Chapter 843: Intimidating Daqing Gen

Meng Qi barely restrained his urge to make a sarcastic comment and waved his hand dramatically, “Too cliché!”

Especially something like “Journey to the West Team,” which always reminded one of Monk Tang and his group. After witnessing the Golden-Hooped Staff and having seen a massive pig corpse from afar, obtaining the “Seven-Slayer Tablet,” which had effects similar to the Time-Saving Treasure Box, he still wanted to avoid following predecessors too closely to prevent unnecessary karmic entanglements.

Most importantly, everyone knew about the Journey to the West team and had heard Meng Qi talk about Sun Wukong, the “Great Sage Equal to Heaven,” who practiced the Eight-Nine Marvelous Art. If the team were named “Journey to the West,” Meng Qi could foresee the girls calling him “Monkey,” “Monkey Head,” or “Senior Apprentice Brother.” As a new generation hero, where would his dignity lie?

“We martial artists pursue the Dao without regrets. How can this be called ‘cliché’?” Jiang Zhiwei slightly frowned, half-jokingly scolding and rebutting, “Little monk, do you have any good names?”

Meng Qi clenched his fist earnestly and declared, “Rule the World!”

Ruan Yushu and Jiang Zhiwei exchanged glances, calmly saying, “‘Pursuing the Dao’ and ‘Journey to the West’ indeed lack appeal.”

“Yeah, nothing striking,” Jiang Zhiwei gently nodded.

The two conversed back and forth, completely ignoring Meng Qi, as if he had never offered a suggestion.

“Haha, just kidding earlier; how could I actually suggest such an embarrassing name?” Meng Qi chuckled awkwardly and looked at Zhao Heng, “Old Five, what do you think?”

Zhao Heng pondered for a moment and enthusiastically replied, “Our group’s cultivation lineages include Daoist, Buddhist, and miscellaneous traditions. Naming the team after places like Ling Mountain or Kunlun wouldn’t be quite appropriate. However, every martial cultivator aspires to one day achieve the Dharma Body, uniting the many selves into one, reaching the legendary realm. Therefore, let’s name our team the ‘Legendary Team,’ symbolizing the aspiration that each member will attain legendary status. It also suits our role of traversing different worlds and leaving behind legends.”

“Not bad,” Ruan Yushu mused.

Jiang Zhiwei nodded in agreement, “Not every immortal or deity reaches legendary status. This name sounds grand.”

Meng Qi, who had been holding back a bunch of humorous team names, could only reluctantly give up upon seeing the consensus.

Why must the team name be only two characters? Using a poetic name would be much better!

For example, telling everyone, “We are the ‘Now Only Eighteen, Yet a Whole Era is Just a Year’ Team,” would be stylish and impressive!

After some casual conversation, Ruan Yushu and Zhao Heng returned to their rooms to cultivate. Jiang Zhiwei looked at Meng Qi with slight confusion, “You have learned many different techniques. Don’t you need to spend some time integrating them?”

“What needs integrating has already been integrated. As for what hasn’t been fully mastered, it won’t be learned through simple, boring retreats. Besides, we still have a year between missions, which is more than enough time for me to train,” Meng Qi replied with a smile, seemingly confident that a year would suffice to master the Dharma Body skill “Vast and Boundless Shattering the World,” a combined sword and saber technique.

Jiang Zhiwei didn’t press the matter further. After a few expressions flickered across her face, she changed the topic, “You were right earlier. My master indeed knows much about the secrets of the Eternal Valley.”

“Master Su, upon achieving the Dharma Body, already displayed legendary characteristics, which must mean he had previously connected with his ‘Other Self.'” Meng Qi didn’t need Jiang Zhiwei to explain further. With the evidence of Su Wuming’s recent overwhelming victories, he was already fairly certain.

Jiang Zhiwei continued, “He obtained a fragment of the Heaven Mirror from there, so the one you encountered was merely a residual soul fragment.”

“Oh, I see,” Meng Qi suddenly understood. Without the Heaven Mirror or its aura, even a Human Immortal couldn’t connect with their ‘Other Self’ ahead of time!

“After his ascension, he passed the Heaven Mirror fragment to me,” Jiang Zhiwei revealed the key point.

“Huh?” Meng Qi was momentarily stunned, quite surprised. Just moments ago, they were discussing the Heaven Mirror and the ‘Other Self,’ and now it turned out the fragment had fallen into Zhiwei’s hands.

Indeed, Master Su was generous and unhesitating, giving away treasures when needed!

Jiang Zhiwei took out the Heaven Mirror fragment. It was dark and dull, yet it reflected countless illusory scenes and multiple universes around it, vast and sacred.

Meng Qi had obtained the broken Seven-Slayer Tablet, while Jiang Zhiwei now had the Heaven Mirror fragment. It seemed each of his companions had their own unique karmic connections… Meng Qi felt a mixture of envy and joy.

“Zhiwei, it’s best not to use the Heaven Mirror fragment too soon. I heard from Master Lu that it’s very dangerous. One can easily be influenced by the ‘Other Self,’ lose one’s ‘Self,’ and become insane or suffer from spiritual deviation,” Meng Qi warned, like a person with multiple personality disorder!

Therefore, the fact that Su Wuming dared to walk this most difficult path and succeeded was truly admirable and astonishing.

Jiang Zhiwei smiled slightly, “Don’t worry. My master only dared to attempt it after reaching the third heavenly ladder, his mind fully matured and stable. I’ll merely study its aura in advance, contemplating the profoundness and differences among the multiple universes to grasp the unchanging amidst all changes.”

“Excellent idea,” Meng Qi sincerely praised.

“Don’t worry, I’ll share my experiences with you. No need to look at me with such longing,” Jiang Zhiwei joked, smiling warmly.

As fellow Reincarnators, they couldn’t trade or lend anything at or above the Dharma Body level to each other. The Heaven Mirror fragment was a relic of an ultimate divine weapon, not much different in power from the “Celestial Emperor’s Stone Tablet” before it was reforged into the Seven-Slayer Tablet, just differing in function. Thus, it fell into that category. However, experiences and insights could be shared!

Feeling a warmth in his heart, Meng Qi chuckled, folded his hands behind his back, and said smugly, “This Lord shall soon comprehend the mysteries of time, mastering the profound secrets of past, present, and future, and will then guide you as well.”

They exchanged a few more teasing remarks before parting ways from the Reincarnation Plaza. The next mission would be another time they fought side by side!

…

Back in the real world, Meng Qi directly headed to the entrance and returned to the Biyou Heaven, landing on the central jade pillar of the Immortal Trace Bazaar. From there, he retrieved the Seven-Slayer Tablet from his room.

It had become even more hazy, its surface seemingly covered with a misty layer, faintly shimmering like rippling water. Holding it in his hand, he felt the world dim around him, stripped of its colorful appearances—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—leaving only the most fundamental black and white.

“Truly impressive!” Meng Qi sincerely exclaimed.

Besides its ability to return to the past, it also helped him grasp the profound mysteries of time and the unpredictability of slaughter.

Putting the Seven-Slayer Tablet away, Meng Qi smirked, chuckled softly, and leisurely flew toward the Biyou Palace. Calculating the timing with a flick of his finger, he lit the alchemical fire in a certain room, heating up the cauldron, pretending to be refining pills.

Creak! The door opened, and Daqinggen, idly swaying its branches, returned home.

“Ma-Master…” Daqinggen clearly froze in place.

“What are you standing there for? Come and help!” Meng Qi “indifferently” glanced at it.

“At once, Master!” Daqinggen rushed over, suddenly confused, “Master, what am I helping with? Why are you refining pills in my room?”

“I plan to refine a batch of ‘Heaven-Trembling, Earth-Shaking, Bodhisattva-Fearing, Lightning-Shining Golden Light Pills,’ but I’m missing a key ingredient, so I came to ‘ask for help,'” Meng Qi smiled at Daqinggen.

That smile looked terrifying to Daqinggen. Its body immediately weakened, and it stammered, “Ma-Master, what ingredient do you need?”

Meng Qi stared at it, enunciating clearly, “A ten-thousand-year-old Daqinggen that lies a lot.”

A liar… With a thud, Daqinggen dropped to its knees, oozing sap and weeping bitterly, “Master, I admit I used to lie a lot, but under your teachings, I have reformed completely, becoming a new person—or rather, a new spirit! I’ve told you everything honestly!”

“But why did I just hear that the Lord of the Six Realms isn’t Luyao?” Meng Qi activated the Yuanxin Seal, staring directly into Daqinggen’s eyes.

Daqinggen shivered, trembling and confused, “How could that be? It must be Luyao! Someone else must be lying!”

“Master, I told you from the beginning that the Lord of the Six Realms once visited the Yuxu Palace. Do you think the person you suspect now could have done that?”

Going to the Yuxu Palace related to Jiuyou was essentially a death wish… Meng Qi frowned slightly. Could Daqinggen have been lying and setting a trap from the very beginning? At that time, it hadn’t revealed who it was, and it was obviously terrified, so there was no need to lie…

Moreover, according to the Yuanxin Seal’s feedback, Daqinggen’s emotions didn’t seem fake.

Seeing Meng Qi’s attitude soften, Daqinggen seized the opportunity, hugging Meng Qi’s leg and sobbing, “Master, I’ve always been loyal. For the sake of our Yuxu lineage, I’d climb mountains of blades and cross seas of oil without flinching, risking everything without hesitation. Please don’t let outsiders turn you against me!”

“I’m a loyal servant!”

Meng Qi pondered for a moment, patted his robe, pushed Daqinggen aside, and said indifferently, “I’ll spare your life for now.”

“Master is wise! Master sees through the mysteries of heaven and always prevails…” Daqinggen quickly showered Meng Qi with flattery.

The matter of the Six Realms seemed to have many more mysteries… Lost in thought, Meng Qi exited the Biyou Palace and left through the Immortal Trace entrance near the Qin Prefecture, heading straight for the Shaolin Temple.

Hehe, he wondered what expression his master would make upon seeing he had obtained the “Earth Store Spirit-Saving Sutra”?

Feeling slightly smug and eagerly anticipating recognition and praise, Meng Qi transformed into a streak of light, soaring across the sky.