From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 315: Seeking Immortality and the Unity of Soul
The Gong family is one of the nine families of humanity. In the northern part of Zhongzhou, there is a branch called Yao that is good at supernatural craftsmanship.

Just now, the ancestor of the Chi family used adzes, chisels, axes and saws to build a house in the void, using this secret technique of gods and ghosts.

If a human carpenter wants to use this method, he must prepare sacrifices in advance and then ask the monsters allied with him to lend him strength before he can perform his magic.

The ancestor of the Chi family is a monster himself. He does not need to hold an altar to borrow magic like human craftsmen. When he practices this secret art, he directly uses magic tools to absorb the power of the star god.

In this way, the adze, chisel, axe and saw were refined into four Star God magic tools, which helped him build various houses and boats and vehicles.

Yu Shuyang carefully examined the four magical instruments and discovered that each of them had a star god's response. To be more precise, the four magical instruments were actually four Shinto magical instruments.

Over the years, all the blessings and fortune accumulated by the ancestor of the Chi family from repairing houses and building boats were intercepted by the magical artifact.

Seeing this, Yu Shuyang noticed something strange, and opened his eyes between his eyebrows to carefully examine the mysterious orifice of the ancestor of the Chi family.

This old monkey burned the acupoint in the middle dantian Huangting, and saw that inside there were not only mountains of qi and blood, but also the five internal organs and five qi.

If Yu Shuyang hadn't known that this old monkey was a carpenter, and hadn't just seen him practicing the Nine Courtyards with his own eyes, he really wouldn't have been sure that he was practicing the carpenter's method.

Just looking at the magic power, magic symbols, and magic images in the mysterious orifice, there is not a trace of human energy, and there is no sign of infection on the monster's body.

For a moment, relying solely on spiritual perception and supernatural powers, one cannot find the root cause of the problem. Just as the ancestor of the Chi family said, it is not a problem of human Yuan Qi infecting the foundation of Taoism.

“I see that your cultivation method is not like that of a carpenter, but your method of offering sacrifices and refining magical instruments is similar to that of a cultivator from the Divine Sect.

"Does the problem lie with the power of the incense and the vows? What do you think?" Yu Shuyang asked.

The Chi Family Patriarch chuckled and said, "Island Master Yu, I can't explain these things either. Why don't we wait for the Grand Alchemist to come and have him help us take a look?"

The old monkey transformed into a human who looked like an old farmer. He looked honest, but when he started talking, he showed a sense of shrewdness.

Yu Shuyang could also hear it. It seemed that the ancestor of the Chi family was hiding something. Seeing that the other party was trying to cover up the truth, he was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Then he turned around and looked for Zhixian Tuliu and his three nephews and said, "Don't bother moving. I can carry everything away in my Qiankun bag."

The Qiankun Long Snake Bag is used to refine the Qiankun Evil Ban. When it is fully unleashed, it becomes as big as a long snake and can easily hold three or five mountains.

The snake bag emitted a mysterious light that swept across the wine jars and tea balls on the ground, collecting them all into it. The snake bag had just swallowed the ice snake fairy, and there was an extra icy magic restriction inside, so there was no need to worry about the things rotting or spoiling in the snake bag.

After packing his things, Yu Shuyang took Zhixian Tuliu and his three nephews to the island in the middle of the lake to look for Li Taiping, Yin Chenzi and others.

The ancestor of the Chi family also knew that he had accidentally offended Yu Shuyang with his words, but he was not worried. After all, what he really wanted was the great alchemist.

Earlier, Chi Dajiang, Chi Gaogang and Chi Gaochang accompanied Yu Shuyang here to listen to the advice of the Fu family. The ancestor of the Chi family did not really take it to heart at that time.

After the three of them received Yin Chenzi's guidance and passed the news back to the clan, the ancestor of the Chi family understood in his heart that he had met a true master. After making further inquiries, he learned the origin of the great alchemist.

Later, he took great pains to please Li Taiping and Yang Fuzi, also wanting to get some inside information and curry favor with Yang Fuzi. After all, he was a late third-grade demon fairy, worthy of the Chi family ancestor's shameless flattery.

On the other side, in the central area of the lake island, this was the former Taiyin Moon Pond. Yang Fuzi, Li Taiping, Wu Wei, She Qiuyan, and the three students of the Yu family were all digging here.

When Yu Shuyang found it, a medium-sized pit had been dug out, revealing a white jade wall that was three meters high and one meter wide. The wall was as smooth as a mirror.

"Master Yang, what are you doing?" Yu Shuyang asked in confusion.

Yang Shizi was still dressed as he had been in his early years, in a black and white Taoist robe, holding a charred wood resurrection branch in his hand. The difference was that the charred wood was dotted with golden sand.

"Good boy, you exude a pure aura all over your body. Are you going to attain enlightenment? Or become an immortal?
How come after not seeing you for a few years, you look like a master now?" Yang Fuzi praised Yu Shuyang when he saw him.

Ever since Yu Shuyang opened up the kidney's gate, comprehended the Xuanwu Avenue, and refined the Xuanshui magic power to perfection, a mysterious Taoist aura has emanated from his body.

He did not hide this, unlike Yin De Jin Guang and Dao De Xuan Qi, which were specifically included in the Ling Tai San Hua Secret Art.

"Master Yang, thank you very much. I have only been refining my magic power in the past few years and clearing away those burdens.

"Is this a piece of Taiyin stone? Why is it so big?" Yu Shuyang asked politely, pointing at the jade disk in the mud pit.

The moon stone is not a precious thing. Like white jade, jadeite, and agate, it is a jade mineral. Its color is similar to that of white crystal, but it is not as transparent. It contains a bit of the moon spirit.

Yang Fuzi nodded and said, "This is the foundation of the Taiyin Yuehua Pool. I've seen it. If we build a Taoist temple on the island, this should be the center.

You've made quite a fuss with Yin Chenzi this time, dragging me and Qing Xingzi into this. What are your plans?"

Yang Fuzi was invited by Yin Chenzi, partly out of Yu Shuyang's favor and partly on Shuiyue Wutong's orders.

His original plan was to look after Hushan Island for ten years, helping Yu Shuyang to seize the opportunity to go to Huanghai Lei Island while refining the golden sand.

However, he didn't expect that the devil's plans were not as good as God's plans, and there was another disturbance in the Tokaido Temple, and Yang Fuzi and Li Taiping had to come over.

"Master Yang, this is a long story, and it involves the Taoist Alliance's new plan. I can't explain it clearly right away.

Why don’t we wait until we have time and go to Huangliang Taoist Temple together to let Shuiyue Wutong tell us in person.

There's one thing I haven't asked you yet. Why did that old monkey from the Chi family come with us? I just saw him refine the Nine-Room Courtyard."

Yu Shuyang gave a half-hearted explanation, pushing the matter of Tokaidoin to Shuiyue Wutong, and then changed the subject to ask about the ancestor of the Chi family.

Yang Fuzi and Li Taiping had already been persuaded by Shuiyue Wutong, who told them that the Taoist temple was the only way to resist the aristocratic families from encroaching on the inheritance of the Dharma lineage in the future.

"The carpenter from the Chi family happened to be helping to build the Taoist temple. His craftsmanship is quite good. You have met him just now, right? Can you tell what the problem is?" Yang Fuzi asked Yu Shuyang with a smile.

When Yu Shuyang saw Yang Fuzi smiling happily, he immediately understood that Yang Fuzi must have mastered the problem that the ancestor of the Chi family could not break through the fourth level.

“Master Yang, at the beginning, I suspected that it was the human primordial energy that eroded his foundation. I also thought that he had some secret method to break through to the fifth level and become a demon immortal.

I just saw him offering sacrifices to the Nine Chambers Courtyard. I noticed that the instruments he used were all responsive to the spirits of the Star Gods, and I wondered if they were eroded by the power of incense and vows.

The problem is, his profound orifice is very clean, it doesn't look like it's been corroded, which is really strange." Yu Shuyang expressed his suspicions, waiting for Yang Fuzi's final answer. Yang Fuzi smiled silently, and it was Li Taiping who helped to explain, saying, "Brother, you came to Master Yin to learn alchemy, he should have told you about the elixir of immortality.

That old monkey took the immortality elixir, which limited his cultivation to the fifth rank. Now his life span is about to end, and he can only survive by taking another immortality elixir."

Yu Shuyang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this. Yin Chenzi had explained to him the elixir of immortality, the magic pill, and the golden pill before, and he had even touched an elixir of immortality, which was the mulberry fruit of the hibiscus tree.

"The elixir of immortality takes effect when one's life span is exhausted? Then can it still be called an elixir of immortality?" Yu Shuyang asked in confusion.

"Haha, haven't you learned anything from Yin Chenzi these past few years? Even though this immortality elixir has the word 'immortality' in it, it's divided into three grades: high, medium, and low.

A low-grade elixir of immortality can help one cultivate to the fifth level, and live for three thousand years, which is equivalent to the lifespan of a demon fairy.

A medium-level immortality elixir can be cultivated to the third level, and the lifespan can reach 6,000 years, which is equivalent to the lifespan of a fourth-grade late-stage or third-grade early-stage demon fairy.

Only the top-grade immortality elixir can be cultivated to the late second grade, and the life span can last for an era, regardless of the level of cultivation.

That old monkey from the Chi family ate a Qiushi in his early years, which was barely a low-grade immortality elixir." Yang Fuzi couldn't help but snort at the end of his words. He looked down on the ancestor of the Chi family.

After hearing this, Yu Shuyang finally understood. It turned out that the ancestor of the Chi family was hiding the matter of the elixir of immortality. He thought that he was afraid that other demons and fairies would target him if the news got out.

This elixir of immortality cannot be digested. After the demon's life span is exhausted, the demon's body will be completely devoured by the elixir of immortality and transformed into another elixir of immortality.

In the eyes of those demon immortals whose life span is about to end and whose cultivation has no hope of breaking through, this is a chance to live for another three thousand years. They may try to assassinate him, after all, the elixir of immortality cannot be digested.

The ancestor of the Chi family knew the inside story. He had previously used the human essence as an excuse to spread true and false information outside, and also made up another set of stories to cover up the truth of taking the elixir of immortality.

Now, if he wants to extend his life, he not only needs to take a new elixir of immortality, but also has to remove the elixir from his body. A demon body cannot accommodate two elixirs of immortality at the same time.

After Yu Shuyang understood the hidden truth, he no longer cared about the life or death of the ancestor of the Chi family, and began to ask Yang Fuzi about refining the cloud clothes.

He described how the Zhenlong was shaped like a dragon flag and made of the same material as a cloud robe. He also told Yang Fuzi about his idea of collecting and refining clouds and asked him to help him make a decision.

Yang Fuzi and Li Taiping each had different ideas after hearing this, and Li Taiping was the first to speak: "Brother, don't you still want to gather thunder energy to sacrifice the Yin-Yang water mine?
I do have a way. Among the stars in the sky, there are two stars under the command of Bi, named Thunder and Lightning and Cloud and Rain. There is also a star under the command of Shi, named Thunderbolt.

I give you these three star symbols. In this way, you can use them to guide the star power and use it to comprehend thunder, lightning, clouds and rain.

By the way, please help me refine three star talismans, isn't this a good idea?"

Ever since Yu Shuyang instructed Li Taiping to accept a disciple to help him refine the star talismans, he had figured it out. If he had to refine all of the more than a thousand star talismans until the magic ban was perfect, he would forget about being able to reach the first level.

Yu Shuyang chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you would set your sights on me so quickly.

How about this, I have a few disciples here, I will send them a star talisman and ask them to help you with the ritual.

Wu Wei and Sheqiuyan are destined to be in danger, so giving them the Heavenly Money and Heavenly Hook can be considered as guiding them in their cultivation.

Jin Buhuan, Yu Lishui, and Yu Zangfeng all practice thunder magic, so there's no need to give them individual star talismans. Once I've refined the Cloud Robe, I'll give them the Thunderbolt, Pili, and Cloud Rain talismans."

After saying this, he continued, "Give Huagai to Tuliu. He practices the Zizhi Five Elements Earth Escape Technique, in which the Zizhi purple energy is related to Huagai.

Get me the Teng Snake and Heavenly Doctor Star Talismans. I refined these two Star Talismans for my three nephews in my early years. You can ask them to help you refine them."

Huang Bashan, Bai Liulang, and Bai Shiyilang have not yet broken through to the ninth rank. They were asked to sacrifice and refine the star talismans, or to help him comprehend the magic rhyme.

Li Taiping was smiling and distributed star talismans one by one. He also pulled a few monsters over and taught them the method of refining star talismans one by one.

"It's a good idea to refine the star symbols separately, but there are also hidden dangers. The refining of magic tools requires a single essence.

In this way, only when the magic and prohibitions finally merge can the spirits merge and transform into a hollow spirit. If multiple people perform rituals and refine the magic and prohibitions, the spirits will be mixed and scattered, and I'm afraid that a hollow spirit will not be refined." Yang Fuzi disagreed.

He practiced the art of runes and had extensive research on refining magical instruments and treasures. Otherwise, he would not have been able to refine the Sweeping Clouds Fairy Robe, which was forbidden by the triple Dao.

"Master Yang, what should we do? You also know that my junior brother is refining the Zhoutian Star Talisman in order to carry the luck of the Dharma lineage." Yu Shuyang asked back.

Yang Fuzi listened and pondered for a moment, then said, "The spiritual power of the forbidden spirit is mixed. Perhaps we can find a way to cleanse it and refine it into a unified whole.

We have to find Yin Chenzi for this method. He often makes elixirs, so maybe he has a way to prepare spiritual energy.

If it really doesn't work, then use True Water and True Fire to refine it again, using the True Qi of Water and Fire to refine the Star Talisman's spirit into one."

In the end, Yang Fuzi had no other options. Using real water and real fire to refine it was no less than re-melting the Star Talisman.

It sounds simple. To actually do it, it is just like putting a bed on a bed and building a house on a house. However, it is just on the basis of the star symbols that have been refined, and a place with the same Dharma nature is refined outside, so that the virtual spirit can be refined when the unity is achieved.

Yu Shuyang had other plans in mind after hearing this. He had the method of fighting against dust, which was most capable of removing impurities, Dharma rhyme, and spiritual rhyme. At that time, he could also help Xingfu cleanse his spiritual rhyme.

However, this matter could not be told to Yang Fuzi and Li Taiping yet, so he said: "There are more than 1,200 Zhoutian Star Talismans. If we want to refine them all to perfection, we must gather everyone's strength to accomplish it.

Right now, I'll just try to figure out how to make sacrifices and refine them first, and then slowly figure out how to refine the spirituality. I think this will be easier than refining over 1,200 star symbols."

Yang Fuzi had no other good ideas, so he said helplessly, "It seems that this is the only way, but just now you said to use the clouds to sacrifice the cloud clothes.

I do know another way. You can refine this Taiyin Stone into two cloud mirrors, one large and one small, to reflect the clouds.

In this way, the moonlight of the moon and the clouds in the cloud mirror complement each other, and you can use the shadow in the mirror as spiritual material.

In this way, isn't this similar to the Zhenlong Cloud Clothes you mentioned, which is in line with the material that looks like cloud but is not cloud.

Back then, in order to refine the Sweeping Clouds Immortal Robe, I used two jade mirrors to reflect the morning and evening glows respectively, and used the glow from the mirrors as spiritual materials for refining."

After Yang Fuzi finished his story, he passed on a secret method of silhouette to Yu Shuyang. This was a secret method of picking spiritual materials from the jade mirror. It was considered a method of mysterious light and reflection.

(End of this chapter)