"This 100 million taels of gold will be left to the Qiong State to build dams, rebuild houses, etc. The Taoist temple will be responsible for supervising these projects, using work as relief so that all disaster victims can earn money..."
Gao Xuan gave Tian Chi detailed instructions and made sure that the gold was put to good use.
There are countless gold and jewels in the Dragon Palace of the North Sea. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mountain of gold. Gao Xuan left Tianchi 1 billion taels of gold, which is also an astronomical amount of wealth for a country like Qiong State.
The wealth that comes from heaven should be used in the right place.
Gao Xuan also knew that this wealth would inevitably be exploited at various levels, which was also very normal.
Even in modern social organizations that operate efficiently, corruption and abuse of power for personal gain are unavoidable. This is the true nature of human beings.
Gao Xuan understood this principle very early on. The honest officials who are as clear as water and as bright as a mirror are the minority, while the corrupt officials who are extremely corrupt are the minority. To completely eliminate corruption, everyone must be turned into robots.
Corruption, like crime, can only be controlled but not eliminated.
With the supervision of the Taoist temple, this money will eventually play a role and provide positive help to the victims. That's enough.
Tianchi didn't care about this wealth. He was about to ascend to heaven. Although gold could be used to refine gold pulp, it was of no use to him.
Tianchi cares more about the strong man Gao Xuan. He tries hard to keep Gao Xuan, and he even wants to give Yujing Taoist Temple to Gao Xuan.
Gao Xuan had no interest in this. The Daqiong Kingdom was ten times larger than the Wuyuan Kingdom, but it was of no significance to him.
Just talking about worldly wealth, the wealth of the North Sea Dragon Palace in his hands is thousands of times greater than that of the Qiong Kingdom.
After all, they are a powerful dragon race, occupying the resource-rich North Sea. Digging up a mountain of gold is nothing. This is something that the human race can never compare to.
As for the resources for practicing Taoism, Qiong State was even worse off.
The only thing worth mentioning is that Qiong State has a large population and a stronger power of national destiny. However, Gao Xuan has no rigid demand for this. There is no need to waste time on national destiny.
Seeing that Gao Xuan was determined to leave, Tian Chi could only beg Gao Xuan to stay for another day so that he could show his hospitality.
Apart from their personal friendship, Gao Xuan solved the two major problems of food and money, which can be said to have saved tens of millions of people. He must repay this great favor.
Tianchi was so sincere and enthusiastic that Gao Xuan couldn't refuse.
Fortunately, Qiongjing is lively and different from Dafeng Kingdom. Gao Xuan took Lianyi to play in Qiongjing for two days, and Lianyi had a lot of fun.
Taking advantage of this time, Tianchi went to see the emperor of Daqiong Kingdom and forcibly took out a pot of national destiny.
When bidding farewell to Gao Xuan, Tianchi gave the pot of national destiny to Gao Xuan.
Gao Xuan did not refuse it. To him now, this was just a small gift and not even worth refusing.
As soon as Gao Xuan brought Lianyi back to Tianshi Temple, the national teacher Tao Jun came over to pay them a visit.
Tao Jun was always worried during Gao Xuan's trip, because he knew that Gao Xuan was definitely going to seek revenge on the dragon clan.
During this period, Tao Jun was unable to sleep or eat, fearing that Gao Xuan had died outside.
When the time comes, the dragon clan will definitely not let the Wuyuan Kingdom go, so he must prepare in advance.
Seeing Gao Xuan coming back, Tao Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But he didn't know what was going on, so he hurried up to find out the news.
Tao Jun was also shocked when he heard the news that the North Sea Dragon King was killed. He lost his composure in front of Gao Xuan.
Tao Jun had actually thought of many possibilities, but he had never thought of this. Gao Xuan was actually so strong that he could kill the North Sea Dragon King!
You have to know that he is the North Sea Dragon King who has lived for 70,000 to 80,000 years. Because of the dragon race's strong talents, they are almost never troubled by thunder tribulations. The power of the dragon race cannot be simply measured by how many thunder tribulations they have survived.
No matter what, Ao Beiyuan was one of the most powerful people in Qingtian Realm. He died just like that...
The North Sea has lost its owner, and many rivers in the Northern States have lost their common owner. This will have a huge impact on the Northern States. It is so huge that even Tao Jun can hardly imagine it.
For the time being, this is undoubtedly great news for the Wuyuan Kingdom.
Without the threat of the North Sea Dragon Clan, Bai Cangjiang would definitely be controlled by Gao Xuan. The so-called good weather and good harvests are the simplest things.
But will this matter end here
Tao Jun didn't dare to say that his three thousand years of life experience could not answer this question.
There is also Buddhism. Many powerful Buddhists in the northern states were wiped out. Will the Buddhists in other states come to retaliate? It's hard to say.
Tao Jun hated this uncertainty and lived in fear. However, being around Gao Xuan did have its advantages.
Even if Gao Xuan gave him some advice, it would be a huge gain. Didn't you see that Tianchi followed Gao Xuan so stubbornly, just to learn from him
Tao Jun had a lot on his mind, but his face was full of admiration and he was flattering Gao Xuan in various ways.
Gao Xuan waited until Tao Jun ran out of words, then he smiled and said, "I'll give you 200 million taels of gold to help solve the problem of the disaster victims..."
"Hmm, ah, ah..."
It’s not that Tao Jun has never seen gold. As a spiritual immortal, gold can be considered food in his eyes.
But the amount of 200 million taels of gold still shocked Tao Jun.
Two hundred million taels is 20 million kilograms... Even if the density of gold is high, 20 million kilograms can really be piled into a small mountain!
Tao Jun was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He quickly bowed and saluted: "Master, please have mercy on me, Master, please have mercy on me..."
"After all, it was caused by me, so I have to solve this matter."
Gao Xuan said: "This matter is rather complicated, so I'd like to trouble you to pay more attention to it. I'm going to be in seclusion for a while, and you can talk to Lianyi if you have anything."
"Disciple understands."
Tao Jun was a very smart man. He knew that Gao Xuan was no longer interested in chatting, so he immediately stood up and said goodbye.
After Tao Jun left, Gao Xuan told Lianyi to keep an eye on the door, and he went back to his quiet room to meditate.
This trip to Beihai was fruitful, and he needed to sort it out.
The most important one is of course the Ice Dragon Seal. This artifact is close to the level of a terrestrial artifact. In terms of its own quality, it is stronger than the Hongyi Sword and the Wujian Heavenly Dragon Claw. The Five Elements Heavenly Light is also of high quality, but it is a defective artifact and cannot compare to the Ice Dragon Seal.
The Ice Dragon Seal can be said to be the foundation of the North Sea Dragon Clan's inheritance. After losing this artifact, although the North Sea Dragon Clan did not die, they also lost their orthodoxy. Without a special opportunity, this branch of the dragon clan will definitely decline.
Gao Xuan doesn't care about the survival of the North Sea Dragon Clan, he only cares about the Ice Dragon Seal itself.
The Ice Dragon Seal was refined using ancient Ice Dragon Crystal. It can be seen that the refining technique was still a bit crude.
However, after millions and tens of millions of years of continuous refinement, the original rough traces have long been worn away.
Even a piece of stone will become round and lustrous after being played with by countless people.
What's more, the power of the dragon clan's powerful minds is so strong that the Ice Dragon Seal has long been refined to be pure inside and out, and it has been blessed with the spiritual power of many dragon clan's powerful men, becoming an extremely special artifact.
The Ice Dragon Seal itself has no spirituality, but the imprint of the powerful dragon clan superimposed on it is particularly tenacious. Without the power of the North Sea Dragon clan's bloodline, the Ice Dragon Seal cannot be activated.
Gao Xuan was able to barely control the Ice Dragon Seal with the help of Ao Beiyuan's residual soul. However, this method was too inefficient. It was okay to use it occasionally.
Gao Xuan analyzed and calculated through the Nine Formless Transformations, and finally came to the conclusion that unless he absorbed the blood power of the North Sea Dragon Clan, he could truly control the Ice Dragon Seal.
Obviously, this is absolutely impossible. The blood of the North Sea Dragon Clan is not that powerful, and the Ice Dragon Seal is not an invincible artifact that can sweep across the nine heavens. It is not worth doing this at all.
Since he was unable to truly control the Ice Dragon Seal, Gao Xuan could only completely decompose the Ice Dragon Seal and extract the power from it.
After the Ice Dragon Seal was decomposed, the most important thing was the Ice Dragon Crystal, followed by the numerous North Sea Dragon Clan soul imprints, and finally the rune array of the Ice Dragon Seal itself.
The Ice Dragon Crystal and the soul imprint of the North Sea Dragon Clan are both suitable for the Sky Dragon Pupil.
Although at least 50% of the power was lost by absorbing these powers through the Tianlong Pupil, the quality of the Tianlong Pupil was greatly improved.
After all, the Dragon Eye was originally a golden treasure, and after being smelted many times by Gao Xuan, its quality was greatly improved. But its foundation was too weak. Compared with the North Sea Ice Dragon, it was still a level lower.
This time Gao Xuan killed a total of seven North Sea dragons. Ao Beiyuan, Ao Feng and Ao Ying can all be considered top powerhouses. Even though the other four dragons were not very strong, their bloodline power was pure and powerful.
The decomposed ice dragon blood crystals, together with the powerful soul imprints of successive North Sea Dragon Kings, plus the flesh and blood, soul power of seven dragons including Ao Beiyuan, were all absorbed by the Sky Dragon Pupil.
Although it is restricted by the power of the Qingtian Realm, the Tianlong Pupil cannot increase its power after reaching its limit. However, the huge power of the dragon clan can continuously strengthen the foundation of the Tianlong Pupil.
This laid a solid foundation for Tianlongtong and greatly broadened the road ahead.
After the upgrade, Tianlongtong truly mastered the North Sea Dragon Clan's ability to control the power of ice.
As far as the control and understanding of the law of ice is concerned, Gao Xuan dares to say that he is the strongest in the Qingtian Realm, and no living being can compare to him.
After the upgrade, the Tianlong pupil has a faint ice-blue halo on the outer layer of the pupil.
The Tianlong pupil was originally deep and dark with countless subtle golden rays, and with the addition of this faint ice-blue halo, it became even more mysterious.
Gao Xuan observed himself with his soul and felt that the effect was very good. Of course, the most important thing was that the actual power was greatly increased.
Although he has no rivals for the time being, the fairy world is so vast. He now has the time and conditions, so of course he will try to accumulate as much as possible.
The Ice Dragon Seal and the seven North Sea dragons essentially improved the grade of the Heavenly Dragon Pupil. This step was very, very critical.
The Law of Ice is also an extremely important law among the laws of water and has extremely strong power.
Gao Xuan has truly mastered the law of ice through the upgrade of Tianlong pupil. Not to mention anything else, the power of Bingpo sword alone can be greatly improved.
The essence of the Hongyi Sword is the Xuanming Curse Sea, and the Ice Law of the Hongyi Sword is actually more important.
Not counting the Dragon Pupil, Gao Xuan's personal strength has made a steady step forward.
After refining the Ice Dragon Seal, Gao Xuan turned his attention to the Heavenly Sound Fork.
This pair of short forks is also a good thing, of very high quality, and not much worse than the Ice Dragon Seal.
The Heavenly Tuning Fork is only about a foot long in its normal state, and its entire body is white, smooth and crystal clear, like the finest white jade. It looks quite delicate.
It is said that there is nothing in common between the Heavenly Sound Fork and the bloodline power of the North Sea Dragon Clan. It is simply because the Heavenly Sound Fork is too powerful that it is listed as one of the three treasures of the North Sea Dragon Palace.
In Ao Feng's hands, the Heavenly Harmony Fork was unable to unleash its true power.
The Heavenly Sound Fork can resonate with vital energy within an extremely wide range. Within this range, it is easy to kill the soul and body.
It was also Ao Feng's bad luck that he encountered Gao Xuan's innate Hunyuan Taoist body, which was round inside and out. He could not do anything to Gao Xuan by controlling the Tianyin Fork.
Gao Xuan actually likes this pair of tuning forks very much, but it is a bit troublesome to use as it requires both hands to hold.
Holding the fork in both hands, it looked like he was eating Western food, which was not suitable for his status. On the other hand, it was also a bit troublesome to control.
Gao Xuan used the Nine Transformations of the Formless Technique to deduce and finally decided to refine the Heavenly Tuning Fork again.
It just so happened that he had the piece of gold and stone left by the six-armed demon ape. Gao Xuan had tested it many times and was not sure what it was used for, but he knew that it was extremely strong.
Gao Xuan also continued to use the method of Nine Formless Turns to deduce, and finally found out the method of sacrifice.
This piece of gold and stone can be decomposed by smelting it with the fire of the soul.
Gao Xuan had been refining it for hundreds of days before he finally broke off a small piece of the stone, about one percent the size of the stone.
Using this piece of gold and stone as the base, Gao Xuan used the Greedy Furnace to melt the Tianyin Double Forks and re-refined a seven-inch long white jade hairpin.
This time, Gao Xuan used up half of the country's luck to complete the re-refining of the Heavenly Tuning Fork.
The Heavenly Sound Fork, transformed into a jade hairpin, became extremely tough due to the fusion of the power of the golden stone, while retaining the original power of the Heavenly Sound Resonance Law.
Through re-refining, Gao Xuan also erased all the soul imprints in the Tianyin Fork.
Gao Xuan used this long white jade hairpin himself.
After entering the fairyland, Gao Xuan combed his long hair into a Taoist bun to match the environment of the fairyland. This long white jade hairpin is just used as a Taoist hairpin.
The Tianyin Double Fork has since become the Tianyin Taoist Hairpin.
Gao Xuan took great pains to refine the Tianyin hairpin again, and not just for the sake of making it look good.
The main reason is that the Tianyin resonance of the Tianyin Dao hairpin is very powerful, and its sound killing technique is not real sound, but attacks the enemy through the resonance of vital energy.
This kind of fighting method is very secretive and powerful. It also allows Gao Xuan to have more diverse attack methods.
The most important thing is that Gao Xuan took a fancy to the vital energy resonance of the Tianyin Taoist hairpin. This magical power is not only used to kill enemies, but is more suitable for cultivating the innate Hunyuan Taoist body.
After Gao Xuan came to the fairyland, all his magical instruments were upgraded, including his own Taoism and magical powers, which also greatly increased.
However, his fundamental innate Hunyuan Dao body did not improve much. After all, the Yuan magnetic divine light had a limit to the sharpening of the innate Hunyuan Dao body.
At this point, although his innate Hunyuan Dao body was strong, it was far from perfect. Gao Xuan judged himself to be at the peak of human immortality, with one foot stepping into the level of earthly immortal.
However, in terms of real strength, he is still far behind the earthly immortals who are the ancestors of a region.
Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about Ksitigarbha, the Lord of the Abyss. Whenever Gao Xuan used the Nine Transformations of the Formless Form to deduce his power, he knew that there was still a huge gap between him and the other party.
If they really fight, he will definitely not be a match for Ksitigarbha.
Gao Xuan was very self-aware of this. Even though he could sweep across the Qingtian Realm with one hand, that was because the power level of this realm was too low. It wasn't because he was so powerful.
His Taoism skills in the Qingtian Realm increased greatly, but this was only because his innate Hunyuan Taoist body was becoming more and more compatible with the fairy world, truly liberating his power.
In terms of actual cultivation, it can be said that he has made no progress at all.
On the other hand, it was indeed because the power level of this world was too low and posed no threat to him. He could not find any problems or flaws in himself, so naturally there was no progress to speak of.
The vitality of the Tianyin Dao Hairpin can resonate with his body and soul. Through this resonance, Gao Xuan can check the defects of his innate Hunyuan Dao body.
Gao Xuan had also used the Wuxiang Jiuzhuan to deduce, but unfortunately the results were not very good. It might be because the Jiuzhuan Divine Cicada was controlled by the Xiantian Hunyuan Dao Body, and was suppressed from the law, making it impossible to reversely deduce and crack it.
With the Tianyin Dao Hairpin, Gao Xuan stimulated the resonance of his vital energy, causing billions of vital energy vibrations in an instant, which was an extremely terrifying test for his body and soul.
If it were someone with Tianchi's cultivation level, his soul and body would be destroyed on the spot.
Gao Xuan's innate Hunyuan Taoist body is not afraid, but in this high-intensity resonance, any slight weaknesses in the body and soul will be magnified.
At the first resonance, Gao Xuan found seven defects in his soul and thirty-nine defects in his body.
These defects are extremely small and may be only the size of a pinhead.
The innate primordial body of Taoism is about being round inside and out, perfect and flawless. In theory, there shouldn't be any tiny flaws.
Gao Xuan had so many flaws but was unaware of them before, which also showed that his cultivation was not enough.
On the other hand, finding defects is one thing, and how to make up for them is another.
The Xiantian Hunyuan Daoti is a method created by Gao Xuan himself. He can refer to other secret methods, but he has to figure out how to practice it on his own.
The Nine Transformations of the Formless Form is of little use in this regard, so Gao Xuan can only use his slow and steady method.
Anyway, cultivators have long lives, so he is not in a hurry to do anything.
Gao Xuan practiced peacefully in the quiet room, occasionally opening the window to watch the mountain scenery.
The golden chrysanthemums outside the window bloom and fade, fade and bloom. The spring breeze comes and goes, and the winter snow melts and appears again.
Day and night repeat, seasons change, and the rings of the tree turn slowly. Time flows like water.
Although Gao Xuan was in seclusion, his reputation outside was growing.
The people of Wuyuan and Daqiong were naturally extremely grateful to Gao Xuan. Every year, they held celebrations on a special day to express their gratitude to Gao Xuan.
This reputation among the people also spread throughout the northern states as merchants from the two countries traveled abroad to exchange ideas.
Among cultivators, Gao Xuan's reputation is even greater.
Over the course of several decades, the results of the destruction of the Buddhist powerhouses and the North Sea Dragon Clan gradually became apparent.
The cultivators in the Northern State also knew that a peerless strong man had emerged and suppressed the strongest Buddhist sects and the North Sea Dragon Clan, thus changing the landscape of cultivators in the Northern State.
Such a pattern is naturally most beneficial to Taoism.
The four immortals of Taoism have all seen Gao Xuan, and Tianchi is a fanatical admirer of Gao Xuan. He spared no effort in promoting Gao Xuan.
The other human immortals knew how powerful Gao Xuan was and had received so many benefits from him, so of course they tried their best to flatter Gao Xuan.
Moreover, becoming some human immortals is also his goal.
After all, the Buddhist masters were in trouble, and the Taoists benefited from it. It was unclear what was going on. Vigorously promoting Gao Xuan could flatter him on the one hand, and clear himself on the other hand. Why not do it
The two demon kings in the northern state were also frightened by Gao Xuan's great reputation and fled on their own initiative.
From then on, not even a single big demon could be seen in the Northern States. Without these powerful demons that ate people and drank blood, the people who benefited the most were of course the human race.
Going back to the origin, all human countries naturally respect Gao Xuan more.
In this way, Gao Xuan's reputation spread wider and wider.
After decades of spread, even people in other states had heard of Gao Xuan's name.
For ordinary people, Gao Xuan's story is just a legend, just a topic of conversation after dinner, and has nothing to do with their lives.
For the cultivators, Gao Xuan's appearance changed the situation in the northern states. The cultivators and monsters in other states all became highly alert.
Many cultivators traveled billions of miles to the Northern State just to find out the real situation.
These people must have the ability to run over such a long distance.
Gao Xuan's deeds were also easy to inquire about. Comparing them with the pattern of cultivators in the northern states, these people naturally had the answer.
When the news got back, the Buddhists and dragon clans in other states naturally had great opinions about Gao Xuan.
However, no one was willing to seek revenge on Gao Xuan. First, it was too far away, and second, no one knew Gao Xuan's true level of cultivation.
Taoist practitioners such as Tianchi and Tao Jun are also very concerned about this matter. If a powerful enemy really invades the northern state on a large scale, they will definitely be in trouble.
Several decades later, a messenger from the Eastern State came to Yujing Taoist Temple and met Tianchi.
After Tianchi found out the situation, he did not dare to be careless. He brought the messenger to Tianshi Temple.
Lianyi was the one who opened the door. She was very happy to see her old friend Tianchi. Tianchi would occasionally come to visit over the years, although he never saw Gao Xuan.
"Daoyou, has the Heavenly Master come out of retreat?"
Tianchi and Lianyi were very familiar with each other, and asked hurriedly after bowing.
Lian Yi shook her head: "No."
Tianchi was a little disappointed: "There is an important matter that needs the decision of the Heavenly Master..."
"Daoyou Tianchi is here, please come in."
Gao Xuan's clear voice came from the hall, and Tian Chi was overjoyed.
Lianyi was even happier. She didn't even care about Tianchi. She shouted happily and ran back.
Seeing Gao Xuan sitting on the main seat in the hall, Lianyi rushed over and said, "Master, you finally came out..."
Gao Xuan had been in seclusion for about seventy or eighty years, which was a long time for Lianyi. Although she could practice sword skills every day, it was too boring.
Gao Xuan stroked Lianyi's long hair and said softly, "Good child, you have worked hard these years."
“It’s not hard, it’s not hard… it’s just a little boring.”
Lianyi raised her head and said with a smile: "It will be good if the master comes out of confinement."
At this time, Tianchi also came in.
Tianchi bowed his head from a distance and said, "Disciple greets Heavenly Master."
"Please take a seat, fellow Taoist."
Gao Xuan asked with a smile: "Daoyou, why are you here so quickly? Is there something wrong?"
"Something's going on."
Tian Chi took out a golden dragon-patterned invitation from his arms and handed it to Gao Xuan with both hands: "This is the invitation to the Dragon Ceremony sent to you by the Dragon King of the East China Sea..."
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