Longevity, starting from raising chickens

It’s the time when the sun and the moon meet again.

The sun in the sky is about to set, and the full moon in the east has quietly risen.

The top of Wanfa Peak.

The two-headed skink lizards followed their instincts and swallowed the essence of the sun and moon at this rare moment in the day.

The black head looked up toward the full moon like a snake's head, and a tiny wisp of black energy slowly brewed in its mouth.

The yellow head, on the other hand, opened its mouth toward the setting sun, exhaling a wisp of white air bit by bit.

The two heads and necks are intertwined, like a yin and yang fish.

Wang Yanli watched quietly not far away, not daring to disturb the practice of these two-headed skin dragon lizards.

After all, this is considered a rare research result of his.

"Yin and Yang are balanced, independent yet integrated... isn't this the two-headed skink?"

"It's just that I haven't thought about this before. Now it seems that the treasure trove of ghost-patterned skin dragon lizards has yet to be fully explored."

Wang Ba sighed.

Of course, it doesn't mean that these two-headed skin dragon lizards will really help him cultivate the yin and yang.

In fact, since these two-headed skin dragon lizards are not very intelligent, even if they want to control them with the power of the Yin God, it is not convenient. He can only use his magic power to lead these skin dragon lizards to circulate one by one to cultivate the two qi of yin and yang. The path of spiritual power was not successfully taught to these skink dragon lizards until their instincts were functioning.

Skin dragon lizards contain both yin and yang qi, which is different from Wang Ba. In addition to being produced through intercourse, they also absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. Through the alternation of day and night in the morning and evening, the short time when yin and yang are balanced, they can intensify their practice.

After all, the sun and moon are important manifestations of yin and yang, and they are also the lowest-cost source of obtaining yin and yang.

The accumulation of yin and yang energy is also of great benefit to these skin dragon lizards. Therefore, once their instincts are formed, there is no need for Wang Yan to follow them.

The only trouble is that Wang Ba needs a certain amount of time to teach each skink lizard.

"But these are not enough. There is too little time every day to cultivate the two qi of yin and yang, and the yin and yang qi that can be cultivated is also very limited. To reach the standard of harvesting, the cycle is too long... It seems that we still have to think about it. The way is to breed more two-headed skink lizards. By the way, I remember that I also cultivated some mutated two-headed snakes and two-headed turtles before. I don’t know if that’s possible.”

The two qi of yin and yang cultivated by these skin dragon lizards are still too little. The two qi of the first batch of church skin dragon lizards have not yet reached the standard of Wang Ba's harvest.

The cycle of day and night will not change at will, so the only way is to expand the scale.

"In terms of quantity, there will be a lot more supply of cockroaches, spiritual fruit puree and the like."

Wang Hao quickly went over the cultivation process of the two-headed skink lizard in his mind and took stock of all the possible problems.

But he soon stopped laughing.

Because he soon discovered that the things that he needed to worry about in the past almost didn't need to worry about him now.

He only needs to mention it, and the Diwu Palace below will immediately help him solve it.

If it weren't for the cultivation of skink lizards, which outsiders couldn't help, he would have almost nothing to worry about.

This is the advantage of relying on a large sect, and it is also why even a leading Void Refining cultivator like Han Xiangzi cannot do without the sect.

The division of labor is clear and resources are abundant. I wonder how much time and energy can be saved in collecting practice resources.

There are even many unique resources. Without the help of the sect, a single monk would never find them even if he spent his whole life.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the Lingxi Stone and mentioned it to Uncle Ma.

He finally solved the problem of "batch acquisition of Yin and Yang Qi" that had troubled him for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.

However, this mood did not last long.

Within the Lingxi Stone, Qi Yan's slightly anxious voice sounded:
"Wang Ba, come quickly! I have found the reason why the divine beast has a Taoist secret!"

Hearing the voice in the Lingxi Stone, Wang Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he flew straight to the Beast Peak in a hurry.

Before they arrived, they saw a figure standing outside the Beast Peak from a distance.

"Mo Qi?"

Wang Haowei was a little surprised.

After not seeing each other for decades, the aura on Mo Qi's body became more and more concentrated.

The cultivation of Jindan in the middle and late stages can also be said to be extremely rapid.

But now that he was standing in front of Wang Ba, his face was no longer filled with resentment and gloominess, only peaceful.

When he saw Wang Ba, he bowed from afar and said:
"Mo Qi has met the deputy sect leader."

Seeing that he had changed his appearance, Wang Yan was also pleased for Master Qi and waved his hand gently:

"There's no need to be polite. In private, we still treat each other as brothers and sisters... Where is our uncle?"

"Master is in the breeding cave now. Deputy sect master please come."

A smile appeared on Mo Qi's face, and he led Wang Yan into a hollowed-out cave halfway up the Beast Peak.

The cave is huge, and Qi Yan's natal spiritual beast Guiyan Chi only fills up less than half of the cave.

As for the other half, it turned out to be Wang Yan's hybrid white tiger.

But at this moment, the hybrid white tiger was lying on the ground with dull eyes.

In addition to a spiritual beast ring around his neck, special formations were placed around his body, preventing him from moving at all.

Seeing Wang Ba walking in, the hybrid white tiger's glazed eyes were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out with a bright light as if seeing a relative.

The tiger's head shook violently.

One mouth said:

"Meow--"

Hearing this voice, the hybrid white tiger suddenly froze, as if he had suffered a fatal blow.

The excitement in his eyes quickly receded, leaving only a sense of hopelessness.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yan was a little stunned for a moment.

Upon noticing the movement, a figure immediately walked out from behind the hybrid white tiger.

Seeing Wang Yan, he subconsciously smiled:
"Here he comes."

Seeing this figure, Wang Hao's expression couldn't help but change slightly:
"Uncle Qi, why are you like this?"

The person who came was none other than Qi Yan.

It's just that Qi Yan, who originally looked like a middle-aged man, now has white hair and a haggard appearance.

What made Wang Ba's heart sink even more was that the vitality in Qi Yan was already on the verge of dying.

The whole person was visibly shrouded in a deep aura of twilight.

He subconsciously turned to look at Mo Qi with rare urgency:

"Junior brother Mo, uncle, what's going on?"

Mo Qi lowered his head slightly.

Qi Yan smiled and waved his hand:
"Haha, this is not a big deal. Just come and I will talk to you about the relationship between the bloodline of this divine beast and the Taoism."

Wang Ba did not go over immediately, but stared at Mo Qi.

Mo Qi finally couldn't bear Wang Yan's gaze, a sad look flashed across his face, and he whispered:
"Master has only a short lifespan. He has been sleepless and exhausted these years. In order to study the source of the debut machine, he has tried countless spiritual beasts. In order to save time, he has constantly depleted his own essence on these spiritual beasts..."

"okay!"

The smile on Qi Yan's face suddenly disappeared and he snorted coldly:
"Here comes tea!"

Mo Qi lowered his head:
"Yes."

Then he turned around and left the breeding cave.

Looking at Mo Qi's leaving figure, Wang Yan couldn't help but turn his head and look at Qi Yan:

"Uncle, junior brother is just worried about you, why should you..."

When Qi Yan heard this, the indifference on his face quietly disappeared, leaving only a sigh:
"Of course I know he is worried about me, but if a monk cannot see through life and death, how can he strengthen his Taoist heart and move forward?"

"People, after all, have to look forward."

Looking at Qi Yan's withered body, Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

You let Mo Qi see through life and death. Did you ever look down upon Elder Du Wei's departure?

It’s just that it’s still inconvenient to say these words.

But Qi Yan waved his hand:

"Forget it, let's not mention these. You come here because you must want to know what is going on with the Dao Ji in the bloodline of this divine beast."

As he spoke, he walked quickly to the hybrid white tiger despite his withered body, and raised his hand to quickly brush away a piece of hair on the white tiger's body.

Seeing Qi Yan's arrival, the hybrid white tiger's eyes suddenly filled with panic.

Then he looked at Wang Yan for help.

Upon seeing this, Wang Ba gave the mixed-blood white tiger a comforting look and hurriedly walked over.

Qi Yan pointed at a scar that had been scraped clean and healed, and turned to look at Wang Yan with a touch of uncontrollable excitement in his expression:
"We all know that this divine beast is born with Taoist secrets, and even a small number of special beings can, like human monks, use Taoist secrets to develop the Tao realm. There is no doubt that the divine beast can have such abilities because of its bloodline. "

Wang Hao nodded slightly.

When a spiritual beast reaches the fifth level, it can be called a divine beast.

Of course, there are also spiritual beasts that are born with the blood of mythical beasts, such as Erya, hybrid white tigers, and the black snake that Wang Xi cultivated not long ago, Ding Twenty-Two.

Due to their special bloodline, these spirit beasts have special performances even when they are at a lower level.

The simplest thing is that they are naturally much more powerful than beings of the same level. For example, the hybrid white tiger, although it is the fourth level of the best, can still fight to the death with the god puppet and the third level evil god.

Therefore, there are actually differences in the names of mythical beasts.

Ordinary spiritual beasts that are promoted to the fifth level are generally called acquired divine beasts.

The blood of the divine beasts contained in Erya, the hybrid white tiger, and the black snake are called 'innate divine beasts'.

Qi Yan stabbed Bai Hu's scar heavily with his fingers, and his voice was high-pitched:
"In other words, Daoji is a manifestation of the bloodline of the divine beast. So have you ever thought about a question, where is the bloodline manifested?"

Qi Yan poked so hard that the white tiger couldn't help but let out a low 'ooh'.

And when he heard that his voice was so delicate and weak, the hybrid white tiger's eyes became more and more grief-stricken.

Wang Hao pondered slightly, and then said:
"It should be reflected in the soul or the body."

"That's right!"

Seeing Wang Hao's answer, Qi Yan nodded with satisfaction and tapped Bai Hu's scar with his fingers:
"You mentioned to me before that the soul of Qiu Ming is a divine beast. Even if the physical body is not there, its soul still possesses Taoism. This means that by the fifth level, Taoism has nothing to do with the body."

"But the soul of the divine beast does not appear out of thin air. The soul is also generated from the physical body, and is the convergence of the soul and the physical body."

"And Dao Ji cannot appear out of thin air. Before being gathered by the Yuanshen, the Dao intention that can form Dao Ji must also be in the body of the divine beast. And you and I also know that even if the innate divine beast bloodline is not cultivated, it will gradually Growth, so there is no Dao intention in the soul."

"This eliminates the relationship between Taoism and the soul of spiritual beasts."

"In other words, the physical body is the foundation for the creation of divine beasts!"

Qi Yan looked excited and spoke very fast.

Wang Hao suddenly felt enlightened after hearing this.

He has always aimed to cultivate mythical beasts in batches, but he has never delved into why the mythical beasts are born with Taoism.

After Qi Yan's narration, he finally understood that Tao Ji was actually formed from the body of the divine beast.

"So, if you refine the body of a divine beast cub, you can obtain the meaning of Tao?"

Wang Yan couldn't help but said.

Qi Yan was speechless for a moment, then shook his head heavily and said:
"Tiandao Guiheng, the strength of the innate divine beast is far higher than that of the same level, how can it be cultivated so easily? Instead of thinking about cultivating a large number of divine beasts, it is better to understand the difference between the physical body of this divine beast and ordinary spiritual beasts. , and then take advantage of it.”

When Wang Bao heard this, he couldn't help but frown and start thinking.

Qi Yan's words suddenly gave him some thoughts.

However, Qi Yan did not stop and continued:

"I have dismantled the body of the hybrid white tiger before, trying to find out what is so different about this white tiger that it can actually contain Taoist meaning..."

When Wang Ba heard this, he couldn't help but glance at the scars and sparse hair on the white tiger's body, and he somewhat understood why the hybrid white tiger was so afraid of Uncle Qi.

"...In order to verify my guess, I slightly transformed its bloodline. Sure enough, when its 'Civet' bloodline became slightly stronger, its body structure also changed accordingly. I recorded all these changes. Before and after comparison.”

Wang Ba couldn't help but glance at Bai Hu again.

It turns out that this is where its meow comes from.

"The structure of the same body changes due to changes in bloodline, which is the difference between the physical bodies of ordinary spiritual beasts and the descendants of divine beasts. These structural changes should also be the key to the existence of Taoism."

Qi Yan turned his head and looked at the scars on Bai Hu's body, but his eyes were full of joy:
"After a few decades of trying, I finally found the key to the creation of Taoism in the white tiger and finally the formation of Taoism!"

"That's its heart!"

"heart?"

Wang Ba looked shocked.

Both he and Master Qi were surprised that they had actually found the key to the divine beast's cultivation of Taoism. They were even more surprised that this key turned out to be a fixed organ in the divine beast's physical body.

Qi Yan nodded:
"Yes, it's the heart. I never thought before that this Dao intention could be so concentrated, but I checked the records left by the ancestors of the past generations, and carefully studied every change in it several times, and After comparing with a large number of spiritual beasts, we finally determined that the place where the white tiger’s Taoism is conceived is its heart!”

"It's just that this meaning is hidden in its amazing energy and blood. Even if it has been used countless times, no one can detect it."

Although Qi Yan said it in an understatement, thinking of Mo Qi's words just now, Wang Yan could still imagine that Master Qi did a lot of comparative research before finally confirming this result.

He couldn't help but sigh:
"Thank you for your hard work, uncle."

However, what puzzled Wang Yan was that Qi Yan didn't have much joy on his face. He said in a deep voice:

"Although we now know the source of the Taoist intention of this divine beast, the problem has not been solved. The organs of the divine beast can carry the Taoist intention, but ordinary spiritual beasts cannot. How can we cultivate the Taoist intention in the spiritual beast and be able to carry it with a smaller body? The price is refined in batches, this is the most critical point, but..."

He didn't pause much, and his tone gradually became calmer, with only a hint of regret:
"I'm afraid I don't have time for this anymore."

Wang Ba couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart, and looked at Qi Yan worriedly: "Uncle Master, you are now..."

"We can still hold on for another dozen years, but it's too late...it's already too late."

"With so little time, I'm afraid I won't even be able to complete the first step."

Qi Yan raised his head slightly, looked at the top of the beast-nurturing cave, looked blankly, and murmured.

There is both the confusion of not being able to step into the realm of spiritual transformation, and the loneliness that comes from being unable to cultivate a spiritual beast that truly contains the meaning of Taoism.

Looking at this once high-spirited martial uncle who was now aging, Wang Yan felt an inexplicable pain in his heart that he couldn't breathe.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of a way, and then looked at Qi Yan:

"Uncle Master, maybe there is a way to extend your life."

Qi Yan was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and waved his hand gently:
"Do you want to ask Sect Master Liang of the Changsheng Sect for help? There is no need for this. My efforts have been exhausted and my fuel is exhausted. Sect Master Liang's magical power to extend life will not have much effect."

Wang Yan shook his head slightly:
"No, I want you to give it a try and see if you can step on the path to becoming a god."

"Become a god?!"

Qi Yan couldn't help but be stunned, and then said in disbelief:

"The heaven and earth have been degraded, and the spirit cannot come out. How can it be possible to step on the path of becoming a spirit..."

Wang Hao did not hide anything. He told the situation of Yaehai outside the West Sea and his speculations, and finally said hesitantly:

"I don't know if it's feasible..."

Qi Yan stopped Wang Ba's words:

"This is the only possibility I have now. It just happens to be a trip for the sect. If it can be done, this world may not be in a desperate situation. If it can't be done, it should be like this."

After hearing Qi Yan's words, Wang Yan nodded and then warned:

"Uncle Master, you must return to good condition and put aside the matter of cultivating spiritual beasts for the time being."

Qi Yan shook his head and said:

"I can't let go of cultivating spiritual beasts. Although I don't have much time, I can take advantage of these ten years to research a general direction, which may save the time of future generations... Don't worry, since it is possible to step into Even if I become a god, I won’t waste this possibility.”

"You should go back first. By the way, these are the results of my research during this period. You can take them back and take a look. Maybe in the future, you will have to bear these things alone."

Wang Yan took the jade slip from Qi Yan's hand, felt the farewell meaning in Qi Yan's words, and felt complicated in his heart.

But there was nothing visible on his face, and he solemnly saluted Qi Yan:
"Uncle Master, if you think it's appropriate, let me know and I'll pick him up."

Qi Yan just waved his hand.

Wang Ba sighed in his heart, and then walked away under the eyes of the hybrid white tiger, which was full of help and gradually despair.

……

boom!
Violent waves accompanied by shocking hurricanes turned the entire sea into darkness, as if it was the end of the world.

Among the overlapping waves and hurricanes, the roars of ferocious beasts and the sounds of violent collisions could be heard faintly.

The dark water splash and the invisible wind whirlpool reveal a little precious light and dark shadow from time to time.

Finally, the roars and collisions of the ferocious beasts gradually stopped.

The precious light and dark shadows among them also quietly disappeared.

Not long after.

Four figures flew out one after another from the hurricane carrying countless seawater.

Their faces were full of joy after the disaster.

It was Yuan Cidao and his party.

"Fortunately, fellow Taoist Yuanci has great supernatural powers and used the power of Yuanci to drag the ferocious beast into the water. Otherwise, we might not have had a chance to escape at all."

Xiang Sili's face was full of joy.

The precious clothing on his body has dimmed, and even his exposed body has many wounds.

These wounds, even with his continuous treatment with magic power and elixirs, were still unable to heal.

But he didn't care.

After more than two years of arduous journey, I no longer care about such injuries.

Taoist Yuanci shook his head, sensed the surrounding situation, and whispered:
"It's better not to be careless to prevent that ferocious beast from coming again."

Xiang Sili smiled nonchalantly and said:

"I know, but as long as you don't meet a real fifth-level existence, there is no need to be afraid, Fellow Daoist Rui, don't you think so? Fellow Daoist Rui?"

Xiang Sili turned to look at Rui Chunqiu in confusion.

But all he saw was Rui Chunqiu unfolding the map in his hand, with excitement on his face:
"About to arrive!"

"It's finally here!"

"Crossing the Yuanci Sea in front is where Zhongsheng Continent is!" (End of this chapter)