The next morning, Old Taoist Wu Wang woke up much later than usual as he had been thinking about where to get the Immortal's True Fire the night before. Even so, as he pushed open the door, he muttered to himself, "I wonder if it's possible to collect the fire from the trees that were struck by lightning? This shouldn't be an ordinary fire. "
Innocent Lao Dao didn't know that if the same tree was struck by lightning many times and the fire didn't extinguish, then the fire at its core would be called Lightning Dazzling Fire. Unfortunately, it couldn't be produced in the Last Days.
As soon as he pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard of the temple, Innocent Lao Dao was shocked. The wooden basin he was holding fell to the ground with a thud. There were several men in black lying around the wall in various positions. Two of them died miserably. Their skin was rotten to the bone. Moreover, there were countless small holes half a finger deep on the ground of the courtyard. They were densely packed, as if they were disfigured.
"Bandits? Assassins? " Innocent Lao Dao had been focusing on alchemy all these years without any distractions. Compared to ordinary people, his temperament was well tempered. Thus, he quickly calmed down and guessed their origins. "Could it be that they're here to deal with those two Fellow Daoists? After all, they just came to ask for a place to stay last night, and the men in black came. "
But in the blink of an eye, many doubts arose in his mind. "Lao Dao didn't sleep well last night, but I didn't sense any signs of fighting. The two Fellow Daoists' martial arts must have reached an unfathomable level. Since that's the case, why didn't they hide the corpses? Instead, they left them here for Lao Dao to see and cause trouble in the future."
A thought flashed through his mind. Innocent Lao Dao stepped forward. "Could it be that they're here to deal with Lao Dao? The two Fellow Daoists happened to come and help Lao Dao block the calamity. They even left their corpses to warn Lao Dao. "
But he was just the master of a shabby temple who focused on alchemy. He really couldn't think of anyone who would come to harm him. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to ask them face to face.
He knocked on the door, but no one answered. After knocking a few times, Innocent Lao Dao realized that the door wasn't closed. Thus, he gently pushed it open and found that there was no one inside. There was a pile of white paper on the shabby square table.
"They left?" Just as he thought of this, Lao Dao heard movement coming from the Pill Room. He was startled and hurriedly turned around and ran over. That was his lifeblood.
She pushed open the door of the alchemy room and saw the young man named Shi Xuan operating the alchemy furnace. His right hand was controlling the fire, and his left hand was grabbing the herbs and ores beside him. He threw them into the furnace in an irregular rhythm according to the size of the flame, either fast or slow. It gave off a strange sense of beauty.
Lao Dao Wu Wang stared in bewilderment. This feeling was as natural as the horns of an antelope hanging on an antelope's horn, untraceable. Compared to his usual alchemy experience, where he would be in a flurry or put things together, he could only look at the size of the flame. It was incomparable. "Fellow Daoist Shi is an alchemy grandmaster?!"
Mo Jingqiu watched from the side with a smile. She found it refreshing. She had entered the Three Cloud Palace at a young age. When she was training her body, she never had to worry about medicinal soups and pills. Later on, when she learned how to refine healing pills, she was already at the Qi Gatherer stage. She relied on her magic power and restrictions to control the flame. She had never had any experience in refining pills like this, which completely depended on her own control of the flame and the order of the pills. "If I don't have strong control over my own body, I'll destroy a hundred furnaces after refining a hundred furnaces."
As the last bit of ores fell into the furnace, a strange fragrance wafted out from the alchemy furnace. Just smelling it made one feel refreshed. It was not an ordinary item.
Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang became excited. "Immortal pills! Fellow Daoist Shi is refining immortal pills! " He had refined immortal pills for so many years. When the pills were formed, he had experienced the stench, the fragrance, the smell of smoke, and the explosion. However, this extraordinary smell had never appeared before. He rubbed his hands excitedly, afraid that he would disturb Shi Xuan and ruin the furnace of immortal pills.
This scene was like a dream.
Clap, clap, clap. There were nine continuous soft sounds. Shi Xuan stopped and opened the alchemy furnace. The fragrance assailed his nostrils. Nine pills rolled into his palm one by one. They were vermilion red in color and glowed with light. There were even wisps of red mist rising from them. It did not seem like something that could exist in the mortal world.
Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang ran over in surprise. "Fellow Daoist Shi, did you successfully refine the immortal pills?"
Shi Xuan shook his head and smiled. "This is not an immortal pill. It's harmful and will only make one drunk." Without true fire and magic power, how could Shi Xuan refine real immortal pills? These pills had their own mysteries and did not involve Dao techniques.
"But …" Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang did not dare to believe that this kind of pill was not an immortal pill. However, he was a self-restrained person and could not say it out loud.
Shi Xuan Wu Wang laughed. "There are many things in the world that look good, and there are also poisonous things. Although this pill is called the Immortal Ascension Pill, it plays with people's hearts and causes them to indulge in their desires. It is the opposite of the Great Dao. Fellow Daoist, do not be fooled by its appearance. That's right, thank you for your alchemy furnace and medicinal herbs. I have left some things in the room to repay you. I have important matters to attend to and cannot stay for long. I will take my leave now. "
After he finished speaking, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu ignored Lao Dao Wu Wang's persuasion and left the alchemy room in a flash. They retrieved their steeds from the corner of the courtyard and left leisurely.
Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang saw that he could not make them stay, so he hurriedly turned around and looked at the alchemy furnace. He wanted to see if there were any leftovers and find some wild animals to test it out. However, the inside of the alchemy furnace was completely clean. There was not the slightest bit of leftovers. It was obvious that there were no leftovers in the medicinal herbs and minerals.
"It's simply a divine skill! No, it's not a skill at all. It's already close to the Dao. " Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang had never seen such a strange result in his life. Even if it was those arrogant Daoists he knew, after refining the pills, there would more or less be leftovers or leftovers. It was not something that could be solved by human strength.
After being stunned for a moment, Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang remembered the things that Shi Xuan Wu Wang had left in the room. He hurriedly turned around and rushed over. The things left behind by such a person must be extraordinary.
Everything in the room was as usual. There was only a stack of white paper on the square table, pressed down by a paperweight. Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang curiously took the paperweight away. He saw the three words "Returning Nature Scripture" written on the first piece of paper. The handwriting was faint and elegant.
Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang was stunned. "Could it be a secret martial art manual that allows me to protect myself when I face the black-robed men who come later?"
As he thought of this, his hands did not slow down. In the blink of an eye, he flipped the first page and started reading.
Once he started reading, Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang instantly forgot about the outside world. He did not wash his face, did not rinse his mouth, and did not eat. He held onto the stack of white paper and read it in a daze. From time to time, he would mumble to himself.
"There's actually such a thing in the world?"
"It turns out that the path of cultivation is divided into so many realms. Only when one reaches the Primordial Soul Realm can one live a long life."
"Every word is like a gem. It's hard to describe."
It was not until noon that Lao Dao Wu Wang's stomach was growling from hunger. He then regained his senses. "This celestial technique records clearly state the realms. Every realm has a way to cultivate and break through. It doesn't look like it's fake. Those two …"
He suddenly jumped up and rushed out of the room with the Returning Nature Scripture in hand. He looked at the densely packed holes in the courtyard. He saw that the areas surrounded by the holes were empty. They did not look like empty spaces, but rather, the holes deliberately avoided them.
"Immortals! Immortals!" Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang beamed with joy. He held the Returning Nature Scripture and danced with joy. Jianglu, who had sneaked over, was shocked when he saw this. "Master Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Could it be that he had really gone mad?
Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang laughed loudly. "The heavens have sensed my sincere heart towards the Dao and have finally allowed Lao Dao to have an immortal fate!"
He rushed out of the temple and looked into the distance. However, it was covered by trees. It was quiet and secluded. How could he see Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu?
…
On the road, they walked side by side. Mo Jingqiu glanced at Shi Xuan and said with a light smile, "It's just some medicine, but you left behind a true cultivation technique. You're really generous."
"I also saw that Innocent Lao Dao Wu Wang has a good heart towards the Dao. I wanted to prevent him from going astray. People of virtue like me naturally have to do some virtuous things." Shi Xuan smiled as he replied. "Moreover, after this, the Primordial Golden Chalice will be taken away no matter what, and the Last Days Land won't be the same anymore."
Mo Jingqiu nodded. Suddenly, he thought of something. "Can the cultivation technique you left behind be cultivated to the Primordial Soul Stage? Although these incomplete worlds don't have the previous two Heavenly Tribulations, it's still possible for them to form a Nascent Soul. "
"Only Jindan. The latter two realms were also explained, but it was impossible to rely on them to form a Primordial Spirit. Jing Qiu, why are you asking about this? "The Primordial Spirit techniques that Shi Xuan possessed were either the true techniques of the sect or the Outer Dao, so it was inconvenient for him to impart them to others.
Mo Jingqiu smiled and said, "If the first primordial spirit is born in the Extreme Universe Cauldron, there might be another Daozu who knows about this place."
"What do you mean?" Shi Xuan knew that compared to this kind of sect that had been passed down by Daozu, he was still lacking in terms of knowledge of its secrets. After all, Lady Yu liked to let him discover and dig.
Mo Jingqiu pointed at the ground. "Everything in the Void Universe is derived from the 3,000 Great Daos. Since that's the case, Shi Xuan, which Great Dao do you think the Hidden Latch of Life and Death is the embodiment of?"
"The Great Dao of Life and Death." Shi Xuan came to a sudden realization. If he took the initiative to let Daozu discover this place, then it would be a great injustice. Moreover, it was no wonder that life and death were acquired, and when combined, life and death were innate. This was because the latter also represented the Dao of Transcendence, and they couldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
Mo Jingqiu nodded. "It's said that the simple and mysterious door that appears when one steps through the Hidden Latch of Life and Death is half formed by one's own mind, and the other half is the appearance of the patterns on the surface of the Book of Life and Death."
…
Zhen Xuzi rinsed his mouth with the tea offered by his disciple and spat it into the copper basin beside him. Then, his concubine used a warm handkerchief to help him wipe his face …
Waking up in the morning, he was extremely comfortable. As the Perfected One who was more favored than the Imperial Tutor recently, Zhen Xuzi had the right to enjoy so much.
He closed his eyes and sighed. He didn't expect that his luck would still turn for the better even though he was almost seventy years old. However, if it wasn't for his old age, why would the Emperor believe that his pills could prolong one's life?
"Master, there are two Taoist priests outside offering an Immortal Pill." The eldest disciple, Gu Hongyu, walked in from outside the hall, holding a jade box in his hand. It was smooth and warm, and one could tell at a glance that it was very valuable.
Zhen Xuzi waved his hand and said with some dissatisfaction, "These wandering Taoist priests swindle and swindle people. Ever since I was conferred the title of Perfected One by the Emperor, they've been coming in an endless stream. However, not only are the pills they offer ineffective, they even harm people."
Gu Hongyu's expression was strange. He seemed to be absent-minded, but at the same time, he seemed to be at ease. "Master, this pill is a real Immortal Pill. When I gave it to the testing dog to taste, not only did it not die, but it also behaved strangely. Thus, I gathered my courage and tasted it. It's a real Immortal Pill, a real Immortal Pill."
Zhen Xuzi glanced at the guard who had followed him in and saw him nod, indicating that Gu Hongyu had indeed tasted the pill. He couldn't help but feel curious. This eldest disciple had traveled extensively with him and had seen everything. Why was he so infatuated with this pill?
Thus, he opened the jade box and saw half a vermilion pill placed on a piece of black cloth. It was shrouded in mist and had a brilliant glow. It was obvious that it was an extraordinary pill.
Zhen Xuzi picked up the pill and put it into his mouth curiously. It melted in his mouth.
Then, Zhen Xuzi felt as if he was walking on air. All of his worries, disappointment, fear, frustration, and stress disappeared, leaving only extreme comfort. It was as if he was flying in the sky, as if he was sitting in a position that he didn't even dare to think about, as if he was surrounded by countless fairies …
"I've really been a deity for a moment." Zhen Xuzi sniffled and said absent-mindedly.
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