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

Chapter 64 Fiery Crystal Acquired, The True Meaning of Resonance

The vast majority of people are under the jurisdiction of the gods.

Even if a ghost manages to infiltrate a household, it must pass through three checkpoints: the door gods, the central altar gods, and the kitchen god, before it can smell the food.

Deities can consume qi from time to time, but if they consume it for too long, it will taste bland and tasteless.

Now, as the mountain god was exchanging spirits with the earth god in the underworld, they suddenly smelled a fragrant noodle soup that was a mixture of scallion and lard aromas.

The mountain god temple's day-wandering spirit general was originally a firebird, but with just a raised eyebrow, the mountain god spirit official, who was human in his previous life, suddenly froze on the spot.

The mountain god Lingguan was a native of Baihe Village in the Baiyan Mountains. When he was a child, his family was poor and he could only eat a bowl of scallion and lard noodles on his birthday.

That bowl of noodles is etched in my memory: the clear broth was topped with glistening lard, and scallions were sprinkled among the noodles.

If a hen happens to lay an egg, it will rest on top of the noodles in the bowl. When you bite into the smooth egg white, the aroma of lard and the freshness of the egg will burst in your mouth, and the delicate and soft yolk is simply irresistible...

"Mountain God Spirit Official?"

It wasn't until the spirit of the mountain god temple spoke that the mountain god official realized he had lost his composure.

"Ahem... The compensation materials are all here. The three hundred taels of silver, the seeds of spiritual herbs, and the top-grade spiritual herb Rehmannia glutinosa root will be delivered tonight."

Spiritual materials are tangible but intangible things that ordinary people cannot see. However, the physical items to be compensated cannot be moved at will, so they can only be moved after the people have fallen asleep.

Then, the mountain god looked in the direction from which the fragrance was coming, and his face showed anticipation.

"The feast is about to begin!"

In front of each person is a bowl of noodles. The bowl is made of spiritual soil, and the chopsticks are branches of spiritual wood. The bowl does not contain a collection of fragrance, but a steaming bowl of noodles with soup, noodles and an egg.

There were even five side dishes on the table: chopped green onions, aged vinegar, chili oil, cilantro, and minced garlic.

The mountain god immediately picked up a chopstick and sprinkled some chopped green onions on the noodle soup. The white noodles, adorned with the green onions, looked incredibly appetizing.

"Enjoyed!"

This meal was like a buffet, and there was no need to distinguish between host and guest. The local spirit soldier poured a large spoonful of chili oil into the noodle soup, and surprisingly, he tasted a long-lost hot and spicy feeling.

The local earth god picked up the vinegar pot, took a sip into the air, and his eyes lit up immediately: "Good vinegar, good vinegar!"

As he spoke, the Earth God took two sips of vinegar on his own before pouring it into the bowl, and then happily drank the vinegar-flavored noodle soup.

It was just a simple bowl of noodles, but it whetted the appetites of many deities, with the mountain god and his officials even snatching the portion meant for the day-roaming spirit general at the mountain god's temple.

"So even the lives of gods are so impoverished!" This situation was beyond Su Ji's expectations.

The Kitchen God's strong reaction can be interpreted as a love for food. These deities' exaggerated reactions to a bowl of plain noodles allowed Su Ji to gain a deeper understanding of the gods.

The old farmer-looking Ji Shenlingbing buried his head in his food, even shedding tears as he ate: "For the past thirty-five years, even though I can smell the aroma of food, I have never tasted its true flavor. After finishing this meal today, it would be worth dying right now!"

The duty of the God of Grain is to ensure a bountiful harvest of grains. However, he is frustrated by the fact that he has no food to eat every day.

To solve this problem, Ji Shenlingbing also wanted to cultivate some spiritual plants. After the spiritual plants matured, they could enjoy the spiritual energy they emitted. Although the taste was rich, it lacked a rich texture and the feeling of eating.

Ji Shenling even thought that if he could eat this bowl of noodles in the future, why not give all the spiritual medicine seeds sent by the mountain god temple to the day-roaming spirit soldier Jin Chan after he had cultivated them into useful materials?
"The Divine Weapon of Ji, there's more after you finish eating!" Su Ji couldn't guess what others were thinking, and only assumed that the Divine Weapon of Ji had eaten its fill.

So, Su Ji silently gave his portion of plain noodles to Ji Shenlingbing, and then focused on playing with the blazing crystal material that was one and three-tenths inches in diameter.

Even when held quietly in the hand, the blazing crystal emits a blazing light, so much so that even evil spirits dare not approach it.

Su Ji was not only a Dongxuan cultivator but also a Day-roaming spirit soldier. He felt that the Blazing Crystal was like a warm stone, as if he could obtain higher quality Earth Yang Qi by simply pouring Earth Yang Qi into it.

The Yang energy of the Sun-Wandering Spirit Soldiers may not be pure enough, but the Yang energy in Su Ji's Small Heavenly Circuit can be described as completely free of impurities. However, it is constrained by the Small Heavenly Circuit, resulting in an insufficient concentration of Yang energy.

To cast a regular mid-grade spell, one needs to have a concentration of yang energy at the level of a Xuanmen sorcerer; otherwise, one simply cannot attract enough power from heaven and earth to cast a mid-grade spell.

With this Blazing Crystal, Su Ji was able to "condense" the magical power of a Cave Profound Mage. The only drawback was that the intense heat emitted during the condensation process caused considerable losses.

Soon, Yan Tianchou had an analysis result: "Infernal Crystal, a top-grade spiritual material, can concentrate yang energy. If we do not consider the loss, after multiple concentrations, it can even obtain the magic power of a high-level cultivator in the Cave Profound Realm."

"Just as Zhang Xiaolian cultivated using the light of the moon, if one could infuse it with the light of the sun, it could be used as another concentrator, drawing upon the yang energy of heaven and earth to obtain higher quality magical power..."

Since condensing one's own yang energy would be too costly, one could use this opportunity to condense the yang energy in the world. This would not only allow Su Ji to obtain the magical power of a Dongxuan Master, but also greatly improve his cultivation speed after he becomes a Dongxuan Master.

Su Ji was overjoyed: "Mystic arts have their advantages, and external objects also have their advantages. With this Blazing Crystal, even if my cultivation level is not high, I can still use the yang energy within it to launch attacks!"

Blazing Crystal is, after all, a high-grade spiritual material. Even though it has not yet been refined into a high-grade spiritual weapon, it still possesses the power of a mid-grade spiritual weapon. After its yang energy has been condensed multiple times, it can even reach the power of a divine ability of a Day Wandering Spirit General.

Yan Tianchou's voice also became more excited: "With the Blazing Crystal, we can store a Blazing Crystal Ray that can severely injure a Great Ghost General. Even a Bloodline Demon General will suffer serious damage if hit in a vital spot by the Blazing Crystal Ray..."

Yesterday, the spirit general of the mountain god temple used his supernatural powers to kill the pig demon. The reason he used two attacks was that his aim was not very good, and he only hit the pig demon's thick hide.

If Su Ji were to use the Blazing Crystal Ray, he would inevitably aim for the bloodline monster's fatal weakness, resulting in considerable damage.

A bowl of noodles is eaten very quickly, and even the Mountain God and the Millet God, who each ate two bowls, reluctantly put down their bowls.

Before leaving, the mountain god and spirit official said, "We will take our leave now. When we transport the silver and spirit herbs tonight, we will definitely accompany and supervise the process. Not a single spirit herb seed will be missing!" Originally, this was just the mountain god and spirit official's duty, but now it has become an excuse to freeload.

After seeing off the mountain god and temple deities, Su Ji couldn't help but ask, "We've prepared a table full of dishes for tonight. Should we wait until they've left before we start eating?"

It's not that I'm unwilling to share with outsiders, but a bowl of vegetarian noodles with scallions, lard, and eggs is understandable, while a whole table of delicious food seems too extravagant.

It should be noted that even at the white turtle trade fair four days later, Su Ji only planned to bring out three dishes.

The local spirit soldier said, "A whole table of dishes? This vegetarian noodle soup is quite good!"

Ji Shenlingbing smacked his lips: "Yes, after eating this bowl of noodles, I felt alive again. I really want to eat another bowl!"

Even the local earth god advised, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Day-roaming spirit soldiers, it's best not to bring out so much food all at once. Let's continue eating noodles tonight!"

Seeing everyone's attitude, Su Ji readily agreed.

However, how could he possibly only make a bowl of vegetarian noodles?

After nightfall, before the moon had risen, the mountain god temple and the earth god temple made their handover. Three hundred taels of silver, seeds of spiritual herbs, and the top-grade spiritual herb Rehmannia glutinosa root all landed in front of the earth god temple.

The seeds of spiritual herbs naturally belong to the spirit soldiers of the god Ji, while the top-grade spiritual herb Rehmannia root is 70% of the daytime spirit soldier Su Ji and 30% of the nighttime spirit soldier Zhang Shi.

The three hundred taels of silver had already been allocated. Zhou Wu's elder brother, Zhou Wen, received one hundred and twenty taels in compensation, the innocent Wu family received fifty taels, the local earth god received fifty taels, the wandering spirit soldier received twenty-five taels, and each of the remaining spirit soldiers received five taels.

With the help of the mountain god temple deities, the silver coins were quickly in everyone's hands. Instead of rushing to exchange them for divine power, everyone temporarily left them in front of the earth god temple.

Then, the meal that all the gods had been looking forward to began. To their surprise, in addition to scallions, cilantro, minced garlic, chili oil, and vinegar, there were three more toppings.

One type of topping is mushrooms, another is stir-fried shredded pork, and the third is spicy diced chicken.

However, after tasting the toppings, several deities did not take any of them, but instead chose to eat them the same way they ate at noon.

This surprised Su Ji greatly. After finishing his meal and seeing off the spirits of the mountain god temple, he went to ask them for advice.

The Kitchen God Spirit Soldier commented, "The mushroom topping only has a savory flavor, but the texture isn't rich enough..."

Although Zhang Xiaolian had eaten mushrooms, there were too many types of mushrooms, making it more difficult to replicate them.

Ji Shenlingbing sighed, "Even the most delicious topping is just icing on the cake. What I want is the taste from my memories!"

This statement resonated with many spirit soldiers.

Most of them are ghosts, and even if the food in the realm between the living and the dead is delicious, it is difficult to achieve a resonance with their souls unless they have eaten it in their previous life.

"resonance?"

What was said unintentionally was taken to heart by the listener, and Su Ji suddenly felt a sense of liberation.

Resonance is not only the resonance between food and soul memories, nor is it only the resonance of the strange "factors" given by Zhang Xiaolian's real dream, but also the resonance between the cultivator and the mysteries of heaven and earth, and even the principles of heaven and earth.

When he uses his mystical arts, his own mysteries resonate with the heavens and earth. If he could take advantage of that moment of resonance to comprehend the heavens and earth, wouldn't he be able to access even more of the mysteries of the heavens and earth?

Furthermore, if one could access the more complete principles of heaven and earth corresponding to the "Taiyin Taiyang Tianguang Zhenkong Fa" (Great Yin and Sun Heavenly Light Vacuum Method), the Great Dao of Dongxuan would be right before one's eyes!
"The method of using mystical arts to resonate with heaven and earth and comprehend the Great Dao will inevitably be known to true disciples of the mystical sects. Fortunately, I haven't comprehended it too late..."

The Xuanmen tradition has been passed down through countless generations. Even if each generation only leaves behind a little insight, it can benefit Xuanmen disciples for a lifetime.

Both Su Ji and the Earth God were unorthodox practitioners. Even the mysteries and secrets of metaphysics were revealed to the Earth God by Su Ji through philosophical discussions.

At present, the Earth God has only sorted out a low-grade [Earth Escape Technique] and is still continuing to sort out his own mysteries. He has no time to think about the true meaning of "resonance".

So, after the group of spirit soldiers exchanged their silver for divine power from the Earth God and left, Su Ji once again engaged in metaphysical discussions with the Earth God.

"【Resonance Between Heaven and Earth】?"

The Heavenly Soul and Spirit are the medium through which cultivators of the Cave Profound Realm perceive the world. However, in addition to the barrier between them and the world, cultivators also find the mysteries before them too chaotic.

To solve this problem, cultivators would seek out treasures, wondrous places, and secret realms for cultivation.

At the level of the Earth God, ordinary treasures and rare places are no longer of much use, and ordinary secret realms reject the spiritual essence of high-level cultivators. Only the secret realms of Earth Immortals left behind by Xuanxian can yield considerable gains.

However, which of the Earth Immortal Realms is not an important place for the major sects? Even if there are publicly known Earth Immortal Realms, in addition to needing to spend a lot of money to buy the qualification to enter, they usually only open once every many years.

"Using the mystical technique of 'Resonating with Heaven and Earth' will definitely be faster than the normal cultivation speed of the mystical arts. Even seemingly useless strange places may resonate with unexpected gains!"

The Earth God's face gradually lit up with joy as he continued, "Furthermore, when using the mystical technique of 'Resonating with Heaven and Earth,' it becomes even easier to sense the location of the secret realm!"

Why are some people able to obtain the opportunity to enter the secret realm multiple times?

It wasn't necessarily because they were lucky, but rather thanks to the [Resonance of Heaven and Earth].

The Earth God couldn't help but think of some cultivators in the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake: "The guardian spirit general, White Turtle, has a mysterious origin and is suspected to be a confidant of the Taibai Dragon Clan. Although he is not a bloodline demon king, he is still a high-level cultivator of the Cave Profound Realm."

"Perhaps, the White Turtle Spirit General is someone who possesses profound arts, using the art of 'Resonating with Heaven and Earth' daily above the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake, with the aim of finding the location of the Earth Immortal's Secret Realm!"

(End of this chapter)