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

Chapter 177 A Widespread Trend? Wind-Path Spiritual Materials

When Su Ji learned that Zhang Xiaolian's cultivation as a Dongxuan Master had reached perfection, he was happy but did not forget the so-called "root method".

Each cultivation level in the "Minor Yin-Yang Method" has a root method, and Zhang Xiaolian's nameless Yin-attribute cultivation technique, which she practiced through the "Dreamlike Profound Insight" method, must also have a root method.

In response, Zhang Xiaolian gave a prepared answer: "The method I cultivate uses the light of the moon as a medium. The root method at the level of the Dongxuan Master is [Nurturing Light], and the root method at the higher cultivation level is [Reflecting the Moon]."

"Through the wondrous method of [Divine Penetration], I have already learned the contents of the [Moon Reflection] fundamental method. Only the final step remains: to reflect the moon in the sky..."

To be able to reflect the bright moon, besides the moon in real dreams, there is also the Taiyin star hanging in the sky in the real world.

However, Zhang Xiaolian had already learned from Su Ji that the Toad Palace Fairy Shadow might be a good thing, but it was also possible that it would have a negative impact on her.

Although Zhang Xiaolian can avoid the influence of the Moon Palace by reflecting the moon in the real world, her real dream is affected by her subconscious. Once she reflects the moon in the outside world, she may soon naturally reflect the moon in her real dream.

Previously, Su Ji obtained the materialized golden toad, the toad palace golden toad, and the fused spiritual artifact copper coin by using Zhang Xiaolian's subconscious. Now, the negative aspects of the subconscious have finally become apparent.

Su Ji wasn't overly worried, but rather optimistic: "After reflecting the moon in the real world, it will take some time for the subconscious to influence the moon in the real dream, which gives you the opportunity to advance to the advanced stage of the Cave Profound Realm."

"Of course, even if you feel ready now, you still need to refine your foundation as much as possible, resolve all the problems you've discovered since you started cultivating, and remove any impurities from your cultivation as much as possible..."

After Su Ji obtained the complete [Yin Yang Harmony] root method, he did not immediately break through to the Cave Profound realm. Instead, he continued his seclusion in Golden Wind Valley until he filled in the gaps and began to break through in the best condition.

Zhang Xiaolian is in the same situation. She may feel that her foundation in the Dao is perfect, but she may very well fall into the illusion of "being in the middle of the mountain". This is where the role of fellow Daoists becomes apparent.

Therefore, Su Ji immediately began to discuss philosophy with Zhang Xiaolian.

First, Zhang Xiaolian spoke and Su Ji listened, then Su Ji asked questions and Zhang Xiaolian explained. In this process, not only did Zhang Xiaolian fill in the gaps in her knowledge and consolidate her cultivation, but Su Ji also gained a lot.

These past few days, Zhang Xiaolian has been absorbing the legacy of her past life according to the [Dong Shen Tong Xuan] method. Apart from cultivation, she has had no opportunity to reveal her strength.

Now, Su Ji realized that Zhang Xiaolian had already comprehended the profound principles of high cultivation realms, and her attribute was the [Lesser Yin] that Su Ji was familiar with.

[Lesser Yin] is one of the Four Symbols and also represents autumn, one of the four seasons. Although it is bleak, it has more vitality than Old Yin...

What surprised Su Ji the most was that the dilapidated fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect belonged to the Yin Metal element [Xin Metal], and the Autumn Cold Fairyland of the Taibai Dragon Clan belonged to the autumn season and contained [Lesser Yin], both of which were related to Zhang Xiaolian's previous life's Dao Fruit.

"Could it be that the mysterious attraction between the Taibai Dragon Clan's Autumn Cold Wonderland and the Jinku Sect's [Xin Jin] Wonderland led Zhang Xiaolian to be reincarnated in Dongsang Village, Jinfeng County?"

Su Ji may not have access to information about reincarnation yet, but that doesn't stop him from speculating about it.

During the conversation, Yan Tianchou gained some inspiration.

"Mo Linglong's [Scattered Gold] Dao is the Lesser Dao Fruit '鍂'. She only needs to comprehend the gold-gold Dao of [Scattered Gold]. Without the support of other immortals of the same path, the upper limit is only the third level of the Profound Immortal Realm."

"Zhang Xiaolian's Dao Fruit is the Autumn [Lesser Yin], which contains the five elements covered by Lesser Yin. It is at least a middle-level Dao Fruit. Once she masters all the subordinate minor Dao Fruits at a high cultivation level, she may even have the opportunity to master the middle-level Dao Fruits and become a Celestial General in one step!"
"Your [Deflection] Dao Fruit contains Qiankun, Yin Yang, the Four Symbols, and the Five Elements, so it is very likely that it is a Great Dao Fruit that no one has mastered yet. If you master at least nine Lesser Dao Fruits at the high cultivation level, you may very well achieve a Great Dao Fruit in one fell swoop when you become an immortal and become an existence at the Immortal Lord level!"

The more they elaborated on the plan, the more excited they became.

However, according to Mo Linglong's account, even the highest-level immortal in the Golden Mountain Sect is only at the level of Immortal General. If Su Ji can become an Immortal Lord through the [Deflection] Path, he will be the most outstanding existence below all emperors.

"A meteoric rise to power?" Su Ji was equally shocked.

Even in Su Ji's fabricated history, he only portrayed himself as an ancient golden toad under the command of the Soul Spirit Emperor, positioning himself merely as a divine general.

After all, if the ancient golden toad were a deity, it would never have faced the crisis of having to disperse its cultivation to become a divine toad in the mortal world.

According to the current predictions of the Heavenly Mandate, if Su Ji cultivates little by little at the advanced level of the Cave Profound Realm, he will have the potential to leap three levels to become a Celestial Lord. Anyone who hears this would find it too crazy.

"There are thirteen types in total: the Five Elements, the Four Symbols, Yin and Yang, and Qian and Kun. Not to mention other paths such as the Path of Wind. If one can master the [Deflection] Minor Path Fruits they represent, it is indeed possible to first refine more than nine Minor Path Fruits, then refine three Medium Path Fruits, and finally refine the Major Path Fruit [Deflection] and become an Immortal Lord!"
"Moreover, Qiankun represents a higher level of power. If one also masters the [Deflection] Qiankun, is there a chance to become a Celestial Immortal at the level of the Emperors?"

Above Earth Immortals are Celestial Immortals. Su Ji even felt that the [Deflection] Path was a direct path to Celestial Immortals, and it was highly likely that no one had mastered it yet!
Su Ji became more and more excited as he thought about it, and even showed his emotions on his face, which was noticed by Zhang Xiaolian, who was unaware of what was going on.

"Lord Golden Toad..."

After hearing Zhang Xiaolian's slightly puzzled reminder, Su Ji finally came to his senses and then smiled:
"Our discussion has been quite enlightening, and I've gained some insights from it, which is truly gratifying..."

"As for your cultivation, there are only some minor flaws. It should be perfect in just one or two days. Once you have adjusted to your best condition, I will promote you to a high-level Dharma Protector!"

Zhang Xiaolian has the blessings from her previous life to draw upon, so her cultivation isn't a major problem; the only thing she lacks is the right mindset.

Fortunately, Su Ji had been subtly influencing Zhang Xiaolian through his identity as the ancient golden toad. As long as he was present to protect her, Zhang Xiaolian had no worries.

Therefore, Su Ji instructed Zhang Xiaolian to cultivate diligently, while he himself, after settling his personal affairs, went to the dilapidated fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect to comprehend the wind of deviation.

The concept of wind, though seemingly unrelated to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, is actually related to the concepts of earth, wind, water, and fire. In the Eight Trigrams, Xun is also interpreted as wind.

Su Ji even suspected that the so-called ancient sage emperor Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams by comprehending the eight paths of Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Kun.

The so-called "Qian represents Heaven, Kun represents Earth, Zhen represents Thunder, Xun represents Wind, Kan represents Water, Gen represents Mountain, Li represents Fire, and Dui represents Lake, thus classifying the nature of all things"

Among them, Dui Ze, Li Huo, Kan Shui, Gen Shan, Xun Feng, and Zhen Lei should be the middle path or even the great path of Dao fruition. Kun Di and Qian Tian correspond to the earth and heaven, which is probably already the Dao fruition above the great path.

It is evident that when Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams in ancient times, he may have already been a powerful being.

Perhaps the Xunfeng Dao Fruit has already found its owner, but there may still be minor Dao Fruits related to the wind Dao born in the world. Not to mention that the mysteries of the wind Dao are all over the world. As long as one does not care about becoming an immortal, one can cultivate as long as one wants to... Along the way, Su Ji was traveling while cultivating the Lesser Thousand-Mile Eye with the Yin-Yang Dao. By the time he arrived at Jushan, his visible distance had reached seventy or eighty miles, which shows how well the mysteries of Yin-Yang are compatible with the Lesser Thousand-Mile Eye.

However, once Su Ji entered the great formation presided over by the True God, the visible distance of the Little Thousand-Mile Eye was limited to a square of one hundred feet.

Su Ji knew that it wasn't that the true god was so powerful, but rather that the White Rock Mountain Range was originally brought here by the great supernatural power of the Eastern Azure Emperor, who served as the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times, and it already possessed the formation to suppress the Undying Demon Lord.

Once the True God Formation connected with the Ancient Formation, it also possessed a trace of the power of the Ancient Great Formation, limiting the power of Su Ji's Small Thousand-Mile Eye to within a hundred feet.

Even after Su Ji entered the ancient ruins, he still felt extremely restricted, something he hadn't noticed before cultivating his Lesser Thousand-Mile Eyes.

"No wonder even though the cultivators from the Broken Immortal Realm escaped, they only survived in the ancient ruins for a period of time. It wasn't that they didn't want to escape, but that the power of the ancient formation still remained!"

Therefore, we can see that the Yin Sha Crack is precisely the flaw created by the erosion of time by the ancient formation; otherwise, this dilapidated fairyland would still be under the suppression of the ancient formation.

It wasn't until Su Ji entered the ruined fairyland that the oppressive feeling brought by the great formation disappeared a lot, but the profound principles in the ruined fairyland were more intense than in the real world, and still had some impact on the little thousand-mile eye.

The small telescope that could originally see 70 or 80 miles away can now only see a dozen miles away in this dilapidated fairyland.

Fortunately, Su Ji had anticipated this situation.

Yan Tianchou further stated, "Originally, I calculated that the Little Thousand-Mile Eye's visibility distance in the Broken Immortal Realm was between fifteen and thirty miles, but now it is only about eighteen miles. This shows that the profound principles of the Broken Immortal Realm are not as weak as imagined."

This dilapidated fairyland was originally a medium-grade blessed land, but it was damaged by the suppression of the White Rock Mountains in ancient times, and after tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy dissipation, it eventually fell to the level of a low-grade blessed land.

As the saying goes, "even a starved camel is bigger than a horse," even after such a calamity, "Xin Jin Immortal Realm" still possesses immense resources and is probably one of the top existences among lower-grade blessed lands.

In this way, the value of the broken fairyland may be higher than many cultivators imagine, and it may even contain natural treasures of the middle grade immortal material level!
As a result, Su Ji was increasingly looking forward to the Snow Mountain Trading Conference that would take place in half a month.

This grand trade fair in the snowy mountains marks the first time that outsiders have met with various forces from the ruined fairyland, making it a momentous occasion.

To further enhance their reputation, they temporarily halted their exploration of the western Misty Canyon and instead set up camp in place at the other locations.

This move was not only to avoid provoking the powerful forces of the ruined fairyland, but also to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

The Snow Mountain Trade Fair may develop into a win-win situation, but outside cultivators may also be rejected by some forces... The worst-case scenario is that most of the forces in the dilapidated immortal realm will be hostile to outside cultivators.

Therefore, the area north of the dilapidated fairyland, polluted by Yin energy, became the base for these outside cultivators. By leveraging the harsh environment, they were not incapable of fighting against the forces that rejected outside cultivators.

Even if we are ultimately defeated, the gap in the Broken Immortal Realm lies just behind our last stronghold. If any forces from the Broken Immortal Realm manage to reach this place, then let them taste the power of the many divine treasures displayed in the ancient ruins!

Soon, Su Ji arrived at Golden Wind Canyon. Along the way, he not only saw the Iron Monkey and its companions, all of which were [metal element] divine beasts, sleeping on the mountains, but also the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit that had once caused the white-robed high-ranking cultivator of the Taibai Dragon Clan and the Giant Dragon Daoist of Thousand Transformations Town to flee in panic...

Upon arriving at Golden Wind Canyon, only the Thousand Transformations Town Mechanical Giant, which served as a safe passage, remained; Mo Linglong and the others had long since disappeared.

Su Ji only needed to ask the Giant Dragon Taoist of Thousand Transformations Town on duty for a short while to get the answer.

Because of a shortage of immortal materials, Qianbian Town plans to obtain more immortal materials at the Snow Mountain Trade Fair before refining immortal artifacts, but this will not prevent other forces from borrowing the immortal furnace.

The easiest to talk to was naturally the Jinshan Sect. Since the Shaoyang Immortal Furnace was borrowed from the Jinshan Sect, Mo Linglong, the reincarnation of the Jinshan Sect's Supreme Elder, had no reason to refuse. She even personally took the Linglong Immortal Furnace to help the Jinshan Sect refine the second immortal artifact of the broken immortal realm.

As a result, apart from Su Ji, most of the cultivators in the weapon-refining team went to the Golden Mountain Sect's base in the ruined Immortal Realm. Because of the different weapon-refining methods, the mechanical giant was left behind to serve as a passage for the cultivators to cross the Golden Wind Canyon and enter the Frost Hills.

Su Ji was happy to have some free time, so he leisurely entered the depths of the canyon following the path predicted by the Heavenly Calculation.

"To be unafraid of such a perilous place as Golden Wind Canyon, he truly lives up to his reputation as the Sun-Watching Spirit General of Thousand Changes Town!"

"Everyone says that the Guardian Spirit General possesses invincible movement techniques, and seeing it now, it truly lives up to its reputation!"

"..."

While the other cultivators used caves to reach the Frosty Hills, Su Ji wandered through the dangerous Golden Wind, inevitably drawing gasps of amazement.

Su Ji didn't take it seriously. In fact, he relied not only on his movement skills but also on his ability to deduce the Heavenly Strategy.

Instead, Su Ji thought of the four mystical arts he possessed.

Among them, [Tongyou Xuanmen] is already a high-grade Xuan technique, and it is only a matter of time before [Diyang Pengyong] is cultivated to a high-grade Xuan technique. Even [Diyang Lianhua] can be cultivated according to the lotus wonder land of the Great Sun Spirit Realm, but there is no shortcut to [Yinguang Yingdun].

Otherwise, if Su Ji were to cultivate the [Shadow Escape] technique to the highest level, he could not only reach the depths of Golden Wind Canyon, but also the massive underground wind tunnel at the end of Golden Wind Canyon.

Ultimately, Su Ji's Deflection Technique was not yet fully mastered and could not withstand the power of the minor or even major low-grade immortal techniques in the wind tunnel. Otherwise, he would not have come here to comprehend the Deflection Wind.

Even so, Su Ji still tried his best to get closer to the wind tunnel, which would not only make it easier to comprehend the mysteries of wind, but also potentially discover some wind-borne spiritual materials that had emerged from the wind tunnel.

The Wind Path naturally also has spiritual materials, which are of superior quality from the moment they are born. However, because wind is formless and intangible, the spiritual materials of the Wind Path will dissipate over time, resulting in only legends about the spiritual materials of the Wind Path, and few people can actually obtain them.

Therefore, not only were there no Wind Dao Spiritual Materials on the exchange list of the City God Temple in Jinfeng County, but they were also not on the Mountain God Temple in Baiyan Mountain Range or the City God Temple in Jiuxiang County. Su Ji had no choice but to come to Jinfeng Canyon to search for them himself.

Unexpectedly, Su Ji had just entered the depths of the Golden Wind Canyon when he discovered the traces of the Wind Dao Spiritual Material with his Little Thousand-Mile Eye.

(End of this chapter)