72: Famous stones, sculpted statues of gods, and chants of divine names.

"This is something I obtained from an Immortal Cave while wandering through the Central Continent."

"It's called a name stone. After refining it, it can absorb others' thoughts of admiration, longing, fear, and even the Power Of Faith directed toward you."

"After absorbing these things, it will evolve, and its color will change."

"White, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and multicolored—there are nine Ranks in total."

"Once it grows to the blue Rank, it can slightly reduce the difficulty for the holder to Breakthrough to the Venerable King Realm."

"And once it grows to multicolored, it can even allow the holder to face no Bottlenecks at all when breaking through to the Venerable King Realm."

"So, do you understand why I want you to spread your prestige throughout the entire Southern Region?"

After Xie Chonghe finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was startled inwardly as he looked at the plain, transparent little pebble in his hand.

He never imagined that such an ordinary-looking thing could possess such power, allowing a Martial Artist to Breakthrough to the Venerable King Realm without any Bottlenecks!

"Revered Master, are there any side effects to this thing?"

Zhang Yang looked at Xie Chonghe and asked. Could something this powerful have some kind of side effect?

For example, after breaking through to the Venerable King Realm, would one be unable to progress further?

"None. This item is an extremely rare treasure even in the Central Continent, known to everyone. Back then, my own Breakthrough to the Venerable King Realm was thanks to this object; otherwise, I would have wasted my life away in the Void Realm."

"In the Central Continent, some top-tier forces also use these name stones to nurture their Divine Sons."

"Within their domains, Mortals and low-level Martial Artists all worship their Divine Sons as gods, providing them with endless Power Of Faith."

"Even those Divine Sons travel to challenge the world and spread their prestige."

"I originally obtained two of these name stones. I used one myself, and this one is now the only one left."

"Once you reach the Central Continent, do not reveal that you possess such a thing. An item that allows for a flawless Breakthrough to the Venerable King Realm is enough to incite a bloody massacre."

Xie Chonghe looked at Zhang Yang and gave him a solemn warning.

After hearing Xie Chonghe's words, Zhang Yang felt a chill in his heart, not expecting this item to be so precious.

Immediately, Zhang Yang refined it and placed it into his Sea of Consciousness.

Once the refining was complete, Zhang Yang suddenly felt that the world perceived by his Primordial Spirit looked a bit different.

Looking closely, he discovered faint, almost invisible threads being drawn from all directions, connecting to him.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the name stone began to absorb these threads, gradually taking on a hint of color.

"You feel it, right? Those thin threads are the various emotions people have toward you."

"You took first place in the Inner Sect Grand Competition, so you could say your name is known throughout the Clear Wind Sect and even has some recognition in the entire Southern Region."

"So, it should only take a few days for the name stone to turn white."

"However, as this thing levels up, the amount of emotion required will increase. That's why I want you to truly let everyone know that you are the strongest in the entire Southern Region!"

"This will also significantly speed up the name stone's leveling."

"Furthermore, after you leave, I will mobilize the entire Clear Wind Sect to sculpt divine statues for you in the Mortal world."

"I will have them chant your divine name daily to accelerate this process for you."

Xie Chonghe paused and spoke again.

"Don't worry, we won't make them chant your divine name for nothing."

"I will mobilize the entire Clear Wind Sect, including the other three Grand Elders."

"Each of us will be responsible for four regions. Within those regions, we will use endless Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to ripen Spirit Medicines, such as thousand-year-old ginseng and the like."

"We will refine them all into Medicinal Pills."

"For example, Foundation Nurturing Pills, Disease-Dispelling Pills, Heat and Cold Resistance Pills, Rejuvenation Pills, Inedia Pills..."

"When these pills are dissolved in water, a single one can allow tens of thousands of Mortals to strengthen their foundations, dispel diseases, ignore heat and cold, recover from injuries, and go without food or drink."

"I will personally take action to refine an Earth Rank Middle Grade divine statue for you."

"As long as they piously chant your divine name before your statue, this Earth Rank Middle Grade statue will be able to teleport a bowl of medicinal water to them."

"This should make their Power Of Faith even more devout."

After Xie Chonghe finished, he looked at Zhang Yang and asked, "What do you think?"

Listening to this series of arrangements from his Revered Master, Xie Chonghe, Zhang Yang was stunned. This was way too practiced, wasn't it?

"Won't this have any negative impact on those Mortals?"

"Don't worry, it won't. They will only live better lives."

Hearing Zhang Yang's question, Xie Chonghe waved his hand.

This set of operations was something he had improved upon, based on his own method of using the name stone combined with a method mentioned by a bald donkey he encountered in the Central Continent.

The impact on Mortals had already been reduced to a very low level.

One must know that the name stone can even absorb fear, and making someone afraid is much simpler than making them have faith.

"That's good then."

Zhang Yang nodded upon hearing this. As long as chanting his divine name allowed them to obtain medicinal water, no longer suffer from hunger or disease, and have their health improve, what more could they ask for?

"This is for you too." Xie Chonghe tossed a Secret Manual to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang caught it and saw three large words on the manual: Joyful Zen.

"This..." Zhang Yang was stunned.

"This is a good thing. The Southern Region doesn't have anything like this; I got it from a bald donkey in the Central Continent."

"Since you're going to meet those women anyway."

"If you find someone you like, you might as well take the opportunity to Cultivate it. It will benefit both of you."

A mischievous smirk appeared on Xie Chonghe's face.

He wasn't lying to Zhang Yang; this was truly a secret technique from the Western Region. There were no Buddhist Sects in the Southern Region at all, and there weren't even many Dual Cultivation methods.

In the Southern Region, this Joyful Zen could be considered a supreme Secret Manual!

Hearing what his Revered Master said, Zhang Yang shrugged and accepted the Joyful Zen manual.

He, Zhang Yang, wasn't some Saint who avoided women, and since it was beneficial for Cultivation, there was no harm in practicing it.

"Depart tomorrow and spread your prestige across the entire Southern Region!"

"I also need to immediately call back those three old fellows from the Clear Wind Sect to divide up the regions we'll be responsible for."

After Xie Chonghe finished speaking, he vanished directly from before Zhang Yang's eyes, intending to find the other three Grotto-Heaven Realm Grand Elders of the Clear Wind Sect.

"Yes!"

Zhang Yang nodded, then pulled out the Joyful Zen manual and began to read it.

After reading through Joyful Zen once, Zhang Yang was surprised to find its grade wasn't low; it was actually an Earth Rank Middle Grade Cultivation Technique.

There weren't many techniques of this level in the entire Southern Region.

"System, simplify it for me!"

[Ding! Joyful Zen is being simplified... Simplification successful!]

[Ding! Simplification result: Sex!]

Looking at the simplification result, Zhang Yang put the Joyful Zen manual into his Storage Ring.

As expected of this type of technique, the simplification result still required two people to Cultivate.

Shaking his head, Zhang Yang's Primordial Spirit Power surged out, drawing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi from the Void Realm to begin refining and Cultivating.