There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 79 External Alchemy

The person who came was the one who had tested them with the name "Jade Phoenix"!
"The old demon's possession is always accomplished in an instant, why would he need to seclude himself for twenty years?" He took a step forward, and the stone ground beneath his feet cracked silently. "Moreover, you don't possess even a trace of the Soul-Eating True Intent!"

The man approached step by step, his smile growing increasingly cold: "You are truly remarkable! You managed to devour that old demon completely! It's a pity, you ultimately know nothing about the Golden Core Dao!"

His sarcasm grew increasingly pronounced: "The Golden Elixir is the root of life! If you do not understand the methods of external alchemy and forcibly take another's Golden Elixir into your body, you will be like a maggot clinging to your bones! Under the constant erosion, you will eventually be boiled into a living furnace for nurturing the elixir embryo! When the elixir is ripe and the embryo is formed, that will be the time when you turn into pus! Such foolishness is what makes me, Zhao Ye, worthy of obtaining this treasure!"

Chen Qing took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "What is an external elixir?"

"What composure! Even facing death, you can still maintain such composure!" Zhao Ye's eyes flashed with surprise.

Chen Qing said frankly, "I have indeed spent several days working on this matter. If I can resolve this doubt before I die, I will have no regrets."

"Ha! You're quite the seed of the Dao!" Zhao Ye laughed heartily, regarding him as a withered skeleton in a tomb. "Telling you won't hurt! Your ambition to become a Golden Core cultivator is completely misguided! They refine the inner elixir, which cultivates both life and spirit, while yours is an external object, meant for refining the outer elixir! The method of the outer elixir is a technique for fighting and protecting the Dao, not a path to longevity, hence its rarity. Otherwise, why would I have spent twenty years searching for this 'Mysterious Yin Principle'!"

"I see," Chen Qing said with a sudden realization, feeling a sense of relief. Then his words were sharp as knives: "You went to great lengths to covet this pill, which shows that you are not in the fourth realm, but only in the third realm."

"So what if it is? Now you know the reason. Get on your way!" With a sinister laugh, Zhao Ye vanished like a ghost!
A sharp claw covered in dark blue scales tore through the yin wind, aiming straight for Chen Qingtian's head!
Fast! Ruthless! Decisive!
Before the claws even arrived, the biting wind made Chen Qing's scalp feel like it was about to split open!

Life and death in an instant!

Instead of retreating, Chen Qing advanced, his right hand forming a knife-like shape as he stabbed himself into his own abdomen!
"Pfft!"

Blood suddenly appeared!
"Suicide?" Zhao Ye's claws moved even faster. "Useless struggle! You think death will spare you from torture?"

However, the next moment, the sneer on his face suddenly froze!
A decaying and rotten aura erupted from Chen Qing's right arm, which pierced through his abdomen!
“I can’t refine it,” Chen Qing said, his right arm muscles bulging like a dragon, the protruding veins gleaming with an eerie purplish-black luster, “but that doesn’t mean I can’t borrow its power!”

All Qi returns to the burial, melting into the jade hand!
Using blood and qi as fuel, and melting all qi into jade!

At this moment, he used his own flesh and blood as a furnace, regarded the decaying golden core as an "external enemy," and touched it with his hand, forcibly drawing out the destructive power of annihilation contained within it!

Fingers together form a sword, one finger pointing!
"Om-"

A jet-black rainbow light burst forth!

Wherever it passed, the air hissed and decayed, and the space was filled with a gray, stagnant atmosphere!
"You... are crazy..." Zhao Ye felt a sense of decay and destruction rushing towards him. His protective spiritual light melted away like ice and snow. Before he could even cry out, the rainbow light had already pierced his chest!
His entire body visibly collapsed and dissolved! His skin and flesh melted away, and his bones turned to ash!
The Yin spirit had barely escaped halfway when it was tightly bound by the filthy black energy, letting out a non-human scream!
"impossible……"

Before the cry of despair could even fade, his body and spirit rapidly decayed and disintegrated under the corrosive influence of decay! In the blink of an eye, he turned into a cloud of foul-smelling black ash, which was swept away by the air currents!
Before the dust had settled, Chen Qing's left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing at the air!
call!
A gray-blue robe and a dark, sallow pouch landed steadily in his palm.

Despite the excruciating pain and weakness, Chen Qing desperately probed his pocket with his spiritual sense!

The space was small, filled with bottles, jars, ores, spiritual materials, and several jade slips with different auras.

His spiritual sense swept across the area!
Suddenly, a book as black as ink jade came into view!

The cover prominently displays the six characters "Mysterious Yin Principle"!
"It was here after all!" A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders!
Without hesitation, Chen Qing used his spiritual sense to capture the book!

He let out a long sigh, looked at the pool of black ash on the ground, and felt a chill run down his spine.

"The power of the Golden Core is truly terrifying! Even forcibly absorbing just a little bit would be enough to crush such a powerful cultivator!"

He suppressed his churning blood and qi, and his gaze fell on the scroll of "The Mysterious Yin Principle".

Turning the pages, what greeted my eyes was not the expected text, but a strange array of twisted, writhing, tadpole-shaped runes!

Densely packed and interconnected, they form incomprehensible patterns!
Upon probing with spiritual awareness, no divine thoughts remained in the book itself.

Chen Qing frowned. "Completely different from the ancient seal script of the Immortal Dynasty on the cover, how do I translate it?" His mind raced. "Perhaps I should just memorize a few key characters and investigate further when I return to the mortal world? Black Reef Island is a melting pot of all sorts of people; maybe someone there will recognize them!"

His gaze swept over the runes again, and he suddenly felt they looked familiar.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.

"The Pavilion of Fragments!" Chen Qing suddenly realized, "There seem to be similar patterns in the scholar's niche!"

Just as I was pondering this, the familiar feeling of being pulled away suddenly descended upon me!

White fog surged and filled the field of vision!
"Seven days have passed again!"

Chen Qing understood immediately and glanced at the tightly closed stone door.

"My foundation is already established, my spiritual energy is inexhaustible, and I am protected by the spiritual light of the Dao Seed, so I should be able to sustain myself. However, the hidden dangers of the Golden Core and the injuries need to be suppressed at all times, so I still need to make some arrangements."

With a thought, he imprinted several more obsessions deep within this body.

"Firstly, it suppresses the erosion of the golden elixir and repairs damage to the meridians."

"Secondly, explore the Yin Qi, understand its similarities and differences with the Taihe Qi, and deduce the way of condensing talismans!"

"Thirdly, based on our existing foundation in weapon crafting and formations, we should delve into the essentials and enhance our skills!"

He paused for a moment, then recalled the two Buddhist methods given to him by the monk Huichi. The righteous and bright spirit and the suppression of evil spirits contained within them could neutralize the growing cold and evil feeling in his cultivation and help suppress the impurity of the golden core.

Fourth, comprehend the two methods of "Void Embracing the Sea" and "Indestructible Vajra," grasp their true meaning, and integrate them into your own path!

With his obsession settled, the white mist completely engulfed Chen Qing's consciousness.

His eyes immediately became glazed over. He pointed and pulled the black book into his hand. He flipped it over in mid-air, and the tadpole-like patterns inside twisted and turned, reflected in his glazed eyes.

Soon, colorful hues appeared all over his body in the dream, and as a point of Buddha's light surged from the bottom of his heart, all the rays of light converged towards his abdomen!

Guanhai Pavilion, Tingtao Room.

Chen Qing's eyes suddenly snapped open!

A chilling aura surged from the crown of his head and flowed straight down to his dantian!
"coming!"

His heart tightened, and the Taihe River, carrying with it a cloud of white stardust, surged forth as if facing a formidable enemy!
However, the anticipated violent collision did not occur.

As soon as the Yin energy entered the body, it followed a mysterious trajectory and began to circulate on its own, even brushing past the surging Taihe River, clearly separating the two!
One is extinguished and cold, the other is warm and vibrant. They have different attributes, yet they coexist in the dantian and dantian in a strange way. Although they are incompatible, they do not exclude each other!
"Such changes will require careful contemplation in the future. However, the injuries sustained in this dream were quite severe. Although I left behind a lingering obsession to suppress the erosion of my golden core and heal my wounds, the depths of the Xuan Prison are fraught with danger. Even though Zhao Ye has been eliminated, there is no guarantee that there won't be other covetous individuals, and there is also the risk of my identity being exposed. If there were additional Dao trace settings, it might provide some protection..."

Only after this thought crossed his mind did he realize the problem!
Previously, to be on the safe side, when he told Fang Da'ao and Qu Xiaoyao the story of the patriarch, he almost exhausted all the Dao traces he had accumulated in order to be comprehensive.

"Now that I'm on Black Reef Island, it's a melting pot of all sorts of people. Although there are many like-minded people, none of them are my disciples. I can't just randomly take anyone as my apprentice, can I? Besides, they probably wouldn't agree... Hmm?"

Just then, he heard a noise. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw the golden monkey flipping through the fruits on the table, its bright black eyes looking at him curiously.

"Chirp chirp chirp?"

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