The Golden Elixir Road

Chapter 9: Two Methods in One Day
Thousands of miles away from the Taichu Ancient Mine, Hei Huang took Wang Zizai and Ye Fan to search the sealed place of Yao Chi before they remembered the ancient well leading to Yao Chi. Wang Zizai did not give any hints, and said too much to be explained.

Finally, they found the ancient well in a piece of red sand. Looking at the dark wellhead, the two men and the dog were a little scared. Wang Zizai knew that this was really a dangerous place.

Wang Zizai took out the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and said, "I'll go first, and you follow me."

"Wang boy, what treasure do you have? Let me see it." Looking at the magic-free scarlet gourd in Wang Zizai's hand, the Black Emperor said enviously.

The Immortal Slaying Flying Knife is a divine object that is usually hidden and looks ordinary and unremarkable, but at this moment, it gave Wang Zizai such courage that Heihuang knew with his butt that it was a treasure.

After Wang Zizai rolled his eyes at Heihuang, he jumped directly into the ancient well.

"Hahaha, you damn dog, why don't you go and grab it."

Ye Fan sneered and followed him into the ancient well. Hei Huang was furious and chased in and bit Ye Fan's arm. As for snatching Wang Zizai now, Hei Huang was really afraid that all his hair would be lost.

However, Hei Huang was not a dog who would give up easily. He planned to settle accounts with Wang Zizai after he had tricked Wang Zizai into giving him the method of cultivating Samadhi True Fire.

They walked all the way into the old place of Yao Chi. Fortunately, no corpse transformation had occurred yet. However, Hei Huang relapsed into his old state and took the two of them to the Fairy Pool first, preparing to enter the Fairy Pool to search for treasure.

Wang Zizai knew what was going on down there, so he wouldn't go down. The first time Hei Huang went down there, he was so scared that he came out, and he wanted to persuade Wang Zizai to go down with Ye Fan.

"What's down there?" Ye Fan was a little curious.

"It's full of fairies, each of them is stunningly beautiful. Would you two like to come with me to investigate?" said the Black Emperor.

"You look at that stunning beauty, but she is definitely not a fairy. She is most likely a wolfdog." Ye Fan's mouth cannon was still as powerful as ever.

Hei Huang was so angry that he wanted to bite someone, and Ye Fan quickly comforted him.

"The materials that Queen Mother of the West used to refine the Immortal Tears Green Gold Pagoda were dug out from here. If we go down, we might get something in return." When the Black Emperor failed to persuade her, he came up with another plan.

"Even if there was anything, it would have been searched out long ago. How could it wait for you to come?" Ye Fan didn't believe it.

"Why did Yao Chi evacuate? Why are there so many dead bodies in the pool? Don't you want to know?" asked Hei Huang.

"I also want to dig up all the Taichu ancient mines and explore the ancient forbidden land. Unfortunately, I don't have enough strength. Now I just want to get the Western Emperor Sutra." Ye Fan said.

Hearing this, Wang Zizai suddenly said, "The Ancient Forbidden Land is impossible, and the Taichu Ancient Mine is not available now. Are you interested in the Immortal Mountain? How about we occupy the Immortal Mountain and use it as a place for cultivation?"

Hearing this, Hei Huang was shocked: "Do you know what the restricted area is like? Why are you talking nonsense here?"

Wang Zizai calculated that after the Void Emperor's bloody fight at all costs, the Immortal Mountain should now be occupied by only the Stone Emperor and another ancient supreme being who was almost unable to hold on. It might be possible for him to occupy it as his own dojo, but he still had to make long-term plans.

Without saying anything more, Hei Huang just thought that Wang Zizai was hysterical. Only Ye Fan was curious about what the restricted area was, but now was not the time to go into details.

Finally, Ye Fan couldn't suppress his curiosity and followed Hei Huang into the water. When the man and the dog jumped out of the fairy pond with the corpse in fear, Wang Zizai urged Hei Huang to take the two of them to look for the Western Emperor's remains.

"Is this the Western Emperor Scripture?" Ye Fan said in disbelief in front of a stone mountain with a palm-sized sun carved on it. Wang Zizai knew that the Black Emperor really didn't fool anyone this time, but this dog still had bad intentions. The meaning of the Western Emperor Scripture required a scripture guide, but he didn't expect Ye Fan to have one.

Wang Zizai thought about giving it a try himself first, and was not in a hurry to ask Ye Fan for the scripture. He placed his hand on the stone carving, closed his eyes, and found that there was no reaction, so he entered a state of tranquility using the method of the Golden Elixir.

As Wang Zizai entered deeper into meditation, he gradually lost the sense of "I". He seemed to have merged with the surrounding environment. In a trance, he saw an image. After Wang Zizai completely forgot about "I", he finally "saw" a red sun.

Not only did he see the red sun, but there was also a piece of yellow earth under his feet, and in the distance there was a body of black water, a white sword, and a peach tree. Not only that, Wang Zizai also saw a sea in the distance, four pillars of heaven, a divine dragon, and a golden altar.

Wang Zizai opened his eyes and found that Ye Fan had gone to another stone mountain. Thinking that he had obtained the Divine Treasure of the Heart, he no longer went to the next Divine Treasure, but looked at some other stone carvings.

For example, there is a stone carving where Senior Yao Chi deduced the secret of the word Dou. Although it was not successful, it also had many commendable aspects, and Wang Zizai also gained a lot.

"Boy, why don't you look at the Taoist Palace's secret realm techniques? Can't you comprehend them? Hahaha, if you teach me that fire technique, I will teach you the scriptures, how about it?" Heihuang thought that Wang Zizai could not comprehend them without the scriptures, and took the opportunity to blackmail him.

"Not very good, I have already obtained all the Western Emperor Sutra." Wang Zizai said calmly.

"What? How is that possible?" Hei Huang couldn't believe it and thought that Wang Zizai must be lying to him.

Wang Zizai did not explain too much, but just continued to look at the stone carvings. After Ye Fan obtained all the five sacred treasures of the Taoist Palace, he found a four-pole stone carving mark. After testing it, he found that the scripture was missing. He had no choice but to give up.

As a result, when he heard Hei Huang say that Wang Zizai had comprehended all the scriptures, he felt a little shocked. However, Ye Fan was worthy of being Ye Fan, and he quickly adjusted his mentality. He was just a little envious, and wanted to say it but was too embarrassed to do so.

"Brother Ye, I have comprehended the entire Western Emperor Sutra, but the stone carvings only contain the secret realm cultivation methods, and not the secret techniques behind the scriptures. Now I lack the method of fighting. If Brother Ye is willing to give up the secret of the word "fighting", I will exchange the other secret realm cultivation methods of the Western Emperor Sutra with you." Wang Zizai said proactively.

Wang Zizai really wanted to learn the Dou character secret. He didn't even know the Emperor-level secret method of Covering the Sky. Now all the battles depended on swordsmanship and Samadhi True Fire. If this continued, he might only be able to take the path of breaking all methods with one sword in the future.

"Okay, I'll exchange the Dou character secret for the Western Emperor Sutra." Ye Fan made the decision without much thought.

The two of them quickly completed the exchange. Wang Zizai had already gained some insights from his previous study of the Dou character secret deduced by Senior Yao Chi, but he was just lacking the true meaning.

After receiving Ye Fan's teaching, he couldn't help but sighed: "So that's how it is! The secret of the word Dou is to first obtain one, then transform it into ten thousand, to the end of complexity, and finally return to one. The senior in Yao Chi only circled around ten thousand, and he would never succeed."

"That's right." Ye Fan had also read the stone inscription and shared his feelings.

“Brother Ye, although we have obtained the Western Emperor Sutra, you and I have already embarked on the path of practicing the strongest sutras in various secret realms. It is better to continue on this path. Keep the Western Emperor Sutra as a backup. If it really doesn’t work, then practice this sutra.” Wang Zizai added.

"I understand. Thank you for your advice, Brother Wang." Ye Fan said with a bow, "But I have a question."

"Brother Ye, please speak." King Ye said at ease.

"Why is Brother Wang so keen on exchange?" Ye Fan asked.

“Brother Ye, you don’t know that my practice emphasizes cause and effect. If cause and effect are not understood, it will affect practice in the future. Therefore, I try my best to owe nothing to others in my daily lives.” Wang Zizai explained.

(End of this chapter)