Water elemental became a god, ultimately becoming the master of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers

Chapter 181 Obtaining Immortal Fortune Again, Altering Cause and Effect

Chen Shunan made a step forward, using his sword to protect himself.

The Taoist's gaze remained calm, his expression unchanged.

Then the two of them turned on each other at the same time and attacked simultaneously.

An exceptionally powerful aura of Yin energy, drawn by the Taoist's will, did not dissipate outwards but instead poured into the [Undying Metamorphosis Technique].

The white pill faintly awakens, spinning around somewhat reluctantly, only emitting a burst of red light.

stab...

The red light, like a sharp arrow released from a bow, shot straight towards Chen Shunan's brow.

The sword in Chen Shunan's hand snapped in two.

Before the Taoist could even feel joy, Chen Shun'an, who had previously appeared ordinary in aura, strength, and appearance, suddenly seemed like a raging beast that had broken free of its seal, in his astonished gaze.

A surge of powerful energy burst forth!

"Ow!"

Like a tiger's roar, like a dragon's cry.

Chen Shunan's full head of white hair fluttered up.

The visible blood and qi seemed to crush every inch of the yin energy in the deep pit with the weight of a heavy hammer, and even stirred up layers of broken bricks and tiles, forming ripples that spread outwards.

The malevolent energy instantly melted away like ice and snow.

He threw a punch, the force of which spread in all directions, his intent surging like a tide, instantly shattering the red light that was so close at hand.

At the same time, a faint light suddenly shot out from under the broken sword.

"Slay the five traitors?"

"Where did this 'slaying five thieves' come from?"

"How could it be slaying five thieves!"

"Liu Qingyi is one thing, but how come another one, the Five Slayers, just popped up out of nowhere?"

The Taoist's expression changed drastically, his pupils contracted sharply, and the yin-yang symbol on his robe began to twist, falling into a long, deathly silence, in disbelief.

Now that he has emerged from the cicada's molted body, he can be targeted by the Heart-Piercing Nail.

So before he could react, the Heart-Piercing Nail struck the Taoist's illusory figure in an instant.

"puff!"

The icy aura erupted suddenly, freezing half of his divine essence into ice crystals and then tearing it apart violently.

The Taoist's illusory figure instantly became blurry and thin, like a paper doll that had been punctured, and even the patterns on his robes faded to almost invisible.

Chen Shunan, seizing the opportunity, stomped his foot, causing rocks to crack and shatter beneath him. While still in mid-air, he fell into the formless void and vanished completely.

As if walking in the shadows, they arrived silently with a terrifying sense of oppression!
Whether you are a true immortal or Zhao Guanghui.

If you can defeat Chen, and even force Chen to grovel, then whatever you say, Chen will believe you.

if not...

Mr. Chen had no choice but to fight against evil and uphold justice.

The Taoist priest, somewhat exasperated, shouted sternly.
"Aren't you a swordsman? How come you're using hidden weapons and have such amazing movement skills!"

The collapsed underground palace was utterly silent.

What answered him was a terrifying killing intent that suddenly erupted from the corner of his eye, almost solidified into a physical form!
At first, it was like a raging wildfire, scorching away the Yin energy; in an instant, it transformed into ten thousand golden rays, stinging the eyes of the Taoist's illusory figure; the sounds of dragon roars and tiger howls arose out of nowhere, and the acquired Qi converged into Chen Shun'an's fist like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

As the five scenes rotated, it was as if the heavens were collapsing down!

The Taoist's consciousness went blank for a moment, his phantom swayed, and his face was completely dazed.

Then, the Heart-Piercing Nail and Chen Shunan's fist force landed simultaneously.

"Oh no, this move will kill me!!"

The Taoist suddenly realized what was happening, and his entire phantom trembled violently, almost exploding.

With his full strength unleashed and no mercy shown, Chen Shunan didn't even have time to worry about the muscles on his face that were still disguised.

With slight adjustments to his facial features, his eyebrows and eyes drooped, revealing a face that Zhao Guanghui was extremely familiar with.

"Chen, Shun, An?!"

In that instant, the Taoist's mind and spirit were shaken, and everything was in complete chaos.

The image of Chen Shunan, who used to be cautious and greedy when borrowing money, quickly overlapped with his current arrogant and furious demeanor.

It gave him the feeling that his worldview had been shattered, as if he had fallen into an absurd dream.

Could it be that from the very beginning he intended to default on the loan and resort to violence to refuse repayment...?

Zhao Guanghui vaguely understood something.

just,

That's too late.

A life-or-death struggle can be decided in an instant.

The situation just now, where Liu Qingyi and others besieged Zhao Guanghui, was merely a case of being afraid to harm the innocent, and it was not the norm.

"Boom!!"

Chen Shunan's fist struck the Taoist priest, or more precisely, Zhao Guanghui's chest.

The piercing nails pierced through his limbs with a 'whoosh' sound, and Zhao Guanghui couldn't even let out a complete scream before exploding into a cloud of black fluff.

The cicada's molted shell, still trying to open and close as if absorbing something, was suddenly kicked hard by Chen Shunan, who sent it crashing into the corner with a thud.

The flaps immediately closed obediently.

The black fluff dissipated.

Faintly, Chen Shunan could still hear some shrill screams—

"Chen Shunan, you'll die a horrible death!!! You owe me a debt..."

The defeated dog barks wildly.

When a person dies, their debts are wiped out.

I don't care about your debts or bad debts...

Chen Shunan's face was cold as he thrust out the Heart-Piercing Nails, piercing back and forth dozens of times, directly devouring all the remaining mental power of Zhao Guanghui, the creditor.

After carefully examining the scene and confirming that Zhao Guanghui was truly dead, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Those who refine the [Undying Moltock Release] are truly damn hard to kill!
First, he was surrounded and attacked by Liu Qingyi and others, who shattered Zhao Guanghui's zombie body into dust.

Even so, Zhao Guanghui's will remained, and he was able to survive in the cicada's molted body.

If Chen Shunan hadn't secretly come today, Zhao Guanghui might have been able to cultivate a Yin spirit and become a legendary ghost cultivator several months later. For the first time, Chen Shunan gained a clear understanding of so-called immortal cultivators.

And this is merely a pretense of divine affinity; in essence, he is nothing more than a martial artist who is ignorant of the mysteries of Yin and Yang and has no understanding of destiny and fate.

He wasn't a true cultivator at all.

Fortunately, Chen Shunan's elaborate preparations were not in vain. He not only armed himself to the teeth but also used a little deception to present himself as a sword cultivator.

This method is indeed excellent; we must expand and strengthen it in the future.

Although Chen Shunan felt a little heartbroken that the superior sword worth more than one hundred taels of silver, as well as the pill for avoiding miasma, were destroyed just like that.

But exchanging it for the Immortal Fate [Undying Molt] is still worthwhile.

"My precious darling, what a fortunate connection! I, Chen, have finally regained your control..."

Chen Shunan reached out and grabbed the [Undying Molting Insect Solution] into his palm.

At this moment, the [Undying Molting Technique] seemed to be a long-lost relative to Chen Shunan.

A piece of information popped into Chen Shunan's mind.

[One of the Three Laws and Two Teachings, the Red Forest Great Teaching's traditional talisman: The Undying Molting Insect Solution, formed by gathering 'primordial energy' and incorporating talismans, imbued with the changes of Yin and Yang, containing the principles of life, death, and creation.]

Things that already have an owner cannot be transformed into immortals or gods.

"How can it be an owner's property?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Shunan frowned deeply.

Zhao Guanghui is dead; this is beyond doubt.

Therefore, there is only one possibility.

"This [Undying Molting Technique] has never belonged to Zhao Guanghui from beginning to end. It already had an owner. Could it have been deliberately leaked out to be used as bait?"

Evil people recognize evil.

Chen Shun'an, this scoundrel, has long worked in the abalone market, so he can distinguish people by their smell.

He was quite self-aware; he himself was far from being a good person and not a good person at all.

Those cultivators who are high above, hidden behind the common people, spreading various idealistic immortal destinies and secretly manipulating demon-transforming martial arts, are probably even more wicked.

Maybe they'll secretly set a trap and use a lucky break to create a nest.

Chen Shunan's thoughts raced.

Moreover, it was made by combining 'vital energy' with talismans...

Chen Shunan clearly remembered that when he last encountered the [Divine Might Purple Thunder Cannon], the information displayed in the precious edict stated that "the Purple Thunder Cannon was made by melting and killing iron by collecting 'form and qi'".

Chen Shunan found many books on the imperial examination system from Ma Xiucai, which were nominally called "eight-legged essays," "The Four Books and Five Classics," and "Collected Annotations on Chapters and Sentences."

But it actually contains various Taoist scriptures.

Among them are records of 'Yuanqi' and 'Xingqi'.

The Dao is above form, and form is below the Dao. Therefore, what is above form is called the Dao, and what is below form is called the instrument. Since it has form and substance and can be used as an instrument, it is said that what is below form is called the instrument.

The book states that there is Qi within form, and form and Qi can transform into each other.

By using the physical form to nourish the vital energy, the vital energy becomes strong and the physical form becomes solid. By circulating the vital energy to refine the physical form, the physical form becomes complete and the vital energy naturally becomes genuine.

That is, all things in the world are divided into tangible things and intangible things.

The Qi of tangible things is called 'Form Qi'.

The intangible Qi is called 'Yuan Qi'.

The two are not absolutely opposed or isolated, but rather can be used to cultivate qi and refine form.

For no apparent reason, Chen Shunan thought of the demons that were scattered in form and the demons that were gathered in form.

Since coming into contact with demons, apart from the large black snake that produced the "Golden Snake Entwining Silk Hand" visualization diagram, which was a demon with a scattered form.

The other demons encountered were mostly demons in physical form.

This seems to confirm that it leans towards the formless and intangible 'Qi'. Compared to tangible and material objects, it is rarer and more mysterious.

Form and Qi, Primordial Qi.

Formally clustered, or in a dispersed manner.

The two seem to be the same thing.

At this moment, Chen Shunan felt a strange stirring in his heart, as if he had touched upon some essence or method of the cultivation world of the Holy Dynasty.

This is almost a method of cultivating immortality.

All thoughts and ideas are uttered in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, it seemed that Chen Shunan's divinity had greatly increased recently, and his progress in the cultivation of the herbal talisman was nearing completion.

All that could be seen was the [Three Primordial Water Official True Spirit Treasure Proclamation] in his mind, which shone with dazzling divine light. With a shake of the scroll, a brand new text appeared in Chen Shun'an's peripheral vision.

[Consuming 5 incense points can alter the cause and effect, rendering this talisman ownerless.]

[Wish: 163]

Insufficient incense offerings

Upon seeing this, Chen Shunan's face suddenly lit up with delight, and his eyes gleamed.

Distorting cause and effect?

Is the Precious Edict really that powerful?
A mere five sticks of incense can be accumulated over just a few days.

In control!

Chen Shunan took the white porcelain medicine bottle from his bosom, put the [Undying Molting Insect Solution] into it, and carefully wrapped it with his mind before putting it into his bosom.

Only then did he raise his head and look at the collapsed underground palace.

The Yin energy surged and spread, but after losing the [Undying Molting Technique], it dissipated at a much faster rate, like water without roots.

The wind blew in through the opening above, causing the surrounding dust and debris to float gently in the air.

Chen Shunan remained silent, searching for something in the dried-up blood pool within the underground palace.

The ground was littered with mangled corpses and limbs, twisted and crooked.

Then, Chen Shunan found the body of a cripple.

It was so dry and lifeless that its facial features and body shape were no longer discernible.

But with his body hunched over, one hand poised to throw, and his mouth roaring, it was as if he had used all his strength to silently resist and retaliate against something.

It was Cheng Bin's body.

(End of this chapter)