Chapter 14 Self-Reflection and the Trouble
"You are here to recruit me too?"
Chen Yuan saw that the figure of the woman in white was ethereal, like a ghost but not a ghost, and it was difficult to see her true appearance. In terms of realm alone, it was obviously not enough for the ninth level of martial arts, and she might not even have strong blood and qi, but he could not see through her. The spirituality also gave a vague warning, knowing that the other party had the means to threaten him.
When Chen Yuan looked again, he could vaguely see a huge shadow behind the woman, as if there was a huge monster condensed in her body, which made his eyes sting slightly, but when he looked again, everything was normal.
Huh?
At this time, the woman in white chuckled and said, "Who wouldn't be jealous of a person like Xiao Langjun? I am here to recruit you."
"I killed the Deer Head Mountain God." Chen Yuan collected his mind and narrowed his eyes.
"What's the big deal?" The woman in white dress smiled, "He Jue was always disobedient and even tried to set up his own sect. Young Master, you killed him, which is a great achievement! Just follow me to Mount Xiyue, be conferred by the Emperor, and obtain the essence of the earth veins of Baili Lushou Mountain. Then we will all be a family, and who will blame me?"
As she said this, she stared with her watery eyes and asked, "Young Master, you don't want to set up your own sect, do you?"
Chen Yuan looked indifferent and said, "I killed him because I didn't want to submit to the gods. If I become a disciple of the Emperor you mentioned, wouldn't today's fight be in vain?" The death energy in his body surged and gradually lingered outside his body, as if he would attack at any time!
"Hehe, why are you so serious? I have no other intentions. He Jue is a domineering and selfish person. He occupies Baili Lu Shou and is used to doing whatever he wants. He offended you and was killed by you. It's his own fault! If you are willing, you can join the emperor's army. No matter whether it is the way of the gods or the way of the martial arts, you will have a way forward. With your qualifications, it is not impossible to achieve the realm of the four great masters." The woman in the white dress said, laughing and retreating, her voice erratic. "Young man is still angry, I will take my leave first, and wait for the emperor's messenger to come and negotiate with you. By then, you will probably be able to think clearly." As she spoke, her figure gradually dimmed and finally disappeared. Chen Yuan stood still, deep and solemn. After a few breaths, he raised his left hand and pinched the seal. There were strands of ripples of the way of the gods rippling around, feeding back the situation inside and outside the cave. "He's gone."
Chen Yuan took a long breath, found a chair, and sat down with his hands on his chest.
"Four great masters, are you so wise? It seems that this world is still very deep. Moreover, even a mountain god should not be underestimated, and it is quite difficult to deal with him."
Lu Shou Mountain God and Xiao Mutuo, in terms of martial arts realm and combat power, are similar to Chen Yuan's Xuan Shen. Chen Yuan relied on his superior vision and unexpected instant burst, grasping the key, detonating the evil bone and evil spirit, and fighting quickly before the mountain god's divine power.
Even so, limited by the current situation, the rapid growth of the arm, the stripping of the divine talisman, and the suppression of the divine flower, although there are mysterious methods as a guide, also caused a huge loss of the blood and qi that was just nourished before the battle.
In fact, Chen Yuan is almost at the end of his strength.
"I almost couldn't hold it back just now. I've always pretended to be... to show my godliness in front of others, I have to be consistent and not give up halfway, otherwise I won't be able to establish a deterrent, and troubles will follow. But in the final analysis, it's still because my foundation is weak and I don't have many backup plans. Of course, it's related to the urgency of time, but it's also limited by my current special physique."
Thinking of this, he looked at the direction where the woman in the white dress left.
"This woman's combat power is not as good as mine, but she has means that can threaten me. The Shinto of this world is weird and inexplicable. People who practice can also contact the divine thoughts in advance, or there are secrets that I have never seen. I must strengthen myself, upgrade, trump card, magic weapon, none of them can be missing!"
His eyes fell on the Shinto flower pattern on his left arm.
"The divine decree has lost its connection with Lushou Mountain and degenerated into a pure Shinto talisman. It can no longer be nourished by incense, but it is no longer bound by mountains and rivers. Not only can it leave Lushou Mountain, it will not affect martial arts cultivation, and it can be used to perform spells and magic formulas. The divine power accumulated in the talisman for nearly two hundred years is enough for me to consume for a while, and there are additional effects when commanding mountains and rivers."
The divine power is the thought of incense after being tempered by the Shinto talisman, and it is also a kind of thought.
The Shinto talisman is the core of Shinto, which gives the gods authority. It was stripped from the mountains and rivers by Chen Yuan and became a blank slate and water without a source. Its own authority no longer exists, but it can be used as the source of performing magic and as a medium. Commanding mountains and rivers within a certain range is his greatest gain in this battle.
"The way of God involves the God Court, so it caused trouble, but everything is normal, good and bad are interdependent."
Chen Yuan made a seal with his left hand, trying to regulate his breath and nourish himself with the magic of the void, but after several changes, there was no effect. Often, the divine power would appear and collapse before it took shape.
After thinking for a moment, he understood.
"After all, it is not the divine consciousness that I practiced myself, and my magic is mostly derived from the void, which may conflict with the laws of heaven and earth in this world, so there are many restrictions."
With his hundreds of years of experience, just a few magic formulas, he realized that there are three general restrictions on controlling magic with the power of the way of God.
First, not all the magic he knew could be used. He needed to slowly check and try in the future to summarize the available magic;
Second, even if he happened to be able to use it, the power would be limited, just like he had not completed the whole work by using the incomplete divine consciousness to use the spiritual acupoint to stay in the spirit;
Third, the divine power consumed by magic is almost doubled compared to divine consciousness and magic power.
"But whether it is the power of the divine way or the nine-turn corpse transformation chapter, they are all the magic formulas for protecting the way, not the true solution of the Xuanmen! The first turn of the corpse transformation is called 'one yuan', which is to transform one's own masculine blood into dead qi and blood; the second turn of the mysterious body is called 'two yin and yang', which requires the assistance of natural materials and treasures of yin and yang attributes to further refine. But..."
Recalling the situation during the battle, his expression gradually became solemn.
"Although the Xuanshen can regenerate broken limbs and recover quickly, its pain and touch senses are very dull. If a person seeks the Tao, he must comprehend the myriad phenomena of the world. If the senses are incomplete and insensitive, he can still rely on experience to practice in the early stage, but from the middle stage onwards, he will inevitably get half the result with twice the effort. Therefore, he still has to find the method of corpse cultivation and slowly revise it in order to seek the Tao."
The true solution of corpse cultivation is rare even in the Dongxu Realm. It is said that the most orthodox method can cultivate into a corpse ghost immortal. But as far as Chen Yuan knows, ghost immortals are not really immortals, because cultivating immortals and asking for the Tao is to seek longevity, but corpse cultivation and ghost cultivation happen to be the way to death, which is inherently flawed and has a low upper limit.
"If you want to go on this road, you must learn from the strengths of all schools, or have a good luck and get a shocking inheritance. However, I can't always pin my hopes on luck."
Thinking of this, his eyes swept across the cave, and the divine power in his left hand rippled and spread to every corner.
"Even a small demon has a private collection, so a mountain god shouldn't have no treasure, right? In order to deal with Him, I have used all my means and exhausted my accumulation. To perfect the corpse cultivation, I have to refer to many sources, so I have to make up for it here."
After a few breaths, Chen Yuan frowned.
"So poor?"
He followed the feedback of divine power and went deep into the cave.
Unlike the magnificent hall outside, the inner room is a natural style without decoration. There is a stone table and stone bench in the middle. On the table is an unfinished chess game. There is a gurgling stream beside it, and the water vapor ripples and turns into mist.
"The artistic conception is there, but it is just for show."
Shaking his head, Chen Yuan came to the stone table and slapped it with his palm, shattering the table, revealing a secret compartment with three items inside -
a short sword, a gray Taoist robe, and a bottle of elixir.
He picked up the short sword first.
The hilt, the guard and the blade are all black in color, with few patterns. There are two seal characters engraved on them, which are similar to the characters in Dongxu. Chen Yuan can distinguish them as the two characters "Huo Qiu".
"Learning to read and study characters should be put on the agenda, otherwise it will be a problem if I can't recognize all the classics in this world and don't understand their true meaning."
Pulling the dagger out of the leather scabbard, Chen Yuan stirred up the death energy, poured it into his fingertips, and flicked his finger on the black blade!
Buzz!
The sound of the sword echoed.
"Good sword!"
His eyes lit up.
"The sword is tough, crisp and transparent, with death energy running through it, and almost no loss. It is made of high-quality steel, which is enough for refining flying swords! I don't know why the mountain god didn't bring it with him."
This discovery made him happy, and the depression caused by the mountain god's small inventory dissipated a lot.
After putting away the short sword, he looked at the robe again, reached out and touched it, feeling cool, and applied a little force.
Zila——
A crack appeared.
"..."
Chen Yuan fell into deep thought.
"You are not following the routine. You put it in the secret compartment with the sword, so it should be special. How come it cracked all of a sudden?"
Looking at the Taoist robe that was damaged by smoke and fire, and then looking at the gray Taoist robe in the grid, Chen Yuan shook his head and sighed: "I have to try as soon as possible to see which method of looking at the qi is suitable for this corpse body, otherwise it will be unreliable to rely on touching every time."
Putting down the robe, he picked up the medicine bottle, relying on his magic weapon body, pulled open the stopper and smelled it.
The fragrance was fragrant, but Chen Yuan felt the death qi beating, and he felt erratic. His qi and blood were damaged a little bit, and he immediately understood.
"This is a pill for replenishing qi and strengthening the essence. Even if a warrior with strong qi and blood eats it, it can replenish qi and nourish blood, heal injuries and cure diseases, but it is extremely poisonous to a dead person like me. It's terrible." He sighed, shook the medicine bottle, and listened to the jingling sound: "Eight or nine pills, keep them, maybe they will be useful."
Putting away the dagger and pills, and changing into a gray Taoist robe, Chen Yuan couldn't help complaining: "As a mountain god, this family background is a bit too thin. Looking at his arrogance, it shouldn't be like this. Did he use it all for show, or is there another treasure hiding place?"
Shaking his head, he was about to leave, but suddenly he was startled, and then he touched the Taoist robe on his body, and his dull perception and touch became a little more sensitive.
"This Taoist robe can increase perception? Baby! Oh, the broken hole won't reduce the effect... eh?"
Suddenly, thanks to the enhanced perception, Chen Yuan noticed that there was a faint death aura lingering in the gurgling stream, so he reached out and grabbed it.
Splash!
He picked up a palm-sized iron ball from the water.
The iron ball was mottled with rust and dotted with holes. The faint death aura was emanating from it. Without the water flow blocking it, it was even stronger!
"It smells like two living dead..."
Chen Yuan's expression became serious. He peeked into the small hole and saw a piece of white meat that was jumping like a living thing!
"Zombie meat?"
As soon as he thought of it, the meat suddenly shook, and blood appeared on the surface, and then splashed out like fine needles, rushing towards Chen Yuan!
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