From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 81 This is going to be published
Youming entered the shell and slowly swam forward along the spiral pattern.

The road ahead seemed to have no end, and the walls were inlaid with countless irregular gems, scattered like stars in the night sky.

From the outside, the conch shell looked no bigger than a house, but You Ming walked for a long time.

He walked all the way to the deepest part, where countless grids appeared before him.

This place must have once been Qinglian Jun's treasure trove.

Almost all the compartments were open, and everything inside had been taken away. Judging from the marks, it must have happened recently.

The rightmost compartment was tightly closed, and it couldn't be opened no matter how hard you tried.

You Ming took out an irregular purple fragment and pressed it into a recessed spot on the lattice door.

It fit perfectly, without any gaps.

That day, when You Ming killed one of Qinglian Jun's memory avatars, this fragment accidentally appeared. At the time, he wondered what it was.

It wasn't until he entered Mirror Lake a few days ago that he discovered the indentation on the grid perfectly matched the shape of the fragment.

He guessed that this fragment must be the key to these compartments, but because he happened to have revealed it, those who took Qinglian Jun's relics were unable to open the compartment.

And now, even the [Mirror Lake Water Mansion] has been stolen by him.

All I can say is that when I increased the Luck attribute to 10 points, my luck was truly unbeatable, and all my wishes came true.

You Ming took a deep breath, seemingly a little nervous.

"rumble."

The lattice door slowly cracked open, and a faint light emerged from the crack.

A faint sound, like countless fragments colliding, reached his ears. In the void, countless light, golden streams of air were fluttering about, like soft feathers.

They collide, merge, and separate, creating a dazzling and beautiful spectacle.

When You Ming appeared, these gentle currents of air seemed to be attracted by an invisible force, and they gathered around him.

You Ming has now transformed into a Yin spirit, his body resembling a ghost, appearing in a semi-illusory state.

But as these forces landed on Youming's Yin Spirit, it was as if his Yin Spirit had put on a layer of starlight-like clothing, and his Yin Spirit immediately became solid and firm.

At this moment, the cold and gloomy aura on You Ming's body was swept away, replaced by an ethereal and spiritual quality.

All external elements, such as wind, frost, rain, and snow, are easily blocked from entering the Yin spirit.

"This is... a fetal diaphragm..."

You Ming's heart skipped a beat, and an unbelievable guess came to him.

He thought obtaining the [Mirror Lake Water Mansion] was already an extraordinary opportunity, but he never expected to get a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

Once a cultivator reaches the fourth level, they will attain the "Yin Spirit Contemplation," which uses brilliant mysterious light to reflect the appearance of their own Yin Spirit, allowing the Yin Spirit to detach from the body.

Not only did his magical power increase greatly, but he could also fly freely with the help of the Yin spirit, traveling thousands of miles, which gave him a sense of freedom.

In reality, newly born Yin spirits are weak, and external winds, thunder, or even evil spirits that secretly covet them can damage or even devour them.

Only when one reaches the fifth level, gathers various external energies, integrates them into the Yin Spirit, and allows the Yin Spirit to initially form a Dharma form, does one truly gain the power to protect oneself.

These external Qi take many forms. For example, Taoists often use lead and mercury or incense, because these two are the most stable and easiest to obtain. More precious forms include star energy from the heavens above or magnetic fields from the poles.

But this is easier said than done. In reality, the resources and time wasted are enormous. Take Tai'an Prefecture as an example, there are very few cultivators who have reached the fifth level. Most of the older generation of cultivators are stuck at the [Yin Shen] stage and cannot gather enough resources to condense a Dharma body.

The lifespan of cultivators at this level is only five hundred years, and many die of old age while collecting resources. You Ming hadn't thought that far ahead before, after all, he hadn't even truly manifested his Yin Spirit yet.

There is a saying in spiritual practice: "The Yin spirit manifests as the embryonic light, and the external Qi transforms into clothing," which aptly describes the connection between the Yin spirit and the Dharma form.

Therefore, powerful cultivators used their supernatural abilities to gather various resources and forge the [Fetal Light Outer Garment] for their descendants.

The outer garment of the fetal light cannot compare to the true form, but in reality, the resources wasted far exceed the consumption of condensing the form.

For monks, this is almost a luxury.

Its greatest function is to allow cultivators at the fourth level to "wear" this [Buddha-like Outer Robe], thus gaining some power similar to a Dharma Form in advance. At the same time, cultivators can skip the step of gathering resources; as long as they gradually refine the outer robe, it will transform into a Dharma Form.

It's fair to say that this thing is a top-tier treasure at a specific level, and any cultivator at the [Yin Shen] level would fight tooth and nail for it.

You Ming tried to calm his restless heart. As expected of Qinglian-jun, even a casual revelation could save me from taking a hundred years of detours.

He was like a child who had received new clothes, swimming back and forth in the water wearing a "clothes of radiance".

……

"Quickly, quickly, set up the altar and light the best incense sticks."

"Cang Zhao'er, sweep the floor again."

"When the bed sprinkling water, make sure there isn't a single speck of dust..."

The entire Yuanling Mountain was in chaos, with chickens running and dogs barking, and everyone bustling about.

This was because You Ming suddenly received a notification that morning that an envoy from the [Department of Fertility] in the upper realm was about to descend.

No amount of grandeur is too much when it comes to welcoming the angels.

You Ming was alright, after all, he had met the fifth-rank Golden Boy God several times. No matter how high the position of the official from the [Fertility Department] who descended to the mortal realm this time was, he could not reach the fifth rank.

Wu Mo and the others were very nervous and cleaned Yuanling Mountain inside and out, afraid that there might be something they hadn't done properly.

They worked until noon, when the sun was at its highest.

After everyone finished their work, they waited carefully in front of the temple.

"when."

A clear, resonant bell rang out from the void, its sound shaking the clouds and parting them.

In an instant, more than a dozen figures, some faintly visible, appeared among the clouds.

In the void, thirty-six streams of pure energy flowed down, and a figure with two bodies and two faces slowly emerged. Its front was like a crimson Vajra with a blue face and fangs, extremely fierce; while its back was a graceful woman with a beautiful face and a swollen belly, as if she were pregnant.

They were connected back to back, which looked very strange.

Beneath him were phantom images of blue lotuses, and his arms held aloft imperial edict scrolls, exuding a sacred and vast aura.

Behind this figure were children, girls, and women, each holding a crown, jade pendant, seal, and other items.

"You Ming, receive the imperial decree!"

The crimson-faced voice boomed like a bell, instantly exploding above Yuanling Mountain, making Youming's eardrums ache.

The people of Yuanling Mountain naturally dared not be negligent and all knelt down, even the little carp bowed deeply to the sky.

(End of this chapter)