Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 300 Insight, Birth of a Child in the Bridal Chamber (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Didn't I lie to you?"

Inside the Three Immortals Pavilion, the old beggar patted his chest triumphantly and asked Li Wushou.

"Although the scent of incense on Deng Wenyan's body was extremely faint, how could it escape my nose? Even if it was mixed with the fragrance of a young girl, I could still distinguish it."

Li Wushou nodded slightly; the old beggar hadn't been boasting about this.

In fact, even with the old beggar's reminder, he hadn't noticed anything amiss.

The same thing happened even after it parasitized Deng Jiushan and Deng Wenyan.

Later, after focusing the question on True Lord Biluo, Li Wushou made a point of learning more about him, which led him to some connections and guesses about the identity of his old friend.

The Deng family is a family of immortals, and most of their direct descendants cultivate the Nine Netherworld Methods, including the Azure Sky True Lord.

Through his discussion with Deng Jiushan, Li Wushou discovered that the so-called Nine Netherworld Method was essentially similar to the Yin Refining Technique that Li Wushou had previously practiced, both of which involved gathering and refining Yin energy.

However, the Nine Netherworld Method is infinitely superior in its entirety.

To cultivate the Nine Netherworld Method, one must condense nine Yin Apertures within the body, replacing the Dantian with these Yin Apertures, and continuously absorb the Yin energy of heaven and earth.

Such as the yin energy of the living soul, the yin power of evil spirits, and the natural yin energy.
The stronger the Yin energy collected, the faster one can cultivate and the greater the power, but the greater the difficulty in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!
Because of the corrosive effect of Yin energy on the physical body, many members of the Deng family eventually had to switch to cultivating Yin spirits.

The physical body was directly eroded and withered during the cultivation process, which troubled many cultivators in the Deng family.

After realizing this, Deng Jiuyou, the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Deng family, created a method for nourishing acupoints called the Nine Yang Method.

The nine tea mountains surrounding Tingyou Mansion at this moment were created in accordance with the Nine Yang Method.

The principle is to gather the sun's energy from the mountain's contours, and then plant tea trees on the mountain to absorb the essence of the sun. In this way, when a person cultivates in the Tingyou Mansion, he can nourish his own Yin orifices and prevent the Yin energy from withering and killing his physical body.

This is quite beneficial to those like Deng Jiushan who cultivate the Golden Elixir.

However, it was somewhat insufficient for True Lord Biluo.

Over the years, True Monarch Biluo has condensed too much Yin energy, and in his early years he even killed countless people to create the Nine Yin Pool for refining Yin.

Therefore, the Nine Yang Technique can stop the Yin energy in her body from further deteriorating, but it cannot allow True Lord Biluo to continue cultivating, nor can it make up for the lifespan she lost due to the Yin energy in her earlier years.

The shortened lifespan and inability to cultivate meant that True Monarch Biluo would not live long, let alone break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

She was unwilling to give up, so she began to refine the Nine Yang Manual again.

This time, however, the gathering of the nine yangs was not achieved through the mountain's terrain, but rather through the human body.

Nine men with vigorous blood and energy are selected as carriers to gather yang energy using the Nine Yang Method, and then they are eaten in one bite.

One session can allow True Monarch Biluo to cultivate without hindrance for five years!

However, after a few times, the time interval became shorter and shorter, from five years at the beginning to three years, and this time it was less than a year since the last time. Deng Jiushan and the others once again received the news that Biluo Zhenjun needed Jiuyang.

Deng Jiushan and the others were filled with fear. Besides being alarmed by the increasingly frequent eating of True Lord Biluo, they were also terrified because every time they met True Lord Biluo, they could feel an undisguised desire in him.

The Azure Heaven True Lord wants to eat them!
The nine Deng brothers are born with the Nine Yang Body and have guarded nine tea mountains for many years. They are a great tonic for True Lord Biluo. Moreover, they are of the same clan, so the alienation of their minds is lessened after consuming them.

However, the Nine Nether Ancestor would absolutely not allow the Azure Sky True Monarch to act in such a manner, given that he possessed nine Golden Core cultivators.

Deng Jiushan and the others knew that under normal circumstances, True Lord Biluo would not eat them, but over the years True Lord Biluo had consumed too many human bodies.

Their minds have also become severely distorted, and sooner or later they will lose control. When that happens, the Azure Heaven True Lord will be the first to devour them.

Originally filled with trepidation, the nine were ready to accept their mission and go find someone with abundant blood and energy.

But this time was different from the past; the way the Azure Heaven True Lord selected the Nine Yang bodies had changed.

It has evolved into the current method of choosing a husband by throwing an embroidered ball.

Furthermore, True Lord Biluo told them that as long as they succeed this time, the time required for the Nine Yang Body in the future will be much longer, or even never needed again.

This greatly excited Deng Jiushan and his group!

Therefore, each family in Jiushan selected a daughter who entered Tingyou Mansion before choosing a husband. Then, each of them held a tea leaf and began tossing the embroidered ball.

However, Deng Jiushan and the others did not understand why people were selected in this way.

Why do people need to sign a marriage certificate after being selected, and then actually get married?
Deng Jiushan and the others were puzzled, but the True Lord Ancestor had his reasons, so they simply did as he said!
After learning the cause and effect of these events, Li Wushou quickly extracted several key points.

Firstly, the Azure Heaven True Lord needs the blood and qi of a person of the Nine Yang to nourish his Yin orifices;

Secondly, Biluo Zhenjun nurtured his Yin Aperture for cultivation, which aimed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and extend his lifespan. Due to the loss of his lifespan in his early years, Biluo Zhenjun aged much earlier than ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Finally, there was the old friend the old beggar had mentioned.

It's not hard to deduce that it was the involvement of this old friend that led to the current method of selecting the people of Jiuyang.

So what can this old friend bring to Lord Biluo?
Blood yang? Lifespan?

Among Li Wushou's old friends, Xuefo Temple was one that could provide this, as the other party's flesh and facial features could replenish the blood and yang of the physical body to a certain extent.

But it cannot make up for the shortened lifespan.

It seems there's only one old friend that can simultaneously replenish both blood yang and lifespan.

That is the Wusheng Old Mother who runs the Wusheng Pawnshop in Wufang City, offering pawns for longevity and life.

That mysterious and strange god, who is said to be not a celestial being, but capable of spreading faith across regions.

Despite these speculations, Li Wushou himself was not certain.

But upon seeing the girl who had taken the marriage contract, all his suspicions were confirmed.

The aura emanating from the girl might not be immediately apparent to Deng Jiushan and the others, but Li Wushou recognized it at a glance.

Because the aura emanating from the other party was exactly the same as that of the Wusheng Envoy whom Li Wushou had fought before.

It's just that the Yin spirit is more refined, and the aura around the body is more concealed.

Having discovered his old friend's identity, Li Wushou's mind began to stir.

The young girl's cultivation was clearly insufficient to help True Lord Biluo extend his lifespan; it would certainly require the intervention of the Eternal Mother herself.

Does this mean there's a chance to win over the Eternal Mother later?

This made Li Wushou look forward to it!
Originally, he wanted to wait until he met Chi Xiu before figuring out how to transform into a Nascent Soul. But if he could capture the Eternal Mother now, the experiment could very well be brought forward!

With this in mind, Li Wushou kept his mind firmly locked on the young girl Wusheng Shi, continuing to conceal himself and wait for her to come to him.

As the young maiden Wusheng announced, "Send them to the bridal chamber," young servants began to enter and guide the nine couples to their new rooms prepared behind the hall.

Deng Wenyan continued to follow Li Wushou's instructions, supporting the body of the painted figure so that the other person could walk without a limp.

After the nine couples left the hall, the Azure Heaven True Lord, seated at the head of the table, turned solemn and said coldly to Deng Jiushan and the others:
"You should all return to Jiushan and guard the entrance to the valley. Don't let anyone in. Take all the servants in the valley with you, except for the prepared personnel."

Deng Jiushan and the others felt a chill run down their spines, as if their scalps were tingling.

At this moment, the group no longer cared about their daughter's safety; they sensed the unwavering resolve of True Lord Biluo! They quickly rose and addressed True Lord Biluo above:
"Yes, ancestor!"

The moment they finished speaking, the group nimbly stood up and, with their servants who had already received orders, quickly dispersed and retreated towards the nine tea mountains.

After a short while, just as Deng Jiushan and the others had all left the valley, the figure of True Monarch Biluo quietly disappeared.

A moment later, they appeared in the Jing'an Hermitage where Li Wushou had first discovered the other party.

Li Wushou followed closely behind, arriving in the void outside Jing'an.

The open space outside Jing'an was different from before; nine paper houses had been erected in the shape of nine suns at some unknown time.

Overlooking the entire valley, the nine paper houses are positioned in a way that subtly aligns with the nine tea mountains, surrounding the Jing'an Hermitage where the True Lord of Azure Heaven resides in the center.

Li Wushou was also very familiar with the material of the paper house; it was the Blood Longevity Treasure Paper, which was produced by Wusheng Pawnshop.

Just then, nine couples were led here by a young servant, who then invited them into the paper house one by one.

So this paper house was actually a bridal chamber prepared for nine couples?
But this was clearly not a good thing. Just after the nine young servants escorted the new bride into the paper house, the nine men stood in front of the door, suddenly took out a dagger, and slashed their own necks.

A line of blood suddenly splattered on the white paper house door, sealing it shut from the outside like a bolt.

Suddenly, a white paper altar was erected high in the quiet nunnery, and the young girl Wusheng, who had just left from the side hall, sat on the altar.

At this moment, she changed out of the clothes that were like those worn by Granny Fang and put on a white longevity robe, with a lotus hat on her head, looking solemn and dignified.

This is somewhat similar to the attire of the Unborn Mother Dharma Body that Li Wushou encountered in Wufang City.

With her hand forming a lotus flower shape, nine blood-red papers flew out from the sleeve of the young girl Wusheng. The blood-red papers floated in front of the doors of the nine paper houses and hovered above the corpses of the nine young servants.

Then it slowly grew larger, transforming into blood-red wooden stakes, each ten feet long.

The wooden stake trembled slightly, and a humming sound echoed in the void.

The young girl, Wusheng, let out a soft moan, the same as before, but without any emotion.

"Please prepare the life stance!"

The blood-red wooden stake trembled and fell directly from mid-air.

"Pfft!"

The young servant's corpse on the ground was instantly smashed into a bloody pulp, and then slammed into the ground. Only a section of the ten-foot-long blood-red wooden stake, about the length of a forearm, remained on the ground.

Li Wushou's mind stirred as he watched this scene.

Under his focused attention, the nine blood-red wooden stakes underwent a dramatic transformation.

Each blood-red wooden stake sits a small blood-red figure, whose body is quite strange, as it is formed from the hearts of ninety-nine infants.

As the blood-red wooden stake fell, the nine blood-red figures screamed in unison.

The magic array that permeated the quiet nunnery suddenly dispersed and connected with the nine blood-red figures. The view in the quiet nunnery suddenly became clear, and a circular pool of blood was located in the small courtyard of the nunnery.

The blood pool contained the flesh and blood of the hearts and bodies within the blood-red wooden stakes.

The two share the same aura and originate from the same source, thus making the connection between the blood-red wooden stake and the Jing'an Blood Pool even closer.

As Biluo Zhenjun stepped out, he entered the blood pool, which then began to boil.

Seeing this, the young girl Wusheng took out the nine marriage contracts that everyone had signed in the hall earlier from her bosom. With a wave of her hand, the nine marriage contracts each found their corresponding paper houses.

She then pressed herself tightly against the door of the paper house, and the girl, Wusheng, immediately began chanting incantations!
Li Wushou was unsure of what the other party intended to do, but after concentrating on observing the situation inside the paper house, he discovered that the moment the incantation was recited, a paper tea tree suddenly sprouted from the heart of the nine daughters of the Deng family.

On each paper tea tree, a green tea leaf hangs.

The tea leaf on Deng Wenyan's tea tree was the same one that the other person swallowed after she threw the embroidered ball during the day; the situation for the others should be similar.

Even more strangely, Li Wushou detected a trace of his own aura on this tea leaf.

After I accepted the embroidered ball during the day, did this tea leaf absorb a trace of my overflowing blood energy?
What exactly is being done?
Li Wushou became more and more confused as he looked at it. However, the magic and spells of the gods were always mysterious and it was normal for him not to understand them. Even the old beggar in the Three Immortals Hall was frowning slightly at this moment.

What Li Wushou didn't know was that the old beggar's frown wasn't because he didn't understand; on the contrary, it was precisely because he did understand. He and Li Wushou had speculated about the origin of the Eternal Mother long ago.

At the time, the two of them agreed that the Eternal Mother must have been kept by some immortal sect and was the mastermind behind all the dirty work.

Seeing the marriage contract pasted on the paper house, the old beggar finally confirmed this.

Moreover, the fact that they're keeping the other party's influence under control seems to suggest they're an old friend.

It feels so good to have friends everywhere!

Muttering to himself, the old beggar said to Li Wushou:
"Let me out first. The Eternal Mother will surely descend soon. Let's see if we can catch her."

"Huh? Okay!"

Based on their tacit understanding, the old beggar rarely offered help unless Li Wushou asked. This time, however, it was somewhat unexpected for Li Wushou, but he quickly agreed.

He already harbored hopes of capturing the Eternal Mother, and with the old beggar's help, his chances of success were even greater.

A vertical line appeared between his brows, and the old beggar took a step and disappeared from the Three Immortals Pavilion. His figure was like smoke, merging into the night sky with the help of Li Wushou's Dharma Realm. The next moment, even Li Wushou could not detect where he was.

Just then, the situation inside the paper house suddenly changed drastically.

The paper tea tree that grew from the hearts of the nine daughters of the Deng family trembled, and the tea leaf carrying the scent of the nine grooms suddenly fell and stuck to the foreheads of the nine grooms.

Immediately afterwards, a force of suction burst forth from the tea leaves.

The nine grooms were instantly sucked into ashes, as were the figures painted by Li Wushou.

The drop of blood contained within the painting also entered the tea leaf and drifted back onto the paper tea tree.

The blood-red essence from the tea leaves seeped down, instantly turning the paper tea tree blood red.

Li Wushou quickly suppressed the urge to devour Deng Wenyan with blood. Then he saw a large amount of blood energy flow from the blood pool through the magic array to the blood-colored wooden stake, and then through the marriage contract into the paper tea tree.

The nine daughters of the Deng family all rolled their eyes back and then collapsed to the ground one by one.

Blood energy gathered on the paper tea tree, forming tea leaves, which then transformed into blood energy and entered the bodies of the nine women.

A dozen or so breaths later, Li Wushou, who was still calmly observing the situation, was suddenly taken aback.

Because the originally flat bellies of the nine daughters of the Deng family slowly swelled up, and in the blink of an eye, they looked as if they were ten months pregnant.

Is this what they call a wedding night, wishing for an early birth of a son?

But isn't this too early?!

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