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“Spiritual consecration, if I’m not mistaken, is the direct spiritual guidance.”

"It has some similarities to the rules I used to play as a 'ferryman'."

"But the most regrettable thing about this world is the lack of a suona."

"If we had a good suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument), we might be able to use it for consecration!"

Chen Ye thought to himself.

suddenly,
Chen Ye seemed to have thought of something and turned to Ah Hong, asking, "Ah Hong, I have a plan... could I use these leftover food to turn the human head balloons into living people?"

Ah Hong was shocked: "Transforming a living person...that requires a huge amount of food!"

"If I give you ten skewers of barbecue, you'll change your mind again..."

“Ten skewers…” Ah Hong couldn’t help but smile bitterly and shake her head. “It’s not that simple!”

"The reason I was able to completely reverse my condition with just ten skewers of grilled food is because I already had a good foundation; I was consuming an excess of calories. So, I only needed to consume a large amount of calories in a short period of time to completely reverse it..."

"As for my sect, they actually want me to turn back, but the calories in ten skewers of grilled food are equivalent to eating ten kilograms of rice in one go. Such precious food is extremely rare, so they recommended that I use breathing techniques and cultivation methods to slowly turn back."

"I only obtained such favorable conditions and had the opportunity to reverse things through cultivation... But for those human-headed balloons who didn't cultivate, the situation is much more complicated. Some of them can't be turned back no matter how much you eat them, and even if some are turned back, it's useless..."

After Ah Hong's explanation, Chen Ye roughly understood what the "reversal" meant...

The so-called reversal requires consuming a large amount of food in a short period of time, so that all the calories are converted into the limbs and organs of a normal person...

Only in this way can they survive!

If not enough food is consumed, the newly grown organs will not be stable and will collapse again...

That would actually be better not to eat that much at all...

Or, the food we eat might not grow into arms and legs, but instead be stored in our heads, just like Ah Hong's form. Her head would grow bigger and bigger, but in reality, this head would already function as a digestive system, used to store calories!
This sounds absurd, but it has become common knowledge in this "rainbow balloon" realm of the Heavenly Dao.

Ah Hong was able to completely reverse her fortunes with just ten skewers of grilled meat because she had stored up a lot of energy while practicing her breathing techniques.

"Moreover, and most importantly, you need to be able to direct the heat in the right direction in order for healthy limbs to grow. In other words, a successful reversal requires the correct breathing technique!"

"If the correct breathing technique is not used, then some evil things will be generated randomly and arbitrarily..."

"Some bad guys exploit bugs to gain abilities that aren't theirs, making them even more harmful to the world!"

"Moreover, not all human balloons can maintain such clear and rational thinking. Some human balloons are in a daze and don't even know what they are doing. They have completely lost their minds. Human balloons who can remain rational like me and still do some work are very few... Of course, that's all in the past. Now I have completely recovered!"

Ah Hong sighed, then began to stretch her arms and legs, raising her hands to the sky as if "supporting the heavens." It is said that this is the basic movement of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Skill," which was passed down by a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Although the essence of it has been lost, just doing this movement can allow the fists to accumulate enough power to store the calories consumed.

Performing rituals and similar activities consumes a lot of energy and requires a great deal of "hand gestures"!
"I think I understand everything you're saying."

Chen Ye nodded, and at the same time realized that the Heavenly Dao rules of this virtual realm were not as simple as he had imagined!

For example, Ito's girlfriend...

Although she had already eaten a lot of food, it seemed to make her even hungrier; no matter how much she ate, she couldn't feel full...

Under the observation of the [Eye of Fortune], I never expected that even more clones would grow out from it!

"Hey, why are you suddenly thinking of doing good deeds? The idea is good, but these sources of energy are very precious... not to mention you have such complete cooking utensils here..."

Ah Hong looked at Chen Ye's house with some envy.

To be honest…

Even in his own Taoist temple, he didn't have that many complete cooking tools, but that large iron furnace was something that Ito couldn't compare to.

A Taoist temple is still a Taoist temple; its underlying essence is still somewhat different...

Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "I have too much stuff here. If I can't finish it, it's a waste to just leave it here... If I could turn the right human head balloons into people, that would be a blessing to the world. So I'd like to use that to make a trade..."

Ah Hong seemed to understand Chen Ye's thoughts: "So... you plan to use the heads of some elites to create this reversal plan, and then turn them back into humans?"

Although similar rituals exist in temples, they are too costly to perform effectively...

After all, although temples also have incense offerings for the salvation of souls, business is not as good as it is now!

There are still quite a few masters in Taoist temples. After this kind of reversal ritual is performed, there is a profit-sharing ceremony...

After a while, not everyone got much, and they were even struggling to find food, let alone hold a large-scale reversal ritual...

But Chen Ye's situation is completely different!
He built this industry into such a large enterprise entirely through his own abilities.

Throughout the conversation, Chen Ye's painting didn't stop; he was constantly helping the human-shaped balloons return to their proper places. The number of human-shaped balloons wandering around this area has decreased significantly!

The lines behind now don't seem to be that many anymore.

Of course.

There's another very important factor... it's almost dark in this world!
Once it gets completely dark, even the human-shaped balloons dare not wander outside, for they might encounter some indescribable and even more terrifying beings that would devour everything!
"You could say that," Chen Ye said. "Although I can perform the reversal ritual, the other party will naturally have to make corresponding sacrifices. What I want to do now is get a suona, which is a kind of musical instrument. I don't know if you've ever heard of this thing?"

When Ah Hong heard Chen Ye's plan to reverse the situation, she realized that he had ulterior motives, and she immediately felt relieved. After all, blindly trying to save people would only lead to the collapse of order. Some people in this world turned into human balloons, which was entirely their own fault... If they were to turn back into humans, it would not do any good for this world. It would be better to leave them as balloons!
"What exactly is a suona? Can you draw it for me?" Ah Hong scratched his head awkwardly. He really didn't know anything about musical instruments, but he was much more knowledgeable about which type of wood was suitable for making peach wood swords.

Chen Ye's brush touched the paper, and he immediately painted the suona he had seen earlier.

Although the characteristics have been bound to Chen Ye, what Chen Ye has entered now is only a spiritual thought. His real body is still floating in the spirit realm of Sky City, but it is protected by the Tulip Family, so there is no need to worry about encountering any danger.

Even if danger arises... Chen Ye's spiritual sense can promptly capture his physical body in reality. If a crisis occurs, he can immediately separate his spiritual sense back into his physical body and leave a separate spiritual sense in the virtual world, so that he can enter again at any time.

Reaching the level of Chen Ye, one can already leave behind avatars in other realms!

If this can be achieved, then no matter what kind of crisis we encounter, we will be safer... because there is more than one physical body, and the spirit body also has other containers. As a soul weapon, it only needs to suffer losses from damage to other physical bodies... but at least there is still a chance to start over and be reborn!

After drawing the shape of the suona completely, Ah Hong began to carefully observe the suona in the drawing.

"Although I've never seen such a uniquely shaped musical instrument before... I know a balloon-shaped person who makes musical instruments. He used to run a musical instrument shop, but because the world collapsed, he couldn't make any more instruments and turned into a balloon-shaped person due to hunger..."

"It's a strange thing, really. This guy's comprehension is quite good. After turning into a human head balloon, he actually lives an even more comfortable life!"

"But no matter what, he still has to become human again, and he also returned to the musical instrument business. It is said that he can play tunes to help the other human head balloons gradually regain their memories."

"Once transformed into a human head balloon, if it cannot obtain food and cannot develop breathing techniques... then, under the torment of hunger and multiple pains, a Rashomon-like experience, the human head balloon's senses will become weaker and weaker, including its memories will become increasingly blurred..."

"That guy, because he plays musical instruments, only needs to sing, play an orchestral instrument, and perform some unique playing techniques to regain his memories. It's actually similar to the effect of my breathing exercises..."

“If you need help, I can go find him for you tomorrow, but it’s getting late today, and I need to return to my sect to report to my masters. What do you think?”

Chen Ye smiled and said, "I'm not in such a hurry for this. Since you have connections, I'll just let things take their course... I also hope that the people I restore are the elites of this world, and can help everyone's lives get better and better... Only such elites are worth reversing."

"Uh-huh!"

Ah Hong nodded firmly, completely agreeing with Chen Ye's idea.

"It's getting late, I'll leave now and bring a peach wood sword with my master and the others tomorrow."

"Around noon, the magical power of activating positive items is at its highest!"

"At that time, you must stay in this place and not wander around!"

"correct!"

"It's best to draw the curtains when you go to sleep at night, otherwise the noise we've been making lately is just too jarring. We've even added soundproofing equipment to our Taoist temple recently..."

Before leaving, Ah Hong stood at the door and repeatedly reminded him of these precautions.

Perhaps... Ah Hong also saw that there was another soul living in Ito's body, who didn't really understand the rules of this world... Or perhaps this was information that ordinary people couldn't know, but Ah Hong knew it very well, and she also saw that this painter had great potential for interaction and was able to do all sorts of incredible things.

After seeing the guest off, Chen Ye continued to bring down some more human-shaped balloons, and then closed the window to welcome more guests.

"I probably drew about 120 human head balloons today!"

Chen Ye made a rough estimate in his mind.

The kitchen was filled with boxes of various frozen meats, which were usually the most precious items and could fill the entire refrigerator!
As for some pizzas and sausages, there wasn't enough room in the refrigerator for the time being, so Chen Ye put them in the oven. He also planned to take a few boxes out to eat as a late-night snack!

After all, baked goods, such as bread, cannot be left out for too long, as their calorie content will gradually decrease.

Chen Ye sat cross-legged on the bed, continuing to adjust his breathing techniques, not in a hurry to start painting: "Painting in this world still requires a certain amount of energy, and this energy is currently my destiny energy!"

With every gesture, the aura of destiny radiated golden light, hovering in Chen Ye's palm, able to be moved at will.

"How amazing! Are you one of those immortals in the Taoist temple?" Ito exclaimed in amazement.

"Xianjia?"

Chen Ye found this title quite interesting.

“Don’t you know about immortals? Those immortals can predict the lifespan of mortals, and their lifespan is not just a hundred years. Some have even lived for hundreds of years. They know almost everything and possess power that ordinary people cannot control.” Ito’s tone was full of admiration and appreciation. “I feel that you are somewhat similar to the immortals in the legends, including the fact that you can see all sorts of things that cannot be seen. And this golden light should be the power of the immortals, right?”

Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "My lifespan isn't that long, but I do have some unique abilities. You could define me as..."

"The immortals of your world!" (End of Chapter)