"Let me try it then."
"Alright, I’ll get some stones for you."
He Yunfang quickly instructed the clan members to bring some stones, then watched his daughter with anticipation.
He Qing stood beside the stones, carefully recalling the imagery on the Dao Stone in her mind.
Over the past two months, she had thoroughly studied the character "No," examining it over ten thousand times, with the entire form almost etched into her Dao embryo.
Taking a deep breath, He Qing began to take action. She gathered a stream of Spiritual Power, imagining the unrestrained and heroic imagery, applying it all to her hand, and then began to write!
A "No" character leapt onto the paper!
This character was exactly the same as the one on the Dao Stone, with the entire brushstroke outline having no error whatsoever.
However, He Qing soon furrowed her brows.
Imitating the calligraphy was not difficult for her, but the mystery of the Dao Stone was not in the character, but in the Dao embryos contained within it!
The imagery she wrote was far too different from the original Dao Stone.
He Qing tried rewriting several characters, but it still didn’t work.
"The predecessor who left their calligraphy on the Dao Stone had a profound understanding of the Dao. I completely lack that essence, it’s just a useless character." He Qing shook her head.
He Yunfang could also tell that while the two characters were the same shape, the imagery was entirely different, fundamentally a different concept. Read complete version only at n0velfire.net
"It seems destined to be hopeless," He Yunfang sighed.
"Let me try!" Xiang Beifei said.
"Can you do it?" He Qing seemed somewhat doubtful, "Didn’t you say that imagery didn’t suit you, and you haven’t even comprehended that predecessor’s Dao embryos."
"That... hmm, that predecessor’s imagery doesn’t suit me, but I have a ’Never Forget After One Glance’ ability," Xiang Beifei said.
"At our level, we basically all have that ability."
"Your ’Never Forget After One Glance’ is different from mine."
Xiang Beifei faintly smiled, then his fingers moved, Spiritual Power surged out from his fingertips. Following that, he confidently and elegantly wrote a "No" character!
"How about it? Was my imitation of that predecessor’s calligraphy okay?" Xiang Beifei smiled.
"Your character... you actually..."
He Qing stared at the character Xiang Beifei wrote, the "No" character was crooked, rushed, vastly different from the original "No" character, and could even be said to be very ugly.
Yet such an unbelievably ugly character left her stunned!
"How did you imitate it?" He Qing asked incredulously.
"I told you, I have the ’Never Forget After One Glance’ ability. Our Human Race has a unique capability." Xiang Beifei shrugged indifferently.
He Yunfang was also extremely surprised. He had studied that Dao Stone for a long time and was naturally clear about its imagery, a realm he couldn’t hope to reach in his lifetime.
But unexpectedly, Xiang Beifei managed to imitate it!
This... how did this young man manage to do all this?
He and his daughter looked at each other in astonishment.
However, upon closer inspection, they found that the ugly "No" character Xiang Beifei copied actually had some flaws, but they were minor imperfections in the overall beauty. If the character looked better, it could reach the level of confusing truth with falsehood.
He Yunfang was truly amazed by Xiang Beifei: "If your calligraphy wasn’t so different from that predecessor’s, and if you weren’t from the Human Race, I would almost think you were the great predecessor who left that Dao Stone."
Xiang Beifei let out a dry laugh.
Come on! That magnificent and awe-inspiring "No" character taken by Ge Hengzi was also written by me!
"Keep it well, protect it this time, hmm, if you don’t want it, sell it quickly."
Xiang Beifei waved his hand, no longer staying, and returned to his place of cultivation.
He Qing watched Xiang Beifei’s disappearing figure, deeply shaken in her heart.
"I think I vaguely understand why the Dao Palace cannot accommodate the Human Race," He Qing murmured to herself.
The Human Race is indeed an extraordinary race! High talent, strong mimicry ability!
If the Human Race were allowed to develop freely, I’m afraid the entire Heaven and Earth Ranking would be dominated by them! The absolute authority of the Dao Palace would also be shaken!
"It must be that they’re too outstanding." He Yunfang nodded in agreement.
After a while, He Yunfang realized something and said seriously: "Xiao Qing, we must keep this a secret! We can’t let this child die in the hands of the Dao Palace!"
"Father, I understand." He Qing nodded.
Xiang Beifei lay on the banyan tree branch on the cliff, yawning contentedly.
Xiaohei and Erha jumped out again and began discussing the next steps.
"Now we can finally make a large batch of Dao Stones for distribution, right? If everyone in the Edge Corner Airspace comprehends our Dao Stones, won’t you be able to catch them easily and beat them up later?" Erha lazily asked, sitting cross-legged on the branch.
He was gradually getting used to his human form; Xiang Beifei had to persuade him to change his outfit, otherwise his bright green appearance would attract too much attention in a crowd.
Xiaohei retorted: "You’re so silly, Dao Stones must not flood the market. If too many Dao Stones appear, the Dao Palace will definitely become suspicious, and they won’t comprehend them casually. They’ll deem it a conspiracy; they’re not dumb."
"Then we won’t make money selling Dao Stones now! How could the Dao Palace allow the business house to auction Dao Stones again? They’ll surely come snatch them as soon as there’s news." Erha said.
"We don’t lack money, okay! We are now planning to go head-to-head with the Dao Palace!" Xiaohei said, gearing up.
Xiang Beifei lay on the branch contemplating the matter.
However, his view was actually similar to Xiaohei’s. If there are too many Dao Stones, they will surely be suspected, which would make Xiang Beifei lose the upper hand.
It’s crucial to note that the Dao Stones are created by Xiang Beifei; each Dao Stone contains a bit of his Dao embryo, but only just a little. They have many uses for weaker races like the crane race, but he can’t guarantee their effectiveness for those with a higher realm than his.
The Dao Palace is not short of Ancestral Dao Realm masters, and such skilled individuals would definitely notice something amiss. The effect of Dao Stones would then not be as significant.
By keeping the Dao Stones, as long as they pique the Dao Palace’s curiosity, Xiang Beifei can choose when to throw out a Dao Stone to divert attention, which would make it easier for him to act unexpectedly.
"So what should we do next? Challenge the rankings again?" Erha asked boldly.
Xiaohei looked at the Heaven and Earth Ranking list for a moment, saying: "The closest ranking defense time is three months from now, but there’s a Heavenly Ranking defense next month, though it’s too strong and might be difficult."
The Earth Ranking defense doesn’t happen every month; due to the ten-year protection period, everyone tends to stagger their ranking defense times.
As for the Heavenly Ranking, the minimum strength required is the Inquiry Dao Realm, so we’ll leave that for now.
Erha glanced around sneakily and said: "If there’s no one defending, we can still take the initiative! Anyway, changing the Heaven and Earth Ranking doesn’t have to happen during ranking defense, can’t we intercept them along the way? Haven’t we done that many times before?"
"What? You want to break into someone’s place and beat them up?" Xiaohei asked.
"It’s not impossible." Erha chuckled.
Xiang Beifei pondered for a moment, saying: "Never mind, it’s not urgent. Let’s cultivate first; increasing our strength is more important."
Immortal, Inquiry Dao, Ascension Dao, Ancestral Dao.
He hasn’t even reached the Inquiry Dao Realm yet.
Next step must be to reach the Inquiry Dao Realm.
"While you cultivate, can we go out and play?" Xiaohei asked excitedly.
"You can go out to play, but try not to cause too much trouble."
Xiang Beifei was relatively confident in Xiaohei, although this little guy had no fighting power, Xiaohei was clever; with stealth and three bricks, it’s enough to take down Immortal Realm people.
"No problem! No problem! I’ll also gather information for you."
Xiaohei tapped the bricks in his hands twice, making dull sounds.
"I want to go too!" Erha piped up, ready to go.
"You’ve been scared ever since you came to the Edge Corner Airspace, and now you suddenly have courage?" Xiaohei asked disdainfully.
"I’ve always been brave!" Erha retorted defiantly.
He just couldn’t stand the monotony, being cooped up here was too boring.
"Should Youmong go too?" Xiaohei asked.
Youmong hesitated for a while, glanced at Xiang Beifei, usually feeling insecure when away from Xiang Beifei, so shook his head.
Erha mocked, then joined Xiaohei and leapt into the void together.
Xiang Beifei didn’t bother to manage them, instead, he re-entered a state of cultivation.