Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 309 The Body Without Leaks, the Old Beggar's Old Acquaintance
Chongyuan looked at Li Wushou

At this moment, Li Wushou was covered with a layer of shimmering blood-red light.

Its skin was as smooth as silk, and remained unharmed despite being stained with the blood of the black snake.

Compared to the others, he was even more shocked, and exclaimed almost in a voice, "A body without flaws?!"

Chongyuan came from the lineage of the Great Venerable Zhenhai. Although he did not learn the Great Venerable's methods, he had long heard of the supreme realm of the physical body—the body without leakage.

However, within the entire lineage of the Great Venerable, apart from the Great Venerable and the young lady, he had never heard of anyone reaching this level.

How old is this boy?

We must protect him and bring him back to Wanghai City so that the Great Venerable can see him. It would be such a waste for such talent to be left out in the world.

Just then, Li Wushou smashed the head of the Xuan Snake with a punch, and the other four Xuan Beasts were half-hidden in the River Styx.

Clearly, after seeing that Li Wushou seemed to ignore the corrosive effects of the black serpent's blood, they became wary and attempted to use the River Styx to protect themselves.

Immediately afterwards, they began to exert all their strength, frantically stirring up waves in the Styx River, and rushed directly towards Li Wushou.

Just as Chongyuan had made up his mind to bring Li Wushou to meet the Great Venerable, he was startled by this. He then manipulated the Realm Treasure, disregarding the loss of Realm Power, to continuously extinguish the waters of the River Styx, while shouting to Li Wushou:
"Young man, retreat behind me first and wait for an opportunity to act."

Upon hearing Chongyuan's shout, the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs of Taihe realized that this Golden Core True Man was not with Chongyuan, the Sea Patrol Envoy.

Was this Golden Core cultivator truly more agile than them just now?
However, recalling how the other party ignored the bloodstains earlier, my earlier vigilance seemed somewhat justified.

Who exactly is this Golden Elixir user?

Seeing Chongyuan's actions, Li Wushou smiled slightly, glanced back at him, and then turned and plunged into the River Styx.

???

Those watching Li Wushou gasped, even Chong Yuan felt his breath catch in his throat.

What's the situation?
While everyone else was still experiencing system crashes, Li Wushou had already ventured deep into the River Styx.

In Li Wushou's view, the power of the Styx River was not simply a corrosive force, but also contained the ability to devour all living things.

Therefore, the moment the soul and flesh come into contact, they will be corroded and dissolved, and the same is true for the power of heaven and earth that the soul controls.

It seems that the River Styx naturally restrains all living things?
This is also why several Nascent Soul True Monarchs feared the waters of the River Styx!

But for Li Wushou, after tasting the water of the Styx with his tongue, he discovered that his unique physical body could resist the erosion of the Styx water.

Therefore, he was not afraid of the River Styx!
He was actually quite curious about the phrase "a body without leaks" that Chongyuan had exclaimed.

The mantra "Food is Heaven" clearly states: "The Way of Heaven has its flaws, so it gives rise to all things to make itself complete; the Way of Humanity has its flaws, so it eats all things from Heaven and Earth to build a flawless body."

I wonder if the flawless body Chongshan mentioned is the same as the flawless body forged in Food for Heaven.

While deep in thought, Li Wushou descended and found the spot where the Xuan Snake's corpse had sunk. The flesh on its neck was writhing, and a new head was being conceived.

Li Wushou entered the riverbed to eliminate any potential threats, and the old beggar seemed particularly disgusted by the newly formed head on the Xuan Beast.

With his palm covered in blood light, he pressed it against the neck of the black serpent. A seed of blood flowed into the writhing flesh, and the black flesh instantly stopped writhing. Li Wushou watched this scene, and his mind stirred.

A strange feeling arose within him.

It seems this black serpent was already dead?
It was only because it grew a new head that it came back to life?

Since the beginning, he had been paying attention to the Five Mystic Beasts, but he had never sensed any fluctuations in their divine souls. They were like walking corpses.

Just as Li Wushou was about to investigate further, a sudden thought struck him.

He had overlooked something: although his physical body could withstand the erosion of the River Styx, his trousers seemed to be unable to! He had not yet expanded his Dharma Realm.

Oh no! I'm going to be naked like Chen Gou'er.

Looking down, Li Wushou, who had already prepared himself to be naked, was surprised the next moment.

A dark shadow had appeared on his lower body at some point, and even the Styx River, which could corrode all things, could not break through the shadow's defenses.

However, the shadow was different from usual. It used to be a light and ethereal shadow, just like a normal person's shadow, but now it was inexplicably much more solid.

Upon closer inspection, it resembles a piece of fine silk as thin as a cicada's wing, or the black skin of a black snake, made countless times more exquisite!
This made him even more suspicious of the shadowy figure's origins.

For some reason, he became more certain that the shadowy figure might have been brought out of Huangyuan Mountain by the old beggar, or perhaps the old beggar had asked Huangyuan Mountain for it.

Otherwise, the old beggar wouldn't have been unconscious for so long.

Looking back now, although there was a suspicion that they were feigning helplessness to get Li Wushou and Chen Gou'er to go out begging, the other party must have suffered considerable losses.

With his mind at ease and protected by the shadowy figure, Li Wushou became even more unrestrained in the River Styx.

After completely extinguishing the chance of the Xuan Snake's resurrection, Li Wushou suddenly kicked off the Styx River and then charged directly at the Xuan Bird, which was half-hidden in the Styx River, like an arrowfish.

Although the Black Bird did not unleash its divine soul power, the movement of Li Wushou's physical body breaking through the waves still alerted it.

With a long cry to the sky, it flapped its wings and was about to fly away from the River Styx, but in the next instant, it felt its body sink and its feet were firmly gripped by a pair of hands.

Li Wushou concealed himself at the bottom of the river, his palms covered in blood energy, and all the major tendons in his body exerted their power, forcefully pulling the body of the black bird into the River Styx.

He immediately lunged forward, his hands gripping the black bird's neck. "Crack. Sizzle!"

With a twist and a forceful tug, Li Wushou snapped off the newly formed head of the Black Bird and ripped it off the corpse cleanly from the root.

A drop of blood flowed from his palm into the severed neck, and the restless flesh and blood subsided.

Li Wushou casually tossed it aside, and the shadowy figure caught it with perfect understanding, connecting the corpses of the Black Bird and the Black Serpent together.

Immediately afterwards, Li Wushou followed suit and charged towards the black leopard, black tiger, and black fox.

Slightly different from the other four mystical beasts, the Mystic Fox was much more intelligent and cunning. Seeing the other four mystical beasts disappear one after another, it even turned around and fled into the depths of the River Styx.

But in the next instant, Li Wushou, using his extreme speed, broke through the Styx River and caught up, smashing his head with a punch.

After killing the Xuanhu, Li Wushou became even more certain of one thing: these five Xuan beasts should have been dead originally, and the reason they were revived was entirely because they had grown new heads.

During the battle, the five mythical beasts did not use any magic, and their control over the Styx River seemed to be merely a matter of physical instinct.

However, Li Wushou has not yet figured out how these mystical beasts grew new heads and came back to life.

However, this black fox just fled desperately into the depths of the River Styx. Could the secret to their revival lie there? Or is it simply the mystery of the River Styx itself?

Li Wushou, half-naked, carried the corpse of the Xuanhu. His shadow blended into the darkness, silently linking with the corpses of the other four Xuan beasts, hovering behind him.

The previously turbulent River Styx gradually calmed down after losing the control of the five mystical beasts.

Chongyuan stood there panting heavily. The once dazzling World Treasure had dimmed considerably, clearly indicating that it had consumed a great deal of energy.

Just now, when Li Wushou was hunting Xuan beasts in the Styx River, several Xuan beasts fought back fiercely, and the surging Styx River finally broke through Chongyuan's layers of defense, crashing into the crowd who couldn't dodge in time.

Half of the crowd vanished into nothingness in the blink of an eye.

The few dozen survivors, after realizing that the storm had subsided, looked around in a state of panic.

Upon seeing Li Wushou in mid-air, everyone gaped in astonishment.

Upon seeing the black fox in his hand and the four corpses of black beasts floating behind him, everyone fell silent for a moment, followed by a few gasps of surprise.

"died?"

"Are those mystical beasts finally dead?"

The slightly tearful voice stirred everyone's emotions, filling them with the joy of surviving a disaster, and they cheered emotionally.

Chongyuan and the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs behind him stared at Li Wushou in silence for a long time, unable to describe the shock in their hearts.

Li Wushou was surrounded by a bloody aura, and it seemed as if a giant dragon was lurking within his body. His entire being left a deep and awe-inspiring impression on the group.

At this moment, Li Wushou was almost like a young Great Venerable!
Chongyuan took a step forward, walked up to Li Wushou, and asked with unusual excitement:

"Young man, where is the immortal realm? Come back to Zhenhai City with me, and I will lead you to meet the Great Venerable One, shall we?"

If it weren't for the fact that Li Wushou was covered in the wet waters of the River Styx, Chongyuan would have almost put his hand on Li Wushou's shoulder.

He was terrified that Li Wushou would suddenly disappear into the River Styx, which would be the greatest loss for the Great Venerable lineage in over a thousand years.

"Greetings, Sea Patrol Envoy. I come from Huazhou in the outer sea to accompany my Heavenly God. We are indeed heading to Zhenhai City."

Although Li Wushou was a little uncomfortable with Chongyuan's sudden enthusiasm, he still replied politely.

He then shook his body slightly, letting the blood wash away the Styx water from his body, and took out the black and gold robe and put it back on.

The way Chongyuan scrutinized his body made him feel strange; it was as if the other man's eyes wanted to burrow into his flesh.

Li Wushou's words startled Chongyuan, who then burst into ecstasy and laughed loudly:

"Good! Good! Good!"

But then, as if remembering something, Chongyuan asked in astonishment, "Where did you just say you came from? Huazhou?"

Li Wushou nodded slightly, just as he was about to respond to Chongyuan, when a fierce roar, like that of a bull or a tiger, suddenly came to his ears.

Those watching from afar, including Zhu Yuan and Li Wushou, covered their ears, but were still shaken by the roar, causing blood to flow from their seven orifices.

Even a Golden Core cultivator like Steward Deng was no exception; even the Flying Sword True Monarch suffered a ruptured eardrum and bled due to damage to his Nascent Soul Dao Foundation.

The dark figure behind him trembled inexplicably, and Li Wushou sensed an uncontrollable emotion arising from the other party.

Suddenly turning around, Li Wushou looked into the depths of the River Styx. Where his gaze was fixed, he could vaguely see a mountain, from which the mighty River Styx flowed.

At the foot of the mountain, a giant, crawling creature is slowly coming back to life.

Chongyuan, standing beside him, also sensed this oppressive aura and murmured softly:

"What exactly is this?"

Just then, the old beggar inside the Three Immortals Pavilion said wistfully:

"Let's go see my old friend."

(End of this chapter)