Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 221 Cultivation Paradise

Although Chonghe Daoren sent a message back via his flying sword about what happened at Taodu Mountain, he had not yet had time to report to Ai Zhenren about meeting the Old Man of the Moon at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing that Master Ai was confused, Zhang Daoling smiled and explained the situation.

Upon hearing the Old Man of the Moon's final reminder to Ao Peng to seek the opportunity at the Erlang Temple at the foot of the mountain, Master Ai clapped his hands and laughed, saying happily, "It seems that the gods of Heaven have also sensed Fellow Daoist Ao's great wish, and have come to assist him one by one!"

The reason why the Purple Ying and Green Rope cannot be lifted is because these two divine swords have not even developed their hilts and guards. Anyone who tries to grasp these swords will be cut by their sharp blades.

Only those who are indestructible and can withstand the sharpness of two divine swords at will will not be cut.

However, since he is already indestructible and can easily wield the two divine swords, Ziying and Qingsuo, it seems that even without the two divine swords, he can quell the ghostly calamity in this place.

Given the sharpness of the two divine swords, Ao Peng estimated that only his sworn brother, Sun Wukong, could wield them out of thin air.

If one cannot confront the two divine swords head-on, then the only option is to use softness to overcome hardness.

If a certain kind of true water is used to make the hilt and guard of the two divine swords, then one can naturally hold the two divine swords without hurting one's hands.

Ordinary true water would certainly be useless, but Erlang Shen, as the Lord of the River, must possess true water capable of restraining the two divine swords.

Even Ao Peng couldn't help but think that this must be part of the Old Man of the Moon's plan. No wonder He asked him to dot the eyes of the children at the Erlang Temple during the April Water Festival.

After clarifying the cause and effect, Ao Peng looked at Zhang Daoling beside him and asked, "Brother Dao, how long will it take you to find Laozi's residence?"

Hearing Ao Peng's question, Zhang Daoling smiled wryly and said, "How can Laozi's mansion be found so easily? I used divination to calculate some opportunities before, especially when I met Fellow Daoist Ao, I felt that the opportunity was approaching. However, if I want to find it, I will need to travel around Qingcheng Mountain for a while longer."

Ao Peng nodded slightly; he wasn't surprised by this.

According to the original history, Zhang Daoling would have needed to wait another twenty or thirty years to obtain the inheritance of Laozi from Qingcheng Mountain. Because of his appearance, Zhang Tianshi's true spirit descended for a while and manifested Laozi's cave ahead of time. However, Zhang Tianshi seemed to have some concerns and was unwilling to take him directly to Laozi's opportunity quickly, so he only left a historical incarnation here.

However, since Ao Peng had already made a deal with Zhang Tianshi using five pecks of rice, he was naturally not afraid that Zhang Tianshi would renege on the deal.

Bodhisattvas fear the cause, while ordinary people fear the effect.

"I think it would be better if Brother Zhang searched for Laozi's cave in the Qingcheng Mountain area, while I used this opportunity to study the two divine swords, Ziying and Qingsuo, and prepare scabbards, hilts, and guards for them. We can meet at Erlang Temple in Dujiangyan in half a month."

After listening to Ao Peng's plan, Zhang Daoling nodded slightly, "Agreed."

The two had a clear division of labor. Master Ai spoke up, "Then I will try my best to contact independent cultivators from various places and have them come to Chengdu to subdue the demons and join us in this great undertaking!"

After Master Ai and Zhang Daoling left, Ao Peng remained alone in the mountain of soldiers and began to seriously study his armored corpse.

More than two months ago, with the help of the mausoleum built in the intermediate realm and his own body, General Wu Gong, guarding the intermediate realm, Ao Peng successfully completed the cultivation of the [Taiyin Three Corpses Refining True Talisman]. He also evolved the Taiyin Three Transformations Substitute Death Divine Power and further connected the characteristics of his resurrected corpse with the orthodox cultivation path, condensing it into an Ironclad Corpse.

Ao Peng's armor was constructed from the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance in the human world. Compared to ordinary weapons, it was naturally incredibly sturdy. However, it had no "bones" inside, so its defensive power was not strong when it encountered a true divine weapon. It was even inferior to the [Ten Thousand People's Blessing and Auspicious Cloud Palace Lantern].

But this mountain of soldiers before him was his lucky place.

Ordinary armored corpses need to be buried in the ground for many years to absorb the essence of metal from the earth and then refine it into their own armor, transforming the armor into silver armor. This is the way of mutual generation between earth and metal.

For ordinary armored zombies, finding a mineral vein is a treasure trove for cultivation.

Ao Peng, on the other hand, was on a mine made of ancient weapons!

The abundance of Geng metal energy here is so great that it can be directly dispersed in the wind, which naturally helps Ao Peng further complete the cultivation of the [Taiyin Three Corpses Refining True Talisman].

Moreover, this place is not only filled with Geng metal Qi. Along the way, Ao Peng has already discovered that the evil aura lingers on these ancient weapons. This evil aura gathers resentment, and if worn for a long time, even heavenly soldiers and generals will be affected. That is why the Heavenly Court abandoned these weapons here when they returned.

But resentment is good, it's exactly the resources Ao Peng needs for his cultivation!

Ao Peng sat cross-legged in front of the Purple Ying Green Chain Sword, took out the Dragon Tiger Golden Elixir that Zhang Daoling had just given him, and swallowed it.

After the golden elixir entered his body, its potent medicinal properties erupted, transforming into untamed metallic medicinal power that rampaged through Ao Peng's body.

This allows his skin to gradually become metallic, from the inside out.

[You have consumed a first-stage Dragon-Tiger Golden Pill. Your constitution attribute has increased by 1.]

[You have been affected by the Golden Elixir, and the Golden Elixir poison has begun to erupt within your body.]

[Your constitution is special, making you immune to this outbreak of the Golden Stone Poison.]

[Your constitution attribute has exceeded 10 points; you can now choose a type of Primordial Qi to refine.]

You are absorbing the surrounding Demon-Subduing Metal Qi.

[The Demon-Subduing Metal Qi contains demonic thoughts, which are invading your mind.]

As Ao Peng sat cross-legged on the ground, something resembling capillaries suddenly grew on his body. These Yin-Yang networks, refined from the Kundalini Fire and Corpse Qi, were no longer confined to Ao Peng's body as his cultivation level improved.

As Ao Peng uttered the command, strands of black and white down, as soft as spring grass yet as hard as metal and stone, continuously emerged from his body, soon spreading out over a radius of four or five zhang.

As soon as Zi Ying Qing Suo sensed the Kun Fire Corpse Qi, it stirred up circles of extremely sharp sword Qi, slicing through the surrounding Kun Fire Corpse Qi.

However, this Kundalini Corpse Qi has acquired the Yin-Yang transformation of the [Yellow Emperor's Classic of Plain Women], making it both soft and hard. When faced with the extremely sharp sword energy, it transforms into spring grass, allowing the sword energy to harvest it. But as soon as the spring grass falls to the ground, it grows back endlessly, seemingly without end.

While being harvested by the sword energy, the Kundalini Corpse Qi also acted as a capillary absorption tissue, continuously drawing in the sword energy of the Purple Ying Green Rope and entering Ao Peng's body.

Not only did the sword energy of the two divine swords, Zi Ying and Qing Suo, enter Ao Peng's body, but strands of Kun Fire Corpse Qi also seeped into the mountains through the gaps in the divine weapons, drawing in the Geng Metal Qi within.

The drops of demonic blood on these weapons seemed to sense some kind of opportunity. The lingering demonic remnants attached to them came to life and were attracted by the Kundalini fire and corpse energy, entering Ao Peng's body.