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

Chapter 37 Window Permissions, Magical Item Copper Coins

"God" refers to deities, including celestial gods, terrestrial gods, spirits of things, spirits of the underworld, gods of the human body, and gods of ghosts and spirits.

"Immortal" refers to a true immortal, which is divided into immortals and true immortals. "Immortal" is a general term, while "true immortal" specifically refers to a cultivator who cultivates the true spirit.

The deity is both a god and an immortal. Zhang Xiaolian's real dream contains both divine power and mystery, which is most likely the case.

This is not surprising. Just as the Earth God was first favored by the gods and then came into contact with the Dao of the Cave Mystery, once he became an immortal, he had the opportunity to become a true god, and thus an immortal.

The term "wandering immortal" is the opposite of "gods." Those who become immortals yearn for freedom, or those who desire a divine position but find it vacant, and thus become wandering immortals.

This raised a question for Su Ji: "Zhang Xiaolian's mysterious past life is still intact, and the real dream likely contains considerable divine power. Does that mean her divine position from her past life still exists?"

At least at the level of divine favor, there's a perfect quota; the higher-level divine positions must also be highly sought after.

Yan Tianchou then speculated: "Even if Zhang Xiaolian was the highest level of a certain pantheon in her previous life, she might still be usurped by her subordinate gods after reincarnation. If she is just a member of a certain pantheon, her divine position may have already fallen into the hands of others."

With such wondrous divine power, given the chance, many gods would surely vie to stand even higher.

Su Ji's heart stirred: "Zhang Xiaolian has an extraordinary background, but I haven't seen any contingency plans she left behind. Either she's hiding them very well, or she hasn't made any arrangements at all in order to sever the karmic ties."

By not setting up any backup plans, the possibility of being discovered can be minimized.

The only downside is that it's too risky; if you're unlucky, you could end up with nothing.

Su Ji couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, Zhang Xiaolian first met the kind-hearted local earth god, and now she's met me..."

Relying on luck is no different from gambling. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaolian was very lucky, so at least Su Ji could ensure that he had a bottom line.

At the same time, the last vestige of Su Ji's obsession with taking human form dissipated.

In his previous life, Su Ji was a human. After becoming a toad, he made it an obsession to transform into human form, even forcing Yan Tianchou to make excuses.

Later, Su Ji also understood that after reaching a high level of cultivation, transforming into human form might just be a side effect, but he still regarded it as his second top priority.

Now, under Su Ji's guidance, Zhang Xiaolian used two spells that appeared to be "rebirth transformation" and "size control" to temporarily transform him back into his previous appearance.

This means that as long as Zhang Xiaolian can gradually turn the magic in her dream into reality, she can cast a spell to transform the golden toad in reality into a human body.

Su Ji even felt a deeper sense of reflection: "As the saying goes, things easily obtained are often not valued, while things that are hard to obtain are often cherished the most. In reality, these are just changes in one's obsession..."

Practitioners seek transcendence and a life free from worldly desires. In reality, the desire to "become an immortal" is the greatest desire and the greatest obsession.

Fortunately, desire can provide motivation, and obsession can keep one from forgetting their original aspirations.

Even the karma that cultivators try their best to avoid may be an opportunity or an indelible memory in their lives.

At the same time, Yan Tianchou also had another conjecture: "Perhaps, Zhang Xiaolian's previous life was to sever karma, which is why she chose to abandon all past reincarnations."

However, Zhang Xiaolian ultimately obtained what she had inherited from her previous life, which does not mean she has eradicated all karma.

It is probably for this reason that, in order to maintain his detached state, the Earth God chose to secretly protect Zhang Xiaolian in accordance with his duties.

Su Ji was just speculating, so there was nothing to worry about.

Next, Su Ji became a food critic and began to comment on the food that Zhang Xiaolian manifested.

As expected, Zhang Xiaolian had never eaten some of the ingredients before, and she had never even seen some of them. Relying solely on the descriptions in the recipes, she naturally lacked a lot of flavor.

Fortunately, Su Ji still had Yan Tianchou, who not only pointed out the shortcomings of each dish, but also described the more detailed flavors, textures, and nutritional value of the dishes, speaking eloquently.

Zhang Xiaolian, a country girl, had no idea that there were so many intricacies to gourmet food. While listening with great interest, she also regarded Jin Chan as an ancient master of cuisine.

It took Su Ji more than an hour to give a general description of the dishes on the table. Besides his extremely detailed explanation, it was also related to Zhang Xiaolian's complete lack of knowledge.

Fortunately, the person who actually wanted the recipe was not Zhang Xiaolian, but the Li couple who had many years of cooking experience.

Su Ji sought out Zhang Xiaolian regarding the recipe, but after a night of in-depth understanding, it seemed less troublesome.

So Su Ji brought up another matter: "Zhang E, I can gather my profound energy here, but I feel an obstacle. I wonder if you could open the window to the real dream world so that my physical form as a golden toad can increase its cultivation?"

The instinctive resistance of the real dream greatly slowed down the speed of the incoming Xuan Qi.

The spontaneous generation of profound energy can increase Su Ji's cultivation speed by 20%, which seems ordinary, but is actually particularly important for ordinary cultivators.

Su Ji used the profound mysteries of the "Sun and Moon Vacuum Method" to cultivate in the sky. His cultivation speed was about thirty times that of the Earth God back then, and his twenty percent was even more than twice that of ordinary cultivators.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaolian not only regarded the ancient golden toad as a guide, but also felt a sense of shared sorrow and mutual assistance, so she agreed to the proposal without hesitation.

"Okay!"

As soon as Zhang Xiaolian finished speaking, the real dream before Su Ji's eyes underwent some subtle changes.

It was as if he had gone from being an outsider to a tenant with a key to the room, or as if he had acquired software with "network access permission during use"... As the profound energy poured in from the window of the real dream, the materialized golden toad's cultivation began to improve.

Yan Tianchou pointed out: "Although what enters the dream is only a wisp of consciousness, it can simulate the Heavenly Soul and Spirit with intention as the core. Once it successfully circulates the Yin-Yang Small Heavenly Circuit, it is highly likely to deepen the connection with the Golden Toad in the Toad Palace."

"If one's magical power reaches a certain level, one can also circulate the Yin-Yang cycle in a real dream. Once successful, this will greatly increase the success rate of breaking through the barrier."

After Su Ji's Dongxuan Dao has become a self-contained system, there is no need to consider the matter of a solid Dao foundation. A few days after the City God Temple Fair next month, he will be able to try to transform from the Yin-Yang Small Heavenly Circuit to the Yin-Yang Large Heavenly Circuit.

Su Ji was secretly delighted: "I used the East and West Villages as a testing ground for the God of Wealth Plan, but I never imagined that this real dream world could also be used as a simulator for breaking through the Cave Profound cultivation level..."

It's not difficult to do this. Although the Heavenly Soul and Spirit cannot enter the real dream, Su Ji's magic power can.

It should be noted that the theory of "Yantianchou" is only available in theory; it would be truly flawless if there were practical simulations.

With proper operation, one can simulate breaking through levels in a real dream with the help of Yantianchou.

Even if you fail, most of your magical power will not disappear into thin air; it can be returned to your celestial soul by opening the window of the true dream.

Of course, this is just a preliminary guess. Before one's cultivation reaches the level of Yin-Yang circulation, it is useless to think about it any further.

At the same time, Yan Tianchou had another conjecture: "Zhang Xiaolian is comparable to a god in the real dream, and can gradually bring the mysteries of her past life obtained in the real dream into reality."

"If Zhang Xiaolian were to use the power of real dreams to intervene in reality, what kind of effect would it have?"

At first, the demon seemed to enter the real dream through the Dream Spirit Jade, but in reality, it first eroded the dream with nightmare consciousness, and then formed an evil demon body by relying on Zhang Xiaolian's fear.

From beginning to end, the lame demon's true form was only hidden inside the Dream Jade, not in the actual dream.

The first rule of a true dream is that nothing outside of the intangible and intangible is allowed to enter.

Being unable to enter does not mean being unable to exit.

Following Yan Tianchou's guess, Su Ji asked Zhang Xiaolian, "Zhang E, everything in the dream is just like the real thing. Have you ever tried to take anything from the dream out of the dream?"

Zhang Xiaolian had never considered this angle before, let alone tried it. Now, reminded by the ancient golden toad, she has become curious.

However, she was soon influenced by her habitual thinking: "Even the most real things in a dream are probably fake. What's the point of taking them out if you can't eat or use them?"

Su Ji, however, was prepared: "Before the lame demon left, he took your fearful image with him with him. This shows that the reality here will not become fake, or at least it will maintain a tangible but intangible state."

"Furthermore, if you find the trick, you can not only turn a part of your dreams into reality, but also break the rules of the real dream window and bring real things into your dreams!"

Su Ji has a natural talent for acting, and what he has in abundance is imagination.

Zhang Xiaolian was naive and innocent, so she believed whatever the ancient golden toad said.

Guided by the ancient golden toad, Zhang Xiaolian picked up a copper coin from the ground.

"Ding--"

The copper coin traced a perfect parabola in the air above the window before finally landing on the ground outside.

Clearly, Zhang Xiaolian merely threw the copper coin out the window; she did not break the boundary between dream and reality.

Su Ji was not discouraged at all. Instead, he looked up at the sky above the courtyard: "The light of the moon falls from the window in reality, but it drifts down from the sky. The lame demon can enter and exit through the window, but it also escapes from above the courtyard gate..."

"The window to reality in a true dream is in front of the window to the outside world, and the window to the dream in a true dream should be above the gate of this courtyard."

Su Ji wasn't just making wild guesses. The meaning of home certainly includes the courtyard. The moon in the courtyard may be out of reach, but the real window above the courtyard gate may be right in front of you.

The two arrived in the courtyard one after the other. After Su Ji pointed out the location where the lame demon's consciousness had escaped, Zhang Xiaolian threw the copper coin in her hand with all her might towards that spot.

"call out--"

This time, Zhang Xiaolian used a lot of force, and the copper coin even made a whistling sound as it was being torn apart. As the sound stopped abruptly, the copper coin disappeared.

The next instant, a slight glint appeared at the window in reality, and a tangible yet intangible copper coin flew into the courtyard. Before it even hit the ground, it was caught by two fingers.

"A magical copper coin?" The Earth God instructed the two door gods to take turns guarding the Zhang family's courtyard. It was the left door god's turn to guard the courtyard.

Spiritual energy is the primordial energy of heaven and earth that is integrated into all things; it is the spirit of living beings. The spirit of a spiritual artifact, however, is the spirit that communicates with spirits.

The tangible yet intangible Dream Jade is a spiritual artifact, and so is this tangible yet intangible copper coin.

In the village, only the day-roaming spirit toad and the spirit artifact copper coin are related, and this is also the toad's dwelling place...

Zuo Men Shen Lingbing assumed that the Golden Toad must have obtained a piece of spirit copper from the underground palace, and that's how it used special methods to refine this spirit copper coin.

He never imagined that there were so many magical copper coins in the real dream world, and that this particular magical copper coin was just a "stone" used to test the waters.

(End of this chapter)