If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1374 Fighting
Although Doumu was clearly so angry that she rolled her eyes, the "Great Annihilation of Dad" was still not triggered.

In other words, even though Doumu's emotions fluctuated intensely, she still hadn't escaped the state of "no thoughts and no desires" and was still guarding against Xiaoyu's "respectful curse." Of course, this could also be her normal state as a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Having attained the Great Luo realm and severed the Three Corpses, his spiritual realm is too high; it would be difficult for her to break through his defenses with just a few words.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu was already considering retreating.

Despite all the provocations directed at the old woman, she remained unmoved and did not trigger the Great Destruction Father, but the anger in her heart must have been building up.

If Xiaoyu really angers her and she slaps her, she will be at a huge loss.

Thinking of this, she asked, "Grandma, you want to worship the Jade Emperor, right?"
You think my cloak isn't good enough, don't you? I know martial arts; how about I carry you up the mountain?

—I offered to give you clothes and even carry you up the mountain. You, a respected elder, wouldn't shamelessly slap me across the face, would you?

The old woman also disliked her sharp tongue and unrestrained speech, so she lost the will to argue with her. Upon hearing this, she immediately said, "Don't look down on me just because I'm short and thin. I'm heavy and will crush you."

Xiaoyu seemed not to understand, and said boldly, "I have profound internal strength, I'm not afraid."

She deliberately gave herself an opportunity to let Doumu Yuanjun teach her a lesson.

The method of teaching a lesson is chosen by Xiaoyu herself.

This was both to give Doumu a chance to vent her anger and frustration, and to let her truly experience the power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Having fought against the Four Friends of Qionglin several times, she now has a clearer understanding of the power of the Great Luo.

But this is the first time I've come into close contact with a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, a true veteran Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Xiaoyu draped the Qiuxia cloak over himself before squatting down to let the old woman climb up.

"What do you mean? Are you afraid that I'll get your pretty dress dirty?" the old woman glared at her.

Xiaoyu laughed and said, "Don't look down on my cloak just because it's made of cheap material. It's really warm."

I originally intended to give it to my aunt, but she rejected it.

Since the old lady wasn't wearing it herself, and it was freezing cold with heavy snow falling, she was going to get cold, so she put it on me.

It's warm, and it doesn't bother the old lady.

The old woman's expression softened, and she climbed onto her back.

With just that one movement, Xiaoyu's feet sank half an inch downwards.

If she hadn't controlled her strength in time and distributed the gravity evenly deep into the earth, she probably would have sunk into the pit.

Seeing her sway slightly, the old woman mocked, "You look so young and tall and strong, but I didn't expect you to be so frail."

—You're the tall and strong one, you're the one with a weak constitution!

Xiao Yu cursed inwardly, but smiled and said, "You look quite old and thin, like you have some kind of deficiency. I didn't expect you to be so heavy, like you're carrying a lot of stones!"

—What a despicable little thief! How dare he call me heartless! Fine, today I'll show you what true heartlessness is.

Doumu cursed inwardly, then silently chanted a spell, bringing the power of the entire Mount Tai over and pressing it down hard on Yu Fengxian's back.

This time, Xiaoyu didn't even sway. Instead, he bent over and bounced his back upwards, sending the old woman flying three inches into the air before landing heavily on her back, which he caught steadily.

Doumu was astonished: "This girl has incredible strength!"

Then she realized, "No, this isn't something you can withstand by brute force."

She turned her head and looked down, and saw that Yu Taishi's elegant deerskin boots moved lightly and gracefully on the bluestone slabs, his strength seemingly arising naturally.

"The cunning thief had secretly borrowed the power of Mount Tai to counteract its power."

However, this method was quite ingenious, subtle and silent, without any fluctuation of power or leakage of vital energy.

Doumu secretly praised her, then made another hand seal and chanted an incantation, bringing forth Mount Hua.

Mount Tai pressed down on Yu Fengxian's left shoulder, while Mount Hua pressed down on her right shoulder.

Then she was lifted high into the air again, and Yu Fengxian caught her steadily.

"It seems the rumors were true. This girl, at such a young age, has actually mastered the Way of the Five Sacred Mountains to a very high level."

"Hmph, Mount Sumeru and Mount Penglai aren't in the Central Plains. You haven't studied their true forms; let's see how you'll use them."

She first released the power of Mount Hua and Mount Tai, then borrowed the power of Mount Sumeru and Mount Penglai, pressing down hard on Xiaoyu's left and right shoulders.

But Xiaoyu had already guessed Doumu's thoughts and had drawn upon the power of the Five Sacred Mountains to resist the two immortal mountains.

This time, she once again carried Doumu Yuanjun steadily.

Doumu only paused for a moment before seeing through her technique and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Excellent!"

Xiaoyu asked with a smile, "Auntie, what's good about it?"

The old woman replied, "The scenery on the mountain is beautiful!"

No wonder she was able to condense the Hengshan Divine Talisman on her own; no wonder Li Futu suffered a great loss at her hands.

Even though the eldest master's "True Form Diagram of the Five Sacred Mountains" has reached the Dao Integration stage, his control over the power of the Five Sacred Mountains seems to be less refined than hers. How did this girl cultivate it?
Doumu was filled with doubt and unease.

Xiaoyu's Five Sacred Mountains Path, besides his self-comprehension of the Five Sacred Mountains True Form Diagram, also includes the "Five Sacred Mountains Powerful Killing Method" deduced by Da Mieba.

The divine registers of the Five Sacred Mountains Gods come from Laozi (Taishang Laojun) and are the divine manifestations of Laozi's Way of the Five Sacred Mountains.

The Celestial Immortal Method of the True Form Diagram of the Five Sacred Mountains is the manifestation of the immortal path of the Five Sacred Mountains.

Both expound on different aspects of the subject matter, but both are based on the Five Sacred Mountains.

By breaking the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Path, Da Mieba also broke Laozi's Five Sacred Mountains Great Path.

Therefore, in certain details, Xiaoyu's Five Sacred Mountains Dao is indeed stronger than the Celestial Immortal Method of "True Form of the Five Sacred Mountains".

Despite her surprise and doubt, Doumu reacted quickly and had plenty of methods.

"Little girl, you're very strong on the Five Sacred Mountains, aren't you? But to suppress you, I don't necessarily need to borrow the power of the mountains!"
The old woman leaned on Xiaoyu's shoulder, and the five elements within her began to evolve the world using the power of the five elements.

She doesn't have stones in her belly, but she contains a universe inside her, enough to crush you.

Xiaoyu did stumble for a moment, but quickly regained her balance.

The "five vital energies in the chest" also began to be activated within her body.

After the celestial immortal's elixir matures into the golden immortal's elixir, the "cultivation of the elixir" does not end, but enters a new stage, where the five elements must be gathered and the four symbols harmonized.

Gathering the Five Elements means nourishing the five vital energies in the chest, achieving the reunion of the five vital energies.

The Five Qi refers to the Qi of the five directions and five elements corresponding to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.

For example, the heart contains the spirit, which can nourish the fire-attribute energy of the Southern Red Emperor.

Doumu is a Great Golden Immortal, whose five elements within her chest can transform into a world.

Xiao Yu still refined the power of the Five Sacred Mountains into her internal organs.

The Five Sacred Mountains also correspond to the Five Directions, and the power of the Five Sacred Mountains is the power of the Five Elements of the Five Directions.

She used her own microcosm to fight against Doumu's Five Elements World. To say that she fought against it is not quite accurate, as the two did not directly compete in terms of their origins. Xiaoyu was simply carrying Doumu on her back.

"Good!" Doumu praised again.

"Auntie, what's so good about it?" Xiaoyu asked again, but she didn't smile.

"It's snowing heavily in the sky," Doumu said.

She quietly added the power of Yin and Yang.

With Yin and Yang combined with the Five Elements, the world becomes more powerful, more perfect, and of a higher status.

If Doumu was just a small universe before, now she has become a large universe.

Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and persevered, her calves felt weak, and after a few more steps, her calves began to tremble.

"Hehe, good!" Doumu laughed. "Auntie, good... good for what?" Xiaoyu gritted her teeth.

—Damn it, old woman, you have such high cultivation and such great emotional fluctuations, why are you still so cautious and unable to move the Great Destroyer?

Xiaoyu is about to break through her defenses—both physically and through her willpower.

"There's a huge temple ahead." Doumu's smile grew even wider.

—Little girl, with such limited skills, you dare to show off in front of your old mother?

You even dared to offer me a ride, thinking I couldn't figure out your intentions and deliberately trying to test my limits?
Today I'll show you just how deep and unfathomable the waters of the Great Luo Road are!
Doumu did not increase the stakes again.

Because Yu Fengxian's vital energy was being consumed in large quantities at this time, it was impossible for her to reach the top of the mountain.

She would soon be pinned to the ground, not only crying and begging for mercy, but also covered in blood and grime, never daring to be arrogant in front of Him again.

From then on, they looked at Him with awe and reverence, as if He were a god.

Doumu was feeling smug when Xiaoyu suddenly stopped.

We stopped at a fork in the road, and at the other end of the fork was a magnificent temple.

She asked, "Auntie, what kind of temple is this?"

Doumu glanced at it and said, "Isn't this the Sanqing Temple? The Jade Emperor Temple is further up. Let's hurry!"

Even the immortals know that the Jade Emperor is just a little brother in front of the Dao Ancestor.

In terms of rank within the pantheon, the Jade Emperor is indeed higher than the Three Pure Ones.

The Jade Emperor is universally recognized as the "Lord of Heaven," the "Lord of the Gods," and the "Lord of the Stars."

To put it simply, the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones in Heaven are like Hu Hai and Grand Tutor Yu in the Qin Dynasty.

Whenever Grand Tutor Yu met Hu Hai, he would perform the rites of a subject, addressing him as "Your Majesty" and referring to himself as "your subject."

Hu Hai sat on the throne and respectfully addressed her as "Uncle".

Even Laozi, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Buddha Tathagata, when they meet the Jade Emperor in Heaven, must bow and address him as "Your Majesty".

This is not contradictory. Strength is strength, and etiquette is etiquette. Being strong does not equate to being arrogant and disrespectful.

Therefore, in the world of Pangu, the Jade Emperor's temple is located on the top of Mount Tai, below which are the Three Pure Ones, then Doumu, and so on.

"Auntie, do you only worship the Jade Emperor and not the Three Pure Ones?" Xiaoyu pretended to be surprised and shouted loudly, "I know martial arts, but I didn't use my lightness skill because I came to Mount Tai to worship the Three Pure Ones."

Doumu was stumped by the question.

If she were truly an ordinary old woman, she could have simply shouted: "The Jade Emperor is the greatest, I only worship the Jade Emperor, so what?"

But she was no ordinary old woman.

She had no intention of worshipping the Jade Emperor at all.

The Jade Emperor was unworthy, while the Three Pure Ones were fully qualified for her to respectfully bow down.

Throughout Mount Tai, if one truly wishes to worship a deity, she, like Yu Fengxian, would only visit the Sanqing Temple.

But she said at the beginning that she was going to worship the Jade Emperor.
Doumu gritted her teeth: Little girl, don't think I can't tell you're exhausted and want to rest at the Sanqing Hall. I'll grant your wish; you'll have to carry me up the mountain again later.

If you dare to make excuses, I'll slap you across the face!
"Worship the Three Pure Ones, great! Quickly carry me to the Three Pure Ones Temple to offer incense."

The north wind howled and the snow fell heavily. Xiao Yu carried his wife on his back and trudged towards the entrance of the Sanqing Hall, his feet sinking deep into the snow.

When Xiaoyu reached the temple entrance, she was covered in sweat and enveloped in a misty white aura.

"Benefactor, you've brought your old lady to offer incense!" A young Taoist boy rolled up his sleeves, revealing a thin shirt and a red nose from the cold. He came out to greet her and offered to help the old woman down.

The old woman waved her hand and pushed him away.

Xiaoyu also laughed and said, "My mother has difficulty walking and can't walk a single step."

"Miss, you are so filial!" the boy praised sincerely.

He didn't recognize Grand Tutor Yu, nor did he notice the huge difference between their clothes and appearances. However, he could clearly see that Xiao Yu was covered in sweat, and there was a faint fragrance emanating from his body.

“I’m filial, and my mother is kind too. We call it ‘a loving mother and a filial daughter.’ Mother, don’t you think so?” Xiaoyu said.

The old woman curled her lip and said, "You should take off your clothes and let me wear them. That's what you call a loving mother and a filial daughter."

The little boy frowned, wanting to say: "Old man, you are being very improper. How can such a beautiful young lady take off her clothes in public?"

Xiao Yu asked, "Young Taoist priest, in the dead of winter, there shouldn't be any other worshippers in your temple, right?"

I want to pay my respects to the Three Pure Ones alone, preferably with the main hall doors closed, so I can have a private conversation with the Taoist Ancestor.

The young Taoist priest paused for a moment, then said, "Although it is the dead of winter now, it is also the New Year. In previous years, even if it snowed, there would still be many believers in our temple."

The Jade Emperor Temple at the top of the mountain and the Dai Temple at the bottom are even more crowded with worshippers, sometimes shoulder to shoulder.

Since the frequent earthquakes in Mount Tai, the number of believers has decreased.

Last year there was not a single person, but this year is slightly better, with a few scattered pilgrims coming.

There are no other guests in the temple now, but if later someone like you two comes to offer incense to the Taoist ancestor in the snow, we can't just turn them away, can we?
Our Sanqing Hall has rules against closing its doors during the day.

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Go and call your abbot here. I'll talk to him."

—It's no use talking to anyone; that's the rule.

The young Taoist priest muttered to himself, but when he looked at the two people in front of him again, he suddenly realized that in addition to their stunning looks, the young woman had an extraordinary demeanor, and the old woman, though dressed in ordinary clothes, also possessed a sense of grace and majesty.

He was no ordinary child after all, and immediately realized that the two were not ordinary people, so he dared not say anything more.

He led the two into the courtyard, then quietly took his leave and jogged into the inner hall.

"Grandma, can you come down now?" Xiaoyu asked.

The old woman climbed off her, but before she even touched the ground, the dark red autumn cloak that had been cushioning Xiaoyu instantly shattered into tiny dust.

It seemed to have weathered into dust over thousands of years.

A gust of north wind blew, and the red powder scattered like a sunset.

The old woman laughed and said, "See? I told you the fabric of your cloak was too poor!"

"You are right."

Xiaoyu looked down at her bamboo-green dress, which was intact and clean. The more she looked at it, the more she loved it.

That "fairy robe" wasn't deliberately damaged by Doumu.

It simply couldn't withstand the pressure from the mountains and the world; before Xiao Yu's spine broke, her fairy robes were crushed into dust.

It was Doumu's power that kept it in its original form.

Just then, a middle-aged Taoist priest in a blue robe, white socks, and high leggings walked out with a calm and unhurried gait.

"You want to... uh, you, you are Yu, uh, you, you are Dou~~~"

The middle-aged Taoist priest did not become an immortal, but was an old cultivator who had been practicing Qi for many years.

Upon closer inspection, he recognized Grand Tutor Yu, who had revealed his true appearance. Before he could hurriedly bow down, the ordinary old woman next to Grand Tutor Yu seemed to radiate divine light, almost blinding his spiritual senses.

He didn't recognize Doumu in disguise, but he recognized her aura—exactly the same divine aura he felt in Doumu Palace on Doumu's birthday.

The key point is that Doumu really did emit great immortal light from her whole body just now.

Although it was only for a moment, it instantly brought the abbot to his senses.

His knees were about to buckle, but he didn't know who to bow to first, or whether he should just call out their names.

They were clearly not mother and daughter, but the young Taoist priest came to report that the daughter had carried her elderly mother to offer incense.

(End of this chapter)