Master of Strange Dao

Even if only instinct remained, she would certainly take away what rightfully belonged to her without hesitation.

But she didn't move, finished her tea, put down the teacup, and just sat there quietly basking in the moonlight.

"I just felt that things weren't resolved perfectly and made a few random comments, so why are you in a mood?

Li Qiu is you, Ruan Renwang is also you, there's no difference.

It's just that I talked a lot with Li Qiu, fought alongside, so naturally, I'm a bit biased.

I look at things separately, why are you also separating them like me?

Just take it quickly."

Yu Ziqing waved his hand, telling Ruan Renwang to quickly pack it up.

Ruan Renwang didn't move at all, so Yu Ziqing rolled his eyes and put away the black gemstone.

"Forget it then, I really don't know whether your consciousness is truly extinguished or just pretending."

After Yu Ziqing put away the black gemstone, Ruan Renwang continued drinking tea, and everything returned to normal.

While drinking tea, Yu Ziqing squinted his eyes, watching Ruan Renwang.

He was talking nonsense, but he didn't think Ruan Renwang would throw a tantrum, especially in this state.

Which means, her instincts told her not to take this black gemstone.

So the question arises, why not?

Either she feels she can't recover now, or it's very dangerous.

Or she feels she can't handle it now, or can't digest the power within the black gemstone.

After all, Li Qiu's power at the last moment was essentially, or position-wise, very high.

Probably the kind of power the Xi Family has been pursuing all along.

Yu Ziqing looked at the black gemstone in his hand, secretly lamenting that if he could refine that power, he might even gain some insight, reap some benefits first.

Unfortunately, for now, he can only hold it in his hand, only feeling death, aside from feeling alive is great, there's no other sensation.

With nothing else to do, Yu Ziqing continued to practice the Moonlight Divine Skills under the night sky.

By the crack of dawn the next day, he saw a group of people rushing from within Jinlan Mountain.

Yu Ziqing ignored these guys, found a room on his own, and took out the golden book to study.

The parts of the ritual obtained from Mo Huitou, along with the knowledge from the Nameless Prefectural Governor, were very enlightening to him.

He needed to learn systematically, and further study the route of overall evolution, the more thoroughly he understood, the clearer he would become.

At least now he can analyze that in the Hungry Ghost Almsgiving Ceremony, sweet rain is indeed the most important, but spells, the magic platform, and the handprints are all indispensable and equally important components, with sweet rain being just the most important catalyst.

Previously, he thought only sweet rain was important, and the rest were optional.

Now he needs to understand why?

Why does the spell he borrowed from other sources play such an important role, is it because he himself believes the spell is useful?

Since he believes it, it becomes effective because he recognizes the ritual as effective, is it because of the rank?

But then another question arises, initially, it might have been related to sacrificing to deities, receiving a stamp of approval from a deity made it effective.

But later, many rituals did not involve sacrifice at all, yet they were still effective.

Some even had sacrificial methods that directly sacrificed to heaven and earth.

Right after, Yu Ziqing thought about the time when he forcefully deduced the timing with external support, borrowing power out of thin air.

Is this ritual also borrowing power?

Later, he thought he should take a chance to see which of the Three Divine Dynasties are holding a sacrifice, to join in and have a good sense of it.

After all, this is already the most complete existing ritual.

If that doesn't work, he could go to Dadui and have Zhang preside over a Sacrifice to Heaven, and he could experience it firsthand from a first-person perspective.

Immediately after, Yu Ziqing's thoughts drifted again, and he thought of a new problem. Get full chapters from novelFirｅ.net

If he personally performed a Sacrifice to Heaven, personally offering incense, would he send the heavens into a state of intoxication?

"Ha..."

Yu Ziqing couldn't help but laugh aloud.

After reading for a month, Yu Ziqing stepped out of the room and saw that there was feasting happening outside early in the morning, so he ate a bit.

Then he continued reviewing the newly sent intelligence, but there was no significant change outside, everything was the same as before.

And this was actually the normal situation, not everything changes so quickly.

In Dazhen, Emperor Zhen's plans were progressing in an orderly manner.

On the Dali side, with the Crown Prince as Regent, everything was stable.

Over in Daqian, ever since the new emperor made his brother, King Lian, the Imperial Younger Brother, everything settled down.

They were stirring things up, but such changes wouldn't be apparent so quickly.

The Southern Sea continued its research on major projects, and those deans were tirelessly fabricating very reasonable reasons to couple minor studies with major projects.

The only area where disputes arose was still concerning funding issues.

Of course, disputes were inevitable, given how well the Lihuo Institute and Langya Institute understood the deans' nature.

If someone said to open a window and you agreed, they'd immediately want to tear off the roof for ventilation.

These disputes were merely procedural bargaining, and in the end, everyone took a step back.

The two institutes came up with a rationale for providing funding, making it easier to procure funding from the Divine Dynasty.

The deans also got what they wanted and could calmly produce some results to present.

And those providing the funds, such as the Divine Dynasty, received what they wanted.

Everyone was pleased.

Having finished reviewing the intelligence, Yu Ziqing entered the Seventh Floor ring on his own and started making inquiries, first seeking out Yang.

Yang was quite irritable, which meant he was probably quite busy lately.

Yu Ziqing didn't mention the matter with Li Qiu, and only talked about recently obtaining some ritual inheritances.

Accidentally resolving a sealing, now he had gained an additional fertility-boosting ritual in the one page book of Divine Skills.