Chapter 50: Living Natural Phenomena

"You are right, I am indeed very afraid of death."

Watching the red-haired ghost god gradually taking form behind Li Boyang, the big black dog finally lowered its head.

"Using your own shadow to bear the curse of the Ru-Fu, that really is a genius idea..."

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be very hard to believe..."

"You actually managed to cultivate a true ghost god in less than three years."

With a faint smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, Li Boyang waved his hand, dispersing the shadow of the ghost god behind him.

"I owe much of this to that ghost god from three years ago; it allowed me to gain a great deal."

"Besides, the help you provided was not insignificant, otherwise I truly wouldn't have been able to completely transfer that fierce god's curse."

Not believing a word of Li Boyang's nonsense, the big black dog merely bared its teeth and mocked him.

"Then you should also thank the 'Nine Chapters of Divination Secrets' first..."

"If that woman knew you were using her life's work to research ways to cultivate ghost gods, she would surely be angered back to life, only to kill you with her own hands."

Upon hearing this, Li Boyang only gently rotated the Destiny Bone Armor, not denying the big black dog's assertion.

"That witch only met an ominous end in her later years because she was too kind, didn't she?"

Immediately lifting its head, the big black dog stared fixedly at Li Boyang for a long while before letting out a carefree laugh.

"Trying to pry information out of me again?"

"But you're right; that woman was just too hypocritical, which is why she died so miserably in the end."

"If you really want to know how that woman died, let me out, and I guarantee I'll tell you everything I know."

Curling his lip in disdain, Li Boyang did not take the bait.

"Force is something... you don't have to use, but you cannot be without."

"The ghost god from three years ago, and your existence, have both made me deeply understand this principle."

"If one day you truly manage to escape from here, then I advise you to run as far as you can."

"After all, I am different from that witch."

"I certainly won't exhaust my efforts to seal you away somewhere, just to wait quietly for you to repent."

The smile on its face instantly stiffened.

The big black dog could hear the resolve in Li Boyang's words.

Moreover, the years spent together had made the big black dog clearly realize how Li Boyang differed from that woman.

Compared to that naive woman, Li Boyang's thinking was far too mature—so mature that the big black dog sometimes even wondered if he was an old ghost who had lived for tens of thousands of years.

"Let's talk about today's lesson instead!"

Changing the subject quite abruptly, the big black dog did not even look at Li Boyang's eyes again.

"I have successfully managed to separate the Heaven and Earth Qi from my own internal Qi..."

"Just as you said before, for those of us born divine, even without the help of Heaven and Earth Qi, the life Qi our physical bodies can produce is immense."

"I attempted to refine my own life Qi and channel it into my meridians and dantian."

"As a result, the Heaven and Earth Qi does not seem to like me doing this; they always rush into my dantian along with it."

Also seriously scanning the big black dog's condition with the Heavenly Eye between his brows, Li Boyang asked thoughtfully.

"Why must you distinguish between the Heaven and Earth Qi and your life Qi?"

"You are not an ordinary creature to begin with; in terms of essence, you are actually closer to Heaven and Earth Qi..."

"Perhaps life Qi is the accidental product, and those Heaven and Earth Qi are the types of energy that truly suit you?"

Hearing Li Boyang say this, the big black dog was stunned for a moment before retorting.

"That's different!"

"To use that woman's words—I must first be a person, and only then a shaman."

"Regardless of what I was before I was born, and regardless of what I will turn into after I die..."

"At this very moment, the me appearing before you is a true life, not that mindless Heaven and Earth Qi."

"Heaven and Earth Qi may possess unimaginable power, but I am the master who wields this strength."

"If I were to let that Heaven and Earth Qi scatter my own Qi and flood into my meridians..."

"I have a premonition that I would transform into a natural phenomenon of this world—a living natural phenomenon, an entity that no longer possesses a body."

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Flying Peak, Mountain God Temple.

When the big girl came down from the cliff, it was already noon.

After looking around a few times and not finding Li Boyang.

The big girl's eyes darted around, and she ran without hesitation toward a small courtyard on the side of the Mountain God Temple.

That small courtyard was on the right side of the Mountain God Temple, occupying about one-fifth of the temple's total area.

Compared to the main hall in the front yard and the backyard leading to the mountain behind...

This courtyard looked more like it was prepared for the temple keepers and priests who resided at the Mountain God Temple.

However, ever since Li Boyang and the big girl moved into the Mountain God Temple, this courtyard had become their residence.

Or more precisely, it had become the space Li Boyang used specifically for making and experimenting with various tools.

Saws, planes, chisels, rulers, hammers, ink markers, axes, drills, nails, pliers, files, anvils, iron plates, bellows...

Silk threads, hemp ropes, needle buckles, long poles, bricks, bolts, wooden boards, long cabinets, ceramics, oil lamps, stoves...

Plus those strange-looking things of unknown purpose.

Everywhere the eye could see were the small gadgets and trinkets Li Boyang had made over the past few years.

And in the corner of the courtyard, discarded molds made of wood and mud were visible everywhere.

But the most eye-catching was the Prison Soul Cauldron in the center of the courtyard, with its flames burning at all times; it was the most precious treasure here.

From initial surprise to current habituation.

The big girl had roughly understood what Li Boyang was doing, and occasionally she would even take the initiative to help him as an assistant.

In the big girl's view, Li Boyang was like a combination of the carpenters and blacksmiths in the nearby town.

Besides making ordinary tables, chairs, benches, knives, spears, and arrowheads.

Li Boyang would also design more peculiar and novel things.

In fact, those ingenious and refreshing creations were a major reason why the big girl was willing to patiently help Li Boyang.

Exquisitely shaped, uniquely styled butterfly-like folding knives...

Iron toads that could jump automatically when wound up...

Building block cubes that could rotate freely...

Her little brother's mind seemed to hold endless wonderful ideas, always able to bring the big girl all sorts of surprises.

Unfortunately, the little brother was clearly not satisfied with those small objects and was always pondering how to create larger, more wondrous things.

Having been an assistant to Li Boyang for three years.

The big girl knew that many things had actually been designed by her little brother long ago.

It was just that, limited by material hardness and energy sustainability, they could never be truly realized.

As for material hardness, the big girl could barely understand it.

Wasn't it just a matter of having enough hard metal?

Among the many metals, copper undoubtedly had the best toughness.

And iron, which had the highest hardness, was the rarest among all mineral metals.

Every time the E-Rabbit passed by Li Family Village, it would bring some bronze and iron ingots for her little brother, which was just enough to barely meet his daily needs.

Only energy, that sort of thing, was completely beyond the big girl's understanding.

She only knew that the lamp oil occasionally used in the village should count as a type of energy.

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