The world is like a prison, my body is holy

"I don't have any objection either."

"Let's do it this way!"

"In the end, we're all comrades sharing the same pot. It's not impressive if one person is awesome; what's truly impressive is being able to lead everyone to be awesome together..."

Inside the tent, the thirty or so squad leaders discussed and agreed on the selection criteria for the team leader for this mission.

Seeing this, Wang Wen withdrew his divine sense with satisfaction.

These little guys didn't disappoint him...

He put down his brush, picked up the teacup beside him, and summoned the mountain god's decree, and then:
[Huangshan God (Chengtian Jianguo Simin Shengfu Mingling King)]

[Achievements: 1518192]

[Yin De: 7285]

Merit: 6923

[Yin Spirit: Return to Emptiness]

[Shrines: Huangshan Temple, Xuzhou City God Temple]

[Hundred Schools: Taiyi Salvation and Protection Scripture (Fifth Heaven) (+), Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body (Sixth Heaven) (+), Boundless Ocean Divine Skill (Nineth Heaven), Lightning Thunder Fist (Perfect), Inch-Force Opening Heaven Spirit (Perfect), Pointing Through the Surface (Entering the Inner Chamber), Palm Thunder (Perfect), Six Harmonies Great Spear (Divine Mastery)...]

He sipped his tea, his mind wandering back and forth between the Yin God Realm and the "Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body".

In three months, the merit points reserve has once again reached more than 1.5 million. Apart from the 700,000 merit points gained from the Battle of Taihu Lake and the Battle of Hama Ridge, the average daily increase in merit points is more than 3,000!

The Yin Virtue and Merit that Zhi Baiqing had depleted outside the Ma family's old house have both recovered to around 7,000 points. The average daily increase in Yin Virtue and Merit has now exceeded 150 points!

Especially after he implemented the policy of registering mountain spirits and monsters in Huainan Road before the New Year, and basically brought the overall situation of demons and monsters causing trouble in Huainan Road under control, his merit points and the increase in Yin virtue and merit have all seen a significant increase.

Before implementing the policy of registering mountain spirits and wild monsters by level.

His daily merit points increase generally fluctuates between 1,000 and 1,500.

The daily increase in merit and hidden virtue fluctuates between 40 and 60 points...

One policy more than doubled his daily earnings!
This undoubtedly proves that his previously established profit-sharing model based on "civil servants' achievements" was correct!

If we had insisted on taking the "military general merit" route, merit points would have been easy to obtain. The world is so vast, and there are demons and monsters everywhere. It wouldn't have been impossible to accumulate two or three million merit points in two or three months with some hard work.

But good deeds and merits are a problem. Even if he worked himself to death outside for two or three months, he probably wouldn't earn even a fraction of the astronomical number of 18,000 points!
The only regrettable thing is that neither the merit points nor the merit points from past deeds were able to reach the next stage today.

The amount of good deeds required for the deity of Huangshan to be promoted to the next level is still unknown.

However, advancing from the Void Returning Realm to the Ghost Immortal Realm requires a total of 21600 points of Yin Virtue Merit, which is a very accurate number.

There's also the "Boundless Ocean Divine Skill," which he remembers only requires a little over 1.7 million to advance from the ninth to the tenth level.

Moreover, if he is not mistaken, the tenth level of the "Boundless Ocean Divine Art" will surely push his martial arts realm above the Innate Realm!

Improving either the divine position or the two realms would make the breakthrough of the "Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body" much easier.

The Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body requires tempering the body with spring thunder on the day of the Awakening of Insects to absorb the life-giving power of spring thunder. After the Lightning Thunder Fist was upgraded to the Great Perfection, it had already pushed the thunder power in his body to an extremely high level.

He was constantly worried that if he continued to break through to the seventh level of the Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body on the basis of the Great Perfection of the Lightning Thunder Fist, some kind of violent chemical reaction would occur, breaking the fragile balance within his body...

It should be noted that the soul he cultivated was not the primordial spirit of the pure yang immortal path of the Xuanmen, but the yin spirit of the ghost immortal path.

Introducing uncontrollable yang thunderous power into a body where the yin spirit has reached its peak is like putting a cat and a rat in the same room.
Therefore, he kept thinking about whether he should first push his martial arts realm and Yin spirit realm to a higher level before improving the "Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body".

But the plan was ambitious, and the reality was harsh...

Today is the Awakening of Insects, a perfect opportunity to break through to the seventh level of the Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body. Not only will the breakthrough cost be halved, but one can also truly feel the life-giving power of spring thunder, which will greatly benefit one's martial arts cultivation. If one misses this opportunity, one will have to wait another year!
"boom……"

A soft, low rumble of thunder interrupted Wang Wen's thoughts.

He subconsciously looked up at the azure sky on the horizon, paused for a few seconds, and then suddenly laughed and said, "Well, things in this world can't always go as planned. If we look at it from another angle, don't we know very little about the Ghost Immortal Realm? What if the Ghost Immortal Realm's magic power undergoes another qualitative change? Wouldn't we have to desperately build up our physical body and push our martial arts again?"

He put down his teacup, walked briskly out of the main hall, and said to the two demon-suppressing guards on duty outside the door, "I'm going out for a bit. If anyone comes looking for me, tell them to come back tomorrow. Important business can be left on the table in the hall."

One of the demon-suppressing guards said with concern, "General, it's almost lunchtime!"

Wang Wen smiled and said softly, "I have something to do, I'm going out to eat..."

After saying that, he leaped straight into the azure sky as the two looked up at him.

Just as his body was falling, Hei Erniu, who was leaping into the air, caught him.

He gently shook the reins: "Back to Huangshan!"

Hei Erniu: "Alright, sir, hold on tight!"

It turned around, flames erupting from its four hooves and scales sprouting from its body. In the blink of an eye, it transformed from an ordinary black ox into a divine and powerful black unicorn, and with a thunderous sonic boom, it swept off to the southwest.

This guy's speed is getting faster and faster...

Half an hour later, a dazzling red light appeared in the sky above the Bright Summit of Huangshan Mountain, revealing Wang Wen's heroic figure riding the black Qilin.

At that time, the Huangshan Temple was holding a grand "Huangshan Sacrifice". Every mountain path was crowded with panting pilgrims. Looking down from the sky, one could see several long lines of people converging from the foot of the mountain toward Bright Summit.

Upon seeing this, Wang Wen, without hesitation, released his spirit, transforming into a towering deity draped in golden and red sleeves, standing several dozen feet tall. He stood atop Bright Peak, condensing the spiritual energy of Huangshan Mountain, and with a wave of his hand, slowly scattered thousands of green wisps of energy, which fell into the bodies of every pilgrim.

In an instant, all the pilgrims on the mountainside became radiant, no longer out of breath or with sore legs, and even their chronic, aching injuries were relieved. They felt as light as if they had unloaded a heavy burden. Even the elderly, whose hair and beards had turned mostly white, felt as if they could leap seven feet high!
People looked up, filled with both fear and ecstatic joy, at the towering, golden-armored deity, and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Greetings, Venerable God of Huangshan!"

"Greetings to the Venerable God of Huangshan." "Greetings to Master Wu."

"May the gods bless my daughter-in-law so that she will give birth to two big, healthy boys this year..."

Wang Wen's eyes twitched, he nodded slightly with a forced smile, and then his imposing figure gradually faded away.

But the shouts from the mountain path never ceased.

The Huangshan deity's avatar, seated inside the statue in the temple's main hall, looked north and grumbled, "Good grief, they're showing off without me, but I'm the one doing all the hard work?"

Just then, a simple and honest middle-aged man knelt before the statue with a joyful expression, murmuring to himself, "Master Wu, my wife has given birth! It's a boy! Thank you for your blessing, Master..."

The exhausted Huangshan deity, unable to defend himself, cried out: "It really wasn't me! It has nothing to do with me! Don't spread rumors!"

Above the vast forests more than twenty miles north of Bright Peak, Wang Wen patted the big head of the black Qilin and said, "Alright, go back to Bright Peak and have some fun. Your brother Dao and the others have prepared a lot of food for you, so eat as much as you want!"

Black Ox twisted its big head and rubbed against his palm, then turned around and happily swung its tail, strolling off towards Bright Peak...

After watching it disappear into the distance, Wang Wen looked up at the dark cloud high in the sky that was faintly flashing with lightning, took a deep breath, and leaped into the air: "Come on!"

He rushed into the dark clouds, and the overwhelming power of lightning instantly gave him a trendy perm hairstyle.

But he remained calm and summoned the Mountain God's Decree, mentally pressing the radiant plus sign after the "Nine Tribulations Return to Origin Body".

[Achievements - 432000]

Wang Wen glanced at the line of small red text that flashed by and thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

He remembered clearly that it cost 108000 merit points to advance from the fifth to the sixth level of the Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body. According to the Mountain God's rule that the merit points would be quadrupled for each level from the seventh to the ninth, advancing from the sixth to the seventh level would indeed have cost 432000 merit points.

But that was the price without any external assistance. He followed the cultivation method of the "Nine Tribulations Return to Origin Body" thunderstorm body tempering, and entered the thunderstorm with his body on the day of the Awakening of Insects. Logically speaking, the price should have been halved.

However, the displayed value is still 432000 merit points, which means that the actual price of this upgrade should be 864000 merit points!
Mountain God's Decree is not some unscrupulous pay-to-win mobile game. Mountain God's Decree is backed by the Heavenly Dao Lord. It collects merit points and actually does things!

Therefore, the fact that the Mountain God's Decree received so many merit points can only mean that this promotion was worth that many merit points.

As a body-refining technique that creates an internal circulation of the five elements and yin and yang within the body, the "Nine Tribulations Return to Origin Body" enhances the effect of thunderstorm body refinement without breaking this circulation. The extra thunderstorm power will automatically be transformed into the five elements and extreme yin power through the internal circulation, thus improving the overall strength of the five elements and yin and yang power within the body.

It's like evolving the Nine Tribulations Return to Origin Body, a profound body-refining technique!
Now that things have come to this, worrying about whether the surging power of thunder will disrupt the balance within his body is pointless. Wang Wen roused his spirits and began to practice the cultivation method of the "Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body".

In an instant, the loose and restrained lightning power within the dark clouds seemed to be enraged, immediately condensing into countless ferocious and thick forms that rushed down on Wang Wen's body. A skeleton illuminated by dazzling lightning immediately appeared within the dark clouds.

Wang Wen felt as if he were being slowly tortured by countless electric scalpels. The intense pain mixed with a tingling, trembling sensation came like a raging storm, instantly uprooting his once-resilient mind, which was like a towering tree, and pushing it into the clouds, turning it into a small boat that could capsize at any moment!
Not only did he have to guard his mind and withstand the waves of excruciating pain, but he also had to keep his cultivation of the "Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body" uninterrupted, so as not to suffer all this pain for nothing.

That's why they say the ancients endured hardship without facing it!

He gritted his teeth, trying to distract himself as he muttered to himself, "Why can't you create a cultivation method that's incredibly enjoyable, even more enjoyable, so enjoyable it's almost unbearable... Ugh, if you've got the guts, kill me! If you can't, you're the one I raised!"

Before he could even put on a show of composure, the renewed, intense pain broke him down.

Even his eyes turned red...

"Kwacha".

"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Seemingly sensing the provocation in his heart, the thunderstorm struck with increasing force, its terrifying destructive power turning his clothes to ashes, revealing his charred, feather-patterned muscles.

Between the flashes of lightning, one could see the feather patterns constantly falling off, revealing fair skin.

Under the relentless bombardment of lightning, the fair skin once again developed feather-like patterns, then successively transitioned to bronze, African black, and charred black, until it peeled off again...

The cycle of destruction and rebirth happens in just a few dozen snaps of the fingers.

And it's changing faster and faster!
Wang Wen gradually lost his perception of the outside world, and his angry will slowly turned into a calm and still rock, passively enduring the painful storms and waves, mechanically operating his cultivation method.

Meanwhile, the Huangshan Divine Avatar, far away on Bright Peak, gloated over the misfortune of its main body while mobilizing the misty spiritual energy of Huangshan, transforming it into a semi-liquid spiritual liquid similar to nectar, and continuously injecting it into the main body to replenish the deficiencies in its physical body.

With the vast Huangshan Mountain as his backing, Wang Wen's body was like a piece of red-hot steel that grew thicker and thicker with each hammering, stubbornly resisting the frenzied forging of the air hammer.

More than an hour later, the dark clouds that had been shrouding Wang Wen finally dissipated indignantly, revealing Wang Wen's fair body, which reflected a faint metallic gleam.

At this moment, apart from his natural hair and eyebrows, not a single pore could be found on his body, not even if one searched inch by inch with a large mirror...

This is the mark of perfect body refinement: a flawless body!

A body without leaks, impervious to swords and spears, unharmed by water and fire, eternally youthful, and uncorrupted after death; capable of consuming ten cows in one meal, yet also able to go ten years without eating a single grain of rice…

In some ancient texts within the Xuanmen (Taoist school) concerning the path of body refinement, this level of body refinement is referred to as the Human Immortal!

The so-called "human immortal" is an immortal among humans. Although not an immortal, it possesses many of the qualities of an immortal and some of the great power of an immortal!

After the dark clouds dissipated, Wang Wen remained standing high in the sky with his eyes closed, occasionally spewing out streaks of lightning from his mouth and nose.

As he expected, after cultivating the Nine Tribulations Returning to Origin Body to the seventh level, the surging power of thunder indeed rebelled. Seven discontented and eight resentful individuals suppressed the true energy in his dantian and were now advancing towards his Purple Mansion...

After a long while, he finally exhaled a long breath and exclaimed with delight, "The 'Taiyi Salvation and Protection Sutra' is truly amazing!"

Clearly, the expanding power of thunder was once again forcibly suppressed by the ghostly magic power cultivated from the "Taiyi Salvation and Protection Scripture".

Although this time the suppression of the ghostly magic was particularly difficult, the power of thunder once broke into the Purple Mansion.

But at least it's been suppressed! (End of Chapter)