Chapter 430: Three Treasure Ruyi

With Hu Jinhua taking charge of demon affairs, one more burden was lifted from Xu Jia's shoulders.

Furthermore, Xu Jia trusted Hu Jinhua to get things done.

At this moment, Ao Jin Tongzi was frolicking and playing with Sheng Ying'er; however, having gone through an ordeal where he was nearly refined into a Spirit Vessel, Sheng Ying'er had shed his ferocity and transformed his demon fetus, his Daoist Practice having increased significantly, and he was now intent on pinning Ao Jin down to beat him.

Xu Jia pushed the two boys apart, and they immediately became well-behaved, obediently saying, "Master."

Xu Jia said to Sheng Ying'er, "The death tribulation you experienced some days ago was actually a good thing. You were a zombie who cultivated a physical body, and your soul was a Fire Essence Child; I merged the two into one, yet you could never obtain a breath of Living Qi. Now, having gone through this, the Drought Demon Fire poison and Corpse Nature have all been refined into that Fire Fighting Cart, and you have become pure, with the possibility of being reborn from death."

"It is just that you still have a mother. Your mother sacrificed herself for rain back then, and thus she also turned into a zombie Drought Demon. Years ago, I had her buried in a place with good Feng Shui. You should go pay your respects; once the Resentment Qi dissipates, the corpse will naturally rot and no longer harm people. However, there is a spirit essence that you must personally guide to be reincarnated into a good family, and then ferry her into the Dao to cultivate. Once she achieves success in this life, you may still enter her embrace and be mother and son for another lifetime."

Sheng Ying'er heard this and said, "Master, although I have lost the evil fetus and only have the soul essence left, I do not wish to be reincarnated. Paying respects to my mother is only right, but I do not wish for my mother to suffer the pain of childbirth again. Can we just stop after ferrying my mother into the Dao?"

Xu Jia said, "Very well, very well. Cause and Effect have always been tangled; where is there ever a perfect situation? Just follow your own thoughts."

He then asked Ao Jin, "To what stage has your father's refining of the Dragon Nest reached? Is he able to govern the fortunes of the water tribes yet?"

Ao Jin shook his head: "I don't know."

Xu Jia looked at his slightly clear little eyes and knew that this silly child could not be relied upon; keeping him by his side to raise was merely having a mascot.

He immediately said, "I have a task for you."

The little fish Ao Jin immediately stood at attention: "Master, please give your orders."

Xu Jia spoke, "Now, within the Jiangnan West Circuit, we are dredging waterways and clearing silt. It is inevitable that there are water ghosts, evil spirits, or Wild Demons who do not recognize my Lingbao Teaching Method in the water. You need to subdue them one by one; it just so happens that Yuan Jiangjun can be dispatched by you."

"Master, rest assured. When the time comes, I will mobilize the power of the water tribes—humans work during the day, and we work at night. With two shifts, the waterways will surely be clear."

"That is good. Do not boast; be realistic."

Xu Jia said, "When you eventually cultivate the Five-Piece Water Virtue Dragon Scale, I will appoint you as the Great Dragon God, just like your father, to govern the water luck of a great ocean."

Ao Jin's eyes lit up instantly, imagining himself burning his tail, leaping over the Dragon Gate, achieving the status of a True Dragon, and roaming the nine heavens.

But he still had to show his loyalty, so he suddenly burst into tears: "Master, have you forgotten? I am only of the caliber of a boy! I am satisfied just following by your side. I am not like Sheng Ying'er, who has such great ambition. Even if you gave me ten Dragon God positions for the vast oceans, I wouldn't take them; I only hope Master does not drive me away."

"Alright, alright, alright." Xu Jia saw him secretly trying to squeeze out snot, his eyes squinting and blinking, but unfortunately, there was none, so the little hand wiped again, smearing saliva on his face, and in a sleight of hand, he was already "tearful" all over.

"Alright, alright, I won't drive you away." Stepping back slightly to keep him from using his own patchwork immortal robe as a rag, Xu Jia said, "I will count this as a merit for you; how about I teach you a powerful immortal sword?"

"Great! This is great! It's just a pity that Master gave the two swords, the Golden Flood Dragon Sword and the Silver Flood Dragon Sword, to Huo Lingmu and Sister Chen Yunxiao. It's not that the two sisters aren't good—they are quite a pair—but don't we Water Fire Boys deserve two water-fire immortal swords?"

Xu Jia pointed to the Ruyi in his hand and said, "You are boys; you don't need to hold swords, you should hold a Ruyi. This Ruyi of mine was transformed from that Nine-Leaf Lingzhi, established by the Buddha Treasure Sarira worshipped by the Huangjin Zhi Guo in the past, and used by Wansheng Gongzhu to steal the Lingzhi from Yaochi Shengmu. It is a pity that it now has the form but lacks the Three Treasures. If it obtains the Water and Fire Treasures, it will be a Water Fire Ruyi; if it then obtains the Wind Treasure, it will be the Three Treasure Ruyi."

"As for that Wind Treasure, I already have the Wind-Fixing Pearl transformed from the Thousand-Year Centipede Pearl, but the Water and Fire Treasures have not been seen. Are you and Sheng Ying'er willing to be refined into this Ruyi of mine?"

"Master, I have the Rao Pearl here, which is the Water Virtue Abundance Treasure. Sheng Ying'er doesn't have one, so why not refine him into a precious pearl? A Fire Spirit Pearl."

Xu Jia tapped him: "Try to be more harmonious. This Rao Pearl was refined by you; would Master covet it?"

"As for the Water Pearl, I already have a choice; it is the Twenty-Four Sea Bright Moon Pearls refined by the three sisters of Chen Yunxiao. These twenty-four pearls mixed and refined into one would be the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, but it lacks some refinement."

"As for the Fire Pearl, this world does not have it, but another Sword Hero World does."

"The three pearls combined into one make the Earth Treasure Ruyi. If it then has the power of the Sun, Moon, and Star, it is the Heaven Treasure Ruyi. Combining my essence, Qi, and spirit, the nine treasures combined into one is the true Heaven Treasure, Earth Treasure, and Human Treasure, which can be used to prove the Dao as the Three Treasure Ruyi."

"Then Master, hurry to that Sword Hero World, complete the Ruyi, and find us some powerful flying swords."

Xu Jia had exactly that intention; the malice of this world toward him was too deep, and it had even utilized the power and influence of the Shangjie to exert pressure.

His own disciples were quite mediocre in strength. Now that the world was in chaos, every sect and faction had supported local warlords and outlaws, lying low to develop, and they would surely come to crusade against him at the critical moment. For example, Chen Gongming, Shen Bao, and Jiang Qi—after they split into three routes and headed south, not a single ripple had been heard from them.

Zhe Land had been one of the few wealthy regions of Jiangnan since ancient times, producing abundant silk, and there were also many practitioners. Not to mention anything else, "Jinhua," a region that appeared very frequently in *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, was in Zhe Land and was also a place where Buddhism was deeply rooted. South Putuo Mountain was in Zhejiang and was the Daochang of Guanyin.

Yue Land had many ethnic minorities; Yue Land was "Yue Land" in earlier times, but the Han people had driven them away.

Min Land was even more "eight mountains, one water, one field," with rugged terrain, and many places were prone to fighting, with various local chieftains and stockades forming alliances.

Not to mention that the Min and Yue regions were abnormally hot and humid, with no distinct four seasons, and the miasma was fierce.

Before, when the Longevity Sect was rampant, the Long Life Sect Leader established a Dao Kingdom overseas in Ryukyu, indirectly controlling Japan and Bao Island, and his followers and disciples were even more rampant in these two places.

Now, it was even more of a mess with crooked paths and evil ways, and various Ghost Gods were causing trouble, comparable to the atmosphere when Heavenly Master Xu Xun went south to control the waters. The Witch Sect, evil cultivators, and Ghost Gods had all colluded together.

Not to mention the remaining remnants of the Longevity Sect—various hall masters and Elders, without the restraint of the Long Life Sect Leader, had basically become independent, each occupying a territory and closing their doors to preach their methods.

To conquer these two regions, it was not something Xu Jia could achieve alone. He needed to recruit many disciples, especially outstanding ones, to destroy the altars and temples in these places, and at the same time communicate with the local chieftains to make them change their faith.

Otherwise, if he only killed, he would kill batch after batch, and they would remain unteachable.

But these three provinces had to be taken. Only after taking them could he establish strong maritime power and connect Bao Island, Japan, Ryukyu, and Luzon together.

Only then could he utilize strong water transport to provide logistics, and eventually, the South Dragon would head north. Although historically, most of the time it was the North Dragon that unified and then headed south.

But Xu Jia already had a vision that transcended the era, so he naturally couldn't fight them like dogs.

Constantly receiving immigrants from the north and developing the economy and maritime power—this was the path for development in the south.

From ancient times to the present, it had always been "the economic center gradually moving south." Xu Jia was just accelerating the process of southern development.

Of course, this was mainly Xu Jia's fantasy. After all, in his previous life, Jiangnan West Circuit had no sense of presence, surrounded by everything and working everywhere.

Now, he could directly suck the blood of overseas territories to develop Jiangnan West Circuit. Silk, porcelain, tea—the three treasures of Jiangnan West Circuit—plus excellent agriculture and the heavy industry brought by rich and abundant mining, although it would definitely be transferred in the future, could also lay a foundation for prosperity.

Could he not first build a "small southern court" and make Zhichang the capital? Directly turn the beggars of Gan Land into "Gan Lords." No need to run around everywhere to work, or go start a business in a fit of anger.

Xu Jia immediately contacted Luzon overseas. Luzon was currently governed by Xu Jidi. Xu Jidi was a Ghost God body, sitting in the temple. Luzon had a union of politics and religion; besides having a small human court, there was also a "small Divine Path court." All the tribes on the island, whether they were Totem Gods, Ancestor Gods, or Sacrificial Spirits, and all sorts of minor gods and Wandering Gods, had entered this God Court and were practicing the methods of the Huang Tian Divine Way.

They were originally wild gods with only a few strands of Divine Nature in their bodies; in fact, they could not be considered true gods. After practicing the methods and condensing into a Register, they instead had "divine offices."

Therefore, calling it a "God Court" was not as accurate as calling it the government office of a "county."

Those without rank occupied the majority, comparable to third-class lower masters or Underground Commanders. Those with rank were only Ninth Rank, just like an Earth Deity, and the highest was Seventh Rank, which was exactly this Bi Fang, Huo Lingmu, who represented the Mountain God of the largest volcano on Luzon Island and was also the agricultural god and weather god of Luzon Island.

Xu Jidi sat on the island, doing nothing but teaching these deities not to engage in bloody sacrifices, to learn human civilization, to occasionally purify the world, and to learn Divine Path spells.

However, Xu Jia now gave him tasks: "Jidi, in Luzon, first, you must build ships—build large steel steamships; second, you must train troops—train Dao Soldiers who cultivate both immortality and martial arts; third, you must construct Micro Spirit Veins to make Luzon a Spirit Island."

"How many troops should I train? Now, including all immigrants and natives, there are less than two hundred thousand islanders," Xu Jidi said. "Training troops is not a matter of a day or two. Previously, gathering the strength of the whole island, we could only support 1,500 Dao Soldiers at the early stage of Human Immortal, and they were carefully selected Dao Soldier Seeds. I have also looked into it; Xiaopangdun Hui Zhuo has done real work. Any more, and we really cannot afford to support them."

"Furthermore, the disaster victims who immigrated here are themselves lacking in material resources, so it is very difficult for them to become Dao Soldiers. Although Luzon has some mining and has begun to develop the shipbuilding industry, and also serves as a commercial center for Nanyang trade, it will take ten years to develop further."

"Pirates and the like have all been wiped out now. If we want to train more Dao Soldiers, we need to drill Japanese soldiers or island natives, but their cultural level is clearly not up to standard."

Xu Jia knew the situation in Luzon. Although food was harvested multiple times, it was currently in a stage of concentrated development, and having received a large number of immigrants, there was indeed no money left to train troops.

Xu Jia said, "Then organize the islanders to attack Ryukyu, Japan, or the peninsula. Xiao Pang had organized attacks before. It is not necessarily about winning, occupying, and developing; you just need to plunder the population ship by ship, and then select the Dao Soldier Seeds that are usable."

"As for the abducted population, the men can be used as labor, and the women can be married off."

"Aren't you supposed to be compassionate toward all living beings?" Xu Jidi retorted, "Very well, very well. This unbenevolent war—the sin is mine, but the merit will last for a thousand autumns."

……

Xu Jidi is essentially a second Xu Jia; although he may not necessarily have as much experience or foresight, one can still rest assured in his work.

Seeing that all matters had been arranged, Xu Jia immediately brought out his two treasures.

One treasure is the Weiji Immortal Sword, which has already been encased in a scabbard; now, the scabbard also features some "Blessed Land produce" from Mingxin Cave and Liaozhen Heaven, namely "duckweed."

This treasure is a "Blessed Land Spirit Root," not as formidable as the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Although it possesses some spirituality, it is only for "relieving worry and curing illness." This duckweed grows by absorbing the three splendors of the sun, moon, and light, reproducing once every half-day, and then it continues to grow and reproduce incessantly. All the duckweed produced is identical; there is no distinction between first generation or second generation, and while there are occasional mutations, there is no degradation.

It is the most common type of "innate spiritual object."

Nowadays, this duckweed is also refined by disciples into pills, the "Qingping Pill," which can facilitate Bigu and stop hunger, and can be used to make "incense"; the incense Qi calms the spirit and can stabilize an out-of-body Primordial Spirit.

In short, it is abundant, keeps one full, and has many uses.

As for the duckweed on the Weiji Immortal Sword, because the outer scabbard is made of Thousand-Year Wood Core, it is full of vitality, and combined with the Sword Qi of the Weiji Immortal Sword, it has actually become "Sword Ping," which even possesses some minute Sword Qi, though the duckweed is too small, and its power is estimated to be enough only to kill insects and the like.

Scattering the duckweed, Xu Jia drew the Immortal Sword; this sword is now the Town Mountain Treasure of Sanqing Mountain, the sacred object of the Nine Palaces and Five Dragons.

When the sword is drawn, the entire Sanqing Mountain can hear the sword's hum; having nurtured the sword for several years, it has become increasingly simple and unadorned, much more restrained.

He hung the scabbard back up so as not to disrupt the Feng Shui of Sanqing Mountain, then immediately offered up the Chaos Pearl.

This treasure contains the six heavens of the Desire Realm, with six locations in each layer, totaling thirty-six world portal coordinates; it was the treasure used by the Yellow Heaven Sect for proselytizing in the Desire Realm back in the day.

One could roam with their Primordial Spirit, but could not descend in the flesh; however, now with the Weiji Immortal Sword, one can break open the portal space and carry Xu Jia's true body to descend.

It is just that traversing between two worlds is dangerous; Xu Jia once used the method of sacrifice to transport grain from America for emergency relief, but all that grain was inactivated.

The world's will surely does not allow foreign species to descend out of thin air; even if Xu Jia anchored a temple and even sent Xiaopangdun's Primordial Spirit ahead to possess a clay statue of a boy and plant trees in the desert Oasis, it might not necessarily be recognized as a "legal Household Official."

The Yellow Heaven Sect likely has methods for proselytizing across the heavens, but the part of the inheritance Xu Jia obtained did not reveal them; therefore, he can only strip away the Identity Fate of a person in that world and walk in his identity.

That person is the "Huanglian Daoren" whom Xu Jia possessed previously.

(End of chapter)