Chapter 237: Solution

The six Grand Shamanes remained silent, their expressions varied.

Some were curious, some expectant, some benevolent, and some appreciative.

However, Zhu Fengdan was visibly displeased, but she patiently watched Li Qi's performance.

All the Grand Shamanes ceased observing Li Qi's Heart Lake.

In truth, this could be controlled; their ability to view others' Heart Lakes stemmed simply from their immense power and elevated perspective.

When perception becomes so acute that even the electrical currents in the brain can be clearly distinguished, then when you observe Mortals who still rely on their brains for thought, their inner thoughts and desires are no longer secrets.

However, one could choose not to look.

Just like now.

They were all eager to know what kind of thought process Li Qi would employ to produce an answer that satisfied everyone.

The current situation was awkward.

Li Qi either sided with the other Grand Shamanes, persuading his Master not to act impulsively and do something foolish.

In that case, he would undoubtedly be hung up and beaten by Zhu Fengdan in front of everyone.

The Grand Shamanes had no doubt that Zhu Fengdan would do such a thing; that fellow could do anything when angered.

But if Li Qi sided with Zhu Fengdan, Zhu Fengdan would be very happy, but that would mean Li Qi had to proactively challenge the disciples of the Grand Shamanes, despite already knowing that the Grand Shamanes were unwilling.

Undoubtedly, no matter how good-tempered the Grand Shamanes were, or how highly they regarded Li Qi, they would not tolerate Li Qi openly provoking his elders, and Li Qi's fate would still be to be hung up and beaten.

As for standing in the middle as a mediator, or staying out of it?

Sorry, Li Qi only had two choices.

Standing in the middle as a mediator, and staying out of it, were essentially both 'siding with the Grand Shamanes'; if he did that, Li Qi would undoubtedly still be hung up and beaten by his Master.

It was difficult to avoid offending anyone while also extricating himself.

It was precisely because they understood the difficulty of this matter that the Grand Shamanes were very curious how Li Qi would handle it to perfectly resolve this dilemma.

As a Invoker, resolving such matters was actually a display of ability, after all, Invoker inherently needed to coordinate all gods.

Sweat also appeared on Li Qi's forehead.

After bowing for a few seconds, he suddenly straightened up.

He loudly declared, “All Masters, please witness this junior's performance of Dao!”

After speaking, without waiting for the Grand Shamanes' consent, he directly sat down, and his miniature heaven and earth expanded outwards, presenting a phantom scene around him.

He was only at the Eighth Rank, and his miniature heaven and earth had not yet reached a substantial level, so it was merely illusory.

However, this was already enough.

The Grand Shamanes stared at him curiously, wondering what trick he was going to pull.

They saw Li Qi's miniature heaven and earth begin to evolve.

Heaven and Earth unfolded, Yin and Yang fiercely intertwined.

Dimly, vaguely, as if descending from Heaven.

Rain fell.

All things mixed and flowed together, the Xuan Huang vast and shapeless.

Thunder rumbled from the void, lightning illuminated the chamber through the window.

Water surged and rushed, the storm-wind drove it swiftly.

Was it the flood of the Southern Mountain, or the temporary overflow of the Northern Sea?

The high banks dissolved without limit, the plains were swept into a deep abyss.

With sincerity, he knocked on the Dao, and the supremely spiritual Mountain God appeared.

Li Qi suddenly manifested a Dharma Body, with the sun and moon as its eyes, mountains and rivers as its body, and all waters as its Bloodline.

It was as clear as Heaven, as serene as Earth, and as bright as the sun and moon.

The Dharma Body stretched!

Standing in the center of Heaven and Earth, where the Central Mountain was located, it knocked on the spirit of the Eastern Mountain, opened the gate of the Western Mountain, absorbed the essence of the Southern Mountain, and bound the Peak of the Northern Mountain.

It caressed the unseen multitude of mountains, and propped up the sky with the pillar-like Peak.

Sitting on a green jade altar, it looked down upon the stars of the Southern Pole, and observed the small, deep lake.

It breathed the thunder of contraction and expansion, and overlooked the flowing forms of all transformations.

It reached the ultimate Peak of the development of all things, and was endlessly generative.

It surveyed the Universe in an instant, and moved with the sun, moon, and four seasons!

This Dharma Body, within Li Qi's miniature heaven and earth, embraced the sun and moon, held the firmament, commanded the eight directions, filled with Divine Qi, shining like bright light, gradually expanding to the point where the entire miniature heaven and earth could no longer bear it!

The Grand Shamanes commented from the side.

“The foundation is very solid, the miniature heaven and earth is the size of a province, this must be the result of presiding over the Grand Ritual, right? Indeed, it's not bad, but this feedback is a bit too substantial, he can't digest it.”

“It has already filled his body, stuck him here, hmm, there are still some drawbacks, he needs to slowly digest it, it should take about twenty years?”

“No, look at the hands of his Dharma Body, there's something there, it's that wisp of Dao Resonance from just now.”

The Grand Shamanes conversed, but Zhu Fengdan remained silent; he had been stifled by these Grand Shamanes just now, and now he was just watching Li Qi, wanting to know what he intended to do with his performance of Dao.

However, Li Qi was very calm.

The plan had been completed before the action began; now he just needed to follow through.

During the performance of Dao, he was fully immersed, his Heart Lake was calm and waveless, and he didn't need to think about anything, only focus on the task at hand.

The True Knowledge Dao Resonance unfolded.

At the same time, that wisp of Universe Dao Resonance also began to exert its effect.

“Oh, he's analyzing Dao Resonance?”

“How could a mere Eighth Rank analyze it on the spot? Isn't he afraid of burning out his brain?”

“No, he's not analyzing it with his brain; his brain is only responsible for summarizing. The actual analysis is being done by another wisp of Dao Resonance in his hand. Oh, what a strange Dao Resonance, what is its nature?”

“Did Third Zhu find it for him? Doesn't seem like it, does Third Zhu even have such a good thing?”

The Grand Shamanes showed surprise.

The characteristics of True Knowledge Dao Resonance were somewhat peculiar.

In their eyes, once this Dao Resonance was activated, it began to continuously delve into the world itself, and then summarized the detected information for Li Qi.

This penetration was very slight, roughly equivalent to applying some medicine to the skin, and then the small molecules of the medicine permeate the skin and enter the body, something like that.

Basically, it had no impact on the world itself, and could only understand some very shallow information.

However, that was in relation to the world, and this world was the world itself.

The solidity of the rules of the world had reached an indescribable degree.

Therefore, the penetration power of True Knowledge Dao Resonance was very significant for some weaker things; it could penetrate much deeper.

Just like now.

“He's dissecting that Dao Resonance, is he really going to analyze that Universe Dao Resonance on the spot?”

“It seems so, he won't really burn out his brain, will he?”

The Grand Shamanes whispered among themselves.

As for Zhu Fengdan, he had already extended his hand, an invisible force enveloped Li Qi, and as soon as Li Qi showed signs of burning out his brain, he would immediately interrupt all his actions.

The True Knowledge Dao Resonance was like a microscope.

This microscope could extract information and intelligence and tell it to Li Qi.

But to derive research results from this information, Li Qi still needed to calculate and summarize it himself.

If too much information flooded in, burning out one's brain was a normal occurrence.

However…

He was used to it.

To be honest, Li Qi was really used to it.

The True Knowledge Dao Resonance constantly poured information about the surrounding environment into Li Qi, and Li Qi had used the True Knowledge Dao Resonance to calculate countless things.

From Chan Zhi's Demonic Qi to all the information from the Grand Ritual, it was all analyzed by the True Knowledge Dao Resonance.

Li Qi had long been accustomed to large streams of information directly entering his brain; he had developed resistance.

So, contrary to what many Grand Shamanes expected, he did not burn out his brain due to the massive information; on the contrary, he began to unleash a portion of the power of the Universe Dao Resonance.

Within his miniature heaven and earth, his Dharma Body stretched, becoming even more vast.

His arms bent, his elbows propped up the east and west poles, his head touched the firmament, and even when he bent and sat cross-legged, the entire world still seemed too small, unable to contain this Dharma Body at all.

The miniature heaven and earth had reached its limit.

But this was Li Qi's plan.

Around the Dharma Body, layers upon layers of sacrificial rites suddenly unfolded.

The Dharma Body also danced along, beginning to perform a mysterious and ancient dance within this cramped Small Heaven and Earth.

“Myriad Dance? He knows this too?” A Grand Shaman immediately recognized the fluctuations emanating from it.

“It's not that he knows it, it's the effect of that wisp of Universe Dao Resonance. That Dao Resonance is a remnant of the Wu Yu lineage, and I don't know when it originated…”

“Myriad Dance, no wonder.”

Simple, simple, about to perform the Myriad Dance!

Jian (简) means vast. Fang (方) means four directions. Jiang (将) means to perform.

The Myriad Dance is performed with shields and feathers, used in ancestral temples and mountains and rivers, hence it is spoken of in the four directions, hence “used in mountains and rivers”.

Since mountains and rivers are external, it is said “four directions”, explaining the meaning of saying four directions (from “Guo Feng”).

Therefore, the “Li” annotation says: “The sacrifices of the four directions refer to the four cardinal points.”

The “Da Si Le” annotation says: “The four cardinal points refer to the Five Mountains, four border towns, and four major rivers.” In that case, besides these, there are also mountains and rivers, so mountains and rivers have their own separate dances from the four directions.

The Myriad Dance was originally a dance used for sacrificing to the four directions, carrying the meaning of praising vast space and land.

That Universe Dao Resonance was created by the Myriad Dance!

This was originally an ancient Legacy of the Wu Yu lineage, but for some unknown reason, it had been hidden until Li Qi discovered it.

Of course, the Myriad Dance was not lost; some high-ranking Wu Yu practitioners already knew it. The Universe Dao Resonance hidden in that bell merely recorded some of the essence of the Myriad Dance.

Someone must have used this Dao Resonance to store a part of the Myriad Dance, then added their own understanding, and sealed it within the bell for future reading.

However, something special might have happened in between, causing this item to circulate and, by Opportunity, fall into the hands of another ordinary Wu Yu, Yu Mengniang.

It was just that Yu Mengniang herself didn't recognize the treasure, and in the end, Li Qi recognized it and rented it for three years.

At this moment, the essence of the Myriad Dance within the Universe Dao Resonance was unleashed by Li Qi.

He didn't know the Myriad Dance, but that didn't prevent him from directly using the Dao Resonance.

Treasures like Dao Resonance could inherently be used directly.

And so—

The four directions expanded greatly.

Li Qi's miniature heaven and earth suddenly surged dramatically!

He utilized the Universe Dao Resonance, with its characteristic of turning a cubit into a hundred feet, to forcibly expand his miniature heaven and earth, allowing him to bear a larger area.

With a greater bearing limit, Li Qi immediately had more room to maneuver.

The performance of Dao continued.

After that, it was Li Qi's familiar Guangyang Grand Ritual!

He re-enacted the Guangyang Grand Ritual within his body, displaying his own power.

However, this time, it was not a sacrifice to the myriad gods of Guangyang's mountains and rivers.

But a sacrifice to himself!

All the Grand Shamanes understood his intention!

Expand the miniature heaven and earth, and use the method of Grand Ritual to sacrifice to oneself!

Li Qi wanted to reach Heaven in one step, directly stepping into the Peak of the Eighth Rank!

“What audacity! Are you relying on us not letting you die, so you're deliberately playing with your life?” A Grand Shaman was startled, understanding Li Qi's thought.

Zhu Fengdan finally smiled at this moment, waving his large sleeve, and exclaimed happily, “What else can be done? Can you really watch my disciple fail and die? Why don't you quickly protect him?!”

The other Grand Shamanes looked at each other, but they had no choice; they could only join hands and protect Li Qi.

The path of Dao could only be walked by oneself; relying on others to pull you would not take you far.

However, walking alone was truly arduous and dangerous.

That's why a Master was needed as a guide, passing down the Dao path from generation to generation, allowing later generations to advance towards the ultimate goal of the Grand Dao.

Li Qi was now desperately climbing upwards.

But it wasn't exactly desperate.

With six Grand Shamanes protecting his life nearby, even if he fell, he wouldn't die.

Who usually had this kind of treatment?

The other Grand Shamanes of Shaman God Mountain were not tools; everyone had their own affairs and were not so idle as to help an Eighth Rank protect his life every day. To put it bluntly, even the Young Masters with heaven-defying talent and wisdom, when they were at the Eighth Rank, having a Fifth Rank full-time caretaker was already a huge investment.

As for having a Third Rank caretaker, unless your Master voluntarily worked overtime, otherwise, keep dreaming.

It could be said that fewer than ten people in the entire Shaman God Mountain had the privilege of having six Grand Shamanes simultaneously helping them.

Li Qi took advantage of this, recklessly using the method of Grand Ritual to raise his cultivation!

His path to the Seventh Rank was already paved; all that remained was the slow accumulation of effort.

Slow accumulation?

Sorry, no thank you.

Li Qi directly poured a flood into it!

As his cultivation soared, the six Grand Shamanes outside began to coordinate, balancing the surrounding Dao for Li Qi.

They even resorted to temporarily altering the physical rules of the world to prevent Li Qi from being overwhelmed by the chaotic inner Qi.

Within Li Qi's miniature heaven and earth, continuous anomalies manifested.

Li Qi's Dharma Body stretched, like a giant covering the sky and obscuring the earth!

The surrounding inner body spirits circled, each with their own rituals.

The Dharma Body rose from the thick earth, lifted the clear sky, spanned the layers of clouds, and pierced through the heavy abyss!

Then it suddenly stretched out its hands, stirring the three thousand to rise, swiftly advancing towards the ninety thousand, its back supporting the towering Peaks of the Great Mountains, its arms holding the vastness of the Yangtze River!

Crimson banners flashed like lightning, drums rumbled like thunder, vermillion fires rose and smoke billowed!

Its majestic appearance was grand, crushing rivers and stars.

It ascended to the vast heavens, and covered the boundless expanse below.

The abyssal waters surged, the rocky Peaks scattered.

It strode across the earthly veins, and circled the celestial net.

It was resplendent between the eight wastes, and veiled half of the four seas!

As Li Qi's Dharma Body expanded, his cultivation rapidly rose to the Peak of the Eighth Rank, just one step away from reaching the Seventh Rank.

However, at this moment, Li Qi suddenly stopped.

The Seventh Rank was not that simple; it still required gestation.

So he unhesitatingly stopped, not attempting to force his way through, and directly ended this Opportunity that the six Grand Shamanes were forced to create for him.

The performance of Dao ended, and the Qi within Li Qi's body settled.

The other Grand Shamanes also let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Qi returned to calm, then stood up and looked at the Grand Shamanes surrounding him, whom he had thoroughly exploited for free labor.

Then, with a triumphant smile, he bowed: “All Masters! Now you won't trouble my Master anymore, right?!”