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

Chapter 146 Ancient Secrets, Friendships Through Three Autumns

The term "True Man" has been associated with Su Ji since ancient times.

When Su Jigang first entered Dongsang Village, he was considered to be the reincarnation of a cultivator who had achieved perfect spiritual cultivation, and many spirits and deities in the City God Temple still hold this view to this day.

However, Su Ji was merely a transmigrator who had not cultivated any true spirit at all; all the wonders came from his body, which was the source of the Heavenly Mandate.

Now, the Jinshan Sect has sent someone to persuade Mo Linglong. They actually invited a True Person, and the True Person's shake of the head before leaving seemed to indicate that he had already seen through Su Ji's true intentions.

Su Ji's heart stirred slightly: "Could it be that Master Luo Chuan has already seen through my incarnation as a cultivator who has reached the pinnacle of cultivation?"

There are many records of the word "True Man" in his previous life. Leaving aside the True Man who was conferred the title, Su Ji believes more in those ancient True Man.

"The true men of old did not dream in their sleep, had no worries when they were awake, found no pleasure in their food, and breathed deeply..."

"The true men of ancient times did not know how to celebrate life, nor how to fear death; they were not pleased when they went out, nor did they resist when they came in; they simply went and came freely."

“The true men of old did not forget their origin, nor did they seek their end; they received with joy, and forgot with pleasure. This is what is meant by not abandoning the Way with one’s heart, nor assisting Heaven with human effort. This is what is meant by a true man.”

In recent days, Su Ji has been working with the Thousand Machine Elder to try to condense the power of human souls and life spirits using the [Deflection Mystic Technique], and has made considerable progress.

However, as long as Su Ji doesn't continuously use the [Deflection Mystic Technique] to maintain it, the quality of his soul will decline, eventually remaining just at the state before his transformation, slightly weaker than Qian Feng's soul strength.

This result is actually very good; many highly skilled practitioners who have practiced Qi for many years have only reached this level.

However, even a transformed soul is still quite far from a true spirit, let alone a soul that is only slightly lacking in transformation. It is likely that Master Luochuan would have noticed something was wrong with Su Ji at a glance.

Su Ji, however, was very open-minded. For him at this moment, the title of reincarnation of a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation was no longer important.

By the end of May, Su Ji will become the God of Wealth, at which point he will inevitably engage in fierce competition with the Qian Family Chamber of Commerce.

Once the faith in Jinfeng County is taken over, it can be expanded rapidly. With Su Ji's knowledge of past lives, becoming a true god is only a matter of time.

Su Ji also expressed his understanding of Mo Linglong's choice.

Although Mo Linglong appears to be reborn, she is actually still influenced by her past life memories. Before her resurrection, she had three personalities, and after her resurrection, she will inevitably still have the personality from her previous life.

However, just as Mo Linglong said, the only thing she has in common with her past life is some memories.

If Mo Linglong truly has no attachments, she could even continue to possess the Xuanxian Dao Fruit of the Golden Mountain Sect, since the Xuanxian Dao Fruit rightfully belongs to her.

Clearly, Mo Linglong's final guarantee impressed Master Luo Chuan and gave the Jinshan Sect's visitors an explanation. As the golden glow in the sky dissipated, the world returned to quiet.

Two hours later, the Luhu Grand Gathering finally came to an end. As the City God Temple deities and the Thousand Machine Elder's group returned to Jinfeng County, Su Ji also received the result he had been waiting for.

From then on, the Taibai Dragon Clan of Luhu Lake regarded the Qili Lake water system as their territory, including various sections of the river that did not belong to the village.

At the same time, the Taibai Dragon Clan is also subject to the rules and regulations of the Water Palace, the City God Temple, and the Mountain God Temple. If they cause any trouble in the mortal world, the three temples will jointly discuss and intervene...

Finally, the Taibai Dragon Clan also set the opening time for the Earth-level Secret Realm: two years later, during the spring tide.

"Spring tide..."

Su Ji knew that the spring tide was in early spring, when a large amount of ice and snow melted and flowed into rivers, some of which gathered in lakes, and some flowed into the great rivers and into the seas.

Yan Tianchou analyzed, "There are still twenty months until the Spring Tide two years from now. During this time, we should continuously improve our strength and at least master one high-grade profound technique..."

When the Taibai Dragon Clan took away the large water vein divine pearl, they promised to give many meritorious cultivators a great opportunity. Now, this promise has been fulfilled at the Luhu Grand Gathering, which is the opportunity to enter the Taibai Dragon Clan's earth-level spiritual realm, "Autumn Cold Wonderland".

There are various methods for cultivating Yin and Yang in the world, such as the "Minor Yin-Yang Method," various methods for cultivating the Five Elements, and people who practice the Three Powers, Four Symbols, Six Harmonies, Seven Luminaries, and so on.

The Four Symbols not only correspond to the Four Heavenly Spirits, but also to the Four Seasons: Spring is Jumang, Summer is Zhurong, Autumn is Rushou, and Winter is Yujiang. Among them, Yujiang is the Heavenly King of the Ministry of Works in the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Craftsman God.

The autumn chill wonderland contains the power of late autumn. At this time, the sun shines in the house, in the twilight, and in the dawn, all agricultural work has been completed, and the cold winter is about to arrive. In the northern frontier, frost and snow have fallen first...

The chilling aura within the divine pearl was leaked from the Earth-level secret realm, Autumn Frost Immortal Realm, which created the solid ice altar within the large water vein spiritual realm.

As for the past of the Divine Pearl, it was also learned by Su Ji at this time.

It turns out that the so-called earthquake was not a calamity of heaven and earth, but the result of a war between gods and demons.

More than 16,000 years ago, when the Eastern Azure Emperor was serving as the Heavenly Emperor, a demon of the Earthly Fiend level, who was a God-King, suddenly appeared and prepared to dominate the world and establish a demon kingdom on earth.

The Heavenly Court reacted quickly and dispatched troops to fight the demons, a battle that lasted for over three hundred years.

During this time, the Taibai Dragon Clan of the Luhu lineage was invaded by evil spirits, and the Divine Pearl disappeared at that time.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Court eventually wiped out all the forces of the Earthly Fiends and used its immense supernatural powers to move an entire mountain range to suppress them.

From then on, the section of the Taibai River flowing towards Jinfeng County dried up, leaving only a river that meanders through the mountains to keep Qili Lake from drying up...

Listening to the old man Qianji's account, Su Ji was filled with shock.

"In order to prevent the Earth-level Immortal Realm from falling into the hands of evil spirits, the Taibai Dragon Clan hid the Divine Pearl in the Black Gold Stone Mine before his death... No wonder even the Taibai Dragon Clan themselves searched for tens of thousands of years without success."

"Such a vast White Rock Mountain Range is merely a powerful divine ability used by the Azure Emperor of the East to suppress the Earthly Fiends?"

Currently, Su Ji has only personally seen Master Luo Chuan and has seen the Heavenly Hand of the Thousand Transformations Ancestor and the Golden Mountain Sect immortals who have transformed into golden clouds.

Now, however, he suddenly learned that the Baiyan Mountain Range, which stretches for over a hundred miles, was actually just a powerful divine ability of the Eastern Azure Emperor to suppress evil spirits. He finally witnessed the power of a true great being.

"In that case, both [Transformation into a Golden Toad] and [Golden Toad Transformation] should just be considered minor supernatural abilities!"

Minor supernatural powers, supernatural powers, and major supernatural powers correspond to the Spirit level, Earth level, and Heaven level, respectively, which are worlds apart.

Su Ji felt a great sense of disappointment at this, but it also gave him more motivation.

In the following days, Su Ji studied the [Earth Yang Profound Seed] in the Great Sun Spirit Realm during the day and the [Shadow Light Concealment] at night, making considerable progress.

After about ten days, Su Ji's [Earth Yang Mystic Seed] surpassed others and became a mid-grade mystic technique first. The 108 Earth Yang Lotus flowers on the Earth Yang land of Nanshan began to merge.

Soon, the 108 Earth Yang Lotus flowers transformed into 36, and the Earth Yang land on the mountaintop finally began to develop into a medium-sized spiritual plant garden. The morning glory spiritual plants grew increasingly lush, while the chrysanthemum buds quietly began to bloom.

At the same time, Su Ji's path of cultivation also reached its first hurdle. He completed the refinement of essence and foundation building in his lower dantian and began to cultivate the five elements transformation of qi in his middle dantian.

Yan Tianchou presented his well-prepared plan: "After perfect foundation building, the Yin and Yang primordial energy in the lower dantian will form a primordial elixir. The Yin and Yang primordial energy cultivated thereafter will flow along the meridians into the five internal organs as the primordial elixir circulates."

"The Yin and Yang Qi that enters the five internal organs will generate the subtle Qi of the five minor elements, while the Yin and Yang Qi that enters the six bowels will enhance the body's ability to absorb the subtle Qi from food."

"The five internal organs are of paramount importance to the body. For ordinary cultivators, the Yin and Yang energy they cultivate is only enough to supply the five internal organs. However, this golden toad body has achieved perfect foundation building, which can take into account the cultivation of the five internal organs..."

"Meat can only guarantee the intake of qi and blood. To obtain more subtle vital energy, one must also consume the five grains, five fruits, five vegetables, five flowers, and five animals, and together with the five qi, achieve the best state of qi transformation and cultivation..."

"At the same time, strengthening the six internal organs will also improve the body's ability to absorb qi and blood, accelerating the speed at which one can cultivate to the level of a demon general..."

Ordinary people eat common grains, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and livestock, but Su Ji can collect better food with the help of the East-West Merchants Association. He can even buy some spirit grains from the Ren family's small blessed land at a high price.

"No wonder even those who have achieved the highest level of cultivation and live in seclusion would choose to enter a level-eight secret realm to compete for resources. Not only are there all kinds of treasures inside, but also all kinds of spirit-grade grains, flowers, fruits, and other items..."

Every step in cultivation is essential. Yin and Yang primordial energy is the foundation of the dantian in cultivation, while the subtle primordial energy of the five elements is the guarantee for the cultivation of the upper dantian.

Mo Linglong was forced to reincarnate because of a problem with her Yin-Yang Qi cultivation in her lower dantian. Similarly, some Qi cultivators who are lacking in their Qi Transformation cultivation need to use various Earth-level spiritual treasures to make up for their deficiencies.

Su Ji achieved perfect foundation building in just seventy-six days. The subsequent Qi transformation was also not difficult; he could simply cultivate slowly.

The only difference is that Su Ji used Yin-Yang spiritual essence again to strengthen the fascia outside the meridians. For this, Su Ji even used the 50,000 strands of divine power obtained from the large water vein spiritual realm as a budget.

According to Yan Tianchou's analysis, it's not necessary to use so much: "When strengthening the meridians with Yin-Yang spiritual essence, the fascia has already been affected by the Yin-Yang spiritual essence and has a certain foundation. It is estimated that strengthening the fascia of the five internal organs and six bowels will require 33,000 strands of divine power..."

"If one were to strengthen the body with Yin-Yang spiritual essence, it would require 56,000 strands of divine power..."

Su Ji's strengthening of his body wasn't entirely for the purpose of cultivation. While strengthening his body in various ways would also make the cultivation of his bloodline and spirit easier, otherwise he wouldn't know when he would be able to cultivate into a divine beast.

Fortunately, although there are a lot of 89,000 strands of divine power, they do not need to be taken out all at once, so there is no need to sell treasures.

"Therefore, we can't just focus on the opening of the City God's Spirit Realm during the Ghost Festival in Jinfeng County..."

As the guardian spirit general, Su Ji would be guilty of stealing treasures from the City God's Spirit Realm before it was opened. At most, he could only plant some Earth Yang Lotus flowers.

Besides Jinfeng County, there are various City God Temples nearby. Once the large-scale deflecting spirit artifact is completed, Su Ji will be able to make a fortune at the City God Temples in other cities!
Not a few days had passed when Su Ji, who was cultivating, suddenly heard a call.

"General of the Sun, a powerful cultivator has flown to the top of Nanshan Mountain and entered the Earth Yang Land despite our attempts to stop him!" General Pig Third of Nanshan Mountain hurriedly reported.

The sunny side of Nanshan is where Su Ji cultivates spiritual herbs. It not only has morning glory and chrysanthemum spiritual plants that have been selected through natural selection, but also various other spiritual herbs that have been transplanted there, making it a truly important place.

"A powerful cultivator...did he damage my spirit plant garden?"

Pig Brother Three said in a flustered manner, "That person stopped at the Earth Yang Chrysanthemum Spirit Plant and picked a few chrysanthemum petals..."

"A few petals..." Su Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

The worst-case scenario would be if the other party simply took the spiritual plant away; there is still room for communication.

Seeing that the situation was unclear, the door gods asked, "Sun-monitoring Spirit General, should we go and call the Earth God?"

Su Ji shook his head and said, "Whether the visitor is friend or foe, he is only one person. Let the local earth god cultivate in peace!"

Last time, after Su Ji reminded him, the local earth god made a special trip to the state community and actually found some clues.

Now, the land deity has entered the "preparatory camp for cultivating immortality" of the land deity system and has begun to cultivate diligently according to the system's guidance.

Due to the strict orders of the pantheon, the Earth God cannot reveal too much.

Su Ji only knew that the Earth God had chosen the right path. As long as he could pass through the rigorous training tests step by step, he could obtain some very difficult-to-cultivate Dao of the Earth, the Mysterious Immortal Dao Fruit.

So, Su Ji didn't disturb the local deity. After taking the three Blazing Crystals, he headed towards Nanshan.

Before long, Su Ji arrived at the top of Nanshan Mountain and met the so-called powerful cultivator.

The newcomer resembled a refined scholar, dressed in a white robe embroidered with chrysanthemums, holding a fan covered in chrysanthemum patterns, and wearing an expression of great joy.

Only after Su Ji landed did the scholar-like cultivator raise his head, look at Su Ji, and reveal a smile.

"I thought wild boars couldn't possibly appreciate the beauty of chrysanthemums, but it turns out these chrysanthemums belong to you!"

As Pig Brother Three said, this person only picked a few petals and did not cause any damage to the Spirit Plant Garden.

Seeing this, Su Ji's expression softened considerably: "I am a wandering spirit soldier from the Earth God Temple of Dongsang and Xisang Villages, and concurrently serve as the Spirit General of Jinfeng County. May I ask your background?"

Su Ji's cultivation level was only that of a Dongxuan Master, and he was not valued by the visitors until Su Ji mentioned the title of the Supervisor of the Sun Spirit of the City God Temple in Jinfeng County.

"The Golden Toad, the Spirit General Who Monitors the Sun? Even in Lunzhou, located at the western end of the White Rock Mountains, your name is still widely known!"

The fake ascendants of Caijia Village were nothing but a joke. What truly made Su Ji famous was the Blazing Crystal Treasure, which could break through the membrane of the Spirit Realm.

It should be noted that most high-ranking Ghost Kings cannot even enter the Spirit Realm. Even if they discover the Spirit Realm, they can only send out Ghost Generals and Profound Masters to explore it little by little.

If they encounter a spirit realm containing evil will, even one in ten ghost generals and mages will be wiped out, and many high-level cultivators and ghost kings, even if they are powerful, can only stare helplessly.

Su Ji's Blazing Crystal Treasure brought a new idea, and it spread far and wide along with the acquisition of a large water vein spiritual realm by the City God Temple in Jinfeng County.

The visitors came along the Baiyan Mountains, firstly to visit the Taibai Dragon Clan of Luhu Lake, and secondly to seek a conversation with the Jianri Lingjiang Jinchan.

Unexpectedly, this person met the legendary Sun-Watching Spirit General Golden Toad as soon as he arrived at Nanshan because of the Earth Yang Chrysanthemum, and the two quickly started chatting.

“Sanqiu Jun, the matter of borrowing the treasure can be discussed, and the reward can also be negotiated. I would like to make one more request.”

Gao Xiu, whose name was Sanqiu Jun, suddenly smiled: "General of the Sun Watch, I also have a request..."

(End of this chapter)