Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 239 Arrival at Raojiang War God Pictorial Record, Picture Twenty-Fifth
"What a beast!"

Leng Feibai cursed, crushed the memory ball in his hand to pieces, and turned to enter the depths of the tomb.

Upon entering, Leng Feibai arrived directly at a tomb chamber whose purpose was unknown.

According to the black-robed man's memories, this was where he rested and refined corpses.

Upon entering, Leng Feibai was greeted by seven or eight corpses soaking in medicine jars.

Leng Feibai gritted his teeth, swung his palm and pushed straight out, sending six or seven fire snakes flying out at once, instantly destroying the jar in the tomb along with the corpse inside.

On the bed beside him, three booklets caught Leng Feibai's eye.

Corpse Refining Scroll

The Corpse Control Scroll

The Complete Book of One Hundred Poisons

Looking at the three books, a cold glint flashed in Leng Feibai's eyes. He wanted to destroy those tattered books.

But for some reason, the moment the thought arose, my dormant heart suddenly became restless.

Leng Feibai frowned. Could these three tattered books in front of him possibly be of any use?

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai picked up the book "Complete Collection of Hundred Gu". If these books were really useful to him, then only this one might be of some use, since he was in a hurry to refine the Ice Silkworm Gu.

Not long after, Leng Feibai's face darkened, because he found a question about the Ice Silkworm Gu in the book.

In this world, the Ice Silkworm Gu, along with the Golden Silkworm Gu, the Substitute Gu, the Soul-Splitting Gu, and the Golden Toad Gu, is known as one of the five great spiritual Gu of Raojiang. Even in Raojiang, a place famous for its Gu worms, there are no more than three people who can refine the Ice Silkworm Gu.

Leng Feibai couldn't even guarantee whether these three people were still alive!
"This is going to be troublesome!"

Leng Feibai felt a soreness in his gums, but now he could only try his luck in Raojiang.

If all else fails, I can just buy some raw materials in Raojiang and then use the method of refining the Ice Silkworm Gu in the War God's Manual to cultivate it myself.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai sighed and casually tossed the Complete Book of Hundred Poisons into the Twelve-Story Tower.

As for the two books on corpse refining techniques, Leng Feibai simply burned them.

After dealing with the situation in the tomb, Leng Feibai walked around the tomb chamber again to make sure that nothing that shouldn't have been born was leaked out before leaving this damned, dilapidated tomb.

Although he was drenched in cold water in the tomb, Leng Feibai was not too disappointed. After all, life is not some boring script, and things are not always on his side.

After glancing at the setting sun, Leng Feibai raised his hand and drew a Wind and Fire Escape Talisman, then flew towards Raojiang.

In the blink of an eye, a dense forest came into Leng Feibai's view.

Twenty miles northeast of the forest lies a small town with bright lights and bustling activity.

Although Raojiang is a no-man's-land, it is extremely rich in medicinal herbs and poisonous insects, and some daily necessities also need to be imported from the Central Plains.

Therefore, the Song government established a small town for merchants from Xinjiang and the Central Plains to trade, and they were able to collect a considerable amount of tax revenue as a result.

Leng Feibai found a secluded spot to land and slowly walked into the town.

As soon as he entered, Leng Feibai heard a series of hawking calls.

"Come and see, come and see! This carefully refined healing powder is only twenty coins a bottle!"

"A secret-recipe poison, essential for killing mosquitoes and rats, and for silencing witnesses in murders!"

"Love Gu, Love Gu, if you want your partner to never betray you, Love Gu is an essential item."

Listening to the hawking noises around him, Leng Feibai couldn't help but twitch his lips. He then approached an old man's stall and asked, "Sir, what do you sell here?"

The old man, a pipe dangling from his mouth, looked up at Leng Feibai, yawned, and said, "Homegrown medicinal herbs and some snake molts that can be used in medicine. What would you like to buy, sir from the Central Plains?"

Looking at the old man, Leng Feibai tentatively asked, "Where can I get the Ice Silkworm Gu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man almost dropped his pipe. He looked up at Leng Feibai with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

"The Ice Silkworm Gu is a priceless treasure of our Raojiang. It cannot be bought with money!"

"I understand!"

Leng Feibai then took out a small gourd containing an ice silkworm from his sleeve and said, "I have personally gone to the Kunlun Snow Mountain and captured an ice silkworm. I have come to Raojiang to find an expert to help me refine it!"

Looking at the gourd in Leng Feibai's hand, the old man took a deep drag on his pipe, smacked his lips, and said, "The Ice Silkworm Gu is one of the top-tier Gu worms in Raojiang, possessing the effect of suppressing inner demons and granting immunity to all poisons. Currently, within Raojiang, there are only three people capable of refining this Gu worm: one is the Grand Gu Master of Poison Dragon Village, one is the Heavenly Gu Elder of Tianhe Village, and the last is the head of the Iron Fork Society..."

Having said that, the old man fell silent. Seeing this, Leng Feibai took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his pocket and placed it in front of the old man.

The old man beamed with joy as he looked at the silver before him. He took out a map from his robes and said, "Take this map and go to the Hundred Poisons Market in Raojiang. You can buy detailed information about these three people there. Remember, change into Raojiang clothing before you go in. Although some people in Raojiang are willing to trade with people from the Central Plains, there are also some stubborn old men who utterly despise them!"

Leng Feibai nodded after hearing this and turned to walk towards the shops in town that sold Raojiang clothing.

Fifteen minutes later, he came out dressed in a dark purple outfit similar to that of a male Wudu character in JX3 (Swordman Online 3).

As soon as he came out, Leng Feibai felt countless eyes staring intently at him.

Following the gaze, Leng Feibai saw a group of people with disgusted expressions on their faces.

"hehe"

Leng Feibai smiled calmly, and a murderous aura as vast as a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood was released out of thin air, causing the group of people to feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and their whole bodies were drenched in sweat.

Seeing the ugly behavior of those people, Leng Feibai sneered and turned to walk out of the town.

After this incident, Leng Feibai was too lazy to stay in the town.

They left the town directly, planning to go to Raojiang Baidu City early the next morning to purchase suitable intelligence.

Inside the twelfth-floor tower, Leng Feibai continued to peruse the Complete Book of Hundred Poisons in his hand, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.

"Although the art of Gu is not the orthodox path, it cannot be denied that, within the realm of mortals, a good Gu worm can indeed play a significant role."

Leng Feibai looked at it for a while, then put the book aside.

Although he admires Gu techniques, it doesn't mean he will waste time on them.

Taking advantage of this time, Leng Feibai sat down cross-legged and continued to study the War God Diagram in his mind.

The twenty-second image in the God of War's Illustrated Manual records various methods of using poison; there's no need to study or skip it.

The twenty-third picture records the method of dual cultivation between men and women. Guang Chengzi comprehended the way of dual cultivation from this picture and passed it on to the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor then wrote the original text of the dual cultivation method, the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic".

But since Haitang Duoduo and the others haven't woken up yet, this thing is useless, so let's skip it...

After jumping to the twenty-fifth picture, Leng Feibai stared at the images on the stone carving with suppressed emotion.

In addition to the heavenly general, this stone carving also features a vertical eye.

For some reason, Leng Feibai felt his consciousness become somewhat blurred as soon as he saw the eye. When he came to his senses, he found himself in complete darkness, and the area he could see was extremely blurry.

In an instant, a golden vertical eye appeared in front of him.

Before Leng Feibai could react, a burst of golden light erupted from his vertical eye, enveloping him.

In an instant, Leng Feibai felt that his hands, feet, limbs, body, and internal energy had all disappeared!
To be precise, at this moment, only Leng Feibai's soul remained in the same spot.

Feeling the changes in his body, Leng Feibai had only one thought: this picture was about refining the spirit.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai simply sat down cross-legged and faced everything around him with composure.

"Impressive mental fortitude, no wonder he's lived for a hundred years!"

As soon as the voice fell, the white-clad man who had appeared earlier reappeared in front of Leng Feibai.

"This level is very simple: use your wisdom to create a set of methods related to the soul."

The man in white said calmly, "As long as you can suppress this phantom using methods related to the soul, you'll pass the level!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in white vanished. Only a phantom image of a blue dragon remained, roaring as it flew in front of Leng Feibai.

Leng Feibai's expression changed slightly. He raised his hand and formed a hand seal, immediately putting into practice his self-created method of sealing the primordial spirit.

Primordial Spirit Sealing and Locking
Seven golden halos flew out, attempting to first seal off the white dragon's movement range.

But the moment the halo touched the Azure Dragon, the old dragon suddenly whipped its tail, shattering the halo that Leng Feibai had condensed.

"Not easy to deal with!"

As soon as Leng Feibai finished speaking, he saw the Azure Dragon spew out a ball of soul energy, which transformed into a giant net that blotted out the sky and swept over him.

魂炎
Although Leng Feibai's methods in the realm of the soul were shallow, his own soul had been tempered for over eighty years. He then used his soul flame to burn away the giant net that was attacking him.

Upon seeing this, the Azure Dragon moved with the speed of a streak of light, opening its blood-red maw to devour Leng Feibai.

"You beast, you're really getting cocky!"

Leng Feibai cursed angrily, and his own soul power also erupted, condensing into a pair of soul arms in the air, and he raised his fists to hit the dragon.

The two immediately engaged in combat, and for a time they were evenly matched.

Leng Feibai took the opportunity to think, and in an instant, he recalled the various soul-related attack methods in the fantasy novels he had read.

Left with no other choice, Leng Feibai resorted to a makeshift approach, attempting to deduce the solution on the spot.

Soul-shaking, primordial spirit severing, and various other techniques were used to attack the Azure Dragon, which was fighting with both hands, from all directions.

Interference from the outside force caused the Azure Dragon to suddenly roar, and the violent sound waves completely destroyed all the soul attacks that Leng Feibai had gathered.

But at that moment, an ice-blue talisman flew out and struck the Azure Dragon's body.

Tongtian Talisman - Mystic Ice Soul Sealing Talisman
A layer of ice formed from the Azure Dragon's body, sealing it firmly within a piece of black ice and rendering it unable to move.

With a flick of his wrist, Leng Feibai caused the block of ice to shrink rapidly, transforming in the blink of an eye into a small, icy blue gemstone no bigger than a walnut, which flew back into his hand.

Although he obtained the Xuanbing, Leng Feibai was unable to leave this space.

After all, the white-robed man's request was for him to use newly created methods to suppress the Azure Dragon.

However, he used talismans to suppress him, which was clearly against the rules.

Left with no other choice, Leng Feibai placed the ice in front of him, sat down cross-legged, and carefully began to comprehend it using the memories in his mind.

As Leng Feibai entered a meditative state, several phantom souls appeared in the surrounding dark space, rapidly deducing from the memories in his mind.

Time flew by, and after an unknown amount of time, Leng Feibai slowly stood up, raised his hand, and shattered the ice seal with a single finger.

The dragon that had escaped its predicament soared into the sky, glaring angrily at Leng Feibai.

"I'm sorry to have disappointed you earlier. But now, I will utterly defeat you. Soul-Chasing Sword Formation."

With a wave of his hand, Leng Feibai unleashed a burst of pure sword energy from the surrounding air, forming a sword array that trapped the Azure Dragon within.

The azure dragon dodged left and right, but its scales were still injured by the sword energy.

However, upon closer inspection, one can see that many light spots have appeared on the dragon scales.

Although the attack power of the Soul-Chasing Sword Qi has an upper limit, each attack will leave a soul mark on the opponent's body.

Leng Feibai can use the Soul Imprint mark to remotely apply other methods to the target.

Weak consciousness
Disorder
Spiritual fire
Soul Explosion
With four different methods used simultaneously, the entire azure dragon was immediately beaten and left battered and bruised.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Leng Feibai changed his move and unleashed his final attack: Soul Seal.

Having lost its ability to resist, the Azure Dragon returned to its frozen state once more.

Leng Feibai breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the outside world.

The clone beside him looked at him and said calmly, "This time it took three days, but don't worry, we've already arranged for other clones to take care of the Ice Silkworm."

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai immediately canceled the clone beside him, struggled to jump up from the ground, returned to the courtyard of Qunfangyuan, and jumped into the hot spring to soak.

This time, I was able to break through the test thanks to the fantasy and cultivation novels I usually read. Based on the descriptions of soul-related techniques in those novels, and combined with the effects of the War God's Manual, I was able to create twelve ultimate soul-related skills and successfully pass the test of the War God's Manual.

"call"

Leng Feibai yawned, a long-unseen weariness flashing in his eyes.

At that moment, he didn't want to think about anything else; he just wanted to take a nice bath and then go back to bed to sleep peacefully for a few days.

After a few days of quiet rest, Leng Feibai changed into Raojiang attire and entered the Raojiang Forest.

Using the map he obtained from the old man, Leng Feibai spent half a day finally finding the location of Baidu City.

Upon entering, the overwhelming stench almost made Leng Feibai vomit his bile.

The feeling was like someone opening twenty cans of herring in front of you, serving forty bowls of snail rice noodles, and then opening sixty durians.

Left with no other choice, Leng Feibai raised his hand to seal his sense of smell before bracing himself and entering the house, where he heard what sounded like shouts from a town.

"Come and see, come and see! Freshly caught poisonous insects, highly toxic, the perfect choice for refining Gu worms!"

"A family heirloom flute for controlling Gu insects, which can be used to activate hundreds of types of Gu insects!"

"Flame Gu, Ice Gu, Spider Gu... all kinds of high-quality Gu worms, the best choice for refining your natal Gu!"

(End of this chapter)