Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 21 Insisting
Seeing the old beggar bite down on his index finger, Li Wushou's expression turned serious.

If the previous attempt to persuade the City God with a trace of his soul was an appeal to emotion, then tonight's demand for his Yin Meridian was a direct assault!
"Quickly recite the priest's Yin-refining technique!"

The old beggar looked solemn and gave Li Wushou a low shout.

Li Wushou dared not be negligent, and silently recited the incantation of the Yin Refining Technique that he had memorized.

"Absorb Yin energy and gather souls, refine the Yin body, consume all Yin energy, and build the Yin spirit."

The mother and child demons with bloodshot eyes stood still as the old beggar bowed deeply.

The old beggar chewed his fingers quickly, and as the fingers went down into his stomach, the incense sticks in his hand suddenly burned faster.

A wisp of mist drifted to the space between the mother and son's brows, and the murderous intent in their bloodshot eyes instantly vanished.

The intense resentment between mother and child, carrying a bone-chilling cold, was rapidly extracted from the mother and child demon's body and drifted towards Li Wushou's brow.

Li Wushou, on this side, kept his mind focused and kept silently reciting the incantation for the Yin Refining Technique.

When the body is empty and cannot anchor itself, it is naturally unable to sense Yin energy, let alone guide it.

Suddenly, a chilling aura seeped into his brow, instantly clearing his mind. The chilling sensation was extremely clear. Li Wushou referred to the Qi circulation diagram in the Divine Official's Yin Refining Technique and continuously guided it.

The Qi enters the space between the eyebrows, then the lower Dantian, passes through the perineum, enters the coccyx, flows through the Mingmen point, follows the great dragon of the human body, goes straight to the Yuzhen point, and finally merges with the Baihui point!
As the cycle of Qi was first completed, the aura around him suddenly turned cold.

Li Wushou, however, did not relax. He continued to silently recite the incantation, drawing in the resentful yin energy.

Although the circulation of Qi has been completed, the Qi channels are still weak. If the circulation is stopped now, the effort will be in vain in a short time.

The malevolent aura emanating from the mother and child demons was overwhelming, and the Ren family descendants who had fallen to the ground all had frost-like expressions on their faces.

This was only because Li Wushou had absorbed most of the resentful yin energy. If it weren't for the old beggar demanding yin energy here, there probably wouldn't be any survivors in the Ren family compound.

Li Wushou paid no attention to anything else. With each silent recitation, the meridians in his body seemed to be naturally formed, perfectly suited to the Divine Official's Yin Refining Technique.

Li Wushou even had a feeling that even the person who created the Divine Official's Yin Refining Technique might not be as compatible as him.

That's the domineering nature of the old beggar's insistence!

In addition, Li Wushou's physical body is special, and it is not resistant to any kind of energy, which made the shaping of the Yin Meridian possible this time.

The old beggar had been staring at the mother and child demons with a sorrowful expression since the beginning. As a large amount of resentful yin energy was drawn away, his blood-red eyes gradually became restless.

The old beggar glanced at Li Wushou, who still hadn't stopped, and couldn't help but curse under his breath.

"You brat, you're still not done?"

Li Wushou was also somewhat helpless. At this moment, although the meridians in his body were extremely clear, Li Wushou, who was concentrating, had a feeling that he was still missing a little bit!
Seeing Li Wushou like this, how could the old beggar not know that the Yin Meridian had not been properly formed yet?

"Damn it, we've lost big time! Li Wushou, now that you're a high priest, remember to help me swindle more incense offerings!"

With a furious shout, the old beggar bit off the index finger of his other hand!
The pain of losing a finger caused the old beggar's face to contort into a grimace, like a wilted chrysanthemum.

His face showed even more bitterness as he bowed once more to the mother and child spirits!
"Please have mercy, Li Wushou is a pitiful man, he was just a little short of succeeding, please give it to him!"

His words were much more impassioned than before, which suggests he was in pain.

The mother and child spirits remained motionless, their expressions blank. As Li Wushou withdrew, the overwhelming aura of resentment gradually thinned.

As the old beggar cried out, the blood-red eyes covering the mother and son demons all darkened, and the violent blood energy was drawn away, flowing along the direction of the resentful yin energy and into Li Wushou's brow.

After entering Li Wushou's body, it began to operate along the path of the Divine Official's Yin Refining Technique.

At the same time, unnoticed by the old beggar and Li Wushou, the shadows spread out on the ground under the moonlight suddenly began to tremble and burrowed into their bodies along the crown of their heads.

It also follows the path of the Yin Refining Technique.

The resentful yin energy, the essence of the blood-red eyes, and Li Wushou's shadowy aura—the three strangely merged together amidst the old beggar's cries. A network of energy, existing between reality and illusion, completely took shape within Li Wushou's body, conveying a sense of perfect harmony, like yin giving rise to yang, and yin and yang in perfect balance.

With the rise and fall of his chest, a vortex suddenly formed between his nostrils, instantly sucking away the remaining resentful yin energy within the mother and child demon.

The pure Yin energy surged within Li Wushou's body. Unlike the bone-chilling cold it had just experienced, as the Yin energy circulated, a vibrant life force flowed into it, nourishing his meridians. Its circulation was filled with an inner strength and a sense of harmony.

He couldn't help but exhale into the void beside him, and the void seemed to solidify, which showed how cold it was.

Its power has not diminished; on the contrary, it adds a touch of yin and yang harmony when it circulates within the body.

This situation was clearly not recorded in the Divine Official's Yin Refining Technique. For a moment, Li Wushou was also unsure of what had happened. After carefully comprehending it, he thought it couldn't be a bad thing, could it?
"scoff~"

A soft sound came from within the mother and child demons, and as the resentful yin energy dissipated, the bodies of the mother and child demons vanished simultaneously in the courtyard.

With a crackling sound, the withered, bloodshot eyes fell to the ground.

The old beggar hadn't even finished chewing his index finger when he saw the mother and child demons dissipate, and he cursed under his breath again.

"Damn it, I should have bitten less!"

Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly bowed in all directions.

"Please have mercy, Li Wushou is a pitiful man. He should rest at home tonight. Only Li Erniu and Huang Dabing will be moving the body."

The index finger in his mouth was chewed very quickly and was swallowed whole in no time.

With a puff of air, the old beggar blew out the incense stick in his hand, took off his shoes, and walked over to the bloodshot eyes that had fallen to the ground.

Because of the massive extraction of vital essence, these blood-eyed creatures are now quite docile, and their normally menacing blood-red fascia is drooping.

The old beggar let out a strange laugh and raised his dark foot to stomp on the bloodshot eyes.

"I'll teach you to eat people, I'll teach you to eat people!"

As he stomped and cursed, the bloodshot eyes on the ground were quickly devoured by the four newly planted eyes under the old beggar's feet.

Although the remaining essence and blood energy in each blood pupil was pitifully small—after all, most of the eyes had only been implanted today and had been absorbed by Li Wushou, leaving them on the verge of death—the total amount of blood essence and blood in hundreds of them was still considerable.

The old beggar ate to his heart's content, and in a few days, the few fruits under his feet would probably ripen again.

"Whoo~"

Li Wushou let out a long sigh of relief, and another cycle of Qi circulation ended.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw the old beggar who had been playing energetically, stepping on his eyes, and suddenly began to complain with a sob in his voice.

"Li Wushou, it hurts so much! Look at my finger!"

As he spoke, he presented the severed finger, which had already grown back, to Li Wushou.

"Look at you, look at you! This old man has bled for you, and even lost a finger."

Although Li Wushou knew that the old beggar was exaggerating, he still appreciated the old beggar's kindness.

After all, the old beggar is good at asking for things, but he rarely insists on asking for them!
"When I become a high priest, I will find you plenty of incense to eat!"

"Can I eat two meals a day?"

"I guarantee you'll have three meals a day!"

"Haha, great!"

(End of this chapter)