Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 36 Black Dragon Circling the Bed
Guan Minghui immediately took out Lu Min's Taibai Dividing Light Sword.

The Black Fiend Sword is too malevolent and can harm a person's soul. To force someone to disintegrate, one must use a righteous flying sword.

The righteous flying sword is clean, and it is best if it is newly forged and has not yet been used to kill or bleed. In the current urgent situation, the best choice is to use the Taibai Dividing Light Sword.

The Celestial Venerable Shenmu practiced the magic of the Western Demonic Sect and cultivated the Profound Yin Great Art, which affected his temperament. If he were to commit suicide, the state of mind at the time of death would be affected, and a single wrong thought could lead him to ruin.

Guan Minghui instructed him to sit cross-legged, regulate his breathing, calm his mind, and adjust his mental state to its optimal condition before releasing the Taibai Dividing Light Sword.

A flash of white light, and the head of the Divine Eye Celestial Venerable fell to the ground, his primordial spirit wrapped in his inner core spraying out with the light of blood.

Guan Minghui took out a jade talisman he had prepared beforehand, collected its soul core, and sealed it with a spell.

He handed the jade talisman to Liu Quan and then gave him three Xuan Yin Divine Thunders: "Take him to the South Sea and find a family to send him to be reincarnated. I have already calculated his future reincarnation."

His enemies are not a major concern, but there's someone you'll encounter when you first set sail. How you choose to deal with him is up to you, but you must consider the consequences. After you send him to be reborn...

Bury these three thunder pearls in the three directions of that family's house—Gen, Zhen, and Xun—and he will be able to safely overcome a childhood calamity in his next life. You can leave now and don't need to worry about him anymore.”

Liu Quan accepted the order and took the jade talisman and the thunder pearl.

Guan Minghui instructed Ku Tie to escort Liu Quan away under the cover of night.

Ku Tie saw his apprentice off, and as they flew far into the sky, he quietly transmitted his voice through the clouds: "After you've finished your business, don't come back. Go straight back to your home in the South China Sea and relax..."

Liu Quan also felt uneasy and was about to ask for the reason when Ku Tie stopped him: "The demon corpse's senses are abnormal. Don't speak. Head south directly and don't look back!"

For more than twenty years, the master and disciple had always addressed Guan Minghui as "senior" in the cave. Upon hearing the words "demon corpse," they were first surprised, and then their hearts tightened.

He thought that Ku Tie had never been as eager to please Guan Minghui as Lin Rui had been, and that Ku Tie often chanted Buddhist scriptures in the cave. He began to suspect that his master might be secretly in contact with Hua Yaosong and the Emei Sect, and that they were working together to dismember the corpse.

But there was no time to ask these questions. He could only say goodbye to his master normally and fly south on his sword.

Guan Minghui didn't pay attention to what the master and disciple were saying, but instead took the columnar rock that Shenmu Tianzun had brought back.

This stone is hollow inside, divided into two sections. One end is filled with the Ten Thousand Year Azure, which is a kind of spiritual stone and immortal milk.

He asked Cui Haike, "This contains the Ten Thousand Year Azure, which is the essence of the earth's energy and dragon veins condensed over hundreds of millions of years. It is the same as the Jade Fruit. Can it be used as the main ingredient instead?"

Cui Haike was an expert in alchemy. Upon hearing the words "Ten Thousand Year Azure," his face lit up with joy: "Excellent! This is even better than the spiritual essence extracted from ten-thousand-year jade marrow!"

Guan Minghui then used his magic to locate the section in the middle of the rock, cut it off with the Taibai Dividing Light Sword, and handed the part containing the Ten Thousand Years of Azure Sky to Cui Haike.

If Cui Haike says no, he will drink this stuff; it can strengthen his vital energy, improve his physique, and increase his magical power, equivalent to many years of cultivation.

After sending Cui Haike away, he took Yang Li to continue refining medicine. He then assigned Lin Rui and the newly returned Ku Tie to enter the Earth's core again to set up three formations.

He chose an opportune moment to sit on the stone bed, erected the remaining half of the stone pillar, took out the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade and placed it on it, made a hand seal with his left hand and cast a spell with his right hand, releasing the Xuan Yin Cold Flame.

The pale, cold flames descended layer by layer, enveloping the entire stone pillar. This fire was extremely powerful; it could burn even steel to ashes.

The rocks continued to turn to ash, burned and polished by the flames, becoming thinner and thinner until they were as thin as paper. Inside was a small silver rhinoceros, which looked neither stone nor jade, but had a bright silver light all over its body, green eyes and white teeth, and four vermilion hooves, and was lifelike.

The silver rhinoceros floated in mid-air inside, as if it were alive, moving up and down.

Guan Minghui activated his inner energy, and with a slight exertion of his right hand, the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade was pressed into it.

This rhinoceros is a treasure nurtured by the Primordial Essence of Taiyi, but it has not yet developed its own sentience. If it is opened directly, it will quickly harden upon contact with air and lose its spiritual power. However, if it is extracted and nurtured using a specific method, it can live like a living being, and every now and then it will expel a few drops of Primordial Essence of Taiyi from its mouth, which is excellent for use in medicine and refining treasures.

The Xuan Yin True Scripture contains a method for refining Taiyi Yuanjing. Guan Minghui examined it for a moment and immediately thought of combining it with the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade.

Wen Yu was pressed into the hollow, where the air was blocked by the Xuan Yin Cold Flame and could not enter. Guan Minghui's hand was still on it, continuously injecting the pill energy.

The ancient warm jade emitted a dazzling reddish-purple light and slowly descended. The stone rhinoceros seemed to have seen something good and automatically came forward, crashing headfirst into the reddish-purple light.

Both were rare treasures born from the earth's energy and dragon veins, originating from the same source. Upon encountering each other, the little rhinoceros immediately merged into them, opening its mouth and spitting out a series of silver droplets.

The Wan Nian Wen Yu, touched by these droplets, was like a parched land receiving timely rain. From within, a reddish-purple thousand-petaled lotus flower was born, which quickly bloomed, with purple petals surrounding a red lotus seedpod in the center.

The little stone rhinoceros flew straight over and landed on the lotus seedpod, lying there motionless.

After a moment, the light subsided, and Guan Minghui reached out and grabbed a palm-sized piece of warm jade in his hand.

"It's done!"

The texture of the 10,000-year-old warm jade is more delicate than before, and it is hazy and translucent. You can see a purple lotus flower in the center, with a small silver rhinoceros lying in the middle.

With this treasure, cultivating the Three Corpse Primordial Spirit will be much easier later on!
He held the warm jade and called out towards the Earth's core. A huge dragon head popped out from the dark isthmus.

The dragon's head was about ten or twenty feet long, with jet-black scales and a pair of dragon horns. Its front claws were gripping the exit of the isthmus, and its two round, bright eyes looked over cautiously.

This dragon also possessed some intelligence. It was trapped in the Profound Yin Soul Refining Array and was doomed to die. In the end, Guan Minghui rushed over, and the dragon begged Guan Minghui for mercy, acknowledging him as its master, which allowed it to survive.

He was a primordial being, living for thousands of years, from the time of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present day. He once thought himself powerful and acted recklessly, but his Dragon Pearl was destroyed and his cultivation was reduced...

He sensed that he would face an even greater calamity in the future, and if he could find refuge under a powerful immortal and be protected, he would have a greater chance of surviving the disaster safely.

In his eyes, Guan Minghui was a powerful master who could protect him, but his murderous aura was too strong, his methods too ruthless, and he was too terrifying. He was afraid that Guan Minghui would suddenly get angry and throw him into the Xuan Yin Formation to extract his soul and refine treasures.

Seeing his pitiful look, Guan Minghui chuckled: "Are you afraid of me?"

The black dragon nodded slightly.

"Come here," Guan Minghui commanded.

The black dragon crawled out of the isthmus and went straight to the stone bed. It lay down, its chin touching the ground, and turned its big, bright eyes to look up at Guan Minghui's face.

Guan Minghui held the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade between his palms and infused it with elixir energy. The stone rhinoceros inside was activated, stood up on the red jade lotus, raised its head, and spat out a drop of Taiyi Yuanjing from its mouth.

The essence of Taiyi flew out through the surface of the jade, and Guan Minghui sent it to the black dragon: "Open your mouth and catch it!"

Such a drop of Taiyi Yuanjing was like an ant to the enormous black dragon, but it was this drop of liquid that made him smell that it was a good thing. He hurriedly opened his mouth and exhaled his pill energy to wrap the Taiyi Yuanjing and then put it back into his stomach.

Guan Minghui waved his hand to make him look up, and touched his wet nose: "From now on, you will cultivate by my side. If I can achieve enlightenment, you will naturally benefit as well."

The black dragon rubbed the tip of its nose against Guan Minghui's palm, crawled around the stone bed, and finally lay down in the center, head to tail. After receiving permission, it lowered its head completely, found a comfortable position to lie down, and silently refined and absorbed the drop of Taiyi Yuanjing.

　This black dragon isn't Shi Feiyang. He was going to leave from here, follow the Yangtze River to Dinghu Peak, and then die from his cultivation... It was Shi Feiyang who transmigrated.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)