darknovel Chapter 79 The Kitchen God
Chapter 79 The Kitchen God
Chapter 79 The Kitchen God (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)
Enjoy yourself to the fullest!
This sword had previously transformed into a hidden sword peak!
At this moment, a stress response occurred, and several Purple Mansion cultivators immediately appeared in the void, reaching out with their large hands to grab him.
Moreover, at the original location of Hidden Sword Peak, the void was faintly broken open, revealing the plaza where the Golden Origin Hall is located!
A ray of golden light emanated from it.
Through the void, one can see Murong Jiu standing before that lump of mud, his expression one of fascination.
suddenly----
Murong Jiu's entire body transformed into a clay statue, covered in spiderweb marks, before shattering into a pile of rubble.
Stab it!
That flying sword, and even the Heavenly Wind Spirit Spring, all fell to the ground.
Whoosh!
A figure abandoned the "Enjoy Yourself" flying sword and rushed into the Golden Origin Hall. It was none other than the Taoist Sanji!
"That's... divinity?"
"How could there possibly be a trace of [Stomach Earth] divinity in this place?"
"Sanji, how dare you?!"
Pu Shanjun and the others in the Purple Mansion were all furious. They even abandoned the "Xu Jin Huan" flying sword, letting Tian Jinchen escape. They all rushed towards the location of the Golden Origin Palace as if they were risking their lives.
Divinity, also known as Dan nature, Yuan nature, Jin nature, or Buddha nature, is the essence of the Golden Elixir!
Gold is immortal!
This wisp of divinity is the foundation of the immortal golden elixir!
Therefore, almost everyone in the Purple Palace present went crazy.
The great battle of the Purple Mansion is about to break out!
Azure Sea Gate, Mysterious Azure Cave.
"what!"
A scream.
The moment Murong Jiu stared at the mud.
Fang Qing tumbled off the prayer mat, letting out a scream.
Blood flowed from his eyes, which quickly turned into spring water.
Numerous grime flowed from his pores, constantly hardening, as if trying to seal him alive inside the clay figurine.
"Is this... the transformation of the Dao? Am I about to transform into the Dao?"
"The Dao gives birth to the Pearl!"
Fang Qing called out in his heart, and the Dao Sheng Pearl spun around, circulating the clear and turbid energy, creating a magnificent and colorful scene.
"Whoosh—"
After a long while, he finally got up, panting heavily, and tore off the mud from his body, his heart filled with lingering fear: "Good fortune? I almost died, and this is good fortune?"
Thinking about this loss is even more heartbreaking.
Putting everything else aside, Murong Jiu died on the spot, and that flying sword and the Heavenly Wind Spirit Spring were completely lost.
"Even—if I hadn't kept a backup plan and deliberately hidden here at the Azure Sea Gate, separated by a world—if there hadn't been a world separating us, would I have even had time to use the Dao Life Pearl under the backlash of Dao Transformation?"
Fang Qing wiped the blood from his forehead, sat cross-legged, and silently reviewed the situation.
Although his transformation was severe, at the same time, he was pursued by the Great Dao and infused with some Daoist cultivation: "The Golden Core is insignificant!"
"The 'Stomach Earth' is also known as 'Stove Earth,' representing the proper position of Earth—above its metal position, someone has already attained enlightenment—named the Eastern Primordial Deity of Fate and Spiritual Response!" Also known as the Stove God!
"The Kitchen God? That title sounds familiar—"
Fang Qing immediately thought of the place that the slovenly Taoist priest had chosen for the exchange meeting back then, which was a Kitchen God Temple!
"I knew that slovenly Taoist was a Purple Mansion cultivator, how could he possibly choose such a run-down place as the venue? There was definitely something more to it—but was that old fox Anzhuzi truly unaware of the situation, or was he deliberately keeping quiet?"
"The Golden Core stage is beyond calculation—is it really that difficult to estimate the number of cultivators above the Golden Core stage in the Qi Cultivation Dao, or even related items?"
He suddenly felt a chill, thinking of the sword cultivator's cave he had visited before, and his trip to this blessed land.
It seems that my own divination attempts have all gone wrong?
"This method of divination is truly useless—it doesn't even apply to those above the Golden Core stage, so what's the point?"
Fang Qing smiled bitterly.
He used to rely on divination to his advantage and repeatedly escape misfortune. Although he was aware that divination was not a panacea, he still relied on it too much.
The result was that I almost got screwed over by divination this time!
"If one blindly follows divination and personally enters the blessed land—they will surely die!"
"If I don't have a sudden inspiration and return to the Azure Sea Sect—my chance of survival is slim!"
Fang Qing let out a long sigh of relief: "That was really close!"
He steadied himself and communicated with the Dao-Born Pearl again. This time, Murong Jiu's perspective was no longer there, but Xu Hei's was still there!
"Hurry up!"
Xu Hei felt a chill run down his spine and, disregarding the need to wait for the transaction, scrambled away from the Yanbo Lake area.
But before he could leave, he saw the celestial phenomena on the lake suddenly change.
A powerful image enveloped him, causing his blood and magical power to fluctuate.
"This is... a battle of wits within the Purple Mansion? Is the energy drawing me in?"
Xu Hei felt a chill run down his spine, then let out a long sigh: Thankfully, there was no [Female Earth] Purple Mansion present; otherwise, at such close range, the old man might have been completely captivated and driven to desperate measures.
He turned around and saw two cultivators from the Black Ring Sect shouting angrily as they surrounded another rogue cultivator in the sky.
The rogue cultivator who practiced Qi cultivation was actually cultivating the [Stomach Earth] technique. A magic weapon resembling a small mountain shot into the sky from his hand. He was also somewhat envious, and the two fought as if they were mortal enemies.
Hmm? It seems that the Black Gate Purple Mansion has clashed with a [Stomach Earth] Purple Mansion in the Blessed Land?
Poor fellow travelers—if they had run a little further away, they would have been fine.
Or perhaps by establishing a foundation in the Dao, one can barely control their own life and not be easily swayed.
Xu Hei had nothing more to say. He simply covered his head and ran, wishing he could escape the entire prefecture.
Before they had gone very far, the location of the blessed land of misty waves changed again.
With a curse filled with pain, the world changed instantly, and a sinister aura was born.
Suddenly, a swarm of snakes, insects, and rodents crawled out of the earth, fighting and devouring each other.
In the sky, various colors of miasma and plague aura appeared, shimmering and spreading outwards.
"Is this... a celestial phenomenon?"
"Could it be that someone in the Purple Mansion has perished and transformed into a Daoist being?!"
Xu Hei felt even more apprehensive.
Whether a cultivator in the Purple Mansion is born or dies, the weather can affect at least one prefecture.
"The one who died should be a [Di Earth] Purple Mansion cultivator—could it be that Black Gate Ancestor?"
"When a demonic purple mansion transforms, it will generally turn into a natural disaster, engulfing the entire land—while a righteous purple mansion will transform into a sacred land, leaving blessings for future generations—"
"What a pity, why didn't he die a righteous death—"
"In this way, our ancient Shu might gain another treasure land, abundant in earth-element spiritual objects—who knows, we might even find the spiritual object that forms my Dao foundation—"
Xu Hei was a seasoned geographer; it took him two days to finally arrive at the city.
This Heshui City was built by the Zhang family, a Daoji clan. The Zhang family has been practicing the "Bishui" technique for generations, and they are skilled in healing and treating injuries. They are kind to others and have produced Daoji members generation after generation, making them quite famous in the vicinity of Yulin County.
More importantly, the main Zhang family residence is located in Heshui City, protected by a Dao Foundation Array, which is sufficient to withstand many dangerous situations.
Xu Hei rushed into the city and had just sat down in a teahouse that catered to cultivators when he heard mournful music playing outside.
Curious, he went to the window to look out and saw that white banners had already been hung at the location of the Zhang family mansion.
"Which important figure from the Zhang family has died?"
Xu Hei was dumbfounded, almost thinking he was a jinx.
"It is said that he was the prodigy of the Zhang family, who went into seclusion several months ago to forge his Dao foundation—and these past few days it is said that his aura has been fully formed, and the Zhang family has even prepared a celebratory banquet—but today he suddenly passed away, his Dao foundation collapsed, and he died and his Dao vanished. Now the celebratory banquet has turned into a funeral."
Several rogue cultivators nearby sighed repeatedly, "Truly, heaven is jealous of talent!"
Xu Hei, however, knew the reason and thought to himself: So that's how it is—cultivating the foundation of the Water Virtue, he just happened to run into the evil energy of the Earth Virtue—isn't that a coincidence? This person's fate is truly bad—if they were farther away, it would be fine, but they haven't even left the prefecture yet!
"A Purple Mansion cultivator actually died, and from the Black Paralysis Sect no less! Good riddance!"
Inside the Xuanbi Cave, Fang Qing clapped and cheered.
After all, the Fang family and the Black Gate have a blood feud!
"However—this was just a routine treasure hunt, even with the [Stomach Soil] pill incident—how did a Purple Mansion cultivator die? Could it be the demon race's doing?"
"Or perhaps—it's the Sloppy Taoist? Ever since the Li Rulong incident, he's clearly not on the Black Gate's side."
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"In short, this matter has blown up—"
A cultivator of the Purple Mansion has a lifespan of five hundred years and can suppress an entire region; he is a powerful figure in his own right!
The death of even one person was enough to drastically change the situation in ancient Shu.
"So be it—although this trip to the Blessed Land of Misty Waves did not go as planned, there may still be a large number of spiritual items, cultivation techniques, and magical artifacts flowing out later—"
"Let Xu Hei act according to the situation; if he can acquire something, then he can."
Fang Qing gave the order, but he had already given up hope.
"Fortunately, although there weren't any real treasures in this blessed land—I haven't forgotten the alchemical texts I've read, nor those two cultivation manuals—one of which even contains the Purple Mansion Sword Manual!"
"As long as I slowly gather Qi and then find a proper flying sword—I will be a sword cultivator in the future!"
"However, shouldn't the most urgent task of building a foundation for our Dao be to focus on the 'Whale Devouring the Vast Ocean Technique'?"
As he thought this, his expression gradually became serious: "And then there's the ancient Shu, that wretched place. Breaking through there is too risky. Even if I'm fully prepared, what if I encounter a Purple Mansion falling or a major change in the celestial phenomena—wouldn't that be an undeserved disaster?"
Like the Zhang family in Heshui, they were so desperate they couldn't even cry.
Of course, it can be helpful if used properly, but Fang Qing obviously wouldn't entrust his safety to luck.
"perhaps----"
A thought struck him: "Could I set up my Dao Foundation Breakthrough training ground here at the Azure Sea Sect?"
Although there's no help here, there's obviously no negative buff either.
Even when the Zhong family patriarch perished last time, Fang Qing did not sense many changes in the world, let alone an ominous sign that lingered for years.
This is very important to Fang Qing!
He would rather gain nothing than fail inexplicably.
"Next—let's study 'Notes on the Origin of the Divine Essence' and improve the Foundation Building Pill—"
"Hmm, I can also gather the main ingredients to refine the Lesser Breakthrough Pill, striving to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in my Qi Refining cultivation—"
Fang Qing leisurely emerged from seclusion and immediately received a communication talisman from Qin Ruxue.
This woman has already accepted the mission to guard Taibai Island and is no longer with Bihaimen.
"Young Master—"
Through the communication talisman, Qin Ruxue, as usual, mentioned a few things, such as the progress in collecting pill formulas and medicinal materials—as well as major events that had occurred within the sect.
"Oh? Cui Zhe has already passed the vote and become the Lord of the Punishment Hall, thus rising to the upper echelons of the sect?"
"The power of this sect leader's lineage has truly increased several times over after Linghu Jin achieved 'Core Formation'—"
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