Cultivation of Immortality: This is what unorthodox methods are like.

January.....

March.....

May....

"I want to go home!"

Wang Quan tried to flee more than once.

However, Ying Jiaren was overjoyed after she connected with the Bitter Cold City and the corresponding Underworld and obtained the seventh-level authority in the far north. Therefore, she kept pulling Wang Quan to celebrate and repay him.

Wang Quan initially enjoyed it.

But after a while, he couldn't take it anymore: "My dear, I've been in the far north for over a year."

"If I stay here long-term, people will think I've married into the family."

Ying Jiaren blinked: "Don't say so much, just tell me, has your Taoist scripture improved?"

Wang Quan nodded: "There has been an improvement, but the effect of the poppy is getting weaker and weaker."

"Instead of doing that, why not just dig out a few more brains and hang them up?"

Ying Jiaren: "Hehe, you used to pester me to cultivate the Poppy Seed."

"Now that I'm repaying you, you're resisting?"

Royal power...

"Fine, since you don't care, I don't care either."

"Come, let's cultivate!"

One year...

Two years....

Three years...

Wang Quan did not return to the far west, and Ying Jiaren also ignored the situation of other cities in the far north being connected with the underworld.

The two practiced Yu Meiren day and night for three whole years.

Over the past three years, the two of them have relied on three foundational elements: "Inverted Wisdom," "External Brain," and "Yu Meiren" to push the progress of the Taoist scriptures to more than 42,000 volumes.

This efficiency is actually quite fast.

If it weren't for the support of the three major foundations, they would have been lucky to learn three volumes in these three years.

However, the greatest gain for the king over these three years was not the progress of the Taoist scriptures.

His greatest achievement was finally finishing the analysis of the Taoist scripture, "The Scripture of the Transformation of Mountains and Rivers by Ghosts".

This scripture contains a total of 366 diary entries.

The protagonists in these diaries are all connected.

According to Wang Quan's understanding, the many strange "ghosts" recorded in these more than three hundred diaries are all related to the original "Great Heavenly Demon".

what is interesting:

This Taoist scripture not only records the simple life stories of 366 strange "ghosts and monsters," but also details about delicacies, the routes of mountains, rivers, and lakes, and the locations of some rare treasures.

What's even more interesting is that after analyzing the last volume of the Taoist scripture, he comprehended a fundamental principle, or rather, a method for crafting magical artifacts: [A Single Thought of the Past].

A single thought of the past—a single thought can change mountains and rivers; a single thought can turn oceans into mulberry fields; a single thought can transcend space and boundaries; a single thought can cause time to flow.

This is like both a fundamental law and a method for crafting magical artifacts—simple yet profound.

He can use a mountain or a river as a magical artifact.

After being refined, the power of a single thought can cause mountains and rivers to break apart in an instant, triggering natural disasters and destroying all living beings.

In the blink of an eye, the ocean can be transformed into mulberry fields, and time can change.

In a single thought, one can reverse the course of time, go against the current, descend into the past, and slay one's enemies.

In addition, there are many other methods that allow the soul to freely enter and exit the underworld and roam freely within it.

However, while those methods are mysterious, they are far less powerful than—reversing time, going against the current, descending into the past, and slaying enemies.

"【The Ghost's Tale of Traveling Through Mountains and Rivers: A Chronicle of Changes】—Traveling through the past, altering history, causing many beings to die and fall into the underworld as ghosts, thus triggering numerous changes in the present mountains, lakes, cities, and living beings? Is that why it's called that?"

Wang Quan repeatedly pondered this Taoist scripture and the method of "A Single Thought of the Past" within it.

The more he pondered it, the more extraordinary he felt this Taoist scripture was.

"【A thought of the past】is not the only method in this Taoist scripture."

"I also have a vague feeling that there are 366 visualization diagrams hidden in this Taoist scripture."

"If I can master the visualization diagram, I will have more ways to deal with enemies in the future."

"At the same time, whether this 'past thought' can truly descend into the past depends on whether one has mastered the visualization diagram."

"This Taoist scripture is truly extraordinary."

Wang Quan sighed.

This "Ghostly Tales of the Transformation of Mountains and Rivers" is the first volume among the eight thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures that he has fully analyzed.

The benefits he gained from the complete analysis of the Taoist scriptures exceeded his expectations.

Unfortunately, these eight thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures are too obscure.

Of the several special Taoist scriptures he possessed, this "Ghostly Tales of Divine Travels and the Transformation of Mountains and Rivers" was the simplest.

This volume was something he mastered after exhausting all his wisdom and spending three years on it.

"If each volume takes three years, it will take me at least 24,000 years to master it."

"But the premise is that the other Taoist scriptures are not too obscure."

"Furthermore, I can also collect eight thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures."

After he mastered this Taoist scripture, he originally intended to pass it on to Ying Jiaren.

As a result, Ying Jiaren could not hear a word he said, and she could not even see the original Taoist scripture he had taken out.

Upon seeing this, Wang Quan sighed and said, "It seems that this Taoist scripture is quite wondrous."

"Those who are not destined to see it will never see it."

Ying Jiaren nodded and smiled, "It's okay, if I can't see it, I won't watch it!"

"If I can't learn it, I won't learn it!"

"You can teach it to me after you have fully mastered this Daoist scripture and the fundamental method for refining mountains and rivers!"

Wang Quan nodded: "That's the only way."

"Come, let's continue studying the Taoist scriptures."

Ying Jiaren remained silent.

Originally, she wanted to continue to repay Wang Quan and express her gratitude for granting her Level 7 authority.

Her level seven authority, apart from lacking the power to summon the [World Dao Court] to attack, is otherwise not much different from that of a king.

With this authority, she could act as recklessly as royalty.

That's why she repaid the royal power so madly.

only.....

"Wang Quan said he would give me the Taoist scriptures, but he had nothing in his possession."

He said he would teach me a strange fundamental method, but he didn't give me either the name of the method or the method of practice.

"He just talks nonsense, gibberish!"

"It is also said that this fundamental law can return to the old times, to the old days, to the past, to kill young enemies, and thus eradicate all enemies at the root."

"How...ridiculous!"

"How can a person go back to the past?!"

"Even going back a second wouldn't be possible."

"He—he probably really does have hysteria!"

"I've been studying Taoist scriptures with him for three years. I need to calm down so I don't catch his hysteria too."

Thinking of this, Ying Jiaren smiled and said, "Senior brother, you haven't been back for a long time, it's time for you to go back now."

"Otherwise, I fear your legacy will be taken away."

Wang Quan sighed.

This girl has finally learned to consider his feelings.

Moving.

No, this is something I deserve!

I've been working day and night for over three years, and if she doesn't let me go soon, she might break down.

A few days later:

Wang Quan, along with Ruo Jinghong, Meiniang, and others, returned to the far west through the teleportation portal.

After Wang Quan left, Ying Jiaren took on the task of connecting the underworld with the present world.

She summoned the commander of the First Army Corps to give him some instructions.

When the First Legion Commander arrived, she was stunned.

Looking at the delicate, pale-faced, and frail-looking woman before her, she asked, somewhat bewildered, "You're the First Legion Commander?"

"Mmm!"

Ying Jiaren shuddered: "Sure enough, I've got hysteria too."

"The First Legion Commander is clearly a burly, top-tier [Life Cultivation] expert whose arms are so thick they could support a horse."

"Why are you suddenly so delicate?"

"Heh, so it turns out I've had hysteria all along."