Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 210 is quite satisfying! Immortal Relics?

The old beggar sat cross-legged in the void.

With a flick of his finger, the half-dead Fu Feng Zhenren slowly stood up, his head level with the old beggar's knee.

A flash of white light appeared, and a common white bone cicada's leg appeared in the old beggar's hand.

With a swift motion, Fu Feng Zhenren's head split in two.

The grayish-white brain, covered with bright red flesh and fascia, trembled slightly.

The old beggar closed his eyes and pondered, when suddenly tendrils extended from his body, reaching towards the fascia of Fufeng Zhenren's brain.

This scene bears a resemblance to the moment when the old snail took over Li Wushou's glass-like body.

But it was even more domineering; the old beggar didn't have the white bamboo roots to lay down, so it could coordinate an attack from the inside and outside.

This is more like a forced takeover, and the old beggar didn't even have to beg?
Unbeknownst to them, the old beggar seemed to have grown even stronger!

Li Wushou watched for a while, but he couldn't figure out why the old beggar was interrogating Master Fufeng in this way. So he casually found a long table, sat down cross-legged, and examined the golden pill in his hand again.

Inside the Three Immortals Pavilion, Chen Gou'er frantically flapped his wings and circled around, shouting that Li Wushou was biased and why he gave the old beggar the bloodline but not him.
Li Wushou, his head aching from the noise, sent a blood seed into the Three Immortals Hall, finally finding a moment of peace.

After a long while, Master Fufeng died completely, and the golden pill made from the human head in his hand also stopped struggling instantly.

He opened his palm, and a gentle breeze suddenly arose from it, swirling softly.

The golden head had a distorted expression, as if it had experienced an extremely painful nightmare.

Li Wushou could clearly sense that this golden head was different from the one before—the god inside was dead!
Li Wushou glanced back and forth between the corpse of Master Fufeng and the golden elixir. He discovered that after he manipulated the golden elixir and forcibly severed its connection to Master Fufeng's body, Master Fufeng's physical body gradually turned into an empty shell.

The essence, energy, and spirit within the physical body begin to transfer towards the Golden Elixir, but the spirit gradually dissipates during this transfer process, like a rootless duckweed.

Of course, it's also possible that the old beggar messed it up!
Li Wushou was not clear about the underlying principles, but he knew that regardless of whether the Golden Elixir of the True Man Fufeng was formed through internal or external methods, it was indeed not outside the framework of essence, energy, and spirit.

After pondering for a moment, he realized he could see nothing more.

Li Wushou casually popped the golden pill shaped like a human head into his mouth and began to chew it with a crunching sound.

To be honest, even Li Wushou, with his strong teeth, found it somewhat chewy.

This was a novel experience for Li Wushou. Like Chen Gou'er, he ate everything whole, and very little food had any presence in his mouth.

Unexpectedly, the taste of this golden pill is actually quite good, even more chewy than the white bone cicada.

Li Wushou sat at the long table, eating with great satisfaction, savoring the meal.

The old beggar who had just finished interrogating Master Fufeng and Chen Gou'er who had just finished consuming the Blood Seed in the Three Immortals Pavilion felt as if the sky had fallen.

After Master Fufeng spat out the golden pill, the old beggar and Chen Gou'er smelled its fragrance and were both incredibly tempted.

Before they even left the Three Immortals Hall, the old beggar and Chen Gou'er had already discussed how to distribute the golden pill.

I thought Li Wushou was studying the human head golden pill, but now, without my noticing, he's actually studying it and swallowing it all in one gulp.
The old beggar held Li Wushou's blood in one hand and pointed at Li Wushou with the other, his heart aching. He felt like he had picked up a sesame seed but lost a watermelon.

"Li Wushou, you..."

Li Wushou glanced at the old beggar, puzzled, and then swallowed the golden pill with a gulp.

He suddenly felt a heat in his body, then ignored the old beggar, closed his eyes and began to recite "Food is the most important thing in the world".

His blood and qi surged, and his arm, which was now just bones, rapidly regenerated flesh and blood, and was repaired in the blink of an eye.

Looking inward, one sees more fascia attached to the glassy bone structure, and the blood and qi of the blood and flesh within the bone structure interact more easily.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Li Wushou felt that his flesh and skin were constantly getting stronger under the influence of the glass bone!

After a long while, Li Wushou slowly opened his eyes, a hint of joy on his face.

This golden elixir was truly beyond Li Wushou's expectations. The qi and blood contained within it were extremely abundant, not only making his flesh and bones more integrated and unified, but also greatly benefiting the yin and yang power in Li Wushou's dantian.

According to Li Wushou's estimation, if he had four or five more such golden pills, his dantian would be completely filled.

This surprised him somewhat. During this period, Li Wushou had not shared the spoils of the evil spirits and monsters that the shadow had devoured with him, in order to have some reserves when he formed his core later.

He was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Golden Core had such a wonderful use, and now he had another path to accumulate spiritual power.

Composing himself, Li Wushou finally noticed the sullen old beggar beside him and Chen Gou'er, who was angrily eating a cicada in the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Then it dawned on him: could it be that he ate the whole golden pill and didn't share it with them?
After coughing lightly twice, Li Wushou took out three more blood seeds from the Yin-Yang Diagram.

One flew into the space between the eyebrows and into the Three Immortals Hall, another hovered in front of the old beggar, and the last one flew into the remains of Master Fufeng.

With his hands forming a hand seal, the blood seed gathered the blood vessels. Although True Person Fufeng had suffered a great loss of essence and blood, a Golden Core True Person was still far superior to a Foundation Establishment True Person, and the remaining blood energy could not be wasted.

In the blink of an eye, the blood energy converged and transformed into a tree seed.

With a thought, Li Wushou planted the tree seed in the center of Ding Shi Courtyard, where it took root and grew into a towering tree.

Only then did Li Wushou casually ask:

"Did you find out anything from those questions?"

The old beggar held the two blood seeds in his hand. Although he still felt he had lost out, he was in a better mood than before.

So he began to recount to Li Wushou the various pieces of information he had obtained through torture.

Li Wushou didn't want to hear how many wives Master Fufeng had, nor when Master Fufeng was a man for the first time, which greatly disappointed the old beggar. A full quarter of an hour later, Li Wushou finally figured out the information he wanted to know.

First of all, just as he thought, the Golden Elixir cultivated by Master Fufeng was indeed an external Golden Elixir or an external alchemy technique.

External alchemy emphasizes incorporating the myriad things of heaven and earth into oneself, and is a way of replenishing oneself by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

In essence, it points directly to the Great Dao, just like the internal alchemy method. However, human power is limited, and the Dao of Heaven and Earth that can be mastered is also limited.

Therefore, it is said that one borrows from all things to replenish heaven and earth, but usually one can only borrow from one thing to replenish a method that is compatible with oneself.

Take Master Fufeng as an example. He used a Fengtou Stone to refine his own spiritual power and essence blood, and then continuously infused his soul into it, which is how this golden core was formed.

However, after merging with the Windstone, he found it difficult to merge with other treasures of heaven and earth, because his soul was too weak to control them.

In addition, besides the Way of Wind, he also finds it difficult to integrate other spells.

Even his ability to merge with the Wind Stone was due to his cultivation of the "Clear Wind Technique," a wind-based magic.

Therefore, many external alchemists who use a single object to replenish their essence are generally inferior to those who comprehend their own internal alchemy techniques.

Because of the inner cultivation method of the Golden Elixir, one must first cultivate two opposing paths simultaneously, and secondly, gain a profound understanding of them, making it easier for them to break through to the next realm.

Conversely, most external alchemy masters have a much shallower understanding of techniques and principles, and therefore are often trapped in the realm of the Golden Elixir Master until they die of old age.

At this point, Li Wushou finally had a clearer understanding of the Golden Core, and he began to ponder his own path to achieving it.

While learning these things, Li Wushou also received some shocking news.

That is, recently, Master Fufeng, Master Lingshan of Shiqiao Temple, and Mr. Jingshui of Qinglianpo conspired to open the Immortal Abode Ruins!
Shiqiao Temple and Qinglianpo belong to Wangliu City and Qingyun City respectively. These two cities are about the same size as Daishan City and are located in three different directions of the Immortal Mansion Ruins.

When Li Wushou heard about the Immortal Abode Ruins, his eyes first lit up, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was amiss.

The more I listen, the more it sounds like the Upper Cultivation Cave where the Paper Goddess originated.
This discovery made Li Wushou's face turn ugly!

No wonder the old beggar was holding back a laugh when he talked about it; the other party must have realized that the upper cultivation cave had been discovered.

However, judging from the information revealed by Master Fufeng, the three sides of the Upper Cultivation Cave should not have been opened yet. Thinking this, Li Wushou became more at ease.

As long as nothing is lost, so what if it's discovered? It just means a few more people are involved, and maybe Li Wushou can even find a few more golden pills.

Moreover, there were still three days until the agreed meeting time, which gave Li Wushou plenty of time. With this in mind, Li Wushou felt relieved.

As Li Wushou continuously organized the information that Master Fufeng had about the Immortal Abode ruins and compared it with the information that Goddess Paper told him about the Upper Cultivation Cave, he keenly discovered that the Upper Cultivation Cave seemed to have undergone many changes over the years.

Li Wushou's feeling was that the Upper Cultivation Cave seemed to be constantly active.

After the old beggar finished recounting the information about Master Fufeng, he seemed a little thirsty.

He found a few jugs of wine on the long table and sat down next to Li Wushou to drink.

Li Wushou glanced at the old beggar with some doubt.

"With so many shrines and the He family's ancestral hall, there must be a lot of incense burning. Why don't you go and eat some?"

The old beggar paused, then hastily swallowed the blood in his mouth along with the wine, before waving his hand and saying:

"Oh, I haven't had much of an appetite lately."

"???"

Loss of appetite? Is that something you can actually say?

Li Wushou almost laughed in anger, but then he realized what was happening and frowned with a serious expression.

Is it related to the thing that appeared on White Bone Mountain? Was it caused by the old beggar eating incense last time? Is that why the old beggar didn't dare to burn incense on a large scale?
"Creak!"

Just as Li Wushou was deep in thought, the gate of Ding Shi Yuan was slowly pushed open again.

The Paper Goddess walked in carrying a human head.

Upon seeing Li Wushou and the old beggar looking at her, the Paper Goddess casually tossed the severed head aside and respectfully knelt before them.

"Greetings, Master. Greetings, Second Master."

The old beggar and Li Wushou nodded slightly, glancing at the human head with some confusion.

The Paper Goddess hurriedly explained, "When the five young girls were registered at the city gate, this man was responsible for sending them to Ding Shi Yuan. But then he insisted on washing the five girls' bodies. I couldn't stand it, so I killed him."

Li Wushou stared intently at the Paper Goddess, making her tremble with fear.

He still remembered the face of the head; it was the one who had envied He Shan's good fortune with women at the city gate.

Killing people indiscriminately to please him?
Li Wushou had this thought immediately, but then realized that the Paper Goddess couldn't lie to the old beggar; at most, she could only go with the flow.

He didn't think the Paper Goddess had done anything wrong. Why keep someone like that around for the New Year?
But he wanted to draw a line for the Paper Goddess. The Paper Goddess may look docile now, but she is, after all, a demon god. Human life is the least valuable thing to her.

The paper goddess lay prostrate on the ground, her heart filled with trepidation. She felt that she had taken a step too rashly.

The Second Master must have seen through my little scheme.

Just as she was about to kowtow and admit her mistake, she heard Li Wushou slowly speak:
"Go to the He family ancestral hall and get some incense to refine. We're going to the upper cave soon, so make sure you're in good condition!"

The Paper Goddess felt a surge of warmth and reverence, and kowtowed to the ground in fervent response:
"Thank you, Second Master!"

(End of this chapter)