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

Chapter 158 Applying the same principles to other situations, the Ghost Festival
The divine positions of human deities are not the "charms" of a pantheon, but rather a qualitative change that occurs when the number of believers reaches a certain scale.

Roughly speaking, a hundred devout believers can gather a human godhood... To become a true god, you need at least a faith scale of 100,000 devout believers.

Aside from members of the East-West Chamber of Commerce, there are not many devout believers in the God of Wealth faith.

Fortunately, true believers and casual believers are both cornerstones of faith. If there are tens of millions of casual believers, it is not impossible for them to become true gods based on tens of thousands of devout believers.

However, in addition to their divine status, true gods also need the power of faith derived from incense offerings and vows to have sufficient strength. The six-year plan of Yantianchou is only the divine status. If they want to accumulate the power of faith to unleash the divine power of the God of Wealth, it will probably take much longer.

Currently, Su Ji's humanistic deity is roughly at the level of a spirit official. To cultivate more believers, it will require a long period of gradual and subtle influence.

Next, Su Ji continued to cultivate according to the plan every day, and of course, he did not forget his newly acquired position as the God of Wealth.

Long ago, when Su Ji was teaching Zhang Xiaolian cultivation, he had thought of using the [Dong Shen Tong Xuan] to obtain the exclusive supernatural power of the God of Wealth. Now he is using the power of the Yan Tian Chou to cultivate this path.

Su Ji and Mo Linglong spent two or three months refining a large-scale deflecting spiritual weapon. It must have been more than just imprinting mysterious spiritual patterns. They also gained some understanding of the metal element of the Five Elements.

It should be noted that the Way of Dispersing Gold has five principles, and Su Ji's Way of Deflection must also involve Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

Initially, Su Ji used the [Deflection Mystery Realm] to increase the cultivation speed of Yin and Yang energies and obtained the Heavenly Light of the Sun and the Heavenly Light of the Moon.

Now we are beginning to explore the Five Elements. Putting aside everything else, the combination of [Bias] and the Five Elements can at least provide enough information to deduce the supernatural powers of the God of Wealth.

The plan for the Tianchou project was already in place.

"【Deflection】involves the changes of heaven and earth, and when combined with the five elements, it becomes the five supernatural powers of the God of Wealth."

"When combined with the metal element of the Five Elements, one can deduce the magical power of the gold ingot, which can be both large and small."
"When combined with the element of Earth in the Five Elements, one can deduce the magical power of summoning treasures that can fall from the sky."
"When combined with the element of wood in the Five Elements theory, it can be used to deduce the abacus, a magical tool for calculating celestial secrets."
"When combined with the fire element of the Five Elements, one can deduce the divine power of burning incense and vows."
"When combined with the element of water in the Five Elements theory, it can be used to deduce magical powers that can dazzle the eyes with wealth."

The Heavenly Calculation List is so extensive that each one requires at least tens of thousands of units of computational power to deduce to the highest level of divine power perfection.

As long as Su Ji doesn't leave the city limits of Jinfeng County, he will be protected by the City God Temple and is not in a hurry to deduce the divine powers of attack.

After pondering for a moment, Su Ji said, "First, we'll deduce the abacus magic that can predict the secrets of heaven, then we'll deduce the illusion magic that can bewitch people. We can start forging the spiritual artifact corresponding to the gold ingot right now..."

At this time, Yan Tianchou dared not pry into the secrets of heaven because he was afraid of being erased. The abacus magic was able to deduce the secrets of heaven from the side. If nothing else, at least he could see the changes in fortune and misfortune.

Yan Tianchou said, "To deduce the perfected superior-grade abacus supernatural power requires 129,600 units of calculation power, which is estimated to take three days..."

Currently, Su Ji has accumulated less than 200,000 computing power, but fortunately, time is money, so Su Ji is not in a hurry.

Soon it was the tenth day of the seventh month, and Su Ji obtained a divine power of wealth that could transform into an abacus to calculate the secrets of heaven.

However, each time the secrets of heaven are deduced, what is consumed is not computing power, but the power of faith and vows of the God of Wealth.

In order to conserve as much faith power as possible, Su Ji decided to refine a magical artifact.

"In the realm of wood, the eastern states are the most prominent. Fortunately, the mechanical arts of the Thousand Transformations Ancestor lineage are also based on the wood arts..."

Since Su Ji couldn't travel to the eastern states to find Xuanmen weapon refiners to help him forge magical treasures, he went directly to Mo Linglong.

Three and a half months have passed since Mo Linglong arrived in Jinfeng County.

More than a month ago, Mo Linglong could have returned to Qianbian Town, but because of the Jushan Demon incident, she deliberately stayed in Jinfeng County, which was further away.

After all, the situation of the ancient ruins beneath Jushan Mountain is unclear. If there really are ancient demons still existing, Qianbian Town, which is closer, is certainly not as safe as Jinfeng County.

"Refine a magical abacus artifact?"

Mo Linglong knew the special nature of the Golden Toad Envoy before her, so she didn't ask any further questions and readily agreed: "The current head of the Mo family has only recently entered the Cave Profound Realm. If he wants to refine a superior abacus spiritual artifact, he can go to my grandmaster..."

Mo Linglong is the fifth-generation disciple of the Mo family. Her grandmaster is Qian Ling, the master of Qianji Laosou. He is currently over 160 years old and has been cultivating the Dao of Dongzhen in seclusion in Qianbian Town because he has been unable to cultivate the Xuanxian Dao Fruit.

Although Qianling did not cultivate the "Minor Yin-Yang Method", she still gained a lot from the Dantian cultivation method. When she heard that the famous Jian Ri Ling General of Jinfeng County wanted to ask her to refine a spiritual weapon, she readily agreed.

The higher the quality of the magical artifacts and treasures that Su Ji wanted, the better, and the corresponding cost was also extremely high.

A slightly inferior high-grade spiritual artifact is worth at least four or five thousand strands of divine power, while a flawless high-grade spiritual artifact is worth forty or fifty thousand strands of divine power. Not to mention that the abacus has many components, so the cost would only be higher.

According to the calculations of the Heavenly Calculation, even if the Thousand-Ling Ancestor only charges for materials and labor, it would still require fifty to sixty thousand strands of divine power. Although Su Ji is currently wealthy, he would still need to sell some treasures to raise the amount.

Therefore, the City God's Spirit Realm during the Ghost Festival became a great opportunity for Su Ji to replenish his cultivation resources.

In the past few months, Su Ji has been busy. He not only cultivated in the Bright Moon Spirit Realm and the Great Sun Spirit Realm, but also explored a lot of resources inside. However, due to his status, he did not take away even a single resource.

With the Ghost Festival approaching, even if only the back areas of the Great Sun Spirit Realm and Bright Moon Spirit Realm are open, it will still be enough for Su Ji to reap considerable rewards.

In the blink of an eye, it will be the Ghost Festival on the 15th of the seventh lunar month. Taoists worship the Earth God and pray for the determination of good and evil in the human world. Folk people also worship their ancestors and wandering ghosts.

The City God Temple opens up the home of the unborn, and the ghosts, led by the gods, form a procession and begin to walk the ghost path in Jinfeng County according to plan, enjoying the pleasures of the human world.

Some of the outsiders who died in Jinfeng County took this opportunity to leave Jinfeng County and, with the help of the local City God Temples, headed back to their hometowns.

Many cultivators, after the early morning assembly at the City God Temple, excitedly entered the spiritual realm to explore its mysteries.

To avoid suspicion, Su Ji only assigned the task of collecting treasures from the Bright Moon Spirit Realm and the Great Sun Spirit Realm to Qian Feng, Zhu Nu, Zhu Nanshan, the Crow Spirit, the Blind Old Taoist, and Zhao Biaotou, and then went to the large water vein spirit realm alone.

This time, although only half of the Great Sun Spirit Realm and Bright Moon Spirit Realm were open, the newly acquired large-scale water vein spirit realm attracted quite a few cultivators.

During that battle, Su Ji saw some secrets from the perspective of the Earthly Serpent King, and learned about the locations of two other treasure lands from Mo Linglong and the Earth God Zhang Gong. This time, he was going to see if there were any treasures left behind.

Su Ji was about to head north when he discovered that the local spirit official, Cai Gong, had gone ahead, so he abandoned that precious land.

Seeing the mechanical sorcerer heading west again, Su Ji simply went directly to the underground water vein where the Ice Altar was located.

Without the divine pearls, the bull-headed monster had long since lost its source of power and died. Previously, Su Ji could only use the cold air from the Ice Altar to create ice, but now that the large water vein spiritual realm was open, he naturally couldn't let this opportunity pass. Under the illumination of the Taiyin Heavenly Light, Su Ji indeed discovered the high-grade spiritual material, Ice Crystal Spirit Pearls, hidden within the Ice Altar. Seven or eight of them were below the standard size, but Su Ji only took two Ice Crystal Spirit Pearls below the standard size.

These two ice crystal spirit orbs were not intended for sale or for crafting spirit weapons, but were taken for the Zhang family courtyard in Dongsang Village.

That afternoon, the Zhang family acquired a wooden box that exuded a chill. Although it was only about a foot wide and three feet high, it was enough to provide sufficient coolness in the early autumn when the summer heat had not yet subsided.

Zhang Xiaolian's eyes lit up: "With this refrigerator, we finally don't have to transport ice from the county town anymore!"

A refrigerator is not only for preserving food; the ice it produces is also a raw material for making delicious food. The cold air emitted by the two top-grade ice crystal spirit beads is just enough to maintain the refrigerator's needs.

Even Zhang, who was burning paper money to worship his ancestors, couldn't help but exclaim, "This thing is truly magical. If it weren't for the fact that it requires ice crystal beads worth thousands of strands of divine power to maintain, I would have gotten a set for each of my elder brothers' and uncles' families!"

Although the Deng family was doing well, Zhang insisted on living in Dongsang Village as the head of the Zhang family instead of running back to her parents' home with her daughter.

Now that Zhang's status and position have improved, she has enough confidence to return to her parents' home. In addition, with recent interactions, the feelings buried in her heart have gradually come to the fore.

Furthermore, the profits from Laifu Restaurant had already amounted to over one hundred taels of silver, and Zhang and her daughter were preparing to take advantage of the break from the busy farming season to join the team that was renovating their house using fired bricks.

It was soon evening, and Su Ji did not head to Jinfeng County, but instead headed towards Baiyan Mountain Range.

Because of taboo, Su Ji could not search for too many treasures in the City God's Spirit Realm of Jinfeng County. However, there was no need to avoid other spirit realms. The first choice was the Mountain God Temple Spirit Realm in the Baiyan Mountains.

Before Su Ji even arrived at the Baiyan Mountain Range, the mountain god and spirit official, who had already been notified, flew over to greet him.

"It's been many days since I last saw you, General Jian Ri Ling's cultivation has become even more profound!"

Su Ji has been at the Cave Profound Master level for nearly four and a half months, and his cultivation speed is already thirty-six times that of ordinary cultivators. He is not far from transforming the Yin-Yang Circulation into the Great Circulation.

Most importantly, Su Ji has achieved considerable success in the Dao of Deflection. Once his cultivation is sufficient, the only thing missing for him to break through to the advanced stage of the Cave Profound Realm is his understanding of the Yin-Yang balance of the Root Method.

"Mountain God, you flatter me. It is truly an honor for me that you have come to greet me in person!"

Ultimately, the position of Jian Ri Ling Jiang is merely a nominal one at the Jin Feng County City God Temple. The fact that the Mountain God and the Spirit Official personally came to receive him is already considered a great honor.

Then, surrounded by several spirit soldiers, the two headed towards the mountain god temple in the northeast.

This time, Su Ji not only did not encounter the seemingly malicious night-roaming spirit general from the Mountain God Temple, but also did not see the once-powerful Tiger King. As for the high-level cultivators and ghost generals who participated in the Spirit Realm, only the Firebird Yan Chong was somewhat familiar to him.

Before entering the spiritual realm, Su Ji had an unexpected gain.

It turns out that the gods exploring the ancient ruins below Jushan Mountain include not only those from Jiuxiang County, but also the Ghost King, Gao Xiu, and other gods from Baiyan Mountain Range. They specifically sought out Su Ji in order to rent the Blazing Crystal Treasure containing the sunlight.

Su Ji asked curiously, "Six Blazing Crystal Treasures? You could just rent three for self-defense, why rent so many?"

After a moment's thought, the spirit general of the mountain god temple said:
"For safety reasons, we explorers of the ancient ruins proceeded step by step. It took us almost two months to finally cross the outer area and arrive at the core of the ruins."

"Who would have thought that although there were no ancient demons in the core of the ruins, there was a group of evil spirits born from Yin Sha. They had strange abilities and could be reborn infinitely by using soil that was tainted with the power of earth evil."

"Today, because of the Ghost Festival, the area where evil spirits are active has suddenly expanded, catching us completely off guard."

"Many cultivators were ambushed by the evil spirits, but the two deities of Jiuxiang County seemed to have been ignored. Not only were they not attacked by the evil spirits, but they also managed to keep the evil spirits away."

"Many people speculated that perhaps the evil spirit sensed the aura of the sun's light, which is why it did not approach the two deities of Jiuxiang County who possessed the Blazing Crystal Treasure..."

Just like the mountain spirit that Su Ji killed with the help of the death tornado, it was originally a spirit born from the strange land of Yang Fire, possessing supernatural powers that could be described as immortal.

The evil spirits are also spirits born from heaven and earth, but because their yin and evil power is too strange, they are particularly difficult to deal with.

Su Ji suddenly realized something.

Even a single ray of sunlight is a divine or immortal technique.

For evil spirits, the sunlight might be a force that can break their secret of immortality. Whether they instinctively avoid it or actively retreat, it shows that the sunlight poses a powerful threat.

Su Ji didn't beat around the bush, treating them like deities from Jiuxiang County:
"The sunlight itself is not the key point; the crucial element is the blazing crystal treasure capable of containing it. If everyone can provide blazing crystals of standard size or larger, the mountain god temple will only accept two thousand strands of divine power from each ray of sunlight in the future..."

To use the sunlight, one needs to rent the Blazing Crystal Treasure. However, Su Ji has a limited number of standard Blazing Crystals, so he needs the help of the Mountain God Temple in the White Rock Mountains to find a solution.

"This……"

The spirit general of the mountain god temple did not immediately make a decision. He seemed to ponder, but in reality, he secretly communicated with the spirit general. After a while, he said:
"The rare and precious material of Blazing Crystals is limited for each deity. I will first try to find some colleagues and exchange for as many standard Blazing Crystals as possible!"

Because of the Earthly Yang Serpent King, Jinfeng County has never produced many Earthly Yang attribute spiritual materials. The Mountain God Temple not only has the Crimson Sun Spirit Realm, but also the Yang Fire Wonderland of the Firebird Clan, where the accumulated Blazing Crystals are quite considerable.

Before long, the Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General gave a definite answer: "We are willing to offer six standard-sized Blazing Crystals at market price to the Day-Watching Spirit General. If it's more than that, this general can't do anything..."

The Mountain God Temple compensated Su Ji with a Blazing Crystal in order to redeem the Monkey King, which shows that the Mountain God Temple has a considerable amount of Blazing Crystals in stock.

Knowing the principle that too much of a good thing can be bad, Su Ji readily agreed: "The six Blazing Crystal Treasures can be delivered now, and the collateral worth 36,000 strands of divine power will be sent directly to the Earth God Temple later!"

Immediately, Su Ji, surrounded by a group of deities, headed to the Earth God Temple, enjoying unparalleled prestige.

Many cultivators sighed in admiration, and many looked at the firebird Yan Chong with a mix of amusement and admiration.

Not only did Firebird Yanchong survive Su Ji's clutches, but he also once served as Su Ji's supervisor. The fact that the Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General is now so close to Su Ji is perhaps due to Yanchong's flattery and smooth talk.

There were also cultivators from other places who were seeing Su Ji for the first time, and they all showed great interest in this newly appointed Jin Feng County Supervisor.

"The Xuanmen Dao Seed... the Sun-Watching Spirit General... is powerful? If I have the chance, I must have a good spar with him!"

The Baiyan Mountain Range stretches for over a hundred miles, with its tail end in Jiuxiang County of Lunzhou and its head in Longshan County of Yuzhou. On Longshan Mountain stands a Xuanmen, which is the Longshan Sect, the fourth Xuanmen of Yuzhou.

(End of this chapter)