Fangxian Heretical Path

Chapter 226 The Dragon Whale Health Cultivation Method Revealed in the Martial World (Supplementary Chapter)

While Fang Shu remained wary, Bai Yangyang pondered something with a thoughtful expression.

Suddenly, the other party raised his hand and flicked it, and an object flew out from his sleeve.

Fortunately, this object is neither a talisman nor a magic weapon, and it does not contain any killing intent; it is a jade slip.

Fang Shu looked at the other person questioningly.

Bai Yangyang cupped her hands and spoke:
"Since Fellow Daoist Hu is unwilling to travel to the Western Sea with us, we have no choice but to part ways here. However, the benefits that I promised you beforehand cannot be denied."

Please accept this item, fellow Daoist.

Without any hesitation, Fang Shu nodded immediately, reached out and took the jade slip in front of him. After examining it for a while, he probed it with his divine sense.

Soon, his brows relaxed, and a clear look of joy appeared on his face.

Fang Shu spoke up: "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Bai, is this cultivation technique perhaps the one practiced by that Immortal Master Yang Zhuzi?"

Bai Yangyang nodded and replied, "That's right, this item is exactly the specific cultivation method that matches the jade slip that Fellow Daoist Hu already has."

Although the Earth-based Foundation Building Method in the Vast Sea Region does not necessarily require strengthening the physical body and tempering the muscles and bones, it still requires some tempering, and the stronger the physique, the better.

This "Dragon Whale Nourishing Body Method" has three levels: the first is refining essence, the second is refining qi, and the third is foundation building. According to the expert Bai consulted, once the third level is mastered, in terms of physique alone, one should reach the peak of the seventh tribulation, comparable to an eighth tribulation immortal.

As Fang Shu listened to the other party's introduction, the joy on his face deepened.

In other words, this is a foundation-building technique!
Even after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he can still use this method to continue strengthening his body!
After glancing at it a few more times, Fang Shu noticed that compared to this "Dragon Whale Nourishing Method," the foundation-building steps that the four of them had previously obtained were quite rudimentary.

The latter can be used, but many key points are only mentioned briefly, unlike the "Dragon Whale Health Preservation Method," which is insightful and provides detailed instruction on every aspect.

Furthermore, in addition to the cultivation steps, the "Dragon Whale Nourishing Method" also contains a number of corresponding prescriptions and formulas, totaling as many as eighteen kinds, which can facilitate practitioners to use medicine to promote cultivation and accelerate the tempering of their physique at various stages.

Fang Shu used the Dao talisman to quickly incorporate the method into it, and immediately felt that his chances of establishing his foundation had increased even more!
What caught his eye even more was that this method did not care about natural talent or physique, and it was not difficult to cultivate. It emphasized hard work and medicine, making it a broad and enduring cultivation method that could be practiced by humans, demons, birds, and animals alike.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for him, who has a pseudo-spiritual root.

Without further thought, Fang Shu held the jade slip in his hands and immediately bowed to Protector Bai:
"Thank you, Protector Bai."

Bai Yangyang smiled and returned the greeting with a cupped hand: "It is I who should thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

She paused for a moment, then introduced herself: "My surname is Bai, and my given name is Yangyang. Fellow Daoist Hu, you may call me Yangyang from now on."

"Hu has met Fellow Daoist Yangyang."

After some pleasantries and small talk, both sides enjoyed themselves immensely.

Suddenly, a snapping sound rang out.

The two shifted their gaze and saw that it was the birdcage that imprisoned the dragon rabbit. The cage had been corroded by the Dead Sea water, and the creature was struggling inside, using its horns to push against the cage.

The White Protector's eyes flickered.

She immediately drew her knife and slashed at the cage, cutting through the rotten cage and helping the dragon and rabbit inside escape.

Ah! The dragon rabbit was so frightened by the White Protector's slash that its fur stood on end.

"You lowly commoner, what will happen if you were to injure me!"

After finishing his rant, Longtu came to his senses, his expression stiffening slightly as he realized that the words he had just used were quite inappropriate.

But Bai, as if he hadn't heard anything, immediately took out his knife and apologized: "It was my haste that almost injured the Emperor. I hope the Emperor will forgive me."

"It's alright, it's alright. You were just trying to save your master." The dragon rabbit's expression softened, and it immediately nodded magnanimously, forgiving Bai Yangyang.

Immediately, the rabbit cautiously peeked out of the broken birdcage, then with a sudden burst of strength, kicked the birdcage hard into the Dead Sea.

It grumbled and cursed, "Using a broken cage to house me, do you really think I'm a sparrow! Once I'm in the Dragon Palace, I'll send shrimp soldiers and crab generals to exterminate all your blood relatives."

These words reached the ears of Fang Shu and Bai Yangyang. Bai Yangyang did not react at all, but Fang Shu narrowed his eyes slightly.

This creature is indeed small in size, but has quite a temper; it is by no means an easy one to serve.

However, this is no longer relevant to him. Now that he has the benefits, it's time for him to make a run for it and find a way to survive.

But after finishing his tirade, the dragon rabbit suddenly looked at Fang Shu with an arrogant air:

"You fox, come closer!"

Fang Shu didn't understand, but still stepped forward.

The dragon rabbit raised its paw, hesitated for a moment, then cut open the back of its paw, squeezed out three drops of golden-red blood, fused them into a ball, and arrogantly pounced on Fang Shu.

Its complexion looked somewhat weak, and it spoke:
"This is my essence blood. I just heard you two mention that you plan to cultivate the 'Dragon Whale Body Cultivation Method'. I have heard of this method before; it aims to cultivate the physique of a dragon whale, with particular emphasis on profound strength."

Most cultivation techniques related to my dragon clan require dragon blood for spiritual awakening to attain enlightenment. These three drops of essence blood should help you quickly grasp the basics and understand the true meaning.

These words greatly surprised Fang Shu, and his opinion of the man changed considerably.

The dragon rabbit said lightly, "You have rendered meritorious service in saving the emperor. Although I am unwilling to go to the Dragon Palace with you, I must reward you. I will use this to repay your merit."

Why dawdle? Just get on with it.

This creature was actually willing to give away its essence and blood. Not only Fang Shu, but Bai Yangyang, who was standing to the side, was also greatly surprised and couldn't help but take a few more glances at the dragon rabbit.

Fang Shu quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for the blood bestowed by the dragon."

Immediately, he took out the jade box, intending to put the dragon's blood essence into it.

But then, the dragon rabbit suddenly shouted, "Foolish fox!"
Such precious blood should not be contained within an inanimate object; it should be nourished by living beings. Since you intend to cultivate the Dragon Whale Technique, simply store it within your body—any part of your limbs or bones will do, but the head and heart are preferable, as this will facilitate the fusion of your energy with its essence.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Shu hesitated for a few moments, then nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and applied three drops of his essence blood to his arm to absorb the dragon's blood.

In reality, he only applied those three drops of blood essence to the fox fur; he didn't actually store them in his own flesh.

After all, even if the recipient is a dragon and he has saved him, he would not easily allow such a gift from someone else to touch his own body.

Fang Shu was also thinking that after they separated, he would still have to remove the essence blood from the fox fur and store it either in a jade box or in a Gu worm bag, and put it in a living bag. In any case, he would not keep it close to his body.

the other side.

Seeing that Fang Shu listened to the advice and nodded, Long Tu narrowed its eyes and jumped directly onto Bai Yangyang's shoulder, too lazy to pay attention to the outside world anymore.

Fang Shu and Bai Yangyang exchanged a few glances and then bowed to each other again.

"Take care, fellow Daoist!"

"See you later."

However, before leaving, Fang Shu became curious about Bai Yangyang's plans to cross the Dead Sea.

After all, this body of water is quite vast, and black winds often blow across the sea, unless one uses a giant ship like a cloud ship to navigate through the gale layer.

Otherwise, they are very likely to get lost at sea, and may not be able to land for nearly a month. Eventually, their spiritual energy will be exhausted, and they will fall directly into the stagnant water, be dragged by water ghosts, and drown.

Whoosh!

To Fang Shu's surprise, Bai Yangyang only took out a small wooden raft from her pouch. It was only about ten feet wide, with a dark color and a material that resembled gold but wasn't. Even more astonishingly, this raft, when pushed into the stagnant water, actually floated!
Fang Shu blurted out, "Isn't the Dead Sea known as a place where even a goose feather can't float, birds can't cross, and it's impossible to swim across? Why can this thing float?"

Bai Yangyang explained with a smile: "This thing is called 'sunken wood'. It takes thousands of years to form. In ordinary water, it is like stone and iron and will sink directly. But in this Dead Sea, it seems that like elements repel each other and can float on the surface."

The woman patted the raft and said, "Every single piece of wood on this raft is a piece of ancient, dark, spiritual wood that I, Bai, have painstakingly collected. If I didn't have such wood in my hands, how would I dare to cross the Dead Sea?"

"By the way, the jade slip I just saw also contained the Dead Sea route, which I had painstakingly collected. If you ever get into trouble in the future, you must come here to escape. Remember, both are indispensable."

Fang Shu nodded seriously.

He hesitated for a few moments, then suddenly, with a shameless grin, pointed to the raft and said, "I see this raft is quite large. Fellow Daoist, could you cut off a section for me? It doesn't need to be too big, just enough to step on."

This will save Hu from having to collect more later, and if he gets caught, he can use this to escape at sea.

Fang Shu's words made sense, but they also sounded a bit like he was trying to take advantage of others.

"Brother Hu is truly brilliant."

Bai Yangyang couldn't help but laugh. She didn't refuse, but directly drew the long magic knife from her waist, casually slashed it down eight or nine feet, and handed it to Fang Shu.

The woman then leaped up and gracefully landed on the raft, which swayed and drifted away from the shore with her movements.

Looking up, Bai Yangyang stood barefoot on the raft, her ankles like white jade, her skin like white snow, her eyes red, and her long hair like a waterfall. She held a knife in her right hand as if it were a branch of a flower, and with just a few flicks to the left and right, the dark wooden raft beneath her swam several feet away.

Bai Yangyang smiled at Fang Shu, but did not say anything else.

Fang Shu stood on the shore, simply cupped his hands in greeting, and quietly watched the other person leave.

Their journey together has come to an end.

Meanwhile, Bai Yangyang was secretly thinking to herself that although this person surnamed Hu was somewhat timid in his behavior, he was still a cultivator with a decent character.

But soon.

Bai Yangyang's eyelids twitched suddenly. She stared intently at Fang Shu on the shore, her face filled with disbelief.

Fang Shu touched the piece of dark wood, but instead of taking it, he pushed it and slid into the Dead Sea.

He neither intended to rush to the Immortal City of the Vast Sea nor to return by the same route. Instead, he planned to drift near the Dead Sea for a while to avoid trouble and then take a detour to leave the border region.

Although this piece of ebony wood was small, it was more than enough to lie down on.

So Fang Shu lay on the wood, using his hand as a pillow, his legs crossed, and used his tail to paddle along the wood, slowly drifting on the Dead Sea.

This scene, witnessed by Bai Yangyang in the distance, made her think she was seeing things.

However, upon closer inspection, Bai Yangyang discovered that Fang Shu's movements were indeed exactly the same as those of the fox when it ran away back then.

What she realized later was that the two foxes' temperaments were now perfectly aligned, without any sense of incongruity!

Her heart pounded, and Bai Yangyang's face lit up with surprise.

She took a few steps on the raft, wanting to fly over and reunite with Fang Shu on the spot. But suddenly, Bai Yangyang thought of many things, and as her expression changed, she forcefully suppressed this impulse.

It should be understood that her journey to the Western Sea was entirely risky, with her future uncertain and her fate unknown.

Now that you've recognized them, trying to catch up with them would be like trying to drag them down with you!

Bai Yangyang stood at the edge of the raft, her mind filled with thoughts, and she forced herself to turn away.

But suddenly, she couldn't help herself and called out:

"Brother Fox!"

The crisp sound immediately caught Fang Shu's attention.

He turned his head in surprise to look at Bai Yangyang, who was already a hundred paces away, somewhat puzzled as to why she suddenly called him "brother".

Immediately afterwards, voices drifted into his ears on the sea breeze:

"Did you find any relatives in Mount Lu?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Shu, who was lying down, finally understood and was so shocked that he stood up from the wooden post.

He stared blankly at Bai Yangyang as she walked away, his eyes glazed over, unable to reconcile this woman with the dim-witted little rabbit demon from back then.

A human and a demon, gazing at each other across the water.

Fang Shu snapped out of his daze, immediately put on a smile, waved his claws at the other party, and shouted: "Found it, found it!"

However, it was neither used as a spirit pet nor as a mount.

Bai Yangyang laughed even harder when she heard this.

She had so much more to say, such as asking Fang Shu how he had been all these years, whether he had recognized her long ago, and whether he had thought of looking for her when he came to Fudang Mountain this time...

But when it came to the point of speaking, Bai Yangyang only told Fang Shu one piece of information she had collected over the years:

"Master Huang is cultivating in the Immortal City of Vast Ocean. If you have free time in the future, you may go and pay him a visit."

Fang Shu waved its paws again and called out in response.

In a few words.

A dark wind blew across the sea, obscuring their vision and scattering their voices.

When the black wind dissipated, both sides became tiny dots in each other's eyes. With their eyesight, they could still see each other looking at each other, but they could no longer talk.

Fang Shu watched Bai Yangyang until she had completely disappeared from sight before turning his gaze away.

The more he pondered it, the more surprised he became. He never expected that this Protector Bai was actually an acquaintance of his own family!
Thinking about the other party's current cultivation level and methods, Fang Shu felt as if he had been left behind and surpassed.

However, this little rabbit demon was able to summon moonlight on the spot simply by listening to the Dao, which shows that its talent was truly extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Fang Shu felt a little relieved. It wasn't that he hadn't tried hard enough, but rather that the other person was simply too talented.

Based on his current knowledge, Bai Yangyang is definitely a fairy seed with spiritual roots, and at least medium-level spiritual roots, or even more!

He also suspected that the reason why the weasel Taoist priest had lingered for several days to preach and teach a group of ignorant little monsters was because he had seen Bai Yangyang when he passed by.

Overwhelmed with mixed feelings, Fang Shu suddenly realized that time had flown by like water.

The little demon of yesteryear is now a fairy.

Despite his surprise, Fang Shu had no intention of chasing after Bai Yangyang and traveling with her.

They are no longer the little demons or mortals they once were; each has their own path to immortality. If fate allows, they will meet again in the future.

Fang Shu thought to himself that having such an old friend on the path to immortality was already a blessing.

"A chance encounter, a chance meeting of old friends."

After pondering for a moment, he lay back down on the wood, reciting as if chanting:
"It's better to forget each other in the arena."

(End of this chapter)