From a carp to a dragon god

Hushan Island, snake rice fields.

A beam of light descended, revealing two Taoists, one in a purple robe with gold patterns, and the other in a red robe with gold patterns.

These two Taoists were none other than the great alchemists Yin Chenzi and Yang Fuzi.

"Brother Dao, it seems that Brother Yu is not here."

Yin Chenzi said with a smile on his face.

Yang Fuzi shook his long sleeves, and two white lights fell from them. The white lights rolled into the snake grass and transformed into Wu Wei, Sheqiuyan, Jin Buhuan, Yu Lishui, and Yu Zangfeng respectively.

"Wu Wei, send a flying talisman to Master and explain the situation."

Yang Fuzi said something to Wu Wei, and then called Yin Chenzi to go to Jishuitan. He had stayed in Hushan Island for a long time and was very familiar with this place.

"There's a small building by the lake. Come with me and rest there. I'll leave the rest to the children."

Yang Fuzi led the way in front and explained to Yin Chenzi. He knew that Yin Chenzi had some grudges in his heart, so he came forward to help resolve them.

Yin Chenzi, who was as shrewd as a ghost, could naturally feel Yang Fuzi's kindness, so he cooperated and went to Jishuitan together.

On the other side, in the southern fire pool of Changliu Mountain, Yu Shuyang planted magical weapons and talismans on the eight hundred long-armed spirit monkeys and was instructing Cao Qing on how to train the spirit monkeys to make iron.

Yu Shuyang originally wanted to enlighten all the long-armed apes and take them as followers of the Tai Sui Dragon God. However, the ape species and the dragon god were incompatible, so he could only use magic weapons and talismans to confine them in Changliu Mountain.

Cao Qing pricked up his ears and listened attentively, repeating every word Yu Shuyang said over and over again. In recent days, he called the "sinful demon" of stupid Merlin to help dig a new fire pool.

He originally wanted to please Yu Shuyang. He had long seen that Yu Shuyang hated the "sinful demons". In order to nourish the underground fire pool, he had asked them to cut down the stupid plum trees day and night.

However, the "sinful demons" were thick-skinned and tough, and suffered no casualties. Cao Qing watched coldly from the side several times, and vaguely felt that the "sinful demons" mastered a secret method.

The Southern Fire Pool is constantly being sacrificed and refined by the Qiankun Daojin, and the Qiankun Long Snake Bag is hidden in the underground fire vein. If you want to dig two more fire pools, it will be no less than digging on the underground fire vein. If you are not careful, you will be sucked into it.

Originally, Cao Qing's ideas were all good, but he didn't expect that the secret method of cultivation of the sinful demons was to comprehend the pure characters from the true spiritual text. They could exert the power of the pure characters to prevent the earth fire from burning their bodies.

This incident made Yu Shuyang quite unhappy. He had planted magical weapons and talismans on all the "evil demons" and had long been familiar with the true spiritual text of the word "Jing".

He has been using Stupid Merlin to imprison the "evil demons". In addition to punishing them, he also wants to see how far the Pure Word True Seed Spiritual Text can develop.

Cao Qing felt that his flattery failed him and he ended up hitting the horse's hoof. Yu Shuyang then handed the task of training the long-armed monkey over to him and he did not dare to slack off at all.

While Yu Shuyang was speaking, a flying talisman fell from the sky and landed in his hand. He took a closer look and saw that it belonged to his disciple Wu Wei.

After gently crushing the flying talisman, he heard, “Master, several of my fellow apprentices and I are all on Hushan Island, and Master Yang and Master Yin are here too.

Today, the Lake Heart Island is moving here. Master Yang is taking us ahead, and then all the foxes and the Lake Heart Island will be moving here soon."

Yu Shuyang laughed heartily upon hearing this and said to Cao Qing, "Build the Spirit Ape and the Fire Pool as soon as possible. Later, Hushan Island will intensify the mining of spiritual iron.

Hurry up and forge the Thunder Pattern Fire Spear, you never know, you might need it soon."

After explaining all this, he did not stop any longer. He rode a gust of magical wind and flew like a sharp arrow. In just one or two breaths, he arrived at the snake rice field.

At this time, Sheqiuyan transformed into its original form, a three-foot-long white snake, which attracted the spirit snakes in the snake medicine field to come out one after another. For a moment, the snake evil rolled and flowed, as if the snake cave had exploded.

She led all these spirit snakes to her senior brother Wu Wei. Recently, the two of them had been cultivating the true form of turtle and snake together. However, Wu Wei insisted on the turtle form and could not accept the snake form in his heart.

Today, She Qiuyan seized the opportunity and directly led the spirit snake to wrap around Wu Wei, forcing him to feel the true form and nature of the "snake".

"Master, help me!"

Wu Wei was entangled into a ball of snakes, among which there were some extremely poisonous spirit snakes, all of which were attracted by the growing number of snake rice year by year. Usually, with the charm of the snake grass, the spirit snakes could live in peace.

Today, a group of spirit snakes were attracted by Sheqiu Yan. Each of them seemed to have woken up from hibernation, with hungry eyes, wanting to devour Wu Wei to fill their stomachs.

Yu Shuyang held the Wuzhiyaocao sword in his hand and shook it gently. Layers of true earth magic rhyme were released, directly suppressing the group of spirit snakes on the spot.

"Sheqiu Yan, what are the sect rules? Recite them to me!" Yu Shuyang asked in a deep voice with a stern face.

She Qiuyan instantly wilted, as if struck by frost. She lowered her head and said, "You must not betray your master, you must not kill your fellow disciples, and you must not disobey your elders!"

Yu Shuyang nodded. The three sect rules were modeled after the rules of the killer sect in his previous life, and there were not many restrictions on the disciples.

"Sheqiu Yan, you are a junior sister. If you plot against your senior brother, it is considered as disobedience, and it is also a form of infighting among fellow disciples!"

Before Yu Shuyang finished speaking, Wu Wei hurriedly spoke up to plead for mercy.

"Master, please forgive my junior sister, she doesn't really want to harm me.

I have recently encountered obstacles in my practice and have not been able to comprehend the snake's form and nature. Junior Sister also wants to help me."

Yu Shuyang's expression became even colder, and he snorted angrily, saying, "The dignity of a teacher must not be neglected!

Wu Wei, you are not only the eldest brother of the Xuanwu Water Method lineage, but you may also become the head of the Qiankun Dao Lineage.

How can you belittle yourself like this? How are you going to face all your fellow apprentices in the future?
Today, I will punish you, Wu Wei, by confining you here for a hundred days. Think carefully about what the new rules are!

After Yu Shuyang finished speaking, he threw out the Wuzhi Yaocao sword, which landed on Wu Wei's back. Lingzhi Ruyi continued to refine the earth's energy and used the secret technique of the knife to press on Wu Wei.

Wu Wei has already cultivated to the late ninth level, the last step of gathering qi and refining evil spirits. Now, the earth's energy is stacked layer by layer, pressing the turtle body inward little by little, and the true form of the black turtle is involuntarily stimulated.

The Xuanwu turtle and the snake are one still and one moving. The turtle and the snake are just appearances. Yu Shuyang uses the Wuzhi Yaocao sword to exert pressure to help his apprentice understand the true meaning of Xuanwu.

"Sheqiuyan, tell me, how should I punish you?" Yu Shuyang turned around and looked at his female disciple who looked confused.

"Master, I know I was wrong. I will let you do whatever you want with me. I only ask that you don't expel me from the sect!"

She Qiuyan was really scared, and her mind was full of the old stories of the Dao League's lineage, and how those disciples who were expelled from the lineage ended up in a miserable end.

"To punish without teaching is cruelty. As a teacher, I rarely teach by words and deeds, which is why you have lost your discipline.

Today, you can command the spirit snake to entangle Wu Wei because he can't use the snake form, but what about in the future? If there is an opportunity for you to break through to the first level, will you kill people?
"I will seal your cultivation today. Please meditate in this snake field for three years!"

Yu Shuyang took out his Taiyi whisk and drew a talisman with a pure and dustless rhythm. He then continued to tap in the air, finally pointing towards She Qiuyan's forehead, leaving behind a golden circle. This circle was called the "Banned Hoop Curse," created by humans to enslave demons, specifically to restrict mana and seal cultivation.

Yu Shuyang used the restraining hoop on Snake Qiuyan today. Firstly, it was to punish her so that she would not lose her sense of rules. Secondly, it was also to temper the nature of the snake demon.

She Qiuyan was able to do this today because she was influenced by the true form of the black snake and Snake Rice. Her situation was similar to Wu Wei's, both of them had deviations in their cultivation.

As the saying goes: "Solitary yin cannot flourish, solitary yang cannot generate life." Wu Wei, controlled by the black tortoise, is more quiet than active, while Sheqiu Yan, controlled by the black snake, is restless and almost mad.

After teaching She Qiuyan and Wu Wei a lesson, Yu Shuyang looked at Jin Buhuan and the other two and asked, "Do you three know your mistakes?"

Jin Buhuan, Yu Lishui and Yu Zangfeng all knelt on the ground. They had spent the longest time with Yu Shuyang and knew that their master was Master Yu, who was very particular about rules.

"You three are not friendly. You watched your fellow disciples killing each other. How cold-hearted you are.

Today I punish you by forging swords in the South Fire Pond for three years. During this time, no matter how many divine weapons you forge, they will be confiscated."

After Yu Shuyang finished talking about the punishment, he used his spiritual thoughts to pass on the methods of refining the body and refining the essence to the three of them. At the same time, he told them about the matter of forging the fire.

After saying this, he raised a gust of magical wind and sent his three disciples to the South Fire Pool, handing them over to Cao Qing for supervision.

When he came out of the Nanhuochi Cave and was about to ride the wind back to Hushan Island, he saw a dark cloud flying over in the sky from the southwest.

The dark clouds seemed to be very dense, directly blocking out the light from the sky, just like the hazy world created by the soap-carved flag.

A dark cloud flew closer and closer, and in a moment, it appeared in front of Yu Shuyang.

Fire fell from the sky, pouring down from the dark clouds, as if an invisible brush was painting on the surface of the sea.

As the flames continued to fall, the outline of an island slowly emerged. Yu Shuyang could see clearly that this was the structure of the island in the middle of the lake.

The flowing fire gradually turned into rain of fire, and the island in the middle of the lake became more and more concrete in the fire. The flowers, trees, altars, stone walls, and nine Taoist temples on the island all appeared one by one.

When the rain of fire stopped, the dark clouds shrank smaller and smaller, until only a few acres in size remained. Gusts of wind blew out from them, and tiny shadows floated down in the wind.

When the shadows fell on the island in the middle of the lake, they rolled into foxes one by one, including the moon fox with snow-white hair, the earth fox with red hair like fire, and the nine-tailed fox with green hair like grass.

Among the foxes, there were a few odd ones, namely Qifeng, Wanjia, Jintong, the three brothers of the Qiu family, and the old monkey, the ancestor of the Chi family.

The strong wind gradually weakened until the dark clouds completely dissipated, and the island in the middle of the lake seemed to have completely moved to the desolate sea, which left Yu Shuyang stunned.

It was hard to tell whether the island in the middle of the lake fell from the sky or was created using some secret method, like moving mountains and carrying water.

Before Yu Shuyang could figure it out, he felt a flash in front of his eyes, as if he was being stared at by a pair of dark moon-like eyes.

This pair of eyes is like the bright moon in the sky, with all kinds of evil thoughts flowing in them, which attracts people who see them and causes all kinds of evil thoughts to emerge in their hearts.

There is a pure and natural wind in Yu Shuyang's body, which has been silently running the eight winds inside and outside, tempering his character and making him unmoved by evil thoughts.

His right hand rested lightly on his chest, gripping the Bailin Zhanyuan Sword around his neck, ready to activate the Dongshi Sword Art at any time.

I don’t know if the other party noticed something or just left when seeing Yu Shuyang didn’t react, but he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Yu Shuyang secretly speculated that this pair of eyes must be related to the Qingqiu Fox Clan, but he didn't know whether the other party had malicious intentions or was testing him.

Just as he was pondering over it, a gust of cold and deadly wind blew by, and a black fox with a Nuo mask on its face and a lantern in its hand appeared.

"Little Taoist priest, you weren't frightened just now, were you? I put in a lot of effort to convince the head of the Nine-Tailed Fox family."

The one who spoke was Xuan Hu Pengwei, who was looking at Yu Shuyang with a flattering expression.

"Xuanhu, who attacked just now?" Yu Shuyang asked with a cold face.

Black Fox Pengwei was embarrassed by the question, but luckily he was wearing a Nuo mask, so he couldn't help but explain awkwardly: "The ones who helped move the lake island were from the Earth Fox clan.

As you know, Earth Foxes are very close to the human race, and have many intermarriages with the Hua people. Several saints of the human race have married the daughters of Earth Foxes.

It is inevitable that some old foxes have lingering thoughts, and you can't take your anger out on me for that!
I helped you negotiate peace for a long time and also moved the island here. Even if I didn't contribute any credit, I still worked hard!"

Xuanhu Pengwei kept talking because he was really afraid of Yu Shuyang's anger.

Just now, the Earth Fox cast a spell on Yu Shuyang, and he tried to stop it several times but failed. He didn't dare to say these words, for fear that Yu Shuyang would be jealous.

Speaking of which, Xuanhu Pengwei is one of the few who knows Yu Shuyang's background. After all, he has been in Xuanming Netherland for a long time and has come into contact with Tianfeng Daoshu and Xuanming Wenqu several times.

"Thank you, Xuanhu, for mediating the peace. I'll also have to trouble you to dig Yin Qi wells on several islands to make it easier to enter and exit the underworld.

The food for the dead in the City of the Wrongly Dead can be shipped out soon, as well as the pumpkin carriage. I wonder how the ritual is going?"

Yu Shuyang did not vent his anger on others, and he was not even really angry. Being stared at by the fox eyes just now did not hurt him. The most important thing was that he did not understand the other party's true purpose.

At this time, Yu Shuyang was not in a position to express his opinion. Only the weak would be helpless and furious. For the strong, their joy and anger could be controlled and expressed as needed.

"Little Taoist priest, I have accumulated quite a bit of food for the dead, but now I have a problem that I need to discuss with you.

The Qingqiu Islands are blocked by the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. In order to sell spiritual food, the Fox Nation wants to borrow the road from the underworld. As you know, I am the God of the Underworld..."

Black Fox Pengwei paused for a moment and continued, "I've been thinking over and over again, wondering if we can open a ghost market in the City of the Dead.

Think about it, the Nine Netherworlds contain rare earthly and yin objects that are scarce in the Yang world. At the same time, all the demons and ghosts have various wishes and want to settle their past affairs."

Demons and ghosts are spirits transformed from the souls of the dead and wild ghosts. Because they have been cleansed by the Styx, they have long lost their memories of their lives and most of them do not have any last wishes to deal with.

However, there is also a type of resentful ghosts who are so obsessed that even if they have forgotten their memories of their previous lives, they still remind them of the need for revenge.

For example, the former owner of Hushan Island, Hu Fu, was abused to death by her husband, and then she turned into a demon ghost in the appearance of Hu Fu.

Yu Shuyang thought for a moment and did not object. He just asked Xuanhu to discuss it with Li Zhen. He had no concerns about the Ghost Market and no expectations at all.

(End of this chapter)