Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 292 Life is Like a Play, The Great God-Slaying Venerable

"Hey!"

A clear, high-pitched shout suddenly rang in my ears.

Li Wushou slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a staff shadow falling from the sky!
Instinctively, I wanted to turn aside and dodge, but my body, which used to move as easily as my own, stood frozen in place.

"Snapped!"

The stick struck him, and Li Wushou felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

???

Was he hit by a stick?

"Junior brother, I've told you many times, you must concentrate when practicing. If you're so half-hearted, when will you ever learn the staff techniques your master taught you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wushou looked up and gazed at what was in front of him.

A woman stood in front of him, holding a wooden stick, with a look of disappointment on her face.

The woman was tall and slender with a well-proportioned figure and wheat-colored skin. She wore a red leather jacket and a short skirt, exuding a wild and beautiful aura.

Li Wushou looked at the other person with even greater doubt in his heart. Who is this woman?
He had no recollection of ever meeting the other person, who addressed him as "Junior Brother"? And when did he even have a master?
And what was I doing again?

Li Wushou instinctively felt his thoughts were somewhat sluggish. He tried to shake his head to clear his mind, but found that he could not move his head at all.

But as he focused his mind, many inexplicable fragments began to surface in his head.

An endless expanse of gray haze. All sorts of food...

The golden realm, the wailing of countless living beings.
The golden figure bowing down before him
One thing after another, before he could even sort them out, Li Wushou felt a throbbing pain in his heart and mind, as if his whole body was about to split open.

Just then, a grinning voice suddenly came from his own mouth:

"Dear senior sister, I'm not being fickle at all; you're all I can think about!"

These words sent chills down Li Wushou's spine, and the throbbing pain in his heart lessened considerably. Then he noticed his body moving.

He took two steps at a time and walked up to the woman.

He placed his hands on the woman's slender yet strong waist, tilted his head forward, and shamelessly buried his face in the cleavage between her legs.

The soft touch instantly clung to the nerves on his cheek and went straight into Li Wushou's mind.

This feeling was both strange and wonderful. Although Li Wushou did not reject it, at this moment he wanted to figure out what exactly had happened.
His mind seemed shrouded in a shadow, causing him to forget and overlook many things.

He felt this was very abnormal!

Moreover, although the woman was beautiful and lively, Li Wushou could not smell any human scent on her.

Compared to a person, the other party is more like an object.

As Li Wushou was deep in thought, a scolding voice rang in his ears:
"You're such a smooth talker!"

As the voice rang out, a gentle rubbing of a hand came from above her head; the woman seemed to dote on her junior brother.

"Where's the smooth talk? Senior sister, would you like to try some?"

The moment the slightly flirtatious voice finished speaking, Li Wushou felt his head lift up, and then he kissed the woman's lips.

After realizing that their tongues were intertwined, Li Wushou was speechless.

The body's words and actions were clearly beyond his control, as if he were perceiving the other's behavior and perspective through the eyes of avatars like the old snail.

The difference is that the old snail and other incarnations can guide the other party with their soul, and even take over the other party's physical body to manipulate it when necessary.

But at this moment, it seemed more like his mind was possessing this female junior brother.

But wait... what is the old snail's transformation?
Li Wushou's mind stirred, and the fragments that had accumulated in his mind flashed through his mind rapidly.

Suddenly, a clear mind cleared up, and a strange laugh echoed in his mind.

"Haha... How is Li Wushou feeling?"

As Chen Gou'er's mind sank into the Three Immortals Pavilion, the old beggar covered Chen Gou'er's eyes and looked over with a mocking expression.

Li Wushou did not answer, but gave the old beggar a deep look.

He then glanced at the dusty incense table.

On the altar, the wooden memorial tablets of the old beggar, Li Wushou, and Chen Gou'er were placed in order behind the incense burner.

However, there was a clean, dust-free mark where his memorial tablet was placed, indicating that it had just been moved.

No wonder the Three Immortals Pavilion was filled with the smoke of incense, and I even fell for their trick. It turns out there was an old thief working in cahoots with me!

Li Wushou was not angry; he simply stared at the old beggar with a cryptic expression.

The old beggar's strange smile froze on his face as he stared intently, and even his scalp tingled.

The old beggar's heart skipped a beat; it was just a whim.

After noticing the strangeness of this sacred domain fragment, they went along with it.

After all, Li Wushou had only been using the Tree Goddess as a little cook to start fires during this period, which made him roll his eyes.

He coughed a few times, about to explain, when he heard Li Wushou slowly say:

I want half of the benefits from the Blood Buddha!

After saying that, without giving the old beggar a chance to explain, he immediately turned his attention away from the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Chen Gou'er, whose eyes were still covered, grew anxious and pried open the old beggar's hands, pointing at him and shouting:
"You told Li Wushou about the Blood Buddha? Why were you covering my eyes? Turns out you were tipping me off! You old bastard! We agreed to split it in half, but I don't care! Li Wushou wants half, and I want half too! I... Waaah!"

The old beggar quickly covered Chen Gou'er's mouth and explained in a low voice.

"What are you yelling about? When did you hear me tell Li Wushou? He guessed it himself, ouch... don't bite!"

Chen Gou'er suddenly bit the old beggar, and a piece of the old beggar's black chapped palm was bitten off. A wisp of golden light burst out from the palm, and then it was covered by the black chapped palm again.

The old beggar had no time to feel the pinch; he quickly comforted Chen Gou'er:

"Don't worry, ancestor, you'll get your share. At worst, I'll eat less and give half to Li Wushou."

Chen Gou'er put his hands on his hips and snorted.

"That's pretty much it!"

The old beggar breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, not both of them had brains, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to handle it.

If you two really want to split it in half, I have no right to give half to Li Wushou!

……

Li Wushou opened his eyes again.

His mind revived within his body, his blood surged, and the golden core within his dantian slowly rotated, mobilizing spiritual energy—everything flowed at his command. "That's good," Li Wushou thought, calming his mind.

Looking around, he saw the Tree Goddess and the Paper Goddess sitting beside him, but they were in the same state of mental separation as he had been just now.

Li Wushou wasn't too worried about this. The old beggar wouldn't joke about their lives, and since the other party hadn't intervened, they figured there was no danger to their lives.

But Li Wushou was still curious about what had just happened. Was it an illusion? Or did this fragment of the sacred domain possess unknown and mysterious power?
Looking around from his high vantage point, Li Wushou's emotions were stirred.
Li Wushou and his two companions were currently in the only room on the third floor of a three-story building.

The room's overall decor resembles a training room in a martial arts school.

This small building is not tall but it is very long. Connected to this three-story building are three other two-story buildings, which together form a square "回"-shaped building complex.

Looking through the room's window, one can see the open-air courtyard enclosed in the center of the "U"-shaped building.

Because the building is very long, the courtyard is very large, with a side length of nearly 100 zhang (approximately 33 meters). Its layout is different from that of a regular courtyard, with a square stage built in the center.

The three-story building where Li Wushou was located faced the stage.

At the very back of the stage stood a huge white cloth that connected to the small building directly opposite the one where Li Wushou was located.

Long benches were placed in the open space directly in front of the stage and on both sides, where guests from the Blood Buddha Temple's main hall sat scattered.

There is no distinction between spirits, rogue cultivators, and major powers.

After scanning the area, Li Wushou discovered the pattern in the seating arrangement: those sitting in the open space at the front, regardless of their status, were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, while those sitting in the open spaces on either side of the stage were all at the Golden Core stage.

The second floor is most likely for Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation cultivators!
The second floor of the small building on the left was empty, and Li Wushou guessed that it must be the seat of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Blood Bodhisattva and the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs were sitting together on the second floor of the small building on the right. The minds of these Nascent Soul True Monarchs were also in a state of being detached from their bodies.

But soon Li Wushou became uncertain again.

First of all, he himself was assigned to the third floor, which is also the only third floor in this "回"-shaped building complex.

The Tree Goddess and the Paper Goddess were also placed here together.

Li Wushou guessed that this was because he had sealed their spirits, and since they both contained his blood essence, they were probably treated as a single entity.

But according to his earlier estimate, the third floor should be the seat of the most honored person in this world.

How did he end up sitting here?

According to Li Wushou's deduction, even considering the boundary force, he should only be able to sit on the second floor on the left at most.

In addition, there is another anomaly.

He found a figure on the second floor that was both unexpected and somewhat expected.

The obese couple's son—a boy with heterochromia!
At this moment, he was sitting with his eyes tightly closed in the room next to the Blood Bodhisattva, while his parents were sitting among the people who were building foundations downstairs from Li Wushou.

With a slight frown, Li Wushou scrutinized the other person for a while, but he still couldn't see anything unusual about him. However, looking through the other person's eyelids, he could see that the other person's pupils had all turned a deep blue.

But according to the arrangement rules here, could the other party's soul also be at the Nascent Soul level?
Moreover, his spiritual cultivation was even higher than that of the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs who arrived later.
But if that's really the case, why can't I detect his soul?

What is the situation with the other party and his parents?

After observing for a moment, Li Wushou withdrew his gaze. There were too many strange things in this world, and he couldn't possibly see everything clearly.

Therefore, Li Wushou stopped looking around and moved his gaze past the "回"-shaped building complex, preparing to observe this sacred realm.

The sky above was pitch black, without stars or moon, and not a single ray of light could be seen.

A vortex was slowly rotating directly above the "回"-shaped building complex; this should be the Mustard Seed Ferry where everyone entered the Holy Realm.

Therefore, around this vortex, a large amount of boundary energy surged in the night sky, and cracks constantly appeared, only to be repaired by a large amount of boundary energy.

The Tai Chi Dao field within the divine aperture trembled continuously, showing an intense thirst for this dimensional power.

Just as Li Wushou was about to summon the Taiji Dojo to refine the boundary power, a white light suddenly shone in the courtyard downstairs.

A white light rose from the small building directly opposite Li Wushou, shining on the white curtain and revealing several figures.

These figures appear as dark shadows to the naked eye, moving on the screen like a shadow puppet show.

But when viewed with one's spirit, it is as if viewing a painting by Yan Qiubai, almost as if the real person has reappeared.

The scene inside the curtain changes; this scene is different from the martial arts instruction Li Wushou just gave at the martial arts school. Instead, it shows the scene of the senior sister in the red dress dying.

Despite the protective aura of the Three Immortals Pavilion, Li Wushou still felt a slight tremor in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, Li Wushou relaxed his mind and fell into the curtain.

This time, Li Wushou was extremely clear-headed and was not passively drawn into the shadow puppet show. After entering the scene, he found that he could speed up the progress of the shadow puppet show.

Therefore, I quickly skimmed through it.

Only upon closer inspection did I realize that this was actually the life story of a Great Venerable of this Sacred Domain!
The senior sister died to save her junior brother, and the junior brother was heartbroken, regretting that he had not practiced martial arts diligently in the past.

From that day on, he diligently practiced martial arts, upheld justice, and traveled the world.

Until one day he met an immortal who needed a strongman. He volunteered, endured many hardships, and entered the path of immortality. Afterwards, he endured hardship for twenty years, killed the so-called immortal, and took everything from him. Only then did he learn about the concepts of Foundation Establishment and Golden Elixir.

For the next thousand years, they searched high and low, single-mindedly striving to ascend to the path of immortality.

Wherever he enters and exits, even immortals and gods bow down; he directly enters the realm of the Great Venerable, and is known as the God-Slayer!
Then, it took a century to create this world and named it the Red Makeup Sanctuary.

Hongzhuang is the name of his senior sister.

Even though Li Wushou didn't immerse himself in it too much, reading through the magnificent life of a great master so quickly still touched him.

Life is like a play, nothing more!
Looking at the life of the Great God-Slaying Venerable, from a disciple of a mortal martial arts school to a Great God who could recreate the world, his life can be described as extremely legendary.

He survived three major upheavals in the world, and ultimately perished defying fate.

What is most awe-inspiring about it is its method of seizing the soul; with a wave of its hand, it can strip away the enemy's mind and spirit, leaving them in a state of utter depravity.

In his later years, besides reminiscing about his senior sister's red dress, he also studied the minds of others, and finally concluded that someone in this world was blocking the cycle of reincarnation.

Once it dies, it's gone; there will never be another flower like it!

He finally realized that even if he became an immortal, his senior sister would never come back, so he decided to kill the immortal!
The outcome speaks for itself, leaving one with a sense of regret!
Of course, Li Wushou's insistence on reading the entire life story of the God-Stealing Grandmaster was not solely out of curiosity.

He also gained a lot of useful information from these films.

For example, the state of mind of the Great Venerable Stealer when he became a Great Venerable!

Although no specific cultivation method or secret manual for achieving the status of a Great Venerable was found, the mindset of a Great Venerable was of great help to Li Wushou in understanding the Great Venerable.

In addition, the understanding and knowledge of immortals by the Great Venerable of Divine Seizure, as well as the opponent's attempts, left Li Wushou with very valuable experience, even though the opponent ultimately failed.

Of course, by reading about the life of the God-Slaying Grandmaster, he also discovered some more interesting things.

One of them is that Li Wushou has finally figured out who was behind this fishing operation!
(End of this chapter)