Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 251 The Three Immortal Pavilions Move Together to Enhance Spiritual Power
Elders Lü and Yuwen stood frozen in place.

The salty sea breeze rustled their robes, but it couldn't dispel the gloom in their hearts!
This damn thing just ran away on its own?!
The two of them served him like a master the whole way, but when they arrived at their destination and it was time for them to do their work, they ran away.
Looking at the empty beach, even with the two elders' composure, they wanted to start cursing.

The two looked at each other, both on the verge of tears.

Left with no other choice, they had to set off towards the island.

Separated from the two, Li Wushou deliberately avoided the route of Elder Yun and the other two, constantly anchoring his Yin-Yang power at its core in the void and shifting his body.

During this time, the dark figure became restless, constantly reporting the locations of various evil spirits to Li Wushou.

"Shut up!"

Li Wushou roared, and the excited black shadow shivered, quickly stopping its feedback. It had also realized that there were too many, so many that they were practically everywhere.

There were indeed too many. He usually needed the shadowy figure to search for evil spirits because the shadowy figure's perception range of evil spirits was more than twice that of Li Wushou's field of vision.

But does he need it now?

At this moment, a malevolent spirit, half-hidden in the void, was floating above his head.

This evil spirit has an oval, umbrella-shaped head, without a nose or mouth, and only a tiny round eye.

Beneath it were tentacles that stretched out and writhed, propelling its body, silently hovering above Li Wushou's head and gesturing at something.

Strange snakes, scaleless and covered in slippery mucus, dwell in the tree canopy beneath your feet.

Its head is funnel-shaped, and its mouth is full of sharp teeth arranged in concentric circles.

Dozens have already been discovered; they are either feeding or laying eggs inside other spirits.

Li Wushou even saw hatched snakes inside the internal organs of some monsters, with numerous small snakes constantly devouring the monsters' flesh and blood, and even devouring each other.

Within a radius of four miles of Li Wushou's sight, there were many more evil spirits like this.

A giant crab covered in rotting flesh and blood-red armor;

A ferocious shark with bony blades lurking in the woods;
And there are jellyfish-like evil spirits that live in clusters, constantly releasing a lead-gray poisonous mist.

The entire island resembled a giant breeding ground for venomous insects, making Li Wushou swallow hard.

After flashing a few more times, Li Wushou finally got away from Lü and Yuwen completely.

With a thought, the Three Immortals Pavilion slowly condensed from nothingness and floated above Li Wushou's head.

The oval-headed evil spirit that had been waving something above his head suddenly stiffened, detached itself from the void, and fell towards the ground.

Li Wushou was calling on the old beggar to wake Chen Gou'er when the dark figure, seeing that Li Wushou was not paying attention to the evil spirit, silently took a step forward.

The fallen evil spirit landed right in its mouth.

With a gulp, the dark figure swallowed the evil spirit. It couldn't taste it, but the evil spirit's power was very strong.

Inside the Three Immortals Pavilion, the old beggar removed the incense ash from Chen Gou'er's forehead and nose. Without the old beggar even calling him, Chen Gou'er's nose twitched rapidly, and then he suddenly jumped up from the bed and shouted:

"What is that smells both good and bad?"

Then his head started shaking rapidly again.

"No, no, it should be many things, some fragrant and some foul."

As he spoke, saliva began to drip from the corners of his mouth.

Seeing this, the old beggar scratched his head awkwardly. At first, he just wanted to see the Dragon King's method of procreation and learn more about the positions so as not to corrupt the child, which is why he let Chen Gou'er sleep for a while.

But later, Li Wushou kept trying to seduce him with dragon marrow—I mean, bribe him—so he never took off the incense ash. Now, if you calculate it, Chen Gou'er has been sleeping for seven whole days, and he really must be hungry.

Li Wushou glanced at the old beggar. Both of them felt a little guilty. Chen Gou'er seemed to be quite hungry.

But the two of them tacitly understood each other.

Seeing the old beggar leading Chen Gou'er out of the Three Immortals Pavilion, Li Wushou spoke to the old beggar:
“Take Chen Gou’er out for a big meal. There are many evil spirits and monsters here. We only have ten days.”

The old beggar nodded. He had been fully conscious and had naturally heard what Elders Lü and Yuwen said.

Chen Gou'er looked around with some confusion and asked:
"Li Wushou, where is this? Weren't you in the Dragon Palace with that stinky dragon?"

Li Wushou coughed twice, and was thinking about how to answer when the old beggar picked up the conversation and replied:
"This is a surprise that Li Wushou and I prepared for you. There are flesh and blood monsters everywhere here. You can hunt them as you please and no one will bother you. How about it? Aren't you happy?"

Wow! You guys are so nice! Haha... I'm so happy!

Chen Gou'er jumped up with joy.

Behind him, flesh and blood writhed and a pair of scarlet wings unfurled. Chen Gou'er flew toward the strange snake in the treetop.

Li Wushou breathed a sigh of relief and gave the old beggar a thumbs up. The beggar was indeed very good at fooling children.

Blood and flesh splattered everywhere beneath his feet. Chen Gou'er's feet seemed to transform into sharp claws, and in the instant they swept across the treetops, the strange snake was already caught under Chen Gou'er's feet.

Despite the serpent's extremely slippery, slimy body, it still couldn't break free from the claws' grasp. Chen Gou'er stretched his waist, his body seemingly folded, and stretched his head directly to his feet, biting off the serpent's head and swallowing it whole.

Dark brown blood splattered all over Chen Gou'er's face, but he ignored it and continued gnawing on the strange snake, occasionally shouting, "Delicious! Delicious!"

Li Wushou had intended to remind Chen Gou'er to be mindful of his manners, but remembering the old beggar's words, he swallowed the words he was about to say and instead addressed the old beggar:
"Go and keep an eye on things; we don't know what's going on with that evil spirit king."

The old beggar nodded and disappeared from the Three Immortals Pavilion in the next instant, following Chen Gou'er like a shadow. He had somehow already taken a Yin spirit hidden in the withered leaves and put it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Li Wushou retrieved the Three Immortals Pavilion from his divine aperture. Then, with a thought, a force of absorption emanated from his body.

Before the shadowy figure could even howl, it felt its food supplies dwindling.

A large amount of Yin energy flowed into the dantian and was refined into the golden elixir by the Yin-Yang energy rotating in a "heavenly way to the left and earthly way to the right" manner.

These days, Li Wushou has been refining his body in the Dragon Palace. In addition to refining the Dragon King's dragon marrow, he has also greatly depleted the food reserves he had stored in the shadowy body.

However, since they are now in the granary, there is no need to keep the rest in the shadow's body. Being hungry is the best way to work. This is one of the ways he figured out how to use the shadow a long time ago!

After draining the shadow, Li Wushou could clearly feel his golden core throbbing more powerfully. Both his golden core and his soul were constantly writhing inside, as if they were evolving into something.

Moreover, not only that, his Tai Chi Qi vortex has become more profound and condensed.

Li Wushou's cultivation period was relatively short, and he had been focusing on his physical body during this time. Although the amount of Yin and Yang power within his Golden Core was large, he hadn't actively refined it.

In terms of the refinement of spiritual energy alone, Li Wushou is somewhat inferior to Gongsun Huoyao.

During this period, for ease of reference, Li Wushou divided the Golden Core into four levels according to strength.

The lowest level is Fufeng, a top-tier single-element external elixir cultivator from Jingshui. These people have weak spiritual power and shatter easily when touched.

Secondly, there are those like Gongsun Huoyao, who possess dual-law golden cores. These people have refined spiritual power and their law domains are quite good.

Above that are figures like the Protector of the Lü family, whose spiritual power and magical domain are extremely profound, and who can even confront the City God directly within the City God's fiefdom.

Another type should be the elders of the five clans. Li Wushou has never seen them make a move, but since they are recognized as the strongest group of Golden Core cultivators, they should be quite powerful.

Previously, Li Wushou had no choice. He had just solved the problems of his Golden Core and his own basic needs, and he had no surplus food to improve his spiritual power. He could only rely on the Taiji Dao Scripture to refine his spiritual power on his own, which was indeed too slow for Li Wushou's vast spiritual power.

If Li Wushou continues at the pace of self-refinement during this period, it would take him many years to refine his Yin-Yang power to the level of Protector Lü.

Although Li Wushou was anxious, he didn't have any good solutions.

However, now that he has encountered a sacred place for cultivation like Evil Calamity Island, with sufficient resources to support him, Li Wushou's spiritual power can increase rapidly.

I wonder if my Golden Core spiritual power will be able to condense to the limit of the Golden Core after this Evil Calamity Island event ends, and reach the standard to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?

Li Wushou was really looking forward to it!

A blood-red vertical line split open between his brows, and an invisible golden elixir emerged from his divine aperture.

The withered shadow behind him suddenly shivered and cautiously glanced at the nothingness above Li Wushou's head.

Although it was empty, it seemed as if something had just stared at it, its eyes filled with greed, as if it wanted to devour it alive.

No!
Not content with draining me dry? Now you want to eat me up too?

Even if this place is teeming with evil spirits and we no longer need to search for them ourselves, we can't just discard them like this after they've served their purpose.

Li Wushou glanced at the dark figure and gave a soft rebuke:
"Stop playing dead, get to work. The evil spirits from the hunt are inside you, so you'll have to consume 30% of it! Also, look for traces of the Golden Core evil spirits."

The dark shadow, which had been filled with despair, suddenly rose up, its senses, sharpened by the near-death experience, brimming with energy.

Furthermore, it was extremely hungry at the moment, and it roared as it rushed towards the jellyfish-like monstrous settlement that Li Wushou had previously discovered.

Originally, Li Wushou also wanted to release Xuan Yang Shangren and the Paper Goddess at the same time.

However, it seems that Master Xuan Yang's seclusion has reached a critical moment. Even if the Paper Goddess were to capture and refine some evil spirits, it would probably not be as effective as refining some incense.

After thinking about it, I decided to give up. There are too many uncertainties here. If something happens to the Paper Goddess, who will take care of the meals at the Three Immortals Pavilion from now on?

As the old beggar led Chen Gou'er away and the shadowy figure began to feast, Li Wushou's emotions surged.

He needs to start eating too!
The golden elixir, formless, silently fell from mid-air.

The Bone-Blade Shark, hidden in the woods beneath his feet, stared intently at Li Wushou with bloodshot eyes, preparing to leap up and devour him.

Suddenly, its eyes widened in terror, and its flesh and blood began to drain away rapidly. Before it could even react, its once strong body withered and turned to ashes.

The spirit sits upright in the golden elixir, silently reciting that food is the foundation of life.

In addition to refining spiritual energy, the replenishment of the dragon's flesh and blood must also be carried out simultaneously.

After draining the Boneblade Shark, Li Wushou's figure quietly disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)