Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2501 Dao Transformation
After Qu Jianlei launched a sneak attack on Zhenzun, he lost interest in staying in Houde. He contacted Jin Ge and Min Ning and headed to another world.

Qianhuan would rather die than go, since his clone had already gone, it didn't matter whether his main body went or not.

Shortly after the three True Venerables vanished into the void, a ripple appeared behind them, and True Venerable Baiqiao reappeared.

He looked in the direction where the three had disappeared, sighed softly, and shook his head. "This team is really hard to lead..."

“That’s enough,” a divine sense suddenly appeared in his mind, “At least show some responsibility, how can you be distracted if you don’t cause trouble?”

"Distracted..." Baiqiao was a little dazed, something he himself dared not easily think about.

As the person in charge of all affairs of the Lingyun Sect, he had been exposed to a great deal of things and understood the difficulty of splitting one's spirit better than other True Venerables.

Since someone like Min Ning was still preoccupied with other things, all he could do was... silently wish her well.

You'd better go outside and try to break through the barriers, so you don't end up disturbing my resolve.

As for the possibility of Jin Ge being distracted by the impact... it's not impossible, but that's a long way off.

Therefore, the "distracted spirit" that the Great King spoke of could only refer to that one person.

Even the Great Lord of the Divine Realm thinks highly of him; the difference between him and anyone else is truly incomparable.

He chuckled softly, "This guy's agreement with Han Li is quite interesting."

"Han Li, what agreement?" Clearly, there were things even the Divine Transformation True Monarch hadn't noticed...

It took Qu Jianlei and his two companions a little over a year to reach the other world. Upon arriving at the camp, they ran into Han Li.

But upon closer inspection, he discovered that the other party was actually a clone. "Where is your original self?"

"Back in Houde," the clone replied casually. "I just left. I heard there are some cultivators from outside the realm causing trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei couldn't help but roll his eyes. "How distrustful of people are you? Three of us went back!"

"Just watching the show," Han Li replied with a smile. "I've never seen outsiders put on such a grand spectacle before."

After a pause, his expression hardened. "Besides, this also involves my interests, so there's no reason for me to ignore it!"

Among the management shares, he and Qu Jianlei have the highest, so how could they not go back?
Qu Jianlei shook his head helplessly, "It's basically settled. We wasted time on the road and wasted effort."

"You should really stop now," Song Yue'er retorted. "If he wasn't worried about you being outnumbered, would he have gone back?"

"Say less," Han Li said, having a firm grip on Song Zhenzun, and then looked at Qu Jianlei.

"The clone's strength is sufficient... By the way, how is Houde doing now?"

The distance between the two realms is too great, and even for True Venerables, news is severely delayed.

He had only recently heard about the situation there, and then immediately returned in person.

After listening to Qu Zhenzun's introduction, he snorted, "Baiqiao... well, with him around, at least nothing serious will happen."

Admittedly, although people criticize Baiqiao and he doesn't have a good reputation among various factions, no one thinks he's unqualified.

"I'll go check on Qing Ning," Qu Jianlei said. He knew that although Han Li's clone was not much different from the original, their divination abilities were different.

To put it simply, if the True Venerable wants to achieve accurate divination, he still needs to use external objects; casual divination can only give a rough estimate.

Han Li has divination rods, but he can't create clones of them, so he definitely needs to carry them with his main body.

Especially since Han Li didn't call Wen Xian when he returned this time—after all, it's impossible for all five True Venerables to leave, leaving only clones to guard the area.

If I go back alone, who knows what I might encounter on the way? And when I return to Houde, I will still have to deal with cultivators from other regions. How can I not bring a counting rod?
The clone was aware of this as well, and said, "Qu Zhenzun, you can go. I'll stay here and guard the camp."

The camp's main task is no longer emergency rescue, but maintaining order.

Although the need for real-time processing has decreased, the workload has actually increased significantly.

As exorbitant profits decrease, public security problems become increasingly serious.

Qu Jianlei had previously used the concept of "time-out punishment," which had a significant deterrent effect. However, given the vested interests involved, this approach cannot be a permanent solution.

Even now, cases of murder for treasure are not many, but cases of stealing monsters and treasures are becoming more and more common.

Such cases are really common, especially when both sides in the conflict have their own version of events, each claiming to be right.

Even if a true master can calculate cause and effect, it is not easy to make an accurate judgment.

The Five True Venerables felt that this was a good opportunity to shirk responsibility, so they handed over most of the affairs to the management of the Lingyun Sect.

What kind of person would a dignified True Lord be, getting involved in trivial matters every day?

Even so, many disputes still require the Five True Venerables to step in and adjudicate.

Although Lingyun is powerful, there are many True Venerables from other worlds, and many forces are associated with True Venerables, so it is not so easy to make a judgment.

Qu Jianlei put down the cultivators he had brought with him and went to the star cluster to begin divination for the Azure Dragon.

The divination results were very stable, and I felt that everything was going smoothly.

Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment, then decided to stop there and begin studying the true meaning of creation on the compass.

He left the team's only rule of creation to Duogan and Jing Yuexin, while he himself devoted himself to studying the compass.

True meaning is harder to grasp than rules, but Qu Jianlei believes that as long as one perseveres, one might be able to absorb some of the essence of creation.

Otherwise, why would the core of the Chaos Wood Spirit be tainted with a certain aura?

This was his guess, and no one told him whether it was right or wrong. Moreover, the soaking process might take a long time.

For now, everything is fine. Having an avatar stationed at the camp is enough, and we've already found most of the opportunities in this world.

He stayed here for several years, only leaving occasionally to run errands.

Even so, the news spread, and most cultivators knew that Qu Zhenzun, who possessed the divine power of time, had returned.

Although he did not carry out any more executions, that's the power of deterrence; as long as he was around, there were far fewer disputes.

In particular, some disputes are malicious—although they don't involve murder or robbery, bullying is always inevitable.

With less adjudication work at the camp, Lime herself was able to dedicate more time to resource gathering.

He used to come back to check from time to time, but he found that Qu Zhenzun was always guarding the place, so keeping only a clone was enough.

On this day, Qu Jianlei, having nothing to do, suddenly had a whimsical idea and used the core of a tree root, imbued with the essence of creation, to craft a small tray.

He placed the tortoise shell on the tray, took out the seashell, and once again divined the prospects of the Azure Dragon's breakthrough.

He had performed this divination countless times; the other party's condition was remarkably stable, yet he continued to persist.

Even recording experimental data doesn't need to be done so frequently, but obsessive-compulsive disorder... those who know, know.

However, this time the divination process went slightly astray, and he felt that his senses seemed to have improved a little.

The divination results remained stable, but upon closer inspection of the shells, he unexpectedly discovered that one of them had a faint crack.

Seashells are treasures, but using them for divination results in some losses, at least much greater than the losses from tortoise shells.

Qu Jianlei had already worn out four seashells, and the related backlash he experienced goes without saying.

He currently has only seven relatively intact seashells left, and this last one doesn't look like it will last much longer either.

While feeling sorry for him, he also wanted to know what unexpected changes had occurred.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the aura of creation imbued in the wooden tray seemed to have faded slightly.

Ever since he separated the core of the ugly tree root from the compass, the creative aura of the core has been slowly weakening.

To prevent the energy from dissipating too quickly, he sealed the entire core of the tree roots.

The aura is now a little fainter, dissipating slightly faster than before, so faint that it's hard to detect without careful observation.

However, Qu Jianlei had been studying it for several years, and no slight change could escape his perception.

Five days later, he performed another divination, and sure enough, the aura of creation had weakened again, and the damage to the shell had increased slightly.

He experimented several more times and finally succeeded in modifying the divination tool he used.

He no longer used tortoise shells, but instead used trays made directly from tree root cores.

He also put the seashells away. Using the core of the tree root, he made a round piece that was thick in the middle and thin around the edges, like two chess pieces stuck together.

He first made three of these chess pieces, and then used this tool to perform divination.

This improvement greatly enhanced the accuracy of his calculations, and there were some other subtle feelings involved as well.

Unfortunately, this kind of divination consumes a lot of the vital energy of creation, and this kind of tool probably can't support many divinations.

However, this is still a significant improvement, and he has a large piece of the Ugly Tree Root Core in his hand, so there's no need to worry too much for now.

After finishing his divination that day, he went into his cave to rest. Suddenly, Bingxiu's obsession surfaced, "What have you been doing lately?"

"Why do I sense a certain indescribable scent in your aura?"

Qu Jianlei had been wondering if his continuous use of this divination tool might have tainted him with some of the aura of creation.

However, a doctor cannot heal himself. He can observe subtle changes in the outside world without finding any problems, but it is too difficult for him to see changes within himself.

If it's a change in cultivation level or a problem with the body, that's easy to explain, but the influence of aura... that's really difficult.

Upon hearing this, he explained his situation and took out a wooden tray and chess pieces.

"So amazing?" Bing Xiu was quite surprised, but he didn't know much about this.

“The one from the Haoran Sect, come out and take a look. Your little brother is acting a bit strange.”

A wisp of obsession, seemingly from the Haoran Sect, emerged and, after sensing it, indicated, "No problem, my body has just... become a little more Dao-transformed."

"Dao Transformation?" Qu Jianlei was taken aback upon hearing this. "What's the difference between this and the Dao Transformation of the Pot Master...?"

“Two opposite processes,” he said calmly, “Transformation into the Dao is the transformation of the body into the Great Dao, while Dao transformation is… the transformation of the body into its original form.”

"I can't explain the details clearly either. It's a pity. If the hypocrite were here, he would know more."