The story begins with the bride marrying off her daughter, and the woman, at the age of one hundred,

This animal hide can conceal the fragrance of peaches, preventing many disciples from noticing anything amiss, which is clearly unusual.

Seeing that the old man had noticed the animal hide, Sun Wukong smiled smugly again.

"It seems you've noticed it too."

I found this animal hide while chopping wood in the back mountain. I don't know what kind of animal it is, but it's useful.

Not everything needs to be thoroughly investigated.

Chang Shou stroked his beard and smiled.

"You monkey see things much better."

Whether it's the spirit peaches from the back mountain or the special animal hides, why bother asking so many questions?

Anyway, things aren't too bad so far.

These are to their advantage.

Chang Shou didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up a peach, wiped it with his sleeve, and ate it directly.

He cultivated himself into a ghost immortal, and although he nourished his physical body, growing back his hair and teeth, his physical condition only recovered to that of an eighty-year-old.

My teeth are still bad, and my digestion is still poor.

After all, enlightenment comes from the spirit, not the body.

Monkeys are thoughtful.

I specifically chose soft peaches.

One bite reveals a soft, sweet, and melt-in-your-mouth texture, with wisps of spiritual energy flowing through it, nourishing the meridians and warming the flesh and blood.

Chang Shou's eyes lit up.

These peaches were indeed specially chosen by the monkey.

Its spiritual power was several times stronger than that of the other peaches in the cave.

If the spiritual energy contained in other peaches is a trace, then the spiritual energy contained in the fresh peach in front of me is a wisp.

"Monkey, thank you for thinking of me."

I have never tasted such a sweet and delicious peach before; its juice is sweet and its spiritual energy is abundant.

Most importantly, it shows your sincerity.

Chang Shou expressed his sincere gratitude.

The monkey was so happy that his eyebrows practically flew off. He jumped and leaped around the house, climbing pillars and beams, showing that the words had struck a chord with him.

Chang Shou ate and laughed.

There was a kindness on his face that he himself was unaware of.

Actually, monkeys are quite easy to coax. They respond better to gentle persuasion than force. A few kind words are all it takes to make them happy.

I ate three fresh peaches in a row.

Chang Shou let out a satisfied burp.

Let the monkey do as it pleases, then he sat cross-legged on the spot, skillfully circulating the Qi-absorbing technique, looking inward at himself, and gathering and refining the spiritual energy of the peach.

The pure and spiritual energy transformed from the Yin spirit flowed throughout his body.

During this process, the Yin spirit receives only a small amount of spiritual energy, about one-tenth or one-twelfth of it. The remaining spiritual energy is partially dissipated and partially used to nourish the body.

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When Changshou wakes up.

It was completely dark, night had fallen, and the stars and moon shone brightly.

Inside the Wan Juan Lou (Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion), only candlelight and ancient books remain.

The monkey had already left sometime earlier.

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Chang Shou felt completely refreshed, as if he had soaked in a natural hot spring. His pores opened up, and all his fatigue was relieved.

There was a note left by a monkey on the table.

Changshou picked it up and looked at it; it read:

I'll bring you more peaches tomorrow.

A warmth filled his heart, and Changshou smiled slightly.

Thinking of the taste and benefits of those three fresh peaches, he swallowed hard, his mouth watering.

I didn't think about it carefully just now.

Looking back now, the reason why the monkey was able to find the rotten peach forest on the back mountain and pick the best quality peaches there every time was either due to the special care of the Bodhi Patriarch or the monkey's own innate divine blessings.

Regardless of which one, I should be able to enjoy this quality of fresh peaches more often in the future, thanks to the monkey.

Since this kind of peach has the effect of nourishing the flesh and blood, can I take advantage of this opportunity and try to become an immortal?

Different starting points lead to different upper limits.

He had only twenty years left to live in his crippled body.

I dare not aspire to become an immortal.

But can we at least glimpse the immortals?

Otherwise, wouldn't we be wasting this great opportunity to "enter the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars"?

Moreover, the monkey will be born in ten years at most. Once it has completed its cultivation, I can ask it to help me find some spiritual objects to assist my cultivation. There shouldn't be any major problems.

Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.

I have to give it my all, no matter what.

Otherwise, you will have regrets in your heart, and your conscience will be uneasy!

Besides, even if he fails, with the monkey's help, it shouldn't be a problem for him to switch to cultivating as a ghost immortal.

Previously, he had been hesitating between becoming a "ghost immortal" and a "human immortal," unsure which path to take for immortality.

Make a decision now.

His Daoist heart instantly calmed down.

A glimmer of hope flickered in his cloudy old eyes.

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Time flies.

Spring comes and autumn goes in the blink of an eye.

Changshou has been inside the Xieyue Sanxing Cave for over a year.

He listened to the patriarch's lectures four times. In addition to making rapid progress in his water control technique and slightly adjusting his qi-absorbing method to better suit himself, he also gained a basic understanding of the fundamental skills of Taoist practitioners, such as feng shui, alchemy, medicine cultivation, talisman drawing, and artifact making, by using the Wan Juan Lou classics and the patriarch's lectures.

Everyone has his strong and weak points.

Every living being has its own unique talents.

Just as the monkey was exceptionally talented in the art of stick fighting, Changshou discovered that he also had a talent for planting flowers and herbs.

When the patriarch taught him skills such as alchemy, array formation, feng shui, divination, and fortune telling, he always felt dizzy and his condition was only slightly better than that of the disciples who had not yet become immortals.

After each lecture, he had to first write down what he had heard, and then in his spare time he would consult relevant classics and ask immortals such as Zhenli for advice. He had to rack his brains and think hard before he could barely understand the content and learn one or two skills.

However, he grasped the essence of spiritual cultivation immediately.

Not only do they have little difficulty listening to lectures, but they can also find answers to their questions, verify what they have learned, and even apply what they have learned to other situations by consulting relevant classic texts afterwards.

Even those ghost immortals who have studied the way of spiritual cultivation for many years are not as good as him.

The plants he tended always thrived more than others of their kind, and the plants he planted always sprouted earlier than others of their kind.

The flowering period of this rare flower is longer.

The fruit trees bear more fruit.

The medicinal properties of the herbs are enhanced.

The monkey teased him, saying that he truly deserved to be called a centenarian who had toiled in the soil his whole life, even after becoming a ghost immortal, he still toiled away in the fields.

Chang Shou privately joked about himself.

I think that besides having spent my whole life working with the land, perhaps it's because I was born into a Chinese family in my previous life.

People from China are born with a natural talent for "farming".

No matter where I travel or where I am, I have a deep love for this land.

This is an unchanging spiritual imprint.

In addition, Chang Shou knew that his exceptional talent for spiritual cultivation was related to the dew he used to water plants.

The dew was condensed by him using his water manipulation technique.

To find out the truth, Changshou specifically consulted Patriarch Bodhi, asking him to examine the dew.

At that time, the patriarch looked at him in surprise, and then smiled and said that dew contains a special vitality that can nourish all living things and replenish plants. Others' dew, which is condensed using the same water control technique, does not have this effect. Although it is very subtle, it takes many years to have an effect.

But it's a talent that belongs only to him!

Chang Shou secretly guessed—

This must be his own magic touch.

Just as unremarkable as him.

Something is better than nothing.

Chang Shou believes that there are no useless cheat codes in the world, only people who don't know how to use them.

As for the reason—

Perhaps it's because the soul that was reborn is special?

Perhaps it was struck by lightning and then reborn, which is why it has gained some things?

Or perhaps there are other reasons.

At that time, Changshou asked the patriarch, who told him to investigate it himself.

Completely baffled, Changshou simply gave up and ignored it.

The boat will straighten itself when it reaches the front.

As long as the result is good, that's fine.

In the words of a monkey, why bother about the reason?