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Chapter 318 Old Li's Value Continues to Rise
As for the corruption of personality by the power of will, Feng Xue, who is already able to accurately filter out the contents of the Emperor's Dew, can easily avoid it. As for pure power of will...

Feng Xue couldn't help but turn her attention to King Ghidorah in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Ghidorah is essentially hatched from a "seed of faith". Feng Xue constructed a side of her soul with the goal of becoming an "outer path nascent soul". Its nature is completely consistent with her own soul. She directly nourishes Ghidorah with her own primordial energy and then lets Ghidorah produce will power, which can basically guarantee the purity of the will power (Note ①).

Although this behavior seems no different from directly absorbing vital energy to strengthen the soul, Feng Xue's goal is not just the path of the soul in the folk world, but to defy the mortal and become an immortal.

The most important step in the path derived from the magic of Bigeley's world is "Primordial Qi".

This refers to what Bigeley called the spiritual "elements".

Qi has a spirit and thus becomes Qi. In order to make the original Qi have a spirit, replacing the original Qi with the power of will that has a spirit is the most direct solution he can think of.

However, the power of will is essentially "acquired spirituality." There is still a long way to go before one can reach innate spirituality and transform a breath of innate primordial energy into innate primordial qi.

This is also why Feng Xue insisted on cultivating both Xuanwu and Xuanwu simultaneously.

Ultimately, the reason why cultivators in this world can extend their lifespan after entering the Dao is because they integrate their overflowing magical power into their vital energy circulation, strengthen their bodies, and thus produce more vital energy, achieving a virtuous cycle.

In other words, the production of vital energy cannot be separated from the support of the physical body.

Feng Xue is still experimenting with how to balance the proportions of these three elements in his cultivation. Fortunately, he has no shortage of trial and error costs.

After sending the reformed members of the Wharf Gang out of the clinic, Feng Xue planned to use the Yuan-gathering method combined with the principles of the blessing artifact to further process Ghidorah's willpower and reduce potential risks.

"It's a pity that Old Li only taught me the technique of gathering primordial energy, but not how to further refine it into pills. Otherwise, I could have purified it even further... Alas, it's true that missing any one of the hundred arts of cultivation will have an impact. I can only figure it out on my own."

However, all the jade pieces he had were of the same shape. To avoid taking the wrong one in an emergency, he took a piece of yellow jade and planned to carve a dragon head to distinguish them.

"My food is almost ready, how much longer will it take for yours?" Liu Yunxi's voice came from the kitchen. She had just finished shaping the top of the jade dragon head, and because she hadn't adjusted the details yet, the whole dragon head looked rather clumsy.

"Just call me when you're done!" Feng Xue used a variation of the Cleansing Spell, the Gathering Spell, to collect the jade shavings on the workbench. She channeled her magic power into her fingertips, squeezed them together, and formed them into a small jade ball.

In order to overcome the defects of her miscellaneous soul, Feng Xue had put in a lot of hard work in cultivating the Jade-Unraveling Technique. Now, if she simply kneads the fragments and jade powder of the same material into one, she doesn't even need to go through any rituals. With just a thought, her magic power will spontaneously form the corresponding spell.

"It's in pretty bad condition. I'll just mix it with the other scraps later." Feng Xue twirled the murky jade ball between her fingers a couple of times, then casually stuffed it into her storage bag and got up to walk toward the restaurant.

Impressed by Liu Yunxi's increasingly better skills, Feng Xue didn't forget to light three sticks of incense for each of Mo Ying, Xiao Lingdang, Ghidorah, and Su'e Huiye. Although incense and candles are just a ritual, what is truly needed is the sentiment. However, the existence of the ritual itself makes it easier to carry the power of wishes.

Just as the weight of remembrance carried by remembering ancestors in one's heart is clearly different from that carried by burning paper money to remember ancestors, the two are obviously different.

A wish can be made at will, but since the mind is not settled, only tangible things can be more easily used as a vessel. Even a merit pool needs copper coins to carry the wishes, whether light or heavy.

"Oh, right, tomorrow we're throwing away the poor and welcoming the rich, don't forget." Liu Yunxi's tone was quite subtle. Upon hearing this, Feng Xue immediately knew this was a lingering effect of sending off the Kitchen God too early. She quickly pulled out the almanac to check and confirmed she hadn't misremembered before nodding.
"No problem, it is indeed the case here that on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, people throw away poverty and welcome wealth, and on the fifth day, they open the market to welcome the God of Wealth (Note ②)."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunxi relaxed a bit and casually asked, "Speaking of which, besides throwing away the trash accumulated during the New Year, there are also rituals and such for sending away poverty. Do you want to participate?"

Feng Xue had originally intended to take Liu Yunxi to see the place, even if they didn't attend the Dharma assembly, just to stroll around the streets. However, the inspiration that had stirred within him earlier resurfaced, and remembering the previous divination, he shook his head and said:

"No, there are too many cultivators at the Dharma assembly, and the karma is too complicated. It's better to stay away."

……

"Has the location been decided?" Inside the Shilla Pharmacy, the shop owner asked the customer as if he were conducting a medical consultation, but the two were exchanging completely different thoughts.

"The Dharma assembly is scheduled to take place at the Temple of the God of Wealth. Seventy percent of the orthodox monks in the city will participate. The rest are some shamans, monsters, Nestorian Christians, etc., and are not worth fearing."

While the guest described his aching back and knees, he was using his consciousness to transmit the information he had gathered.

The shop owner nodded and said:

"We still need to be careful. Make a table of their area. The leader of the Nine Chrysanthemums faction will land at 2 a.m. Before making contact, summarize the route and give it to him. Then everyone should go into silence. Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, everyone should remain silent. Unless the No. 1 summons us, do not do anything unnecessary."

"clear."

The customer took a packet of herbs and left the pharmacy in a great hurry. Seeing that there was not much business for the time being, the shop owner called his staff over to watch over the shop while he went to the storeroom to check the inventory.

……

"A worthless Void God, already weakened by such a small amount!"

That night, Feng Xue took the shimmering golden jade dragon head seal out of the magic array, a look of dissatisfaction on her face. Compared to his speed of refining primordial energy, Ghidorah's speed of producing pure willpower was really average.

Because the power of will is like flesh and blood to a virgin god. Although a virgin god can recover by absorbing the power of will, in order to ensure the purity of Ghidorah's power of will, Feng Xue only uses external power of will as the raw material for casting spells. The body of Ghidorah is always composed only of his vital energy.

However, at this time, Mo Ying's special characteristics became apparent. Compared to Ying Bao's enormous appetite, which was almost indiscriminate and would eat as much as given, Ghidorah's appetite was exceptionally small, and it was not much faster than Feng Xue's soul absorbing vital energy.

However, considering that Feng Xue's own efficiency in absorbing vital energy is only so-so, it is roughly enough to meet her cultivation needs.

"Little Bell, back up my current mental state, grant information collection permissions, record my upcoming changes in mental state, and immediately interrupt my cultivation if the deviation exceeds the predetermined level."

(End of this chapter)