I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 433: The Art of Using Shadow to Replace Life
Taoist Huanglian was practicing that day, and Xu Jia used his body to practice a genuine "thick earth true qi". This thick earth was not the one meant by the goddess of thick earth.

If the ground is three feet thick, it is three feet closer to the sky. It is a method to make the land abundant, to provide for all living things, and to enable everyone to achieve success.

But the Taoist Huanglian, after practicing for a long time, could only visualize a yellow lotus. He could not figure out how the yellow lotus could turn into a golden lotus and how he could attain enlightenment by sitting on the lotus pedestal.

He simply treated the third-rate flying sword refined by the "Hundred Poison Yellow Sand Gu" as a treasure.

In addition to completing his tasks every day by consolidating sand and planting trees, he would go into the desert to collect spiritual sand and poisonous substances to continue refining the sword.

Even if the Fire Monk tried to persuade him, he would not listen, let alone the easily fooled "Yellow Lotus Boy".

That day he suddenly felt something coming: "As the leader of the Yellow Lotus Sect, I haven't offered sacrifices to the Holy Mother of Yellow Lotus for a long time. This is really wrong. This oasis has been built, and many coconut trees, date trees, and saxaul trees have been planted... The caravan brought various seeds from the Western Regions, and also planted some grapes, watermelons... Hami melons... With these fragrant fruits, it's a good time to offer sacrifices to the Holy Mother and pray for her to let me break free from her control and regain a new life."

So he quietly built the altar and collected the ritual instruments and items for sacrifice.

When others saw this, they just thought that he was going to offer sacrifices to "Xu Jia" in the Glass Temple.

When he had finished building the altar, he prayed respectfully for three days.

Suddenly, a crack in time and space appeared on the altar, revealing a bead.

Then a sword light flashed in the bead, and then he lost consciousness.

To be precise, his shadow was cut off by the sword.

Then Xu Jia emerged from behind the sword, looked up at the sky cautiously, and only felt relieved when he saw nothing unusual.

Taoist Huanglian, who had no shadow, suddenly became dazed, as if he had lost his soul.

But his shadow was only detained by Xu Jia, who used it to cover his own shadow, so as to replace Taoist Huanglian and carry out activities.

If Xu Jia was not a master of the unorthodox martial arts and knew the "Seven Arrows Technique", he would not have thought of such a method.

This is already the "gentlest" method. The next method is to peel off a layer of "soul clothes" from Taoist Huanglian's soul, and then wear it with your original spirit, so that your real body can walk.

That's really evil.

Bring Taoist Huanglian's body back to the Liuli Temple.

The fire monk did not recognize Xu Jia. Seeing that Taoist Huanglian was in a daze, as if he was bewitched, he immediately became alert and took out the Dutian Fiery Sword. He had been breathing in the true fire of the sun every day recently, and his magic power was becoming more and more pure. He had already surpassed the level of a third-rate swordsman and reached the level of a second-rate swordsman.

He scolded, "Where did you come from, you demon? Don't you know that this is the Glazed Pure Land of Crescent Moon Lake in the Desert?"

Before Xu Jia could say anything, the little fat boy shouted, "Master, you are finally here. Do you remember me?"

It was the fat boy who possessed the body of a clay doll, worked three days, and came back to life for a day. Although it was a clay doll, its face was no different from a real person. After all, Xu Jia specially refined a "special martial art" for him, the Nuo mask.

Xu Jia asked, "How are you managing this desert?"

When the fat boy saw that Xu Jia's first words were not to express his consolation for his hard work, but to inquire about the progress of his work, his eyes became resentful: "It is much harder and more difficult here than in Luzon Island overseas. Every day, I have nothing but a mouthful of sand."

"The oasis is now 120 to 130 miles in circumference. People live by the Buddha's relic. Where the relic shines is the oasis. Outside the relic is the desert. Although we are planting trees to fix the sand, it is difficult to expand. There are not many people who come here to live. The population is only about 20,000. But it is easier to manage with a small population."

"Because you fought against the immortals before, monks often come to inquire about your news, and there are also monks who want to go to the Kingdom of Gold to conduct archaeological excavations."

"Some people also coveted the Buddha's treasures and relics, but with the White Cloud Zen Master restoring the ancient temples in the Golden Kingdom and carving the Great Buddha Grottoes to deter others, plus the prohibitions you left behind, no one has succeeded in stealing them."

Xu Jia had obtained the Buddhist relic before, but he did not take it away because he felt it was evil. Moreover, wherever this thing shines on can become an oasis, and if it is held by the "Golden-haired Hound", it can turn everything into "gold".

It is a polymer of "golden nature". This golden nature is not the "nature of golden elixir" but the "nature of golden immortal".

The real name of this relic is "Amitabha Gengzi Golden Light Nature". Those who refine it can become "Golden Light Bodhisattva" and then continue to build a Buddhist country in this ancient golden country, and make the whole country believe in Buddhism.

Xu Jia asked, "Now that these residents have been illuminated by the golden relics, have they begun to believe in Buddhism?"

"There are many people who worship you. After all, you have created an oasis of a hundred miles. As for Buddhists, there are no statistics. There are many Buddhists in the desert. However, the Liuli Temple you built here is also worshipped by many people. I think the title of the God of the Desert Land Manager is too ugly, like a eunuch manager. So I changed it to the God of the Desert Land, or Desert God for short."

Hearing what he said, Xu Jia suddenly became serious: "This god title has cause and effect. I took the name of the land manager, which only governs the land that can be cultivated and grazed, not the desert. Therefore, I have to control the sand, consolidate the sand and prevent the sand. To be precise, I am hostile to the desert god. The silent Dharma Realm of the desert god here has always wanted to destroy the oasis, so I built a temple before, and let them chant in the Dharma Realm to refine the desert." "If you change it like this, I'm afraid that the desert god will fight us to the death. This is the fundamental harm of power."

The little fat boy had an expression on his face that said, "I did something wrong."

Xu Jia said, "Well, since I've brought the Weiji Immortal Sword with me this time, I might as well deal with the God of Desolation in the Dharma Realm. I can subdue this evil god and make him my assistant. I don't think he can beat me. If he doesn't subdue me, I just happen to lack some divinity to seal him with the talisman."

"I borrowed the shadow and destiny of Taoist Huang Lian to use to conceal the secrets of heaven. It is still unknown when the Heavenly Dao will discover it, so I have to set up a formation to conceal the secrets of heaven and prevent his aura from leaking out."

"Besides, he is now in a state of mental delusion and needs someone to feed him and give him some water to prevent him from dying of thirst or hunger."

Xu Jia said, "Find seven old oil lamps, set up a seven-star formation, and write a tablet of the Great Saint Beidou Qi Yuanjun, and place it in front of him for worship. When the oil in the seven-star lamp runs out, add more. As for the others, they are gone."

The little fat boy wrote it down, but he felt it was weird: "What kind of magic is this? It can actually cut off a shadow?"

"It's just a little trick, don't be curious." Xu Jia knocked his head.

Only then did Huogong Tou Tuo realize that this was actually his "mentor". He kowtowed on the spot and thought to himself, "It turned out that it was this old demon who planted the restriction on me. He is indeed evil. Last time he took over the body of Taoist Huanglian through the air, and now he has cut off his shadow. In broad daylight, I can't even see his shadow. How weird!"

He carefully looked at his own shadow again and said to himself, "I need to find a secret technique to conceal my shadow."

However, he did not know that in order to cover up the shadow, one must cultivate one of the thirty-six great magical powers of Tiangang, namely "standing without shadow". This method is actually the achievement of cultivating "Yang Shen", because Yang Shen is no different from a living person under the sun, but has no shadow. If the physical body wants to "stand without shadow", the Yang Shen must go from the inside out and refine the physical body. After refining the physical body, one can be considered to be able to "ascend to heaven in broad daylight".

The Yang Spirit of most people cannot fully refine the physical body. Some people cannot go any further when their physical body is reduced to the size of a three-year-old child, while others cannot go any further when their physical body is reduced to the size of a baby.

Some will leave a layer of skin, which looks like a crack showing from the back, as if they have emerged from the feathers.

Some will leave behind a bit of bone or a tooth.

When one becomes completely invisible, only the clothes and the magical tools that one carries with him will be left behind.

Some even had their clothes and magical instruments refined and became completely invisible, yet they could gather and disperse at will.

In short, without achieving Yang Shen, it is impossible to hide your own shadow.

Even if there is a "shadowless lamp", the shadow will only become much heavier or lighter, not that there will be no shadow.

He kowtowed and bowed, carefully and respectfully welcoming Xu Jia.

Xu Jia just said, "You get up. I came here in my true form this time for the inheritance of the Grandmaster Dutian Liehuo. I will also go to the Central Plains to meet the people who practice in the sub-world. After I get the inheritance of the Grandmaster Dutian Liehuo, I will go to Luling to ask for the sword-making secret book from the Sword-making Villa."

"I need you to run errands for me along the way. Just be kind and practice, so as to avoid some minions offending me and asking me to take action myself, which would lose my dignity and demeanor."

"In the Central Plains, there are disciples like this everywhere..."

"Don't worry, I will give you some pointers. Besides, I have come here in my true body, and this place is considered the Taoist lineage of this world. I cannot do without you in any of the talismanic techniques."

With a flick of Xu Jia's finger, he added a Lingbao Taoist Talisman and a Human Immortal Talisman for him.

Not only he is involved, Taoist Huanglian is also involved, but he is not clear-headed now.

With the talisman, Huogong Toudao suddenly felt his mind working faster and faster, like a rusty part being poured with engine oil.

All of a sudden, I felt wise, my nostrils felt comfortable, and nothing was blocking me anymore, as if my mind had been opened.

"What about me?" said the little fat boy, "I want to leave here and go out to play, too."

"You are not here in your true form, but a clay sculpture. You cannot leave this place too far. When you reach the immortal realm, I will take you on a journey in your physical form."

"I'm in the realm of immortals. I haven't even achieved the status of an earthly immortal... Although Queen Hu Jinhua has become an earthly immortal, she has helped me improve my cultivation a lot, but..."

"Don't worry, you have good qualifications. As my founding disciple, a deity, you can handle it. I believe in you."

Xu Jia then went to see the oasis gathering place again, and taught the Taoist talismans and basic cultivation methods to those villagers who were smart and had good roots. He also did not forbid them to pass on the cultivation methods. However, without the magical Taoist talismans, the speed of cultivation would be very slow.

(End of this chapter)