I built the Jade Capital with the Netherworld

Chapter 162 I am Dugu Cheng

The path of refining weapons is full of disasters at every step.

The materials for preparation need to be distinguished from the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The tempering of the star array must be accurate to the last detail. If the runes are wrong, all the previous efforts will be wasted. If there is even a slight mistake, the equipment will be destroyed and people will be injured!
It looks like refining natural treasures, but in reality it is the fate of the cultivator.

This is even more so than spiritual weapons.

However, despite such a tedious process, Lu Wujiu succeeded in one try.

"That's it?!"

Looking at the "Painting Rivers and Mountains" floating before his eyes, which exuded the gentle aura of Emperor Yongzheng, Lu Wujiu looked dazed.

His idea was to give it a try, or at least just use it as practice.

Unexpectedly, it actually worked.

Could it be that Dao Ye is a rare weapon refining expert?
Just at this moment, the human skin book suddenly trembled, and an unspeakable desire grew in Lu Wujiu's heart.

"Swallow!"

The human-skin book actually wanted to devour the "Painting Rivers and Mountains Scroll"? This desire was even reflected in the heart of Lu Wujiu, the owner of the human-skin book.

At this moment, Lu Wujiu had an intuition that if he swallowed the "Danqing Jiangshan Scroll", it would definitely be of great benefit to the human skin book.

"Huh..."

Lu Wujiu took a deep breath, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and quickly sealed the "Danqing Jiangshan Scroll".

As the aura of the spiritual weapon gradually faded, the hunger in his heart gradually disappeared.

"How could this be?"

Lu Wujiu looked at the scroll in his hand, confusion flashing in his eyes.

Logically speaking, if the human skin book wanted to devour the spiritual weapon, it should have reacted as early as when he visited the Dragon and Tiger Danqing Sect. Why didn't it react last time, but appeared this time?
Bully the weak and fear the strong?

Lu Wujiu thought for a long time, then suppressed his confusion and stood up to leave the room.

Outside the courtyard, in the octagonal pavilion, the headmaster and senior monk of Louguan Temple saw Lu Wujiu opening the door and quickly stood up to greet him.

"Friend Lu, what's the result?"

After hearing the greeting, Master Louguan hesitated to speak, his eyes fixed on the scroll in Lu Wujiu's hand, and he already had some answers in his mind.

"I am grateful for your trust, fellow Daoist. I have lived up to your trust and have successfully refined it."

Lu Wujiu said as he handed over the scroll in his hand.

"Good good!"

Amidst the continuous cheers, Master Louguan took the scroll and gently unfolded it. A stream of water vapor as warm as rain overflowed, as if it was flowing to the foot of a waterfall.

The Louguan Sect Master couldn't let it go, and asked hurriedly, "I wonder how this spiritual weapon recognizes its master?"

Lu Wujiu smiled but said nothing.

Luo Chang quickly sent a voice message to remind him, "Brother, don't forget the agreement and neglect Fellow Daoist Lu."

Master Louguan was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized.

He was so busy checking the spiritual weapon that he forgot about the Fire Essence and even the promised Heavenly Fire. He hadn't handed them over to Lu Wujiu yet. How could Lu Wujiu tell him how to make the spiritual weapon recognize its master?

"Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. I was so overjoyed that I had forgotten about this!"

Master Louguan quickly took out the Fire Essence and Heavenly Fire and handed them over.

Lu Wujiu took it and checked it to see if it was fine. Then he handed over a jade slip and said, "Spiritual instruments are different from magical instruments. This one is born with intelligence. Now that it's new, it's still ignorant and it's very easy for it to recognize its master. When its intelligence grows, if you want to change its master again, you need the original owner to suppress it. Otherwise, you can only break it by force, and the little spiritual instrument will backfire."

The headmaster of Louguan Sect took the jade slip, scanned it with his mind, and said seriously, "Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist!"

"You're welcome! Since the spiritual weapon is already complete, I won't bother you any further. Goodbye!"

"Alas, the spiritual weapon has just been completed. How can you leave without eating and drinking in the open air? If our fellow Taoists knew that we were so negligent, wouldn't we be known as rude? Our sect has prepared some light wine and vegetarian food. I hope you will stay for a while!"

The headmaster of Louguan invited.

Lu Wujiu politely declined, but unexpectedly, the head of Louguan was very determined. After some hesitation, Lu Wujiu came to his senses.

They haven't inspected the goods yet?
How could he be allowed to leave so easily?

After thinking about it, he simply nodded in agreement and went back to the house to comprehend the fire from the sky.

After entering the chariot room, Nanming Zhenren transformed into a sparrow and landed on Lu Wujiu's shoulder again, saying, "Daoyou are very capable. With only a third-class cultivation level, you dare to refine spiritual weapons. You are quite talented."

Lu Wujiu said, "It sounds like refining spiritual weapons is only for powerful people?"

Nan Ming Zhenren shook his head, "Not really! Every profession has its own specializations. Some Daoist veins are naturally suited to weapon refining, and naturally excel at it. However, regardless of whether the Daoist vein is suitable or not, it is inseparable from the two words "spirit and soul". Fellow Daoist has a third-class cultivation level, but his spirit and soul are quite good. Could it be that he has cultivated some special magical powers?"

Lu Wujiu said, "Want to learn? Bring me something in exchange!"

Nan Ming Zhenren shook his head. He had become immune to the constant attempts to squeeze something out of him.

Seeing that Master Nanming was silent, Lu Wujiu felt bored and simply took out the "Heavenly Fire" to observe it.

This object looks like unsolidified magma rock, with an extremely hot surface. If you pinch it with your hand, the magma will shatter, revealing a flame hidden inside.

It was called a flame, but it looked like a dying charcoal fire.

Nan Ming Zhenren suddenly said, "I was the first to discover this thing. As the saying goes, whoever sees it gets a share. Is it not too much to give me a share?"

Lu Wujiu said, "There isn't much of this outer fire to begin with. What good would it do if you took some of it? Could you possibly add more firewood..."

At this point, he suddenly had an idea: "Daoyou, there are other divine fires on your body, right?"

Nan Ming Zhenren, who had transformed into a sparrow, tilted his head and said, "As expected of someone who refines spiritual weapons, he is quite intelligent."

Lu Wujiu's eyes flashed, "No wonder I've been unable to successfully refine a spiritual weapon time and time again. It's not so much that you're causing trouble, but rather... this ball of fire spirit essence is far superior to normal spirit essences."

Nan Ming Zhenren chuckled and said, "How about I exchange the Fire in the Stone for your little bit of Heavenly Fire?"

Lu Wujiu asked, "May I ask how many kinds of divine fire do you have, fellow Taoist?"

The ritual of climbing the stairs of the Fire God Way is very simple. You just need to swallow a kind of divine fire to climb one step.

If he could gather all the divine fire from the hands of Master Nanming, then why would he need to search the world for fire?
As long as you cultivate and strengthen these flames, you can quickly ascend the stairs.

Nan Ming Zhenren chuckled and said, "If you want it, bring something to exchange for it!"

Lu Wujiu couldn't help laughing when he heard the familiar tone.

He pondered for a moment, then said, "I have a path called the Netherworld Reincarnation Path. This path can not only refine the remaining soul into soul water and strengthen the spirit, but also allow reincarnation and rebirth. I wonder how much divine fire this path can be exchanged for?"

"The Netherworld Reincarnation Path?!"

Nan Ming Zhenren muttered incoherently, then chuckled for a moment, "Daoyou, are you kidding?"

"how you said that?"

"Although my Xuan Sect claims to have three thousand great ways, the Way of Samsara is a unique method created by Buddhism. Only living Buddhas can practice it, and it is never passed on to outsiders. What kind of Taoist lineage do you belong to, fellow Daoist, and how dare you call yourself the Way of Samsara?"

Lu Wujiu was shocked when he heard this. Could it be that the reason why the human skin book could show the ability of reincarnation was not because of the makeshift team of the underworld, but because of the human skin book itself?
While pondering, he shook his head, too lazy to argue. He used his magic power to swallow the outer fire into his stomach, and sat cross-legged in meditation.

Nan Ming Zhenren is very suspicious. The more he says, the more suspicious he becomes. It is better not to explain or force it.

"Why? Could it be that I have hit the nail on the head?"

Nan Ming Zhenren said sarcastically, "Well, if you have the Netherworld Reincarnation Path, why not show it to me?"

Lu Wujiu said, "I have to thank you for reminding me. The Netherworld Reincarnation Path is the path of the Living Buddha. A few divine fires won't be enough in exchange! You have to pay more!"

Nan Ming Zhenren was furious: "Daoyou really are good at climbing up the ladder. Do you really think you are the reincarnation path of the Living Buddha?"

Lu Wujiu stopped talking.

After containing the outer fire this time, he discovered that the way of the God of Fire was not as easy to practice as the True Man Nanming said.

This method seems to replace the climbing ritual by accommodating the new divine fire, but it also eliminates the shortcut of taking in and out the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth.

In other words, only when he cultivates and strengthens the Six Ding Divine Fire to the state of Jiazi perfection can he accommodate the new divine fire and ascend to the second level.

Similarly, if one wants to reach the top three again, he must cultivate and strengthen the new divine fire.

However, cultivating the Six Ding Divine Fire by feeding it with the innate Yuan Qi is extremely inefficient.

The Liu Ding Divine Fire melts the power of the five elements, and only the five elements' primordial qi can help it grow rapidly.

The outer fire, on the other hand, was the energy of the stars. Therefore, even if both fires were cultivated simultaneously, the efficiency of cultivating the flames was still incredibly slow.

In other words, Lu Wujiu, who had long been accustomed to inhaling and exhaling the innate Yuan Qi, had never experienced such a slow way of practice.

It can only be said that the Fire God Dao saves the trouble of climbing the stairs and rituals, but increases the difficulty of practicing the Dao.

'Three thousand great ways, not one is easy to obtain!'

Although Lu Wujiu was sighing in his heart, he still tried his best to comprehend the Dao of the God of Fire, especially the information recorded in the Dao Seed of the God of Fire.

"Never mind. I have a way called the Way of Rejuvenation of All Trees! It's also known as the Way of the Green Emperor. This way specializes in cultivating the spiritual energy of wood. When you reach perfection in the Jiazi period, you can absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of wood within a ten-mile radius. Using the spiritual energy of wood, you can nourish the flames for the best results. Are you interested in this way, fellow Daoist?"

When I felt sleepy, someone brought me a pillow.

Hearing this, Lu Wujiu sighed in his heart, he was indeed a visitor from the Middle-earth. He had been frowning over the problem of cultivation, but he had never expected that the Fire God Dao had already had a solution.

No wonder this guy dared to pass on the Fire God Dao to him?

It seems that the real core secrets are always kept!
It is possible that this method of rejuvenation of all trees is still a method of replacement, and the real core secret is still retained.

"How far can this path be cultivated?"

"Five Jia, three hundred years of cultivation."

"How many divine fires?"

"Six Paths!"

"Too few, nine!"

"Fellow Daoist, you really are asking for too much. If I had nine Daos, would I have fallen into this situation?"

"you swear."

"I swear, I swear, I swear, do you think I'm a street actor?"

"It seems that there are indeed nine divine fires."

"Seven at most."

Lu Wujiu said nothing and continued to practice.

The sparrow-like Nanming Zhenren suddenly transformed into a ball of flame, enveloping Lu Wujiu. "Daoist fellow, you are also practicing the Fire God Dao. If you don't believe it, just feel it yourself."

Lu Wujiu sneered without even raising his eyelids.

Nanming Zhenren, who had transformed into a Vermillion Bird, swirled around Lu Wujiu in the flames. After a long while, he said, "Eight."

"make a deal!"

"Hmph, fellow Daoist, don't be too happy too soon. Your Netherworld Reincarnation Path may not be the same as the Buddhist Reincarnation Path."

Lu Wujiu opened his eyes, raised his right hand, and a talisman emerged from his palm.

Amidst the flames surrounding Lu Wujiu, a phantom of a Vermillion Bird suddenly rushed out, ready to grab the talisman.

Lu Wujiu clenched his palm casually and forced the Suzaku phantom to stop.

Zhenren Nanming looked at Lu Wujiu's expressionless face and opened his mouth to spit out eight faint sparks.

Lu Wujiu let go of the Yin Lu, stretched out his hand to wave away Mars, and his heart skipped a beat.

Although these eight sparks were so weak that they seemed to be extinguished at any time, he could still feel a fiery power from them that was completely different from that of ordinary fire.

For example, the most typical three fires of essence, energy and spirit: monarch fire, minister fire and people fire.

These three fires can grow stronger as long as they are nourished by essence, energy and spirit. If they are combined into one, they become the Samadhi True Fire.

However, to achieve the fusion of the unique one requires extremely high attainments.

There are also three types of nine kinds of fire, namely fire in the air, fire in stone, and fire in wood.

The last two are the stove fires of thousands of families and the Yin phosphorus ghost fire.

The former is smelted by the mortal fire.

The latter is yin and seems incompatible with the other seven divine fires.

It would be extremely difficult for Lu Wujiu to collect all the divine fires. Now that he has obtained them all at once, he feels very happy.

At this moment, after requesting the Heavenly Fire, Nan Ming Zhenren suddenly said in a gloomy tone, "Why is there only a ninth-grade Yin Lu in this Netherworld Samsara Path?"

Lu Wujiu said, "In the Netherworld Samsara Dao, in terms of the rank of the talisman, if you want a higher rank, you have to exchange it for merit!"

"Who should I ask for a replacement?"

"Pindao!"

"You? You're kidding me."

"Don't say such harsh words. If I rashly grant you a higher rank, I'm afraid your superiors will blame me!"

"Who is your boss? And who is the headmaster of this sect?"

"I don't know. This sect is hidden in the city. Occasionally someone will show up and accept a few disciples. It was also a coincidence. Otherwise, how could I have such great luck as you. Don't look down on the ninth rank, it is enough for reincarnation."

"Although I'm not well-informed, I often hear rumors about the Nine Paths. How come I've never heard of the Netherworld Samsara Path?"

"That's because you are ignorant."

"..."

After further questioning, Nan Ming Zhenren confirmed that he could not obtain the eighth-grade or even higher rank, and immediately said angrily: "The ninth-grade Yin Scroll cannot be exchanged for the Way of Rejuvenation of Ten Thousand Trees!"

Lu Wujiu was annoyed: "Fellow Daoist, the Yin Lu was given to you by me. According to the rules of our sect, I am your superior. Do you not want to take the next step?"

Nan Ming Zhenren sneered, "Outwardly fierce, but inwardly weak."

Lu Wujiu opened his mouth and was about to curse when a loud greeting suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

"I, the poor Taoist Yiwenyan, would like to greet fellow Taoist Lu."

The headmaster of Dan Ding?

Lu Wujiu was startled, then he calmed down, stood up and went to greet him.

But outside the courtyard, the head of Dan Ding had a very happy face, and there was no sign of tension on the Zhaixing Tower.

After the host and guest were seated, the headmaster of Dan Ding congratulated them:
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, for successfully refining a spiritual weapon and obtaining a treasure."

"A lucky fluke."

"To be honest, I came here to buy this Fire Spirit. I wonder if you can bear the pain of parting with it?"

"This……"

Lu Wujiu showed hesitation.

'Promise him!'

Unexpectedly, the voice of Nanming Zhenren echoed in my ears.

'Why? ’

"I heard that the Danding Sect also has a fire spirit that can be dealt with?"

'you mean?'

Lu Wujiu's heart moved and he realized something.

"This Fire Spirit was also obtained by chance by me. If you like it, it's not impossible, but..."

The Dan Ding master smiled slightly and said, "Fifteen Xuanming Life-Sustaining Pills."

"I still have a lot of life left, so I won't need this thing for the time being."

"Then I wonder what you want?"

Lu Wujiu smiled and lowered his voice, "To be honest, fellow Daoist, I am Dugu Cheng!"

The Dan Ding Sect Master's pupils dilated... Of course he knew that Lu Wujiu was Dugu Cheng!

But there are some things that everyone just needs to know, so what do you want to do by exposing them now?
(End of this chapter)