Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 161 The Three Corpse Gods

The admiring sighs of the Minister of Justice echoed in the mountain chamber.
The high priest gazed silently at the empty niche, seemingly lost in thought, and after a long while slowly replied:
"Wu Xing, you go ahead and get busy. The blood sacrifice is over today, and the Li Tou Guo should be ripe by tomorrow. You also need to preside over the coming-of-age ceremony for the clan's young men."

Wu Xing respectfully agreed and said no more. He deeply sympathized with the pain of losing a son and thus held the Grand Priest in even higher esteem.

Li Wushou huddled in a corner of the mountain chamber. The Minister of Martial Justice had left, but he hadn't!

He stared silently at Luo Fan's stomach until the head inside was completely digested before Li Wushou turned his gaze to the head staring at the empty niche.

He realized that he might have underestimated this high priest!
The other party spent fifteen taels of gold to send the heads of their son and daughter-in-law back to the clan, thinking it was out of love for their grandson and concern for their son and daughter-in-law.

But at this moment, it seems that all of this is not as good as the final bow of the Martial Justice Minister.
Only then did Li Wushou finally realize what taboo Luo Wen and his wife had broken!
They ate the son of the Martial and Punishing Minister, and this son was very likely also approved by that so-called ancestral god.

Otherwise, the Minister of Justice wouldn't have said that his son didn't have that kind of fortune.

Ten years ago, it should have been the son of the Minister of Military Affairs who was recognized by the ancestral gods, but now it is the grandson of the Grand Priest who has been recognized by the ancestral gods.

Moreover, the Minister of Justice was completely convinced of the Grand Priest's abilities.

The implications of this sent a chill down Li Wushou's spine!

The drama of selflessly sacrificing one's own family for the greater good would not normally stir Li Wushou's emotions, but what if this was exactly the kind of drama the Grand Priest needed from the very beginning?
As the high priest, Losang couldn't possibly be unaware of what the return of the flying skull demon to the clan at this time signified.

But he not only brought back the Luo Wen couple, he also brought back the ten taels of gold that he owed Li Wushou.

No wonder Losang is still deeply supported by his clansmen despite his son and daughter-in-law breaking taboos.

And is this ancestral god's approval really a good thing?
After all, according to the old beggar, this god is going to die!
Is it a good thing to be valued by a dying god?
Luo Fan swallowed the flying skull ghosts that his parents had transformed into, yet he remained unconscious and in a deep sleep, clearly under their control.

Perhaps this is what the Grand Priest and the Minister of Justice meant when they said it was the fate of being their descendants?
Li Wushou pondered deeply, while the High Priest over there seemed to have finally finished mourning his son and daughter-in-law, his head, which had been hovering in mid-air, slowly flew back to the sky above the blood pool.

The high priest, his face expressionless, suddenly uttered a cold shout:
"Two spirits separated from the body!"

The body, which was sitting cross-legged on the ground, began to tremble continuously.

Immediately, two streams of light flew out and landed on the figure standing behind. The glass tree on his neck suddenly rejuvenated and swallowed the essence in the blood pool.

The blood pool, which had become thick due to the incorporation of blood mud crushed from hundreds of flying skull demons, thinned out and became clear in the blink of an eye.

Conversely, the flesh and blood tree on the High Priest's body withered instantly and shrank back into his body.

Its once upright posture became hunched over again, and its head, which was suspended in mid-air, was once again covered with wrinkles.

This scene looked as if the high priest was using his own life to keep the glass tree alive.

The head slowly fell, and the high priest struggled to raise his hands, caught it, and placed it back on the neck.

At this moment, the other party looked even older. The High Priest slowly got up, walked to the platform, and gently patted Luo Fan, who was still fast asleep.

"Fan'er, wake up!"

A red light flashed around Luo Fan, and then he slowly opened his eyes, looked at Luo Sang in front of him, and obediently called out, "Grandpa!"

Then, after looking around, she asked softly, "Where is this? Where are my parents?"

"This is a secret place under the clan's sacred tree. Your parents went to the clan doctor to treat their colds!"

Luo Fan sat up from the stone platform and asked with some concern, "Are Father and Mother's colds serious? Are they still able to come to my coming-of-age ceremony?"

Losang gently patted Luo Fan's head and comforted him softly, "It's not serious. It's just that we're worried about infecting you and affecting your test. As for your ritual, they will see it!"

Luo Fan nodded vigorously.

"Grandpa, I'll definitely be the bravest during the test!"

Losang smiled slightly, took Luo Fan's hand, and walked along the corridor towards the ground, laughing as they went:

"Then you'd better work hard, the sacred fruit will ripen tomorrow!"

"Oh? So fast? I'll try my best!"

The voices of the old and the young faded into the distance.
Li Wushou stood on the long corridor, gazing at the standing figure, and immersed his mind in the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Looking at the old beggar who was dozing off, Li Wushou asked bluntly, "Are the human face and the claws two gods?"

The old beggar nodded first, then shook his head. "He is indeed a god, but he is somewhat different from the god you understand."

Li Wushou wanted to ask more, but the old beggar stretched and stood up from the square table, walking towards the bedroom. As he walked, he pointed to the incense table and said to Li Wushou:

“There’s a piece of paper left over from wiping our bottoms. The situation described on it should be very similar to that of this Luotou clan.”

Upon hearing this, veins bulged on Li Wushou's forehead. He seemed to have heard these words before.
That's what the old beggar said when he took out the book "Food is the Best"!
It seems I need to find some time to ask Chen Gou'er how much excrement this old beggar has produced, and how much paper he has left! With a thought, the paper on the incense table lay flat before his eyes.

Li Wushou looked up and saw the words "Three Corpse Gods" clearly written above!

After quickly glancing through the document, Li Wushou's eyes revealed understanding.

The information recorded above is limited, and it is not the cultivation method Li Wushou imagined, nor does it have the mystical effects of "eating to become an immortal".

This is merely a record of a legendary story, very similar to the one told by Wu Zhuangyuan.

According to the above description, in the distant past, the world was different from today. The divine way was not manifest, and everyone imitated the heavens and earth, cultivating longevity and carefree existence.

One of the Taoists believed that the reason why heaven and earth could exist for so long was because they were without desire or thought!
If a person wants to live as long as heaven and earth, then the same is true!
He believed that three "gods" resided within each person's body! The god in the brain was thought, the god in the belly was greed, and the god under the feet was desire or killing!

So he cut off his feet, removed his waist and abdomen, and cut off his head, attempting to make himself without thought, without greed, without desire, and to reach the state of heaven and earth.

This state is known as "immortality" in later generations!

The story was incomplete and not particularly exciting, but it did give Li Wushou a lot of inspiration.

Moreover, judging from the age of the notes, they were definitely not something an old beggar made up on the spot.

Li Wushou learned two pieces of information from this: first, the world today is different from before; second, some people in the past attempted to become immortals by severing their own "Three Corpse Gods"!
The ancestors of the Luotou clan cut off their heads in order to become immortals.

When Li Wushou first heard of the Head-Locking Clan, he found it absurd, but what if such a method really existed?
So, is the other party trying to become an immortal by imitating the Taoist in this "Three Corpse Gods"?

Judging from the respectful kowtows of the Grand Priest and the Minister of Justice, the standing figure should be the ancestor of the Luotou clan, or rather, the physical body he left behind.
Because the glass tree on its neck is more like an ancestral god that was later born from its body.

When the High Priest commanded the Flying Skull Demon, he borrowed the god within the belly and the god beneath the feet from this standing figure, after which the ancestral god began to wither.

This shows that the ancestral god is kept alive because it is nourished by these two gods.

Considering what the old beggar had said about the ancestral god being about to die, Li Wushou felt even more strongly that this must be true.

The gods in the belly and at the feet are probably not the ancestors of the Luotou clan, but rather the high priest Losang.

Because of the moment he merged with the god in his belly and the god under his feet, the High Priest not only returned to his peak, but also became more adept at wielding the power of the two gods.

Li Wushou had seen what it was like when Wusheng borrowed the divine power of the Eternal Mother; the burden it carried was absolutely unbearable for anyone wielding divine power.

But the High Priest did not! Everything was so relaxed and carefree.

There is only one possibility: these two gods originally belonged to him.

Li Wushou's understanding gradually became clearer: the High Priest was probably using his own life to keep the ancestral god alive.

The reason why the Luotou clan was able to thrive to its current size is obviously closely related to the Litou Fruit nurtured by the ancestral god.

Therefore, this behavior is one of the reasons why he is so popular with the Luotou clan.

This ancestral deity must have had a problem ten years ago, or even longer, or perhaps the two ancestral deities who had been supporting him had a problem.

At that time, the fate of this ancestral god was already predetermined, so he wanted to defy fate and change his body to be reborn.

Therefore, ten years ago, the ancestral god chose the son of the Minister of Martial Arts to be his new vessel.

This should be an honor for Wu Xing Situ, since it's just a body, but at least his head can be left behind and transformed into a flying skull ghost.

But he never expected that his son would be eaten whole by the Loven couple in their sudden loss of control.

Then, the high priest Losang spent nearly ten years raising his grandson again, bringing him back to the clan, and regaining the approval of the ancestral gods.

Now all that's left is to wait for the Li Tou Fruit to ripen tomorrow, so that Luo Fan can eat it, complete his return to the ancestral lineage, and then proceed with the transplantation of the ancestral god.
During this process, although the son and daughter-in-law of the Grand Priest made a big mistake, he was selfless and turned the tide, which made the clan members trust him.
Everything made sense, but Li Wushou only wanted to ask one question: What was the Grand Priest's motive?
The ancestral god Tuzu has been revived and is leading the Luotou clan to multiply and thrive.

maybe!
But all of this is based on the premise that Wu Xing Situ's son was indeed eaten by Luo Wen and his wife when they lost control.

Spending a lot of time with the old beggar, Li Wushou also began to learn to assume the worst about a person.

Li Wushou had been thinking about this ever since he saw Luo Fan uncontrollably swallow his parents' heads whole and then digest them.

What if Luo Wen and his wife were also under Luo Sang's control back then, which is why they ate Wu Xing Situ's son?

So let's look back at today's results with this premise in mind.

What is the Grand Priest's motive?

(End of this chapter)