From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 303 A Golden Pill Grows Brain After Being Swallowed

Life is tough!

Back in the Dragon Palace, Ao Qian looked at the golden pill in his hand, sighed softly, and swallowed it whole.

Instantly, a surge of heat flowed from his dantian, spreading throughout his body. Most remarkably, he felt his mind become much clearer, and his intelligence noticeably improved—in other words, he gained a brain.

This is one of the greatest effects of the Six-Turn Golden Elixir: it can help people develop their brains and improve their comprehension.

With a longer brain, one's understanding of the innate supernatural abilities previously comprehended naturally deepens.

Next, a large amount of heat flowed into his body, which made him clearly feel his body strength increasing.

"That's really simple and brutal!"

Thinking of the cultivation system in the Journey to the West world, Ao Qian sighed softly.

It's completely different from what he imagined, or rather, it's how it was supposed to be.

The imagined cultivation of immortality involves soaring high and low, turning the world upside down with a wave of the hand, or riding a sword, with a sword coming from the west, or a celestial being flying from beyond the heavens.

True cultivation involves refining the physical body, increasing strength, and then smashing you to death with a stick.

You're talking about practicing magic to act as a cannon?
Please, that's all before becoming an immortal. Becoming a true immortal involves a complete transformation. Both the physical body and the soul are elevated to a higher dimension, guaranteeing invulnerability to weapons and water. Energy attacks like magic become largely ineffective.

Why do monkeys fight Erlang Shen, one wielding a stick and the other a fork, without using magic to fight each other?

To put it nicely, it's called returning to simplicity.

The truth is that these two things are incredibly strong physically. Apart from using considerable force to physically break through their defenses, ordinary energy attacks are ineffective.

Of course, having a powerful magic weapon to break through defenses is also an option.

Laozi's Vajra Bracelet could knock him over; if you borrowed Guang Chengzi's Heaven-Turning Seal, you might be able to knock him unconscious.

The physical body is a precious raft for crossing the world. Apart from ghost immortals, everyone cultivates the physical body. Even those who are listed on the Investiture of the Gods rely on the power of incense to cultivate their physical bodies. The reason why Golden Immortals are called Golden Immortals is because they want their physical bodies to be immortal!

Whether it's a monster or a mythical beast, why is taking human form considered the first major hurdle? It's because the human form is identical to Pangu's, known as the innate Dao body, which is the most suitable form for cultivators.

"Hoo!" While pondering, he stretched his body and unleashed a set of Dragon Soaring Body Tempering Fist. This set of fist techniques was something that came with his identity. It was a fist technique used by the Four Seas Dragon Clan to train their bodies. It was considered a secret of the Dragon Palace, but it wasn't considered too advanced. After the dragons transformed into human form, most of them used this fist technique to hone their bodies.

After completing a set of boxing techniques, he was surprisingly out of breath.

Damn it, isn't this guy supposed to have erectile dysfunction? How come his health is still so bad?
Ao Qian felt the sweat all over his body and was speechless.

"No wonder those Great Luo Golden Immortals, after creating their own worlds, would develop and deduce martial arts on a grand scale. Even at the Great Luo level, when facing off, they still often have to rely on their physical bodies to withstand the attacks. Even at higher levels, like during the Investiture of the Gods, Taishang was still wielding a flat staff and fighting Tongtian hand-to-hand. It turns out that this is the correct way for great beings to fight!"

Thinking about this, he realized that he actually had quite a few advantages. After all, when it came to martial arts, he was far superior to the original owner. The problem now was strength!
In the world of martial arts, the power of martial arts relies on both skill and strength. Strength in the martial arts world is a combination of true qi and physical strength. In this world, aside from humans, most demons and beastmen like him, who have taken human form, rely purely on physical strength, as their innate talent for power far surpasses that of humans. Ao Qian is no exception. Therefore, given his current racial identity, he should follow the path of physical qi and blood martial arts to fully utilize the talents of his body and even use qi and blood martial arts to enhance his bloodline level.

He's a dragon!
"Unfortunately, the world in the Main God Space is too incomplete and doesn't seem to involve the world of Qi and Blood Martial Arts. I don't know much about it either. The only Qi and Blood Martial Arts I know are the two from the Yang God World, but one is the Bull Demon and the other is the Tiger Demon. In terms of strength, they are far inferior to the dragon. These two fist techniques are no longer useful for this body and can only be used as a reference. As for the Taiyin Refining Form Technique..."

Thinking of the Taiyin Refining Technique, he couldn't help but shudder. This was something that absolutely could not be cultivated. Why?
When he thought of this technique, he immediately felt as if he were being watched by some terrifying being. The feeling of being watched like a thorn in his back was so obvious that he immediately dismissed the thought.

"I've traveled through several worlds, almost turning myself into a proctologist, but now, the only thing I've accumulated in these worlds that's truly useful to me is martial arts. Apart from martial arts, I'm utterly useless!"

"No, in this world, there is another way to increase strength: magic weapons. I am the Dragon King, although I am only the Jing River Dragon King, but it seems that there is a treasure trove in this Dragon Palace."

Thinking of this, he was overjoyed. Because of Ao Yan's special status, the Jinghe Dragon Palace had always been under her control, and he was just a figurehead. The ownership of the treasure trove naturally belonged to her. Even he, the true Dragon King, had hardly ever been there. But now that she had been captured by the Heavenly Court, she would definitely replace him as the catalyst for the Journey to the West. She was definitely not going to survive. So, wouldn't the Dragon Palace completely belong to him?
Thinking of this, he was so happy he almost jumped up and shouted, "Someone come here!"

With a low shout, Li Dazai rushed in, a smile as bright as a chrysanthemum on his face. "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

This attitude is much better than before.

"Take me to the treasure vault."

"Huh?" Koi Dazai was stunned for a moment, his mind not yet fully processing the situation.

“Yuan Shoucheng is a reclusive master who can even know the decree of the Great Celestial Venerable in advance, which shows how profound his background is. I have already lost the bet with him. I will pay him a visit after I finish my duties tomorrow. I am willing to accept the loss, but I can’t really bring thirty gold pieces with me. I can’t afford to lose face like that. I will go to the treasury to find a few treasures to take with me, so that people will not look down on my Jinghe Dragon Palace.”

At this point, he glanced at Koi Dazai and said, "The key to the treasure vault is in your hands, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes!" Li Dazai suddenly shuddered, finally realizing that the situation in the Jinghe Dragon Palace had changed. "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please follow me."

The treasure trove of the Jinghe Dragon Palace is located at the deepest part of the Jinghe River. The two coral gates, each three zhang high, resemble solidified blood-red waves, and their surfaces are inlaid with fist-sized South China Sea pearls, each of which shimmers with a tide-like fluorescence.

As Koi Dazai pushed open the gate, a beam of light several meters long illuminated the deep water as if it were daytime.

Upon entering the treasure vault, the first thing one sees is nine luminous pearls floating in the dome, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime. At the very center is a golden mountain made of stacked gold ingots, gleaming warmly under the lights. Atop the mountain stands a lifelike white jade dragon sculpture, about half a person's height.

On the right is a chalcedony pool, not very large, in which a jade coral grows freely, with pigeon-blood red agate pendants hanging from its branches. The bottom of the pool is covered with fine moonstone fragments, which produce a clear phoenix cry when stepped on.

At the deepest part was a bronze shelf, on which a few magical artifacts emitting a faint light were scattered.

Ao Qian was overjoyed and stepped forward, but soon he was disappointed.

A conch shell horn, its surface covered with seaweed-like silver patterns, looks beautiful, but its function is very simple: when blown, it can summon aquatic creatures within a radius of a hundred feet. A ring inlaid with mother-of-pearl is a storage item, similar to the storage ring in the main god's space, only much larger, with a volume of about a hundred cubic meters; there is also a palm-sized water mirror, whose surface perpetually reflects the underwater scenery within a radius of a hundred miles.

Upon seeing this water mirror, Ao Qian couldn't help but curse under his breath. No wonder his predecessor's little tricks couldn't escape Ao Yan's notice; the root of the problem was right here!
Besides that, there are weapons.

On the left is a weapon rack made of whale bones, lying across the coral reef.

(End of this chapter)