Da Zaojun

Chapter 203 Seven-Colored Flower Meng Po
After giving the fishing rod and the gold ingot to the three big dogs, they immediately ran to the Yellow Springs to start fishing.

Song Wuji then put on this armor.

Although I obtained a fish-dragon scale armor before, it was a water-attribute treasure and needed to be refined before it could be used directly.

This set of armor belongs to the metal element in the Five Elements theory. Although fire can overcome metal, there is also a saying that metal is refined by fire and becomes purer with each refinement. Iron can also be transformed into steel through tempering. Song Wuji slightly tempered the armor with a stove fire and then refined it.

[Shouyang Crown. Magic Treasure]

The copper refined from Shouyang Mountain can inspire moral energy, which transforms into auspicious clouds to protect the body.

[Taibai Armor - Magic Weapon]

Forged by the Western Venus Star God, it can unleash the power of Venus to counteract damage.

[Heavenly River Boots - Magic Weapon]

The Weaver Girl gathers the shimmering light and rosy clouds of the Milky Way from the heavens, reels it into threads, weaves it into cloth, and can tread the void and soar through the heavens.

[Luobaozi Coin. Magic Treasure]

The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, used the "Falling Treasure Coin" as the mother coin and refined it with merit to create the child coins. These child coins were distributed among his four messengers: Zhaobao, Nazhen, Lishi, and Zhaocai. They were skilled at controlling fortune and bringing down treasures, and were used to worship wealth, thus fulfilling their duties as the God of Wealth.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha. Wearing this outfit, Song Wuji was as handsome as the Heavenly Vanguard General Ling Guan.

However, this coin was clearly not something that the Beggar God of the Beggar Clan could possess; its original owner was one of the Four Envoys under Zhao Gongming.

Could it be that the God of Poverty, who governs beggars, was cursed and became the God of Poverty because he stole something from the God of Wealth?

Song Wuji rubbed his chin and decided to go back and ask the three elders of the Beggar Clan again. For the time being, he decided not to come back to exchange for the seventh-grade rolling pin.

I only agreed to help look for it, not to hand it over to them. They also said that they would exchange it for the seventh-grade rolling pin. Only a fool would exchange such a treasure for a rolling pin.

However, Song Wuji did not forget his original intention and planned to cook a meal for the three big dogs.

"As the saying goes, 'If you throw a meat bun at a dog, you'll never regret it.' So why don't I just make a batch of Goubuli buns?"

Without further ado, Song Wuji prepared everything thoroughly, even though he wasn't very good at making noodles.

Kneading and resting the dough was done very quickly. With Song Wuji's martial arts skills, he quickly kneaded the dough until it was smooth and slippery, then set it aside to ferment. Next, he prepared the filling.

Dogs can't eat too much salt, so Song Wuji decided to use his understanding of the five flavors to make steamed buns.

So, pork, the frozen shrimp meat from Luohu Shuifu Hanbing Shrimp Soldiers, and the soul-sucking leeches caught from the Yellow Springs River.

After Song Wuji chopped the filling, he personally mixed it, cooked half of it, and then mixed in the other half after it cooled down.

Even without making them into buns, the aroma of the filling alone was enough to tempt the three big dogs.

Their fishing skills were mediocre. They would cast their line once and then move to a different spot. One of the three brothers said it was because of the location, another said it was because of the bait, and the third said that the big fish had been scared away. They almost got into a fight and the brothers became enemies.

The three skeletons clicked their tongues in amazement: "The skill is almost like the Tao, but unfortunately we are three skeletons and can't taste it."

Song Wuji said, "As the saying goes, the gods eat qi. When the time comes, I will offer some incense, and the three seniors should be able to taste some of the flavor."

Whether it was because there was no yeast in the underworld or something else, the dough just wouldn't rise, so Song Wuji had to use the Kitchen God's power to directly transform it.

Suddenly, his fingertip turned golden. He pointed it at the dough, and the dough indeed expanded, becoming twice its original size.

Song Wuji then continued kneading the dough, removing the air bubbles, and then shaped it into long strips. With a single stroke of the butcher's knife, the strips were all cut into pieces of roughly the same size: "Making one basket might not be enough. Let's steam three baskets instead!"

When there wasn't enough filling, Song Wuji changed it to steamed buns. The three skeletons found it interesting and joined in making steamed buns, thus making one basket of steamed buns and two baskets of steamed buns.

The steamer was brought from the mortal realm, and the water was taken from the River of the Underworld. Since the water in the Underworld is still water, it should be enough to steam buns.

The pot is a newly refined earthenware pot, made from a lot of silt that the Yellow Springs Dragon just spat out. The purity is quite good. Song Wuji has already taken the amount to make the Good and Evil Jar. When it is dry, sieved, and mixed with the karma of good and evil, as well as the power of food and wealth, it can be made into a magical artifact for the Kitchen God.

The rest was spent making earthenware pots. Otherwise, ordinary metal utensils couldn't hold the water of the underworld. Moreover, the clay from the underworld was used to make pottery, which even had the property of "capturing souls and seizing spirits". If there were any evil spirits later, they could be suppressed with an underworld pot. Let's try to develop the idea of ​​cooking ghosts and demons.

Soon, the aroma of steamed buns wafted through the air, and over there, three large dogs were already fighting over control of the fishing rod, much like children fighting over the TV remote.

"Crack!"

When the three big dogs were fighting, the fishing rod, which hadn't broken when fishing for Lin Yinshuai, hadn't broken when fishing for the three skeleton corpse-dissolving masters, and even when Song Wuji used his great strength to wrestle with them, had held on, was now broken because the three big dogs bit both ends of the fishing rod and were fighting for control.

A moment of silence!
The three large dogs looked at each other, staring at the broken fishing rod, and then turned to Song Wuji: "Kid, didn't you say this was the Emperor's heirloom?"

"Yes!" Song Wuji said in annoyance, "It was perfectly fine in my hands, I even caught a dragon while fishing! How could you break it in half so easily! You really don't cherish treasures! I should have known better than to give it to you!"

"How about we return this fishing rod to you?"

"Golden Tooth Marshal probed."

"You've all broken my precious items, and now you want them back? We've already signed the contract, are you trying to back out?"

Song Wuji pointed to the basket of steamed buns and said, "I went to all the trouble of making this food, so I'm going to treat you to a good meal!"

Marshal Golden Tooth immediately felt guilty: "Isn't this the Emperor's most precious treasure? How could it break so easily?"

Song Wuji sighed, "Didn't I say it has fallen in rank? Besides, this is a fishing rod, not a weapon. Even if it is protected by laws, it is still the law of fishing. You are fighting over it. With your gold teeth, silver teeth, and bronze teeth, I'm sure ordinary magic treasures would have a hard time surviving under your teeth, let alone this treasure."

The three skeletons chimed in, "Yes, yes, it was clearly you who wanted to switch it out. You didn't know how to use the treasure and broke it, and now you want to switch it back? That's not fair!"

General Silver Fang said, "Brother, forget it, it's too embarrassing!"

"Can it be repaired?"

Song Wuji shook his head: "This is an item belonging to the Great Emperor. After it was broken, the fishing principles within it collapsed. Even if it is repaired, it will just be an ordinary fishing rod."

Song Wuji was not going to fix it; what if they found out?
He simply offered the comforting words, "Since things have come to this, let's eat first!"

The three dogs sighed, and then started shifting the blame to each other. One said that the other shouldn't have used too much force, another said that the younger brother should have given way to the younger brother, and yet another said that if you don't know how to fish, you shouldn't have changed your mind about the treasure. They were blinded by greed and ended up not catching a single treasure.

After arguing back and forth without reaching a conclusion, Song Wuji stuffed a steamed bun into her mouth.

After being transformed, the steamed bun became incredibly delicious and even gave birth to a spirit. It turns out that the Soul-Devouring Leech is also a kind of strange beast from heaven and earth. However, Song Wuji did not eat it, preferring to finish the feast for ghosts and gods first.

"good to eat!"

The three large dogs all had gold, silver, and bronze teeth; their teeth were excellent and they weren't afraid of being burned. They quickly devoured a steamed bun, becoming so slurred that they could barely speak and had forgotten what had just happened. They almost started fighting again when they got to the last steamed bun in the basket. But when they ate the mantou (steamed bread), they exclaimed, "Oh my! This mantou has a pure yang energy inside; it's very nourishing for us!"

"It really is pure Yang energy!"

The three big dogs ate even more happily, and soon the steamed buns were all gone.

At the same time, Song Wuji's internal ritual was also completed. A golden light entered his body, which was the second part of the [Ghost God's Statue], exactly the same as the one he obtained at the Gates of Hell.

This ability is the power to replenish the divine with magical power and nourish the divine. In other words, as long as this power is perfected, Song Wuji will not only be able to control the food that mortals eat, but also be able to turn abstract things such as incense, divinity, and destiny into dishes to replenish the divine. He can even imagine that in the future, he can host a banquet for heaven and earth, invite the will of heaven and earth to eat, and nourish the heavenly way and the earthly way.

Although the three large dogs possessed the ability to refine food, their bellies were now bulging and round. After all, this was not food for ordinary people; it was food that had been enlightened by Song Wuji, which at least increased their "satisfaction." Moreover, in a state of fullness, these three large dogs could also restore their three treasures, magical power, and true energy.

"good to eat!"

"It's delicious!"

While they were digesting their food, Song Wuji gave the dog's head a good pat.

The three big dogs weren't angry. They just said, "After you get past Wild Dog Ridge, the next few passes won't be so easy."

"The next level is the Mirror of Karma, but the Mirror of Karma is already broken, and only the spirit of the mirror remains to guard it. The Mirror of Karma can reflect people's sins, and anyone with sins cannot escape the Mirror of Karma. The evil ghosts in the underworld cannot escape because they are afraid that the Mirror of Karma can trigger the mark of the Mirror of Karma in their bodies, and when the karmic fire erupts, it will burn them to death."

"You have to feed the spirit of the Mirror of Evil, but you also have to help repair some of it."

Song Wuji had a headache: "Is there any way to do that?"

"We must go to the Mirror Realm."

Marshal Golden Tooth instructed, "In this world, there are all kinds of mirrors, and therefore all kinds of mirror spirits. The Haotian Mirror, the Yin-Yang Mirror, the Demon-Revealing Mirror, the Sin Mirror... These mirror spirit treasures govern the mirror world. If you can enter the mirror world, you should be able to find suitable materials to help repair the Sin Mirror. Your fire skills are quite good, and you are relatively good at refining treasures."

Song Wuji asked the three skeletons, "Seniors, have you ever heard of the Mirror Realm?"

"I've heard of it. It's an evil place. Anyone who looks in a mirror will have another self created in the mirror. Some of these selves will realize they are in the mirror world and will have evil thoughts, replacing their real-world selves."

Upon hearing this, Song Wuji gasped, thinking to himself, "Although I knew about the Five Passes, who would have thought that this mirror would need to eat!"

However, I still thanked the three big dogs for the reminder.

Song Wuji checked himself to see if he had a mirror.

Previously, Song Wuji had obtained several mirrors in the Hundred Flowers Secret Realm. Although he had given most of them to Lin Pandi, he still had a pair of magpie mirrors, which were similar to pagers. These were originally treasures for couples to communicate with each other. Song Wuji kept them, thinking that he could develop them into a treasure like a mobile phone in the future.

Now it can be given to the spirit of the Mirror of Misfortune, hoping that it will not make things difficult for me and will let me pass through this trial soon. As for repairing the mirror body, I can only take it one step at a time.

After passing Wild Dog Pass, Song Wuji gained three more skeleton teammates. The three of them strolled leisurely along the road to the underworld, enjoying the scenery.

But here, spider lilies have gradually appeared on the banks of the Yellow Springs River. These things are actually called Lycoris radiata. The flowers are without leaves and the leaves are without flowers, but it's not as mysterious as it sounds.

Song Wuji used the stove book to examine it and found that the whole plant was poisonous and could not be used as food. But what if there was someone who liked to eat poison?

The most common color of the red spider lily is red, but some are yellow.

The red flowers, somewhat like love flowers, contain the poison of unrequited love.

Yellow flowers, on the other hand, possess a poisonous quality that breeds mutual hatred.

They longed for each other but also hated each other; they didn't even know if it was love.

Song Wuji carefully picked some.

The three skeletons each picked a flower, but they had no ears, so it's unclear how they ended up on their heads.

"nice!"

"It looks really good!"

"We're considered the handsome young men among the skeletons."

"More than that, brother, you're the Golden Skull. There aren't many skeletons richer than you."

"Second brother, you're not bad either. You're all skeletons, but you look young and full of energy, like your skeleton general!"

"Third brother, your jade-like frame makes you seem like a gentleman, a reclusive sage!"

One man and three skeletons were just making a ruckus when they came across a flower field on the banks of the Yellow Springs River, filled with yellow and red spider lilies.

There are even multicolored flowers, with three, five, and seven colors.

A young girl is watering flowers. She looks to be in her prime and is carrying a bucket filled with water from the Yellow Springs.

While watering the flowers, she sang: "Seven-colored flower, seven-colored flower, your petals are as beautiful as the sunset, having you will make my wishes come true."

"Red represents passion, yellow brings hope, blue protects peace, green bestows strength. Orange conveys warmth, purple brings romance, pink is full of love, and white symbolizes purity."

A seven-colored flower that can grant wishes?

Song Wuji hummed in agreement, his curiosity piqued, and he wanted to find out the girl's name.

[Meng Po's Divided Spirit]
For tens of thousands of years, Meng Po has been boiling soup on the Bridge of Helplessness. Gradually, she grew tired of this job. Whenever she mustered the courage to ask the Moon God for a day off, the Moon God would give her a bowl of Meng Po soup to make her forget about it.

Song Wuji almost spat out his saliva. Was this girl Meng Po?

But it's so tragic. She's been subjected to workplace manipulation in the underworld and hasn't had a break for tens of thousands of years. This time, with the world undergoing a great change and the Three Realms and Six Paths losing order, she's been given a vacation instead.

No wonder they're so happy; they're planting seven-colored flowers here.

Song Wuji stepped forward.

But when Meng Po saw the visitors, she was overjoyed: "Oh dear, do you want some soup? I cooked a whole pot, but no one has drunk any!"

Song Wuji looked puzzled: "No, no, sister, I just couldn't help but stop and admire this flower field because it's so beautiful. I wanted to ask you what the flowers are called and if I could buy some so I can plant them when I get home."

"Oh my! You also love flowers? That's wonderful!" Meng Po's spirit was overjoyed, as if she had found a patron.

(End of this chapter)