These three white heavenly lions contained surging magic power, which Fang Han could clearly feel. The magic power of each one was no lower than his own, and they were all gang qi, completely much more condensed than his own true qi. However, the magic power contained within them could not be extracted; if extracted forcibly, it would almost immediately cause true qi conflict, leading to self-explosion and death.
The Shift Flower Connect Wood technique was even more unfeasible.
The only use for these three white heavenly lions was to wait until he cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm, then set up grand arrays within them, refining them into magic treasures. Their power would be extremely massive, but now Yan said they could actually be refined into external avatars, immediately putting them to use, and that use was immense.
"How do I refine them into external avatars?" Fang Han asked hurriedly.
"These three white heavenly lions are not just any treasures, but they are more precious than treasures. They are natal magic treasures cultivated day and night by three Taiyi Sect disciples who collected various precious materials, infused their own essence blood, heavenly lion gang qi, and natal essence origin. They were waiting until after reaching the Heaven-Man Realm to refine these three white heavenly lions into true forms, bodies of flesh and blood. Then they could transfer their lives; in case their physical bodies died, they could resurrect anew on these three white heavenly lions, and the person would turn into a heavenly lion. This cultivation method is a secret transmission of the Taiyi Sect, called the Two Minds Divine Art. Now, these natal magic treasures have fallen into your lap cheaply. You only need to wash them with Forgetfulness Water for a while, and I will impart a Minor Puppet Art that will allow you to refine them into external avatars. Wait until you cultivate to the Heaven-Man Realm, then cultivate the Heavenly Lion Great Method, and you will have three extra lives. Even if others slay your physical body, you still have three lion lives."
"Minor Puppet Art? Is this a divine ability? But before cultivating to the Heaven-Man Realm, I cannot learn other divine abilities."
"The Minor Puppet Art is not a divine ability; it is a dharma method for utilizing the spirit. The Taiyi Sect's Two Minds Divine Art is also a dharma method for utilizing the spirit."
With a stir of Yan's spirit, that Minor Puppet Art was imparted to Fang Han.
Fang Han pondered slightly and accepted the impartation of the Minor Puppet Art. Subsequently, he tossed the three white heavenly lions, the natal magic treasures, into the Yellow Spring River, and a formless spirit bombarded onto these three heavenly lions.
Instantly, these three heavenly lions actually seemed to come alive; those talismans and cultivation methods on their bodies hid away, connecting with Fang Han's spirit. In an instant, Fang Han learned the cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Lion Great Method.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The three heavenly lions roared; the snow-white long hair on their bodies also grew out, their physical size enlarging, looking majestic and displaying a regal demeanor. Opening their mouths to roar caused the wind and clouds to change colors and mountains and rivers to shake. The sound waves of the lion's roar, in particular, were no less than the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds.
The three giant male lions all displayed their might.
Fang Han executed the "Minor Puppet Art," putting all his effort into refining the three male lions into external avatars.
After a long time, with a loud rumble, these three giant male lions turned back into white heavenly lion gang qi, actually winding toward Fang Han's body, forming a white lion tattoo on both of Fang Han's arms and on his lower abdomen.
Fang Han felt that the power of these three tattoos was formidable, even surpassing his own magic power. However, a tattoo was a tattoo after all, not a part of the body. He did not worry about the gang qi conflicting with his Wood Sovereign True Qi. Three lion tattoos were essentially like wearing three pieces of clothing.
However, each one of these three lion tattoos was equivalent to a great expert whose divine abilities had cultivated to the Gang Qi Realm! Releasing them, they would be even fiercer than Fang Han himself.
This way, Fang Han's combat power skyrocketed by more than threefold.
Especially the natal heavenly lion magic treasure of Yao Dian; its power possessed fully the strength of three thousand fiery horses. Xia You and Yu Fen's were somewhat inferior, only around two thousand. However, Fang Han's own magic power was also around two thousand, and this was even the result of grafting the magic power of the Black Water King Snake.
Because Yao Dian's cultivation was the highest, already reaching the Yin-Yang Realm, his natal heavenly lion was also more agile. The white heavenly lion tattoo resided on the skin of Fang Han's lower abdomen.
Now Fang Han had four tattoos on his body; his two arms bore lions, his lower abdomen also bore a lion, and on his back and chest was an entire Yellow Spring Diagram! When he took off his clothes, he looked incomparably mighty.
The natal magic treasures of the three great true disciples of the Taiyi Sect, cultivated with excruciating effort throughout their entire lives, intended to be their second lives as white heavenly lions in the future, were thus refined into external avatars by Fang Han. It could be said that a large half of the cultivation time of the three individuals Yao Dian, Yu Fen, and Xia You was wasted on these three heavenly lions, and this was completely more formidable than three treasure artifacts.
"Obtaining these three tattoos is no less than obtaining three great experts of the Gang Qi Realm. Moreover, they are completely loyal, striking wherever pointed. They are much more useful than the ten Asuras. Killing the three true disciples to obtain the benefits of these natal magic treasures has truly been enough." Fang Han was thoroughly satisfied; although his cultivation had not been directly elevated, his combat power had skyrocketed. Now, relying on the Five Hells King Cauldron and the power of the three heavenly lion tattoos, he felt he could probably evenly match someone two or three realms higher than him.
However, if he went up against a character like the Demonic Commander, under the Great Disintegration Art, he would still only be left waiting for death.
"Even if Fang Qingxue is currently instigated by Fang Qingwei to make trouble for me, I am afraid she wouldn't be able to. However, these heavenly lion tattoos still cannot be used lightly… otherwise…"
Fang Han knew these heavenly lion avatars could not be executed easily; it was best not to expose them at all, and any who saw them must be silenced. Otherwise, the matter of killing the three great true disciples would leak out.
"I am still thinking about that fragment of the World Tree sawdust. If it can be dissolved, the wood qi within it will be the best nourishment for your cultivation of the Wood Sovereign Art. Such a thing, even the Yellow Spring Great Emperor failed to obtain back then." Yan was still thinking about that piece of "World Tree" sawdust. He felt that that piece of sawdust was the most precious treasure.
"Alright! Elevating one's own strength is the most important thing." Fang Han understood that he had to successfully cultivate Daoist gang qi as quickly as possible, then comprehend yin and yang, understand heaven and humanity, and cultivate to the fifth realm of the Divine Ability sequence; only then would it be the greatest skyrocket.
Truthfully speaking, if he cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm, even if the matter of killing the Taiyi Sect true disciples leaked out, the Yuhua Sect would very likely cover for him.
While speaking, Fang Han lifted a gourd of Six Yang Holy Water and came in front of that piece of "World Tree" sawdust…
Right on that deserted island where Fang Han committed murder and plundered treasures, an earth-shaking change had already occurred.
Swish swish swish swish…
An hour after Fang Han killed Yao Dian, Yu Fen, and Xia You, a streak of golden light suddenly fiercely tore through and arrived over that uninhabited deserted island, hovering and circling continuously in the sky above the island. Within this golden light was a middle-aged scholar with a majestic face, his aura rolling like the tide yet incomparably harmonized with heaven and earth; he was actually an expert of the fifth realm of the Divine Ability sequence, the Heaven-Man Realm!
"Junior Brothers Yao, Xia, and Yu issued Heavenly Dao Talisman Edicts for emergency rescue. According to the guidance of the talisman edict, it is on this deserted island. Why are their shadows gone? Where are the people? Where exactly did the people go? Suffering such heavy injuries, they shouldn't have been able to fly anymore."
This middle-aged scholar was none other than the true disciple of the Taiyi Sect, Changchun Zhenren! What he cultivated was a great divine ability of the Taiyi Sect, the Changchun Immortal Method! Incomparably formidable. In immortal dao sects, there was an unwritten rule that experts who cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm could be addressed as Zhenren.
"Senior Brother! We received the talisman edict for rescue and have also hurried over." Right at this moment, gang qi and true qi shot over from all directions in the sky, and exactly seven Daoists appeared. They were all wearing Eight Trigrams purple-gold Daoist robes, typical true disciples of the Taiyi Sect. Two of them were experts who had cultivated to the Gang Qi Realm, while five were experts who had cultivated to the True Qi Realm.
In the Taiyi Sect, reaching the Divine Ability Realm did not mean one was a true disciple; one still had to undergo numerous temperings and accumulate "merits" before being imparted divine abilities, and then cultivating to the True Qi Realm to finally be considered a true disciple. Like that Zhang Wei, who cultivated to the Divine Ability Realm but still remained an inner sect disciple and could not learn divine abilities.
On this point, different from other immortal dao sects where reaching the Divine Ability Realm made one a treasure. It could be seen that the Taiyi Sect had a massive operation and was a colossus in the immortal dao, a true behemoth.
"Good! You Seven Sons of the Yin River also received the talisman edict." Changchun Zhenren nodded, looking at his seven fellow disciples.
"Senior Brother, the seven of us were out at sea collecting Gui water essence to condense our divine abilities and nourish our physical bodies. Upon receiving the talisman edicts of the three senior brothers including Yao Dian, we rushed over immediately. Where are the three senior brothers?" these seven disciples replied.
These Seven Sons of the Yin River cultivated the Yin River Great Method of the Taiyi Sect, which was also a water-element divine ability.
"I didn't see the people!" Changchun Zhenren said.
"Could it be they suffered a deadly attack?" one disciple among the Seven Sons of the Yin River said: "Thieves run rampant on this sea, and some rogue cultivators are utterly vicious. Encountering the three injured senior brothers, I'm afraid… or perhaps it was a deadly attack by that Demonic Commander!"
"Hmph! Between heaven and earth, who dares deal with my Taiyi Sect disciples! I dare say even among those Forty Great Thieves, the number one ranked God-Slaying Thief wouldn't dare kill my Taiyi Sect true disciples!" Changchun Zhenren shouted.
While he shouted loudly, suddenly in the distance, five streaks of golden light flew over simultaneously. Every streak of golden light rubbed against the atmosphere, producing long tails of fire that churned the sea into monstrous giant waves. Upon seeing these five streaks of golden light, Changchun Zhenren hurriedly said: "Dafang Zhenren, Kunyuan Zhenren, Kanli Zhenren, Fushou Zhenren, Luming Zhenren! You all hurried over!"
"Changchun Zhenren, did you also receive the talisman edict? We also received the life-saving talisman edicts of the three junior brothers. Setting aside a furnace of pills, we rushed over. That damned Demonic Commander! Actually daring to deal with my Taiyi Sect disciples, his lifespan has come to an end!" The five Zhenren flew onto the deserted island, their expressions grave!
These five people were actually all Heaven-Man Realm experts as well, existences on the same level as Changchun Zhenren, and they didn't address each other mutually as Senior Brother or Junior Brother, but called each other directly by name!
In an instant, exactly six Heaven-Man Realm experts appeared; the strength of the Taiyi Sect was truly terrifying!
However, the matter was not yet finished.
In the following few hours, Taiyi disciples flew over continuously one after another. Among them were disciples who had not cultivated divine abilities but possessed powerful flying dharma artifacts, as well as some who were not true disciples but had cultivated to the first level of the Divine Ability sequence, such as the inner sect disciple Zhang Wei; Fang Qingwei and the others also flew over.
With such a massive incident occurring on the sea of the South Sea, almost within half a day, this news spread at a lightning-fast speed to every region and every corner.
Night! The Taiyi Sect disciples on this deserted island, along with some rogue cultivators, including elders and disciples of the Ever-returning Immortal Island, grew more and more numerous.