The little Water Clan monster who had just stood up knelt down again, not daring to express any displeasure on their face or verbally, yet inwardly they grumbled incessantly.
"What's this new Great King up to, coming and going so frequently? When ordinary Immortals and Demons go out, don't they usually leave for at least ten days to half a month? Yet before a single day has passed, the new Great King has already come and gone multiple times."
Of course, they weren't annoyed by the number of times Li Changzhou entered and exited; rather, in the face of him, the Water Demons couldn't help but be extremely nervous, fearing that a single careless mistake might result in their death.
Li Changzhou didn't have time to attend to these lesser demons; he returned to his cave dwelling to sit quietly, observing Tang Seng through the viewpoint of the black hawk.
A normal eagle can, from thousands of meters up in the sky and while flying at high speeds, unmistakably identify animals on the ground. Even slim or small ones like snakes and field mice cannot escape its eyes, let alone a black hawk summoned with an S-rank Skill.
In the modern Earth, being able to spot ants on the ground from outside the Earth's atmosphere would be more terrifying than any satellite.
Even with Sun Wukong's vast Divine Powers, he couldn't detect the black hawk above his head.
After observing for a while, because of the endearing hospitality and the urging of the Qiupo to remain, Tang Seng was persuaded by Sun Wukong, who was scheming to use their current inability to cross the river to his advantage, aiming to make the Monster grow impatient and disrupt its plans.
Sha Monk had no objection, and Zhu Bajie was only concerned with eating and drinking to his heart's content.
The master and disciples simply settled down in the Chen family village.
After watching for a while, Li Changzhou withdrew his gaze; if Tang Seng wasn't in a hurry, then he was even less so. He concentrated on sensing the changes in his blood and pondered the principles of "Blood Refining."
Upon closing his eyes, he saw the Five Organs Gears operating on their own amidst the abundant vital essence of the ancient Primordial world.
Without his will, the Five Organs Gears did not mesh with each other, each standing alone like planets, emanating a vast Divine Power.
The Divine Will Great Wall explored the universe for countless ages, discovering innumerable planets; the ones Li Changzhou selected were almost the best of them all.
Outside the Five Organs Gears, there was a long river of blood. The blood, like Divine Chains, pulled and bound the gears, while also like rain nurturing them, making the Five Organs stronger, more harmonious, and easier to control.
Li Changzhou carefully sensed this blood refined by the Heavenly River and indeed felt a certain restraint on the Five Organs, and it was not an illusion.
Restraint didn't mean weakening; on the contrary, it was conducive to control and could unleash greater strength.
Even when Li Changzhou previously displayed his thousand-zhang Divine Body, he only made the Five Organs Gears turn slowly; it was not that he couldn't go faster.
To refine the Five Organs with five planets, it would take 1300 Earths combined to match the size of Jupiter; the other four planets were on the same level as Jupiter, from which one can imagine how strong the power of the Five Organs was.
But he didn't dare.
If the Five Organs Gears were to rotate at full speed, with the current strength of the Divine Body, they would definitely collapse.
With the restraint of this blood, he could, however, dare to open up a bit, using more of the power of the Five Organs.
The "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" did not merely increase strength; on top of increasing strength, it also released the previously stored strength—this depended on how much power was accumulated beforehand.
Erlang God mastered thirty-six forms and his physical body was comparable to the Tathagata's Golden Body, but once Li Changzhou mastered the thirty-six forms, even the Tathagata's Golden Body would not match him.
[Once you complete Blood Refining, you can learn the 'Three Winds'; after Bone Forging, you can learn the 'Three Fires.' 'Three Mountains,' 'Three Waters,' 'Three Winds,' 'Three Fires'—once refined, you can perform Fatian Xiangdi, shield the heavens with one hand—competing with an ordinary Heavenly Immortal with just a pair of hands.]
The sixth form of the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" is Divine Skills, the sixth form 'Three Mountains,' the twelfth form 'Three Waters,' the eighteenth form 'Three Winds,' and the twenty-fourth form 'Three Fires.' When the physical body understands the elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, you can perform Fatian Xiangdi.
Fatian Xiangdi is not part of any of the forms in the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique"; it is a derived Divine Power.
Li Changzhou felt it was somewhat similar to his thousand-zhang Divine Body.
[Let alone the 'Three Winds' and 'Three Fires,' I haven't even perfected the 'Three Mountains' and 'Three Waters.'] He sighed.
Time truly wasn't sufficient.
If only he had...
Li Changzhou interrupted his thoughts of complaint; time was fair. If he hadn't achieved his objective, it was either because he wasn't diligent enough, or his Talent was insufficient.
Talent wasn't something one could decide; he only had to put forth more effort.
Setting aside all distractions, Li Changzhou began to ponder "Three Waters."
"Three Waters," consisting of sea water, weak water, and blood water.
Sea water represents heaviness, a single Water Qi being the weight of an immense ocean. Cultivated to a certain Realm, merely making a Fist Seal can forcefully confront the Stabilizer.
Weak water represents danger and depth. Once the momentum is unleashed, the opponent cannot escape.
As for blood water, it stands alone as the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique," burning blood to gain strength.
[Your blood is unlike that of others; as you have already entered the doorway of Blood Refining, understanding 'blood water' will quickly enhance your strength.]
With guidance from Guanyin, Li Changzhou focused solely on understanding 'blood water.'
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Heavenly Palace.
Guanyin sat to the right of the Queen Mother, clad in white, her beauty rivaling that of any fairy. Still, her compassionate and vast aura made one overlook her appearance.
After eating Immortal Fruit and drinking wine, the Queen Mother said, "Today's Flowers Conference is not merely to admire the flowers but to examine you all. Regardless of origin or years spent in Dao, everyone may show their abilities."
"May I ask Your Majesty," spoke the Nine Heavens Mystic Goddess, dressed in an orange fairy dress, "how will the examination be conducted?"
"I have set three challenges. Passing one earns a reward of a three-thousand-year Flat Peach; for two, a six-thousand-year Flat Peach; for all three, a nine-thousand-year Flat Peach," replied the Queen Mother.
As the Queen Mother spoke, fairy attendants in red, blue, plain, black, purple, yellow, and green, carrying baskets, entered. Inside the baskets were the Flat Peaches that Li Changzhou would even sacrifice his countenance for.