Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 201 The Path to Golden Core and the Ending!

Golden elixir!

Li Wushou had been looking forward to this for a long time.

But apart from the name, he didn't seem to know anything else about the Golden Elixir.

Moreover, there seem to be many kinds of Golden Elixir. He heard a term called "Internal Golden Elixir" from the Paper Goddess. So, is there also an "External Golden Elixir"?
After the Paper Goddess entered the Three Immortals Hall, Li Wushou asked her some questions.

However, the other party also only had a vague understanding, saying only that they had seen a mysterious saying in the Upper Cultivation Cave:
The seed that one's own method produces is the inner elixir.

Besides, I only heard about the Paper Goddess after staying in Wufang City for a long time.

It is said that mastering two opposing forces and merging them into one to form a Dharma Domain is what is called the Inner Dharma Golden Core.

The domain of the Inner Golden Elixir can transform the world, turning the area where one is located into one's own domain.

As for the other paper goddesses, he knew nothing about them, but Li Wushou was not disappointed.

If the other party truly understood, they wouldn't have been so terrified by Li Wushou's half-baked Yin-Yang Fusion at the Baizhi Taoist Temple on Guanyin Mountain.

Later, Li Wushou pondered for a long time and felt that the domain of this inner golden elixir should be more domineering than the domain activated by the Yin-Yang Daoist robe.

Because of the Dharma Domain he activated through the Yin-Yang Daoist Robe, it was difficult for him to forcibly reverse the heavens and earth; at most, he could only merge with the heavens and earth.

Li Wushou often used this to counteract the constraints imposed on him by the laws of others.

But all of the above seem to describe the ability of the inner method Golden Core, so how can he achieve the Golden Core?

Apart from the cryptic words spoken inside the Upper Refinement Cave, Li Wushou was completely clueless.

However, it seems that this is not quite right, because he had also heard some of those stories from Wu Zhuangyuan's tales.

The protagonist in the storybook can achieve the Golden Core by merging his essence, energy, and spirit into one.

Although the exact method is unknown, prioritizing these aspects to their optimal levels is undoubtedly the right approach. This is also one of the reasons why Li Wushou is so determined to preserve his physical body intact.

So, in total, including the stories from folk tales, Li Wushou was able to gather four pieces of information about the Golden Elixir:
Essence, Qi, Spirit, and the seeds of one's own Dharma!

Now that his physical body is finally complete, his vital essence is so abundant that even Li Wushou himself is somewhat astonished. The essence among the four elements has been fulfilled.

For him, the path was clear.

Although his dantian has grown larger, his physical condition has far exceeded his expectations this time. With the generation of essence and marrow, his blood and qi have greatly increased. In addition, with the gains from the black shadow this time, his qi cultivation can also be accelerated a lot.

Moreover, his next step was to investigate the Upper Cultivation Cave where the Paper Goddess originated.

There might be a superior method for refining Yin and Yang energies there.

Even without this method, if he consumed more Yin and evil spirits along the way, his Qi cultivation progress shouldn't be too slow.

As for that so-called self-law, since the Paper Goddess saw a few words about it in the upper cultivator's cave, there might be a detailed explanation inside.

Therefore, regardless of the purpose, building a cave dwelling seemed imperative.

What's giving him a headache right now is God!

In theory, a god should belong to the realm of spirit and soul. Li Wushou had observed Xiao Panshan's Yin spirit state, which was essentially the result of refining Yin power into his own living soul when his physical body was about to die, thus becoming a Yin spirit.

The cultivator's soul and the Yin spirit differ in their manifestations, but they should have some similarities. Li Wushou guessed that they should also be transformed through the life soul.

But this gave Li Wushou an even bigger headache, because he had no living soul.

He used to travel all over the country with the old beggar, and he encountered many soul-searching and soul-devouring things, but he never felt anything.

If there is no living soul, how can he transform it into a divine soul?
Should we ask the old beggar for one?
He's consumed so much incense offerings, he should be able to handle it, right?

After thinking it over, Li Wushou gave up on the plan. The old beggar was already old and had a hard life; he didn't want him to just explode on the spot.

Composing himself, Li Wushou slowly descended from mid-air.

"Thump!"

Despite being prepared, Li Wushou remained planted straight on the mountaintop platform like an iron rod, his body now even heavier!
With a thought, he put the Yin-Yang Daoist robe back on. Sensing the change in Li Wushou's figure, he adjusted the size of the robe as he put it on, and it fit him perfectly again after a moment.

The domain of law extended out, and Li Wushou pulled his physical body out of the pit.

The moment I stood still on the platform, I looked around at the entire platform.

The old beggar sat cross-legged in the void, refining the incense smoke within the snail shell.

Beside him, the ground where the white bamboo grove used to be was now littered with white-boned cicadas, but strangely, Chen Gou'er was nowhere to be found.

Zooming out, we finally spotted Chen Gou'er and Paper Goddess on a mountaintop to the side.

The Paper Goddess followed behind Chen Gou'er, her six arms raised high, constantly folding paper bags.

Chen Gou'er was carrying three paper bags that were bigger than him, all of which were bulging inside.

Given his size, it was already quite inconvenient for him to pick it up, but he still couldn't bear to put the bag down, and didn't even have the intention of letting the paper goddess take it.

To do this, he stretched out the five fingers of his left hand, grabbed the openings of the three paper bags in his hand, and carried them steadily on his back.

The other right hand was constantly picking up the white-boned cicadas from the ground and putting them into the fourth pocket.

Judging from his expression, he was overjoyed by the feeling of scavenging for food.

Li Wushou withdrew his gaze, then suddenly turned and glanced at the furtive shadowy figure of the dog on the platform.

The shadowy figure staggered, crouching a short distance behind him, seemingly keeping his distance from Li Wushou. "You want to raise the banner?"

Li Wushou spoke slowly, his voice quite calm, yet it sent a chill down the spine of the dark figure on the platform.

Then he quickly shrank back behind Li Wushou and obediently lay down on the ground.

With his limited wisdom, he instinctively sensed that Li Wushou was incredibly terrifying at that moment.

It seemed as if if he got close to Li Wushou, he might be completely devoured by the other party.

However, from Li Wushou's words just now, he realized that if he didn't go back obediently, he wouldn't be careful at all, and Li Wushou might take advantage of him in the next second.

Honest and obedient, utterly loyal!
The dark figure lay prone on the ground, planning his future survival strategy.

Li Wushou paid no attention to the shadowy figure's ulterior motives. He slowly withdrew his domain of power, having become much more familiar with his physical body through this brief exchange of techniques.

Having gone through his previous experiences, regaining control of his physical body was not difficult for him.

He slowly walked to the white jade snail shell, formed a mudra with his hands in front of his chest, and the three intertwined fleshy trees were restored to their original tree-like state.

As he retrieved the tree seed, Li Wushou threw all the incense-related items from the Yin-Yang diagram onto the snail shell. These included spiritual artifacts, shrines, and even the corpses of evil spirits that had consumed incense.
Let's refine it while the old beggar is refining the snail shell!
At the same time, Li Wushou also knocked some other people's mangled corpses onto the platform.

Most of these corpses were absorbed into ashes by the roots of the white bamboo. Only the corpses killed by Li Wushou at the end were intact, including those of the senior members and the 31st generation descendant of the He family of Daishan City dressed in brocade.

After taking all the valuables from these people, Li Wushou casually tossed them into the large pit he had just created.

A blood seed flew in at the same time, and Li Wushou made a hand seal with one hand. A new tree grew out of it and in the blink of an eye it was already as big as a person's embrace.

The Yin-Yang diagram still contains some flesh and blood of mountain spirits, which will be kept for barbecue.

As for the other various items, Li Wushou didn't have the patience to deal with them, so he planned to hand them over to the Paper Goddess to sort them out.

Just as I finished dealing with these things, I heard a loud laugh coming from afar.

"Haha, Li Wushou, I can fly now!"

Turning around, I saw Chen Gou'er with five paper bags balanced on his head, his hands raised high above his head, his ten fingers stretched extremely long, like leather ropes, holding the paper bags firmly in place.

Behind it, a pair of wings, quite similar to those of a white-boned cicada, fluttered incessantly.

However, the white-boned cicada's wings were as white as gauze, while Chen Gou'er's wings were a deep crimson.

With flapping wings and leaping about, Chen Gou'er circled around Li Wushou.

"How was it? How was it? Wasn't it impressive?"

Chen Gou'er had been wanting to fly for a long time. Although he could run much faster than fly, Li Wushou could fly, but he couldn't. After eating the Foot God last time, he thought he could fly, but it turned out he still couldn't.

He was extremely envious when he saw the white-boned cicada flying so freely.

While picking up cicadas on the last mountaintop, he was eating them as he picked them up when a sudden thought struck him: cicadas can fly because they have wings. If I had wings, wouldn't I be able to fly too?

They acted immediately. Although the white-bone cicada is made of bone, its blood and marrow are also part of the flesh and blood.

He ate so many white-bone cicadas, there was no reason why he couldn't grow wings. Sure enough, he succeeded after only a slight attempt.

This made Chen Gou'er very happy. After collecting all the white bone cicadas, he flew back without even greeting the Paper Goddess, showing them off to Li Wushou like a treasure.

Seeing this, Li Wushou couldn't help but nod and praise, "Really good!"

Chen Gou'er was even happier. He turned around and flew back into the Three Immortals Pavilion, where he hid the paper bag.

Then it turned around and flew out of the Three Immortals Pavilion, circling around the old beggar.

Just then, the Paper Goddess came up the steps from the foot of the mountain, carrying a bridal sedan chair in her hands, with a golden and silver boy sitting on each of the handles.

Behind each of the golden and silver boys stood a small paper figure with a serious expression.

Their hands were gripping the necks of the golden and silver boys, as if they were coercing them.

Upon seeing Li Wushou, the Paper Goddess bowed and explained:

"Second Master, this is what the old woman left on the banquet platform below. I thought it could be used for transportation, so I took it back."

After speaking, he glanced cautiously at Li Wushou. According to the plan, they should go to the upper cave next, which was roughly several hundred miles away from White Bone Mountain.

She was really worried that the second master would be at odds with her again and fold out a short paper donkey.

When the second master is upset, she will also be terrified.

She felt that the second master was becoming more and more terrifying.

Li Wushou looked them over and was impressed by the short-legged but fast-running golden and silver boys.

Li Wushou, unaware of the Paper Goddess's thoughts, gave her an approving look and said:
"Not bad, you can keep it. It'll be perfect for when you're on the road. It's just a bit too flashy, you should change the color!"

The Paper Goddess was delighted and nodded.

"Yes, Second Master!"

Without hesitation, a blood-stained longevity paper flew out from his sleeve, covered the sedan chair, and the sedan chair fell into it and disappeared.

After bowing slightly to Li Wushou, the Paper Goddess flew back to the White Paper Taoist Temple next to the Three Immortals Hall.

She needed to finish refining the sedan chair as soon as possible to prevent any further mishaps from happening to the second master on his journey.

(End of this chapter)