Da Zaojun

Chapter 202 Falling Treasure Money
After the three skeletons emerged, the golden skeleton said to Song Wuji, "Brother, thank you for saving us three brothers. It's a pity that your golden core is already established and your foundation is complete, otherwise we three brothers' 'Taiqing White Bone Celestial Immortal Scripture' could be passed on to you."

"I don't mind. More techniques mean more paths," Song Wuji quickly replied, sensing that he was reluctant to pay.

"Hmm? You don't mind? Aren't you afraid of ending up like us, turning into a pile of bones and becoming a White Bone Demon?"

The jade skull said, "Our cultivation method needs to be combined with the Supreme Dao Ancestor's Supreme Creation Pure Life Mysterious Talisman, which can bring back the bones. It is the way of corpse liberation, which strengthens one's own bones to improve one's innate bones until they are elevated to the level of immortal bones."

"The immortals in the heavens, apart from having the celestial register, also have celestial bones. If their celestial bones are removed, they will be demoted to mortals or demons."

As Song Wuji listened, he felt that this immortal bone was somewhat like the supreme bone.

"But we have lost the Supreme Creation Pure Life Mysterious Talisman passed down by the Supreme Dao Ancestor, and we have also lost our titles of Corpse-Dissolving Immortal and Immortal Dao Ancestor. Now we are all just skeletons."

The silver skull said, "It's not that I'm unwilling to pass on my cultivation techniques to you. Firstly, you've already cultivated the Golden Core Dao, while our Corpse Disintegration Dao is just a minor path, barely higher in status than ghosts and gods, and about the same as the Human Immortal Dao."

"But it is much more difficult to cultivate than the Path of Human Immortal, and it is even less powerful than the Path of Earth Immortal. It is a method of dying first and then being reborn. If you are not careful, you will really die."

Song Wuji thought it sounded somewhat like "Taiyin Refining Form," but he still said, "How about this, do the three of you have somewhere to go? Why don't you come back to the mortal world with me and be treated as my servants? I have an Iron Pillar Palace there, which is a Taoist grotto-heaven and blessed land. Perhaps I can take you in."

The three skeletons discussed for a while: "It's no fun staying in this underworld. Let's follow this kid. I know the Iron Pillar Palace. There's a dragon trapped underneath. It's a good place."

"Then let's go there."

The three skeletons were talking so loudly that even without eavesdropping, Song Wuji could hear them.

But then the Jade Skull used a spell to put away the giant mudfish [Yellow Spring Fallen Dragon] that was over ten feet long, turning it into a three-foot-long creature: "Boy, this is the spiritual essence of a branch of the Yellow Spring River. Do you have something to put it in? Ideally, it would be a picture or something. I'll put in some effort to help you refine a 'Dragon Subduing in the Yellow Springs' picture."

Song Wuji felt a sense of familiarity with this magical artifact, as if he had read about it in a novel, a novel that also featured the Yellow Springs Emperor and the Reincarnation Daoist.

"There are no magical treasures depicted in the paintings, but there is a Yellow Spring Pearl, which was obtained from the Yellow Spring River earlier."

"same."

The jade skull stuffed the Yellow Spring Dragon into the Yellow Spring Pearl, and the Yellow Spring Pearl became the [Yellow Spring Dragon Pearl].

"When we return to the mortal realm, we will pass on the cultivation technique to you. Even if you don't learn the Corpse Dissolution Technique, there is still a Celestial Bone Technique, which involves embedding supernatural talismans into one's own bones to outline the laws of heaven and earth, thereby enhancing one's innate talent and physical attributes."

After listening, Song Wuji nodded and said, "Then thank you very much, seniors. However, I still have a ritual to complete, so please wait a moment."

Song Wuji then said to the three big dogs, Gold Tooth, Silver Tooth, and Bronze Tooth, "We've caught the bone, but it's a big shot. I wonder if the three of you could try something different?"

The three big dogs looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

In the end, Marshal Gold Tooth said, "Fine, just make whatever you want to eat, and I'll let you pass."

Song Wuji then said, "Marshal Jin Ya, I noticed that the copper coin hanging around your neck is somewhat strange. I wonder if we can make a deal?"

Gold Tooth immediately became alert: "What do you want to do? My master put this on me."

"However, if you want it, it's not impossible."

"You have to pay more!"

Song Wuji had only asked casually, as a token attempt. He planned to return to the mortal realm and mention it to the three elders of the Beggar Clan; they hadn't mentioned any such ferocious dogs. "I wonder how much more I should add?"

"We need to get the fishing rod from earlier."

"And gold ingots!"

These three dogs were quite clever; they thought the fishing rod was a treasure, capable of catching so many treasures from the River of the Dead, and that they could learn to fish too.

Song Wuji thought about it. Although the money tree could be used to build a temple to the God of Wealth, he now had a money tree branch and a treasure basin. Planting the money tree in the treasure basin was better than using the money tree.

As for the fishing rod, although I'm a little reluctant to part with it, getting through this is the priority. Otherwise, I've been fishing all this way and I'm lucky so far that I haven't caught anything too big yet. It's not certain that I'll catch anything more when I get deeper into the water.

But you can't just hand it over easily; you have to extort some money from me: "Giving you the gold ingots is fine, but why do you still want my fishing rod? How many treasures have I caught with this fishing rod? The copper coin around your neck is only worth one copper coin, no matter how you look at it."

"Don't underestimate this money. My master said that this thing is called Luobaozi Coin. It is the first batch of coins minted by the Heavenly Court using the innate spiritual treasure Luobao Coin as the coin mother. It has merit and is a merit magic treasure. It can suppress fortune and can bring down people."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Song Wuji feigned reluctance: "Alright, is it really that good?"

He then introduced his fishing rod, saying that although he didn't know what material it was made of or what its origin was, he had just stolen it from the ferryman at Huangquan Ferry, but he still had to brag about it.

"This fishing rod of mine is the treasure of an ancient emperor. He stood with his back to all living beings, on the river of time, fishing alone for eternity, suppressing misfortune."

"Although the Great Emperor has fallen and this treasure has lost its quality, it has still helped me fish out many treasures on the Yellow Springs River. As you just saw, even the spirits of the Yellow Springs River were fished out."

Upon hearing this, Marshal Gold Tooth's eyes lit up, and he said to General Silver Tooth and Marshal Bronze Tooth, "His treasure does seem to be better than ours!"

"But how come I've never heard of such a great emperor?"

"The Heavenly Court has thirty-three heavens, each with its own Great Emperor. There are also countless other emperors with various titles and honorary titles. It's normal that we haven't heard of them. Perhaps he's a reclusive Great Emperor, fishing alone for eternity, with his back to all living beings. What treasures do we have? Let's swap his fishing rods and guard the Yellow Springs River. Are we still afraid of not catching any treasures?"

“I have a pair of silver boots here,” said General Silver Fang.

The Copper Fang Captain said, "I have a copper crown here."

Marshal Golden Tooth said, "I have a piece of golden armor here. Let's make a complete outfit and exchange it for his treasure!"

"Okay! But we have to sign a contract with him, just in case he regrets it later?"

"Yeah!"

While the three large dogs were talking, the three skeletons were suppressing laughter.

Song Wuji, however, remained expressionless.

After waiting for the three large dogs to explain, Song Wuji said somewhat reluctantly, "Fine, fine. I didn't want to exchange them in the first place, but exchanging one big treasure for four of your small treasures is barely acceptable. Now that I've signed the contract, I can't go back on my word, so I'll give them to you and let me pass!"

(End of this chapter)