If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1407 Upgrade to "Old Man's Joy"

Xiaoyu was right after all.

There is bound to be a tough, face-to-face, fist-to-fist battle between her and the demon master Kunpeng.

There's no way to avoid it.

As her cultivation level increases and her integration with the Primordial Purple Qi deepens, her control over the innate supernatural powers brought by the Great Annihilation Father's Primordial Purple Qi also becomes more profound, bringing her closer to the day she meets the Demon Master Kunpeng.

It wasn't that "God" deliberately harmed her, forcing her to fight the demon master Kunpeng to the death.

No powerful figure plotted against her.

This was her fate, a destiny arranged in advance by the demon master Kunpeng.

The Primordial Purple Qi and the Kunpeng's essence blood were both sent out by the Demon Master. Without this "great cause," the outcome of "Yu Fengxian" would never have occurred.

Why did the Demon Master Kunpeng remain in the deep sea of ​​Beiming, only sending the Kunpeng Digital Party to find "Kunpeng's Daughter" instead of personally taking action himself?

There's no need to go out in person.

The demon master Kunpeng and Kunpeng's daughter are destined to meet.

At the very beginning of Xiaoyu's birth, before the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court fell millions of years ago, fate had already been arranged. To say "fate" is somewhat mystical; in essence, it is the fulfillment of cause and effect.

Of course, the fact that cause and effect are predetermined does not mean that Xiaoyu can only be at the mercy of fate.

The moment Pengjing Fruit was swallowed by Liu Jiao, she noticed it, came over immediately, and identified the source of the risk.
She even vaguely sensed the “inevitable cause and effect” between herself and the demon master Kunpeng.

"Master Wuyazi, please save my brother!" Liu Ji was terrified. "Could you seal the essence of the Heavenly Peng within Liu Jiao's body, just like you sealed my son's strange phenomenon, so that no outsiders would discover it?"

"Your son?" Wu Yazi was taken aback for a moment before laughing, "I almost forgot, your son was born not long ago."

Congratulations! You finally have a proper son.

Liu Ji had an affair with Widow Cao at the edge of the village, and they had an illegitimate son named "Liu Fei".

They are both nearly fifty years old, and their legitimate "child born in wedlock" has only just been born.

Liu Ji also smiled and bowed to Wu Yazi, "Thanks to the teacher's protection, otherwise that kid would definitely not have been able to grow up smoothly."

Wu Yazi nodded, his smile fading, and sighed, "Your son will only face a minor hardship, not a fatal one."

By taking good care of the patient and accumulating good deeds in daily life, one can avoid disaster.

You've seen your brother's condition firsthand; the changes in his appearance are so drastic that even a blind person could see the abnormality.

It's not just a dramatic change in weather.

I possess a secret technique to conceal the weather, but he has been demonized, from his soul to his bloodline.

Liu Ji kowtowed three more times and cried out, "Teacher, have mercy! Teacher, have compassion! Save my brother!"

He would do anything to save his life, even face death.

Why can't it be you who goes through fire and water?

Wu Yazi cursed him in his heart for being cunning, but said aloud, "I have mastered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, which can allow him to continue being your brother in the next life."

Liu Ji shook his head repeatedly, "This disciple hasn't lived enough yet and doesn't want to be reincarnated. My children and elderly parents can't live without me."

Wu Yazi said irritably, "It's that he will be your brother in his next life, not that you two will be reincarnated together and become a new pair of 'brothers'."

Liu Ji was stunned for a moment, then said blankly, "Isn't he already dead and going to reincarnate? How come he's still my brother? Oh dear, teacher, you wouldn't be so crazy as to let him go back into his mother's womb, would you?"

Liu Ji's biological mother, "Aunt Liu," passed away long ago.

His father, "Old Master Liu," remarried a young woman more than ten years ago, and they had a fourth son, Liu Jiao.

The Liu family was neither extremely wealthy nor poor. When Old Master Liu remarried, it wasn't through scavenging; he arranged a proper marriage and married a young woman in her early twenties.

At this time, "Stepmother Liu" was only in her thirties and could still have more children.

However, killing someone's son and making her pregnant with him again is indeed crazy and perverted.

Wu Yazi said, "I think your father is very fortunate. When you become successful in the future, he will definitely marry several more young and beautiful women."

If you find it strange that your stepmother gave birth to Liu Jiao again, you can wait a few years until you're successful, build your father a three-room brick house, take two concubines, and then let Liu Jiao be born.

Liu Ji's old face scrunched up, and he felt more and more that the old Taoist Wuyazi had become quite wicked and no longer seemed like a decent person.

When we first met, the old Taoist priest had an air of otherworldly wisdom and the demeanor of a highly accomplished master in his speech and actions.

"Does it have to be this way? I can't bear to part with my fourth brother, and he can't bear to part with this opportunity in his life even more."

If the concern is about being discovered by the Kunpeng clan of the Northern Sea, would sending him to cultivate on a sacred mountain with the Daoist for a few years avoid the calamity?

"To retreat into the mountains to cultivate oneself and avoid disaster," Wu Yazi frowned, caught in a dilemma.

Killing Liu Jiao immediately and sending his soul to reincarnation will completely eliminate the hidden danger.

This method is the simplest and most direct.

She shouldn't have even shown herself; she could have secretly killed Liu Jiao from the shadows without Liu Ji and the others noticing.

But she couldn't get over it in her own mind.

Even if she could fool everyone else, could she fool herself?

"Very well, I'll take your brother Liu Jiao with me and take him to the Immortal Sect to cultivate."

Wu Yazi sighed, "Go back to the cave now, quietly wake him up, and make him leave silently and come to the mountain to find me."

Don't bother anyone else, I don't want the hassle.

Once I take him away, you need to make things clear to your father and stepmother.

Don't reveal my identity. Just say he accidentally ate a magical fruit and was taken away by a hermit.

Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief, his face showing a mixture of joy and envy. "My brother went to the immortal mountain to cultivate. Is there hope for him to become a true immortal?"

In order to enable him to cultivate immortality, I have been suppressing him and preventing him from forming the Human Immortal Core!

He seems to have a great talent for cultivation; in just a few months, he has already cultivated a Yin spirit.

Wu Yazi pondered and said, "He certainly has no shortage of true immortal techniques, but whether he can become an immortal depends on his own efforts and good fortune."

"Like you and Peng Yue, you obtained the Nine Heavens Secret Techniques, how many of them have you mastered?"

"Teacher Wuyazi, I've been struggling with this matter and was just about to ask you for advice!" Liu Ji suddenly clapped his hands, about to say something, but then looked around and asked in a low voice, "Is it convenient for us to talk here?"

Wu Yazi said calmly, "Where do you think you are right now?"

Liu Ji subconsciously said, "Aren't we right on the summit of the main peak of Mangdang Mountain?"

The words had barely left his mouth when he suddenly realized, "No, we're no longer on the mountain. I can't even sense the mountain range moving anymore."

He looked around again, examining the scenery closely, but found it remained unchanged.

He and the old Taoist priest Wuyazi did not move; they remained by the cave dwelling on the mountaintop.

The stars twinkled in the sky, and the February night breeze was still chilly.
"Wait, something's not right. The stars in the sky are fake. Although they have the power of stars, the fluctuations are not right."

Liu Ji seemed to realize something, "We've fallen into the illusion you set up? Teacher Wuyazi, your methods are truly brilliant! Since I started practicing 'Old Man's Joy,' I've almost never been deceived by illusions or magic."

This time, however, they were caught off guard and didn't even realize it.

Wu Yazi also showed surprise and said, "To be able to detect that the stars in the sky are not right, your understanding of the Great Dao of Stars is quite advanced!"

Liu Ji smiled smugly, "I've been in Mangdang Mountain for more than half a year, and I've failed at recruiting soldiers, robbing and looting, and dividing gold by the scales."

With more free time, my skills improved rapidly.

Teacher, you're right, this mountain is my destiny place.

Cultivating here in a state of harmony with nature increases the efficiency of comprehending the Way of the Stars by more than tenfold.

If I were to live in seclusion on the mountain for thirty or fifty years, I would probably become a highly respected and powerful 'Master Liu'! He wasn't exaggerating.

Although his wife complained that he wasn't making any progress, his skills increased several times over during his time in Mangdang Mountain.

Skill is not limited to internal energy cultivation, but also includes celestial secrets, Taoist theories, military tactics, and so on.

"Alright, I have to leave now. I'll take you back now, and you should wake up Liu Jiao quickly," Wu Yazi said.

Liu Ji's expression changed, and he knelt down with a thud. He then crawled to the old Taoist priest and said in a low, urgent voice, "Master Wuyazi, I have many private things to say to you."

"What are you saying?" Wu Yazi asked, feigning confusion. "If it's the secret technique of Baiyun Immortal Mansion, or as before, it's your own destiny. You don't need to tell me, and I won't listen anyway."

"It's not the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Divine Power, it's 'Old Man's Joy'," Liu Ji said.

“You’re not even a village head anymore, so I’m afraid you won’t be able to continue practicing ‘Old Man’s Joy’,” Wu Yazi said, feigning helplessness.

Liu Ji said urgently, "This disciple's ambition remains undiminished, and his aspirations have not been extinguished; there will be a day when he can rise again!"

Wu Yazi sighed, "If you don't go to Baiyun Immortal Mansion, you might have a chance to rise to prominence."

You went to Baiyun Immortal Abode and used up all your good fortune. You will have many misfortunes in the next two years.

It won't kill you, but it will ruin your fortune and wealth.

This was indeed the fate of Liu Laosan that she calculated by observing the qi and divination.

According to the original destiny, the Qin Dynasty would fall in less than two years. And the ones who would destroy Qin were Liu Ji and Xiang Yu.

In other words, theoretically, Liu Ji should have been blessed with great fortune and soared to great heights.

At this point, fate had already changed drastically. Even if she were killed immediately, the kings of the Ying clan alone could help the Qin dynasty extend its reign for another three to five years.

Of course, fate can be changed again.

If a powerful immortal were to spare no expense and forcibly eliminate the feudal lords who had been enfeoffed in various regions, the Qin Dynasty might collapse quickly.

In any case, based on the current course of fate, Liu Laosan has had very bad luck in the last two years.

Liu Ji was both alarmed and doubtful. "I have lost a fleeting blessing, but gained a more precious and practical supernatural power and secret technique. Isn't that gaining more with less and having a more solid foundation?"

Wu Yazi asked, "Have you digested and absorbed all the supernatural powers and secret techniques you acquired, and transformed them into real cultivation?"

Liu Ji shook his head, "I was just about to ask you, Master! Although I am not proficient in all the secret techniques, I do have a sense of several Earthly Fiend Divine Powers."

However, after cultivation, it conflicts with the special spiritual power of "Old Man's Joy."

Wu Yazi asked, "Do you know why the Human Emperor could not become an immortal?"

“If the emperor of the mortal realm were to become an immortal, wouldn’t he rule the mortal realm for eternity? Heaven would certainly not allow that,” Liu Ji said.

Wu Yazi nodded slightly and said, "This is an important reason. The Human Emperor is the master of humanity, and humanity needs to keep moving forward."

Once the human emperor is fixed and unchanging, no matter how wise and powerful he was in the beginning, the development of humanity will inevitably become stagnant.

Just like the Heavenly Court, it hasn't changed much over billions of years.

Human development is like rowing against the current; if it stagnates, it could lead to the complete extinction of the human race.

Even if the Human Emperor could truly live forever, he would still die from the backlash of humanity's fortune.

Truly wise people should learn from the Three Sovereigns.

When the time came, he voluntarily abdicated and went to the Fire Cloud Cave to become a 'human saint'.

"So, immortals can actually become emperors, and emperors can also cultivate to become immortals?" Liu Ji asked.

Wu Yazi said, "If you put a pig on the throne, and everyone listens to it, then it will become the emperor."

As long as an immortal can win the hearts of the people, he can certainly become an emperor.

However, this type of emperor was not a legitimate human emperor.

The emperor we are talking about is someone like Qin Shi Huang.

Why is Qin Shi Huang considered the first emperor in human history? Was he stronger than the three Holy Emperors?
Not really.

But the imperial authority he wielded was indeed the strongest.

Don't you know what "Old Man's Joy" is all about?

Liu Ji thought for a moment and asked in confusion, "Does the power of the human emperor conflict with immortal techniques? But I can use Taoist arts."

Before entering the White Cloud Immortal Abode, I was already able to use the Earth Escape Technique within the Mangdang Mountain area.

With a single thought, one can create a pit in the earth; with another thought, the pit can be filled with earth and stones.

However, this ability ceases to function once one leaves Mount Mangdang.

Wu Yazi said, "To become a true emperor, one must absorb and accept the true dragon's energy, and ultimately become the source of the dragon's energy for a country."

Since we are going to accept and nurture the dragon's energy, it will naturally conflict with the pure spiritual energy.

If one cannot refine the pure spiritual energy, how can one expel the evil and turbid energy from the body and ascend to heaven in broad daylight?

There are no heavenly rules or regulations that prohibit the human emperor from cultivating immortal techniques or becoming an immortal.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

However, the fact that the Human Emperor cannot cultivate immortal energy does not mean that he cannot use Taoist techniques and secret methods.

Your current level of skill is too low; you can only use basic Taoist techniques within Mount Mangdang.

If you can master the "Old Man's Joy" technique, your Taoist skills will surpass those of most Golden Immortals.

Liu Ji said blankly, "Teacher Wuyazi, you've confused me completely."

One minute you say that practicing "Old Man's Joy" will prevent you from cultivating supernatural powers and secret techniques; the next minute you say that practicing "Old Man's Joy" will lead to vigorous and rapid progress in Taoist arts.

Isn't this contradictory?

Wu Yazi said calmly, "Where is the contradiction? Using immortal energy to shake the rules of the Great Dao and produce miraculous effects is called 'immortal technique'."

The Human Emperor's body could not contain the pure spiritual energy, which meant there was no immortal energy within him.

Since there is no immortal energy, one cannot use immortal techniques.

However, the rules of the Great Dao cannot be activated solely by immortal energy.

For example, divine power, the core component of which is the faith of all living beings.

The power of faith can merge with the pure spirit energy, or it can remain unmixed with any pure spirit energy.

Pure faith in divine power, which activates the rules of the divine path, can also produce miraculous effects similar to immortal magic.

"Oh, I see." Liu Ji suddenly realized, "The Human Emperor can cultivate Immortal Martial Arts and then use his internal energy to activate the rules of the Great Dao."

Every time I use Taoist techniques, it consumes a large amount of my internal energy.

Wu Yazi shook his head and said, "The reason why the internal strength of a human immortal martial artist is called 'internal force' instead of 'magic power' is because..."

This is because martial artists can only use 'techniques' and cannot touch the laws.

If internal energy cannot interact with the laws, how can it manipulate the laws to produce miraculous effects?
Even if a low-level immortal gains a secret manual for great supernatural powers, they will most likely be unable to master or use it.

Immortals can use immortal techniques by integrating the rules and laws they have comprehended into the pure spiritual energy.

The pure and ethereal energy is like clear water, while the great Dao that immortals comprehend through observing the heavens and the earth is like salt. Salt dissolves in water to become immortal power, which directly leverages the power of the rules and is called 'immortal law'.

The Human Emperor lacked pure spiritual energy; his body was filled with earthly evil power.

The power of the Earthly Fiends is like oil; salt cannot dissolve in oil, but the power of the Human Emperor can directly shake the rules of the Great Dao.

(End of this chapter)