From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 232: Examination Office and Tai Sui Dragon
The Kaogong Office is one of the key organs of the Taoist Alliance. The word Kaogong has a profound meaning. This Gong refers to the public of heaven and earth, not achievements. It means to pass the test of the God of Heaven and be granted the heavenly nobility.

Yu Shuyang followed the Turtle Immortal to the examination office. The Turtle Immortal's Taoist name was Fu Yangzi. He was from the Black Turtle clan of Bagua Mountain in the inland of Kyushu. He was also a late third-grade demon immortal.

When Fu Yangzi transformed into a human, he did not look like a turtle at all. Instead, he looked like a strong man from the north. He was over eight and a half feet tall, with long arms and legs, and a square face like a strong man.

He was dressed in a black robe, with a flowery rope woven from dragon tendons around his waist, tiger-head wind-treading boots on his feet, a pure yang scarf on his head, and a charred wood resurrection branch in his hand.

The charred wood is a lightning-struck wood that has survived two thunder disasters. The so-called charred wood revival branch means that after being struck by two thunder disasters, the dead wood will come back to life in spring.

The charred wood resurrection branch in Fu Yangzi's hand had long been refined into a real magic weapon, which had obtained the true form of thunder wood and mastered the exquisiteness of Yi wood.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, this is the first time we've dealt with each other, so I think it's best to say something upfront to avoid any doubts in your mind.

I will be your master. Whether you become his disciple or not, we both have the meaning of half-master. You have the Taoist inheritance, so we won't mention the master-disciple relationship in the future.

"However, the bond between master and disciple remains unchanged. Tell me your location in the East China Sea and I will personally go there to protect you and prevent you from getting involved in the disaster," said Fu Yangzi.

Yu Shuyang nodded and said politely, "Thank you, Master Fu. There is one thing I need to clarify with you first.

Before I joined the Taoist Alliance, I accepted three students. Although they haven't officially become my disciples yet, I will take them in in the future.

If the Talisman Master has a favorite junior, you can bring him along. My lineage inherits not only the Turtle and Snake Movements, but also the Sword Dao.”

Before the arrival of the two demon fairies, the turtle and the snake, Yin Chenzi told them the result of his discussion with them. The turtle fairy who sent the expensive gift wanted to send his grandson to become his disciple and wanted the status of the eldest disciple.

Yu Shuyang had no objection to this. His Taoist lineage inherited the Liangyi Killing Sword Art. The Turtle and Snake tribes came to learn the Xuanwu method. At worst, they could be split into two branches, and it would not be a big deal to give him the position of a senior disciple.

Fu Yangzi said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Yu, there is no need to be so polite. The situation now is different from last night.

I'll be frank with you. I wanted a eldest disciple last night for the sake of Dharma inheritance. Now you have seen the situation of the Zhang Tiger Clan.

Each of the ten sects in our Taoist Alliance has now been infiltrated by people from aristocratic families. I, an old turtle, have lived for many years, but I have watched them being eroded bit by bit!
Now you suggest that the Qiyun magic weapon can reverse the inheritance of the Dharma lineage and be co-opted by the family. If you mention the eldest disciple again, you will be slapping me in the face."

Fu Yangzi was born as a wild monster. The black turtle is also called the grass turtle, which is the origin of the word "wu" in turtle. His bloodline inheritance is the most chaotic and disorderly.

That was also why Fu Yangzi's cultivation progress was slow in the early stages. He relied on the long lifespan of the turtle monster to help him persevere bit by bit, and also on the charred wood resurrection branch in his hand.

“Master Fu, you are very understanding, and I am not stingy. You also know the rules of the Dao lineage inheritance. I have to wait until I break through the fifth level before I can establish a Dao Hall.

We'll decide on a senior disciple when the time comes, but when you come to the East China Sea this time, you must bring a suitable junior with you." Yu Shuyang also happily complimented him.

What he said was half true and half false. According to his earlier intention, even if he split one branch into two, he would at least be able to give Fu Yangzi the title of a senior disciple.

From what he said, it seemed that the title of eldest disciple was no longer important to Yu Shuyang. This made it difficult for Yu Shuyang to use any tactics. He could only see the quality of the younger generation brought by Fu Yangzi.

Of course, you can only believe half of what others say. There are always people in this world who are good at talking, just like the Zhang Tiger Clan who used righteousness to deceive his junior brother Li Taiping.

There is an old saying among the people: When you meet someone, only say three-tenths of what you want to say, and don't reveal your whole heart to them.

There is also a saying: Don't just listen to what others say, you also have to see what they do.

Yu Shuyang and Fu Yangzi walked slowly along the way. The two demons talked to each other and had a pleasant chat until they arrived at the door of the examination office.

Yu Shuyang had just been here last night. Fu Chenzi was accompanying him and his junior fellow apprentice. He didn't go into the examination room, but just took a few glances outside the hall.

There is a plaque hanging at the door of the examination office with a single character "Hao" written on it. This was written by the founder of the Taoist Alliance himself. He used real characters to explain the way of Haotian and at the same time made an alliance with the Heavenly Dao of Middle-earth.

As soon as he entered the examination room, Yu Shuyang felt something was different. He thought it was like a library or a Taoist room, but he didn't expect the room to be empty.

"Friend Yu, this is your first time here, and you don't know the situation here, so let me introduce it to you.

This examination room is one of the two halls and three rooms, and it is also the place where the Yuanling of Huangliang Taoist Palace is located. Have you seen these three jade discs?

The area opposite the door is responsible for all matters big and small in the Taoist Alliance. If you have any ideas, just put your mind into it.

The east side is about heavenly merit, military merit, and Taoist merit. If you want to take on a mission, you must also put your mind into it.

The west side is quite impressive; you can get talismans, elixirs, and other items from this side, and it can also be used to store things."

Fu Yangzi held the charred wood resurrection branch in his hand and pointed at the three walls, introducing them one by one. When he was done, he signaled Yu Shuyang to concentrate on the jade wall.

Yu Shuyang followed the instructions and put a little of his mind into the jade wall. It was like a hot knife cutting cold oil, and it went to the bottom in one go.

When the mind entered the jade wall, one could feel a vast expanse of blue water with a calm surface. A gigantic water-moon sycamore tree was floating on the water.

This sycamore tree is similar to the tea tree spirit Yunhua. Both have facial features growing on their trunks, and their eyebrows, nose, and eyes are all made of wood.

"You are the new Taoist priest Yu who joined the alliance, right?" Shuiyue Wutong took the initiative to speak.

Yu Shuyang was confused. Fu Yangzi had just introduced that this examination office was the place where the Yuanling of Huangliang Taoist Palace was located. Logically, they should recognize him. Is there something strange?
"I am Taoist Yu." Yu Shuyang answered obediently.

"I watched your naturalization ceremony yesterday, and they said you were conceited about your Taoist lineage. If that's the case, I think you should also take a Taoist name.

According to the rules, the name of the inheritance can be Xuan. What do you want to be called? I'll make a note for you. Shuiyue Wutong asked again.

Yu Shuyang was stunned. Why did he get asked to choose a Taoist name? It started with the word "Xuan". In his previous life, he had heard of a great master named Xuandu, who was the founder of the Jinding Sect in the Fuli world.

Thinking of this, what about his name being Xuan Duzi? He couldn't help but feel a chill on the back of his head. It seemed like it wasn't going to work, so he decided to try another one.

Then let’s look for it from the Taoist inheritance. The Liangyi Killing Sword Art is called Xuan Jianzi. Wouldn’t it be a bit murderous?

Or the Xuanwu Water Method, called Xuanwuzi. Thinking of this, he felt a little blocked in his heart, and it must not work.

If we talk about the Eight Wind Mantra, Heavenly Wind Method, and even the Pure Natural Wind, Chonghe Silent Wind, he also has a Yin-Yang Heavenly Wind inheritance, so he can also be called Xuanfengzi.

Xuan Fengzi and Xuan Jianzi always feel a little bit lacking, neither of them fits his own Tao. Yu Shuyang also feels that the Taoist name has a special meaning, and it is not a good idea to choose a random name.

The Liangyi Killing Sword Art, Yin-Yang Heavenly Wind, and Black Tortoise Water Method all three must be integrated at the same time. If you only take the sword and wind, you will have to give up part of them.

Is there anything that encompasses the three laws?
Yu Shuyang thought about it for a while, and then an idea flashed in his mind. Thinking of the turtle, snake and cloud that appeared in his mind, he could choose the word "cloud"!

The foundations of the Liangyi Killing Sword Art, Yin-Yang Sky Wind Method, and Black Tortoise Water Method are all based on the changes of Yin and Yang, just like the Yin-Yang True Form Fan that he refined.

The Liang Yi killing sword art belongs to Liang Yi, while the Xuanwu water method belongs to Tai Chi. It just so happens that the Yin-Yang Heavenly Wind Method harmonizes Liang Yi and Tai Chi. As the saying goes: "Wind gives rise to clouds." In practice, wind method harmonizes sword art and water method, and the casting of spells is based on the yin and yang generated by clouds.

"Xuan Yunzi! I'll call myself this Taoist name."

Yu Shuyang blurted out excitedly.

Shuiyue Wutong pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Clouds are the energy of the sky. Clouds can produce rain, yin and yang, and thunder and lightning.

While this Taoist name you've chosen is grand and majestic, it also adds thirty percent of calamity energy. I hope you'll read Taoist scriptures more often to dissipate this calamity energy."

Yu Shuyang was frightened by these words. He had been avoiding disasters these days, starting from Xiyu Blessed Land and all the way to the East China Sea. The result was obvious, he could not avoid the disaster at all.

Then, he explained the purpose of coming here. First, he talked about the luck to refine the magic weapon, then he talked about the White Crow Ghost Fairy, the power of ghosts and monsters, the heavenly punishment, and even the calculations of the Dongyi people. He told them all.

Finally, he explained the matter of the Bailin Zhanyuan Sword and the Dragon God Position. Of course, he also mentioned that the magic sword could not be brought in.

The "Shuiyue Wutong Tree" in the name means that the leaves of the Wutong tree are like water and the seeds of the Wutong tree are like the moon. Listening to Yu Shuyang's narration, the water in the Wutong tree sways like the wind, and the moon flickers on and off.

After Yu Shuyang finished speaking, there was silence for about a quarter of an hour before Shuiyue Wutongshu spoke again, saying, "Although it's good to refine magic weapons with luck, it may not be possible to actually refine them.

Did you know that the Huangliang Dao Palace is a pure yang magic weapon? Its outer shell has been shattered by the Heavenly Dao, leaving only its primordial spirit and the immortal Dao prohibition. Its true form is temporarily preserved by the Dream Huangliang Spiritual Root and the Dream Snail Shell.

Since you are determined to refine the treasure, I cannot but support you. Go to the jade wall on the west wall and put the refined fan in. I will help you take a look at it.

Let’s leave the matter of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance here. Their family is different from ours. Let them make trouble. As long as the Heavenly Dao does not kill them all, we will not interfere.

Go to the west wall and use your mind to sense the magic sword. I will help you lead the sword into the Taoist Palace, so you don't have to take the talisman back to stick it on."

Yu Shuyang didn't say anything after hearing this. Now that the Yuan Ling of Huangliang Taoist Palace said so, he didn't know what to say. However, thinking of Yin Chenzi's situation, he asked a few more questions.

He didn't have the energy to think about what the Qingqiu Fox and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance were planning, so he asked Chen Zi for advice from other gangs so that he wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

"Don't worry about this matter. I will talk to Yin Chenzi myself. You'd better go to the West Wall Jade Wall. It would be a loss for me to help you with the rituals and cultivation right after you joined the alliance." Shuiyue Wutongshu said with a smile.

Yu Shuyang did not waste any time and his mind immediately withdrew from the jade wall on the north side. At the same moment, the Shuiyue Wutong tree also left the jade wall and headed towards the Sanxian Island.

This water magic paulownia tree is a magic weapon where the soul of the primordial spirit resides. It usually stays in the space created by the jade wall, and it also wanders around when it has nothing to do.

Of course, there was another reason for going to Sanxian Island this time.

Back in the examination room, Fu Yangzi stood on the jade wall on the east side, focusing his mind on it, watching the various tasks that were posted.

For example, if you want to refine magical instruments or various elixirs, you can ask the Taoist Yuanling for help, but the prerequisite is to pay Taoist merit.

After Yu Shuyang withdrew his spiritual consciousness, he saw Turtle Immortal Fu Yangzi in front of the jade wall on the east wall. He did not go over to disturb him, but came to the jade wall on the west wall.

He also immersed his mind in it. On this jade wall, there was a sea of fire, and above it, there was a Fire Sun Wutong tree. Except for the different five elements, it was exactly the same as the Water Moon Wutong tree he had just seen.

It turned out that when the Taoist Alliance established the inheritance of the ten sects' Dharma lineages, it attracted the Heavenly Dao to bring down a catastrophe that destroyed the heavens and the earth, smashing the Taoist Palace to pieces. The magic weapon's soul was also broken into three souls, which appeared through three paulownia trees.

When Huo Ri Wu Tong Shu saw Yu Shu Yang, he sighed and said, “How can there be a job that doesn’t make money? Shui Yue is such a scumbag.

First, bring me the fan, and then sense the magic sword. I'll get it for you."

Yu Shuyang sensed the Yin-Yang True Shape Fan with his mind, and then a round fan flew in. Then he sensed the Bailin Zhanyuan Sword, and then a golden light flew in.

Huo Ri Wu Tong Shu brought the two treasures in front of him, shook the metal collar left and right, then stopped and put it aside, then picked up a fan and looked at it carefully.

He looked very carefully, the Tai Chi Green Ox, the Liang Yi Green Sheep, and even finally he put the cloud fan in his mouth and bit it, and finally he actually started to cry.

"How unfair! How can the two great true forms of Tai Chi and Liang Yi be refined together? How can such a crude Yin-Yang cloud be able to withstand the great Yin-Yang Dao?

I am not lucky, why don’t I have this fate? "

After the Fire Sun Wutong Tree finished speaking, there were bursts of mournful cries again. The Huangliang Taoist Palace also suffered a loss due to its instability. Normally, the True Form Magical Weapon should be difficult to damage, not to mention the Pure Yang Magical Weapon which is two levels higher than the True Form Magical Weapon.

After the Fire Sun Wutong Tree had howled for a while, he continued to talk to Yu Shuyang, and he brought the Bailin Zhanyuan Sword in front of him.

"This magic sword of yours utilizes the internal principles of Yuan Chen and Shi Sui, and the external principles of dragon and snake transformations. This sword is destined to correspond to the position of Tai Sui, so let's call it the Tai Sui Dragon God.

If you want to practice the method of transforming into a dragon, this path is blocked, and you cannot open another one besides the eight dragon gods.

The Great Dragon God of the East is the Azure Dragon that spreads across the world. He occupies the form of a true dragon and follows the way of a dragon, and is refined into the Great Dragon God of the Celestial Phenomenon.

Your Tai Sui method can only be regarded as a supplement to Chen Long's method. Even if you succeed in practicing it, you will still be suppressed by him.

Just like the Nine Dragon Sons, who were forced to be recognized as his sons by him, I advise you to think twice before acting. That old guy was locked up by the Heavenly Dao, and he prevented the Nine Dragon Sons from escaping the calamity and ascending to heaven."

After the Fire Sun Wutong Tree finished speaking, a red Wutong leaf fell from the branch, wrapped the Bailin Zhanyuan Sword, and threw it directly back to Yu Shuyang.

"The talisman has been refined for you. When you return, you can open the Wutong leaf and get it. Store it in your spiritual center.

The priesthood you cultivate is the same as that of the Tai Sui Dragon God. You can use this to experience the path of fortune and misfortune, and consider becoming a Dragon God from here."

After saying that, Huo Ri Wutong Tree picked up the cloud fan again, looked at it again and again, and couldn't let it go. After a long time, he took out a red maple leaf.

"Your cloud fan is more than just a fan. I see that your cultivation foundation is in the three ways of wind, water, and sword, so I will give you a wind spiritual treasure.

Don't waste this great opportunity. The Yin-Yang True Shape Fan combines the four Taoist elements of wind, cloud, yin and yang. It may be of great use in the future.

It can also bless you a little bit. Why not choose a Taoist name like Xuan Yunzi? Don’t you know that there was a Half-Step Taoist Ancestor in the Yun Dao who died in the end? "

Yu Shuyang was stunned when he heard this.

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