Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1836: Chapter 500: Advent, 2 Methods (5k)

Shi was silent for a long time, seemingly only realizing now that Yu Ziqing had long since changed beyond recognition.

The Refining God and Body Refinement, which should have conflicted, Yu Ziqing had stubbornly cultivated both to the Ninth Tier, and even made the completely independent and conflicting aspects overlap in some areas.

Even though Yu Ziqing’s Refining God was actually a guise for the Refining God Dao, with the Hungry Ghost Dao as its core.

But as long as the start is made, eventually there will be a prodigy who can truly cultivate both God and Body to the Ninth Tier.

In comparison, Yu Ziqing’s audacity to directly spy on the Ancient Sea God and the River of Time seemed trivial.

Yu Ziqing was merely blinded, not dead. Combined with his previous deeds, even Shi felt that Yu Ziqing truly had the confidence to speak such words now.

"As for the one in the Sorrow Cave Heaven, since he has fallen, let him rest well without shining his final light and heat."

Each generation has its own matters to face.

I understand the urgency your people felt to accomplish everything from your era.

However, not everything about it is necessarily positive.

At least let us from this era have a try first."

Yu Ziqing spoke sincerely.

He hoped that one day Shi would reappear, sit across from him, share tea and conversation, and have a chance to enjoy some retirement life.

Yu Ziqing introspected that he didn’t possess the noble sentiments of past heroic figures; the underlying reasons for his many actions were quite simple.

From the moment he arrived in this world, endured hardships, and was starving to death, what he wanted has always been simple.

A sense of security requires sufficient strength, at least so that no one can kill him.

An overall stable environment that allows him to live comfortably.

His core desire has never been to become extraordinarily strong itself.

Becoming strong is just a means and process.

So, anyone who tries to kill him, he’ll kill them.

Anyone who disrupts his peaceful days, he’ll kill them.

If Dadui is to return, with conditions causing starvation, then change must occur, establishing Dadui’s first iron rule.

No starvation in Dadui, and no more hungry ghosts.

Yu Ziqing simply felt relieved.

With no worry of hunger, Dadui developed swiftly, and naturally, many things that require being well-fed emerged.

Yu Ziqing could eat what he wants, drink tea, listen to music, hear storytelling whenever he wished.

Kill an oppressive Old Emperor Qian who stops everyone from living well.

Thus, today, Dadui thrives, Jinlan Mountain develops steadily, and trade between Divine Dynasties is far smoother than centuries ago.

These are merely byproducts of the process and were not Yu Ziqing’s initial goals.

This is his biggest difference from Primordial Lord Shi and his peers.

Yu Ziqing admired Primordial Lord Shi and his peers because he could never achieve their fearless courage and clear, steadfast goals from the beginning.

But to let Primordial Lord Shi disappear completely, without letting Heavenly Monarch shine once more.

A final, brilliant bloom that Yu Ziqing disliked.

Becoming a hungry ghost had a significant impact on Yu Ziqing, and he did not like seeing more hungry ghosts or such sacrifices.

He simply didn’t want to witness regrets anymore; the piles of starving dead in the Wilderness were already too painful to recall, too unbearable to face again.

"You only need to tell me if it’s possible to find him before his arrival."

"No possibility."

"Good, since it’s unavoidable until his arrival in the world, then I’ll address it at that time, but I’ll try first."

Yu Ziqing left Shi speechless, bottling up the words he had held for years with nothing left to say.

Yet Yu Ziqing’s impressive record left Shi without any objections.

Leaving the underground grotto, Yu Ziqing returned to Dadui, eating and drinking as if everything were normal.

But when Zhang saw the black cloth covering Yu Ziqing’s eyes, he couldn’t hold back tears, weeping sorrowfully.

Even after a century, his eyes hadn’t recovered, everyone knowing that a Ninth Tier Body Cultivator not recovering for so long likely means they’ll never recover.

Yu Ziqing candidly admits his blindness was self-inflicted, though claiming gradual recovery is unlikely to convince anyone.

Even before the Ancient Sea God, Yu Ziqing dares to say such things.

Time slowly passed, Yu Ziqing still did not attend court, merely reviewing Dadui’s century of development, confirming no problems before acting as usual, refraining from meddling.

As long as Dadui’s established systems were maintained, all would be fine.

Issues almost exclusively stemmed from execution.

Yu Ziqing’s cultivation had reached a point where suffering asceticism was unnecessary; neither Refining God nor Body Refinement required his attention.

The Dao Court’s cultivation only lacked a portion of Yellow Soil.

And that portion, up to now, still lacked any leads.

Heading into the ocean depths, he slaughtered two blind Giant Beast demons, extracting their intestines indeed yielded some Yellow Soil, but it bore little Kun Character strength.

Evidently, that Giant Shark Demon back then was sheer luck, possibly connected to the sixty-four-sided crystal.