"The Great Tracking Technique!" Fang Han nodded slightly. Although this Daoist technique did not rank high among the Three Thousand Great Daos, it was extremely profound. Unleashing this Daoist technique for various trackings left almost zero flaws. Legends say that cultivators at the True Immortal realm could even track people of the Immortal Realm.
The Human Emperor Pen also knew this Three Thousand Great Dao, but did not transmit it to Fang Han.
The Human Emperor Pen knew a total of three hundred Great Daos. The reason he didn't transmit them to Fang Han was a fear of making him lose focus. At the current stage, Fang Han had cultivated twenty-six kinds of Three Thousand Great Daos—including the Great Puppet Technique, which was enough capital for advancement. Having too many would spoil things; he wouldn't learn any of them well. Only when Fang Han's realm grew deeper. For example, upon reaching the World King Realm, could he then study the numerous Great Daos one by one. Cultivating with divided attention.
Before the World King Realm, before cultivating one's own world, everything was illusory.
"This Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable's aura is not beneath any greater demon saint of the Demon Race. One can tell he is an expert of the World King Realm." Fang Han thought to himself: "However, Su Xiuyi's Earth Emperor Book is very formidable, surprisingly able to achieve human-artifact unity at the final moment and combine with the world power of the Xuanhuang Great World. Even though after combining there is extreme restriction, no one can defeat him, not even find him! Feng Baiyu didn't even tell me about this point. Could it be…"
In an instant, hundreds and thousands of thoughts flashed through his heart, analyzing one by one and contemplating all kinds of variables.
"How about it? Might I know if this information can tempt little friend? Of course, I am not using this information to exchange for little friend's Pure Yang Pills; instead, I am using various magical treasure forging materials for the transaction. This information is merely used as bargaining chips to cooperate with little friend."
The Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable said lightly: "If little friend feels we cannot cooperate, then it does not matter."
"Fine! Since the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable is so sincere. I won't be petty either." Fang Han thought for a moment and suddenly decided, "The Nine Cauldrons Pavilion has always had a good reputation, and I am not afraid that the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable has any ill intentions towards me. I also happen to lack some magical treasure forging materials."
"That goes without saying, little friend has advanced to the Creation Realm. Now you can use Creation Qi to forge High Grade Dao Artifacts. A single High Grade Dao Artifact is earth-shattering, but the materials required are also no trivial matter. I heard long ago that little friend possesses an earth-shattering Dragon Race Supreme Treasure, the Eight部浮屠. Now you must want to elevate it to the level of a High Grade Dao Artifact. However, the materials required for this Dragon Race Supreme Treasure are far too many. Nonetheless, my Nine Cauldrons Pavilion has a multitude of materials; it is not out of the question that we wouldn't have the precious materials for the Eight部浮屠 to advance to a High Grade Dao Artifact. Legends say that after the Eight部浮屠 advances to a High Grade Dao Artifact, it can communicate the soul aura of the Dragon Realm's most primitive, most ancient Primordial Ancestor Dragon, and its power can rival a Peerless Dao Artifact. Furthermore, it can bring the cultivator's realm to a terrifying level. Tainted with the Primordial Ancestor Dragon's bloodline, one's lifespan, strength, and various Daoist divine abilities will skyrocket. The Primordial Ancestor Dragon, you do not know how terrifying it is. In the legends, during the ancient era, when the Immortals of the Immortal Realm wanted to attack the Dragon Realm to turn the Dragon Race into the Immortals' mounts, vassals, and pet spirit beasts, that Primordial Ancestor Dragon suddenly appeared. With a single move of its body, it coiled around a Great World and opened its mouth to swallow countless Immortals. Making even the Immortal Realm fearful. Facing such power of the Eight部浮屠, I imagine you wouldn't be unmoved, little friend."
The Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable appeared to be a supreme grandmaster of artifact crafting, well-versed in everything related to it.
"The soul aura of the Primordial Ancestor Dragon…"
Fang Han's heart stirred, knowing that the Heavenly Dragon Secret Manual did record that once the Eight部浮屠 was cultivated up to the degree of a High Grade Dao Artifact, it could indeed summon the soul origin of the Primordial Ancestor Dragon from within. Also, blessing oneself with the Primordial Ancestor Dragon's soul origin did indeed greatly increase power and ensure invincibility in battle. The Primordial Ancestor Dragon was rumored to be the guardian of the Dragon Realm, a being equivalent to the God Race's Progenitor Holy King level of existence. If one could truly summon the soul origin aura of such an existence, the power would indeed be substantial. Furthermore, as a lifebound magical treasure, it could also merge into the body.
However, the price to advance the Eight部浮屠 to a High Grade Dao Artifact was truly too great.
For example, if Fang Han were to forge a High Grade Dao Artifact right now, after gathering the materials, he could forge it in a few thousand years, and it would be of the same level as the Star Emperor Dragon Bed. The Eight部浮屠, however, might not be forged even in tens of thousands of years.
If there were enough materials, and the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable, a grandmaster of artifact crafting, aided him, then it wouldn't be as terribly difficult.
Seeing a hint of interest on Fang Han's face, the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable couldn't help but nod secretly. He knew that these things were highly tempting to Fang Han. Later during the business negotiations, he could strive for more benefits.
Just as he was nodding, he suddenly saw a smile appear on Fang Han's face and froze. Then, he watched as a rune appeared at the tip of Fang Han's finger. The light emitting from this rune formed small figures one after another, continuously executing various hand seals. In an instant, the hand seals executed by these small figures numbered in the hundreds of billions, never the same, seemingly an infinite, non-repeating type of seal art. Utterly profound, representing a kind of Great Dao.
"Great Treasure Forging Technique! Three Thousand Great Daos!"
Seeing this rune, the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable's body shivered. He seemed unwilling to trust his own eyes, staring intently for quite a while before spitting out those words, his eyes holding unconcealed envy.
"Correct, this is the Great Treasure Forging Technique, one of the Three Thousand Great Daos. I chanced upon this Daoist technique; after successfully cultivating it, it has massive effects in forging magical treasures. For a master of forging magical treasures like you, Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable, it couldn't be better. Besides Pure Yang Pills, I, Fang Han, also have the secret manual for cultivating this divine ability. I wonder if the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable would be interested?"
Fang Han turned it casually, yet retracted the rune of the Great Treasure Forging Technique back into his body.
The Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable paused, then burst into hearty laughter: "Worthy of being the Yuhua Sect's most outstanding disciple, a brilliantly talented rising star. It seems trying to take the slightest advantage when doing business with you is impossible. This move of yours is indeed formidable. The Great Treasure Forging Technique is indeed very important to me. In truth, these nine Altars of Earth and Grain Cauldrons of mine are also an ancient method of refining Dao Artifacts. Alas, currently these nine cauldrons are all half peerless, not genuine peerless. To become true peerless items, there is still a massive distance. Though when the nine cauldrons merge, the power is still above ordinary Peerless Dao Artifacts. If I learn the Great Treasure Forging Technique, I will be able to truly turn the half peerless into genuine peerless."
"Since that is so, and everyone has a mutual need, then we have matters to discuss. Please, Immortal Venerable?" Fang Han smiled faintly.
"Good."
As they spoke, the two great experts, Fang Han and the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable, flickered in the midair. In an instant, they traversed the distance of over tens of thousands of planets, flying far into the distance.
Setting aside Fang Han and the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Venerable going to the headquarters of the Nine Cauldrons Pavilion to discuss business.
In a vastly distant starfield, a massively intense ball of light suddenly appeared deep in the starry sky. This ball of light was incredibly vast, not yielding in the slightest compared to huge Great Thousand Worlds like the Xuanhuang Great World and the Limitless Great World; it was actually also a Great World, the Holy Light Great World!
This Holy Light Great World possessed a vast and ancient history, and entirely different Daoist techniques emerged endlessly. The Holy Light Empire occupied the center, with majestic strength. Radiating outwards from this core, it influenced thousands of surrounding star domains and billions of planets.
At this very moment, deep within the Holy Light Great World, in a palace cast entirely from spars, several figures clad in long white robes were walking around an sacrificial altar, constantly monitoring something over time. Upon that sacrificial altar, many crystal tablets were set up, looking like the memorial tablets of the deceased, yet there was not a trace of dead silence, but rather roaring vitality.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, up high, a tablet exploded directly. Who knows what had occurred. Those experts clad in white robes trembled, seemingly unable to believe their eyes. After a long time, one white-robed expert shrieked: "The Third Prince's origin life tablet actually exploded! This means the Third Prince has already been killed by someone! How is this possible! Who would dare to kill our Holy Light Empire's Third Prince? This is a major event, an earth-shattering event! Quickly report it, report it to the royal palace! With such a huge event happening in our Imperial Clan Court, we can hardly absolve ourselves of the blame; we must figure out a way to clear our names!"
"Something actually happened to the Third Prince; he is an expert of the Creation Realm. I heard he went to a faraway place this time, the Xuanhuang Great World. That Xuanhuang Great World has already declined and has no experts; how could he be beaten to ash, unable to even flee back?"
"This time, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Fifteenth Prince, and numerous other princes will all breathe a sigh of relief. With the Third Prince killed by someone, they have lost a competitor. Legend had it that the Third Prince went out to search for a treasure; if that treasure was recovered, he would earn His Majesty's favor, and I fear the next heir to the throne would be him."
"That is not set in stone, Xuan Wugu, the old ancestor of the Xuan family, supports the Third Prince. That old ancestor has already cultivated into a Void Immortal, with means that reach the heavens!"
"Let's go, we will pass this news to the various princes, and also seek a bit of reward money."
At once, many, many white-robed figures flew out of the palace, scurrying aimlessly in all directions like headless flies. Here was the "Imperial Clan Court" of the Holy Light Empire.
The Imperial Clan Court was the place that governed the members of the royal clan.
And here stood the origin life tablets of the numerous royal disciples and princes. Every royal clan member of the Holy Light Empire had to have a tablet set up when they were born. Placed within the Imperial Clan Court, specialized personnel were dispatched to guard and closely monitor them. These origin life tablets would change correspondingly along with each individual's fortunes and destiny. The color would change if they met with danger; when the Imperial Clan Court discovered it, they could immediately dispatch people to rescue them, which also facilitated management.
But now, that lofty origin life tablet of the Third Prince exploded directly, meaning that the Third Prince had fallen right out. And the Imperial Clan Court was powerless to do anything about it.