Tao and Heaven

Chapter 73: The Perfection of the Fourth Dao Foundation: Primordial True Spirit

Linchuan.

Ever since Gu Wen started collecting medicinal fruits, this county located in the mountains has always been in his sight. Almost half of the medicinal materials in Bian Jing came from Linchuan County, and now it has fallen?

Gu Wen continued reading and found out that the letter was not sent from Linchuan, but from the governor of Nanshui County.

The general content is that the merchant ships from Linchuan went along the waterway around Nanshui and Luoshui counties and reported the fall of Linchuan County to the government, and then sent it all the way to the county governor's office. The county governor then wrote a chicken feather order and sent someone to deliver it to Bianjing.

Then there was a long paragraph in which the Nanshui County Magistrate boasted about his own achievements. This was an opportunity to seek credit from his superiors.

Daqian had a complete post station system, with a post station every five miles, a pavilion every ten miles, and a post station every thirty miles. On weekdays, official documents from the court were transmitted to each other, as well as the selection and appointment of various officials.

The post stations were staffed with postmen, and since official documents could not be eaten, it might anger the court, so ordinary people would not rob them. Moreover, if the transmission of information could not be guaranteed within one's own borders, the country would not be far from being destroyed.

The Chicken Feather Order is of the highest level. How can you be sure that you have the only one?

Gu Wen once asked a related question to an official in charge of the Bian Jing Post Station while drinking, but he got the answer that it was impossible, as there had only been relapses and no multiple letters had been sent.

First, it costs money to send an 800-li express letter, and dozens of horses will die for one delivery. Second, since they are all urgent, the route of the highway and the river road remains unchanged, and sending more letters is like taking off your pants and farting.

It would be better to arrange a few more guards, that is, postmen. Normally there would be no mistakes, but they met Gu Wen.

"So many official ships passed by, and I was able to intercept them all. It seems that Daqian is really doomed."

Gu Wen tore up the letter and threw it into the river. This would naturally not completely conceal the information. If Nanshui found out that the court had not responded, they would definitely send out the letter again.

But I don’t know how much time was wasted going back and forth.

【Tian Sui Four Years】

【Eight Years of Tiansui】

【Twenty-one Years of Tiansui】

The Tiansui level was rising visibly. Gu Wen didn't care what kind of elixir it was. He stuffed all of them, good or bad, into his mouth, and did not stop until the Tiansui level was 21 years old.

It was truly a gold belt that could be obtained by killing people and setting fires. Gu Wen thought about how he had to run around everywhere and spend a large amount of money to barely get the Ten Years of Heavenly Marrow, but now he could only get it by robbing an official ship.

This feeling is addictive and can easily turn people into gamblers.

In the past, buying elixirs only required a little concealment of one's identity, but now burning, killing and looting inevitably increase the risk. According to Gu Wen's knowledge, hijacking official ships would generally attract the siege of the Xiang army, which was also the only way for the ancient dynasties to maintain deterrence.

With backward productivity and social management system, it is impossible to eliminate robbers. The only thing the government can do is to protect its own interests and let the bandits know what they cannot rob.

But if I don't rob this ship, won't the Daqian court put me on the wanted list? How can I become an immortal if I hide my identity?
The gains of dozens or hundreds of times diluted the sense of crisis. Gu Wen didn't care how dangerous his situation was. He only cared about whether he had enough Tiansui.

Looking inwardly at the foundation of the Tao, one can achieve triple perfection.

The first and second levels of Taoism foundation correspond to the first stage of refining essence into qi, condensing the qi sea, and the initial manifestation of divine consciousness.

Gu Wen didn't know how powerful the first-level cultivators in the outside world were, but he felt that they had just reached the initial stage of transcendence with a foundation of Taoism [Eternal Life] and possessed weak magic power, which had different characteristics depending on the foundation of Taoism.

But from Wen Renwu's invincibility, we can see that the first level of effect will become stronger with one's own strength. The Endless Life looks plain and simple, but it can support Gu Wen to swim for a whole day and night without getting tired.

It was not until he reached the second level of Taoist foundation [Jade Bone Purification] that his body and five senses were greatly strengthened, and his strength in all aspects was probably equivalent to that of a certain ghost-catching master named Lin.

The third level of Taoism is a watershed. The quality of spiritual appearance determines the strength. The mana reserves are ten times that of the second level of Taoism.

The key lies in the spiritual aspect, which can multiply the power of the corresponding method. Gu Wen's five-element spiritual aspect encompasses thousands of things, and very few Taoist methods can be separated from the five elements, so all his Taoist methods normally have a five-fold increase.

Others can only enhance their core skills, but Gu Wen can enhance any skills, so his advantage is undoubtedly huge.

This made Gu Wen realize a problem. The level of one's foundation in Taoism is important, but it is more important to reach the pinnacle of each level.

Look inward at the sea of ​​qi, look up at the mountain transformed by the Dao foundation in front of you, the next step is the fourth Dao foundation. [The fourth level of Yuqing Dao foundation, choose its spiritual appearance, condense the primordial spirit, fifty years of Tiansui can become one, enter the fifth level]

The third and fourth levels of Tao foundation correspond to the second realm of refining qi and transforming spirit, which are respectively visualizing spiritual images and refining the primordial spirit.

With a primordial spirit, the death of the body is no longer death, but a true transcendence.

Gu Wen thought to himself, "It only takes fifty years of Heavenly Marrow, which is not very difficult."

With his current strength, it is not difficult to get Fifty Years of Heavenly Marrow. Countless official ships pass by the Qianjiang River every day, and a ship from the Taifu Division can get dozens of Heavenly Marrow.

To break through the fifth level of Dao foundation, the cost is only fifty years of Heavenly Marrow. If it continues to increase at this rate, each level will only double, and the amount of Heavenly Marrow required for the first nine levels will not exceed a thousand.

One thousand celestial marrows was a lot for Gu Wen at the moment, but after seeing the Taifu Treasury, he felt that his vision was narrow.

The spiritual medicines used by the Dao Emperor for alchemy were all calculated by kilograms. If the entire Taifusi was emptied, it would be enough to reach the ninth level of Dao Foundation. And this was only the amount of spiritual medicine delivered in one to six months, and the inventory would be updated every month.

I really want to kill the dog emperor and sit on that bird throne, or push Jiang Fugui to the throne so that I can collect elixirs for myself.

Gu Wen suppressed his murderous intent and cast his eyes on the Perfection Method. The fourth temple on the sacred mountain was inscribed with [Five Spirits Primordial True Spirit God].

The ordinary foundation of Taoism is to condense the primordial spirit, so what about perfection?
[The five spirits become gods, the five elements return to one, and one can obtain the Hunyuan True Spirit. The primordial spirit can survive for five hundred years without a body. It is not afraid of the sun when it travels during the day, and it is not afraid of the yin when it travels at night. It is like a living person.]

[It takes 250 years of Celestial Marrow]

hiss!
Gu Wen sucked in a breath of cold air. This was a direct five-fold increase. He suspected that he could become an immortal himself if he perfected the ninth level of Taoism.

He completely crushed his original plan to lie dormant for a while.

"Robbery, we must rob. If we don't rob, we won't be able to gather so much Heavenly Marrow."

Taking out a Daqian map from his Qiankun bag, Gu Wen roughly confirmed his location based on the river channel and the surrounding environment, and his finger fell on Nanshui County.

There is a Tianquan Mountain there, and there should be a magical spring inside.

The most urgent task now is to use the Emperor's juice to defeat the heirloom. A Taoist soldier should be able to significantly increase one's strength.
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On the other side, there was a tributary dozens of miles away from Gu Wen.

Yu Hua stood on the boat, and the officials around him looked at each other in bewilderment, but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, he flew down from the sky, and normal people wouldn't cause trouble.

She waited for a long time but didn't see Gu Wen. She looked at the old donkey beside her and asked, "Are you sure he's nearby?"

"Absolutely true!"

The old donkey was a little embarrassed but pretended to be calm and said, "It's because of the time limit. If it's more than fifty miles, I will tell you by divination. Otherwise, I can take you to see my lover right now. Ahem, cough, cough, Taoist protector."

"But don't worry, little ancestor. We can confirm whether he is within a fifty-mile radius. Don't use Diting anymore. This method hurts the root. It's not like we can't find him."

Yu Hua nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

The old donkey had a strange look on his face. Before, he had mentioned Zhao Feng but he was still beaten even though he didn't lean towards that aspect. Now, he accidentally let the secret slip and he was not beaten.

Suddenly, the old donkey's ears twitched slightly, and he said, "He's fifty kilometers away."

Yu Hua and Lao Lu left, and when they reached a town, they found that they were in the wrong direction, so they turned back. Although flying could not be used as a conventional means, they chose the lesser of two evils between flying and calculating the secrets of the sky. They circled around where Gu Wen might go, and came to Luoshui County, a large commercial county with a completely different atmosphere from Bianjing.

On the other side, Gu Wen disguised himself as a jianghu traveler and walked towards Luoshui. During the journey, he would encounter robbery along the mountain road, and the shops he passed by would be black shops selling human flesh. It was not that he would not pay, but once he paid, he would inevitably be killed.

Gu Wen felt the depreciation of money in troubled times. Sometimes it was not just the purchasing power that declined, but also that spending money was like playing with one's life.

The civilization of Bianjing can be seen from this.

(End of this chapter)