"What happened to you just now? You looked a bit scary! " Seeing Zhou Tong return to normal, the giant yellow bear and the old black bull simultaneously came over. When the giant yellow bear saw Zhou Tong's eyes, he was both stunned and horrified.
Just now, in that instant, Zhou Tong had given him the feeling that he was similar to Daoist Threelives.
"It's nothing. I just gained some insights, that's all." Zhou Tong didn't say anything else.
"Just now, you gained insights into heartforce? And you improved so quickly? That sort of heartforce is at least at the second stage of the Iceheart level. You really might become a peerless divine archer of the Three Realms after the great divinity Houyi! "The giant yellow bear said.
"I'm still very far away from that level. Right now, I just want a soul-gathering formation, an Earth-ranked soul-gathering formation!" Zhou Tong looked at the giant yellow bear as he spoke.
"Don't worry. The soul-gathering formation you want has been prepared for you long ago!" The giant yellow bear waved his hand, and instantly, twelve formation flags appeared in front of Zhou Tong.
"These twelve formation flags, when inserted into the water nodes of Serpentwing Lake, can further gather the elemental energy of the world within a radius of five thousand kilometers. This formation, when used in conjunction with the Mortal-ranked soul-gathering formation, can even form an elemental ore mine on the island at the center of Serpentwing Lake!"
The giant yellow bear gave Zhou Tong a general explanation of how to use the twelve formation flags.
Zhou Tong nodded, then took the formation flags and went to set up the formation.
In just half a day, the twelve formation flags had been completely set up within the waters of Serpentwing Lake. These formation flags quickly combined with the formation discs that Zhou Tong had buried on the island, causing the soul-gathering effect to improve even further.
"Whoosh!"
As the dual soul-gathering formations were set up, the air above Serpentwing Lake began to be filled with strands of mist. This mist was completely different from the water vapor from before; it contained a dense amount of elemental energy.
The monsters of Serpentwing Lake were naturally the first to sense the changes in their environment.
"The elemental energy of the world has become a bit denser, and the changes are continuing. Did his Lordship set up some sort of formation here?" Serpentwing's heart was filled with endless reverence towards Zhou Tong. He felt as though the area around Serpentwing Lake was about to become a brand new paradise.
At this moment, Zhou Tong had returned to the wooden house on the island. He gazed at the pond in the house. At this moment, there were many tiny droplets of water condensing within the pool. These were all liquefied elemental essences of Heaven and Earth – liquefied elemental essence.
"The rate at which liquefied elemental essence is being produced is more than a hundred times faster than before … in a day, I can produce about two kilograms of liquefied elemental essence. In a year, I can produce about three hundred kilograms." Zhou Tong looked at the liquefied elemental essence, mentally calculating.
"The speed is barely passable. It can't be compared to the formations of those big sects!" Zhou Tong shook his head.
Some large sects had spirit gathering arrays that could condense at least a hundred times more liquid essence than Zhou Tong's Earth-rank spirit gathering array. In the original Ji Ning's Black-White College, even the lowest-level disciples were given five kilograms of liquefied elemental essence every year. From this, one could imagine how much liquefied elemental essence they produced.
"In the future, I'll spend some time here in secluded meditation!" Zhou Tong still decided to go into secluded meditation for a period of time, so as to properly digest the things he had learned.
His Fiendgod Body Refining technique was still at least at the early Zifu stage. The [Chi Ming's Diagram of the Nine Heavens] still required him to train in the eighth and ninth stages. As for his Ki Refining technique, he was even weaker; he was still only at the Xiantian level.
Not only that; he still had many things he needed to deal with, such as the items left behind by those who had failed in the underwater estate. Zhou Tong had found the [Nine Scrolls on Formations] amongst them. This was something that Zhou Tong needed to spend a great deal of time meditating on.
He had far, far too many good things on hand, but he needed time to consolidate them and improve them.
Time passed, one day at a time. During this period of time, Zhou Tong didn't directly use the liquefied elemental essence to make rapid breakthroughs. Instead, every time he took a small step forward, he would carefully savor the mysteries of each stage and carefully temper the ki in his body.
What he truly needed wasn't just the Omega Dao of this world, but also the training system of this world. Thus, he needed to spend a great deal of time researching and polishing it.
Within the Immortal estate, the giant yellow bear and the old black bull had been watching Zhou Tong for two or three months, and had finally let go of the worries in their hearts.
"So he actually has a good idea of what he's doing. If he continues to train like this, his foundation will be … very solid!" The giant yellow bear couldn't help but sigh in praise after seeing Zhou Tong's training method.
"As for the Ki Refining technique, he trains in the most supreme of techniques, the [Book of Immortal Immolation]. But even so, he isn't the slightest bit arrogant, relying on his high level of cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. Instead, he trains step by step, stabilizing his level of cultivation and solidifying his foundation." The old black bull couldn't help but nod his enormous bull head.
"Previously, when I saw that 'I'm number one in the world' aura, I thought that he would be greedy and advance rashly. I didn't expect him to be so cautious. This is a good thing!" The giant yellow bear continued, "He doesn't really look down on others. Rather … he's confident!"
Some people would say the same thing out of confidence, some people would say it out of arrogance, and some people would say it out of pure flattery.
The most important difference between arrogance and confidence wasn't in what they said, but in how they did it.
Knowing and doing as one, and advancing one step at a time, that was confidence, a symbol of steadfastness. Looking down on this and looking down on that, and taking shortcuts, that was arrogance, a symbol of stupidity.
"Haha, it's confidence! Even if he refines the ki in his body every day, his training speed will still far surpass that of other Chosen. Such talent, such confidence, and such caution towards the path of cultivation. It has to be said that he is a natural-born cultivator. In terms of temperament, Immortal Juhua is far inferior to him! "The old black bull nodded as well.
Such a stunning performance had already impressed the old black bull, and he didn't even hesitate to slander Immortal Juhua, who had refined him.
Although the giant yellow bear didn't say it out loud, in his heart, he had already acknowledged it. Zhou Tong's talent and Dao-heart both surpassed that of Daoist Threelives'. Most likely, only the legendary Nüwa could compare to him.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
During this year, Zhou Tong's training was very regular. Every day, he would spend four hours to train in the 《Chi Ming Diagram of the Nine Heavens》, and the divine power of Chi Ming in his body grew increasingly profound. At the same time, he would spend the same amount of time to train in the 《Immortal Burning Book》 or to refine the ki in his body.
But apart from training in these two foundational techniques, he spent most of his time in a very unorganized manner.
When he was bored, he would train in the sword. When he was in the mood, he would wield his saber and dance wildly. Occasionally, when he saw the waves of the lake or the mist drifting about, he would feel inspired and create some fist techniques, sword techniques, and so on. Occasionally, when he encountered some difficult problem, he would return to the Star Palace in the Immortal estate and search for an answer from the traces of the Grand Dao left behind by Daoist Threelives.
During this year, he didn't do anything in a fixed manner. Instead, he did it according to his mood, and when his mood was over, he would disperse. He paid particular attention to the natural flow of the Dao.
However, although he didn't deliberately improve, the 《Chi Ming Diagram of the Nine Heavens》 had reached the ninth layer of perfection, and his Qi Refining realm had reached the Xiantian Great Perfection, which was enough for him to establish his Zifu.
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