Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 262 Incense and Golden Body
Muyu Island is full of vitality.

Inside the tranquil retreat, Jiang Chen held a golden toad in his hand, continuously channeling his divine soul power into it, searching for the inheritance within.

In the past, he had often done this. Although he didn't gain much except for the secret method of refining the money tree, and only some fragmented inheritances that were of little use to him, his spiritual power was greatly honed in the process.

Now that his divine soul has advanced to the second level, he can explore even more things.

"With the transformation of his soul, the previously unbreakable restrictions can now be easily crossed."

Sensing the changes inside the golden toad, Jiang Chen easily passed through a tight seal.

At that very moment, clusters of light, some bright and some dim, came into Jiang Chen's view. At the very core, a golden cluster of light hung high, illuminating all directions like a small sun. There, Jiang Chen sensed an aura that shared the same origin as the Golden and Silver Qi-Guiding Technique.

"It is at least a Purple Mansion level inheritance, and it may even be a Daoist scripture."

With his mind elevated, gazing up at the golden ball of light, Jiang Chen vaguely saw the character for "wealth".

However, in the next instant, the golden light disappeared, as if it were an illusion, and the entire space dimmed at an extremely fast speed.

Upon seeing this, almost instinctively, Jiang Chen quickly pocketed one of the nearby orbs of light.

Almost simultaneously, the power of the restriction swept in, and Jiang Chen's soul was once again expelled.

"Incense offerings cast into a golden statue?"

As his consciousness returned to reality, the inherited scriptures he had brought back surfaced, and Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.

The first-tier inheritance of the Golden Toad's Golden and Silver Qi-Inducing Technique was alright. Although it was somewhat strange, it was generally similar to the mainstream immortal path. At least from the appearance, it was indeed an immortal cultivation technique. It was also based on the spiritual aperture, refining a mouthful of true qi to build the foundation of the Great Dao.

However, once it reaches the second level, its inheritance becomes somewhat strange, and it is quite different from the mainstream inheritance. Although the Incense Casting Golden Body is not a continuation of the Gold and Silver Qi-Inducing Technique, it is an extremely important secret method, and it is even related to the cultivation of the second level of the Golden Toad inheritance.

"Based on the power of incense, the inheritance of this golden toad is indeed strange."

Having digested the inheritance and understood the essence of this secret technique, Jiang Chen's expression became serious.

The inheritance within this golden toad is less about cultivating immortality and more about cultivating divinity, requiring one to take fame as the foundation and absorb the incense offerings of all living beings for sustenance.

"The incense-forged golden body is a technique that uses incense as its material to forge a golden body for the soul. It has the wonderful effect of warding off evil spirits and purifying oneself. Once this technique is completed, the soul is protected by the golden body formed by the incense, which is difficult to shake with ordinary means."

“Even when a cultivator reaches a certain level, they can completely abandon their physical body and use the incense-infused golden body as a new body to continue their cultivation.”

Feeling the profound mystery of the secret method of casting a golden body with incense, Jiang Chen had various thoughts flashing through his mind, and for a moment he couldn't help but be tempted.

However, after a moment, Jiang Chen shook his head and collected his thoughts.

"The incense-casting method is excellent; in some ways, it is a rare and profound spiritual technique. It's just a pity that incense is not so easy to refine."

"For cultivators who practice the Golden Toad inheritance, only by forging an incense golden body can their cultivation at the second level truly proceed smoothly. After all, incense is not so easy to refine, and an incense golden body can provide them with a certain degree of protection. This is the most crucial use of the secret method of forging an incense golden body." "But even with the protection of an incense golden body, the danger of cultivating this method is still extremely high."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen temporarily suppressed his idea of ​​cultivating the incense-forged golden body.

"Incense is poisonous. Although this was just an empty statement from my past life, it may not be without reason."

"My physical body will not practice this method in the short term, but the profound mystery of casting a golden body with incense is something I can try to learn from."

With an idea in mind, Jiang Chen began to delve into the secrets of the Incense-Forged Golden Body technique. It must be said that this secret method contained many wonders of the soul and was of great use to him.

And so, Jiang Chen focused on comprehending his secret technique, paying little attention to matters of the outside world.

"The essence of casting a golden body with incense is actually to use incense to cast a phantom body so that the soul can reside in it. Although I do not have incense, I have a second-level Yin Sha. Like the power of incense, this Yin Sha power is also quite compatible with the power of the soul, and may be used as material for casting a golden body."

Inside the spirit cave, a burst of spiritual light appeared, and Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

Once this thought arose, a variety of ideas immediately came to mind, and the more Jiang Chen thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

With a flick of his sleeve, a jade bottle instantly appeared in Jiang Chen's hand, containing wisps of malevolent energy—the very same malevolent energy he had previously contained.

"Eroding Yin Sha is a kind of Yin Sha energy that often arises in places where spiritual veins collapse. It has a special nature and a natural corrosive effect on spirituality. It can cause the spirituality of all things to be obscured. For most cultivators, this Eroding Yin Sha is a kind of poison that is very detrimental to cultivation."

“Cultivators at the Dao Foundation stage might be alright, but once cultivators at the Qi Refining stage are entangled by this Yin Sha Qi, their spirituality will be clouded, and their cultivation will likely be lost immediately.”

As Jiang Chen examined the malevolent energy in his hand, a series of thoughts surfaced in his mind.

The use of malevolent energy is quite extensive, whether it is for refining weapons or forging techniques, but the quantity is relatively small. So far, he has only come into contact with three kinds of malevolent energy: the Green Serpent Malevolent Energy, the Tiger Malevolent Energy, and this Spirit-Eating Yin Malevolent Energy.

However, compared to the previous two types of living spirit evil, the corrosive spirit evil is even rarer.

"I obtained some methods for refining evil energy from Gao Siyuan and Zhou Hu. Although they are not 100% suitable, they still have great reference value. Combined with the secret method of casting a golden body with incense, the possibility of refining the corrosive Yin energy is still very high."

"However, this Soul-Eating Yin Sha is not pure enough and needs further refinement. The dregs can be used to refine the fighting corpse."

After a moment of reflection, Jiang Chen quickly made a decision.

Summoned by Jiang Chen, the fighting corpse quickly arrived at the Spirit Cave. Its body was filled with dense Yin energy, and its aura was already close to the Great Completion of Qi Refining.

With its own remarkable aptitude and sufficient resources to sustain it, the current fighting corpse is much stronger than before. Of course, compared to Jiang Chen, it is still far behind and can no longer keep up with Jiang Chen's pace. It is precisely because of this that the fighting corpse's main role is to guard Muyu Island.

"After all, the zombies are a different species among zombies. Their aptitude and combat strength are quite good. If they have enough opportunities, they still have a chance to build a foundation for their Dao. However, they will need to put in a lot of effort."

After examining the fighting corpse, Jiang Chen didn't think much of it and immediately began cultivating according to the original plan.

(End of this chapter)