Chapter 260: Hugging the Right Thigh, Coasting to Old Age

"In this Samsara mission, the contributions you all made were not small... especially you, Er Dao Shen!" Qian Chen pinched his fingers, and the Dan Qi atop his head transformed into a large hand, grabbing Er Dao Shen, who was currently sucking on its finger and blinking its eyes while staring at the Ginseng Doll.

The foolishly cute Ginseng Doll was still grinning there, completely unaware that it was merely Er Dao Shen's playmate and reserve ration.

Si Qingguo picked it up with a heart full of pity, twitched her nose twice, and smelled a fresh fragrance of vegetation. Her true Qi stirred restlessly, and she couldn't help but say, "So fragrant... it seems, it looks very delicious!"

Qian Chen held up Er Dao Shen and sighed, "You are no longer that little monster who couldn't do anything right but was first in line for meals! You have grown up; you should learn to cultivate on your own!"

In this Samsara mission, when dealing with Miaokong, Er Dao Shen's role was completely not inferior to that of Seeing Yan Shu and the others.

If Miaokong hadn't completely ignored it, it wouldn't have been so easily sealed by the Hell Transformation Diagram. If Er Dao Shen hadn't had a flash of inspiration and drawn the demonic shadow of Qian Chen, which possessed the complete essence of the Supreme Tian Mo, Qian Chen wouldn't have been able to push the boat with the current, linking the demonic shadow with the Tian Mo relic to bury the most important killing blow.

For a natural spirit like Er Dao Shen, cultivation is actually quite difficult to endure.

Spirits are naturally close to heaven and earth. In other words, they are natural Dao bodies. Being nurtured by heaven and earth, their supernatural powers are innate, but because of this, they are most easily influenced by heaven and earth. Having spirit but no soul, they are extremely prone to self-assimilating into heaven and earth during the path of cultivation.

Cultivators have the tribulation of Dao assimilation, but ordinary cultivators need to at least reach the Yin Spirit realm to even touch the shadow of the "Dao." For the human race, the tribulation of Dao assimilation is an incomparably luxurious disaster, one that cannot be experienced without great supernatural powers.

But for spirits, Dao assimilation is their innate disaster.

After a flower spirit cultivates, it might turn into a strange flower, or even self-assimilate into a sea of flowers. Once the Gold and Silver Boys reach profound cultivation, lost in the Great Dao, they might turn into a gold and silver mineral vein, a piece of strange gold with innate spirituality that can be used to refine magic treasures. Once Er Dao Shen assimilates into the Dao, it might turn into some kind of innate deity or totem.

"Daoist cultivation, from beginning to end, was opened up by the Supreme for the human race. Even the Buddhist sect is more suitable for you all than the Daoist sect..." Qian Chen had long since thought through the future path for the little spirits. He casually clicked open the exchange list of the Samsara Land and found a blank Ninth-Rank Divine Talisman.

"You are innate spirits and have long had a path ahead. Many great predecessors in the Divine Path originated from your kind. Even earlier than the human race! Gods and spirits are one; in the future, you will walk honestly on this path of the Divine Path, and you will naturally have your own future!"

Qian Chen picked up a talisman brush and wrote the decree conferring Er Dao Shen as the Ear-Reporting God on the blank Ninth-Rank Divine Talisman. After writing the decree, Qian Chen held his hands as if supporting a magic seal and pressed it onto the talisman. The seal text "As the Supreme Decrees" was printed flatly onto the talisman.

With a thought, the talisman transformed into a streak of firelight and burrowed into Er Dao Shen's body.

Becoming a god on the spot!

Er Dao Shen was so frightened by the firelight that it stumbled, closed its eyes, and reached out to touch its body. Finding nothing unusual, it secretly opened its eyes and looked at its small hands, babbling. It pondered for a while, as if thinking about some mystery, and after a long time, it shook its body, turned into a streak of golden light, and darted onto Qian Chen's shoulder.

In Er Dao Shen's hand, a spirit pill appeared out of nowhere.

Qian Chen shook the red-skinned gourd at his waist, remained calm, and first gave Er Dao Shen a flick on the forehead, laughing and scolding, "After thinking for so long, is this supernatural power still used for thievery? After being conferred as a god, your powers are innate. Instead of thinking about serving me, why did you steal something first?"

After being conferred as a god, the flight technique of this freshly minted little deity is something even a great Yang Spirit cultivator would find hard to catch. Within a hundred miles, don't even think about anything being able to hide from it. It is indeed a qualified scout...

Moreover, most seals are like nothing to this little thing.

Come to think of it, such astonishing eyes and ears, extremely fast flight, and the ability to hide and treat seals as nothing—it really is the seedling of a master thief, equivalent to an enhanced version of a treasure-seeking mouse. Even Qian Chen's gourd couldn't stop it; for it, most places in the world are truly free to come and go.

A small test of the god-conferring technique opened the eyes of Seeing Yan Shu and the others. Si Qingguo even said weakly, "Is Yan Yan Shixiong a true disciple of Zhengyi, or am I the member of the Zhengyi sect? To be able to confer gods on the spot, one must at least be a True Person who has received a Fourth-Rank Daoist Talisman."

She casually summoned the Divine Talisman Qian Chen had gifted her and said with a sad face, "Even with the power of this Divine Talisman, I can only confer subordinate gods."

Qian Chen laughed, "Junior Sister, why don't you look at the blank Divine Talismans sold by the Lord of Samsara here and try again?"

Si Qingguo opened the exchange catalog and was startled at first, "Why are there even positions for Heavenly Court orthodox gods for sale here? The position of the Star Lord of Tianxian Star... and the positions of the Thunder Department and Fire Department. Not only the Jade Emperor Heavenly Court, but the Ziwei Heavenly Court also has them, the Gouchen Heavenly Court has them, the Qingyang Divine Court... Primordial Xie Xie Zushi is above! Is this a place for buying and selling official positions in the Heavenly Realm?"

"The position of a Divine Lord costs at least ten million morality points... So, with ten million morality points, one can ascend on the spot!"

Si Qingguo received a great shock. With the background of the Zhengyi sect, they could only confer Heavenly Court and Divine Court gods under the jurisdiction of the Daoist sect, such as those monitoring Ziwei, the Jade Emperor, and Mount Tai.

But here, not only are there demon clan Heavenly Courts like the Xie Xie Zushi Zhu Long Divine Court and the Great Sun Divine Court, but even positions for ancient forces of the Heavenly Realm like the Xi Emperor Divine Court, the Qingyang Divine Court, and the Haotian Divine Court are available. There are even sales of Divine positions for the Nine Nether Underworld and the Blood Sea Demon Court. There are also the Bodhisattva and Arhat fruit positions of the Pure Land.

"The Lord of Samsara is even more terrifying than we originally thought!"

Seeing Yan Shu couldn't figure out which great supernatural being could reach their hands so far. In the heavens of the Heavenly Realm, the Daoist, Buddhist, Demon, and Divine sects all have a hand in it. Even if the Supreme Dao Xie Xie Zushi descended with holy traces and the Primordial Dao Xie Xie Zushi descended to the Jade Void Palace, they couldn't have let these Divine Courts and Heavenly Courts acquiesce like this!

"It's not that simple!" Qian Chen pointed to the line stating that most Divine positions, in addition to morality requirements, also require the completion of specific missions: "The Samsara Land must be related to the Higher Realm. But the Higher Realm Heavenly Court is not its puppet! Look at the mission requirements; they are actually an invisible restriction. If there really were a demon cultivator who wanted to obtain the position of a Buddha in the Pure Land, completing this mission would be about the same as being converted!"

"That is also extremely terrifying!" Ning Qingchen said, "At least it shows that the Lord of Samsara has some cooperation with most Heavenly Courts. Even with the foundation of the Shenzhou, I find it hard to imagine which Daoist lineage could have such ability."

"The Daoist lineage of the Earth Immortal Realm of the Shenzhou has a deep foundation. Although the Earth Immortal Realm as a whole is in decline, the ancestors in the Heavenly Realm are still there!" Seeing Yan Shu shook his head, "If it were in the heyday of the Earth Immortal Realm, this Samsara Land might not necessarily be incomparable."

"Blank Ninth-Rank Divine Talisman—three hundred morality points!" Si Qingguo clicked her tongue, "Yan Yan Shixiong is truly generous, but it is worth this price."

"What about the two Gold and Silver Boys?" Ning Qingchen said, "Yan Yan Shixiong, do you also want to confer them as gods?"

Qian Chen pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Er Dao Shen is a spirit naturally inclined toward the Divine Path and is itself a prototype of a deity. The Gold and Silver Boys have physical bodies and are human gold and silver that have gained climate, so they are more inclined toward demon spirits. Although they could be conferred as the God of Wealth Boy or the Treasure-Gathering Boy, such subordinate gods rely on the main god to accomplish things. I do not walk the Divine Path, so they would have no future."

After thinking, Qian Chen exchanged for two blank Daoist Talismans. This time it was much cheaper, costing only ten morality points.

Si Qingguo sighed, "Yan Yan Shixiong, why spend this wasted money! They are just Daoist Talismans; when we go back, I'll just ask my father to write a few. You can choose whichever Daoist lineage you want. Even if it's a true transmission of Zhengyi, I can ask my father for it!"

Qian Chen exchanged for a Daoist scripture costing five hundred morality points—"The Secret Scripture of the Divine Furnace: Flying Eight Stones, Turning Nine Pills, Smelting Gold and White, Watering Qiongyao, Transforming Vermilion and Green, Condensing Frost and Snow." This scripture is a secret transmission of the Fangxian Dao alchemy. The Fangxian Dao is a lineage of divine pills, even earlier than the Supreme Alchemy, belonging to ancient alchemy, and was later merged into the Daoist sect.

This scripture is divided into five lineages: "Flying Eight Stones" is Earth, "Turning Nine Pills" is Fire, "Smelting Gold and White" is Metal, "Watering Qiongyao" is Water, and "Transforming Vermilion and Green" is Wood. Finally, the "Secret Scripture of the Frost and Snow Divine Furnace" governs the five elements and is the secret transmission of five-element alchemy.

What Qian Chen prepared for the Gold and Silver Boys was the "Shangzhang Geng Metal Internal Refining Method" and the "Chongguang Xin Metal Chang Geng Pointing Transformation Technique" from the "Smelting Gold and White" lineage.

After Qian Chen read this scripture once, he silently pondered for a day and a night. During this time, Seeing Yan Shu, Si Qingguo, and Ning Qingchen successively exchanged for items they were fond of.

Seeing Yan Shu exchanged for various spirit medicines and strange metals, and even contributed the Thunder Bud spirit item that Er Dao Shen had sought in the past, only then washing and refining his natal sword pill. He even spent a large amount of money to exchange for nine liters of Gang Qi and twelve liters of Earth Sha, condensing Gang and refining Sha.

Now, the foundation of his natal sword pill is complete. It only lacks Seeing Yan Shu using the sword-grinding method to kill a few great enemies, constantly polishing the sword pill with his own essence, energy, and spirit to sharpen it, and then he can achieve the First Rank of Core Formation.

Ning Qingchen exchanged for several important Daoist scriptures of the Yunxia lineage. At the same time, she constantly washed and refined the Guanghan Bingpo Pill gifted by Qian Chen, preparing to combine the Yunxia lineage with the Bingpo Pill. Now, she has also touched upon a trace of the path to forming a pill. In addition to her Eight Trigrams Cloud Light Kerchief advancing a level, she had the Lord of Samsara refine it into a top-tier magic artifact.

Furthermore, she used a ten-thousand-year Divine Light Clam mysterious pearl, a tribute from overseas stored in the Left Treasury, to refine a protective magic artifact—the Moon Soul Pearl.

At the same time, she exchanged for nine taels of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice soul. After asking the Lord of Samsara to refine it into a sword embryo, she used the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword Technique to refine it... Her Purple Cloud Sword had been destroyed, and she was about to re-refine a flying sword. Master Feng exchanged for several clusters of Sun True Fire, incorporating them into his pupils to refine demonic energy and refine supernatural powers.

Si Qingguo exchanged for several Divine Path scriptures and exchanged for ten taels of Heavenly Silver refined from wish power, preparing to cultivate a Divine Path Dharma body. Master Tao holds the three mountains; once she cultivates the Divine Path Dharma body, she can rightfully enter the Dao Academy to preside over the orthodox god sacrifices. Relying on the Dao Academies of the Zhengyi sect spread throughout the world, the ten taels of Heavenly Silver invested today will sooner or later be earned back a hundredfold or a thousandfold.

This is the benefit of having someone above in the Divine Path!

After pondering for a day, Qian Chen spread out the two blank Daoist Talismans, picked up the talisman brush, and finished in one go, outlining two Geng Metal and Xin Metal Daoist talismans, planting them into the bodies of the Gold and Silver Boys, casting a Dao foundation for them. This is the method of receiving talismans in the Primordial Dao.

The Dharma-transmitting Master condenses the essence of the Daoist scripture into a talisman and plants it within the disciple's Dantian.

The various mysteries of Geng Metal and Xin Metal that Qian Chen pondered today will constantly guide the two boys in their cultivation, and there will be no bottlenecks before Core Formation. Although they lack their own understanding, the two spirits are naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, and they know these understandings from birth.

This is the path Qian Chen set for the two boys—hugging a thigh!

As the saying goes, hug the thigh well, and you'll coast to old age. Looking back when you're old, your companions are gone! ===== CHAPTER 261 =====