Chapter 236: The Mushroom Immortal Enters the Belly

Generally speaking, the Earth Three Treasures are water, fire, and wind.

Water is a substance with mass but no form; fire is a substance with form but no mass; wind is a substance with neither form nor mass.

They correspond to the "Jing, Qi, and Shen" within the human body.

Jing corresponds to water. Jing is like oil, and the nature of oil is like water.

Qi is like wind; moving Qi is like moving with the wind.

Shen is like fire, lighting up the spiritual radiance like a candle.

But this Earth Spirit Mushroom is not like this; this Earth Spirit Mushroom was formed by the Earth Immortal True Person Cai Yu shedding his shell and practicing the Taiyin Refining Form Method. Its essence is formed by the colored jade releasing the Geng Earth Spirit Machine within its body, so regarding the Earth Three Treasures, there is another theory.

First is gold, second is jade, and third is gemstone.

Gold is the five-metal ore, corresponding to Cai Yu's skeleton.

Jade is the five-colored precious jade, corresponding to Cai Yu's five viscera.

Gemstone is the five-colored gemstone, corresponding to Cai Yu's various spiritual thoughts.

Therefore, this Earth Spirit Mushroom presents the image of jade and stone, and does not obtain water, fire, or wind Qi, but instead absorbs the spirit Qi of the mountains and rivers.

Thus, within Xu Jia's Inner Landscape Heaven and Earth, what appears through interaction at this time is no longer a primordial Spirit Root like the Ginseng Fruit.

Instead, by drawing gold Qi from the Golden Flood Dragon Sword and Silver Flood Dragon Sword, "Shoushan Copper" is born within the Inner Heaven and Earth.

Gathering toward the crown of the head, this bone is already moistened by spiritual thoughts and is the hardest part besides the teeth; having obtained the gold Qi, it gains even more spiritual radiance.

At the same time, there is vaguely a "God of Shoushan" about to be born, which is the Body God of the crown of the head; it is just a phantom that has appeared, in the likeness of an old man holding a hammer in his hand.

As for the jade and stone, they emerge from within the marrow; bone marrow is the organ that creates blood, and when bone marrow transforms into jade marrow, the blood can become "Nectar." It creates great rivers and lakes within the Inner Landscape Heaven and Earth, and creates a sea of blood deep underground; it seems a Sea of Blood Body God is being born.

Finally, there are fragmented flashes flickering all over the body, corresponding to the gemstones, but they are actually "Body God seeds," arranged like the stars of the heavens.

While Xu Jia was practicing sensing and enriching his Inner Landscape here, this little mushroom horse appeared. It first looked at Xu Jia very vigilantly, and seeing that Xu Jia had no unusual movements, it approached. The last two times it was sucked, it was sucked until it was weak and listless, and after recuperating for several days, this time it wanted to suck it back.

Xu Jia has a strange fragrance on his body, which is indeed very attractive to these spirits and monsters. Moreover, every time he practices, the surrounding mountains and earth automatically transport spirit Qi to nourish this Earth Immortal True Person. If he were to perform the act of gathering the essence of the sun and moon, the surrounding small demons could also drink some of the soup and water, which is much faster and more satisfying than their own cultivation.

Although this little mushroom horse was seeking revenge and could not suck Xu Jia's own primordial Qi and Precious Medicine, it was enough to suck the surrounding spirit Qi.

With a wild suck! The little mushroom horse turned into a big balloon, floating in the air.

Subsequently, this breath was expelled from its butt, turning it into a "flying little horse."

This little thing played for a while and came over to suck again. Xu Jia had already sensed it and directly released a stream of his own "human Qi."

After this little mushroom horse sucked it and received the human Qi, it immediately began to twist and deform, changing from the appearance of a little horse into the appearance of a "human."

It grew hands and feet, grew facial features, grew hair, was three inches tall, and its face looked somewhat like Xu Jia himself; it was bare-bottomed, squatting on the ground with a bewildered expression.

Accustomed to walking on four hooves, now that it had changed to hands and feet, it was completely unaccustomed.

Just at this moment, Xu Jia opened his eyes, revealing an unkind smile, and grabbed the little fellow: "Having received my human Qi, you can indeed enter my Inner Landscape Heaven and Earth, lest you be digested."

He immediately grabbed it into his mouth, one bite at a time.

This little thing still wanted to struggle, wailing and crying, shedding tears. These tears were Spirit Mushroom Dew, a type of Immortal Medicine; amidst the sweetness, there was the fresh fragrance of a hundred herbs. Dripping into the eyes, it can brighten the vision and remove filth from the eyes.

Yet it was still swallowed into the stomach. This thing was a combination of Spirit Mushroom Qi and "Primordial Spirit spirituality"; its essence was that of a spirit body, not a physical spirit or monster. The physical entity was the huge Stone Spirit Mushroom that Xu Jia was sitting on.

The little spirit mushroom revealed a look of despair.

Finally... was it still going to be eaten!

But after a moment, when it opened its eyes again, what it saw was another world. Outside, it was only three inches tall, but here, it discovered that it had actually turned into the size of a normal person.

A group of people surrounded it: "You're awake!"

"Who are you?"

"We are the attendants of Yuyu Blessed Land."

"Blessed Land?"

"That's right, this is the place of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven. We live here, living as long as the sun and moon, existing with heaven and earth."

"Presumably you were also sent in by an Immortal, though we had to undergo refining when we were sent in, while you are perfectly fine." These people were the hungry ghosts that Xu Jia had refined while traveling the Dharma Realm; they now serve as attendants for the various Body Gods in the Blessed Land, and they also move freely within the Blessed Land, either farming or building houses.

Hearing this, the little mushroom human thought: "These people were all eaten by the black-hearted Daoist and turned into his ghosts."

Shuddering all over: "I'll just walk around by myself, you don't need to worry about me."

These hungry ghosts turned into Blessed Land heavenly beings originally wanted to take him to see the Divine Lord, but seeing him like this, they said no more and dispersed one after another.

The little mushroom human thought about how to escape, but it couldn't escape at all; the place where the Inner Landscape Heaven and Earth connects with the outside world is Xu Jia's mouth and the valley path.

If it wanted to pass through the valley path, it would basically be "digested."

After searching for a while and finding no way out, the little mushroom human specifically found a place where no one was around and began to silently plant spirit mushrooms.

Seeing it planting spirit mushrooms, the five viscera Body Gods sent it Five Elements spirit mushroom seeds. These originally grew on the "Wuyue"; the Wuyue are the future destination of the five viscera Body Gods, that is, the Qi of the five viscera condensing into mountains, but they haven't risen yet. The Inner Scene World is still like small hills.

One year in the Inner Scene World is only one day outside; Xu Jia observed for a while and then stopped looking.

Opening his eyes again, he let out a long breath. Although he didn't form an Earth Root this time, he had some new ideas about physical body refinement, so it wasn't without gains. Moreover, having tricked the Mushroom Immortal into the Inner Landscape, he had gained quite a few Small Medicine spirit mushrooms out of thin air.

However, the spirit mushroom production of this Xianzhi Forest from now on, I'm afraid, will return to being ordinary.

Xu Jia did not want the Stone Spirit Mushroom that had lost its spirituality to become ordinary, so he pointed out his Dharma Power, continuing to nourish the Stone Spirit Mushroom with the essence Qi of the mountains and rivers, so that it would not lose its "Earth Spirit" and become mediocre in the future.

After leaving Xianzhi Valley, the Golden Toad came to pay respects again; it turned out that more than half a month had passed since Xu Jia's practice.

Jinchan Duobao was much more honest this time; he came to report on his work: "According to Master Xu's instructions, we have made more tools for brewing wine, and the production of distilled wine has also increased. It's just that Niu Dafu thinks our previous distilled wine was not mixed with water and sold for two taels of silver per jar. This time, if we want to set a cheaper price, we have to mix it with water; otherwise, if we don't mix it with water, there will be no difference from the one that sells for two taels of silver per jar. Such good things cannot be drunk by the poor. He also suggested mixing some with water and some with rice wine brewed by farmers, but we have the technology to filter it, only it won't look colorless anymore."

Xu Jia thought to himself: Niu Dafu couldn't have thought of this; you must have thought of it.

But he still said: "Mixing with water is allowed, but it cannot be all water."

"Also, these persimmon trees, many are old and don't bear much fruit, so we are thinking of cutting them down and planting new persimmon saplings."

"You handle it," Xu Jia said. "You don't need to ask me about everything because of what happened before."

Duobao's little scheme was exposed, but he didn't feel embarrassed.

He just said: "Yushan Daoguan already has many commoners donating bricks and tiles. Although you said not to build it too big at first, it can't be too bad, right? It's just that human labor is building too slowly, and it's very difficult to transport things up the mountain, so can we let those witches and shamans use the Five-Ghost Transportation Great Method?"

"Refining the five ghosts is harmful to heaven and reason, but I happen to have the Five Elements Demon Gods here; letting those witches and shamans worship these Five Elements Demon Gods is also a way to practice, but they cannot perform evil arts, and they cannot be taught now."

"After the Daoist temple is built, these shamans and spirit mediums will all be taken in as Lay Disciples and taught some methods of nourishing life and techniques to benefit the people." Xu Jia had originally planned that at this time, he would pass on the methods of the several Demon Gods he possessed to them. These Demon God methods were derived from the evil arts of the Longevity Sect; after becoming Xu Jia's Body God Protectors, they transformed evil into righteousness, no longer requiring terrifying sacrifices or Blood Food sacrifices.

With such a thread of Incense Fire, these spirit mediums and shamans could be given the convenience to practice magic. For example, the Five Elements Demon God could allow these people to practice the Five Ghosts Transportation, or they could also practice the art of Bing Ma Tan, enshrining a troop of twelve soldiers at home to serve as Protectors, which could also be suppressed by the Five Elements Demon God so they would not lose control.

The Nine-Child Mother Demon excels in "child arts and female arts." After being enshrined, one can call back souls, soothe fright, and protect pregnancies. One can also concurrently practice the "Raising a Ghost" method, having children who are sickly or prone to disaster worship the Nine-Child Mother Ghost as a "godmother," which allows them to avoid illness and disaster.

Or, for those who have already passed away prematurely, they would not become lonely ghosts and wandering spirits; instead, they could cultivate into a Spirit Child under the seat of the Nine-Child Mother Demon God, accumulating merit so that in their next life they would not suffer many disasters and could grow up safely.

As for the Maiden, forget about the Maiden; it is not suitable to pass that art out.

Even the Fox Immortal, Yellow Immortal, Kan Immortal, Toad Immortal... many Immortals can also pass down their methods, enough for these Lay Disciples to choose from.

Therefore, Xu Jia was not in a hurry for this moment; teaching them in advance would not be formal enough, and they might not necessarily have a sense of belonging.

"When building this temple, it is not good to use Divine Ability, otherwise the foundation within the Fajie Daochang will not be solid. Since manual labor is difficult, you must think about how to make use of tools."

"The craftsmen should pool their wisdom to build the Daoist temple; only then will it be good. Thinking of using Divine Ability at every turn is simply not acceptable."

The Golden Toad thought to himself: How is this person such an old antique? When many temples and Daoist shrines were built, it was said that Heavenly Soldiers and Generals helped...

Xu Jia knew what he was thinking and scolded him: "What are you daydreaming about?"

"I said before that you lacked supervision and gradually your actions became improper. Although I am your guiding master, if I do not impose a cage upon you, before long, your wealth and power will reach the heavens, and you will likely overflow like a flood, not even putting me in your eyes."

The Golden Toad shivered in fear: "I didn't, it's fine, it's fine, I will manage myself well, there is really no need to set up another supervisor."

Xu Jia smiled slightly: "Back then you swore that if you had a disaster of thunder and fire, you would call for heavenly thunder to strike you and earthly fire to burn you."

"It just so happens that there are two Thunder Lords, Jizui Leigong and Zhengyang Dajiang, and for earthly fire, there is the Saint Infant Hanba. Once the Daoist temple is built, I will call them to supervise you in your acts of charitable wealth."

(End of this chapter)