Chapter 353 - Still Brewing
The movie was over.
It didn’t matter if it were when Dan Chenzi said to Xuan Tianzong, “Even friends of hundred of years must part ways,” or when Li Yingqi suddenly recovered the memories of her previous life as she pinned down Youquan with her own vital soul while dying with it, and she said to Xuan Tianzong with love and regret, “Tianzong, I finally found you.” Something touched the softest part in the hearts of the cultivators and warriors who were watching the movie.
The first scene showed the helplessness of mortals in front of fate, and the second scene presented obsessions and the cycle in people’s past lives and current lives in a proper way. The emotions that it expressed were not as passionate as those in Jade Dynasty or the Legend of the Sword and Fairy, but the seemingly mild feelings hidden deep in the cultivators who were hundreds of years old lingered in the viewers’ minds like a cup of clear tea which tasted bland at first but was real and long-lasting.
The final battle with Youquan kindled the passion of the viewers like a flame. They had never imagined that a battle of spiritual spells between cultivators could be so fascinating.
After the improvements made by the System, the spiritual spells, spiritual treasures, and the deep meanings inside them were showcased better in the remake, and the scenes kept flashing back in people’s minds.
“I’m surprised there are such cultivators on Shu Mountain!” Even though the movie had ended, many people were reluctant to leave. Instead, they began to lament.
“The Heavenly Lightning Dual Swords, Nanming Li Fire, Youquan Blood Demon… This ultimate battle was extremely enjoyable!” Lan Mo, the Wuwei Daoist Alliance Master, started praising it.
“I obtained a lot of inspirations by watching the movie!” Tang Yuan said while nodding, “The Blood Demon’s ability to contain tens of thousands of vital souls, the battle of spiritual spells between Xuan Tianzong and Dan Chenzi, and the sword control technique of the Emei Faction inspired me greatly. Today, I must consider them carefully after I return home.”
“Watch my Heavenly Mirror!” Xu Luo suddenly whipped out his hand.
“Heavenly Mirror?” Lin Shao’s face twitched when he saw Xu Luo holding a mirror he bought from Qzone in his hand.
“…”
Some people who hadn’t watched the movie began to ask questions in the group chat, Mr. Fang’s Group Tour, in QQ.
Xi Chenzhou: [How was Shu Mountain? Is it worth watching?]
[It’s superb! You’ll regret it if you don’t watch it!]
[Awesome!]
[This movie is a must-watch!]
“…”
Soon, messages flooded the group chat.
Song Qingfeng: [The Heavenly Lightning Dual Swords are so powerful! They are godly weapons! 
]
Lin Shao: [Don’t you think that the Nanming Li Fire Sword is more powerful?]
Black Demon: [Nonsense. Youquan Blood Demon is the most powerful one. If not for the many godly weapons of the Emei Faction, this faction would have been destroyed long ago.]
The Xichi Spiritual Master: [After watching the movie, I changed my views regarding cultivators. You should definitely watch it if you are interested. I dare to say that the whole situation of the cultivator world will be different if we can learn a small part of the power shown in the movie.]
Jun Yangzi: [The spiritual artifacts and the creation methods are totally different from ours, and it’s a god-sent gift to artifact masters! Artifact masters must study the auspicious patterns and runes on the Heavenly Mirror.]
Duan Buyi: [Daoist Brother, when the Heavenly Mirror came out, it was engulfed by brilliant light, and its body kept spinning. I couldn’t even get a good look at it.]
Yun Yanzi: [Don’t you know how to press the pause button? I can not only see it but can go into the inside of the spiritual artifact to study the structure! 
]
Duan Buyi: [Daoisit Brother, you’re smart! 
We can do that?!]
Tang Yuan: [Anyway, I plan to watch it again. Is there anyone who wants to join me?]
Nalan Hongwu: [I plan to watch it again.]
Ye Songtao: [Me too.]
The Xichi Spiritual Master: [I want to see it again.]
Red Wing Daoist: [The stuff we just watched is too deep for me. I have to watch it again!]
“…”
“This powerful?!” Some people who hadn’t planned to watch the movie went to watch it.
Many people did more than just watching it themselves. For example, after watching Shu Mountain four times, the Xichi Spiritual Master returned to the faction and said, “Junior Brother, should we introduce this movie to our Faction Master?”
The Ethereal Spiritual Master totally agreed to her suggestion. “We should indeed ask our senior brother, the Faction Master, to watch it. The faction in the movie has so many powerful spiritual treasures, including the Heavenly Mirror, the Heavenly Lightning Dual Swords, and even the Nanming Li Fire Sword. Look at us! We are probably at the same level of Wutai Mountain. The Wutai Mountain Faction Master only had the time to cast Daluo Buddha Hand before the faction was destroyed by a demonic roar. I guess our whole faction would have the same fate after using the Nanhua Heavenly Light once. Forget it, I can’t keep belittling our faction and praising others.”
“You have a point,” the Xichi Spiritual Master said, “Our Nanhua Faction has a powerful supreme treasure which had been passed down for generations since the establishment of our faction, but compared with the Heavenly Mirror and the Heavenly Lightning Dual Swords, it is…”
– Meanwhile in the Haoran Faction –
“Elder Duan!” A square-faced cultivator wearing a blue-trimmed white robe said solemnly, “You know how busy I am as the Faction Master. Instead of helping me, you are asking me to travel to the distant Half City! What is the point of going to that place?
“Upon your return, you keep talking about the great power of the Emei Faction on Shu Mountain, but I’ve never even heard of it before! Where is the faction named Emei in the world?! You are telling me that I will regret it if I don’t go there? I think I’ll regret it if I go there!”
– In the Yimu Daoist Palace –
A white-haired old Daoist said, “What White Browed Spiritual Master?! What Heavenly Lightning Dual Swords? Can they be more powerful than our Yimu True Flame? Junior Brother, you just want to read the cultivation method in the last scroll of Yimu True Flame, right? I told you many times that you can’t hasten the process. You haven’t even reached the highest realm of the ninth scroll yet.”
“Senior Brother, I think I don’t need to read the scroll.” It was clear that the speaker was the middle-aged Daoist who had taken some disciples to attend the auction in Half City. “I’ve taught myself the contents of the tenth scroll.”
“It’s best that you are not too ambitious with weak strength.” The old Daoist snorted and then looked over with widened eyes. “What did you just say?!”
“I said that I’ve taught myself the contents of the tenth scroll of Yimu True flame,” the middle-aged Daoist in the black-and-white Daoist robe said.
Then, with a wave of his hand, orange flames with pale blue edges floated in the air.
“This… is indeed the power of the level 10 Yimu True Flame!” The old Daoist gazed at the flames before him in doubt. “But the colors don’t look right. They should have white edges instead of blue edges… I never heard of them being orange with blue edges…”
“This is the improved Yimu True Flame after I read the Heavenly Book and studied the Nanming Li Fire; these flames are ten to 20 percent more powerful than the original ones.”
“What!!??” The old Daoist was stupefied while he looked at his junior brother with widened eyes.