Da Zaojun

Chapter 200 Obtaining the Treasure: The Banana Leaf Fan and the Wild Dog Pass

As Song Wuji continued walking, he discovered countless mass graves, with weeds and bones everywhere.

Presumably, we've reached the second level, the Wild Dog Level.

Legend has it that this place is the site of the remains and graves of those who died in times of chaos, or were poor, lonely, and unclaimed.

These people either died hastily buried in straw mats or didn't even have a thin coffin; some died from plague, some from famine, and now we must add another to the list of those who died from a demonic calamity.

Because there are so many corpses, wild dogs dig up graves and eat human bodies... This is also an inevitable ordeal for ordinary people on their way to the underworld after death.

If there is incense and offerings, and a feast is set out after death, the leftover food can be used to send these stray dogs away. Otherwise, no matter who it is, they will be bitten on the leg and will continue to walk forward with a limp.

but……

Song Wuji had not yet seen any wild dogs, but he did see a banana grove.

[Banana Tree of Bliss]

Song Wuji obtained two banana leaves from the land of the Soul-Calling Secret Realm. These leaves could be used to fan out yin winds and build a paradise house. He also had two banana seedlings in his hand, but he never planted them.

Unexpectedly, there was a grove of banana trees here.

Banana leaves gather yin energy to summon spirits.

This banana grove is another place we have to pass through.

Song Wuji activated the Kitchen God's Heart Method, and his body was surrounded by the supernatural power [Sheng Guang] from the Fire Talisman Golden Pill, intending to quickly pass through this banana grove.

"Whee!"

"Ha ha!"

"Come and play!"

"Come and chase me!"

As soon as you enter the banana grove, you can hear the joyful sounds of boys and girls playing and laughing. These are the souls of young people who have never reached adulthood and have never married.

According to human customs, such a child is not entitled to a tombstone, his parents do not hold sacrifices for him, and he cannot be buried in the ancestral grave. Even if he has brothers and sisters after his parents die, they will not take the initiative to hold sacrifices for him. He is also considered an orphan, but not an infant spirit.

These young men and women, along with the banana leaves, became a bewitching obstacle on the road to the underworld.

"Hoohoo!"

He heard an intimate breath in Song Wuji's ear.

Then another pair of hands—no, several pairs of hands—were groping Song Wuji's buttocks and lower body.

"Go away!"

Song Wuji rebuked him.

"Don't be so fierce! You old folks! Come along and have your share of fun!"

"Our greatest obsession before we die is that we have never been married, never had any romantic affairs, and our vital essence has not been depleted. We want to be romantic ghosts here and have some fun with passersby."

"Once you miss this village, you'll never find another shop like it. Once you get to Wild Dog Slope, they won't care about you anymore."

"That's right! We've come this far, don't we know life is short, so we should enjoy it while we can!"

So, burning the remains of young boys and girls after a person dies is to help them pass this test and avoid ruining their reputation in their later years?

Song Wuji was already furious enough that his yang energy had been drained, but he felt that the thing was extremely ominous and dared not turn back. He had dealt with these banana spirits before, so he was not polite at all.

This immediately ignited a fire: "Believe it or not, I'll burn you all to the ground!"

"Burn, burn! Burning will bring you relief. But you know, wildfires can't burn them all; they'll spring back to life with the spring breeze. Unless you dig them up by the roots, a gust of cold wind will bring us back to life."

"To die beneath the peony blossoms is to be romantic even as a ghost. I'd be willing to be killed by you just to play with you!"

Song Wuji sneered: "See, you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin!"

"Samadhi True Fire!"

"Summon the wind!"

Suddenly, a burst of supernatural power appeared, and a fire tornado swept through the banana grove.

The young men and women screamed in terror: "How can it be Samadhi Fire?"

"How cruel you are! We just wanted to have an affair with you, but you want to destroy our souls!"

Song Wuji wasn't a ghost, so if he died, he could still have some fun after death, which would be quite enjoyable.

But Song Wuji is a yang person; if he were to lose his virginity to these banana trees, he would have to die here.

The banana spirits are stubborn and won't listen to reason; they're only interested in being romantic. So don't blame Song Wuji for ruthlessly destroying the banana flowers.

[Banana Leaf of Paradise] *108
[Banana seedlings of Paradise] *64
[Postnatal Lesser Yin Banana Leaf] *1
[Banana Leaf of Lesser Yang in the Day After Tomorrow] *1
After a fire, only banana roots remained, and it's unknown how long it will take for them to grow back.

Song Wuji picked up the banana leaves and banana seedlings.

When we return to the mortal realm, we can use the banana leaves of the Paradise Tree to build a Paradise House, which can become a large entertainment center and a money pit. After all, if we build a house with banana leaves, we can attract banana spirits that can transform into young men and women, old men and old women.

Young men and women can accompany lovers in their romantic pursuits, old men are proficient in all kinds of games, including gambling, while old women are skilled at making delicious food.

Then we can hand over the Banana House to Lin Pandi for care. These flower fairies and attendants should be able to suppress and manage these banana spirits.

As for the banana seedlings, we can plant them in the Soul-Calling Secret Realm. It's a gloomy place, perfect for planting, and maybe we can even cultivate a new variety.

As for the Lesser Yin Banana Leaf and the Lesser Yang Banana Leaf, they are leaves of acquired spiritual roots. The Kitchen God Book says that they can be refined into two treasure fans, or combined into one Yin-Yang treasure fan.

The Lesser Yin Banana Leaf, representing water in the Four Symbols, has substance but no form; the Lesser Yang Banana Leaf Fan, representing fire in the Four Symbols, has form but no substance.

When refined into a Lesser Yin banana leaf, it can fan out rain and extinguish fires. When refined into a Lesser Yang banana leaf, it can fan out flames that burn ever brighter.

Both of these items are the primordial yin and yang of young men and women, nurtured into acquired spiritual roots and leaves.

The sweet rain that is fanned out may be the breath of a young girl, and the flames may be the lust of a young man, capable of arousing human desires and affecting the heart fire and kidney water.

"Good baby!"

Song Wuji recalled Laozi's pair of banana leaf fans, which were innate spiritual treasures.

Song Wuji's magic weapon can only be considered an acquired magic weapon at most, but even that is enough.

Song Wuji used two banana leaves to refine them with the fire of a stove. Without adding any other materials, he simply used three magical talismans from the Seven Methods of the Stove King: [Igniting Fire], [Fanning Wind], and [Making Rain]. He then used these three treasures to imprint them onto the banana leaves, combining them with the leaf veins to create a magical artifact. As expected, he refined a [Water and Fire Banana Leaf Fan, a magical artifact].

This banana leaf fan looks similar to the one held by Zhongli Quan, one of the Eight Immortals, except that there is a young man on the sunny side and a young woman on the shady side.

This magical artifact is an energy amplifier, capable of amplifying Song Wuji's fire-based divine power by more than ten times.

No wonder in those novels, wielding magical treasures allows one to fight across levels. Golden Horn and Silver Horn, two good-for-nothings, managed to make Sun Wukong cry several times after taking Laozi's treasure.

"It seems that there are still treasures in the underworld. I just don't know if this banana grove was planted by someone. But even if it was, there's nothing I can do about it now. It's mine now."

After passing through the scorched earth of the banana grove, we indeed came across another pass, which was another gateway. Three large dogs guarded the pass, and thousands of wild dogs were lurking around.

The three large dogs were as follows: the smallest had a mouthful of gold teeth and was the size of an ordinary hunting dog; the medium-sized one was the size of a millstone and had a mouthful of silver teeth; and the largest one was the size of a house and had a mouthful of bronze teeth.

With his mind at ease, Song Wuji produced several talismans in his hand, each inscribed with the Kitchen God's Proclamation. He scattered them, and they transformed into various dishes, filling the air with their aroma, which the wild dogs found most appealing.

Ignoring Song Wuji, they pounced on the food.

Song Wuji then proceeded all the way to the pass.

[Wild Dog Ridge. Marshal Golden Tooth]

[Wild Dog Ridge. Silver Fang General]

[Wild Dog Ridge. Copper Tooth Captain]

"Without displaying its rank or strength, Song Wuji thought to himself, 'I'm afraid it's beyond my ability to handle.'"

The three large dogs drooled over Song Wuji, especially Tongya, whose eyes turned to the left and right respectively, making him seem like a formidable opponent.

"You are a living person!"

General Gold Tooth said with certainty, "A living person trespassing into the underworld, are you tired of living?"

"Leave one or three bones behind, and turn back!"

Song Wuji was instructed not to turn back under any circumstances, so how could he possibly leave?

However, around the neck of this gold-toothed general, a copper coin was hanging from a red string.

"Is this the copper coin of the Beggar God of Poverty?"

Song Wuji thought to himself, "The Beggars' Sect has a tradition of eating dogs. Could it be that the God of Poverty that the Beggars' Sect worships wanted to eat these three dogs, but was chased and bitten instead? In his panic, he lost this treasure?"

Song Wuji felt that the Beggar Clan members were not telling the truth, and that giving him a seventh-grade chef's rolling pin was too cheap. He thought it was just that his cultivation level was low and he was ignorant at the time.

But since I've already agreed, I'll give it a try.

Song Wuji said, "I am the head chef of the Heavenly Kitchen in the Heavenly Court. I am skilled in cooking. What do you like to eat? I can make it into a toll for passage."

After saying that, Song Wuji took out the token of the Fish Scale Yin General: "Originally, with this token, I could have passed through the checkpoint freely."

“We’re not stupid! Fish Scale Yin General has already fallen, and you’re not Fish Scale Yin General… However, you are indeed a cook in the Heavenly Kitchen Academy of the Heavenly Court.”

The three big dogs said, "You have to get us bones to eat."

"Ordinary bones won't work."

"I want to eat the bones of the noble lady."

"I want to eat the bones of the Silver Nobleman."

"I want to eat the bones of the Copper Nobleman."

Song Wuji really hadn't prepared any bones, especially these tricky and strange ones.

Therefore, Song Wuji couldn't help but ask, "What kind of bones are these gold, silver, and bronze bones?"

"Naturally, they are the bones of emperors and generals!"

Marshal Jin Ya said, “The wild dogs of Wild Dog Ridge feed on unclaimed corpses. Yet these emperors and generals, when building their tombs, take every last penny and use it like dirt. Their burial goods include countless gold, silver, and copper coins. The bones absorb the energy of these gold, silver, and copper, and become gold bones, silver bones, and copper bones.”

Song Wuji said, "I don't have the skills to rob tombs, so where would I find these three types of bones?"

"The River of the Dead contains everything."

"Yes! The River of the Underworld has everything!"

Three large dogs stood guard at the gate, preventing Song Wuji from entering.

However, it is indeed the River of the Underworld next to it. The true meaning of this River of the Underworld is "burial goods". There are countless burial goods. The water is not very yellow. It is more like mercury. It is like the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, where mercury is used to make rivers and gemstones are used to make the starry dome...

Helpless, Song Wuji could only take out his fishing rod and try to fish it out.

But what kind of bait should we use?

Seeing the three large dogs with their gold teeth, Song Wuji decided to use the gold ingots from the Wealth Gate as bait. The gold ingots were so shiny that the City God, who had previously held them, was now filled with greed.

This perfectly aligns with the nature of emperors and generals who, having enjoyed wealth and honor in life, still wish to sleep eternally and ascend to immortality after death, continuing to wield power and influence.

(End of this chapter)