From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 348: Nine-fortified Earth Emperor and the Nine-bend Yellow Sand Formation
There are six kinds of true soil, such as Xirang and Chentu, which are all yang soil. Where there is yang soil, there must be yin soil, such as Houtu and Leitu.

Yu Shuyang used the Wuzhiyaocao sword to activate the secret technique of the knife and the scribe to refine the true nature of Jitu into real soil. The eighty-one grains of real soil refined were the piled soil in the Yin soil.

As the saying goes: A nine-story tower begins with a pile of earth. This pile of earth is just like this, it is the tower soil deep in the earth.

This soil is not like Xirang, which can absorb water and turn into rocks, nor is it like Chentu, which can be used for cultivation and planting.

As Yu Shuyang extracted the essence of the Nine-Bend Yellow Earth, Pengshe and Tubo woke up one after another and stopped fighting.

When Tu Bo regained consciousness, he immediately plucked the black fox from the back of his neck and angrily scolded him, "Slutty fox, after so many years, you still can't change your bad habits."

Puffy shook his fox tail and twisted his body to escape from Tu Bo's hand. After he stood still, his body began to slowly grow to ten feet tall.

"Big stupid bull, I didn't expect you to be so lucky and actually wake up. It's a cause for celebration.

However, this time I must make it clear that we are not on the same page as you, and we will no longer interfere in the struggle between the two palaces." Pengwei took the lead and protected Yu Shuyang, Li Zhen, and the uncle and nephew of the Yao family behind him.

In ancient times, Pengwei opened up a ghost country deep in the Youdu Mountain. Just like Yu Shuyang's Xuanming underworld, life there was too leisurely.

In the world of the living, there is the Moon Fox Holy Land where one can practice, there is also the Guifang tribe who worship him as a totem, and among the human race, the Li people worship him as the Ghost Mother.

The Li people are a matriarchal clan. The person in charge is called "mu" and the highest leader is called "hou". For example, a woman named Xin, after becoming the leader, is called Houmu Xin.

Even though Pengwei is a male fox, in the Li ethnic group's beliefs, he is also given the word "mother", and is called the ghost mother or the ghost mother of the underworld.

Originally, he only traveled back and forth between the Yin and Yang realms, and had nothing to do with the ghosts and gods in the Nine Netherworlds. The Earth Mother Palace and the Hou Tu Palace had nothing to do with him.

Unfortunately, Tu Bo of Jiuqu Ghost Kingdom went crazy and wanted to recruit all the ghosts and gods in Youdu Mountain, the first among them being the Five Mysterious Ones of Black Water.

The so-called Five Mysteries of Black Water are: Black Bird, Black Snake, Black Leopard, Black Tiger, and Black Fox.

Among them, Xuanniao left early and went to Shang land to become the ghost god of the Shang people, just like Xuanhu and the Li people, but he did not integrate the ghost country into the ancestral land of the Li people.

The Black Snake, Black Leopard and Black Tiger all went further north. In fact, the Black Fox saw clearly that they were subdued by the Heavenly Dao.

Speaking of which, it was because Xuanhu cleverly joined the Moon Fox Clan and became involved with the Li and Gui Fang tribes that he was not subdued by the Heavenly Dao.

So, when Tu Bo arrived at Youdu Mountain, Xuan Hu was the only one left. He was caught off guard by Tu Bo and was suppressed under the Nine-Curve Yellow Earth.

"Stupid Ox, stop it. Gou Long has been killed. Now only the Earth Mother is left. You should be able to feel it." Pengshe persuaded.

Peng Snake shrank his body, and he was the most seriously injured among the three ghosts. Three of the seven or eight knife wounds were on the snake bones, and his spine was almost severed.

Tu Bo had a tiger head and an ox body, with three eyes on his forehead glaring angrily. Then he stood up in human form, and his pair of ox hooves turned into palms.

"Stupid snake, I advise you to disappear from my sight immediately, otherwise, I will kill you right now!"

Tu Bo clapped his hands, and black light appeared. Six ropes appeared one by one, and he held three in each hand.

This is the manifestation of Tubo's divine authority, called the Six Paths Rope, which is similar to Yulei's reed rope, and is used by ghosts and gods to restrain the souls of the dead.

Seeing the six ropes appear, Xuanhu and Pengshe took two steps back. Tu Bo, who had the ropes, was the ruler of the Jiuqu Ghost Kingdom and the king of Youdu.

Peng Snake didn't argue with Tu Bo. Instead, he turned his red snake head and asked the black fox, "Would you like to go with me?"

Xuanhu snorted coldly and ignored Pengshe. Just as he said, the Earth Mother Palace and the Houtu Palace had nothing to do with him.

Pengshe felt that he had made a fool of himself, so he didn't bother to continue. He turned around and said coldly, "Little guy, are you going to leave or not?"

These words were said to Ehu. Both of them belonged to the Earth Mother Palace and had a divine glow on their bodies that could be seen at a glance.

Ehu realized the truth after being asked. According to his temperament, he naturally wanted to join forces to kill Tu Bo, otherwise, Hou Tu Temple would become more powerful again.

Before the evil tiger could say anything, all the white-bone Taoist soldiers under his command knelt down one after another. The mysterious orifices in their bodies surged, and their internal organs were shaken to the point that they seemed to be shattered.

Seeing this, the snake friend beside him did not dare to stay any longer. He wrapped his tail around the tiger, shrank his body and flew out, disappearing into the sky with a gust of dry wind.

"Little Taoist priest, how about we make a deal?"

Tu Bo shook the six ropes in his hands, and the white-bone killer demons kneeling on the ground changed their appearances and turned into black-robed ghost officials.

By controlling the Nine-Bend Ghost Kingdom, Tu Bo deprived the evil tiger of its Taoist soldiers in one fell swoop. The killing demons in the Nine Netherworld were originally the ghost soldiers of Hou Tu Palace, and he took them away in an instant according to his authority.

At this moment, the situation suddenly reversed, Tu Bo gradually regained his former strength, and Yu Shuyang and others could no longer compete with him.

"What kind of deal does Tu Bo want? Is he planning to take over Zhen Tu?"

Yu Shuyang absorbed most of the essence of the Nine-Bend Loess and refined it into eighty-one grains of real soil in one go, which is truly commendable.

Tu Bo laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "Little Taoist priest, you are actually quite humorous.

It's just loess quicksand. If you like it, just come to Jiuqu Ghost Country to collect it. I won't stop you."

The core of the Jiuqu Ghost Kingdom is tomb soil. The Yin soil in the underworld is harmful. If someone can help clean it up, Tu Bo will be more than happy.

"Stupid cow, stop joking with the younger ones. We are all in a hurry. Just say what you want to say." Xuanhu echoed from the side.

Tu Bo glared with his three eyes, his tiger mouth showing his teeth, and stared at Pengwei ferociously, emitting a strong murderous aura.

"Little Taoist priest, you carry the spiritual charm of the Five Paths Boys. Why don't you invite them out?"

The Five-Road Boys, also known as the Five-Road Guiding Spiritual Officers, are the spiritual officer boys under the Five Ghost Emperors, who are specifically responsible for guiding the souls of believers.

Yu Shuyang was slightly stunned when he heard this. He did not practice Shinto magic, so where did the spiritual charm of the Five Boys come from? Of course, he knew what the Five Boys were, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

After all, most of the Nine Netherworld ghosts and gods were not born, the Five Ghost Emperors and the Four Ghost Gates were incomplete, so how could there be the Five Guiding Spirits?

Instead, Li Zhen was quick-witted and ran up to Yu Shuyang and said, "Cousin, could it be a soul-guiding banner?"

After Li Zhen's reminder, he finally realized it and took out the soul-guiding banner. This underworld treasure is the key to the door of the Xuanming underworld, and it is not a magic weapon that needs to be sacrificed.

Tu Bo smiled and nodded. Two white rays of light came out from the character "王" on his head and shone on the soul-guiding banner. Not long after, a dim shadow emerged from it.

This phantom, when it left the soul-guiding banner, was like a wisp of green smoke that could be blown away and turned into ashes at any time.

Tu Bo was busy exhaling a few breaths of his original life energy before he stabilized the phantom. But it was impossible to nourish it further.

Seeing this situation, Tu Bo was also in distress. Now, he was the only ghost left in Hou Tu's lineage. If he wanted Hou Tu Palace to continue to develop, it would be inseparable from the ghosts and gods of the Mingmu lineage.

Hou Tu Palace and Di Mu Palace have been arguing with each other for a long time, and the most crucial issue is ghost rule. Hou Tu Palace advocates the ghost kingdom of the underworld, that is, Tu Bo sells land deeds, and the five ghost kingdoms rule the underworld.

In this way, life and death are one, and all the tombs in the world are manifestations of Hou Tu gods. For example, the soil on the mountain behind the tomb is called Hou Tu.

The Earth Mother Temple was the seat of the gods of the land and grain. Commoners reported their deaths to the village community, while noble families reported their deaths to the City God. Thus, regardless of the burial site, as long as the death was reported to the Earth God Temple or the City God Temple, a ghost messenger would come to escort the deceased soul.

It can be said that the Hou Tu Palace and the Di Mu Palace are incompatible. What they are arguing about is the foundation of the future underworld, and both sides cannot accept the other.

The spiritual energy brought out by Tu Bo turned into Huang Tong Lingguan. He was a god and evil spirit who was nurtured little by little by the energy of the underworld because Yu Shuyang often guided the souls of the dead. It was not yet time for him to appear in the world.

"How about we have a chat with that Taoist priest? I have a divine position for you. Please help me raise Huang Tong into a divine form." Tu Bo said very gently.

Just now, Li Zhen’s duty officer in charge of the treasury, Tu Bo, had personally experienced that the Yin money and Yin treasury were both based in the Ghost Kingdom. Roughly speaking, they were all from the Hou Tu Palace.

"I wonder which god it is?" Li Zhen replied politely.

"How about the Ninth Level Earth King? You are lucky." Tu Bo said half-smilingly, but with his three-eyed tiger mouth and a mouth full of sharp teeth, he didn't look friendly at all.

Jiulei Tuhuang is a ghost and god of the Yintu series, corresponding to the emperor's mausoleum. He also represents the changes in the world. The ancient city was buried underground for thousands of years, and Yintu appeared over time.

When Li Zhen heard that it was Tu Huang, he instantly lost interest. The spiritual officer on duty in the treasury was at least related to the God of Wealth. The practice of immortal Taoism emphasized the connection between the lineages, and not all gods could be refined into incarnations.

In the future, whether he improves the status of the Yin Ku God of Wealth or promotes the Zhi Ku Ling Guan to Ku Cao Tian Guan, he will practice in the same vein, and the legal principles he comprehends have a core.

Only in this way can the false be turned into true. Cultivating immortals is similar to cultivating immortals, both of which pursue true knowledge rather than powerful magic.

"Thank you Tu Bo for your kindness. Tu Huang is the god of Yintu State, which is not in line with my practice, so I can't help you." Li Zhen explained politely again.

Tu Bo did not expect to be rejected, and hurriedly tried to persuade him, saying, "We have something to discuss. I see that you are refining the midwifery scissors, but you have to refine the Third Aunt of the World.

Your scissors were refined by collecting male and female spirits, so the quality is still far inferior. Why don’t I catch two Yin Jiao and refine them for you?”

To be honest, Tu Bo doesn't like the Three Fairies of the World, because the Three Fairies are from the Taiyue clan. In addition to the Hou Tu Palace and the Dimu Palace, there is also a Taiyue clan.

Compared with the fundamental struggle between Hou Tu and Di Mu, Tai Yue is a fence-sitter because their proposition is to punish evil and promote good.

Taiyue and Taodu are united together, one is responsible for trial and punishment, and the other is responsible for suppression in the hellish prison, which can be said to complement each other.

The Three Fairies are a supplement to the Taiyue system, representing the ghosts, gods, and yin and yang of women, from the reincarnation of babies in the Hunyuan Golden Bowl, to the delivery and umbilical cord cutting by the Golden Dragon Scissors, to the tying of children to sleep by the Dragon Binding Rope.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Tu, but it takes time to cultivate your spirit and body, so you can't be impatient." Li Zhenxian emphasized again.

"That's easy, as long as you can cultivate the spirit form." Tu Bo nodded with satisfaction. As he spoke, he used the six ropes in his hands as a net and pulled them repeatedly in the loess quicksand.

I saw him throwing the net ten times in a row, and lifting the net ten times, constantly taking out strange things from the yellow sand, including burial objects from tombs and rock murals.

When it was the eleventh net, Tu Bo pulled it up with great effort, and he saw him pull out several dragon fish from the yellow sand. These dragon fish were big and small.

Yu Shuyang was very surprised to see this. After all, he had just extracted the essence of the Nine-Bend Loess and knew that there was no debris in the yellow sand.

"Choose two. These are the Yin Jiao that we have accumulated." Tu Bo said very generously.

In the fishing net, there are snakes that turn into dragons, and fish that turn into dragons. They have different shapes and colors. Some are very smart, while others are stupid.

"Excuse me, Uncle Tu, where do all these come from?" Yu Shuyang asked.

"These little dragons were raised by the Yin veins of our ancestral tombs. Now that the human dynasty is at its peak, these little dragons can't become anything significant. It's better to borrow them for use." Tu Bo said very casually.

Hearing this, Yu Shuyang suddenly became alert. The dragon vein of the ancestral tomb... Thinking of this, he began to ponder in his heart.

Humanity has been eroded by the witch god. If you want to deal with him, you have to weaken humanity, which is not as simple as changing dynasties.

"May I ask, Uncle Tu, what would happen if the little dragons devoured each other and transformed into a big dragon?"

Tu Bo said with a bit of embarrassment: "When humans compete with dragons, they have their own rules according to the Ancestral Dragon. The transformation of Yin Dragon is most restricted by the Ancestral Dragon.

Until the time comes to transform the cauldron, the Yin Jiao will be locked up and won't have the slightest chance of transforming into a dragon."

Yu Shuyang suddenly became alert, he understood the secret of the changes of the dragon. The Ancestral Dragon occupied the position of Qian on top and Kun on the bottom, which was a negative hexagram. The position of Jiuwu locked the changes of the Yin Dragon.

The corresponding method is also simple. Among the eight dragon gods, there is Yinglong, who occupies the position of Dui on top and Li on the bottom, which is the famous Ge hexagram. This also represents the changes in the dragon way.

Among all dragon shapes, Yinglong is the most special. It is a dragon with wings on its back, and it also pioneered the way for snakes to transform into dragons.

As the saying goes: A snake grows into a python, a python grows into a viper, a viper grows into a dragon, and a dragon grows wings and becomes Yinglong.

This way of transforming into a dragon was opened up by Yinglong, and it is a completely different experience from the transformation of a fish dragon by jumping over the Dragon Gate.

Yu Shuyang happened to have a treasure on him. Earlier, on the island in the middle of the lake, he comprehended the changes of the heavenly talisman and realized that the emperor killed the four dragons, thus drawing out the dragon nature of the Eastern Azure Dragon.

Later, he used a golden tripod and jade furnace to refine tools, separated a strand of dragon nature from the grass, and sealed it in a piece of jade.

This dragon nature is the great dragon god in the sky, representing the image of Qian above and Qian below. It can just transform the blockade of the ancestral dragon and create another Yin dragon.

Yu Shuyang secretly took the dragon jade in his hand, and when Li Zhen finished selecting the Yin Dragon and Tu Bo opened the net to take the Jiaolong, he crushed the jade and threw it in.

Then I saw a golden carp taking the lead, absorbing the dragon nature into its body, and growing dragon scales in an instant.

In order for a carp to transform into a dragon, it needs to shed its thirty-six scales. This golden carp is not yet a dragon. Driven by its dragon nature, it must first grow all its scales and then shed its scales to become a true dragon.

Tu Bo handed the two Yin dragons to Li Zhen and released the rest. The gods of the underworld rarely destroy the feng shui of the tombs on their own initiative. For example, catching the Yin dragons from the ancestral tombs would violate the authority of the gods.

"Little Taoist priest, since you have refined the Yin soil, why don't I give you a formation diagram as compensation in exchange for Huang Tong." Tu Bo said with a smile.

He saw all of Yu Shuyang's little movements just now, but did not intervene. As the God of the Underworld, he had no problem distinguishing the Yin Dragon's aura.

The golden carp began to slowly transform into a dragon, which was like a grass snake in the form of a dragon. It was a scapegoat before the fight for the dragon, also called the fake dragon puzzle.

Now, the golden carp first transforms into a mortal and then ascends to a dragon. This is a mystery to save its life. The real dragon transforms into a mortal fish to avoid disaster.

"Uncle Tu, what you are talking about is not?"

"That's right, it's the Nine-Curved Yellow Sand Formation. You've been afflicted with too many calamities, so you should refine a killing formation to protect yourself and save your life."

As soon as Tu Bo finished speaking, Yu Shuyang seemed to have a feeling. He had previously led Liu Huangshu into the starry sky, and he was reincarnated at that moment, and happened to be connected with the golden carp's destiny.

Yu Shuyang knew without any calculation that it was the will of the underground that intervened.

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