Taiyi Dao Fruit

The Great Zhou Ji Family is descended from the Yellow Emperor and should have established their court by the Earth Deity, but in reality, they ruled the world through the Fire Element.

The reason for this was Jiang Family's strong support during the founding of Great Zhou. It was because the two families had joined hands that the world of today exists. Thus, when Great Zhou was established eight hundred years ago, the Emperor of Zhou had declared, "Ji and Jiang, together under heaven."

This was known to everyone, especially to Jiang Li, a member of the Jiang family.

But Jiang Li never knew whether these words were still just words or an oath.

Honestly, given the current situation of the Jiang family, there was nothing glorious about sharing the world.

From twenty years ago, the Jiang family had been on the decline, their power shrinking more with each passing day. About four years ago, Jiang Family Head Jiang Zhongyuan mysteriously died in the Divine Capital Imperial City, causing the Jiang family to sway in turmoil. In the court, they suffered attacks from all sides and eventually had to leave the court and relocate overseas.

The branches of the Jiang family also suffered heavy losses in this turmoil, losing their backing and either finding a place to hide or completely collapsing.

The branch where Jiang Li belonged had found a place to hide, which was considered fortunate. But Jiang Li's own situation was not so good.

His parents had died early, leaving him without support. He hadn't even studied the martial arts of the Jiang family. When the Jiang family still existed, it wasn't a problem to support one of their own clan members like Jiang Li, and he lived no worse than any rich family's son. But after the Jiang family Head relocated and each branch scattered, things were different.

Jiang Li's situation had plummeted. If not for relying on the contacts his parents left behind to join the Dinghu Sect, he wouldn't know what kind of life he would be leading now.

But now, it seemed that the Dinghu Sect wasn't so pure either.

Ochre Whip was within Dinghu Sect; it couldn't be said that Dinghu Sect hadn't played a part in that turmoil.

"You might now think that the decline of the Jiang family was due to the royal family's intervention," the woman seemed to sense Jiang Li's suspicions and smiled, "Interestingly, Jiang Zhuyun and the others think so too. After all, it's easy to say 'sharing under heaven', but one cannot allow others to sleep beside their couch. I can't explicitly say whether the royal family intervened or not, but the oath truly exists and is still valid to this day."

"Otherwise, do you think Jiang Zhuyun could jump around like this? Furthermore, if it wasn't for our sect's help and the royal family's tacit approval, do you think the Jiang Family could have smoothly relocated overseas?"

That was impossible.

Even though he hadn't experienced officialdom, Jiang Li knew it wasn't easy to retreat unscathed.

If the royal family targeted them, surviving even one or two would have been fortunate.

"What's the situation now?" Jiang Li thought for a moment and decided it was better to ask someone who knew.

On his own, it would be impossible to guess.

"The current situation is that the Jiang family believes their decline is pushed by the Ji family, the oath is broken, but not completely, so they couldn't completely annihilate them, only forcing them to leave," the woman replied, "As for the Ochre Whip, it was lost when the Jiang clan began to decline twenty years ago, and was coincidentally acquired by our sect about four years ago. Honestly, even I feel our sect wasn't clean in these series of events, there are too many coincidences."

"However, these are not matters for you and me to worry about, nor can we investigate them. For now, all you need to know is that the Ochre Whip is in our sect's hands, and it's reasonable for the Jiang family to want it back. Although Jiang Zhuyun acts deviously, he has not harmed the sect, so naturally, the sect can't trouble him."

"But if we return the Ochre Whip, it would become a tool for the Jiang family to combat the sect, right?" Jiang Li responded, "After all, the Jiang family considers the sect an enemy now."

He consciously positioned himself on the side of the sect, his loyalty glowing on his face.

Some in the Dinghu Sect would agree to return the Ochre Whip, while others would want to seize it for themselves. Regardless of which faction they belonged to, the higher-ups now believed that if the Jiang family obtained the Ochre Whip and grew stronger, they would certainly turn against them.

The elders thought, "I have not done anything wrong, but since you assume I have and plan to retaliate, don't blame me for being cautious."

Even if they intended to return the Ochre Whip, it would have to wait until later. Returning it now would be aiding the enemy.

But even just delaying the return was problematic. The Jiang family had a legitimate claim to the Ochre Whip, and with vows involved, the sect elders couldn't resort to extreme measures. Reluctantly, they could only bring up recognizing the rightful owner of the Ochre Whip.

Then, the matter circled back to the initial conflict between Jiang Li and Jiang Zhuyun.

Jiang Zhuyun didn't want the Ochre Whip to fall into the hands of others and didn't want Jiang Li to be exploited by the sect. He decided to eliminate the problem quietly, but he underestimated Jiang Li's strength, which not only failed to remove the threat but gave the sect an opening.

The Ochre Whip was to be returned to the Jiang family, but the question of to whom it should be returned arose.

Moreover, Jiang Li was also a member of the Jiang Clan. If Jiang Zhuyun died at his hands, his death would be just that, unrelated to the sect.

However, all this depended on whether Jiang Li was trustworthy.

Realizing the reasons behind everything, Jiang Li's face showed righteousness. His left eye bore the character "Loyalty" and his right "Honesty." He looked directly at the woman and asked politely, "May I know how to address senior sister?"

"You still remember to ask for senior sister's name. I am pleased, but I don't like that you only asked now."

The woman smiled lightly, her beautiful eyes sizing up Jiang Li. "However, considering how interesting you are, I will let it slide this time. I am Gongsun Qingyue. Remember that well. Now, take off your clothes."

"Take off?" Jiang Li expressed considerable confusion.

"To perform the Bone Marrow Cleansing on you."

Gongsun Qingyue pointed to the Stone Statue in the middle of the pool, "You think the Jiang family rushed here to stop you because of nothing? It's because they know the Ochre Whip has the power to perform the Bone Marrow Cleansing. By giving you the Bone Marrow Cleansing, you will come in contact with the Ochre Whip. So..."

A sword shadow flashed abruptly, and a beautiful red sword appeared out of nowhere, sweeping its sword light so that Jiang Li's clothes split layer by layer and slid off his body.

"Go on in."

Gongsun Qingyue's figure appeared instantly behind Jiang Li and kicked him into the pond, the force of her kick hard to say was without personal grievances.

But Jiang Li now had no time to consider Gongsun Qingyue's feelings. As he fell into the pond, the Divine Farmer Stone Statue holding the Ochre Whip emitted a brilliant glow, and a misty aura permeated the water, painting the vast pond in splendid colors.

The Divine Farmer's Sect used the Ochre Whip to whip plants, understanding their medicinal properties. If the Divine Farmer was considered the ancestor of medicinal practices, the Ochre Whip was the original medical pharmacology tool. Moreover, with an Unknown Dao Fruit embedded within, the Ochre Whip possessed the power to transform all medicines and poisons.

That is, any medicinal power or toxicity could be directly transformed with the Ochre Whip, provided the user understood the relevant characteristics.

Even elixirs that were no longer possible to concoct could be replicated with the Ochre Whip.

The Ochre Whip was indeed the ultimate object for the Bone Marrow Cleansing.