Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 130 The Corpse Dissection Lineage, City God's Divine Mirror
When the blind old Taoist priest personally stepped on and broke the signboard, the silent onlookers shook their heads and left, while some of the jeering crowd laughed excitedly as if they had won a great battle.

The young cultivator, accompanied by two ghost generals, sneered, "Don't let me see you setting up your fortune-telling stall again, or you'll regret it!"

Five taels of silver wasn't much, but the main problem was that the young cultivator Cai Yi hadn't dared to go home for seven days because of the blind old Taoist's warning.

Caijia Village is located in the northeast of Jinfeng County. Tantu Village is five or six li away from Jinfeng County, Yemo Village is eight or nine li away, and Caijia Village is twelve or thirteen li away.

There are no mountains or rivers near the Cai family, but there is a black gold mine. Not only can you dig out flammable black gold, but you can also collect graphite from it. Most importantly, there are also various spiritual materials buried for countless years.

Black gold is actually coal, which is said to have been formed from trees buried underground in ancient or even prehistoric times.

In ancient times, the power of heaven and earth was purer, and there were more plants and spiritual trees that were nurtured. After they died, they might transform into various treasures.

The Cai family made their fortune through the black gold mine, which not only enriched the entire village but also gave them considerable influence in the Yin-Yang realm, giving them a nouveau riche feel.

This time, Cai Yi heard that there was a great calamity in the northeast, and dared not go home just in case.

Unexpectedly, nothing has happened yet. Cai Yi, who couldn't eat or sleep well, was naturally furious, as if he had been tricked.

"Humph!"

Seeing the blind old Taoist priest sitting on the ground in a daze without saying a word, Cai Yi didn't dare to make a scene, so he left with two ghost generals as his guards.

Seeing this scene, Su Ji felt that this matter was related to him. He sighed slightly and then called Qian Feng over: "Go and tell that fortune teller that if there is no other way out, you can go to the food stalls in the city tomorrow morning and become a storyteller."

The restaurant was once a medium-sized establishment, with private rooms on the second floor in addition to the main hall. Having a storyteller would certainly make it more lively.

Once the official document authorizing the sale of alcohol is issued in the next couple of days, restaurants can be officially called "taverns".

"Yes, benefactor!"

Although Qian Feng changed his name, it was to avoid bringing trouble to his family. In reality, he still felt guilty and affectionate towards his family.

Let alone the orders from his benefactor Jin Chan, even if it were just for his elder brother Zhou Wen's 20% share in the restaurant, he would do his best to help.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, congratulations on the successful auction. Will there be another auction like this during the Ghost Festival this year?"

The speaker was none other than the Ghost King Ancestor of the Ren family. He not only refined pills for his own consumption but also sold them, so naturally he hoped to have as many meat spirit mushrooms as possible.

Su Ji nodded in affirmation: "Once the City God's Spirit Realm opens during the Ghost Festival, there will definitely be an auction!"

The flesh-shaped Ganoderma lucidum was found by Mo Linglong from the Five Aperture Heart Stone. Not only did it not lose its activity due to the death tornado, but it could also be cultivated.

The breeding ground is the heart stone of the five orifices.

Although the flesh spirit mushroom absorbs the form of the Five Aperture Heart Stone, there are two apertures of the Five Aperture Heart Stone that are not yet opened. If the last two apertures can be opened, it would be a win-win situation.

Through the deduction and analysis of the Heavenly Calculation, a very "scientific" cultivation method was derived, which involves watering the plant with Earth Yang Spirit Liquid and Earth Yin Spirit Liquid, and adding a wisp of Earth Yang Spirit Essence every day to increase its spirituality...

By the time of the Ghost Festival, the fleshy Ganoderma lucidum will not only grow back the cut-off parts, but may even grow larger.

Because of this, many cultivators guessed that Su Ji would still auction off the meat spirit mushroom, so the competition was not as fierce. Only cultivators with souls nearing their limits, like the old man who was a stove god spirit soldier, would risk everything to bid.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, this auction was truly excellent!" The Earth Spirit offered up treasures for bidding, which was far more profitable than directly exchanging divine power at the City God Temple.

Su Ji smiled and said, "If it weren't for Your Highness's support, this auction wouldn't have been so grand. Here is the amount after deducting the bidding fees, totaling 51,300 strands of divine power..."

The two parties had agreed on the profit sharing beforehand for this auction.

Su Ji takes a 30% profit from the auction price minus the starting price; the higher the auction price, the more Su Ji earns.

The treasures of the Earth Spirits are extremely rare, and their auction prices remain high, ultimately earning Su Ji over three thousand strands of divine power as a bidding fee.

Not long after, the guardian spirit soldiers of Qili Lake also arrived. After Su Ji transferred his divine power, more than two thousand strands of divine power entered his account.

The Mo family in Qianbian Town also had a treasure auction service, and Su Ji earned over a thousand strands of divine power as an auction fee.

Even the Earth God's short staff, which reached his eyebrows, had a bidding fee; Su Ji earned another nine hundred strands of divine power...

Zhu Nu and Qian Feng, standing to the side, thought to themselves, "Just for the bidding fee, they earned seven or eight thousand strands of divine power. They truly deserve to be called our benefactors!"

Three portions of meat-shaped Ganoderma lucidum were auctioned off for 14,300 yuan. After deducting the cost of cultivating the spiritual essence within, more than 10,000 strands of divine power were still obtained.

Su Ji was also generous, immediately taking out a thousand strands of divine power: "Pearl Maiden, this is your reward for hosting the auction tonight."

The Pearl Maiden had poured her heart and soul into it for half a year, only managing to earn three or four hundred strands of divine power. Tonight, she had just hosted an auction and received a thousand strands of divine power. This surprise was like a dream.

Seeing this, Su Ji simply smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. If the auction during the Ghost Festival is even better, your reward will only increase!"

The girl was taken aback, then quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, benefactor!"

Qian Feng received 30% of the profits from the treasure hunt in the Bright Moon Spirit Realm. Combined with the previous treasure hunt, the two of them earned a total of 2,000 strands of divine power. With this 1,000 strands, they now have 3,000 strands.

Since Zhu Nu does not practice the Minor Yin-Yang Method and does not possess the prerequisites for cultivating the living dantian, and Qian Feng's Minor Yin-Yang Method is still in its initial stage, it will take him about a year and a half to become a Dongxuan Master.

Originally, they planned to work hard to save money.

But now it was suddenly discovered that the three thousand strands of divine spirit were enough to purchase one portion of Earth Yang Mica and one portion of Earth Yin Mica, and the pressure was immediately reduced by more than half...

Su Ji packed up his stall and headed towards the City God Temple.

In this auction, some people paid with divine power, while others used large quantities of circulating treasures as currency. After Su Ji returned from the City God Temple, he had gained a large amount of divine power.

At this moment, Yan Tianchou began his summary: "Currently, I possess 28,000 strands of divine power, 12,000 units of computing power... 19 units of Yin Earth Mica, and Yin Earth Spiritual Essence..."

When the Earth Spirits arrived, they brought the mined Earth Mica.

Because of the Living Dantian Secret Technique, the Earth Yin Mica has quietly become a "strategic" resource. Selling it now would be a loss, so Su Ji kept it firmly in his hands.

"Twenty-eight thousand strands of divine power... I guess I'm considered one of the wealthiest among the high-level cultivators of the Ghost King realm!"

According to the information Su Ji obtained, even the Ren family, who owns Xiaofudi, only has very good assets, but the actual liquid funds they can actually come up with are probably only ten or twenty thousand.

Many cultivators use their money for cultivation, while others simply have no way to make money at all...

Even a top-tier reincarnated immortal like Mo Linglong only dared to enter a perilous place like the Death Tornado after receiving Su Ji's help.

In the end, Mo Linglong obtained the Five Aperture Heart Stone, Earth Yang Spirit Essence, top-grade spiritual medicine, top-grade spiritual materials, and many other treasures... worth nearly 100,000 strands of divine power.

Ordinary cultivators can obtain at most a thousand strands of divine power from the spiritual realm.

Qian Feng received guidance from Su Ji on how to find treasure and ultimately ranked third on the list of successful people.

The Wang family cultivator, ranked fifth on the Human Ranking, obtained more than three portions of Earth Yang Mica only with the guidance of the Day Wandering Spirit General.

At this moment, Su Ji suddenly had a thought: "Although the local spirit official of Ye Mo Village is a ghost king, he only entered the spirit realm with a celestial soul spirit at the level of a cave profound cultivator. He seems to be a loner, so why was he able to ultimately rank fourth on the human list?"

Of course, if the land deity of Yemo Village is lucky, he can also obtain a treasure with 5,800 strands of divine power and rank fourth on the human list.

However, Su Ji had always suspected that there was something wrong with the Yin Sha Antique Case investigated by the local spirit official of Ye Mo Village. In addition, the fact that the Bull-Headed Ghost King and his group of assassins fled to the northeast made Su Ji suspicious.

So Su Ji voiced his question to Mo Linglong.

"Land of Yemo Village..."

Although Mo Linglong only appeared as a white-haired girl, she had the experience left by the Xuanxian from her previous life, and immediately had some guesses in her mind.

"The land of Yemo Village also ranks fourth on the treasure list with a top-grade water-attribute spiritual material that is nearly three standard volumes in size. Such a treasure, worth two thousand strands of divine power, should have been taken away by the City God Temple long ago. The probability of finding it is less than one percent."

"Either the land of Yemo Village has gained the favor of that spiritual will, or the two sides were originally connected..."

Like Su Ji, he gained the favor of the Moon Lord and the Sun Lord, two Heavenly Spirit Lords, because of the Great Sun Immortal Realm Project and the Bright Moon Immortal Realm Project.

The second scenario is even simpler: the ancestor of the land deity of Yemo Village may have been a highly accomplished cultivator who, after death, voluntarily transformed into a spirit realm and offered it to the City God Temple…

"In that case, the spiritual realm explored by the local spirit official of Yemo Village may still retain some of his consciousness from his previous life, which is why it has benefited his descendants..."

Having obtained a clue, Su Ji naturally did not let it go so easily. Moreover, given his current status, investigating this matter would only take him a moment to ask a question.

Immediately, Su Ji found the City God and mentioned the matter.

Unexpectedly, the City God seemed to have anticipated this, shaking his head and laughing, "It's not just the Supervising Sun Spirit General who thinks there are some problems with the land in Ye Mo Village; someone has already reported this matter..."

Not only were people reported about the land in Yemo Village, but someone also anonymously reported that the top-ranked person on the whistleblower list was involved in fraud and colluding with the spiritual realm consciousness.

The City God Spirit Officer glanced at Su Ji with a touch of emotion, then continued, "That Ye Mo Village Earth God was originally just a ghost cultivator from Cai Family Village. He waited for several years without becoming a spirit soldier of the Earth God Temple, but he discovered a spiritual realm on the way to and from Qili Lake."

"This person has no foundation and knows that even if he takes over the Spirit Realm, he cannot develop a small blessed land, so he simply offers it to the City God Temple."

"The City God Temple adheres to the principle of rewarding merit, and not only rewarded this person with many treasures, but also made a promise. In a few years, this person became the local earth god of Yemo Village..." The City God Temple and the Earth God Temple both belong to the lineage of the current Heavenly Emperor Huangdi, so they are intertwined.

Zhang Xiaolian's grandfather could become the local spirit official of Dongsang and Xisang villages by virtue of his merits in the night tour of the City God Temple. Others could also become local spirit officials by contributing to the spiritual realm.

Su Ji couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Could it be that the spirit realm in this matter bestowed this treasure upon Ye Mo Village in gratitude to the local landowner?"

Unclaimed spiritual realms are extremely rare. The spiritual realm discovered by the land deity of Yemo Village is very likely to have originated from the deep abyss at the bottom of Qili Lake.

The City God Spirit Official nodded: "It was I who was in charge of matters concerning this spiritual realm back then..."

"This spiritual realm is located in a natural marshland where rainwater gathers. There used to be a group of demonic beasts in the marshland, but they were eliminated by Zhang Dianshi and his officials because they killed the people who were picking lotus roots."

"After the demonic beasts left Ono Marsh, many ghost cultivators regarded it as a sacred place for cultivation. The spiritual realm within was eventually discovered by the local earth god of Yemo Village..."

Su Ji never expected that this matter would be related to his own local earth god, Zhang Gong.

As for that spiritual realm, it could only barely survive in Onozawa by relying on the power of heaven and earth brought by the rain, but it found a guarantee of livelihood when it came to the City God Temple.

The City God then said with a helpless expression, "In previous years, the local earth spirit of Ye Mo Village never obtained so many treasures. It's only because the treasure hunt this year has yielded such abundant results that our City God Temple has nothing to pursue..."

If anyone is to blame, it's the City God Temple deities for not searching carefully enough and missing such a large piece of top-grade spiritual material.

Su Ji, however, felt that Onozawa Spirit Realm might have developed the ability to proactively offer treasures.

It should be noted that a top-grade water-attribute spiritual material worth two thousand strands of divine power is enough for three standard volumes, and it cannot be formed in one or two years.

Just like the Yang Mica and Yin Mica, they are usually just floating clouds, but with the addition of weather, they can be collected into high-grade spiritual materials.

Water-attribute spiritual materials are not necessarily unable to be dispersed in water. The land of Yemo Village can collect them through certain means, and the Onozawa Spirit Realm can also actively condense them into high-grade spiritual materials.

Therefore, Su Ji suggested to the City God Spirit Official: "If the local spirit official of Ye Mo Village actively collects them, it means that he has mastered some kind of secret technique that even the City God Temple does not have. It's fine if he comprehended it himself, but I'm afraid he obtained it from evil people..."

"I think we should pay special attention to the local spirit official of Yemo Village, and at least investigate him from the consciousness of Onozawa's spirit realm!"

The so-called villains were the strange forces that ambushed and killed Su Ji a few days ago. It was hard for Su Ji not to connect the local earth spirit of Ye Mo Village with them.

Immediately, the City God's spirit official had a thought: "The ambush perpetrators likely possess a small blessed land, possibly even containing more than one abyss spirit realm. If the Ono Marsh spirit realm were discovered by the strange forces, it would probably have already become their property..."

The City God Spirit Official couldn't help but have some doubts. Perhaps the strange forces regretted their actions after learning of the emergence of Onozawa Spirit Realm, which might have led them to contact Cai Gong, who was not yet the local deity of Yemo Village at the time.

Cai Gong, who came from a collateral branch of Cai Family Village, showed remarkable talent for cultivation after his death. However, due to his identity, he was excluded from the core level and became a ghost general. He waited for more than ten years but did not become a spirit soldier of the local earth god temple.

Therefore, Cai Gong, who was very disappointed with his family, did not choose to offer the spiritual realm to the Cai family, but instead offered it to the City God Temple, and finally got his wish and became the local earth god of Ye Mo Village.

"In order to cultivate walking corpses, the previous Earth God Wu of Dongsang and Xisang villages chose to collude with the Black Tiger Demon of Baiyan Mountain... If Earth God Cai of Yemo Village is colluding with strange forces, what is his purpose?"

The City God and Su Ji became more suspicious, so they decided to report directly to the City God.

Because this matter may involve the mysterious forces behind the assassins, the City God also attaches great importance to it and authorizes the City God Spirit Officer to inquire about the will of Onozawa Spirit Realm.

The treasure that the City God Spirit Official used to communicate with the spirit realm was one that Su Ji had heard about from the Earth God long ago.

In order to get Su Ji to join the Land God Temple, the local deity gave him two choices: one was to join the temple, and the other was to go to Jinfeng County to consult the City God.

Immediately, Su Ji sensed a familiar aura.

Yan Tianchou immediately provided his analysis, saying, "This aura is exactly the same as the detection light gates outside the various spiritual realm gates. Those detection light gates should all just be a mirror light from the City God's Divine Mirror."

Su Ji's heart skipped a beat. In order to "smuggle" the treasure, he used multiple methods to conceal it.

Unexpectedly, it was just a glimpse of the City God's Divine Mirror. If it had been the City God's Divine Mirror itself, Su Ji wouldn't have been so confident of getting away with it...

As Su Ji was feeling sentimental, the City God Spirit Official had already finished communicating with the consciousness of Onozawa Spirit Realm, and a light screen was projected into the City God Hall, showing the scene of the local spirit official of Yemo Village collecting high-grade water-attribute spiritual materials.

Then one could see that the Xiaoyeze Spirit Realm was only two or three miles long, with a total of six bodies of water, one large and five small. The land of Yemo Village lay directly in the largest body of water.

While it seemed that Cai Gong, the local deity of Ye Mo Village, was cultivating, Su Ji was surprised to find that this person's celestial soul and spirit were gradually transforming into water ripples and merging into the water.

The images projected by the divine mirror suddenly sped up, and within a dozen breaths, more than half an hour had passed, and new changes suddenly occurred in the waters.

Waves rippled across the water, flames ignited within, and wisps of mist rose into the air.

About half an hour later, the fog on the lake had become very thick. With a soft shout, countless wisps of fog gathered toward the center of the water, eventually forming the shape of a water-attribute spiritual material.

"It really is some kind of secret technique!" Su Ji and the City God were both shocked.

This secret technique utilizes the power of water and fire to condense the essence scattered in the water into a single entity, ultimately forming a superior water-attribute spiritual material with three standard volumes.

"Could it be the 'Water and Fire Refining Technique'?" The City God's eyes lit up, as if he had figured out the secret technique of the local earth god of Yemo Village.

Although Su Ji didn't understand why, he suppressed his curiosity in order to maintain the dignity of being the reincarnation of a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation.

The City God Spirit Official exclaimed in shock, "Lord Cai of Yemo Village has actually obtained the superior cultivation technique 'Water and Fire Refining' from the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal lineage!"

Su Ji's heart stirred; while surprised, he also gained a lot of confidence.

Sure enough, Yan Tianchou immediately found the description of the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal from his previous life based on the three words "Corpse-Dissolving Immortal".

There are three ranks of immortals: celestial immortals, earth immortals, and immortals who have attained enlightenment through the corpse. After attaining enlightenment, a Taoist can abandon his physical body and ascend to heaven, or leave no body behind but leave behind a thing to the world and ascend to heaven, which is called corpse liberation.

"There are distinctions such as fire-based liberation, water-based liberation, weapon-based liberation, spear-based liberation, sword-based liberation, etc."

The database of Yantianchou is limited, and it can only gather this information, but it is still quite useful.

"The Corpse Immortal technique should be a method of condensing the two souls of heaven and earth using the body as a medium. At the minor level, one has the two souls of heaven and earth protecting one's true soul and life spirit; at the major level, one has the potential to become a ghost immortal..."

After a person dies, if there is no spiritual essence and physical spirit as the foundation, the two souls of the heaven and earth of most living beings will dissipate between heaven and earth.

However, the human body is not only the vessel of the true soul and life spirit, but also closely related to the two souls of heaven and earth. If one cultivates the Corpse Dissolution Immortal Method using the body as a medium, there is a possibility of condensing the two souls of heaven and earth.

"No wonder the local deity of Yemo Village advanced from a ghost general to a ghost king in just a few years. It turns out he has already achieved great success in the path of corpse dissolution!"

With the presence of the Heaven and Earth Souls, it is easy to refine the subtle will of all things within the primordial energy of Heaven and Earth, and the speed at which magical power is accumulated also increases accordingly.

The only difference between Cai Gong, the local deity of Yemo Village, and Qian Feng might be that Cai Gong's true soul and life spirit have undergone transformation, and his cultivation speed far surpasses that of Tongji University.

At this point, a question arises: "Where did the Corpse Dissection Immortal Technique of the Earth God of Yemo Village come from?"

The City God may not know about the Yin Sha Antique Case, but Su Ji and the City God's spirit official do, and have some guesses about it.

"After the ancient tomb collapsed, a gap was exposed, which was found by the shepherds. Could it be that before that, the local deity Cai Gong of Ye Mo Village had already noticed it and taken the Corpse Dissection Immortal Technique from it?"

Verification is very simple: investigate the excavation of ancient tombs. Due to the influence of human nature and national fortune, ghosts and gods cannot easily contact officials, but they can send the Bed God and Bed Goddess to investigate the dreams of minor officials.

Before long, the City God Spirit Official gathered some useful information: "None of the minor officials who participated in the excavation of the ancient tomb saw the remains of the tomb owner. He must have achieved immortality through corpse liberation!"

If there were cultivators of the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal lineage in the ancient tomb, they would very likely have left behind the methods of Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, which would eventually be obtained by Cai Gong, the local deity of Ye Mo Village.

The City God then said solemnly, "Because not everyone can cultivate the Heavenly Soul and the Earthly Soul, the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal lineage was once prevalent in ancient times..."

"However, the path of corpse liberation to immortality also requires talent and aptitude. Many people blindly cultivate and die, while others use the name of corpse liberation to become immortal to establish various sects, not only plundering the people's wealth but also killing many people."

"As a result, while many cults were eradicated, the Corpse Dissection Immortal lineage was also suppressed, and currently only the Corpse Dissection Sect in the south and the Corpse Yin Sect in the north remain..."

Yuzhou, located in the central region of the world, is situated in the southwest, and may contain traces of the Corpse Dissection Sect from ancient times.

With some clues about the origins of the land in Yemo Village, and the assistance of the superior cultivation technique "Water and Fire Refinement" from the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, the fourth place on the Human Ranking is truly well-deserved.

However, the local earth god of Yemo Village cultivates the infamous Corpse Dissection Immortal Technique, making it hard not to associate him with strange forces.

Therefore, the City God made a decision: "Since the Spirit Realm has ended, I will use the City God's Divine Mirror to monitor Ye Mo Village for seven days..."

Nowadays, apart from the Corpse Dissection Sect and the Corpse Yin Sect, all forces related to the Corpse Dissection Immortal may be cults, and the City God has to take them seriously.

Unlike the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Dao Treasure, the Illuminating Mirror, the City God's Divine Mirror can only monitor a certain open area within its territory, and it requires the City God to expend divine power to activate it.

The divine power consumed over seven days amounted to tens of thousands, but for the sake of the stability of the Yin-Yang realm and the mortal world within Jinfeng County, the City God was willing to sacrifice it.

With the City God personally intervening, Su Ji immediately took his leave, satisfied.

The City God couldn't find a single clue all night.

Early in the morning, bad news came from the direction of the water vein: the daytime spirit of the City God Temple, who was responsible for investigating the east side of the water vein, had gone missing.

(End of this chapter)