Tao and Heaven

Chapter 185 Complete Golden Elixir
After washing the blood off his body, Gu Wen put the collected demon pills into his Qiankun bag and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The next step is to finish up and deal with Daqian's affairs."

Gu Wen looked towards the north. There was a war going on at the ferry now, and Wen Renwu was probably there too.

"Hong Chen, I may not be able to directly fight in the future."

Akabane said suddenly, she stood up unsteadily, and punched to the right as if to demonstrate, the wind from her punch was like a hurricane that shook the trees.

Then the second punch came out silently, as if an ordinary woman was punching.

The third punch turned into a fist wind that suppressed the green forest.

After several rounds of this, Gu Wen understood what Chi Yuzi meant and asked, "You can't effectively control your body?"

One is moving and the other is still, either you use all your strength or you are weak and powerless.

"That's right. Without my five senses, this body is half useless. I can control it, but I can no longer control it as accurately as before. Not being able to control my strength means I can't..."

Akabane clenched his fists and conveyed the message in a serious manner with his mind.

"It's like this is no longer my body, so I need you to control the golden man."

"That's all."

Gu Wen was mixed with joy and worry.

The good news was that Chiyuzi's Golden Light Curse allowed him to fight without fear of injury, but it also caused them to lose a high-level combat force. A strong person who could not control his body was half useless, and Chiyuzi's ability to control the golden man was definitely better than Gu Wen's.

Now that Gu Wen has the blessing of Chiyuzi's golden man, he can compete with the Demon Saint, but it does not substantially improve him to the 87th Dao Foundation, making him completely invincible.

Gu Wen did not hold back, which was entirely due to his extremely specialized offensive abilities.

The final result was good. At least Akabane's problem was temporarily solved, and it also provided her with stronger self-protection capabilities.

Gu Wen said: "Killing Wen Renwu is no longer a problem."

Akabane answered more decisively: "Even if the Emperor Daojun's incarnation came, we could kill him, but he wouldn't dare to do so in his real form."

So far, no powerful person who has made it clear that they are enemies has dared to take action personally, because the goddess will really beat them to death.
-

In the evening, Gu Wen and Chi Yuzi rode Ao Tang back to the outside of the Ninth Cave Heaven.

From a distance, you can see a man with a broken arm holding his right hand and gesturing, as if holding a sharp sword. The broken arm swings like a dragon, and the sword light is sharp.

Gu Wen curled the corner of his mouth. He knew that there were many sword fanatics in Zhejian Mountain, but Xiao Yunyi was so fanatic that it gave people goose bumps.

The dragon horse transformed by Ao Tang finished flying and landed on the ground. Xiao Yunyi "plugged in" his arm and performed a hot plug for them.

"Brother Hongchen, you are the last to come back."

"We can't help it. We chased them quite far and some powerful demons intervened during the chase."

"Are you injured?"

"Ordinary powerful beings can no longer do anything to me."

Now Gu Wen has reached the 65th Dao Foundation, which is the level of a True Lord. He also possesses the three great methods of becoming an immortal, so his actual combat power is much higher. It can be said that apart from the Heavenly Venerable Demon Saint, almost no one can do anything to Gu Wen.

Looking back to half a year ago, he was always worried that a powerful person would attack him, but now he has the ability to protect himself.

Gu Wen asked, "How are the others?"

Xiao Yunyi replied: "No one was injured."

The two of them walked into the cave after asking and answering each other. Under the magnificent Temple of Heaven was filled with corpses of various animals, piled together so densely that it looked like a small hill.

Each corpse was covered with a layer of frost and was divided into three categories: beasts, birds, and aquatic creatures.

All the works were created by a Taoist nun wearing a Tai Chi robe, with cold facial features as if covered with a layer of frost. She seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and was very troubled by the tiger with long wings she was holding.

Seeing Gu Wen coming back, Chan Xi just nodded slightly, and then began to pull the tiger's wings. The blood and bones began to separate, and the scene was extremely bloody.

But for Chanxi, it was just like playing with sand, like a baby exploring the unknown.

Once Sanqing Daozi finds something that is not in her memory, she will explore it out of the purest curiosity.

"Ah! Damn nun, I really want to fight you!"

Suddenly Jun Yan's voice was heard, and a huge Buddha stood in the distance.

Fighting?

Gu Wen quickened his pace, using his body skills and sword steps to cross several thousand meters in three steps and reach the other side of the Temple of Heaven. A strong smell of blood hit him in the face, and all he saw was a mixture of flesh and broken bones.

Flesh and blood are used as dye to write all kinds of distorted texts, skulls are used as foundations, and various spines form pillars of the sky.

There are also many monster corpses here, but they have been distorted beyond recognition.

The big Buddha was holding Jun Yan down. Xiao Yunyi said, "Jun Yan just went crazy again. I asked the Jade Sword Buddha to hold him down. It seemed a bit too rough."

"Xiao Yunyi, Hongchen, come and get this damn nun out of the way!"

Jun Yan saw them calling for help. He had many methods, but they were useless against the Jade Sword Buddha.

This is because the opponent is both the body of the Buddha and the body of the devil. Buddha and the devil are inherently mutually exclusive, and the combination of the two is unsolvable for the monks of both the demon and Buddhist sects.

If the Jade Sword Buddha goes on a killing spree one day, we might have to ask the Taoists to deal with him.

Gu Wen said, “Master, please spare Jun Yan.”

The Jade Sword Buddha who was sitting cross-legged on the big Buddha glanced at Gu Wen, then the big Buddha slowly disappeared, and she landed on the ground like a light feather.

Her eyes were as clear as glass, without any impurities. She looked at Gu Wen quietly without saying a word.

Those who don't understand may think that the look is very meaningful, but Gu Wen knows that Jade Sword Buddha is just looking at him, without any other meaning. As long as he doesn't say anything, they can stare at each other until death.

It was already very rare for him to hear himself speak. When he was in Luoshui, he begged the other party to teach him sword, but the other party ignored him.

The reason why she could hear Gu Wen talking now was probably because of the true meaning of swordsmanship and the magic sword, which could kill her and fulfill her long-cherished wish of committing suicide.

There are foolish, stupid, dull and silly people. The Taoist's helpers are really talented.

Gu Wen ignored the little nun and looked at Jun Yan and said, "The grace of saving my life is like reborn as a parent."

Jun Yan said, as rebellious as ever: "I have saved you so many times before, and your father never holds it against me."

"What are you doing? Are you trying to call back some evil spirit?"

Gu Wen shifted his gaze to the strange scenes around him. He actually always knew that many of Jun Yan's methods were inhumane, but he had always turned a blind eye.

Because we were all on the run, we didn't mind the Kung Fu being so controlling, and we couldn't control the other party either.

Jun Yan chuckled, but didn't say anything directly. He said, "Of course it was the method used by the people in the Demon Sect, but you don't have to worry. They all used the corpses and residual souls of the demon race."

"So what do you usually use?"

Gu Wen asked in a calm voice.

Now he felt that he had to understand a thing or two. He could not be completely ignorant of the methods of the people around him, and Jun Yan’s rebellious nature should also be restrained.

Otherwise, he would really have to drive Akabane to hit the opponent.

Only by using both kindness and force can the team survive. They are not playing house, they are facing danger at all times. Previously, Jun Yan did not come back immediately, but went outside the domain, which made Gu Wen a little dissatisfied.

Maybe the result is good, but it is also uncontrollable.

If Jun Yan were to massacre a city someday, Gu Wen would also be held jointly responsible. Each of these geniuses gathered around him was a bomb. Since he had borrowed their power, it was natural to owe them a favor, and it was also his responsibility to exercise certain control.

"The way of the blood demon uses blood sacrifices of living beings as a basis to achieve various wonderful effects."

Jun Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling the strong sense of oppression from Gu Wen, but he did not get angry, instead he explained frankly.

Being interrogated was certainly unpleasant, but he had also interrogated Akabane before, because cooperation requires mutual understanding.

"I have previously performed a blood sacrifice on the barbarians in the demon territory. They worship various demons and use them as totems. Don't worry that I will go crazy and massacre the human race. That is an evil way, not a demon way."

Demons and evil are always put together, but in fact there is a difference between the two.

The devil is the orthodox of the three religions, and the heretic is the alien that everyone can kill. The Jade Sword Buddha said quietly: "The Buddha said that all living beings can be human beings, but the devil said that people are not necessarily human beings. Those who eat raw meat and drink blood are also beasts. Only those who can use a hoe are human beings."

"You are a pretty righteous demon."

Gu Wen glanced at it, and then said, "If you want to perform a similar method in the future, tell me first."

Jun Yan asked back, "What do you want after I tell you?"

Gu Wen said: "I can help you, but you can't always do what you want. Make everything clear."

The atmosphere became a little depressing. Xiao Yunyi, the only person with a relatively normal mind present, turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear.

After a while, Jun Yan seemed to give in and said, "I will tell you later, but I am just saying it, not asking for your consent."

"That's all."

Gu Wen also took a step back, wondering in his heart when he would reach the seventh level of Taoism and Laojun could call him Uncle.

Afterwards, Jun Yan continued to think about his blood sacrifice, Xiao Yunyi continued to keep watch outside, Chi Yuzi and Yu Jianfo were both left in a corner, leaving only Ao Tang and Gu Wen to discuss how to deal with the spoils.

They can be roughly divided into corpses, demon pills, magic weapons, and a few elixirs.

The magic weapons were given to Akabane for recycling, and the rest were all refined into elixirs and then divided equally.

Not counting Ao Tang, there were six people in total. Chi Yuzi, who had lost his spiritual wisdom and could not think, gave his share to Gu Wen, and Yu Jian Fo was fooled into giving his share to Gu Wen. So Gu Wen took half, and the other three divided it equally.
-

Late at night, a white figure as bright as the moon returned.

Everyone who was meditating opened their eyes. When Gu Wen opened his eyes, Yu Hua was already standing in front of him, looking down at him.

His eyes were gentle and peaceful, without any of the fierceness from the fight in the sky just now.

Gu Wen asked, "Are you okay?"

"I got some injuries, but nothing serious."

Yu Hua avoided the main point and took out a palm-sized white-feathered bird from his arms, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The white-feathered bird poked its head out, its eyes blank, as if it had not woken up yet and had a low IQ. But what really caught people's attention was the aura it exuded, which was like the moonlight, and the slightest whiff of it made one's heart flutter.

An irresistible desire arose.

"This is part of the elixir of immortality. The Immortal Sword asked me to give it to you."

When the voice fell, everyone except Gu Wen seemed to be electrocuted, and they came to their senses with sweat all over their foreheads.

Yu Hua retracted her breath. This was both a warning and for their own good.

The temptation of the elixir of immortality is enough to distort a person's character. She doesn't want to see the geniuses that Gu Wen has won over become enemies because of this.

Gu Wen leaned over to look at it and asked, "Why is it a bird?"

"The elixir of immortality can transform anything. When I got it, it was still a broken arm. On my way back, a bird flew over it and it turned into a bird."

Yu Hua reached out and plucked a feather. The white-feathered bird let out a tiny cry like a wind chime in fear, and the feather faded into a tiny root.

"Try it and see."

Gu Wen opened his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

The destiny was shaken, wisps of special medicinal aroma filled the air, and the celestial marrow increased by fifty years.

【Two Hundred Years of Tiansui】

[If you are destined to become an immortal, you will need to reduce the time by one hundred years. The required time is nine thousand eight hundred years.]

One step closer to becoming an immortal. One feather can reduce one hundred years and increase fifty years of heavenly marrow. A total of one hundred and fifty years are needed to become an immortal.

Gu Wen looked at the white-feathered bird with fiery eyes and counted its feathers carefully. There were still five tail feathers that he had just plucked.

This is the 250 years of disposable celestial marrow, which reduces the time required to achieve immortality by 500 years.

What if you eat the whole bird?

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Gu Wen reached out and took the white-feathered bird.

Click!

A subtle sound reached his ears. The frozen corpses of the monsters around him were drying up quickly, and their blood was being consumed at a very fast rate.

Strands of blood visible to the naked eye gathered on the white-feathered bird, and then a new tail feather grew out and quickly detached.

The white-feathered bird pecked at its feathers, trembling as it stretched its neck towards Gu Wen, its desire to survive being obvious.

"Can it grow back after being pulled out?"

Gu Wen's eyes widened, Yu Hua was stunned, and so were the others. Their breathing suddenly became heavy.

If it was just an elixir of immortality, there would definitely be no share for them, but it is hard to say whether the elixir of immortality can grow as well as leeks.

"Can the immortality elixir that can be grown still be effective?"

Gu Wen felt doubtful and took the feather and stuffed it into his mouth, which increased his Tiansui by forty years.

[240 Years of Tiansui]

[The fate of becoming an immortal reduces the time required by 80 years, and the required heavenly marrow is 9,720 years]

"hiss."

Gu Wen suddenly seemed to understand the true meaning of the Buddha Sword, and whispered in his heart: "Amitabha, it is not good for the Taoist to kill people!"

The efficacy of the immortality elixir that had been regrown had only been reduced by 20%. Even if all these corpses were refined, it might not produce a hundred years of heavenly marrow, but it could bring dozens of times the benefit to the White-Feathered Bird.

This was the Buddha asking him to spare the white-feathered bird’s life!
Three hours later, the sky began to brighten slightly. At this time, all the corpses in the cave were swept away and turned into mummies.

After a brief observation, Gu Wen discovered that the white-feathered bird could devour and absorb everything with spiritual energy and transform it into the medicinal properties of the elixir of immortality.

Besides the effect of the first regeneration being reduced by about 20%, the effect of this drug is attenuated by 1% each time afterwards. It is not ruled out that this is caused by continuous regeneration in a short period of time, but it is obviously more beneficial to keep it and slowly reap it.

Moreover, there are many benefits to a steady and long-term approach, which can last for dozens of years at a time.

After all the demon corpses in the entire cave were consumed, Gu Wen plucked eight more feathers. He generously left three tail feathers for the white-feathered bird as spare food.

The eight white feathers turned into golden roots. Everyone looked at them. Gu Wen said generously, "These monster corpses should have been divided equally, but now that I have consumed them, I have to compensate them."

"How about you five divide the three immortality pills equally?"

It's impossible for five people to each have one, but it's easy to cut a fair one.

Everyone nodded in agreement. No one objected, and no one was stupid enough to think they had taken too little.

Gu Wen was extremely generous to take out the roots of the immortality medicine, not to mention that he took out three roots at once. At this moment, even the most rebellious Jun Yan couldn't say a word of criticism, but instead said with a flattering face: "The only thing that I can't match is Gu's temperament."

There were five left, so Gu Wen took out two and gave them to Ao Tang, saying, "Give one to the Dharma Protector, and ask the Dharma Protector to send the other one back to Dao Sect."

Ao Tang, who had been hesitant to speak, smiled and said, "The Second Ancestor is really flawless in his work."

After dividing the benefits, Gu Wen also swallowed the remaining three.

【360 Years of Tiansui】

[The fate of becoming an immortal reduces the time required by 240 years, and the required heavenly marrow is 9,480 years]

[Immortality Elixir Completes the Nine-turn Golden Pill]

Gu Wen slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of golden light passed by, illuminating the entire room.

With the support of the three great methods of becoming an immortal, you will become invincible after reaching three levels.

Yu Hua smiled and said, "In terms of talent alone, you have surpassed the Three Pure Ones, and it only took nine months. If you stand outside and show your aura, you can kick Chan Xi off the top of the list."

Throughout the ages, no one has been able to achieve perfection in the method of becoming an immortal like Gu Wen.

(End of this chapter)