Longzang

Chapter 695 Experience it for yourself
Immortals are unpredictable, and immortal dogs are not easy to deal with. Even if only a dog's head is left, it will still be difficult to handle.

The flying boat hovered in mid-air above the azure sky, and Wei Yuan summoned the cultivators of the Taichu Palace to broaden their horizons, as the Immortal Dog Head was not something one could see lightly. Wei Yuan himself accompanied Immortal Lord Yan Shi on a tour of the azure sky, searching for a suitable place.

Yan Shi looked around and exclaimed in admiration, greatly praising Qing Ming's various ingenious ideas. During the visit, Yan Shi also told Wei Yuan many precautions regarding the establishment of immortal objects in the realm.

All celestial beings possess spirits, let alone sentient beings who have become immortals. Generally speaking, when an immortal falls from grace, they do not choose a place to pass away peacefully or transform their immortal body and cultivation into precious soil.

This act alters the very fabric of heaven and earth, defying the will of heaven and will surely incur divine retribution. Without a lifetime of accumulated immortal cultivation, one will lose the means to cross the sea of ​​reincarnation, and unpredictable changes may occur.

The most likely outcome is that one's consciousness becomes clouded, oblivious to past lives, and one lives in a daze, never knowing when one will awaken and become the reincarnation of one's past life.

Hearing this, Wei Yuan also had a question: why did so many immortals in the Taichu Palace choose to transform into the Treasure Land? Did they not want to be reincarnated?
Yan Shi said, "The true immortals of our human race are different from those of other races. Originally, when our true spirit falls into reincarnation, the chance of awakening is no more than 10%, while for other races it is mostly 20% or 30%. Shamans, Heavenly Witches and others have other lineages, so the chance is even higher."

After Emperor Taizu of the Great Tang Dynasty unified the world, he re-established the ancestral system; Emperor Wuzu, on the other hand, selected bloodlines from all over the world and granted them fiefdoms.

From then on, the probability of our human race awakening in reincarnation increased somewhat, but even then, it was only around 13% to 14%. However, this was already a huge improvement.

Wei Yuan calculated the time and was shocked. He said, "When the Martial Ancestor bestowed titles, there were only four kingdoms at first, but in reality, there were nine bloodlines?"

Yan Shi said approvingly, "Many things can only be understood after ascending to immortality. It is truly remarkable that you could think of this."

The founding patriarch of my Taichu Palace once said: "This chance is meaningless." So the patriarch chose to pass away at the mountain gate, turning all his cultivation into precious soil to bless future generations, leaving only a trace of his true spirit to reincarnate.

Following the patriarch, the three immortals followed in his footsteps. Today, Tinghai is also following in the footsteps of his predecessors.

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment longer and said, "With the division of the nine kingdoms and the gradual evolution over nearly a thousand years, the number of chosen ones among the human race has correspondingly increased?"

Yan Shi nodded: "There is indeed a connection."

Thus, Wei Yuan gained a deeper understanding of the path to immortality.

Then Yan Shi returned to the story of the Immortal Dog. This dog was slain by Ting Hai, and in its dying moments, it was filled with resentment and obsession. If planted directly into the precious soil, it would immediately transform a thousand miles of land into a deadly wasteland. Therefore, one must first eliminate its resentment and obsession before it can be used.

Fortunately, it was just a celestial dog. In Yan Shi's words, it was a bully who preyed on the weak and was easily coaxed and deceived. Yan Shi spent several months coaxing, scaring, and even beating it to subdue it. If it were a celestial being like the Little National Preceptor of Northern Liao, it would have been impossible, and the dog would have had to be refined for other uses.

After surveying the Azure Sky, Yan Shi suggested planting the dog's head in the mountains where the Hall of Heroes was located, using the power of a million heroic spirits to suppress its remaining ferocity. Wei Yuan readily agreed and returned to the flying boat to begin making arrangements.

At this moment, all the cultivators from the Taichu Palace on the flying boat had arrived and were studying the dog's head. Some even took off some hair and flesh to study back home for future use.

Collecting sample medicinal materials was one thing, and everyone else remained relatively normal, except for Master Chuhe, whose face was flushed red with excitement. Looking at the dog's head, Master Chuhe felt as if the heavens were descending upon him, a sudden enlightenment washing over him; the path to heaven was now before him!

The old Taoist priest was often ridiculed by his fellow practitioners, who thought that his cultivation was all show and no substance and that his path to enlightenment was limited.

But the dog head in front of him clearly showed that even if the old Taoist Chuhe himself couldn't fight, his godfathers could!

Even if he himself cannot ascend to immortality, his adoptive fathers will still bring the old Taoist into the immortal realm!

At this moment, while hoeing the fields, I deeply realized how short-sighted and narrow-minded I had been in the past. Fortunately, there was the brilliant teachings of the young Grand Preceptor of Northern Liao before me. Today, upon seeing Dog Head, the old Taoist felt an involuntary sense of closeness, finally dispelling the last cloud in my heart.

As Immortal Lord Yanshi took the dog's head away, True Man Chuhe immediately returned to his residence and entered the mortal world. For the first time, he used his thirty-two distractions to both consult materials and write a plan for ascending to immortality.

The old Taoist had two plans for ascending to immortality. One was to find a new and powerful adoptive father. However, finding an adoptive father was not easy. If he wanted to find someone of the level of the Immortal Dog, he would have to be at least a Yujing.

The second option is to nurture the existing adoptive fathers. The three adoptive fathers currently have immense potential and can be properly developed, especially Fei Diao; it's said that Wei Yuan still owes it money. This isn't about money; it's about cause and effect!
The more the old Taoist wrote, the broader his thinking became. He felt he had found the right path: a slow bird that flies first is still a slow bird, so he might as well find a few more godfathers and let them guide him.

The cultivators of Taichu Palace, having seen the celestial artifacts, all gained something and returned to seclusion to organize their insights. Wei Yuan, on the other hand, accompanied True Lord Yanshi to the mountains where the Hall of Heroes was located.

Lord Yanshi had already determined the direction of the earth's veins, placed the dog's head on the highest mountain peak, and then released the restriction.

In an instant, the earth shook violently, tribulation clouds appeared in the sky, gales howled in all directions, and thunder rumbled faintly in the heavens!

A phantom image of a hundred-foot-tall immortal dog emerged from the dog's head. After it woke up, it immediately howled to the sky, then stared at Wei Yuan with a fierce glint in its eyes, as if it were about to pounce.

Immortal Lord Yan Shi coughed softly, and the illusory image of the immortal dog immediately prostrated itself, whimpering, no longer daring to move. Then, the dog's image gradually faded, and illusory worlds appeared and disappeared one after another. The remaining mental world within the immortal dog continuously emerged and disintegrated, merging with Qing Ming. Points of light drifted from the dog's head, increasing in number, gradually merging into this world.

The Azure Nether Immortal Stone began to tremble continuously, and the outer edge of the boundary expanded once again. This time, however, it did not happen gradually, but in an instant, it reached a distance of over a hundred miles. Many secret strongholds hidden around the Azure Nether were not prepared for such a change and were unable to escape, being directly covered by the boundary. This was also reflected in Wei Yuan's mind.

Wei Yuan immediately said, "Immortal Lord, please wait a moment. I'll go and get rid of a few small insects."

"Go ahead, it'll take some time here anyway."

Wei Yuan's figure flashed and disappeared in an instant. At the same time, many people in Qingming received orders and led their troops to various places to block the spies who had not had time to escape in their lair.

Wei Yuan himself headed straight for the Azure Water Realm, where he blocked dozens of people at the cave's exit.

Upon seeing Wei Yuan's arrival, the leading man's expression changed drastically. He said, "I am a guerrilla general of the Zhao Kingdom, and the men behind me are my fellow soldiers. Greetings, Lord Wei!"

Wei Yuan pointed to the cave where they were hiding and said, "Go in."

The guerrilla general's expression changed again, and he forced a smile, "Lord Wei, we are just passing through and are resting here temporarily. Besides, this place is not within the Azure Nether Realm, and we have not done anything to offend you..."

Wei Yuan pointed again and said, "Go in."

The guerrilla general dared not disobey and led his men back to the cave. This cave was ingeniously designed, capable of blocking divine sense; from the outside, there was no trace of human activity. After forcing them back inside, Wei Yuan pointed, and the cave immediately collapsed.

Soon, follow-up troops will arrive to dig them out and take them away, while Wei Yuan has already headed to the next location.

Once the dog's head disappeared, the border of the Azure Netherworld extended by three hundred miles in one go, and is now close to a thousand miles. In a few months, it will expand to twelve hundred miles.

The entire Azure Netherworld was teeming with life, the power of the Jianmu tree to generate profound energy had increased, the earth's energy was abundant, and all things were growing at an accelerated pace. The young members of the Xu family in the new city began a new round of reproduction.

The residents of various cities could not contain their surging energy, and so many new lives began to sprout on this day.

A new mountain peak appeared where the dog's head had been placed, rising hundreds of feet into the air. From a distance, it resembled a giant dog, gazing towards the northwest. The Hall of Heroes was situated at the dog's waist, suppressing the giant dog below.

The cemetery mountain, where millions of heroic souls are buried, lies on the hind legs of the celestial dog.

After the celestial dog merged with the Azure Netherworld, Wei Yuan sensed countless large and small spirit beasts beginning to migrate towards the Azure Netherworld. At the same time, many wild beasts within the Azure Netherworld began to exude spiritual energy, showing signs of evolving into spirit beasts.

At this moment, in the Azure Sky, the vitality and spirituality of both mortal and spiritual beasts began to gradually increase, and before long, many spiritual beasts would appear.

Wild beasts possess spirits, and to some extent, their perception is far more acute than that of humans, so many spiritual beings have begun to migrate towards the Azure Sky.

These changes were naturally observed by Immortal Lord Yan Shi. He nodded slightly and said, "Your realm can now barely be called a treasure land."

A realm, or a small world, can be divided into four levels based on its abundance: fertile land, treasure land, blessed land, and grotto-heaven. The Azure Netherworld was previously a fertile land where mortals thrived, but the spiritual energy was not abundant enough, with only a small number of spiritual fields, and medicinal fields requiring arrays to restrain the spiritual energy.

At this moment, the spiritual energy of the Azure Netherworld has risen to another level, and spiritual creatures can spontaneously generate in the wild, thus meeting the minimum requirements for a treasure land.

As for blessed lands and grotto-heavens, they can serve as the foundation for the mountain gates of second-level and first-level sects, but they are generally closed little worlds, isolated from the outside world, so as to keep the spiritual energy from dissipating.

As the first immortal sect, Taichu Palace's main mountain and southern gate are grotto heavens. The northern gate, due to the war with the Liao tribe, has been constantly repaired and damaged. It is still a treasure land, but it is only a line away from becoming a blessed land. As long as it is successfully sealed, it will become a blessed land.

The Little National Preceptor's Celestial Dog was no ordinary celestial beast. Originally, a single dog head would have been enough to transform hundreds of miles around into a blessed land. However, the Azure Netherworld Stone itself was of too high a rank, and its domain contained numerous mysteries. To upgrade it, the consumption would be several times, or even more, than that of an ordinary domain. Therefore, it was only barely carried into the Treasure Land in the end. This was only because the Azure Netherworld Stone itself had been nurtured very well by Wei Yuan and was not far from the Treasure Land.

As for the patriarch of Taichu Palace, after his death he transformed into a vast treasure land, which was simply bullying the Wu tribe.

After completing his important task, Immortal Lord Yanshi did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat down in Wei Yuan's courtyard and then, with a wave of his sleeve, Zhang Sheng, Ji Liuli, Bao Yun, and Feng Tingyu appeared in the courtyard.

They were initially confused, not understanding what had happened, but upon seeing Yan Shi, they all bowed in greeting.

Yan Shi nodded, then glanced at Wei Yuan, letting him figure it out for himself.

(End of this chapter)