Da Zaojun

Song Wuji felt that his current talent, even wind magic, had been brought out by water and fire magic, giving rise to the characteristic of "magic possessing primordial spirit".

After all, wind is the result of the collision of hot and cold, which creates movement and change; it is the work of water and fire.

The fire magic manifested as a fire dragon.

The water magic transformed into a Kun fish.

The wind magic transformed into a bluebird.

Three magical spirits surrounded Song Wuji, somewhat resembling elemental beings from Western fantasy novels.

But there is more mystery to it. Its essence is a talisman seed that Song Wuji obtained by comprehending the water, fire and wind between heaven and earth, containing the laws of heaven and earth.

"What a stroke of luck! What a stroke of luck!"

Master Xu Jia sighed, “A person’s essence, energy and spirit can be refined into the Great Elixir of Human Essence. One who obtains the Great Elixir of Human Essence can attain the Great Dao of the Golden Elixir and ascend to immortality.”

"The earth's water, fire, and wind can refine the Earth Origin Great Elixir. The Earth Origin Great Elixir is the essence of the external alchemy of the Dan Ding School. It can absorb the primordial energy of all things and is also known as the Hunyuan Pearl or Hunyuan Ball. It can mix and refine all kinds of plants, trees, rare beasts, and turn them into its own use."

"Now that Lord Song has mastered the Three Treasures of Earth—Water, Fire, and Wind—he can condense an Outer Core of the Primordial Dao in addition to the Golden Core of the Primordial Dao."

"It is equivalent to an external Dharma body, like the golden body of Buddhism or the Dharma body of Taoism."

Xu Jia immediately sent Song Wuji a scripture called "Earthly Elixir".

Song Wuji asked, "Is it the supernatural power that the True Man previously used to condense into a white bone Dharma image?"

"Not bad!"

“We cultivate the White Bone Dharma Image, while the Realm Lord should cultivate the Kitchen God Dharma Image, which mobilizes the power of heaven and earth to transform into a huge Dharma Image that is hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of feet tall. As long as the cultivation level is high enough, the amount of heaven and earth energy that can be mobilized will be even greater.”

"However, such supernatural powers are too easy to destroy the heavens and the earth. When the Heavenly Court still existed, it greatly restricted the spread of such supernatural powers. Now that the Heavenly Court is gone, I will pass them on to the Lord of the Realm."

"Furthermore, this Dharma form can also be separated. For example, this fire snake can move the fire element of heaven and earth and transform into a pure yang fire dragon."

"This Kun fish can move the water elements of heaven and earth and transform into the Xuanming Great Whale Kun!"

"This bluebird can move the wind and energy of heaven and earth, and transform into a blue-winged roc!"

Upon closer inspection, Song Wuji discovered that this [Earthly Origin Great Elixir] required three supreme treasures to be refined into a complete product. Ideally, these treasures should be innate treasures, as they could infinitely bear the power of heaven and earth without fear of damage.

If a treasure is forged using acquired methods, it will eventually have an upper limit to its capacity.

From this perspective, the "golden skull," "silver skull," and "jade skull" that Xu Jia Zhenren transformed into were actually all external alchemical manifestations, and their true form should still be a [white bone skull].

It seems that such patriarchs may still have limitations in their true form and cannot appear in the world at will, so they sent out external alchemy incarnations to act on their behalf.

The only thing Song Wuji could possess was the Dragon Blood Jade, which was a water-element treasure and could be refined by the Kun fish into a giant dragon whale.

Or it could be the two Black Water Dragon Pearls that were just given to Master Xu Jia.

However, that rank was too low, only seventh grade, which combined was just over sixth grade. Since Song Wuji had already given it away, he naturally wouldn't consider it.

"Don't worry about the treasures of the heretical path. When you reach the sixth rank of ritual master and become the chief chef of the imperial kitchen, you can go to the Heavenly Palace."

"Now that the Heavenly Court has fallen and the Great Dao has lost its position, all the gods and saints are gone, and countless palaces have fallen to the mortal realm and transformed into secret realms. The remaining parts that did not fall are all blessed by the Great Luo Immortals. You can find some treasures in there at will, which are much better than the treasures of the mortal realm. At least they are all fifth-grade Yang God treasures, enough to last for a long time." "The Heavenly Court?" Song Wuji nodded. It wasn't far off. As long as he took control of Hongzhou City, there were 60,000 people in the city.

Previously, Hongzhou had 300,000 people, but after the chaos caused by demons, only 60,000 remained.

Adding the 20,000 from Taichang County and the 40,000 from Jianxin County who were gathered together by the demons who had abducted people from various counties and were waiting to be transformed, there are a total of 120,000 to 130,000, enough to complete the [Yang House Master], refine the smoke of ten thousand households, and refine the ascending cloud.

"Okay, thank you very much, Master."

"It's alright. When the time comes, I will break down that evil Maitreya temple with you, and then we will condense a talisman that can predict the future."

"This talisman for knowing the future is a great supernatural power, capable of thoroughly investigating the past and future, seeing through cause and effect, and uncovering the secrets of heaven."

"With this talisman, one can set things right, restore order within one's power, and return the disrupted cause and effect to the right track."

"What does this mean?" Song Wuji asked.

"Those who cultivate to the point of Taiyi can traverse the river of time, do you know that? They can gather everything together and know the future in reverse. This is the perspective and view of those who have attained Taiyi on time, space, and all causes and effects. It is like a person who is high above and sees a spider weaving a web. Naturally, they can see the whole picture, the trajectory, the arrangement, and how the flying insects collide with it."

"The Reverse Prediction Symbol will allow you to possess this ability in advance."

"This talisman was created by extracting the future power of the evil Buddha Maitreya. It may allow you to travel back in time, to use the present as the future, and the past as the future, and to change what has already happened in the past."

"But you need to reach the third rank, which is the power of a celestial god or celestial immortal, to do that."

"With the Reverse Future Symbol, one can make plans in advance and prepare for all sorts of things in the future."

"Much better than Mengtou."

"That's natural. Knowing the future is among the top-ranked abilities of the Heavenly Gang."

"Once I refine the Ascension Cloud and reach the Heavenly Court, I will destroy this evil Buddha. With the Reverse Future Talisman, I can search for treasures in the Heavenly Palace and perhaps determine cause and effect, and know which treasures I am destined to possess."

Immediately, Song Wuji turned back to Jianxin County, where Lü Han reported the situation in Hongzhou Prefecture to him: "The prefect of Hongzhou is very anxious. Why hasn't the lord of the territory issued a proclamation to punish the demons yet? That way, he can leave the city to join the alliance and submit to the lord's command."

"The proclamation was written by Tian Chenghuang. He must have wanted it to be more beautiful and eloquent, like Luo Binwang's proclamation against Wu Zetian."

"The three elders of the Beggars' Sect discovered another branch of the Beggars' Sect, the Flesh Sect, in Hongzhou Prefecture."

"The flesh gate?"

"They make a living by self-harm, which is bloody and terrifying to attract attention, but most of it is fake. A small number of them have cultivated supernatural powers that allow them to survive being beheaded or having their hearts ripped out, and to endure things like climbing mountains of knives and boiling oil," Lu Han explained.

"Like the Life-Gathering Sect, they're unorthodox methods, but they're so durable and hard to kill that they could be used as human shields," Song Wuji said. "What's the purpose of their contact? Is it the Beggar Sect's secret realm?"

"Hmm! The Beggars' Sect's secret realm seems to be located in Hongzhou City. It's called the 'Beggar's Secret Realm,' which seems to be a local insult, but it has evolved into a secret realm and become the location of the Beggars' Sect's headquarters."

"However, they call it the 'Welcoming Wealth and Sending Away Poverty' ritual, which is to drive away beggars and welcome the God of Wealth."

"This secret realm is located within Hongzhou Prefecture. It is a procession of deities and a ritual held during the Hongzhou Prefecture New Year."

(End of this chapter)