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Chapter 41 The Ceremony of the Jin Hong Clan: Changing Roots? (Seeking recommendations and monthly votes for continued reading)

Li Ling watched the four members of Hui Kui Clan leave before returning to the palace, only to find that Tai Yi Clan had already opened his eyes.

With the five internal organs still intact, Taiyi's physical body naturally moves without hindrance.

After informing Li Ling of Zhu You and the other three's departure, Li Ling asked, "Should we participate?"

Tai Yi shook his head and smiled, "No need."

"Although the Heavenly Demon is troublesome, with so many powerful gods and demons on Mount Tai, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with it. It's probably because Mount Tai intends to train Brother Huikui and the others."

"If we go and get involved, wouldn't we steal the limelight and only make ourselves disliked?"

Li Ling smiled and said, "What you say is true, sir."

Taiyi laughed and said, "I'm afraid you'll use the same reason to dissuade me from going with Brother Huikui and the others, won't you?"

Li Ling blinked brightly, "Master is wise!"

Just then, someone else arrived outside. Taiyi stood up, and Liling quickly followed.

It was Zhu Xiang who arrived. Seeing Tai Yi come out, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on opening a Dao meridian!"

Without realizing it, the way we address each other has changed.

After a few words of modesty, Taiyi invited Zhuxiang into the hall for a conversation.

After sitting down, Zhu Xiangshi took out a jade box and said with a smile, "This is the prize that the Lord set for your battle with the Dongsang Clan."

"Thank you, Your Excellency!"

Taiyi bowed solemnly before accepting the jade box with both hands and putting it away.

At this moment, Zhu Xiangshi took out a wooden box and said with a smile, "This is a gift of thanks from the Prefect."

Tai Yi chuckled upon seeing this, but did not refuse. After thanking him, he accepted the food again.

Then Zhu Xiangshi said, "Mount Tai has many scenic spots. It would be a great pity if you didn't see them. Why don't you stay a few more days, and then I will send you back to Longmen? What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Taiyi laughed and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking!"

After some casual conversation, Zhu Xiangshi took her leave.

Then, inside the hall, Taiyi and Liling looked at the two boxes with considerable anticipation.

Taiyi first took out the jade box containing the lucky charm and opened it. Immediately, his innate wisdom appeared, and he saw a large jujube lying inside the jade box.

It is about the size of a fist, oval-shaped, deep red in color, with shallow wrinkles, and is imbued with innate energy, with profound Taoist wisdom hidden within.

"It's the fruit of an innate spiritual root!"

Li Lingshi exclaimed in surprise.

Taiyi was also overjoyed. He took it and examined it closely, then smiled and said, "It contains the essence of innate Gui water and the essence of innate sun. Water and fire complement each other, it's truly exquisite."

This jujube is even better than the longan from the dragon clan that he had eaten before. It is probably the fruit of a mid-grade innate spiritual root, and is extremely precious.

Li Ling Shi composed herself and said, "I have heard of a mid-grade innate spiritual root on Mount Tai called the Purple Sun Mystic Jujube. This must be that spiritual root!"

"The Prefect is truly generous!"

Tai Yi praised it highly, and then solemnly put it away.

He hasn't even fully digested the immense spiritual power of that longan yet, so it's not the right time for him to eat this Purple Sun Mystic Date.

After receiving the spiritual fruit, Taiyi opened another wooden box and was taken aback by what he saw inside.

Gold paper for merit!

It was a merit paper he presented to the Lord of Mount Tai, but there was only one palm-sized piece inside the wooden box.

Li Lingshi said, "Master, could it be a talisman written by the Lord himself?"

"Possibly!"

Tai Yi nodded, reaching out expectantly to take it, but then her expression changed: "It's so heavy!"

It's so heavy?

Li Ling was puzzled, and immediately reached out her slender hand to take it, but she couldn't pick it up right away. She then used her magic power to pick up the merit paper and turn it over.

Upon closer inspection, the two noticed that the merit paper only had two Taoist characters reading "Mount Tai".

However, what the two initially saw as two Daoist runes turned into a magnificent mountain range in their minds upon closer inspection.

It's Mount Tai!

The mountains intertwine and overlap, solemnity and beauty intertwined, with layer upon layer of peaks soaring into the sky, majestic and magnificent, brimming with spiritual energy, exuding Taoist charm, and displaying a myriad of phenomena.

At this moment, what appeared before Taiyi and Liling was like a real Mount Tai, making them feel incredibly small, like dust, yet they were deeply captivated by its spiritual essence and profound meaning.

Night fell in the blink of an eye.

Taiyi and Liling came to their senses, still wanting more.

"Truly astonishing! No wonder it is the foremost of the Five Sacred Mountains of the Primordial World!"

Li Ling was amazed.

Taiyi nodded in agreement.

The return gift from the Lord of Mount Tai was quite substantial; if activated, this talisman could transform into Mount Tai to suppress the enemy.

Even an ordinary god-emperor would likely be suppressed in this situation.

However, for him, the greatest use of this talisman was not in fighting enemies, but in comprehending the great Dao contained within it.

The Lord of Mount Tai bestowed this talisman, likely with the intention of spreading his teachings; this is a great favor!

At this moment, the primordial spirit returned from Li Ling's body, and Tai Yi was momentarily stunned, then revealed a few smiles.

Li Ling closed the wooden box and asked, "It seems that you have gained quite a lot, sir."

"There has indeed been some gain."

Taiyi nodded with a smile and said, "I wish to become a god again."

Upon hearing this, Li Lingshi said, "Master, when you first became a god, you had not yet integrated all your knowledge with a single supernatural power. You did need to follow the original path to godhood, condense divine talismans, evolve Dao images, and integrate all your knowledge."

"These two paths to godhood are not in conflict."

Tai Yi shook his head: "No!"

"This ascension to godhood, I call it ascension to godhood in the flesh!"

Achieving godhood in the flesh?

Li Ling was stunned, almost thinking she had misheard, and asked to confirm, "Does Master mean to open another method to become a god?"

"To become a god in the flesh?"

How can a physical body become a god?

Suddenly, Li Lingshi realized: "Could it be that the divine talisman was refined from primordial ancestral energy and then combined with the physical body?"

"Indeed!"

Taiyi nodded and said, "The human body has three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit. None of them can be lacking."

"These three treasures are the core of the acquired godhood cultivation system that I created."

"And the magical power you cultivate to become a god is actually different from the magical power you currently possess."

"One day, when you have cultivated the Five Internal Organs, you will be able to comprehend this on your own."

He concluded: "The methods of becoming a god in the past, which I call the primordial spirit becoming a god, whether it is opening up a grotto heaven or a blessed land, are all ways to achieve the primordial spirit."

"I use divine powers and talismans to refine the Qi of the five internal organs of the human body, and the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth to transform into the true Qi of the five elements, or in other words, acquired magical power, and then enlighten the spirits of the five internal organs. The essence is still to use the power of heaven and earth to replenish the Qi of the five internal organs, and to use the Qi of the five internal organs to strengthen the innate spirit."

"I attained divinity through this, but the spirits of the five internal organs do not completely merge with the primordial spirit. Instead, they reside within the five internal organs. This is the use of spirit to guide qi. The lower dantian is the residence of ancestral qi. It should use the five qi to unite all qi and evolve into a blessed land."

"As for the lower dantian, one should condense the primordial ancestral qi into primordial talismans, integrate them with the body, reduce the excess of heaven and earth to make up for one's own deficiencies, and refine the primordial ancestral qi to strengthen the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit. However, I have not yet reached a conclusion on how to cultivate the lower dantian."

"But perhaps this can be used to change one's foundation and transform the acquired into the innate."

Li Lingshi was dumbfounded. This was clearly a complete system in itself, and upon hearing the last sentence, he exclaimed in horror, "Transforming the acquired into the innate? Could it be that it means transforming the seed of the acquired into the spirit of the innate?"

"good!"

Taiyi nodded.

Although he has not yet figured it out and cannot explain how to change one's roots and achieve innate talent, he believes that this path is not wrong.

(End of this chapter)