Chapter 465: Counting the Harvest, Son of the Other World, Bloodline Awakening
Chapter 465: Counting the Harvest, Son of the Other World, Bloodline Awakening (11.6k)
Fu Changsheng waved his sleeves, and the great elder's storage bag floated in front of him.
He made a gesture with his fingertips, and a beam of spiritual light entered the bag, and the restriction of the storage bag was lifted. As the bag opened slightly, a dark gold box slowly emerged, with complex runes engraved on the box, and a faint golden aura flowing.
Fu Changsheng's eyes fixed and his breathing stagnated slightly - this box was actually made of "black gold, iron and wood". This box alone was priceless, and what could be sealed inside must be extraordinary!
He tapped his fingertips lightly, and the moment the lid of the box opened—
“Zheng!”
A dazzling golden light shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire cave. Nine dark golden grains of sand were suspended in the air, each one as bright as a star, with liquid-like sharp golden gas flowing on the surface, cutting the surrounding air with a "hissing" sound.
"Tian Gang Xuan Jin Sha!" Fu Changsheng's pupils suddenly shrank, and his voice trembled. This thing is the condensation of innate gold energy, which needs to be nurtured in the Gengjin veins for a thousand years before it can take shape. One grain is equivalent to a hundred years of savings of ordinary Jindan cultivators. What's more rare is that this sand contains a trace of Tian Gang sharp energy, which can help cultivators slay their inner demons when forming a pill, and the quality of the finished pill will be improved by at least 30%!
The Qing Emperor's Longevity Skill that had been dormant in the Purple Palace for many years suddenly circulated on its own.
"What a good fortune that sharp gold gives birth to wood." Fu Changsheng suddenly laughed out loud, and the green light in his eyes surged. Others only thought that this thing could only help the gold spirit root to form a golden elixir, but the "Golden Evil Quenching Wood" he practiced in the "Green Emperor's Longevity Secret" was exactly what he needed to condense the golden elixir - these three grains of black sand, together with what he had obtained before, were enough to allow him to steadily step into the golden elixir.
Fu Changsheng suppressed his excitement and continued to check.
An ancient jade slip emerged, with dense lightning patterns on it and a faint dragon roar. Fu Changsheng probed into it with his spiritual consciousness, and suddenly, a piece of obscure and profound formula poured into his sea of consciousness -
"Heavenly fire forged bones, dark yin condensed veins, thunder patterns as meridians, nourishing souls as gods..."
He frowned slightly, comprehended it carefully, and opened his eyes after a moment, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "The method of refining this cauldron is actually in line with the principles of thunder, fire, yin and yang. No wonder the Nine Tribulations Cauldron can help people overcome tribulations."
Just a battle.
He had seen the power of the Nine Tribulations Cauldron.
With this method of sacrifice and refining, he will have all the magic weapons to overcome the tribulation.
Next.
He didn't check them one by one.
Instead, he flipped his wrist lightly, and the items in the bag poured out like running water, spreading out on the bluestone floor.
"Wow--"
The first thing that rolled out was a pile of spiritual stones, about 300 in total, of which there were more than 20 medium-grade spiritual stones and two high-grade spiritual stones, with milky white spiritual mist on the surface. Fu Changsheng sneered, "He's really good at making money."
There was an ebony box buried in the pile of spirit stones.
Fu Changsheng took a photo from a distance, and the moment the lid of the box popped open, three purple-red Ganoderma lucidum came into view. Each of them had seven circles of golden patterns on it and exuded a spicy medicinal fragrance.
"Seventh-level blood ganoderma?"
Fu Changsheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
This thing needs to be watered with the blood of a cultivator for a hundred years to grow, and it is the most nourishing of qi and blood. The elder must have kept it to make up for the loss of essence when he was attacking the golden elixir, and now it is cheap for him. He knocked his knuckles on the bottom of the box and found that there were three talismans hidden in the dark layer - the talisman paper had a bronze luster, and the cinnabar patterns were like a coiled dragon.
"Qing Gang Boundary Breaking Talisman!"
This time he was really surprised.
This talisman can temporarily tear apart the restrictions of the formation, and is a powerful weapon for treasure hunting and escaping. Each one is worth five medium-grade spirit stones.
There is a note under the talisman.
On the sheepskin cover was written "Blood Evil Pill Recipe" in blood sand. When it was opened, it was filled with all kinds of weird remedies: Blood Essence Pill made from the blood of a young boy, Soul Evil Pill condensed from the soul of a monster... The more Fu Changsheng read, the colder his eyes became.
The last page recorded a secret technique called "The Great Method of Stealing the Foundation", which was to take the foundation-building materials from the Dantian of a cultivator with the same spiritual roots as the cultivator, and forcibly continue one's own foundation.
"No wonder this old man has been stuck in the False Dan realm for two hundred years and hasn't passed away yet."
A wisp of green fire rose from Fu Changsheng's palm and burned the note. Half of a broken picture was revealed in the ashes. The material seemed to be silk but it was not silk, and there were traces of burning on the edge. On the picture was a valley, with the eight characters "The dark moon at midnight, Yinsha Spring" marked on it, and there was a tripod-shaped mark painted in cinnabar next to it.
Just as I was about to take a closer look, the storage bag suddenly vibrated violently.
Fu Changsheng retreated three steps like lightning, and saw a black light flying out of the bag, which was nailed into the stone wall with a "bang" - it turned out to be a three-inch long bone cone, the cone head was glowing blue, and it was obviously quenched with poison. A note was tied to the end: "Xuan Xiao Sect's special soul-devouring cone, those who are below the golden elixir level will be destroyed."
"What a vicious old fox!"
Fu Changsheng sneered.
This was clearly a precaution to prevent the storage bag from being taken away. If he had rashly reached out to take it, he would have been caught. A flash of green light appeared on his fingertips, and the bone cone was completely sealed in black ice, and the note was also frozen into ice powder.
He continued to count only after confirming that there were no more traps.
In the pile of miscellaneous items there were a few bottles of common elixirs, a dozen pieces of cold iron used for refining tools, and at the bottom there was an inconspicuous package of gray cloth.
After unwrapping the three layers of oilcloth, a palm-sized pottery figurine was revealed inside. It was shaped like an old man with crutches and was so crudely made that it looked like a child's toy.
But when Fu Changsheng's spiritual sense swept over, two red lights suddenly flashed in the eyes of the terracotta figurine!
With a "click", the terracotta figurine's left index finger strangely raised up and pointed directly at the southeast corner of the cave. Fu Changsheng looked in that direction and saw wisps of black air seeping out of the cracks in the stone, vaguely condensing into a vague ghost face, and then quickly dissipating.
"Yin Gui Guiding Technique?"
He remembered an ancient legend.
Some evil cultivators would seal a remnant of their soul into a pottery figurine, which would guide the treasure to the possessor after death. This pottery figurine was probably a way out left by the great elder for himself, but unfortunately he had not had time to use it.
What was finally poured out was a pile of odds and ends: a few changes of clothes, half a jade pendant with the word "Xuan" engraved on it, and a necklace made of monster teeth. Fu Changsheng was about to put it away when he suddenly discovered that the seventh fang of the necklace was hollow. After crushing it, a bead of blood rolled down his palm and turned into a line of small words when it met the wind:
"Twenty years later, a mass grave with a tombstone."
Fu Changsheng's pupils shrank slightly.
This old ghost actually has a 20-year agreement?
at the same time.
A familiar mechanical voice sounded in his mind:
"Ding"
"You have acquired a third-rank black-scaled python for the family, and successfully killed the remnant of the Xuanxiao Sect who was about to form a pill, thus eliminating future troubles for the family, and gained a lot of cultivation resources. The family contribution value has been changed to 8,000."
An increase of eight thousand?
Fu Changsheng's eyes lit up with joy.
If so.
He could add some points to his offspring, and he could also refine the Golden Lotus Dan Condensing Talisman, or prepare for the next Dan Condensing Talisman.
Without hesitation:
"Improve Fu Yongqing's spiritual root qualifications"
hum!
The panel vibrates.
A large amount of yellow light surged.
Followed by.
A familiar line of text appeared:
[Another world is about to be opened. Will I go there in my real body or with my mind?]
"what?"
Is this a passage to another world?
The identity of Fu Ziwei immediately emerged in Fu Changsheng's mind. He had been there three times. The first two times he practiced the Dayan Jue to the latest level, and the third time he practiced the "Huangting Dao Body". For this, he also had a son with the maid Cang Jian who possessed the "Nine Tribulations Sword Soul Body".
"Could it be that this time we are heading to the other world where Fu Ziwei is?"
If that's the case, that would be great.
The last time, before leaving, he used the extremely yang energy of the Royal Court Taoist body to not only unlock the seal of Cang Jian, but also used the majestic energy and blood as a guide to help her initially control the first sword spirit - "Xuansha Sword Spirit"!
Decades pass.
With Cang Jian's special physique, he should have already broken through to the golden elixir stage!
Thoughts like this.
After pondering for a while.
Or the road:
"Go there in person!"
hum!
The panel vibrates.
A large amount of yellow light surged.
Then, he felt a flash before his eyes, and disappeared from the spot the next moment.
...
...
Fu Changsheng opened his eyes suddenly, and the dazzling sunlight made him subconsciously raise his hands to block it. Between his fingers, he saw that he was standing on a winding bluestone staircase, each step was engraved with fine silver runes, glowing in the sunlight.
"This is where?"
He looked down at himself and found that he had changed into an indigo robe without knowing when. There was a warm jade token hanging around his waist. His cultivation had also been reduced from the peak of the Purple Mansion to the Foundation Establishment stage. The moment his fingers touched the jade token, a strange memory flooded into his mind - the outer disciple of the Tianfu Sect, Fu Changsheng.
"The new junior brother?"
A clear voice came from above.
Fu Changsheng looked up and saw a young monk in his early twenties standing at the end of the stairs. He was wearing a moon-white robe and had three small copper bells tied to a jade belt around his waist, which made crisp sounds as he moved.
"My name is Shen Qingyu, responsible for guiding new disciples." The young man smiled and bowed, "Brother, are you lost?"
Fu Changsheng hadn't adapted yet and was about to find an excuse to get away with it:
"I"
"Don't be so reserved." Shen Qingyu smiled cheerfully, and three bronze bells jingled. "Every disciple who has just entered the mountain gate will feel a little dazed. Come, I will take you to collect the monthly allowance first."
Passing through the misty mountain road, Fu Changsheng followed Shen Qingyu to an ancient attic. The bronze wind chimes hanging from the eaves swayed in the breeze, making ethereal sounds.
"This is the 'Talisman Collection Pavilion'. Come here on the first day of every month to receive training supplies." Shen Qingyu explained, "New disciples can receive three blank talisman papers, a box of cinnabar, and..."
He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Remember to come when Elder Li is on duty. He will always give you more."
Deep in the attic, an old man with white hair and beard was reading an ancient book carefully. He looked up when he heard the noise.
"A new face." The old man's gaze lingered on Fu Changsheng for a moment, and a gleam of light flashed in his turbid eyes, "Interesting."
After receiving the supplies, Shen Qingyu brought Fu Changsheng to the disciples' residence. It was a row of bamboo houses built against the mountain, with several green spiritual bamboos planted in front of each house.
"Your room is on the far east side. Although it's a little remote, it's quiet." Shen Qingyu pointed to a bamboo house in the distance, "Remember to go to Xuan Fu Hall to accept the mission at noon tomorrow. New disciples must complete at least one sect mission in the first month."
The next morning, Fu Changsheng arrived at the Xuanfu Hall early. The hall was crowded with people, and dozens of light screens were suspended in the air, with mission information constantly scrolling on them.
"Gather Moonlight Grass, reward 5 merits"
"Assist in feeding the spirit beast, reward 8 merits"
As Fu Changsheng was hesitating, he suddenly heard an argument behind him.
"I was obviously the one who picked this mission first!"
"What a joke! The mission jade slip belongs to whoever has it!"
He turned around and saw two disciples fighting for a jade slip. The shorter disciple stumbled and the jade slip flew out of his hand and landed right at Fu Changsheng's feet.
He bent down to pick it up, and a few lines of small words appeared on the jade slip:
[Investigate the abnormal changes in the spiritual spring of Tianya Mountain, suspected to be infected by the evil spirit. Mission level: C-level medium, reward: 20 merits]
"This senior brother." The short disciple spoke timidly.
Fu Changsheng handed the jade slip back: "Return it to its original owner."
"Thank you, Senior Brother!" The short disciple bowed gratefully, "My name is Fu Ming, may I know your name, Senior Brother?"
"Fu Changsheng."
"Brother Fu, we are from the same family. Are you here to take on a mission as well?" Fu Ming felt a genuine affinity for Fu Changsheng. "Brother Fu, how about we team up? This mission is a little dangerous, but the rewards are generous. And," he lowered his voice, "I heard that after completing it, if you perform well, you can also gain the opportunity to comprehend the Talisman Tower."
Fu Changsheng's eyes lit up. He guessed that the system reward this time should be to comprehend the Golden Lotus Pill Talisman. After a brief thought, he nodded in agreement.
a few days later.
After everything was ready, Fu Changsheng and Fu Ming went to Tianya Mountain.
The fog in the mountains had grown thicker at some point, like a layer of grayish-white yarn, entwining around their feet. The stone steps were covered with dark green moss, and it felt slippery and sticky when stepped on, as if something alive was crawling. Fu Ming walked in front, holding a bronze lamp in his hand, the wick burning with a faint blue flame, which made his face turn blue.
"This lamp..." Fu Changsheng asked in a low voice.
"Yin Fire Lamp." Fu Ming turned around and smiled, his teeth looking particularly white under the blue light. "It's specially used to suppress Yin evil spirits. I borrowed it from the Treasure Pavilion."
Fu Changsheng nodded, but his eyes fell on the back of Fu Ming - the flame of the lamp twisted at some point, as if it was gently blown by something.
The further we walked in, the more stuffy the air became. The trees around us gradually became deformed, with branches twisted like cramped fingers and leaves showing an unnatural dark green. Occasionally, the wind blew, and the sound of the leaves rubbing against each other was like a whisper.
"We're here." Fu Ming stopped.
In front of him, a spiritual spring that should have been clear was now emitting a strange dark green color, with a thin layer of mist floating on the surface, like venom that had cooled after being boiled. The stones beside the spring were covered with black lines, as if they had been corroded by something.
Fu Changsheng squatted down and lightly touched the water surface with his fingertips.
——In an instant, a bone-chilling chill rushed into the meridians along the fingertips!
He pulled his hand back suddenly, only to see a drop of dark green liquid stuck on his fingertips, wriggling like a living thing trying to penetrate his skin.
"Be careful!" Fu Ming was quick-witted and quick-handed. He slapped away the drop of liquid. The flame of the bronze lamp suddenly surged, evaporating the liquid into a wisp of black smoke.
"This spring water... is not right." Fu Changsheng frowned.
Fu Ming took out a yellow talisman from his arms, bit his fingertip, drew a spell with blood, and then threw the talisman paper into the center of the spring.
"The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth, the root of all Qi - broken!"
The moment the talisman paper burned, the spring water suddenly surged violently!
Under the water, a blurry black shadow slowly emerged - at first it was just a distorted outline, and then it gradually solidified, and it turned out to be a swollen corpse!
The corpse's skin was a strange purple-blue color, its eyes were wide open, but its pupils were pale. It slowly raised its arm, pointed its rotten fingers at the two of them, and made a "gurgling" sound in its throat, like a water-filled skin bag leaking air.
"Yin corpse!" Fu Ming's face changed drastically, "How could there be such a thing in this spiritual spring?!"
Fu Changsheng quickly took a step back, made a hand gesture with his right hand, and the [Thunder Attracting Talisman] in his purple palace suddenly lit up, condensing a light golden light pattern in the palm of his hand.
The corpse suddenly jumped out of the water, its rotten body creating a foul splash! Its movements were incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye it pounced in front of Fu Ming, its purple nails going straight for his throat!
"boom!"
Fu Changsheng slapped out with his palm, and the lightning collided with the corpse, making a sound of metal clashing! The corpse was knocked back several steps, but it was unharmed. Instead, it grinned, revealing a mouthful of black and yellow fangs.
"Ordinary thunder spells are useless against it!" Fu Ming said anxiously, "This thing is at least a hundred-year-old corpse, we have to use a golden thunder spell!"
Fu Changsheng's eyes darkened, and his left hand quickly sketched in the air - in the purple mansion, the runes of the "Lingxu Fujing" flowed, and the patterns of the [Fire Talisman] condensed at his fingertips!
The Yin corpse pounced again, and this time its target was Fu Changsheng!
A foul wind blew in his face, but Fu Changsheng did not retreat but advanced instead. His right hand glowed with golden light, while his left hand fiercely pressed towards the chest of the Yin corpse.
"boom!"
A blinding white light exploded, and the corpse let out a shrill howl. A large hole was torn in its chest by the [Fire Talisman]! Dark green pus spurted out, and fell on the ground, corroding small pits.
"Take advantage of now!" Fu Changsheng said in a low voice.
Fu Ming was already prepared. He had a purple-gold talisman in his hand, with lightning patterns all over it. He bit his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood on the talisman.
"Golden Thunder is summoned to slay the evil and eliminate the evil!"
"Crack!"
A golden bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck the corpse's head accurately!
The Yin corpse twitched violently, and its body quickly carbonized in the lightning, eventually turning into a pile of charred residue.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Fu Changsheng gasped and looked towards the spiritual spring - the water surface had returned to calm, but the strange dark green color had not faded.
"Something's wrong..." he whispered, "Although the Yin corpse has been removed, the source of the Yin energy in this spring is still there."
Fu Ming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "You mean..."
Fu Changsheng did not answer, but walked to the spring and stared into the deep water.
There seems to be something under the water...
Looking at him.
"This spring water... doesn't look like a naturally formed evil spirit." Fu Changsheng whispered, "It looks like it was deliberately polluted by someone."
Fu Ming swallowed his saliva: "You mean, someone is raising corpses here?"
Fu Changsheng did not answer, but gently threw the talisman paper onto the water.
The moment the talisman paper touched the water, golden light suddenly spread out, illuminating the entire spiritual spring like daylight!
——Under the water, a huge bronze coffin suddenly emerged!
The surface of the coffin was covered with dense runes, and each line glowed with a dark red glow, like dried blood. Even more bizarre was the fact that dozens of black chains were wrapped around the coffin, and on each chain hung a small skull, with green phosphorescent lights flickering in its empty eye sockets.
"This..." Fu Ming's voice trembled, "This is the 'Demon Sealing Coffin'!"
Fu Changsheng's pupils shrank slightly.
The Demon Sealing Coffin was a magical tool used by ancient monks to suppress evil creatures. Once opened, disaster would surely occur. However, the chains of the coffin in front of him had been broken by more than half, and the coffin lid was also slightly tilted. It was obvious that the things inside were about to break out of the coffin.
"We have to report this to the sect immediately!" Fu Ming turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait." Fu Changsheng grabbed him, "It's too late."
Ripples suddenly appeared on the water surface, one circle after another, as if something was swimming slowly underwater.
The next second—
"Wow!"
A pale hand suddenly broke out of the water and grabbed Fu Ming's ankle tightly!
"Ah——!" Fu Ming screamed, the bronze lamp fell to the ground and the flame went out instantly.
The moment darkness fell, Fu Changsheng heard a strange laugh.
"Giggle..."
It seemed to come from under the water, but also seemed to be ringing directly next to my ears.
He suddenly made a hand gesture, and the [Lingxu Fujing] in the purple mansion flipped wildly. A golden light burst out from the palm of his hand, illuminating the surroundings.
Fu Ming had been dragged to the water's edge, half of his body submerged in the spring, his face as pale as paper. The owner of the hand was slowly emerging from the water...
That's a woman.
Or rather, it was.
Her skin was swollen and swollen, showing a sickly grayish white color, and her long hair floated behind her like seaweed. The most horrifying thing was that the corners of her mouth stretched all the way to her ears, revealing a mouthful of fine fangs, and she kept making a "chuckle" sound from her throat.
"Yin...Yin Mother Corpse!" Fu Ming struggled and shouted, "Brother Fu, run quickly, don't pay attention to me! We can't deal with this thing!"
Fu Changsheng didn't move.
The eyes of the Yin Mother Corpse slowly opened - there were no pupils, only a pale white. She stared at Fu Changsheng, her mouth widening, almost tearing her entire face apart.
"You... have a familiar smell..."
Her voice seemed to come from the abyss, with a wet echo.
Fu Changsheng's heart was shocked.
Before he could think about it, the Yin Mother Corpse suddenly opened its arms, the spring water instantly boiled, and countless pale arms stretched out from under the water and grabbed the two men!
"Let's fight!" Fu Ming gritted his teeth, took out a stack of thunder talismans from his arms, and scattered them on the water as if they were free.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Lightning exploded, and the arm of the Yin corpse was blown to pieces, but more corpses crawled out from the water, densely packed like the gates of hell had opened.
Fu Changsheng took a deep breath and quickly formed seals with his hands.
The last page of the "Lingxu Fujing" slowly unfolded in his purple palace.
【Demon-suppressing talisman】
A blood-colored rune condensed in his palm, and his face became paler with every stroke.
The Yin Mother Corpse seemed to sense the danger, screamed, and pounced forward!
"Brother Fu! Get out of the way!" Fu Ming stood in front of him and bombarded him with thunder talismans, but his chest was still torn open by the claws of the Yin Mother Corpse, and blood splattered!
The last stroke fell.
Fu Changsheng suddenly pressed the talisman to the ground——
"town!"
The blood-colored runes spread instantly and turned into a huge light net, covering the entire spiritual spring!
The Yin Mother's corpse let out a shrill scream, and its body quickly melted in the talisman light, eventually turning into a wisp of black smoke, and was forcibly pressed back into the bronze coffin!
The spring returned to calm.
Fu Changsheng staggered and fell to his knees, a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. Fu Ming covered his chest, his face pale, but he still forced a smile and said: "...Your talisman is cruel enough."
Fu Changsheng did not answer, but just stared at the water.
Coffin...
Still.
Moreover, there seemed to be a fresh scratch at the broken part of the chain.
The seal will not last long.
You must report back to the sect as soon as possible.
...
A few days later, in Xuanfu Hall, the hall was filled with smoke, and dozens of eternal lamps hung on the dome, reflecting the ancient runes on the hall pillars, flickering. Fu Changsheng and Fu Ming stood in the center of the hall, surrounded by the elders of the sect, and every look from them was as sharp as a knife scraping at the bone.
"The corpse of the Yin Mother... the Demon Sealing Coffin..."
On the first seat, the head of the Tianfu Sect spoke slowly, his voice as deep as an ancient bell. His hair and beard were all white, and there was a golden pattern between his eyebrows like a vertical eye, which was flickering slightly at this moment.
"Fu Changsheng, you two have done a great job."
There was an uproar in the hall.
Fu Ming couldn't help but look up, but he saw Elder Li beside the headmaster snorting coldly: "It's just good luck. Two outer disciples, are you qualified to talk about 'making contributions'?"
Fu Changsheng lowered his eyes and said nothing.
"Junior Brother Li." The head of the sect glanced at him calmly, "If it weren't for them, the corpse of the Yin Mother and the sealed object would have broken out of the coffin, and the whole sect would have been in trouble."
Elder Li's face froze and he stopped talking.
The head of the sect turned his gaze to Fu Changsheng and suddenly asked, "Where did you learn the talisman that suppressed the Yin Mother's corpse?"
Fu Changsheng's heart tightened, but he didn't show it on his face: "Disciple has seen similar runes on a fragment of a scroll. At this critical moment, I can only take a risk and give it a try."
He did not mention the Lingxu Fujing, but attributed everything to the "fragmented scroll". In the world of immortal cultivation, there are countless talisman books scattered among the people, so this explanation is reasonable.
The head of the sect pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand.
"Shh!"
A golden light flew out from his sleeve and turned into a jade token floating in front of Fu Changsheng. On the jade token, the word "Futa" was written in a flying dragon and phoenix style, and there was a faint spiritual light flowing.
"From now on, you are allowed to study in the Talisman Tower for half a year."
The whole palace was in an uproar!
The Talisman Pagoda is a forbidden place of the Tianfu Sect, which contains the ancient true teachings of the Talisman Dao. Even inner disciples need to accumulate merits for ten years before they can enter for three days. A six-month period is an unprecedented reward!
Elder Li stood up suddenly: "Master! This——"
"This boy has an extraordinary talent in the art of talismans." Xuan Xiaozi waved his hand, "My Tianfu Sect has always valued talents."
When leaving Xuan Fu Hall, Fu Ming put his arm around Fu Changsheng's shoulders and smiled: "Brother Fu! You are going to be rich this time!"
Fu Changsheng shook his head: "If you hadn't risked your life to protect me, I would have died in the hands of Yinmu's corpse."
Fu Ming scratched his head and suddenly lowered his voice: "But...did you really learn that talisman from the fragment?"
Fu Changsheng looked at the Fu Tower in the mist in the distance and said calmly, "It's just a coincidence."
Fu Ming chuckled and without asking any more questions, he took out a small jade bottle from his arms and said, "This is for you."
The three characters "Huitiandan" are engraved on the bottle.
"I stole it from my mother... No, I exchanged it from Dan Pavilion!" Fu Ming winked, "Although the Talisman Tower is good, there are many restrictions inside. Don't kill yourself."
Fu Changsheng took the jade bottle and suddenly said, "Fu Ming."
"Ok?"
"If I don't come back in half a year..."
"Puh, puh, puh!" Fu Ming covered his mouth with his hand. "Don't say such unlucky words! I'm still waiting to team up with you to do the A-level mission!"
Fu Changsheng smiled and took the jade bottle into his arms.
He might be teleported back to the Great Zhou Immortal Realm soon. He didn't know whether he would have the chance to be teleported to this world next time. It would be great if he could meet Fu Ming again.
That night, he walked alone to the foot of the Fu Pagoda.
The tower door was as black as ink, with nine blood symbols painted on it, which felt like ice to the touch. Fu Changsheng took out the jade order, and the blood symbols on the door actually moved away like a living thing, revealing a deep entrance.
When Fu Changsheng stepped into the first floor, the tower door behind him closed silently, as if swallowed by some invisible force. It was pitch black all around, with only the scattered runes on the wall glowing with a faint blue light, like countless pairs of eyes, staring at him coldly.
The air was filled with a stale smell, a mixture of cinnabar, spiritual ink and a certain smell of decay.
He took a deep breath, and a wisp of spiritual fire ignited at his fingertips.
As the flames flickered, the scene inside the tower gradually became clear—
The walls were covered with densely packed runes, some of which were already blurred, while others still shone with a faint aura. A thin layer of dust accumulated on the ground, but strangely, there was not a single footprint on the dust.
"This tower...has no one entered for a long time?"
Fu Changsheng was puzzled, but he didn't dare to be careless. He took out the [Returning Pill] given by Fu Ming and held it under his tongue to prevent any accidents.
—
The first level is the inheritance of basic talismans.
Fu Changsheng had already mastered these, but he still patiently comprehended them one by one.
——Because he discovered that these seemingly simple runes actually contained mysteries.
The Tianfu Sect's talismanic art is 70% similar to the Lingxu Fujing he learned, but is completely different in some key aspects.
"Could it be that... the Lingxu Fujing originally originated from the Tianfu Sect?"
The thought flashed through his mind, but it made his heart tremble slightly.
—
The thirty-seventh day.
Fu Changsheng climbed to the fifth floor.
The runes here were so complex that they were dizzying, and each one contained a great deal of spiritual power. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and meditated. The "Lingxu Fujing" in the Purple Mansion turned over on its own, resonating with the runes on the tower wall.
In a trance, he seemed to see a golden sea of lotus.
In the center of the lotus sea, a talisman slowly took shape - shaped like a golden lotus, with distinct petals, and a spot of vermilion in the heart of the lotus, which looked like blood but was not blood, and like elixir but was not elixir.
"Golden Lotus Pill Condensing Talisman..."
Fu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes, cold sweat already breaking out on his forehead.
This talisman is an ancient treasure of the alchemy path. It can condense the impurities in the body of the cultivator and help him to reach a higher level of quality when forming the elixir. However, to make this talisman, one must use one's own essence and blood as a guide. If one is not careful, one will die from exhaustion of essence and blood.
He looked down at his palm, and a golden line suddenly appeared between the lines on his palm.
—
The sixty-third day.
Fu Changsheng finally decided to try to make the [Golden Lotus Pill Talisman].
He bit his fingertip, used the blood as ink, and slowly drew on the special talisman paper.
As the first stroke was made, a violent wind suddenly blew up in the tower!
Countless runes fell off the wall, turned into streams of light, and spun wildly around him. Fu Changsheng resisted the vertigo and continued to draw the runes.
The second, the third...
With every stroke, his face grew paler, but his eyes grew more determined.
When the last stroke was completed, the entire tower suddenly fell silent.
The talisman paper was suspended in the air, slowly emitting a golden light.
The shadow of a golden lotus appeared on the talisman paper, and the vermilion dot at the center of the lotus danced like a living thing.
It worked!
Fu Changsheng reached out and caught the talisman.
...
...
Huizhou Prefecture.
There was a lingering smell of fire in the alchemy room.
Liu Meizhen was wearing a plain white robe, standing in front of the Taixu Dragon and Phoenix Cauldron. The body of the cauldron was simple and dark black, with dragon and phoenix patterns entwined on it, and a faint spiritual light was flowing. She lightly touched the body of the cauldron with her fingertips, and a wisp of faint blue flame ignited from the bottom of the cauldron. In an instant, the temperature of the entire alchemy room dropped sharply, and a thin layer of frost condensed on the ground.
——This is the "Nine Netherworld Fire", which is taken from the evil energy of the earth veins and is most suitable for refining elixirs with yin and cold properties.
"Yongdan." She said lightly, her voice as cold as frost, "Control fire."
Fu Yongdan responded solemnly, clasped his hands together, and the spiritual energy in his body surged, transforming into seven thin fire lines that were as thin as gossamer threads and accurately wrapped around the seven orifices of the alchemy cauldron.
Obviously.
As Liu Meizhen's chief disciple.
Fu Yongdan also inherited the "Seven Aperture Alchemy Sutra" and has already achieved minor success in his practice.
but.
Liu Meizhen is even more skilled in using it:
"Yongdan, Huaxuedan is a quasi-fourth-level elixir. It needs to be tempered with the Yin Fire of the Earth Veins for 49 consecutive days without interruption." Liu Meizhen waved her sleeves and a pill bottle floated towards Fu Yongdan. "This is a nourishing spirit pill, which can help you maintain your spiritual consciousness."
“Thank you, Master.”
Liu Meizhen said no more. She waved her sleeves and the thousand-year-old snow lotus floated up and slowly fell into the cauldron.
"laugh--"
The moment the snow lotus touched the nether fire, the lotus petals stretched out and transformed into nine strands of silvery-white cold air, lingering in the cauldron.
"Seven Apertures Dan Jing, rise."
Liu Meizhen closed her eyes slightly, her consciousness sank into the purple palace, and the shadow of an ancient alchemy scripture slowly emerged. The scripture turned to a certain page without wind, which recorded the key to refining the "Blood Transformation Pill".
"The seven orifices of the alchemy path, the heart fire as the guide, the earth veins as the foundation, the yin and yang complement each other, and then the elixir can be made."
She lightly stroked with her fingertips, and seven rays of light pointed to the seven orifices of the alchemy cauldron. Each orifice corresponds to a meridian in the human body, which is in line with the ultimate principle of alchemy.
Seeing this, Fu Yongdan did not dare to delay. He changed the magic formula in his hand, and the seven fire lines adjusted accordingly, sometimes circling like a dragon, sometimes like a phoenix spreading its wings, locking the medicinal power in the cauldron firmly.
On the first day, the snow lotus turned into liquid.
On the seventh day, nine auxiliary materials were integrated one by one.
On the twenty-first day, the medicinal liquid in the cauldron turned blood-red, and faint sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes singing could be heard.
——The Dan elephant has been born!
Beads of sweat appeared on Fu Yongdan's forehead. She had been controlling the fire for more than twenty days in a row. Even with the support of the Spirit Nourishing Pill, her spiritual awareness had reached its limit.
"Yongdan, please leave now." Liu Meizhen suddenly spoke, her voice still cold, but with a hint of concern, "Refine the tranquilizing pill first."
Fu Yongdan knew his own limitations and did not force it: "Yes, Master!"
On the thirty-sixth day, something strange happened!
"boom--"
The alchemy cauldron shook violently, and the lid of the cauldron was blown open by a violent medicinal force. Blood-colored mist gushed out, instantly filling the entire alchemy room. In the mist, a blood dragon and a blood phoenix could be vaguely seen entangled and biting each other, trying to tear the medicinal force apart!
"A pill tribulation has actually occurred!" Fu Yongdan's face changed drastically.
Generally speaking, only when the fourth-level or above elixirs are formed, will the pill tribulation occur!
Liu Meizhen's eyes turned cold, she raised her white hand lightly, and the shadow of the Seven Aperture Dan Meridian suddenly condensed and turned into seven golden lights that sank into the cauldron.
"town!"
With a light shout, the blood mist in the cauldron solidified instantly. The phantoms of the dragon and phoenix let out unwilling hissings, but were eventually suppressed by the golden light and slowly retracted into the cauldron.
Fu Yongdan seized the opportunity, and the seven lines of fire suddenly tightened, completely locking the power of the medicine.
"Om-"
The Taixu Dragon and Phoenix Divine Cauldron made a clear sound, and the lid of the cauldron opened automatically. Three blood-red streams of light shot up into the sky, and each stream of light contained a pill the size of a longan. The patterns on the pill were like blood threads, and there were faint shadows of dragons and phoenixes flowing around.
——Blood-Transforming Pill, done!
"Yes, all three are of top quality and have strong medicinal properties."
Liu Meizhen let out a long sigh, waved her hand lightly, and three pills fell into her palm. Her face was slightly pale. She had been controlling the pill fire for 49 consecutive days without sleep. Even with her Purple Mansion stage cultivation, she felt exhausted.
Rested for more than a month.
Liu Meizhen then summoned Fu Yongfu and his wife to come.
...
The master's house, reception room.
Liu Meizhen sat upright in the main seat, her fingertips gently stroking the green jade pill box on the table. Three blood-transforming pills lay quietly in the box. The blood-colored pill patterns were wriggling slightly like living things, and the sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes could be faintly heard.
"Yongfu, Haiyun, come in."
There were footsteps outside the door, and Fu Yongfu and his wife Haiyun entered respectfully. Fu Yongfu smelled of wine, and there was a jade wine gourd hanging around his waist, obviously he had just come out of the wine cellar. Although he was the son of Fu Changsheng and Cao Xianger, he was highly regarded by Liu Meizhen because of his gentle temperament and his expertise in brewing wine. Haiyun lowered her head and followed her husband, with her hands folded in front of her abdomen, in a respectful manner.
"Hello, mother." The two of them saluted in unison.
Liu Meizhen nodded slightly, her eyes fell on Haiyun, and she said lightly: "Haiyun, do you remember anything in these years?"
Haiyun shook her head: "Reporting to mother, my daughter-in-law's memory still remains on the day she met her husband. As for things before that... I still can't remember anything."
Fu Yongfu gently held his wife's hand, raised his head and said, "Mother called us here today, but have you found a way to awaken Haiyun's memory?"
Haiyun was shocked.
He looked at Liu Meizhen with some hope.
"Whether or not Haiyun's memory can be awakened depends on her personal fate."
Liu Meizhen raised her fingertips, and the jade pill box slowly opened. A strong bloody aura mixed with cold spiritual energy instantly filled the entire hall.
"This is the 'Blood Transformation Pill', which is made from thousand-year-old snow lotus as the main ingredient. It is a quasi-fourth-level medicine for awakening the water spirit body."
There was a pause.
Liu Meizhen fixed her gaze on Haiyun:
"And you, Haiyun, are actually a hidden water spirit."
"Water Spirit Body?!"
Fu Yongfu and Haiyun exclaimed at the same time.
Haiyun's voice trembled slightly: "I...how can I be a water spirit?"
Liu Meizhen said calmly: "A hidden spirit will never show itself in its entire life unless it is stimulated by special means."
Fu Yongfu's eyes flashed with shock, but soon turned into joy: "Mother, according to your meaning, if Haiyun can awaken his spirit body, then wouldn't the road to cultivation in the future be smooth?"
Liu Meizhen nodded: "Yes, the water spirit body is naturally close to the water spirit power. If it can be awakened, not only will the speed of cultivation be doubled, but it will not be difficult to form a pill in the future."
She paused, and then continued, "This thousand-year-old snow lotus was obtained by your father with untold hardships, and he spent decades cultivating it in order to help Haiyun awaken his spirit body."
Haiyun's eyes were slightly red, and his voice was choked: "Father... actually spent so much time on me?"
Fu Yongfu was also moved, and whispered: "Father has always been far-sighted, but I didn't expect that he could even see Haiyun's physique..."
Liu Meizhen said no more. She lightly tapped her fingertips and a blood-transforming pill slowly floated in front of Haiyun.
"Take it, and I will protect you."
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The quiet room was filled with cold air.
Haiyun sat cross-legged, holding the blood-colored elixir in his palm. The patterns on the elixir were wriggling slightly like a living thing, and there seemed to be faint sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes crying.
"Yongfu, you stand guard outside the door to prevent your spiritual power from leaking out and alerting others." Liu Meizhen said calmly.
Fu Yongfu nodded seriously, turned around and left the quiet room, took off the green jade wine gourd from his waist and placed it gently by the door.
——Although he is not good at fighting, he has been brewing wine for many years and has a very keen sense of spiritual power. If there is any unusual movement, he will be able to detect it at the first time.
"Haiyun, let's start." Liu Meizhen pointed her finger, and complex ice crystal patterns suddenly appeared on the walls of the quiet room, completely isolating the inside and outside.
Haiyun took a deep breath and put the Blood-Transforming Pill into his mouth.
"boom--!"
The moment the pill entered her stomach, a violent cold spiritual energy swept through her body like a tide. Haiyun groaned, and tiny blood beads oozed out of the pores all over her body. In the blink of an eye, they turned into ice crystals and wrapped her whole body.
Liu Meizhen's eyes narrowed, and she clasped her hands together. Wisps of cold spiritual energy flowed out from her fingertips, slowly guiding the drug power that was running wild in Haiyun's body.
"The water spirit body needs to go through the process of 'transforming blood into spirit' to awaken. Hold on!"
Haiyun gritted her teeth, veins popped up on her forehead, the blood in her body seemed to be frozen, and it seemed to be burned by fire, she was in extreme pain. But her consciousness was unusually clear, and in a trance, she seemed to see a vast ocean, with waves surging, and she stood on the shore, the sea water was like an arm, flowing according to her will...
"Om-!"
Suddenly, the sound of clear water echoed in the quiet room. The ice crystals around Haiyun shattered, replaced by a layer of azure water light, covering her like a veil. Her hair moved without wind, and each strand exuded a faint aura of water spirit. Her skin was crystal clear like jade, with a faint ripple of light.
——The water spirit body has awakened successfully!
Outside the door, Fu Yongfu sensed the changes in the spiritual power in the quiet room. His tense expression finally relaxed and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"It's done..."
He bent down to pick up the wine gourd, tilted his head back and took a sip. The wine went down his throat, sweet as spring water.
"Looks like I need to brew a jar of 'Bi Bo Zui' to celebrate."
Liu Meizhen was even more concerned about Haiyun's origins. As he possessed a water spirit body, Haiyun's identity must be extraordinary:
"Haiyun, do you remember anything now?"
"Reporting to mother, no..."
Before she finished speaking, she felt a sudden pain in her head, and a broken picture came flooding back like a tide -
In the dark underwater cave, the giant claws of the thousand-year-old black turtle clasped her waist. The ancient runes densely covered on the turtle shell glowed with a cold blue light. Every line seemed to be wriggling like a living thing, emitting a suffocating pressure.
"Human girl, raise this turtle son for me. I will give you freedom in three hundred years." The black turtle's voice was like rumbling thunder, which hurt her eardrums.
She lowered her head, holding a blue-gray turtle egg in her arms. A wave mark appeared on the surface of the eggshell, exactly the same as the birthmark on her wrist - that was the mark of the contract.
She became the "adoptive mother" of the unborn black turtle.
At first, she just mechanically used her spiritual power to nourish the turtle eggs every day, not daring to disobey in the slightest. But gradually, she discovered that the black turtle would fall into a deep sleep every forty-nine days, sleeping for three hours each time.
She silently memorized this pattern in her heart.
There was no sun or moon in the cave, only the cold light of the night pearl reflected on the slippery stone wall. While the black tortoise was sleeping, she explored the structure of the cave bit by bit, running her fingertips across the cracks in the stone, and noting down every possible escape route.
Once, she even ventured to the edge of the forbidden area and discovered that there was a tiny crack on the stone wall due to years of undercurrent erosion.
That is the only chance.
Finally, when the black turtle fell into a deep sleep again, she picked up the turtle egg that had already grown fine cracks. Her fingertips trembled slightly, but she rushed towards the crack without hesitation.
"Click——"
The restriction was attacked by her whole body spiritual power, the cracks widened, and the cold sea water instantly poured in. She gritted her teeth and held the turtle eggs tightly, and rushed out of the cage with the push of the undercurrent.
Behind him, the black turtle's roar sounded like thunder, the entire sea area was boiling, huge waves surged, the dark deep sea seemed to be stirred by some terrifying force, and countless aquatic creatures fled in terror.
She didn't dare look back and swam upstream desperately. Her lungs ached from the water pressure, her ears were buzzing, and her vision went dark.
But at this moment——
She saw a dazzling red light falling from the sky in the center of the storm and falling into the deep sea like a meteor.
It was a woman in red.
The woman's long hair was like flames, particularly eye-catching in the dark sea. Her body was wrapped in some force and slowly sank, but seemed unaffected by the water flow, as if she was sleeping.
I haven't seen the other person's face clearly yet.
The next second, a terrifying suction force came from behind—the black turtle's giant claws broke through the water and grabbed towards her!
She gritted her teeth, kicked the water hard, and rushed out of the sea with the power of the undercurrent. However, Guidan suddenly broke free from her arms and turned into a stream of light to chase after the woman in red.
"Haiyun!" Fu Yongfu's voice brought her back to reality.
She looked up suddenly and found that a thin layer of ice had condensed on her fingertips without her knowing when, and a trace of deep inquiry flashed in Liu Meizhen's eyes.
"Mother..." Her voice trembled slightly, "I seem to... remember something."
Wait for her to finish.
Liu Meizhen slowly closed the jade pill box and said in a low voice: "It seems that your water spirit body is not innate."
——It was given by the turtle egg.
A moment and a half.
Haiyun didn't think of anything else. Liu Meizhen asked the couple to leave, looked towards the direction of Yunxiao Mountain where Fu Changsheng was, and murmured in a low voice:
"The woman in red..."
(End of this chapter)