Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Chapter 249 Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique, Ninefold Gravity Array
A divine achievement.

You can exchange for the opportunity to enter the three sacred sites of Zhenyinsi.

But the price was facing a peak-level demon spirit.

No wonder this task, which is at the top of the list, has remained unappealing.

Indeed, it's because the difficulty is just too great.

Even if all the members of the Zhenyinsi in Qinghe County came out, they might not be able to defeat the other side, and there was even a possibility that they would be completely wiped out.

"but.

This peak-level demon spirit is actually located within Qinghe County, specifically in the Ancient Tree Village north of the city…

He had already learned about many areas in Qinghe County beforehand, and knew that this ancient tree village was actually not far from Qinghe County, only about 20 miles away.

This is indeed extremely close for beings of the level of the Demon King or higher.

It's no wonder that the Zhenyin Division would consider it one of their targets.

Even if the other party doesn't target ordinary people, how can one allow others to sleep peacefully beside one's bed?
As a force responsible for safeguarding the security of a region, it will naturally regard any entity that poses a threat to it as an adversary.

It's perfectly normal to list it on a bounty mission.

Anyway, the task has been assigned.

Whether anyone will accept the request or whether it can be completed is another matter entirely.

……

Soon, Chen Yushu followed Zhou Qing into another room.

Then someone handed over the list of treasures in the inventory.

"This is a list of some treasures collected by the underworld of Qinghe County."

Of course, this does not mean that all these treasures are located in Qinghe County.

Treasures, cultivation techniques, and other such items do exist, but they are only located within the territory of Tianling County.

Most of them are hidden in the treasure vault of the Yin Division in Tianling County.

Of course, some of these also exist within Qinghe County, such as martial arts techniques and spells, which have backups.

What we can guarantee is that once you choose to exchange for a treasure, the corresponding treasure will be escorted over and delivered to you within three days.

As Zhou Qing spoke, he handed the list to Chen Yushu without hesitation.

"Heavenly Origin Pill, Soul Nourishing Pill, Pure Yang Pill, Human Origin Great Pill... Top-grade magic weapon flying sword Wan Hong, top-grade magic weapon Star-Fixing Plate, complete set of top-grade magic weapons, Mother and Child Thirteen Needles... Precious medicine Dragon and Phoenix Grass, precious medicine Emperor Flower... Heavenly Star Palace inherited cultivation techniques 'Eight Methods of Heavenly Stars', 'Longevity Immortal Technique', 'Listening and Contemplating Technique'... 'Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique', 'Summoning Wind and Rain Technique', 'Rainstorm and Thunder Light', 'Phoenix Three Nods'..."

Chen Yushu reached out and took it, then eagerly looked at it.

A list of treasures immediately appeared in his eyes.

Elixirs, magical artifacts, precious medicines, cultivation techniques, spells, secret arts...

Each one is of extraordinary value and worth a great deal.

Some of them were things he had never even heard of before.

However, the corresponding prices are also quite high.

The Heavenly Origin Pill is used to enhance a cultivator's Dao Yuan power. The effect of one Heavenly Origin Pill is roughly equivalent to half a month of arduous cultivation for a Dao Realm cultivator who has reached the Great Meditation level.

It can probably increase a cultivator's Dao Yuan power by two or three points.

One piece, worth a small merit.

Ten pieces in a bottle—that's a great achievement.

Then there's the Soul Nourishing Pill, a spiritual elixir that works on the soul. It can nourish and strengthen the soul, and it's even more expensive, costing two minor merits for each Soul Nourishing Pill.

Ten pieces in one bottle, that's two great achievements.

The same applies to the Pure Yang Pill and the Human Yuan Great Pill; although their effects are extraordinary, their prices are also exorbitant.

The superior-grade magic weapon flying sword Wan Hong has two major merits; the top-grade magic weapon Star-Fixing Plate has three major merits; the Thirteen Letter Needles are slightly weaker, with two major merits and six minor merits...

The Dragon and Phoenix Grass and the Emperor Flower are both top-grade medicinal herbs, comparable to rare and precious herbs. Each plant is a great achievement.

Among them, the Dragon and Phoenix Grass can make people vigorous and powerful, enough to keep an ordinary person's amazing sexual prowess for three years. It is a magical medicine that countless rich people and officials dream of.

As for the Emperor Flower, it has a similar effect, but it is better at lasting longer.

Once taken, one can easily sleep with nine women a day.

Once the two precious medicines are combined...

With three thousand beauties in the imperial harem, one or two could be favored within a year.

Otherwise, you'd have to wait in line for ten years.

How many beautiful women have grown old and faded away?

However, the skill that requires the most effort is the cultivation method.

The Eight Methods of Celestial Stars consist of eight major techniques.

The Longevity Immortal Skill consists of five major skills.

The "Listening and Contemplating Method" also requires four major practices.

Spells require a significant amount of merit. Among them, the Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique, being a thunder spell, is extremely powerful and requires three major merits.

The art of summoning wind and rain consists of two parts: torrential rain and tears, which are also two major skills.

The phoenix nods three times, which is one major achievement and nine minor achievements.

It may seem like you don't need two, but in reality, the difference isn't that much.

……

Chen Yushu checked them one by one.

He could indeed sense that there were many good things inside, and he was quite tempted by some of them.

However, he has too few great achievements to his name.

There are only four.

Originally, he thought that four major merits were quite a lot.

After all, there are only two wine gourds.

But when he saw the dazzling array of treasures on it, he truly realized that his contribution was far too little.

Four major merits are simply not enough to exchange for many treasures.

Picking just one or two items isn't enough.

Fortunately, he already possessed the most expensive cultivation techniques himself, and they were all far superior to those displayed above.

Otherwise, like ordinary Yin cultivators, they would accumulate great merit to exchange for it, which would take forever.

of course.

Although these treasures were all extremely valuable and tempting, Chen Yushu did not forget his goal for this trip.

So he continued flipping through the pages and finally came to the next section, which contained information about books on array formations.

"Ninefold Gravity Array, Nine Revolutions Yellow Springs Array, Thirty-Three Heavens Soldier Array..."

Each formation was clearly very sophisticated.

However, to his surprise, the amount of merit required was not that much.

The Ninefold Gravity Array only requires one major merit, the Nine Revolutions Yellow Springs Array also requires one major merit, and the Thirty-Three Heavens Soldier Array only requires nine minor merits...

In addition, Chen Yushu also saw the "Nine Transformations of Heavenly Evolution" formation among them, which should have been contributed by a cultivator from the Yan family after joining the Zhenyin Division.

It is worth mentioning that.

The treasure troves in various local underworld bureaus are actually quite numerous, all of which belonged to the local underworld cultivators and were subsequently contributed by them.

The Zhenyin Division, on the other hand, will grant merits based on the value of the corresponding cultivation techniques, manuals, and treasures. These merits may be great, small, or even heavenly.

Therefore, Chen Yushu was able to see the Nine Transformations of Heaven within the Zhenyin Division.

However, the merit requirement marked on it is eight minor merits.

Clearly, it is inferior to formations such as the Ninefold Gravity Formation.

"The Nine Changes of Heaven have increased my reading experience by four or five hundred points."

And now, I'm only a little over a hundred points away from having perfect reading experience.

So, all you need to do is exchange for one more formation to achieve a perfect breakthrough and enter the next realm?

With this in mind, Chen Yushu began selecting again.

After a slight hesitation, he quickly made his choice. "Have you made your choice?"

Zhou Qing noticed the change in Chen Yushu's expression and couldn't help but ask.

"yes.

Let's choose these two.

Chen Yushu nodded, then said, "The Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique and the Ninefold Gravity Array!"

"Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique? Ninefold Gravity Array?"

The two that Chen Yushu chose were both beyond Zhou Qing's expectations.

In his view, Chen Yushu's previous strength was naturally extremely high, and his method of opening the altar was exquisite. However, he also discovered a major weakness in his opponent, which was the lack of a suitable magic weapon.

In the last battle, the opponent hardly used any magical artifacts.

Although the other party had placed quite a few magical artifacts on the altar, most of them were of low or medium grade.

Therefore, he guessed that the other party would definitely take this opportunity to select one or two suitable magical artifacts to enhance their strength.

And this is also the choice of most cultivators who have entered the Dao realm.

It should be understood that if a cultivator in the Dao Realm has a suitable high-grade magic weapon, the boost to their strength can be at least 30%.

After all, magical artifacts are not only incredibly powerful offensive weapons, but more importantly, they can also amplify the strength of cultivators.

For example, the superior-grade magic weapon flying sword Wan Hong is unparalleled in attack and has its own light and agile aura. Once a cultivator refines it, their own speed will also be increased to a certain extent.

As for the Star-Fixing Plate, although it is mainly used to trap enemies, it also has the function of protecting its owner. It will automatically generate a transparent light shield to protect its owner inside, which can at least block the full force of a ghost spirit at the early stage of evil spirit.

However, to his surprise, Chen Yushu did not choose a magical artifact, but instead chose a spell.

Thunder Magic.

Admittedly, the power of lightning magic is extremely strong, and in terms of equal strength, it can be called number one.

However, lightning magic is notoriously difficult to master, several times more difficult than other spells.

It is truly difficult to learn and master.

"Once a treasure is chosen, it cannot be changed."

Fellow Daoist, please consider this carefully.

Moreover, this lightning technique is notoriously difficult to learn and master.

While it is indeed powerful, it takes ten times the time and effort to make it effective compared to other spells.

Previously, there was a senior Daoist in the capital who, like his fellow Daoists, chose a thunder technique and called himself the Five Thunder True Man.

As a result, several years passed, but he still failed to successfully cultivate that thunder technique, almost becoming a laughing stock in the Zhenyin Division of the capital.

I think you should reconsider, fellow Daoist.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Qing still spoke up to offer advice.

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist."

However, I still decided to choose these two treasures, which, when you add them up, bring the total to exactly four major merits.

Chen Yushu cupped his hands in greeting and began to speak.

"That's...ok."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing glanced at Chen Yushu. Seeing that the other party still insisted, he could only nod and then said, "It just so happens that one of these is a magic inheritance and the other is a formation inheritance. Both are in stock in the Zhenyin Division of Qinghe County."

Fellow Daoist, you can get the items today and go back to study them.

However, it is important to remind fellow Daoists that all techniques learned within the Zhenyin Division belong to the imperial court.

After you exchange for it, you can study and cultivate on your own.

However, it is strictly forbidden to sell it to others.

Once discovered, the Zhenyin Division has dedicated law enforcement cultivators, and a bounty will be offered internally.

These kinds of bounties for recovering stolen goods often come with very high rewards. In the end, there will definitely be people specifically tasked with recovering and punishing the perpetrators!

Please remember this, fellow Daoist.

Then, Zhou Qing nodded, and then, as if it were a routine matter, gave a warning.

Thank you for letting me know.

I understand!

Chen Yushu's face turned solemn, and he nodded, naturally understanding the principle that the law should not be lightly passed on.

Admittedly, the Zhenyin Division is a self-contained system and does not prohibit its members from learning any magical techniques, but everything comes at a price, and 'great merit' is the corresponding price.

It is the result of the hard work and great merit earned by the people of Zhenyin Division.

However, apart from those who exchange for the corresponding magical means, others are not protected.

Naturally, the Zhenyin Division itself would not allow anyone to leak information without authorization.

Offering a reward and pursuing punishment are perfectly normal practices.

Soon, a specialist took out the two volumes of the inheritance from the Zhenyin Division's treasury, registered them, and marked the time and place before handing them over to Chen Yushu.

After a quick check, he confirmed that everything was correct before completing the exchange.

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Zhou, for today."

Chen Yushu cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

He was indeed very satisfied with this exchange.

Thunder magic, the Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique.

A book on array formations, featuring a nine-layered gravity array!
These two subjects are, one is about thunder magic, and the other is about array formations.

Among them, books on array formations are what he currently lacks most and needs most urgently.

This solved his immediate problem.

And Lei Fa.

Certainly, he is not weak in magical skills. Whether it is the Divine Descent Technique or the Blessing Method, in terms of power, they can be regarded as the ultimate skills among cultivators in the Dao Realm in any sect.

This allows him to overpower those of the same realm and become invincible.

In particular, his Divine Descent Technique was mastered early on, and its power was so great that even the veteran Daoist Nine-Stem Daoist could not withstand it.

The positional attacks of the Blessing Method are even more difficult to defend against.

However, although these two spells are powerful, they can only compete with spells within the same realm.

At the level of entering the Dao and leaving the body, these two spells may be enough. With the help of many contracted spirits, they can also face many enemies.

But what if the one who makes the move is a master who has entered the Dao Night Tour Realm, or even the Dao Day Tour Realm?
Moreover, among the ghosts, there are also late-stage, peak-stage, and even calamity-level beings.

Especially when he is in the underworld.

Although most of the ones he has encountered so far are not very strong, he has not even encountered a single ghost spirit of the supernatural level.

But he was very clear that there were definitely a lot, if not many, of the supernatural spirits in that area.

Moreover, there are many beings of the level of "Spirit" or higher.

For example, that terrifying roar before, or the legendary Yin Dragon...

If such a being appeared before him, even if he could use his summoning technique in time, he would not be able to escape.

That's why he chose the Thunder Magic!

Because lightning magic is the most effective way to subdue ghosts and spirits.

Even ordinary lightning attacks deal significantly more damage to ghosts.

And if he were to master the art of thunder...

So even if he encounters a ghost far stronger than himself in the underworld, he will still have a fighting chance.

At the very least, it can intimidate the other party, making them wary and fearful.

As for the problem of it being difficult to learn and master.

That might be true for others.

But for him, it meant nothing at all.

He has his own confidence.

(End of this chapter)