Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 85 - 75 Imperial Troops Arrive, Sects from All Over Converge

Chapter 85: Chapter 75 Imperial Troops Arrive, Sects from All Over Converge

[Heavenly Marrow One Cycle]

With the aid of Heavenly Marrow, Gu Wen mastered the first Break Skill of the Heavenly Gang Spear with just a few breaths, but to truly integrate and understand it took a moment of two hours.

Falling into the eyes of Yu Hua and Ao Tang, they tried to comprehend it based on their own knowledge. They were unaware of the existence of Fate Diagrams, yet the cultivation was genuine, and the Cultivation Technique practiced by Gu Wen was of the same origin as theirs.

At this moment, Gu Wen appeared normal yet eerie in their eyes—normal because they could understand the changes in his Qi breaths, eerie because his speed was just too fast. Yet it wasn’t enlightenment bestowed without reason; everything followed a traceable path.

Originally, Ao Tang had all the classic minor encouragements prepared: for those with modest talents, ’Your diligence can make up for incompetence,’ for the intelligence, advice to prevent arrogance and complacency, and for the peerless talents, pure praise.

But now, it didn’t even know how to praise.

"My ancestors of The Three Pure Ones..."

Ao Tang’s donkey mouth opened slightly in utter shock, unable to help but sound out, and then quickly closed its mouth to avoid disturbing Gu Wen. It communicated through thought transmission, "Little ancestor, where did you find such a monster? Are you sure this isn’t the reincarnation of some great power? Something’s off here."

Yu Hua was much calmer, counter-asking, "What’s off?"

Ao Tang said, "His understanding is too fast. Though the Heavenly Gang Spear is a Qi Cultivation to Spirit Transformation stage Cultivation Technique, it represents the pinnacle of spear technique and Gang Qi condensation. Many techniques for Spirit Transformation and Returning to Void in terms of skill can’t compare to it."

With regard to the military strategy of Magic Skills, Gang Qi may be the entry level, but it is also the most fundamental and core aspect. It’s like the hardness of a weapon; no matter how strong you are, if your Gang Qi isn’t up to scratch, it will shatter upon impact.

Yu Hua has always provided Gu Wen with only top Cultivation Techniques. "Heavenly Gang Spear" is one of the Sanqing Taoist Sect’s finest Attack and Conquest Techniques for the Second Realm. Its moves can achieve an effect similar to the sword-raising method of Broken Sword Mountain, allowing one’s Gang Qi to condense and ascend to a higher level in an instant.

In simple and brutal terms, it means doubling the power of the spear’s Gang Qi, and each move is twice as powerful as the last, up to the ninth move, which is nine times as powerful.

The greatest ways are always so simple and brutal.

"Every year there are young people in the Daoist Sect who believe themselves to be children of destiny, exchanging for this method in the Scripture Pavilion, but for a thousand years, not one young disciple has succeeded in mastering it. It’s always old folks from the Third Realm who comprehend it slowly with their deep foundations."

Yu Hua tilted her chin up slightly, quite proud as she said, "That is a true prodigy. Do they have the martial dharma form of Gu Wen?"

"..."

Ao Tang was speechless for a moment, because it had never seen someone so young with a dharma form—this was even more monstrous.

The two waited quietly, and about an hour later, Gu Wen gradually stabilized and became familiar with the special variations of Gang Qi provided by the "Heavenly Gang Spear."

When he opened his eyes, he saw the donkey immediately come over and ask, "Kid, have you succeeded?"

Gu Wen nodded slightly, "An extremely profound technique that can indeed elevate the spear’s Gang Qi in an instant."

"Do you know the significance of this technique? When it comes to the spear technique of the martial way, the ’Heavenly Gang Spear’ is definitely top-notch, and the only one that could match it is the ’Qianyuan Spear’ from Qianlong Manor."

Ao Tang had prepared compliments that came gushing out.

It raised its voice slightly, and as the Daoist Sect True Monarch with the most contact with the youth, Ao Tang undoubtedly knew what young people wanted to hear. They wanted to hear that they were the world’s number one, chosen by destiny compared to others.

"And you are the only one in Daoist Sect’s thousand years to master it at this age."

"The ’Heavenly Gang Spear’ has such a grand origin?"

Gu Wen was somewhat puzzled. The need for Heavenly Marrow to refine a Cultivation Technique was not fixed and would vary depending on his own comprehension of the difficulty of the technique.

The ’Heavenly Gang Spear’ required only three cycles of Heavenly Marrow, and to integrate and understand it only required five. For him, mastering the ’Heavenly Gang Spear’ was not difficult, and even integration was not challenging—Heavenly Marrow merely shortened the process.

If he could not learn it at all, it might be like the initial comprehension of the Flame Dharma divine skill, where the required Heavenly Marrow was an unknown number. Now it has become a starting point of hundreds, also because the foundation of his Dao improved after the need for Heavenly Marrow shortened.

"Of course, the last person to master it was called Huayang, who is now the Venerable head of the Sanqing Taoist Sect. Your future achievements will certainly not be less than Huayang’s, perhaps even higher."

Ao Tang continued praising, as long as one established an image of a ’loving senior,’ one wouldn’t be far off from Yu Hua.

"Kid, you have every right to be proud."

However, Gu Wen shook his head, "What I have mastered is not the ’Heavenly Gang Spear.’

"Then what have you mastered?"

"I have achieved integration."

Gu Wen’s fingertips gathered a wisp of dark red Gang Qi, and with a thought, the Gang Qi turned into a needle.

"I have incorporated the moves of the ’Heavenly Gang Spear’ into my own spear technique so that it would be more intuitive to use."

Silence.

The Mountain God Temple suddenly fell quiet, and after a long while, only Ao Tang was left with mouth agape, uttering one word: "Ah?"

In its mind, there was only one word left, ’Ah?’

Yu Hua was also stunned for a moment, but it was only an instant, and then she urged, "Next is the Xuanling Tri-Element Qi, the protection of the Way is also of utmost importance. Next, you’ll visit Heavenly Spring Mountain, and it’s inevitable to confront the cultivators of Broken Sword Mountain; thus, protective Daoist Skill is extremely important."

"Must there be killing?"

"It depends on the situation, if Broken Sword Mountain won’t let us enter, we can only fight our way through. The Sword Washing Pond wasn’t nurtured by them."

"It’s them who set up home on top of our Immortality Pill."

Gu Wen’s expression was very resolute, the Immortality Pill’s breeding ground may only serve as a catalyst, but who could say that it contributed nothing?

Currently, he was an ordained follower of Zhao, and a presdestined person with the Immortality Pill, so at least seventy percent of the treasures in Immortal Land were fated to be his!

This blatant lie caused Yu Hua to cover her mouth to suppress a light laugh, saying, "If you say it is, then it is."