Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 172 Replenishing the Internal Organs, Qi and Blood as Abundant as a Mountain
A dark shadow, like a mountain, pressed down on the void.
Li Wushou stared solemnly at the dark figure, then, as if remembering something, called out to Chen Gou'er:
"Dog, when you eat the gods, don't eat that sapling too."

Chen Gou'er swallowed the divine food beneath his feet in large gulps, and let out a few whimpers in between, which could be considered as a response to Li Wushou.

Only then did Li Wushou concentrate fully on refining the spirit within his abdomen.

This time, he clearly noticed the shadowy figure's difficulty. This spirit inside the belly was different from the evil spirits and demons. In addition to the power of evil spirits, it also had abundant blood energy, so the shadowy figure digested it much more slowly.

Furthermore, the spirit inside his belly was struggling fiercely. Even though he had used the sapling to disrupt the spirit's mind and pinned it down with wire, the shadowy figure was still struggling to cope.

With a thought, dozens of blood essence seeds suddenly floated in front of Li Wushou's eyes.

These seeds of blood energy are similar to the flesh and blood spirits of the Blood Buddha Temple, and can devour and store blood energy.

Last time, Li Wushou swallowed the river god quite easily, but he didn't know if it would be effective against this god in his belly.
With a flick of the shadowy figure, the seed of blood energy fell into it, then took root in the god's body in the abdomen like a maggot clinging to a bone, greedily sucking at it.

it works!

Li Wushou's eyes lit up, and he became somewhat excited.

In this way, with two methods working together, the god within the shadowy body finally met its end, transforming into blood seeds brimming with vital energy, hovering around Li Wushou.

Meanwhile, the evil energy within him was refined into his body by the shadowy figure, who would later share the spoils with Li Wushou.

As more and more blood seeds floated around him, Li Wushou sat cross-legged in the void and silently recited "Food is the foundation of heaven".

"Heaven and earth are the harmony of yin and yang. Heaven's way is flawed, so it gives rise to all things to make itself complete. Humanity's way is flawed, so it consumes all things in heaven and earth to build an imperishable body."

The rolling sound of the Dao was like thunder, echoing throughout the mountaintop platform.

One by one, the blood seeds fell into Li Wushou's mouth and were refined by "Food is Heaven" into rolling blood energy, filling Li Wushou's internal organs.

The first thing Li Wushou took care of was the liver that had been used up to build the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Under Li Wushou's mental guidance, the liver slowly regenerated and was quickly repaired.

Next comes the most important part, which is the spleen and stomach, which Li Wushou only tried briefly before giving up.

A large amount of blood and qi rushes directly to the spleen and stomach, and the blood vessels and fascia are formed first, stimulating the blood and qi, and the structure of the spleen and stomach slowly takes shape.

But the moment it took shape, Li Wushou's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and a greedy desire that wanted to devour everything soared to the sky.

The old beggar's expression changed, and he pointed at the high priest's head. The head quickly weathered away like yellow sand, then transformed into billowing incense energy, which coiled into a net above the platform.

The old beggar stretched out his arm, turned his palm down, and clenched it.

The net of incense offerings tightly bound Luotou Mountain, and in an instant, Luotou Mountain seemed to have been confined and pulled out of the world.

The old beggar let out a long sigh of relief, then looked up at the empty space in front of him.

After the High Priest's head weathered away, a small figure, about the size of a palm, floated in mid-air—it was Luo Fan's true spirit. At this moment, it had been mostly digested by the High Priest and was on the verge of dissipating.

After thinking for a moment, the old beggar took the photograph into his hands.

Meanwhile, Chen Gou'er, who was devouring the god beneath his feet, tensed up. Just now, he had noticed Li Wushou's gaze sweep over him.

That gaze was different from its usual gentleness; it was filled with malice and greed, as if it wanted to devour him and the god beneath his feet together.

In his haste, Chen Gou'er disregarded everything else and hurriedly sped up his swallowing. He was afraid that if he didn't swallow all of the food, Li Wushou would come and snatch it away.

Provoked by Li Wushou, Chen Gou'er finally swallowed the entire Foot God into his stomach.

He was thinking of digesting it quickly, but remembering Li Wushou's instructions, he opened his mouth and spat out the sapling.

Chen Gou'er sat cross-legged on the ground, his physical body somewhat fragmented. Other pieces that had finished eating wriggled toward Chen Gou'er and then pieced themselves back into his body.

However, perhaps because Chen Gou'er was too impatient, he misspelled many parts in his haste.

From a distance, Chen Gou'er's body looked rather strange: his left and right feet were reversed, and his waist was upside down.
But Chen Gou'er had no time for anything else and hurriedly recited the mantra "Food is Heaven" to aid digestion.

Others may be too hasty to eat hot tofu, but Sanxianguan can definitely be hasty. If Sanxianguan gets really impatient, it can even eat up the tofu shop.

Chen Gou'er perfectly exemplified this point at that moment.

The old beggar was disgusted by Chen Gou'er's eating habits; even eating a meal could result in such a grotesque and inhuman appearance.

If others see this, they'll think we can't afford to eat at Sanxian Restaurant.

He shook his head somewhat speechlessly, then looked at Li Wushou with a serious expression.

That sudden surge of greed was too abrupt; in his haste, he could only ignite the incense in Losang's head, shrouding the world in its light.

It's a bit of a shame about Losang's head, but Losang's experiences are quite interesting.

The old beggar had just quickly browsed through some fragments and found quite a bit of interesting information.

For example, the "God-Seizing Talisman" that he currently holds in his hand, and the Immortal Mountain that Li Wushou just asked about.
"Pity!"

The old beggar sighed again. If he had known this would happen, he would have spat out some of the incense he had eaten. That way, if he had kept Losang's head, he might have been able to find more information.

Seeing that Li Wushou's breathing was becoming increasingly steady, the old beggar quickly composed himself, lest Li Wushou notice something amiss.
Anyway, Li Wushou had no idea that by consuming incense, he had already been able to access part of Losang's memories.

The old beggar thought to himself, and then felt relieved.

Li Wushou somewhat reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Chen Gou'er and the mound of corpses in front of the ancestral hall, and suddenly opened his mouth to swallow a large amount of blood seeds.

The uncontrollable hunger lessened somewhat, and Li Wushou then devoted himself once again to the preparation of the spleen and stomach.

He still had plenty of blood left, more than enough to spawn the entire spleen and stomach system. After an unknown amount of time, Li Wushou suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes. Opening them, he realized he had fallen back to the ground from mid-air and now seemed to be sinking into it.
But then a smile appeared on Li Wushou's face. After going through hardships, his internal organs were finally restored!
At this moment, the flesh and blood in his abdominal cavity were translucent, his internal organs were strong, and blood vessels and tendons were attached to them, transporting blood and qi. Li Wushou seemed to have infinite strength.

Li Wushou slowly stood up, and suddenly heard a series of booming sounds in his ears.

"Boom!"

The moment the movement occurred, there was an instant feeling of the sky collapsing and the earth sinking into the cave.

Having just replenished its internal organs and not yet having had time to gather its blood and qi, the blood and qi throughout its body were as heavy as a mountain, directly crushing the ground.

A glint flashed in Li Wushou's eyes, and he quickly focused his mind, activating the power of the Dharma Domain within his Daoist robe to envelop his physical body.

No wonder his physical body sank into the mountain; the blood energy within his body was far too overwhelming at that moment.
After a brief assessment, even Li Wushou himself was astonished.

Because he had a vague feeling that someone like Liu Mu could, even with just his qi and blood, be half-dead with a single punch.

It seems I need some time to adjust to the changes in my body.

But then Li Wushou was overjoyed, after all, apart from Xiao Panshan, who would complain about his strong physical body?
Looking around, all was pitch black, but Li Wushou could clearly tell that there were still many blood seeds around him that had not been completely consumed.

I roughly counted them, and there were about twenty or thirty left.

With a thought, he retrieved the blood seeds back into his body, intending to save them as provisions for the future.

After replenishing his spleen and stomach, he could easily sense with just a slight effort that his appetite was now astonishingly good.

Carefully maneuvering his magic domain to envelop his physical body, Chen Gou'er returned to the ground. He closed his eyes to digest the divine essence within his stomach, while the old beggar lay lazily on a piece of gravel.

The old beggar's eyes lit up when he saw Li Wushou, and he asked in surprise, "Are all your internal organs back?"

Li Wushou nodded, then walked to Chen Gou'er's side and picked up the sapling he had spat out.

The old beggar, however, scurried up to Li Wushou and whispered furtively, "Where's the blood seed? Before Chen Gou'er wakes up, give me one so I can taste it."

Li Wushou took out another sapling from the body of the deity within his robes and replied to the old beggar without looking up:
"We've finished eating!"

The old beggar was so angry he was practically fuming. "You think I'm blind, Li Wushou?"

He was about to explain to Li Wushou that he had just seen that the blood seed had not been finished.

Then Li Wushou lifted up Luo Fan's mangled body, which was missing its legs, had an empty abdomen, and was headless, looking utterly broken.

Li Wushou, holding the mangled body, filled it into the deep pit he had just dug out.

Then he sat cross-legged on the edge of the pit, his hands quickly forming mudras.

The two saplings slowly dissolved and then merged together, growing into a new sapling. This new sapling was strong and much taller than the two that had been growing before.

With a thought, the sapling fell into the deep pit and took root on Luo Fan's mangled body.

After thinking for a moment, a blood seed flew out from Li Wushou's body and fell into it. Nourished by the blood energy of Li Wushou and Luo Fan's remains, the sapling took root and grew even faster.

The old beggar was slightly taken aback and glanced at Li Wushou with some surprise.

Then, he released his palm, and the incomplete true spirit belonging to Luo Fan fell into the tree canopy. The trees swayed gracefully, and in the blink of an eye, pits appeared, giving them a bit of the grandeur of a sacred tree.

The old beggar glanced at Li Wushou, who was still lost in thought, and asked with some resentment:
"Didn't you say you'd finished consuming the blood seed?"

Li Wushou stared at the newly sprouted trees and replied somewhat perfunctorily:
"Oh, I'm done eating now!"

The old beggar was so angry his liver ached. He turned around and opened his mouth to suck in the incense net that locked the mountain in the sky.

As he swallowed, he kept rubbing the mud and ash off his body. In no time, the net of incense offerings was completely devoured, and the old beggar had a large handful of mud strips in his hands.

"time to go!"

Seeing that Li Wushou was still lost in thought, the old beggar reminded him.

Li Wushou nodded slightly, touched his brow, and the Three Immortals Pavilion of Aishan was taken back into his body. Along with it, the pieced-together version of Chen Gou'er, who was still digesting the God of the Foot, was also sent back to the Three Immortals Pavilion.

I glanced at the mound of skulls in front of the ancestral hall, and the head of the Minister of Justice was among them.

Aside from a small number of clansmen whose heads hadn't yet been severed, the vast majority were simply unconscious. Li Wushou asked the old beggar, "Here?"

The old beggar waved his hand dismissively, casually tossing a strip of mud into the broken ground, where it gently ignited. Then he said to Li Wushou:
"I've already asked them, mainly the Minister of Martial and Criminal Affairs. The others haven't seen you or me before, and they don't even know what happened, but I've asked them all."

Li Wushou nodded, then invited the old beggar back to the Three Immortals Pavilion, intending to fly directly towards the Dwarf White Mountain in the northeast corner.

But suddenly, as if remembering something, Li Wushou rode his Dharma Domain and floated into the ancestral temple.

After searching for a while, they finally found some spines, about twenty or thirty in the side room on the left side of the main hall.

These spines were carefully stored in a sandalwood box, some of which were freshly removed today, and others were previously kept by the ancestral hall staff.

Li Wushou made no distinction and put the boxes next to him into the Yin-Yang diagram.

Having done all this, Li Wushou took a step and disappeared from the top of Luotou Mountain.

The old beggar once said that you should never visit someone's home empty-handed.

Next, they need to go to Aibai Mountain to retrieve his bones. It is said that the Bamboo Gentleman likes backbones with integrity, so Li Wushou specially selected some for him.

At the same time, he was also very curious, wondering if the spine of the bamboo gentleman was just as hard.

(End of this chapter)