Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 301 The Birth of the Nine Sons, Laying the Foundation for No Life
There's a lot of blood outside Jing'an

The blood-red wooden stake echoes with the cries of a blood-soaked infant.

The heart, numbered nine, continuously spews forth vital energy and blood, which flows into the paper house through the marriage contract.

Li Wushou stared intently at the scene before him, and gradually a realization dawned on him.

This should be the product of the combination of the divine arts of the Wusheng Sect and the Nine Yang Technique of the Deng family.

The paper house and the blood-red wooden stake both contain a large amount of blood yang.

If I'm not mistaken, the blood-and-longevity paper used to build these paper houses was also harvested from infants, otherwise it wouldn't have such a rich aura of blood and longevity.

After the Wusheng Sect harvested these blood essences, they assisted the Deng family in using the Nine Yang Method to gather blood essence.

If this blood yang were gathered into the body of a "talent" under normal circumstances, it would be a great tonic for the Azure Heaven True Lord, nourishing her Nine Yin Acupoints for a long time.

But she ate too much!
So many people, including Deng Jiushan, were afraid that one day, True Lord Biluo would suddenly lose control and devour them as "talents" of Jiuyang.

After all, the bloodline of the same clan can strengthen the bloodline origin of True Monarch Biluo, allowing her to resist the alienation of her mind to a certain extent.

Therefore, True Lord Biluo planted his own seed of power into the bodies of nine women of his clan, so that they could marry a vigorous young man. Through the power of the divine marriage contract, the grooms were made to bear the heavy responsibility of the rise and fall of the Deng family and devoutly contribute their own blood and flesh essence.

After the True Lord of Azure Heaven collected these essences, he channeled them into the bodies of the nine women, and under the influence of the marriage contract, they formed a strange fetus. The strange infants born in this way were born with the bloodline of the Deng family.

Furthermore, through viviparous birth, one can use the illusions within the womb to wash away a great deal of distracting thoughts.

No wonder True Monarch Biluo told Deng Jiushan and the others that this time it might be a permanent solution. Indeed, if Li Wushou guessed that, as long as some of his lifespan was replenished, True Monarch Biluo might be able to reach the Nascent Soul stage directly.

As a fellow expert in the culinary world, Li Wushou, after seeing numerous clues, finally deduced the general outline of what Biluo Zhenjun and the Wusheng Sect had done.

Especially after seeing the nine daughters of the Deng family with their bellies bulging, and the nine blood-red wooden stakes even beginning to draw the essence of the blood pool in the Jing'an Nunnery and pour it into their bodies, Li Wushou became even more certain of this.

This isn't about having a son early; this is using the bodies of nine women to refine elixirs.

The thought that a drop of his blood had been refined into Deng Wenyan's stomach left Li Wushou with a strange expression.

Even if the elixir is successfully refined, it's still uncertain who will consume it!

But this marriage contract is so strange, why does it look so familiar?
Suddenly, a glint flashed in Li Wushou's eyes, as if he had remembered something. He then focused his mind into his divine aperture, as there was something he needed to confirm.

At this moment, neither the Azure Sky True Lord nor the young girl Wusheng knew that a gluttonous beast had infiltrated their Nine Yangs Refining Technique.

The two were still somewhat pleased with how smoothly things were going.

Despite her confident demeanor, this was actually the first time the young Wusheng had presided over such a significant ritual, especially one performed in collaboration with a Nascent Soul True Monarch. However, it seemed to be progressing quite well.

There's no need to say more about the Azure Heaven True Lord.

The birth of the nine children will determine whether she will continue to live a life of hiding in the Tingyou Mansion and wait for her time to come, or whether she will go against the tide and seize the opportunity to rise above her circumstances and achieve great success.

So what if we sign some mutual aid contract with the Eternal Mother?

The Eternal Mother only cares about worldly matters and wants to gather some offerings. Even if she were to become a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future, or even as a True Lord of the Deng family now, it wouldn't be difficult for her to find some worldly offerings to the Eternal Mother.

Besides, if she really gets annoyed by helping, how could the Eternal Mother, a mere deity, possibly threaten a True Lord of the Deng family?
Biluo Zhenjun felt a little disdainful.

Although the Eternal Mother had helped her a great deal this time, as a giant of an immortal family, True Lord Biluo instinctively never looked down on these people of the divine path.

Sitting upright in the blood pool, closing her Yin aperture, True Monarch Biluo began to mobilize the power of the mountain by controlling the Nine Yang Formation. She wanted to give birth to the nine children as soon as possible!

The nine tea mountains surrounding Tingyou Mansion quietly trembled.

The tender tea leaves on the mountain rustled and swayed, and wisps of the sun's essence rose from the tea leaves, gathering into the illusory image of nine golden mountains above the nine tea mountains.

As the nine golden mountain phantoms converged, the nine blood-red wooden stakes outside the Jing'an Temple trembled instantly, and a mysterious aura connected the golden mountain phantoms and the blood-red wooden stakes.

Then Jinshan slowly floated down into Tingyou Mansion, hovering above Jing'an.

The nine paper houses trembled slightly, resonating with the blood-red wooden stakes and the golden mountain phantom. The auras of the three quietly merged into one, and then an even stronger sense of convergence suddenly descended upon the paper houses.

The blood and yang energy from the outside world flowed into the paper house like a raging torrent, and through the marriage contract, it entered the wombs of the nine daughters of the Deng family.

The nine Deng family women, whose eyes were turning white, suddenly let out a muffled groan, and blood began to seep from their mouths and noses. The violent blood yang was almost unbearable for them, even though each of them had a cultivation level of around Foundation Establishment.

As the blood and yang fusion proceeded, even the blood and qi of the nine women of the Deng family began to flow into their bellies. These were the bloodline origins that shared the same lineage as True Monarch Biluo.

These bloodline origins, just as Li Wushou deduced, are especially important to Biluo Zhenjun, serving as a crucial source of nourishment for her resistance to mental alienation.

The nine daughters of the Deng family, having lost their bloodline essence, began to have graying temples and fine wrinkles appearing at the corners of their eyes.

The Foundation Establishment cultivation level should have kept them young and beautiful for at least thirty years, but now, in the blink of an eye, it seems like thirty years have passed in a flash, and the nine women of the Deng family have begun to show signs of aging.

Obviously, giving birth to nine sons in this way was extremely damaging to the nine daughters of the Deng family.

But no one cared. Their father had returned to the Nine Tea Mountains early on, and their ancestor would not give up on extracting their bloodline essence. They themselves were even willing to do so.

Li Wushou, who had previously been a parasite on Deng Wenyan, understood this best, because that was exactly what Deng Wenyan thought.

Before the Nine Maidens were to choose their husbands, the True Lord of Azure Heaven asked them if they were willing to sacrifice more than ten years of their lives for the family, and the Nine Maidens readily agreed.

Therefore, Li Wushou had nothing to interfere with.

They were born into a life of luxury, enjoying the privileges, techniques, and resources afforded by the Deng family's glory. They then dedicated their efforts to the Deng family, and every action had its consequences.

The time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed quickly, and the blood pool where the Azure Heaven True Lord sat cross-legged quietly dried up. The nine blood-red wooden stakes that were fixed outside the nine paper houses gradually turned into transparent white.

Even the golden mountain phantom in mid-air slowly dissipated, leaving the once lush tea mountain with a somewhat desolate atmosphere, with large swaths of tea leaves withered and falling, like autumn leaves.

With no other thoughts in mind, Lord Biluo rose from the blood pool and looked around at the constantly trembling paper house.

Suddenly, nine loud cries rang out from the paper house, and the originally dark night suddenly became a little brighter. With the cries, one could even clearly feel the extremely strong life force of the other party.

The Azure Heaven True Lord and the young girl Wusheng were overjoyed, and nine sons were born.

The most difficult hurdle has finally been overcome, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Then, Biluo Zhenjun's eyes flashed with desire. Even through the paper house, she could smell the rich aura of blood yang, and she wished she could swallow the nine children immediately.

But it's not time yet. This time, she needs to succeed in one fell swoop, otherwise she doesn't know if her mind can hold out until the next time.

So he spoke to the young woman, Wushengshi, urging her on:

"With the birth of nine sons, the Unborn Envoy can now invite the Unborn Mother to descend and extend his lifespan."

Upon hearing this, the young girl Wusheng nodded solemnly, then sat cross-legged on the altar and began to perform incantations to respectfully invite the Old Mother to descend.

Upon hearing the noise, Li Wushou slowly withdrew his mind from his divine aperture.

After glancing at the young girl's movements, a wisp of mist rose from between his brows, covering his entire body. He had been waiting all night, and finally, the Eternal Mother was about to descend.

But I really didn't expect that the Eternal Mother was being supported by them. This world is really quite small.

After a moment of reflection, Li Wushou looked intently into the room.

Inside the nine paper houses, blood churned and the nine daughters of the Deng family lay flat on the ground.

In less than half an hour, these girls underwent a dramatic change in appearance, skipping over their youthful days and entering mature middle age.

It's not that their appearance has become ugly, but rather that their foundations have been almost completely destroyed.

Even if he survives this ordeal, it will be very difficult for him to break through to the Golden Core stage again, and even reaching the Outer Core stage will become extremely difficult.

At this moment, from their swollen bellies, a blood-red infant head the size of an apple emerged from each of them.

It's called a head, but it only resembles a head in shape. You can't see any human features on its face. It's just a bunch of bloody, fleshy lumps piled together, looking like cow kidneys.

The gaps between the fleshy lumps emitted a piercing cry as they opened and closed.

As the blood and yang were poured in, these infants began to struggle to emerge from the lower abdomens of the nine daughters of the Deng family. After their entire bodies had emerged, even the well-informed Li Wushou felt somewhat uncomfortable.

In their haste, they wandered around the paper house, dragging the bodies of the nine Deng family women along with them.

Upon closer inspection, each of these strange infants had a blood-red strip of flesh attached to its body, resembling an umbilical cord, embedded in the abdomens of the nine daughters of the Deng family.

Li Wushou could see clearly that the lifespan that had disappeared from the nine daughters of the Deng family was transferred into the body of the strange infant through this blood-red fleshy strip, which resembled an umbilical cord.

However, it seems that there is a bottomless pit inside this strange infant's body. Once life force enters his body, the survival rate is extremely low.

Despite the fact that the nine daughters of the Deng family lost more than ten years of their lives, the actual lifespan of the infant spirit was extremely short. This must be the reason why the Azure Heaven True Lord invited the Eternal Mother to descend and extend their lives.

Although this technique enabled the nine daughters of the Deng family to successfully give birth to nine sons, in the end, these nine sons could not be considered true living beings. If left unchecked, they would soon perish after draining their mothers' life force.

This is clearly not what True Lord Biluo wanted!
The reason she resisted the urge to swallow the nine newborn children was because this time, she not only had to consume the children to replenish her blood and yang and nourish her yin orifices, but also to extend her lifespan and truly elevate her condition to its peak.

And this is one of the core elements of her deal with the Eternal Mother!

Under the cover of night, the sky was shrouded in mist and clouds.

The young girl, Wusheng, sat upright on the altar, frequently making hand seals. A shrine made of blood-stained paper quietly rose from the altar and hovered above the girl's head.

The shrine is over three feet tall, and inside is enshrined a golden-eyed deity.

The statue is adorned with an eight-treasure golden lotus on its head and has six arms. The two hands in front of its chest point one to the sky and the other to the earth. The four arms behind its back are raised high and lowered, resembling a round plate suspended behind the statue's head when viewed from a distance.

The gods in this world seem to have one thing in common: their divine forms and golden bodies are mostly multi-headed and multi-armed.

Even when the Paper Goddess was just a minor Yin deity, she transformed her paper body into a six-armed form.

Li Wushou had asked Chi Xiu about this after he saw Chi Xiu raise the Heavenly God and display the Dharma, but Chi Xiu seemed to have never thought about this question and only said that everyone does it this way.

It seems that only in this way can we unleash greater power.

The old beggar was somewhat disdainful and unconvinced, but when Li Wushou asked him, he replied irritably, "How should I know!"

Then he went to sleep. He was angry for no reason, and even a little furious, as if some sore spot had been touched.

Li Wushou did not get an answer and did not investigate further.

Just like people have one nose and two eyes, maybe God was originally like that?

Continue looking towards the shrine.

Behind the statue is a shrine with the six characters "Eternal Mother Goddess!" gilded and shining brightly in the moonlight.

The young girl, Wusheng, changed her spell, and sheets of blood-stained paper flew out from her sleeve. She then rolled them into sticks of blood-stained incense and placed them in the incense burner in the shrine.

A large amount of incense smoke rose up and swirled around the statues and altars of the gods.

The clouds and mist in the sky began to gather above Jing'an.

A buzzing sound filled his ears, like millions of people praying in the clouds, which made Li Wushou inexplicably irritable.

Suddenly, the moonlight in the sky dimmed, and a beam of white light fell from the clouds and smoke, landing squarely on the statue in the shrine.

"Snap!"

The statue trembled, and a muffled thud was heard from its joints. Then, the six golden characters "Eternal Mother Goddess" on the altar suddenly detached from the altar and fell into the golden eyes of the statue.

A flash of golden light appeared, and the statue's eyes came to life.

The face softened, and the statue opened its mouth, unleashing a force of absorption. The incense smoke that filled the sky surged down and all flowed into the statue's mouth.

The clicking sounds became more continuous, and the next moment the statue emerged from the shrine.

The moment he stepped out, his figure unfolded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant over ten feet tall.

At the same time, the clouds and mist in the sky began to gather beneath the statue. In the instant the statue stopped growing, they coalesced into a lotus platform of clouds and mist. The statue sat back, cross-legged on the lotus platform, with a solemn and dignified appearance.

Upon seeing this, the young maiden Wusheng on the altar quickly and respectfully prostrated herself.
"Greetings to my god!"

The Eternal Mother waved her hand, then looked down at the Azure Heaven True Lord and spoke:
"Wusheng greets True Lord Biluo!"

The divine voice was vast and majestic, and even when it descended, it still maintained its imposing presence.

Li Wushou frowned the moment he saw the Eternal Mother.

He wasn't intimidated by the other party's imposing manner, but rather because in his mind, the Eternal Mother had always been a deity of the wicked.

Although it was strange and unusual, it was not a celestial being. However, upon seeing the other party descend into the statue, Li Wushou clearly sensed the aura of a destiny star.

He has two divine incarnations, and even participated in the entire process of Chi Xiu raising his destiny star.

They are naturally very sensitive to the aura of their natal star.

The way the opponent descended was remarkably similar to Chi Xiu's Destiny Star Projection Dharma Body, or rather, they were essentially the same method.

Without a sound, the Eternal Mother has actually advanced to the realm of a Celestial God!
However, upon reflection, if the other party was indeed someone they had raised, then obtaining enough offerings to elevate their destiny star would not be difficult for them.

Although he was only a first-level Celestial God, his strength was comparable to that of an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, which still made Li Wushou feel troubled.

This means that his plan to capture the Eternal Mother has almost failed.

If the opponent's destiny star is high up, unless you can lock onto the opponent in the Ninth Heaven and directly take down their destiny star, how can you capture them?
Even if we remove the avatar attached to this statue now, it is still just an avatar, and the other party can dissipate at any time.

This is what makes the divine path so unpredictable compared to the immortal path.

If a Nascent Soul cultivator were to appear before Li Wushou like this, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he had ten legs, but a Divine Path cultivator could.

This left Li Wushou, who had been squatting for half the night, speechless.

He truly hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

After pondering for a while, Li Wushou prepared to dispel the incense smoke around him, release Xuan Yang and the Talisman Master, and kill Biluo Zhenjun and the Dharma body of Wusheng Laomu first.

Since we can't catch it, there's no need to waste any more time waiting.

Just then, the old beggar's voice echoed in his mind. Li Wushou paused in his actions, listened quietly, and then asked in his mind:

"you sure?"

"Of course!"

The old beggar replied with unusual certainty.

Nodding slightly, Li Wushou didn't ask any more questions. He concealed his figure again and focused his mind on the Three Immortals Pavilion, where he placed three sticks of incense on the altar.

He instructed the dozing Chen Gou'er:
"Later, when I tell you to blow on the incense, just blow on it, okay?"

Without further ado, he sent a blood seed directly to Chen Gou'er's nose.

Chen Gou'er's nose twitched, and he instantly woke up. After taking the blood seed, he ran straight to the incense table and stood ready.

"Li Wushou, I'm the best at bragging! Next time you need this kind of work, come to me again!"

Li Wushou felt a sharp pain between his brows upon hearing this, silently uttered the phrase "children speak without thinking," and then his mind drifted away from the Three Immortals Pavilion.

A vertical line appeared between Li Wushou's brows, and the talisman master, shrouded in a cloak, quietly appeared beside him. The cloak also contained a large amount of boundary power, isolating his own aura.

Last time, besides a lot of the boundary power of the Red Makeup Domain being absorbed by the Tai Chi Dojo, a lot of the rest was transformed into a cloak by the talisman master and draped over his back.

Therefore, for a talisman master, concealing oneself in front of a first-level Heavenly God and a Nascent Soul True Lord is actually relatively simple.

Moreover, talisman masters are also skilled in the art of talismans.

The moment he stood still, the talisman master cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Li Wushou and said nothing more.

He had already learned everything from Li Wushou.

With his aura concealed, the talisman master intently examined the avatar of the Eternal Mother and the marriage contract pasted on the paper house before nodding to Li Wushou.

Upon seeing this, Li Wushou nodded slightly, confirming his suspicions.
With a thought, the Tai Chi Dojo flew out from between his eyebrows and landed in the talisman master's hand.

"You stay here and wait, and when the time is right, you will join forces with Xuan Yang."

After making the arrangements, Li Wushou left the outer perimeter of Jing'an and flew towards the nine tea mountains outside Tingyou Mansion.

The Wusheng Sect usually keeps a body outside the battlefield for emergencies; he needs to find their bodies first.

After leaving Tingyou Mansion, Li Wushou gave an order to the dark figure behind him:
"Get up, time to work!"

The shadowy figure shivered, then perked up.

Li Wushou glanced back in the direction of Jing'an. Everything was ready, and he waited for Wusheng to fall into the trap.

Jing'an Residence

Upon receiving the greeting from the Eternal Mother, the True Lord of Azure Heaven returned the greeting.

Although she looked down on the Unborn Mother, she wouldn't vent her emotions at this moment.

"Having met the God of No Life, I will have to trouble the God with the matter of extending my lifespan."

The Eternal Mother sat serenely on the lotus amidst the clouds, nodding slightly.

"You're too kind, True Lord. It was nothing more than a small favor. I will now extend the lifespan of my nine sons!"

The two exchanged brief pleasantries, and then the Eternal Mother remained silent, her demeanor appearing quite humble compared to her imposing presence.

Looking around, the lotus platform beneath him quietly lowered a little.

The clouds on the horizon followed closely behind, making the sky seem to have lowered a bit.

The nine children, who had been waiting for a chance to escape inside the paper house, were suddenly pressed to the ground by a tremendous force and were unable to move.

With a thought, the Eternal Mother dispersed the clouds behind her, and nine beams of starlight fell from the clouds, illuminating the nine paper houses.

The nine paper houses suddenly shrank, transforming into nine enormous incense sticks. Under the starlight, the incense sticks rapidly compressed, transforming into a long incense stick more than three feet long and as thick as a chopstick.

Upon seeing this, the Eternal Mother murmured:
"To gain longevity, first offer incense!"

The divine sound echoed, and the nine sons, who were pressed to the ground, suddenly knelt down devoutly before the Eternal Mother in mid-air.

After the fourth bow, a long incense stick pierced the night sky and went straight into the top of the nine sons' heads.

The heads, piled up haphazardly like cow waists, have been transformed into a human head incense burner.

The incense burned spontaneously without a flame, igniting a large amount of life force.

The six arms of the Eternal Mother descended simultaneously, and she softly chanted:

"When there is no birth, life is borrowed; when there is birth, longevity comes naturally! I am the one who has no birth, thus adding longevity and blessings!"

As the divine sound faded, the wisps of blood energy that ignited seeped into the bodies of the nine children through the gaps on their heads.

The umbilical cord that originally connected the nine sons to the nine daughters of the Deng family suddenly broke.

Subsequently, the nine children's vitality flourished.

(End of this chapter)