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

Chapter 650 Departure
"I've studied it, and your merman's physique is indeed not suitable for absorbing the power of the stars."

Xiaoyu called the old mermaid into the mermaid cave.

In the hazy glow released by millions of mermaid pearls, she taught her rough-created "Starlight Book" to the old woman.

"The blood of the mermaids is extremely compatible with water spirit power, followed by wind. As for the power of the stars, not to mention being compatible, they are even very resistant to it.

But the method is always more difficult than it is.

Mermaids cannot directly absorb the power of the stars into their bodies and integrate it into their blood, but they can transform the power of the stars into runes and engrave them on the scales on their tails.

Each fish scale is regarded as a talisman, corresponding to a star.

Look at the stars in the sky, it is never a single star that moves alone.

The stars interact and influence each other during their movement, and together form the great array of stars in the sky.

If you mermaids engrave a complete set of 'star symbols' on your scales, you can form a small star array, which will increase its power tenfold or a hundredfold."

The old mermaid quickly reviewed the method of engraving "star symbols" in the "Starlight Treasure Book" in her mind, then looked at Xiaoyu's fish tail curiously and asked, "Master, how many star symbols did you engrave?"

"What should I record? Don't you know that I have been observing the mermaid pearls in the Mermaid Cave for more than a month? I have no time to practice!" Xiaoyu said.

"Master, have you ever tried it yourself?" The old mermaid almost couldn't help but shout out excitedly.

Xiao Yu said: "I will definitely practice next. Swimming in the Tianhe River as a mermaid makes very little noise, which is not conspicuous and the speed is very fast.

If one can refine the 'Star Scale Body', it may be as powerful as a real dragon's body."

The "Star Scale Talisman Body" in the "Starlight Treasure Book" is based on the theory of two immortal spells: the incomplete original "Five Thunder Spells" and the incomplete authentic "Treasure Scroll Immortal Chapter".

Well, the middle part of "Baolu Xianzhang" that "Senior Brother Zhao" taught to Wang Sangou, as well as the common sense and professional terms of Taoist practice, were all taught to Xiaoyu by Sister Cui'er.

It wasn’t spread by San Gouzi.

The two "dog mothers" were afraid that their magic would be leaked to outsiders and anger the immortal sect behind Senior Brother Zhao, so they expelled the three dogs.

Sister Cui'er didn't have such concerns because a few years ago, she secretly taught Xiaoyu the first part of "Baolu Xianzhang".

If they really wanted to break the rules, they would have done it long ago.

"Baolu Xianzhang" specializes in the study of runes, immortal talismans, and divine talismans, and is a comprehensive work on rune literature.

The "Five Thunder Method" simply uses the theory of talismans to observe the thunders of the three realms, and condenses the rules and mysteries of each type of thunder into a thunder talisman.

Countless thunder talismans are integrated into the soul to reconstruct a "thunder talisman soul body", and then the "thunder spirit" can be used to directly ascend to the heaven; the "star scale talisman body" uses the same principle to cultivate "star talismans", and then use the "star talisman" to partially reconstruct the physical body, and the physical body becomes a saint and becomes a "little saint".

Currently, the Star Scale Talisman Body is just like its name, only cultivating fish scales.

Xiaoyu doesn't know whether the fish scales will be able to penetrate into the flesh in the future.

"It's as strong as a real dragon." The old mermaid was excited for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Great Immortal, the Starlight Manual you taught me seems to only have the method of comprehending the mysteries of the stars, and a rune representing the power of the stars is not included."

Xiao Yu said: "This is a new method. I haven't had time to comprehend the stars and condense the star symbols yet!

I haven't realized it myself, so of course I can't provide you with ready-made runes for you to burn.

I have already told you the general method.

You stare at the stars that suit you and gain insights. When you gain insights, you condense them into runes and then engrave them on the scales.

After a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, when you have created a set of Star Symbols, I will come to visit you again. You can let me see the complete Star Symbols, which will be considered as a reward for me."

The old mermaid was speechless.

Not only did the immortal not provide them with ready-made star symbols for them to copy, he also expected them to comprehend and create star symbols so that he could directly take great advantage of them in the future.

"Great Immortal, we have built a new 'Starlight Cottage' for you. If you are tired of the dim and cramped mermaid cave, you can go to the surface and live there for hundreds or thousands of years."

"I do plan to meditate in Tianhe for a few years." Xiaoyu looked hesitant.

Her purpose of going to Daqin was to "create immortal arts and improve Zifu".

In Tianhe, life is comfortable and you can also find cultivation resources everywhere.
"The Starlight Hut is my cave, so you guys keep it for me. I'm going to travel for a while now, and when I come back, I'll study the star runes with you guys."

The old mermaid nodded happily, "We will take good care of the Starlight Cottage."

Then she asked, "Where is the Immortal going, and how long will he be gone?"

"I'm not sure if you know the 'Whale Ruins' of the Wu people."

The old mermaid said, "I've heard of it, but I've never been there. The witches are very vicious. When they see us mermaids, they don't say a word and just kill and eat us like fish."

"The place I'm going is quite far, and I don't have a fixed time for my return, so you guys should practice on your own first.

As long as you can attract starlight and store it into the scales, you can mobilize the power of the stars to grow starlight crops.

In the future, when the crop yields are high, try not to eat ‘people’ anymore.”

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, Xiaoyu just said everything he thought he should say, and he talked a lot.

Xiaoyu set out early and found the place where he was attacked by Wu Rensong according to the route he remembered.

The mermaid Xiaoyu concealed her breath and whereabouts, wandering in circles for two days, and did not even meet a passing wizard.

However, we encountered seven or eight giant sea monsters.

It would have been fine if she didn't show up, but once she appeared near them, they would pounce on her like hounds encountering their prey.

I don't mind that she is too small or not enough to fill the gaps between my teeth.

None of them mind that Xiaoyu is small, and Xiaoyu naturally doesn't mind that the demon text in their demon pills has poor magical powers.

Try to communicate with them first to trigger the Great Destruction.

Unfortunately, they only regarded her as food, and their minds seemed to be filled with chaotic animality but no wisdom.

After killing them, Xiaoyu didn't find a single demon pill.

She didn't need to eat meat, and she had no harvest, so she could only leave in dismay. She came to Turtle Back Mountain again, and just called out twice outside, and Feng Ji swam out.

"Let's go."

Without any hesitation, he melted into a torrent, picked up Xiaoyu and "escaped into water" to the west.

"Don't you need to bring a big water tank?" Xiaoyu asked puzzledly.

"No need. I will just drink the water and store it in my stomach. After returning to Turtle Back Mountain, I will spit out the water in my stomach." Fang Fengji said.

Xiao Yu looked around at the rapids, revealing a thoughtful look, "You turned into a stream and escaped in the Tianhe River. This should be a wizard's innate magical power, right?"

Fang Fengjie said: "I have also practiced martial arts myself. My martial arts level is higher than yours."

"Do you mean to use the turbid evil energy to condense a martial arts form? I am trying to become an immortal and cannot absorb evil energy. It's not because my realm is not high enough." Xiao Yu said.

Fang Feng Ji snorted and said, "Hearing you say that, I understand that you don't understand the method of practicing martial arts at all."

Xiao Yu smiled faintly and said, "If you want to say something else, I may not understand.

But the evil spirit of the earth is my grandson, and I am the ancestor who plays with the evil spirit of the earth.

The so-called martial arts method is nothing more than the five major elements of immortal martial arts, 'mind, spirit, intention, energy', from the five elements cycle to the five elements fusion.

The fusion of the five major elements of immortal martial arts is the martial arts Dharma.

And the medium that fuses them together is the evil energy of the earth!
First absorb the evil energy into the true energy, merge with the true energy, and become the 'Earthly Evil Energy'.

Then use the Earthly Evil Energy to fill the Immortal Martial God, and the God will be the prototype of the Martial Arts Dharma.

The 'heart' is the bone that supports the martial arts.

"Yi" refers to the flesh and skin of the Dharmadhatu, which constitutes the appearance of the Dharmadhatu.

The Lord God sits in the heart of the warrior, and the Lord God of Martial Arts replaces the soul. Man is God (Lord God), God is man, and the Dharma is perfect. "

Fang Feng Ji said disapprovingly: "Everyone can say this simple truth. But even the sorcerers who cannot refine their qi know that practicing both sex and life, and the harmony of dragon and tiger, can achieve the immortal golden elixir.

Could it be that the wizard had mastered the magic of the immortals and could cultivate himself to become an immortal?

In our time, even martial arts could not be taught to barbarians.

Today, the Great Qin also abides by the ancient system and strictly prohibits the method of condensing the Dharma image from being spread to foreign countries.

You are a barbarian after all, and you have never been to China, so where can you learn?"

Xiao Yu was surprised and said, "You live in seclusion in Tianhe, and you know that outside of Daqin, there are few people who have mastered the martial arts? Why would the gods tell you this?"

Fang Feng Ji said, "Sometimes I go to Tianhe Water Palace to exchange skills with warriors from Tianhe Water Master. How could my martial arts be so advanced if I just kept it to myself?"

——What’s so great about him? He only has strength and “inner power”, and his martial arts skills are very ancient and crude. He was defeated by me in a few moves.

Xiaoyu knew that on that day in the mermaid tribe, Fang Fengji had been holding back and did not want to kill her.

But she didn't use her full strength!

"I heard that the commander of the Tianhe Navy is Marshal Tianpeng. Is the Tianhe Water Palace you are going to his garrison?"

"It's that Tianpeng! He admires my martial arts very much and has invited me to the navy to be a god several times!" Fangfengji said proudly.

"Why don't you go? Being a god means you have friends and support. By the way, being a god should also give you a salary, right?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

"Look at you, you know nothing about the gods, that's why you say such stupid things." Fang Fengji's tone was full of disdain, "When I was still the Prince of Fengzhu in the human world, the Emperor of Heaven invited me to the Heavenly Palace to be an official.

They are not heavenly soldiers or generals, but immortal officials!

I didn't go at that time.

Why would you lower yourself to become a god? I'm not stupid!"

Xiao Yu doubted, "You are quite powerful now, but in the era of Dayu, could you be favored by the Emperor of Heaven?"

Feng Ji asked, "You said you were a prime minister, but have you ever recruited soldiers from the people?"

Xiao Yu was stunned and said, "I am the Prime Minister! I can depose the three dukes and nine ministers with a single word, and I can kill the prince who broke the law with a single sword. Yes, that is, a prince with a similar status to you.

Even if something as trivial as conscription were to happen, it would not be my turn to take care of it."

Fang Fengji was upset that she compared himself to the prince of the barbarian state, and shouted: “The Emperor of Heaven came to the human world to recruit gods, just like you went outside the city to recruit people as soldiers.

Even if soldiers receive a salary, how high can it be?
I really don't know how you can be the prime minister if you still look for a big backer. What big backer can a soldier have? It's almost like sending yourself to die.

If I really went to Tianhe Water Palace to become a god, I would have turned into a pile of rotten bones tens of thousands of years ago. "

Xiao Yu said: "In any case, the long lifespan of the gods is better than dying of old age in the mortal world."

Feng Feng Ji laughed and said, "You modern people have been fooled by those bald donkeys in the West. No, you are just a little bald donkey, and you also passed on two volumes of Buddhist scriptures to me.

I listened to you and have been reading it recently. I think it’s pretty good. Oops, I’ve become a bald thief too!”

Finally, his tone was full of annoyance and awkwardness.

Xiao Yu asked curiously, "What is the relationship between the gods and Western Buddhism?"

Feng Feng said: "Before Western Buddhism was introduced to China, the position of 'God' was not valuable at all in China!

Just like now when court officials are recruiting soldiers from the people, people with wealthy families are unwilling to serve in the military.

You probably don’t know that Xia Gun and Xia Yu were both gods.

They don't want to become gods, because becoming gods means expressing their submission to the Emperor of Heaven.

Just like the king of your barbarian country, what kind of king or official position would you like to be appointed by the Qin court?
One of the reasons why Xia Gun was executed by the Emperor of Heaven was that he was a god!

I heard that Xia Yu later asked the Three Emperors of Huoyun Cave for help, and finally got rid of his status as a god and was able to enter the underworld after his death."

(End of this chapter)