Chapter 134: Treasure Basin

It turned out that Xu Jia had previously mentioned the Ganyue Qi-Absorption Method to Zhang Zhenji, shifting from directly refining the Essence Qi of Ganyue and the flying essence of jade to cultivating the field and nourishing the medicine.

One was still someone else's object, while the other had already been transformed into his own.

Do not underestimate such a small change; in fact, it had already departed from the original intent, incorporating the principle of the "Five Elements generating each other" and the Inner Alchemy concept of "borrowing external medicine to strengthen internal medicine," which could be considered an elevation from the level of pre-Qin Qi refiners to the later level of Outer and Inner Alchemy Dao.

Zhang Zhenji felt this made sense, and when he practiced subsequently, he tried Xu Jia's method; sure enough, his body was no longer so heavy, and the occasional stiffness and discomfort also faded. Originally, among his five viscera, only the spleen's earth element was extremely powerful, but now that the medicine cultivation was successful and he had harvested the medicine to practice further, his other viscera also began to be strengthened.

His body even had a "sand-expelling" reaction, and the jade powder from the jade sand he had previously consumed but failed to digest was expelled from his body along with his breath.

He understood more and more that this slightly modified technique of Xu Jia's was even more brilliant than the original Ganyue Qi-Absorption Method.

Xu Jia was also surprised: "I only offered a hint, and it was merely a rough theory; that you could realize how to modify it yourself shows your talent!"

Jingzhu Daoren pulled Zhang Zhenji to the side; he had been anxious to death because he suddenly could not use his cultivation and spells, and now that there was a solution, he naturally wanted to resolve the problem at the first opportunity.

At this moment, Chang Yu carried a person wearing clothes to Xu Jia: "That so-called White Bone Saintess was moved and shifted by five Sha ghosts, and her physical body escaped into the Dharma Realm; I could not see her, but I caught this stinking thing that looks exactly like you!"

"What do you mean by a stinking thing that looks exactly like me?" Xu Jia felt that Chang Yu was carrying some personal emotions.

However, that White Bone Hall Saintess being able to perform the "Five-Ghost Transportation Great Method" to shift herself into the Dharma Realm for transportation was indeed beyond Xu Jia's expectations.

It is very difficult for a physical body to step into the Dharma Realm in any case, unless one can refine the physical body into a state where it can gather and disperse at will; this state is called "Refining Quality," transforming the turbid and heavy physical body into a light state, leaving no trace in the human world after ascending.

This is at the very least the achievement of a "God Immortal," and most likely that of a Heavenly Immortal.

It is unlikely that this evil path practitioner has such ability, so it must be that she has a way to turn a human body into a "ghost body."

It is rumored that there is a kind of "painted skin" called Ghost Painting Skin, which involves peeling off a ghost's skin and putting it on a human, allowing the human to disguise themselves as a ghost and travel through the Dharma Realm; of course, there is also the cultivation of an "Yin Demon Body," where the physical body is only a layer of skin, and the Yin Demon escapes into the skin to support it.

But no matter which kind, they are extremely formidable among the evil paths; although their Daoist Practice level might not even be as good as a Ghost Immortal, when it comes to fighting, even an Earth Immortal True Person might not be able to do anything about them for a time.

The Five-Ghost Transportation Great Method is one of them; initially, it can only transport small objects, later it can transport living things, and it is said that at great success, it can transport the Wuyue.

Of course, the five ghosts required to transport the Wuyue are the legendary Five Direction Ghost Emperors; although the Five Elements Sha Ghosts are powerful, their growth is ultimately limited, and they would not reach that state.

"I am not afraid that she ran away; does she have any personal items?"

Chang Yu shook his head: "I hadn't even seen her yet, and she had already run away. This rat spirit even wanted to dig a hole to escape, not knowing that I am also an expert at digging holes!"

Xu Jia let out an 'en': "Presumably her allotted time has not yet run out. It is a pity that I spent some time sealing you at the time, otherwise, if I had struck with a sword, she would not have been able to fly away even if she had ten pairs of wings!"

"It's 'dai' (generations)," Chang Yu reminded.

Xu Jia walked to the side of the rat spirit; this fellow was pretending to be dead, and his body was even emitting a rotten, stinking smell.

Predators who like to eat fresh prey will often let him go because of this.

But as a Daoist, how could he not know whether it was dead or not?

Seeing it turn into his own appearance, Xu Jia had already developed a murderous intent because of these "blasphemous" acts.

"If you pretend to be dead again, I will make you truly die!"

Only then did the rat spirit tremble, as if it had just woken up from sleep, slowly opening its eyes and revealing a terrified yet flattering smile: "Daoist! Great King! This little demon does not know that evil woman at all!"

"Heh!" Xu Jia said: "Do you really not know her, or are you pretending not to?"

"It's... I got to know her later; this little demon was also deceived by them! Who knew that Yushan still had an Earth Immortal True Person like you, and this Chang Immortal Great King? Otherwise, even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to come here!"

Hu Jinhua said: "He is the rat spirit of the Five Rats Entwining the Tail I mentioned before! He is truly fierce and cunning; Dharma Lord, do not believe him!"

He revealed a fierce look; he and Xu Jia were of one mind, and he knew that Xu Jia had developed a murderous intent. Since Xu Jia was not making a move, he, being sensible, should make a move! "Ah! Don't kill me! Great King, don't kill me! I have hoarded eight granaries, and I have one hundred thousand descendants; I can detect all news, big and small, in Yushan!"

"Master Xu, be careful, he might be a spy left here by that demoness on purpose!"

"I am not a spy!" The rat spirit was so scared that he began to cry: "My life is bitter!"

His acting was not bad; he said he would cry out tears, and tears fell like pearls.

Unfortunately, wearing Xu Jia's face while having such a wretched demeanor only made Xu Jia's murderous intent grow stronger.

"You still haven't restored your original appearance; how long do you intend to keep wearing our Master Xu's face?"

The rat spirit immediately understood the crux of the matter and, after a bout of retching, vomited out a talisman packet containing one of Xu Jia's fingernails.

Hu Jinhua immediately used the Zhurong Fire Qi Curse to draw out a stove fire, burning that disgusting, mucus-covered talisman packet.

Without Xu Jia's fingernail, this rat spirit turned into a fat rat the size of a civet cat; the clothes on his body shed off, and he even wanted to crawl away from under Xu Jia's crotch.

Huang Pipo directly transformed into her original form and pinned him down with a claw.

Whether it is a fox, a weasel, or a snake, they are all the natural enemies and banes of rats.

Pinned down by Huang Pipo, this rat was so scared that his three souls and seven spirits had already left him.

He let out sharp squeaks to beg for mercy; without his human form, he could not even speak human language.

Hu Jinhua translated: "This rat spirit says he has another treasure, left behind by that evil god from Lan Shi Huo who harmed people and was struck by lightning; it is a Treasure Basin."

Xu Jia said: "A Treasure Basin is an old evil artifact; I have dealt with it before. It is a Bone Basin that requires blood food offerings to refine. It can stimulate a person's wealth luck, but it is always an equivalent exchange; in the end, the soul will be captured by this evil artifact and enslaved and driven."

The rat spirit squeaked in a panic, and Hu Jinhua hesitated slightly: "He says this is a Treasure Basin refined by the Dragon Palace; there are two carp painted inside the basin, and as long as water is put into it, the carp will come to life."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jia was indeed curious, because this "Treasure Basin" also exists in the folk stories of his past life, called a "Fishing Basin," and the villain in it was a Western missionary. Although it was an animated film, the Treasure Basin was indeed refined in this way; "gathering water to generate wealth," its essence is just a washbasin for holding water.

If one wants to plant a "Money Tree," one needs to insert coral into the basin and use pearls as soil.

This method is not a Taoist Wealth God method, but a Buddhist Wealth God method. Buddhism also has many Wealth Gods, the most famous being the Yellow Wealth God, but the more famous one should still be the "Dragon Wealth God," or more accurately, the Five Direction Dragon Wealth Gods.

This kind of Wealth God belief is less common in the Central Plains, but it is very prevalent in the Southeast Asia region, and some even believe that some people are "Dragon King reincarnations."

The Buddhist Wealth God method can basically be considered a "righteous artifact."

It just so happens that a Wealth God copper coin was refined here, and now a Treasure Basin has appeared. With a Treasure Basin, there is no need to put the copper coin into an Incense Burner; instead, one can directly use the Treasure Basin as an Incense Burner.

This approach is to gather the wealth luck of believers and widely collect wealth from all over the world; it is a method only a proper Wealth God would have.

"Since you have a Treasure Basin, you should have long since become a spirit beast of the wealth path; why are you still so wretched and mixed up with this group of Evil Sect members?"

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Hu Jinhua translated: "He says that the Treasure Basin was polluted by the blood sacrifice of the previous evil god, and later it was struck by lightning once, so it is somewhat broken. He only knows it is a good thing, but he does not know how to continue refining it."

(End of chapter)