Fang Han had long been thoroughly familiar with the sect rules of the Yuhua Sect.
When sect disciples made contributions to the sect, they would also receive corresponding rewards. Among them, the most important was contributing divine ability dharma formulas to the sect. When true disciples traveled outside and occasionally obtained some extraordinary encounters or Dao techniques passed down from ancient times, contributing them to the sect would immediately yield generous treasures.
Even contributing a martial arts secret method or a physical body tempering method could earn massive amounts of pills. Thus, many noble disciples, upon entering the Yuhua Sect, were willing to contribute their family's secret methods in exchange for rewards.
Contributing Physical Body Realm martial arts could earn pills!
"What, our Yuhua Sect has a massive business, yet you find it difficult to reward a disciple for such a contribution? Various Great Elders, you are all eternal colossi; casually pulling a single hair from your bodies is thicker than my leg." Seeing the three Great Elders groaning in silence, seemingly somewhat troubled, Fang Han immediately opened his mouth and said with a smile.
Ever since the "Yellow Spring Diagram" was exposed and Headmaster Feng Baiyu did not pursue the matter, Fang Han's mind became relaxed. He felt exceptionally intimate with the entire Yuhua Sect, possessing a feeling of "home." Therefore, facing these three Great Elder colossi, he enlivened the atmosphere, speaking without much misgiving.
"You kid, you think it is nothing much. You must know that among the dharma formulas you contributed, not to mention that all are great divine abilities, there are several that are supreme-level divine abilities! Bringing out so many contributions at once, how do you expect us to reward you? It's not like you don't know the sect rules." The Merit Transmission Elder's beard twitched. He pinched his own eyebrows and shook his head at Fang Han.
Fang Han smiled playfully and said: "Of course I know the sect rules. Contributing a minor divine ability can earn one or several spiritual artifacts. Contributing a great divine ability can earn one or several treasure artifacts! Contributing a supreme divine ability yields an incomparably generous reward; it requires numerous elders to deliberate, and the disciple can also make various requests."
The secret formulas of divine ability cultivation also distinguish between high and low. Things like the "Wood Spirit Art" are called minor divine abilities. They can nourish the physical body, absorb myriad wood spiritual qi, condense spiritual pills, and so on.
And the "Heavenly Wood Great Method" is a great divine ability. The Yuhua Sect's Eight Great Divine Abilities, such as "Purple Lightning Yin Thunder Blade," "Heavenly Cold Profound Nether Force," and "Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Qi"… all belong to great divine abilities.
As for supreme divine abilities, that is the "Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao" cultivated by the Supreme Headmaster. Additionally, the "Instant Kill Great Method" evolved from the "Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Qi" also belongs to supreme divine abilities. The Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities also belong to supreme divine abilities, as do the Demonic Commander's Innate White Bone Divine Ability and the Great Disintegration Art.
For supreme divine abilities, successfully cultivating any one yields immense power, but they are extremely difficult to successfully cultivate. Every single dharma formula is also exceptionally precious; they are the essence of heaven and earth, the profound mysteries within the immortal dao.
Fang Han was also heavily anticipating this time: contributing so many divine abilities, what reward would the sect give him?
The Heavenly Punishment Elder flicked the book Fang Han contributed and also shook his head, "Great Cutting Art, Exquisite Daluo Heaven, Black Sun Wind Disaster, Great Sun Fire Disaster. These are supreme-level great divine abilities. The Great Cutting Art is fine; it was obtained from heavenly demons. It will not provoke any trouble. But if the Exquisite Blessed Land knows our Yuhua Sect obtained the cultivation method of the Exquisite Daluo Heaven, I am afraid they will come knocking! The Taiyi Sect will also come to our door to cause trouble. Therefore, Fang Han, handing these few divine abilities to the sect is also a trouble."
The cultivation methods of every sect strictly prohibit external transmission. If leaked, they will think of every possible way to reclaim them. If the Yuhua Sect's Purple Lightning Yin Thunder Blade leaked out, the Yuhua Sect would dispatch disciples to kill the people who learned it. They would also pursue the responsibility of the person who leaked it.
What is a divine ability secret formula?
It is something a sect would rather leave a million corpses and utterly destroy their own lineage than leak; it is also the foundation of a sect.
"The Taiyi Sect and Exquisite Blessed Land coming knocking is even better. Our Yuhua Sect can just haggle with them anyway. At worst, we just forbid the sect disciples from cultivating these divine abilities, but those two major sects must pay compensation. When the time comes, we will open our lion's mouths wide and demand thousands or hundreds of treasure artifacts and such from them. Wouldn't that be a massive profit? The several Great Elders are much smarter than me; this is also an opportunity. Several elders understand perfectly well in your hearts; using this as an excuse to supposedly lower my reward, who will do things for the sect in the future?" Fang Han rubbed his fingers together.
"Hahahahaha, Tianxing, I said long ago that this kid is not that easy to deal with." Elder Heavenly Work let out a burst of hearty laughter.
"Alright, alright." The Heavenly Punishment Elder waved his hand, a trace of a smile also appearing on his face: "You little slippery fellow, you are simply a human spirit; nothing can be hidden from you. Logically speaking, for your contribution this time, setting aside the twenty-nine divine abilities, just reporting the appearance of the Divine Race could at least earn you five or six hundred treasure artifacts, and even a Dao artifact could be bestowed upon you. However, within the sect's treasury, although there are that many treasure artifacts and it's not like we can't take them out, the Myriad Immortals Assembly is approaching. With so many disciples in the sect, in order to help them cultivate, we cannot fail to grant them some rewards. If we give them all to you, rewarding the other disciples will inevitably leave us somewhat stretched thin. Speak up, state your terms. No matter what it is, as long as it can be accomplished, we can agree to it."
When the Heavenly Punishment Elder spoke of the "appearance of the Divine Race," he couldn't help but lower his voice, seeming afraid of others eavesdropping.
The three Great Elders present were all colossi, the right and left arms of the Headmaster, holding great power, pillars of the institution; evidently, they already knew of this severe matter.
Fang Han's immense merit in reporting the appearance of the Divine Race was indeed vastly greater than contributing twenty-nine divine abilities. It could be said to concern the life and death, survival or extinction of the entire immortal dao.
"Stating terms? It seems that having cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm, I can also state a term. However, since the Headmaster Supreme rescued me from distress this time, I, Fang Han, will risk my life to serve the Yuhua Sect. Not saying much else, I have just one request: I hope the sect can assist me in refining the Five Hells King Cauldron and the demonic blade Blood Firmament into Dao artifacts."
Fang Han straightened his expression and cupped his hands.
Hearing Fang Han's words, the three colossi elders present exchanged glances, seemingly knowing long ago that Fang Han would make this request. After a moment of silence, the Heavenly Punishment Elder slowly spoke: "For a treasure artifact to attain the Dao and become a Dao artifact is no trivial matter. Even for an expert of the Longevity Realm to refine a Dao artifact, it is not an easy task. Fortunately, both of your demonic implements have extremely vigorous foundations. However, the functions of the Five Hells King Cauldron are too complex; to refine it into a Dao artifact, you must first gather eight million heavenly demons, and then undergo hundreds of years of essence blood tempering by a Longevity Realm expert before it can ultimately transform. I think you cannot wait hundreds of years, right?"
"What he said is correct; for the Five Hells King Cauldron to become a Dao artifact is not an easy task." Yan's voice emanated from Fang Han's body.
"Hundreds of years, I indeed cannot wait. Then what about the demonic blade Blood Firmament?" Fang Han thought about it; that was also the truth.
"The quality of the demonic blade Blood Firmament is even above the Five Hells King Cauldron, only its functions are singular, renowned purely for its lethal power. It is actually somewhat easier to refine, but it will still require over a century of bitter effort from me." As the Heavenly Punishment Elder spoke, the topic changed again: "However, Senior Brother Headmaster severed one of the Monster God's palms, which can save a century of bitter effort. Take out the Blood Firmament!"
"Yes!"
Fang Han raised his hand, and a streak of blood light flew out, which was instantly grabbed by the Heavenly Punishment Elder, revealing the true body of the demonic blade.
The Heavenly Punishment Elder was an expert of the Longevity Realm, an eternal colossus; naturally, he was not afraid of the Blood Firmament cutting open his palm. He held it in his hand and observed it for a good while: "There are still remnants of the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's demonic nature inside; you have not thoroughly refined it. The corpse of the Seven Leaves Demon Lord is probably also with you; bring him out together, and I will refine it for you!"
"Alright!"
Only then did Fang Han remember that the Seven Leaves Demon Lord was still suppressed at the bottom of the Yellow Spring River. Hurriedly communicating with Yan, with a beckon of his hand, a demonic shadow slowly floated up. Wearing silver demonic robes, very young; it was precisely the Seven Leaves Demon Lord.
He was already completely dead. Setting aside everything else, trapped in the Taiyuan Immortal Palace and starved for eighteen years with no replenishment, he had starved to death long ago. However, his entire cultivation was still present, all turned into clusters of pure origin qi that had not dissipated.
Now he was a corpse of a Heavenly Demonic King who had cultivated to the sixth realm of divine abilities, the "Origin Return Realm," its value also considerably massive.
"Shifting Souls and Transferring Spirits! I will lend you a hand to refine the Seven Leaves Demon Lord into your avatar!" Pointing a finger, the Heavenly Punishment Elder made Fang Han feel the magic power on his body surge out, a great half of it pouring onto the body of the Seven Leaves Demon Lord. Subsequently, that corpse gradually opened its eyes, and Fang Han got a sensation of it becoming his own body.
What shocked him, however, was the Heavenly Punishment Elder's magic power; with a single point, he surprisingly could not resist. It seemed the gap in realms was truly too massive. For the opponent to kill him would be as easy as turning over a hand.
"Quickly call out the artifact spirit of the demonic blade Blood Firmament! Have your avatar and the artifact spirit merge into one. From now on, you will completely master this demonic blade; it is equivalent to your second body." The Heavenly Punishment Elder hurriedly said.
"King of the Blood Night!"
Seeing this situation, Fang Han let out a fierce explosive shout. Instantly, a blood shadow darted out from within the demonic blade Blood Firmament. This blood shadow resembled a bat, the size of a person, exuding waves of fierce and venomous qi. As soon as it appeared, the entire great hall was completely enveloped in a layer of blood mist, covering up the light; truly worthy of being the King of the Blood Night.
The King of the Blood Night was precisely the artifact spirit of the demonic blade Blood Firmament.
As soon as this blood shadow flew out, Fang Han directed his avatar, the Seven Leaves Demon Lord, to lunge onto it. Immediately merging two into one, the artifact spirit King of the Blood Night instantly skyrocketed, and the blood mist in the entire great hall became even denser. The quality and power of the demonic blade Blood Firmament elevated once again.
However, even with further elevation, it could not advance into a Dao artifact.
Yet with the two merging into one, Fang Han instantly felt that he was the King of the Blood Night, and the King of the Blood Night was himself. But it also had no relation to his own original cultivation.
"Bring out the Monster God's palm!" the Heavenly Punishment Elder said again, and Fang Han hurriedly released the suppressed Monster God's palm: "I still request the Elder to preserve some essence blood; I must refine pills for several Senior Sisters when I return."
"That is natural!" The Heavenly Punishment Elder sprayed out a streak of sword qi, cleanly slicing off the five fingers of this palm, "Heavenly Work, Merit Transmission! Lend me a hand!"
Good!
Elder Heavenly Work and the Merit Transmission Elder shouted loudly, spitting out two streams of pure origin qi from their mouths that firmly wrapped the King of the Blood Night. Fang Han felt this avatar of his, the King of the Blood Night, expanding ceaselessly.
These two Great Elders, although not colossi of the Longevity Realm, were ruthless men of the tenth realm of divine abilities, "Defying Heaven and Changing Fate." Their cultivation was even above Hua Tiandu. Assisting the King of the Blood Night like this, how could its cultivation not skyrocket?
"Devour these five fingers! I will execute the Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao again! For a transformation! Whether it attains the Dao or not depends entirely on this!" The Heavenly Punishment Elder shouted explosively, and the King of the Blood Night immediately opened its large mouth, devouring the Monster God's fingers.
With every single one devoured, the King of the Blood Night generated an inconceivable transformation…