After learning how to enter and exit the Treasure Cauldron, Hao Jiu decisively left the Shadow System in the Treasure Cauldron space. He wanted to search the Corpse Mountain to see if there were any systems hidden inside. There were so many packages to loot; what if there were any good modules?
Xiang Yu picked up the precious cauldron and the fallen fragments, stored them in his storage space, and then cultivated while waiting for nightfall.
After Azi jumped off the cliff with Xiao Feng during the day, Xuzhu, Duan Yu and the others did not leave, hoping for a miracle. However, there was no sign of a miracle by nightfall, so they decided to camp at the valley entrance.
Suddenly, Xiao Feng's voice echoed in Xu Zhu and Duan Yu's minds, telling them not to disturb others and to go to the nearby woods for a chat.
Xu Zhu and Duan Yu were overjoyed. Although they didn't know what kind of divine skill Xiao Feng used to transmit his voice, they were certain that it was real.
The two men went to the woods under the pretext of relieving themselves. Then, a man jumped down from a tree. Who else could it be but Xiao Feng!
"Big brother!"
"Second brother, third brother, come with me!" As Xiao Feng spoke, he pulled Duan Yu and Xu Zhu through a large green door. "This is the Overlord, my great benefactor! And your great benefactor too!"
"That's right! The Overlord saved my elder brother, so he is naturally our great benefactor!" Duan Yu said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.
"Yes! Thank you, Overlord!" Xu Zhu quickly bowed in gratitude.
"You've misunderstood. The Overlord saved more than just me. Come on, let's go down to the bottom of the valley and take a look," Xiao Feng said with a smile.
Soon, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu met their deceased relatives. After a long talk, they learned that the overlord in front of them was Xiang Yu, the god worshipped in Jiangdong!
The opportunity to travel to a wider world and achieve immortality would be irresistible to anyone. After returning to Dali Kingdom, Duan Yu quickly abdicated the throne and then took his wives to Wuliang Mountain to meet up.
Xu Zhu also made arrangements for the Lingjiu Palace and brought Meng Gu to Wuliang Mountain.
Although the Sweeper Monk Chengcheng did not want to leave the Tianlong Babu sect, Hao Jiu left him a Buddhist cultivation method that uses the power of faith to improve his cultivation. If he used it well, he should be able to live for another one or two hundred years without much problem.
Xiao Yuanshan, who was originally devoted to Buddhism, lost all interest in chanting after seeing his wife and naturally followed her.
As a result, Xiang Yu and Hao Jiu took almost all the elites and beauties with them on their trip to Tianlong Babu.
You Tanzhi, that simpleton, survived and became A Zi's follower again. He still has a long way to go before becoming her boyfriend.
With the dimensional blockade lifted and the spacetime tunnel opened, Hao Jiu suddenly remembered something just before returning.
"Oh right, I haven't tried that new Goblin System module yet. Overlord, hurry up and try summoning the coolest version of yourself!"
"Good!" Xiang Yu waved his hand, and then...
A short, green goblin appeared before them...
Hao Jiu, "..."
Chapter 446 Against Q
Hao Jiu first learned about goblins from an online game called "Disconnected City Warriors," where the first level in the beginner village featured these little monsters.
Although the novels related to this game have exciting storylines about how to complete this level, in the game it is actually not difficult at all. You could pass it with your eyes closed, which shows how weak this little monster is.
Therefore, its fighting ability is out of the question, and its intelligence is extremely low; even cats and dogs are smarter than it...
Xiang Yu killed him with a single blow of his halberd, and he vanished in the form of countless stars. Then, he led the Eight Legions of the Heavenly Dragons on a journey back to the Chu-Han world.
Over the years, Xiaoyaozi has already integrated all the unique skills of the Shaolin Temple into one through the Xiaowuxiang Gong, creating a brand new martial art called the Eight Divine Skills, which serves as the foundational martial art for the Overlord Legion.
Profound martial arts such as Free and Easy Wind Control, Northern Darkness Divine Skill, Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, Six Meridian Divine Sword, Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, and Yi Jin Jing were learned by the generals and Divine Martial Guards.
The Divine Wood King Cauldron is now open for business. As expected, Miss Swift is fair; the price for accelerating martial arts is very cheap, but the prices for accelerating immortal cultivation and domineering cultivation are a bit expensive, and the effects are very limited, so it cannot make people quickly improve their realm.
However, using Miss Speed's abilities to improve spell proficiency is quite fast. For example, if the powerful figure inside the Divine Wood Cauldron were willing to help Xiaoyaozi master the Fireball spell, which he had been practicing for a long time, Xiaoyaozi would be able to do so very quickly.
In Hao Jiu's opinion, the effect of the Divine Wood King Cauldron in accelerating cultivation is only slightly better than nothing. If used for cultivating immortality, the effect will not be very obvious once you reach the third level of Qi Refining.
However, as for domineering aura, it only has some effect at the beginner level. Explosive power and body protection can only be improved quickly through actual combat training, and cannot be achieved by simply sitting there and practicing.
However, when one cultivates domineering aura to the point of external release, the difficulty is too great. The acceleration effect of the Divine Wood King Cauldron may have some effect, but basically no change can be seen.
Of course, if the Speedy Miss System has enough energy and time to accumulate, it can directly accelerate the time of the plane by a thousand times, and people cultivating in the plane will naturally have a thousand times the cultivation speed.
How long the 1000x acceleration lasts depends on how long the speed system has been idle since its last activation.
Originally, the three of them could have combined their strength to absorb the energy provided by the cauldron holder within the divine cauldron. Although this state was not considered a binding, and the cauldron holder was not the host, having some income was better than nothing.
However, Xiaoyaozi actually banished the Divine Wood King Cauldron to the cold palace, occupying it without doing anything else, which angered the three big shots.
The Divine Eye is preparing to break free from the barrier, but it will take about sixty years, so the Divine Speed System activates a thousandfold acceleration.
According to their original plan, after accelerating the process by sixty years, Xiaoyaozi would probably die of old age, and they would be able to freely enter and leave the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
As a result, Xiang Yu and Hao Jiu went to the Tianlong Babu plane for a goblin system quest. Coincidentally, the goblin system had been captured and imprisoned in the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Of course, if the Goblin System dies outside, and the three of them continue to hide in the Divine Wood Cauldron and remain silent, then find another opportunity when there are more people around to escape or bind to a host, they might be fine.
Unfortunately, the Enchanting System was out of playthings and eager to leave. There were many hosts outside who were worth binding with, but her attempt to bind them not only failed but also exposed the three of them.
The key point is that Xiang Yu smashed the cauldron in a fit of anger. Who could bear that? Who could have imagined that?
In short, the three system masters who advocated celibacy—Divine Eye, Divine Speed, and Enchantment—have become Hao Jiu's captives and will have to stay in the Divine Wood Cauldron for a while. If a time limit had to be added, it would probably be ten thousand years.
However, any cultivation technique that can help a cultivator improve their realm can be mastered as long as one can complete the process of absorbing qi, storing spiritual energy in the dantian, and completing one cycle.
Further advancement requires gradual accumulation and has little to do with proficiency.
Therefore, the Divine Wood Cauldron can only play a role when one is just beginning to cultivate immortality. Those with spiritual roots for cultivation can quickly begin to cultivate immortality, and those without spiritual roots can also quickly learn cultivation techniques.
However, people without spiritual roots cannot retain spiritual energy. The spiritual energy can only stay in the body for a short time to nourish the body and prolong life.
Spiritual roots are further divided into five elements spiritual roots and mutated spiritual roots. Cultivating immortality is simply the process of spiritual root growth. Spiritual energy is the nourishment. Each time it grows taller, it advances to a higher realm, until it blossoms and bears fruit. This fruit is the Dao fruit, and one attains immortality.
The speed of advancement depends on the amount of nutrients. Good cultivation techniques can accumulate nutrients faster, but spiritual roots have a more direct impact on advancement.
A single elemental spiritual root only needs one portion of nutrients to grow taller and advance to the next realm. Each additional elemental root requires an additional portion of nutrients, halving the breakthrough speed.
Obviously, those with more spiritual roots are stronger within the same realm. This can be understood as having thicker spiritual roots, but it only means they are stronger within the same realm. Each major realm advancement is a qualitative change.
Mutant spiritual roots are rare and special spiritual roots such as lightning spiritual roots, ice spiritual roots, and dark spiritual roots. People with such spiritual roots will cultivate very quickly, regardless of how many of the five elements they possess, as nutrients are prioritized for the growth of the mutated spiritual root. Only when they reach a bottleneck and stagnate will the other spiritual roots continue to grow.
Of course, having a system or a special spiritual root doesn't matter; you can have whatever you want. Besides, Xiang Yu's main purpose in cultivating immortality was simply to temporarily prolong his lifespan.
Humans are the most intelligent of all beings, and the most intelligent of all beings is the spiritual root. The spiritual root is like a person's hidden attribute, which can affect many aspects, such as intelligence, appearance, cultivation talent, etc. Moreover, the offspring of people with spiritual roots are more likely to inherit spiritual roots.
While martial arts don't have the same stringent requirements for spiritual roots as cultivating immortality, they are still affected to some extent.
People with spiritual roots find it easier to cultivate martial arts than those without, and are more likely to reach the highest level or learn unparalleled martial arts that others cannot learn.
Therefore, most of the martial arts masters that Xiang Yu brought from the Eight Tribes of the Heavenly Dragons, even the simple-minded You Tanzhi, possessed spiritual roots.
Well, the Qiao Sanhuai couple had a tragic fate. Although they couldn't cultivate immortality, they still had a longer lifespan than ordinary people.
Xiang Yu spent over sixty years in the Tianlong Babu world, but due to the thousand-fold time flow, only twenty-odd days have passed in the Chu-Han world, less than a month.
However, Xiang Yu spent quite a bit of time in the time tunnel, and using the method of teleporting through different dimensions was a bit slow. He needed to find a faster way.
When Xiang Yu stepped out of the time portal inside Fangxian Temple, Yu Ji, Xu Fu, and the others had been waiting for a long time. The old lady was breaking through a minor hurdle at the sixth level of Qi Refining, so she did not come.
The air door opened, and the people from the eight realms of Tianlong walked out with curious expressions. There really is a heaven beyond heaven.
The Chu-Han Contention is quite lively this time, with a large group of beautiful women vying for attention, which is quite a sight to behold. However, there are also some hidden dangers, as Yu Ji and Li Canghai finally meet.
"The Empress is indeed beautiful. No wonder the Overlord is so fond of you. I am completely envious," Li Canghai said with a smile.
"Sister Canghai, just call me sister, don't be so formal. We're family now. Wow~ what an adorable little girl! You and Xiang Yu had a child, why didn't you tell me?" Yu Ji rubbed the cute little head.
Xiang Yu, "..."
Wu Xingyun, “???”
Chapter 447 The Expedition
In fact, Wu Xingyun had already told Li Canghai on the way that he would help her with the palace intrigue.
So when Wu Xingyun saw Yu Ji, he raised his head proudly like a little fighting rooster, determined not to lose to a girl in her twenties in terms of aura.
However, Li Canghai had no interest in palace intrigue. She was already very satisfied to have spent sixty years with Xiang Yu, and at the same time, she was somewhat resigned to her fate.
It's said that it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, but she couldn't win over the king in sixty years, so there must be a little bit of resentment in her heart.
If it weren't for the God of Wine secretly supporting her, she would have given up long ago. In Hao Jiu's words, now is truly her golden opportunity.
The Hegemon-King was not one of those lustful monarchs. He had gone through life and death with Yu Ji and even lost her once, so he cherished her exceptionally.
Such a devoted and single-minded king could not be won over by ordinary methods. He could only take a roundabout approach. As long as Yu Ji accepted him as her sister, the matter would be half accomplished.
In truth, how could Xiang Yu not have felt Li Canghai's care for him over the past sixty years? He simply pretended not to know.
Because Xiang Yu had already promised Hao Jiu that he would no longer harm the women who admired him, and Li Canghai had only been hinting at it, without making a clear statement or doing anything like throwing herself into his arms or getting into bed with him.
In this situation, what else could Xiang Yu do besides pretend to be stupid? Perhaps Li Canghai will figure it out herself in the future, or perhaps she will meet another person who moves her heart.
Hao Jiu pursed her lips. How could that be? Meeting the Overlord is a lifelong mistake. Besides, Li Canghai has gone through a tribulation of inner demons. She will probably marry no one but the Overlord in this lifetime.
However, a woman is a woman; no matter how generous or devoted she is, she will eventually harbor a tiny bit of resentment.
However, the most resentment Hao Jiu receives now comes from Wu Xingyun. The Overlord clearly had the ability to cure her inability to grow up, but he only saved her when she was about to die.
What's even more infuriating is that Xiang Yu didn't tell Yu Ji about her situation, yet she was mistaken for Xiang Yu and Li Canghai's daughter...
Wu Xingyun's carefully constructed composure was instantly shattered by Yu Ji, leaving him feeling wronged.
From childhood to adulthood, only her master had ever touched her head like that; anyone else who tried to touch her like that, regardless of gender, died.
But what could Wu Xingyun do to Yu Ji? Besides, it was all a misunderstanding. She had to suffer this injustice in silence, all because of the Overlord!
If you don't dare say it to my face, and you don't dare to curse behind my back, you can at least complain a few words in your heart, right?
"That's fantastic!" Hao Jiu was overjoyed, finding Wu Xingyun more and more pleasing to the eye. For Xiang Yu, resentment was far more valuable than chivalry.
However, Hao Jiu has his own way. Perhaps some people can be good people all their lives, but many times good people will be misunderstood, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.
For example, the characters in the eight realms of Tian Long Ba Bu all harbored some resentment towards Xiang Yu. Why did he only save them when they were on their deathbeds? Why were some people not saved?
In short, Xiang Yu couldn't do what Liu Ji did—abandon his wife and children to instantly gain countless resentments—but he could achieve small profits but quick turnover, accumulating wealth gradually.
Of course, it's only natural for these people to have some resentment, and under the restraint of reason, this resentment is unlikely to cause any major problems.
Even if resentment takes root and sprouts, causing these people to have thoughts of betrayal, the Shadow System is watching over them, so there's nothing to be afraid of.
Xiang Yu said he missed his mother, and then left Fangxian Temple ahead of everyone else. With so many capable men under his command, and Yu Ji not being a reckless person, he decided to let Yu Ji make the decisions.