Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 610 Wu Qinghe's Path: The Venerable One as Bait

Three Immortals Pavilion
The old beggar had just dabbed some incense ash on Chen Gou'er's nose when he saw this and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Wushou, who was quietly following behind Wu Qinghe and her daughter, silently shouted in his heart:
"What are you laughing at! What kind of place is the Lotus Platform?"

The old beggar laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight, and after a long while he muttered a curse:
"A bully at home!"

He proceeded to berate Li Wushou relentlessly until Li Wushou was on the verge of exploding, before slowly explaining:
"The lotus platform is the gateway to reincarnation."

However, Zhenhai should be fishing for the extreme Yin there.

Li Wushou nodded silently upon hearing this, understanding what he needed to do. As for the specific functions of the lotus platform, Li Wushou had no interest in delving into them.

Judging from the current state of Youdu, which is in such a state of devastation, the Lotus Platform is probably in no better condition.

Just then, Li Wushou suddenly remembered something else, and his mind immediately sank into his spiritual tablet.

Previously, when he sensed Wu Zhuangyuan's location, his innate Yang pattern guided his spirit tablet, which resonated with three places.

The two places that converge towards Youdu City should be Wu Zhuangyuan and Wu Qinghe.

What about the other place?

Following the sensations of his ego tablet, Li Wushou discovered the last point of contact, which was still rapidly shifting horizontally.

He had initially thought that Scholar Wu was making some kind of arrangement, but now it was clear that it wasn't!

So, besides the Extreme Yang Pattern in Wu Zhuangyuan's body and the Ancestral Dragon Yang Pattern in Wu Qinghe's body, what else can resonate with his True Self Spirit Tablet?
The ancestral dragon's shadow pattern!

This is not hard to guess; Li Wushou had already considered this beforehand.

It's no surprise that I understand now!
But the other party keeps wandering around, so how can we capture it?

Recalling the old beggar's words, Li Wushou couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Fishing for the extreme Yin?"

Hearing Li Wushou's murmur, Wu Qinghe and the Immortal Lotus Venerable, who were walking side by side ahead, suddenly turned around and looked over.

The two exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.

It's not surprising that Li Wushou could guess that they were plotting against the Ancestral Dragon Yin Pattern.

But the very mention of the word "fishing" indicates that Li Wushou had essentially figured out their entire plan.

If someone had revealed this before entering the Forbidden Immortal Land, even Li Wushou, the Immortal Lotus Venerable, would probably have shown murderous intent.

But at this moment, there's nothing seriously wrong.

Wu Zhuangyuan followed behind Li Wushou, and his expression remained unchanged after hearing this.

Given Li Wushou's relationship with the senior, it's not surprising that he knows these things.

Seeing that the expressions of Wu Qinghe and her daughter drew the attention of Jin Guang and the others, Wu Zhuangyuan coughed lightly and said:
"We've arrived at the lotus platform!"

The group of people, each with their own thoughts, felt a chill run down their spines.

Looking up in the direction Wu Zhuangyuan was pointing, there was a winding ravine about forty miles ahead.

Amidst the dilapidated ruins, one can vaguely discern that it was once a river within the city.

In the instant Li Wushou gazed into the distance, he sensed a familiar aura within the riverbed.

The rocks on the riverbed and banks are similar in texture to the buckets that Mu San and his companions used to collect water from the River Styx.

Li Wushou had previously asked Mu San about the bucket.

As for Zeng Yan, those were two underworld gods, the vicious dog and the golden rooster, who wanted to make the offerings from the Wild Ghost Village more mellow and easier for them to collect water from the River Styx for pickling and offering.

They specially selected unique stones from Jinji Mountain and Egou Ridge to hold the water of the Styx River.

It is said that this kind of stone can only be formed in the mountains and rivers with names and identifiable features within this land, making it extremely rare.

But at this moment, the entire river channel is made of this kind of stone!
In other words, was the water flowing through this river channel all the water of the River Styx?

Looking further in along the river, one discovers that there is more than one such river.

The network of buildings is crisscrossed and seems to cover the entire city of Youdu.

However, the place Wu Zhuangyuan was pointing to was where many rivers converged, resembling a round pond from afar, but the so-called lotus platform was nowhere to be seen.

Jin Guang and the others were also somewhat puzzled.

However, given the previous incident, Jin Guang dared not ask any more questions.

The Ice Lord and the others remained silent.

The group fell silent as Wu Zhuangyuan spoke, but their pace suddenly quickened.

A moment later, the group stood on the embankment.

Wu Zhuangyuan and Wu Qinghe stood in the void, their eyes closed in deep thought.

Grand Venerable Immortal Lotus stood beside Jin Guang and the others, his expression solemn.

The entire ruins were eerily quiet.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Jin Guang, Yan Wu, and the others began to show impatience again.

After a moment's consideration, the Abbot of Xuanhuang Temple softly asked the Immortal Lotus Venerable beside him:
"Fellow Daoist Immortal Lotus, where are we now?"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Wushou, who was standing beside the five people, suddenly opened his eyes and lightly rebuked them:
"Silence!"

Having said that, without waiting for the Xuanhuang Temple Master's reaction, he once again immersed his mind in the spirit tablet of his true self.

In his perception, Wu Qinghe had already activated the Ancestral Dragon Yang Pattern within her body. This harmonious and natural aura, surpassing that of ordinary extreme paths, was difficult for Xuanhuang and the others to detect.

However, the ancestral dragon's yin patterns, which had been pulsating in various places, were now constantly shifting horizontally towards the direction of Youdu City.

For some reason, the Ancestral Dragon Yin Pattern seemed extremely wary and was unwilling to venture deep into the ruins.

Therefore, upon noticing the restlessness of the Xuanhuang Temple Master and others, Li Wushou also became quite blunt.

Upon hearing this, the abbot of Xuanhuang Temple's expression tightened slightly, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes. However, the golden light beside him was even more furious than he was!
He moved swiftly, ready to teach Li Wushou a lesson. But then, Wu Zhuangyuan, who was in mid-air, suddenly let out a soft shout.

"It's now!"

Having said that, the Immortal Lotus Venerable, who had been waiting for a long time, directly activated the innate Dao patterns within his body.

A vibrant, lively, and refreshing atmosphere rose from the ruins.

Before Jin Guang and the others could even contain their anger, they were startled by the sight and hurriedly activated the Five Elements Innate Dao Patterns within their bodies as agreed.

Five Paths and Nine Symbols of Primordial Dao Patterns ascended into the sky simultaneously.

Through mutual generation and restraint, it transformed into a milky white ring, hovering above the heads of the five people.

Just then, Wu Qinghe, who had been lost in thought with her eyes closed, moved.

With his hands forming a mudra, beams of golden light burst forth from his body.

Those are the innate Dao patterns engraved by Wu Qinghe within her physical body!

Just as Li Wushou had previously imitated the Five Elements Sect's Wood Peak to build a Dao Pattern clone, Wu Qinghe used the many Dao Patterns within her body to construct a blue lotus around her.

It takes itself as its root, the innate Dao patterns of extreme Yang and Yin as its stem, and the innate Dao patterns of the Five Elements as its flower.

At this moment, Wu Qinghe has not yet achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body in a strict sense.

Although she possesses all five elements of Yin and Yang, she only has seven innate Dao patterns.

To Li Wushou's astonishment, although Wu Qinghe had not achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body, each of her innate Dao patterns had more than nine symbols, and at least more than twelve.

Wu Qinghe's aura was even stronger than Li Wushou had imagined!
How could it possibly break the norms of the Great Accomplished Holy Body?
wrong!

After a moment of surprise, Li Wushou suddenly remembered something else.

Wu Qinghe has more than seven innate Dao patterns; the Ancestral Dragon Yang pattern should have already merged with her.

Having realized this, Li Wushou instantly understood Wu Qinghe's path.

After gathering all the Yin-Yang patterns of the Ancestral Dragon, Wu Qinghe will directly enter the realm of the Great Perfection Sacred Body.

Subsequently, based on the Yin-Yang pattern of the Ancestral Dragon, Wu Qinghe's own understanding of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements will instantly reach an extremely profound level.

At that time, it seems not impossible to reach the pinnacle of the Dao, open up an inner world, and even become an immortal!

Scholar Wu stood protectively beside Wu Qinghe, observing the blue lotus with a slight smile on his face.

However, the expressions of Jin Guang, Xuan Huang, and the others standing beside the Immortal Lotus Venerable changed drastically.

They knew that Wu Zhuangyuan and the daughter of the Immortal Lotus Venerable must be exceptionally talented.

But after actually seeing it, he was shocked to realize that he had comprehended so many principles of the Tao.

Although the Holy Body has not yet been fully formed, this aura is too strong!
Although they did not understand the ultimate meaning of the convergence of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, their own perspective was quite broad.

This kind of power, even without seeing the opponent make a move, is already no weaker than that of an ordinary Venerable!

The group exchanged a silent glance, having reached a kind of agreement.

Li Wushou glanced at the group, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

Immortal Lotus Venerable and Scholar Wu, however, remained indifferent.

In mid-air, Wu Qinghe changed her hand seals again, and the five-element lotus flower at the top of the green lotus suddenly bloomed, and the surging five-element energy instantly merged with the five-element halos above the heads of the five deities.

Li Wushou gazed at the lotus flower, his expression shifting.

The Li Xing he had been searching for was sitting solemnly on the lotus seedpod in the center of the lotus, like a lotus seed.

There were four others like him, all of whom were sixth-level Heavenly Gods!

When were these gods cultivated?

On second thought, Li Wushou guessed that it either came from the Immortal Lotus Venerable or from the Azure Lotus Clan.

And unsurprisingly, these four people control the other four of the five elements.

The four of them formed a circle with Li Xing, surrounding Wu Qinghe's primordial spirit, who was sitting upright, in the center of the lotus seedpod.

How could one actually reveal their primordial spirit here?
Or perhaps this isn't the primordial spirit? But rather the yang spirit?

Did Wu Qinghe also practice Taoism?
Li Wushou was somewhat surprised!
Then she remembered the incident of the Luo family in Zhenhai City keeping a three-year-old child in captivity, and the other party had said that it was all for Wu Qinghe.

The million three-year-old babies were a congratulatory gift prepared by the Luo family for Wu Qinghe's success!

Within the Lotus Seed Dharma Realm, Li Wushou had also seen a statue of Wu Qinghe holding a lotus seedpod. That lotus seedpod, just like the one encased in this blue lotus flower, had six holes.

The deities corresponding to each color are generally the same.

As Li Wushou pondered, Wu Qinghe, who was sitting in the center of the lotus seedpod, quietly opened her eyes.

With a wave of his hand, the five elemental rings formed by the innate Dao patterns within each of their bodies instantly lost control and drifted towards the river beneath Wu Qinghe.

Looking down at the Five Elements Ring, Wu Qinghe said softly:
"When the five elements converge, the lotus platform appears!"

The surrounding ruins, which had been quiet, erupted into chaos the moment the words were spoken.

The remaining Dao patterns converged one after another towards the Five Elements Ring.

In the blink of an eye, a huge lotus platform appeared, floating above the river, somewhere between reality and illusion.

Upon closer inspection, it appears that the lotus platform was forcibly condensed and is not the original entity.

But that should be enough!

The moment the lotus platform appeared, the entire ruins of Youdu City trembled violently!
Even Jin Guang and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

At that moment, both Wu Zhuangyuan and Li Wushou smiled.

Because they all sensed that the Ancestral Dragon Yin Pattern, which had been lingering outside the ruins of Youdu, had arrived!
(End of this chapter)