enlightened a few people every day, and in less than twenty days, the more than one hundred young and strong men who had cultivated to the general level without taking any elixirs or magic medicines were all enlightened and became immortals.
Other young and strong people who practiced gold-based, water-based, fire-based, and earth-based techniques also gradually reached the peak of the king level.
Chen Jiu began to be very busy again. These young men were practicing five types of martial arts. Even if there were only four or five people practicing one type every day, there would be more than twenty people. To enlighten so many people to become immortals in one day would consume a lot of spiritual consciousness and a lot of time.
Now he still needs to comprehend the principles of Yin and Yang, and there is not enough time. After he has transformed these young and strong men into earth immortals, he has no time to take care of them.
Fortunately, he had already asked Yuyi Tianzun to exchange two hundred artifact furnaces for him, and he already had hundreds of earthly immortals under his command who had learned how to refine pills and artifacts and prepare refining materials. These young and strong men would be able to learn from them.
Before long, the hundreds of young and strong men who had become immortals by practicing wood-based skills also learned the art of alchemy and gradually began to produce elixirs.
At this time, he had more and more elixirs in his hand, because the more king-level he enlightened, the fewer elixirs he consumed. After all, these elixirs needed half a bottle to be consumed a day. If he enlightened a hundred, he could consume fifty bottles less a day. If he enlightened two hundred, he could consume a hundred bottles less a day. If he enlightened all of them, he could consume three or four hundred bottles less a day.
Moreover, after the hundreds of young and strong men who practiced wood-based skills to become immortals gradually became proficient in alchemy, they could produce three to four hundred bottles of elixirs a day. With this increase and decrease, he would have an extra seven to eight hundred bottles of elixirs in his hands a day.
Xu Yanran was originally extremely happy, but after a few days she started to get anxious again because the magical herbs and elixirs were running out again.
After all, these magical herbs and elixirs were prepared for the more than 300 earth immortals who practiced wood-based skills . They could refine thousands of bottles of magical pills a day, which required the consumption of tens of thousands of magical herbs and elixirs.
If we add in the hundreds of young men and strong men who have become immortals by practicing wood-based techniques, the amount of immortal herbs and elixirs consumed per day will increase by another three to four thousand. How can she bear it?
At noon that day, she couldn't help but say to Chen Jiu, "Ah Jiu, you have to think of a solution quickly. The magical herbs and elixirs are almost gone."
Chen Jiu was stunned when he heard this.
He was stunned for a moment, then asked, "It seems that only twenty-fifth day of this month has passed, how come the magical herbs and elixirs are not enough?"
Xu Yanran said helplessly: "The more than one hundred wood-type earth immortals you enlightened have also started to refine immortal pills frantically."
Uh, well, I was so busy that I didn’t think about it.
Chen Jiu thought about it, then asked: "How many days can your magical herbs and elixirs be used?"
Xu Yanran said without hesitation: "It can be used for two days at most."
This is really troublesome. It will take another two days for the Honghuang Divine Cauldron to refine the Snake God Skin Soft Armor. It will also take another two days for Yuyi Tianzun to go to the God Realm to exchange for magical herbs and elixirs. Don't they have to stop and rest for two days?
Now that's more than a thousand bottles of elixir a day, and they have to consume six or seven hundred bottles. After two days, not only can they not refine a bottle of elixir, but they have to use more than a thousand bottles of stock to fill the gap!
This total loss was more than 2,000 bottles.
What should I do?
Zhang Qian suddenly reminded: "Ajiu, it seems that I still have a lot of magical herbs that I haven't picked yet."
By the way, the Wood God’s Kingdom. The last time they were guarding Sishui Pass, they killed more than fifty true gods, including more than ten true gods of the Wood God. It should be no problem to pick one or two thousand mature magical herbs and medicines from each person’s kingdom.
Also, they haven't been to the wood-type kingdoms of the original twenty-four True Lords to pick fruits for several months . Not to mention too much, it should not be a problem to pick more than a thousand magical herbs and medicines from each True Lord's kingdom.
They can still survive these two days. The key is to ensure that they can continue to supply supplies. They have to prepare the magical herbs and elixirs in advance.
Chen Jiu thought about it silently and couldn't help but frowned again.
Because they won’t be able to exchange so many magical herbs and medicines next month.
This month, the Honghuang Divine Cauldron only refined two bottles of ordinary divine pills and one set of snake god skin soft armor, which can be exchanged for a total of 2,800 bottles of immortal pills.
If they exchanged all these elixirs for magical herbs and elixirs, they could barely survive the next month. The problem was, he still had 200 reserved alchemy furnaces that he had not yet exchanged for.
It has been delayed for a month. If it is delayed for another month, people will probably get angry.
He thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but sighed, "Alas, this time we may have to use the refined elixirs to exchange for immortal herbs and elixirs. We also need to exchange for 200 artifact furnaces this month. The remaining 800 bottles of immortal elixirs will not last for more than ten days."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yanran couldn't help but pout again. It seemed that he was going to take two thousand bottles of elixirs from her.
Yuyi Tianzun asked curiously, "Master Jiu, you didn't use any refining materials to exchange for immortal pills last month. Did you run out of refining materials or did you use them up?"
Yes, the refining materials. After those one hundred or so artifact furnaces are distributed, the output of refining materials will at least double.
Four hundred thousand kilograms a month, there is no way I can use it all, I just forgot.
Chen Jiu couldn't help but pat his forehead and said, "Oh, and there are also refining materials. I'll collect 600,000 kilograms for you, which is just enough to exchange for 600,000 immortal herbs and elixirs. We can still have 800 bottles of immortal pills left. You can also exchange some more resurrection grass and artifact furnaces for me."
