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

Chapter 73 Yin-Yang Mystic Arts, Divine Rewards
Qili Lake was different from usual because the death of the catfish involved the mechanical sorcerer of Qianbian Town, and many demons and monsters had become much more subdued.

The instigator's golden toad clone, just like its original body, had been buried underground for millions of years, quietly residing beneath the silt at the bottom of the lake.

It wasn't until Su Ji and the Earth God passed by that the "Yin Self" and "Yang Self" of the Golden Toad's clone exchanged information.

"drop……

"[Memory Node] Backup complete. You can now proceed to the abyss at the bottom of the lake to cultivate with peace of mind."

Su Ji immediately thought of the black monkey; in this game, saving the game requires Sun Wukong to pluck a monkey hair and turn it into incense...

He only needs to stand near the golden toad clone for a while, but the downside is that there is only one save point.

"Today we will continue our cultivation on the first level of the abyss at the bottom of the lake. If we still cannot find the last piece of the mysterious puzzle, then we will proceed to the second level!"

Fortunately, Su Ji's luck wasn't too bad. In the second-to-last strange place on the first floor, he finally completed the puzzle of the mystical technique and obtained the second mystical technique.

Immediately, Yan Tianchou began to analyze.

"The low-grade mystical technique [Shadow Escape] allows one to use their own shadow to perform an escape technique; the farther away, the slower the shadow forms..."

As Yan Tianchou recounted, Su Ji's five-inch-tall celestial soul instantly moved to a distance of nine feet.

Immediately, Su Ji's celestial soul arrived three zhang away.

A moment later, Su Ji's celestial soul arrived nine zhang away.

Yan Tianchou recorded: "The speed can reach 160 meters per second at a distance of one zhang. Beyond three zhang, the speed drops to less than 30 meters per second, and at nine zhang, it drops to 10 meters per second."

"When encountering a catfish-like demon general, the escape distance should not exceed five zhang each time."
"When I encounter the current local earth god, I can escape no more than three zhang each time."
"When encountering demons or ghosts skilled in speed, one can only escape a maximum distance of ten feet at a time. At this time, using mystical arts will reduce the surrounding spiritual energy, and one needs to constantly provide magical power to the mystical arts..."

Clearly, the low-grade mystic technique [Shadow Escape] is of the Yin nature and is also an auxiliary mystic technique.

This led Su Ji to speculate: was it because the subtlety of auxiliary mystic arts made it easier to resonate, or because offensive mystic arts were easier to dissipate?
Yan Tianchou quickly gave his deduction: "Most of these mystical puzzle pieces come from strange places."

"This strange place has existed for so many years and has been explored by countless people. Even the sharp-edged stones have been smoothed out by the river of time, not to mention the aggressive mysteries..."

Fortunately, Su Ji is not lacking in offensive capabilities.

Whether it's the blazing crystal containing abundant yang energy and the sunlight of the sun, or the hair tie containing the light of the moon, both are good means of fighting enemies.

Just as Su Ji was pondering, Yan Tianchou made a new discovery.

"The profound mystery of the low-grade mystical technique [Shadow Escape] has created a strange resonance with the Yin-Yang microcosm of the Heavenly Soul and Spirit. Based on the current situation, it is estimated that the speed of refining mana has increased by at least 30%."

The reason Su Ji didn't improve his cultivation level as quickly as possible was that he could only refine so much mana each day.

The fact that the mysteries of esoteric arts could be used in this way greatly excited Su Ji.

"That's right. My daily rate of gaining mana is already thirty times that of an ordinary person, yet I was able to initially refine it within a day. There must be some effect of the mystical technique [Deflection of the Mystic Realm] involved."

"Now, simply increasing the speed of refining mana at the negative pole is not enough; we also need to increase the speed of refining mana at the positive pole in order to cultivate for an extra three or four hours each day."

Just like some people have good digestion and some have poor digestion... Some mukbang videos in the past were actually gagging, while others were genuinely suffering from indigestion.

Once this profound technique was fully formed, it enhanced the "digestion" ability of the Heavenly Soul's Yin polarity, but its usefulness was limited.

Only when the Yin and Yang microcosmic orbit is in harmony can Su Ji truly accelerate his cultivation.

Immediately, Yan Tianchou had a suggestion.

"Most of the strange places I've traversed in the deep abyss of the lake are yin. To obtain more yang and mysterious puzzle pieces, I need to find yang strange places or secret realms containing yang mysteries."

"You can first ask the local earth god, then the well-informed White Turtle Spirit General, or at the very least, you can trade this kind of information at the City God Temple Fair."

The reason why Yan Tianchou placed such high hopes on the City God Temple Fair was that it not only brought together the gods of Jinfeng County, but also attracted cultivators from the surrounding area.

In fact, some cultivators set off early, traveling from over a hundred miles away to participate in the City God Temple Fair in Jinfeng County.

It's not that this year's City God Temple Fair is special, but rather that this kind of festival is only held once a year in each county, and monks from several nearby counties come to participate.

Some cultivators, who can travel the world in their soul or celestial spirit form, are even willing to fly three to five hundred miles to join in the fun.

After all, some spiritual materials are so rare that they can only be found at events of this scale, allowing for the exchange of goods while ensuring the safety of the transaction.

Su Ji had nothing to hide from the local deity and spoke frankly about the problem.

"A strange place with positive positivity?"

The Earth God quickly understood Su Ji's meaning, but then suddenly shook his head: "Yin is cold, Yang is hot. Cold can condense and settle, while heat is easy to evaporate and dissipate. There are many Yin wonders in the world, but very few Yang wonders."

"Once a positive location is discovered, it is mostly medium to large in size. Not only is it easy to be discovered, but it is also easy to exhaust its energy and turn into something ordinary."

"It is said that within the first Xuanmen sect of Yuzhou, there is a large-scale Yang-type wonder land that can be considered a blessed land, and the ancestral home of the Firebird clan in the Baiyan Mountains is a medium-sized Yang-type wonder land..."

"These strange places are extremely difficult to enter, so it's better to focus our attention on the secret realms."

"Earth-level secret realms are too dangerous for you, and they are rarely seen in many years, so they are no longer within your consideration."

"Spirit-level secret realms, also known as spirit realms, are rare but not uncommon. They can be found in deep abysses, in city god temples... and even in our local earth god temples. The first type of spirit realm is formed by chance after the death of a high-level cultivator, and its mysteries are mostly related to the cultivation of that high-level cultivator in his lifetime."
"The second type of spiritual realm is created by the divine way, such as the Earth God Temple and the Underworld."

"The third type of spiritual realm is formed naturally, and has single attributes such as the five elements and yin and yang, as well as composite attributes."

"The spiritual realm at the bottom of the lake is affected by the water veins and the earth veins, so you need luck to encounter it. In addition, what you need now is a spiritual realm containing yang mysteries, so we will not consider the bottom of the lake for the time being."

“Spiritual realms in the mountains and wilderness are even harder to find. Even if someone does encounter one, they will keep it a secret and treat it as capital for their cultivation and advancement.”

"The Chenghuang Temple in Jinfeng County has been operating for many years and has naturally accumulated a lot of spiritual sites. This Chenghuang Temple Fair is also an opportunity for the temple to open up these spiritual sites."

"Anyone who wishes to enter the City God's Spirit Realm can obtain the qualification simply by paying divine power."

"The cheapest City God Spirit Realm only requires a treasure worth one hundred strands of divine power, while the most expensive City God Spirit Realm is only three hundred strands."

Most of the resources of the City God Temple's many spiritual realms have long been plundered; its greatest value lies in its mysteries and spiritual energy.

Some cultivators wanted to comprehend the mysteries like Su Ji, while others took this opportunity to become Xuanmen sorcerers or ghost generals.

"I see!" Su Ji's heart stirred.

Bai Yuanling was a high-ranking cultivator of the Xuanmen sect, only able to enter the Earth-level secret realm. Furthermore, since Bai Yuanling regarded Su Ji as a seed of the Xuanmen sect, he did not mention the Spirit-level secret realm much.

The local deity continued, "The most expensive spiritual realm in the Jin Feng County City God Temple is the bright moon above the home of Yin Fu Wu Sheng. As for the yang mysteries you desire, you can obtain them from the Great Sun Spiritual Realm above the home of Wu Sheng. It only requires two hundred and seventy strands of divine power."

The City God Temple, also known as the Yin Fu Wu Sheng Jia Xiang (Hometown of No Birth in the Underworld), is the temporary resting place for the people of Jin Feng County after death, where they enjoy the happiness brought by incense offerings.

However, not all ghosts can enter the Land of No Birth. Those whose sins in life exceed a certain limit will be cast into the eighteen levels of hell.

It can be said that all the enjoyment Wusheng enjoyed in his hometown came from the good deeds and reputation he accumulated during his lifetime, as well as the continuous sacrifices made by his descendants.

The largest wave of offerings is made at the funeral, followed by a second wave from the seventh to the forty-ninth day after death, and a third wave on the anniversary of the death...

A wandering spirit can end its blessings before the incense burns out, or it can endure until its lifespan is about to run out and then enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Everything in Wusheng's hometown is a manifestation of the power of incense offerings and vows. The only real thing is the sun, moon, and stars above, which are all spiritual realms accumulated by the City God Temple over countless years.

After all, all land under heaven belongs to the emperor, and any unclaimed items found within the Yin-Yang boundary of the City God Temple should belong to the City God Temple.

The day-roaming and night-roaming spirit generals patrol the four directions, not only to guard against demons and ghosts, but also to discover unclaimed spirit-level secret realms, which would be a great achievement.

The spirit general's [talisman] can record everything encountered. If the spirit officials and spirit generals of the City God Temple dare to embezzle it, it will be discovered in the future...

Furthermore, among the deities in the City God Temple, there are also highly accomplished cultivators who, upon passing away, transform their cultivation realm into the City God's spiritual realm, thus accumulating blessings for their next life.

As a result, the City God Temple has accumulated many sacred sites over the years, and even though some of them are no longer open to the public, they have still become a star in the sky above Wusheng's hometown.

Unfortunately, the area of ​​the two villages of Dongsang and Xisang, where the land temple is located, is too small, and no unclaimed spiritual realm has ever been discovered.

"The City God's Underworld Great Sun Spirit Realm!" Su Ji couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Su Ji didn't think the City God was too late. He had gained a lot from the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake these past few days. Most importantly, he hadn't expended a single wisp of divine power.

It's always better to get something for free if you can, but now that's not an option, you can only choose to enter the City God's Underworld Great Sun Spirit Realm.

Immediately, Yan Tianchou began to remind them: "There are still 199 strands of divine power left. We can wait until the rewards for the haunting case, the Zhou Wu case, and the Monkey King case are issued before deciding whether to exchange or mortgage the divine power with silver."

Su Ji obtained a total of 420 strands of divine power. He tasted a strand of the Heavenly Coin, used 120 strands to fuse with the spiritual artifact copper coin, and used 100 strands to modify the Blazing Crystal Spiritual Pattern, leaving him with only 199 strands of divine power.

"A reward for the three cases?" Su Ji asked expectantly.

In the case of the haunting, Su Ji once captured the lame ghost and obtained a Dream Spirit Jade containing a large number of nightmare ghost images.

In the Zhou Wu case, Su Ji was the most crucial, not only turning Zhou Wu from an enemy into a friend, but also saving Zhou Wu's life.

In the case of the Monkey Demon King, Su Ji spent a slightly inferior-grade spiritual artifact copper coin to find the Crow Demon and Zhu Nanshan to persuade Chen Dianshi and his group to cooperate. As for the cooperation of the pig demons, that cannot be discussed openly...

Next, Su Ji continued to follow the Earth God to comprehend the mysteries, trying to understand all the mysteries he could resonate with.
It's important to understand that even if the second mystical technique is completed, it doesn't mean that more Yin-type mystical fragments cannot be collected.

Perhaps, by the time one yang-type mystical technique is mastered, the second yin-type mystical technique will also be nearly complete.

……

Time flew by and it was almost the end of February. Some people were doing spring plowing, while others were preparing for silkworm rearing... Everyone in the village was busy.

On the thirtieth day of the second month, the Earth God went alone to the City God Temple to collect the monthly stipends for all the deities in the temple.

When the Earth God returned, he was surrounded by a group of deities. In addition to the City God, there was also an unfamiliar Earth God.

The local spirit soldier, who knew the most people, immediately confirmed, "It's the local spirit official of the state!"

In an instant, all the spirit soldiers in the Earth God Temple became excited.

The reward from the land gods and city gods had finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)