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Chapter 50 The Secret of the Ferocious Beast, Acquired Merit and Spiritual Treasure (Seeking recommendations and monthly votes for continued reading)

Longmen Peak.

Taiyi and Juling hosted a banquet for the gods, and even Bailong and Houtu were among those invited.

After a few simple compliments and pleasantries, Taiyi turned the celebratory banquet into a Buddhist ceremony.

This greatly surprised the gods of the Longmen Mountains who came to visit.

After all, those present, not to mention the Emperor Bailong, and even the envoys from other races, all possessed unfathomable cultivation and attainments, far surpassing them.

Such a golden opportunity is truly rare.

Suddenly, the gods' jealousy of Taiyi lessened considerably, and they became enthusiastic, eagerly expressing their opinions.

Taiyi was even more delighted, verifying his own cultivation from the different insights expressed by the gods, or extracting the essence and making it his own.

In particular, Bailongshi and Houtushi, though they didn't speak much, had insightful and incisive views, often making people suddenly realize the truth with just a few words.

Truly worthy of being a divine being!

During the banquet, Taiyi diligently absorbed nutrients to strengthen himself, and in the underground cave in the wasteland, his physical body continued to grow stronger.

Within the Five Treasures Divine Lord's Cave Heaven, the paper recording data had already piled up like a mountain.

All the captured ferocious beasts were dissected.

As his clones converged, Taiyi reviewed the summarized data once more, frowning as he pondered, "We haven't found the location of the ferocious beast's primordial spirit at all... then there's only one possibility!"

"The souls of these ferocious beasts have completely merged with their physical bodies!"

The complete fusion of the primordial spirit and the physical body seems somewhat contradictory.

After all, the primordial spirit and the physical body are originally one.

However, unlike the ferocious beasts, there is no primordial spirit in their dantian.

Their primordial spirits have transformed into something similar to the spirits of the five internal organs, becoming closely integrated with the physical body and transforming into the "subconscious" that maintains the operation of various organs and even cells in the body.

Or, to put it another way, "instinct" is a more appropriate word to describe it for ferocious beasts.

Because of the invasion of various evil energies such as the primordial evil energy and innate evil energy, the instinct for destruction, killing, and devouring has been formed.

Taiyi couldn't help but speculate: "Then, is the situation of those powerful, intelligent beasts from the ancient times that Brother Giant Spirit spoke of similar to my enlightenment of the Five Internal Organs Gods?"

"The ferocious beast's primordial spirit is completely dispersed in its physical body, closely integrated with each cell of the body. Because of this dispersion, the acquired consciousness (desire spirit) originating from the innate spirit is also scattered. In addition, due to the erosion of the evil energy, it naturally loses its intelligence and is driven by desire."

As the saying goes: Use the innate to control the acquired, and return from action to inaction.

But now, the ferocious beasts that have lost their intelligence are using acquired means to control their innate nature, driven by desires.

This desire originates partly from oneself, but even more so from various malevolent forces.

Looking at the ferocious beasts on the jade platform, Taiyi thought to himself, "If I am not mistaken, the method of becoming a god through physical means is not my invention."

"The first to tread this path were the ferocious beasts of the ancient times who awakened their intelligence!"

"The difference is that my primordial spirit is not completely integrated with my physical body."

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh to himself, "If only I had an intelligent beast to dissect and study..."

In the ancient times, many ferocious beasts, in terms of their origins, could rival innate saints, innate gods and demons, and innate beings.

But after the reigns of the Three Sovereigns, such ferocious beasts are now rare in the present world.

"However, dissecting these ferocious beasts is still of great use to me."

"These ferocious beasts are often born with supernatural physical abilities, mostly derived from bloodline inheritance. If we trace their origins, we can obtain many good things."

"Furthermore, the flesh and blood of these ferocious beasts, if refined to remove their malevolent energy, would be a great tonic for human children, potentially laying a solid foundation and making their future cultivation much smoother."

……

At Longmen Peak, the banquet turned into a Buddhist ceremony, which lasted for three days before finally ending.

After seeing the gods off, Taiyi couldn't help but ask, "Brother, why is the River God of Longyuan not here?"

Juling looked bewildered: "Brother, isn't Liling Clan in Xiaocang Mountain?"

"She has now relinquished her position as the Goddess of the Dragon Abyss River."

Tai Yi was immediately embarrassed upon hearing this.

Juling couldn't help but wink, his expression suggestive. Taiyi quickly changed the subject, asking, "Brother, have you managed to obtain the method for refining weapons?"

"Of course, of course!"

With his attention diverted, Giant Spirit raised his hand, and a brand new book appeared in his palm.

The Essentials of Weapon Forging!

Giant Spirit laughed and said, "It was compiled under the orders of the Ancestors."

"Not only the method of refining weapons, but also the inheritance of various spiritual medicines, divine medicines, Taoist arts and supernatural powers, etc., are all recorded on the best talismans for the purpose of inheritance."

"Compared to golden books and jade scrolls, this paper is indeed much more convenient!"

Taiyi took the book and was about to flip through it when Juling took out another item and said with a smile, "This was personally refined for you by the five ancestors."

Taiyi looked closely and was both surprised and delighted: "A magical treasure!"

It's charcoal ink!

He had previously entrusted the ink to the Giant Spirit Clan, asking the human artisans of the Divine Court to refine it into inksticks, and now it was finally done.

Moreover, it was refined into a spiritual treasure.

Not to mention innate spiritual treasures, even acquired spiritual treasures are extremely rare.

"The materials were rare, and the ancestors couldn't bear to waste them, so they took all kinds of innate spiritual materials from the treasure trove and refined them. Although it is a low-grade acquired merit spiritual treasure with only nine major Dao restrictions, it can be continuously refined in the future because of its special material and the presence of Xuanhuang merit inside."

Giant Spirit explained with a smile.

Taiyi hurriedly bowed to Wulong before accepting the inkstone with both hands.

The inkstick is entirely black with specks of yellow light shimmering on it, and upon closer inspection, five golden dragon phantoms can be seen moving within it.

Furthermore, the ink stick, which is 3.2 inches tall, is not a four-sided elongated shape, but rather has five sides.

Each side is covered with densely packed, tadpole-like Taoist characters, which shimmer like yellow dots.

He was familiar with these Taoist inscriptions; they were none other than the Five Dragons Taoist Arts.

However, it was far more profound and mysterious than what he cultivated; it was clearly the source of the Five Dragons Divine Mantra, personally blessed by the Five Dragons Clan.

With the infusion of magical power, everything blended seamlessly, and he easily gained control of this acquired merit-based spiritual treasure without even needing to refine it.

And all sorts of wonderful uses naturally arise in one's mind.

Giant Spirit, unable to stop talking, laughed and said, "Brother, you should name this treasure again."

Previously, the amount of carbon ink used was constantly decreasing, but this is no longer the case.

Naming?

That's a bit difficult.

After thinking for a moment, Tai Yi said, "Let's call him Tai Mo!"

After saying that, he took out two treasures: the Heavenly Jade Purple Hairpin and the Azure Jade Golden Inkstone.

The ink flew from his hand and hovered above the jade inkstone. Naturally, ink flowed down and transformed into ink within the inkstone. Then, the ink, like a dragon or a python, flowed into the Heavenly Jade Purple Hair Brush.

Taiyi Shi doesn't need paper when he wields his brush; he uses the void as his paper and splashes ink freely.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!

Five Daoist characters were written in mid-air, and then transformed into five round lights that enveloped the Giant Spirit Clan; these were the Five Dragons Daoist Techniques.

Upon seeing this, the Giant Spirit immediately extended his palm, flicking his five fingers. But just as the power was about to erupt, the five beams of light suddenly changed, transforming into five banners.

Although the five banners were illusory, they were majestic and grand. Wherever they stood, space extended and expanded outward, while the giant spirit's figure seemed to be constantly shrinking.

"The Five Banners of Heaven!"

"Brother, you didn't say you'd already grasped the true essence of the Five Primordial Banners!"

Giant Spirit laughed, both surprised and delighted.

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