Chapter 225: Immortal Monarch

"Sacred Heart, you old demon, I am irreconcilable with you! Ouch, gently, gently! Junior Uncle Sun, your hand is too heavy!" True Person Chuhe was currently lying on the bed of the grass hut, bruised and swollen, covered in wounds.

There were three sword wounds on his back, deep to the bone, and several ribs had been cut open by more than half. At this time, Sun Yu was treating his wounds, his hands moving like the wind, his technique quite brutal.

The True Person cursed Sacred Heart while telling Sun Yu to be gentler, and Sun Yu kept agreeing, but the habits cultivated over many years in the Xuanming Hall couldn't be changed no matter what.

For example, he dug out a broken tendon from the old Daoist's wound, pulled it hard, tied a knot with the other broken end after stretching it, then smeared some ointment that made the old Daoist scream an octave higher, and finally placed a Dao power mark.

It was said that this was the standard technique of the Xuanming Hall, connecting important tendons together, the ointment allowing the broken flesh and blood to regenerate, and the Dao power mark placed was to tell the patient that after the tendons grew well, there would be some excess flesh there, and they could clean it up themselves.

However, although the old Daoist looked miserable, his screams were full of energy, and the opened muscles kept squirming, even growing out patches of green buds from within. All the wounds were healing rapidly, and after being treated by Sun Yu, it looked like he would be alive and kicking again in less than three days.

The matter just now had happened too fast; by the time Wei Yuan flew out of the Merit Hall, the battle outside the domain was already over.

After True Person Chuhe rushed out of the domain, he directly grabbed a lurking Great Shaman from the void, but this Great Shaman was Sacred Heart, whom Wei Yuan had met once in the Nether-Cold Realm.

After True Person Chuhe revealed his eight immortal swords, he realized that all the immortal swords were dim and lusterless, with only two or three percent of their power remaining. Before he could even finish being inexplicably surprised, Sacred Heart's Shaman magic had already smashed down on his head.

Sacred Heart was a rare Dao-Shaman, and even more of a fierce person who could escape while carrying the Flying Fly Heaven; he beat the old Daoist, whose immortal swords had been crippled, in a clean sweep, instantly beating the old Daoist's face into a flower and covering his whole body in wounds.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the old Daoist broke through the sky-filling Shaman magic and turned to flee back to the domain. Just as he was about to rush into the domain, Sacred Heart suddenly stopped, ignoring the cat and snake at the domain's edge, but looked at the center for a moment, then turned and disappeared.

True Person Chuhe had originally been holding a golden, brilliant Great Elixir in his hand, preparing to swallow it, but seeing that Sacred Heart didn't chase him in, he was also very surprised, put the Great Elixir away, and returned to the grass hut supported by his disciples.

Only then did Wei Yuan barely arrive, hurriedly calling Sun Yu to treat the True Person's wounds, while the entire domain was loose on the outside but tight on the inside, preparing to welcome a possible surprise attack from Sacred Heart.

But after being on guard for a long time, there was no movement from the Shaman tribe. Wei Yuan stood at the edge of the domain for a while, feeling something extremely obscure constantly brushing past his body; if it weren't for Wei Yuan's keen perception, he would have ignored it.

Wei Yuan pretended not to know, guarded for a while longer, and then returned to the center of the domain to visit True Person Chuhe's injuries.

True Person Chuhe's physical body was also quite formidable; he looked like he was about to be dismembered, but in reality, they were just some skin wounds. It was just that the bruises on his face were caused by Sacred Heart's Shaman power; although this injury wasn't heavy, the Shaman power inside was extremely difficult to deal with, and if these Shaman powers weren't worn away bit by bit, the bruises wouldn't fade at all.

Sacred Heart was a Dao-Shaman, and his Dharma power status was quite high, roughly equivalent to Ji Liuli and Bao Yun, but one level higher than the old Daoist Chuhe. Therefore, it wasn't a simple matter for True Person Chuhe to eliminate the Shaman power, and those two black eyes would have to be worn for at least three or four days no matter what.

The True Person was naturally so angry that he cursed loudly, and at this time, he couldn't care about the dignity of a Dharma Form high-level cultivator.

After cursing for a long time, the old Daoist finally came to his senses; the main reason he was beaten was still that his eight immortal swords had suddenly failed. He was also well-informed and immediately guessed the truth: "This place has changed heaven and earth, sealing the immortal swords?"

"Yes," Wei Yuan answered.

The old Daoist was exasperated: "Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"You just arrived, and there wasn't time to say it. Besides, I thought guarding was my business, and you only came to rent a few patches of land; I didn't expect you to be so hateful of evil and rush out." Wei Yuan really hadn't thought about pulling the old Daoist onto his chariot; just planting a few patches of land and forming a small debt of karma was enough.

True Person Chuhe had nothing to say after hearing this.

He had originally thought about showing off in front of Fenhai's disciples and grand-disciples, letting them know how good the Jianmu Hall was at farming and raising pigs. As a result, he not only ran into a Dao-Shaman who hadn't been seen in eight hundred years, but his immortal swords were also banned! For this kind of luck, one could only say that the year was unfavorable.

True Person Chuhe felt depressed and summoned his two spirit pets back. A cat and a snake appeared instantly by his bed, looking curiously at the old Daoist's black eyes.

The old Daoist was furious and wanted to punish the two rebellious guys, but seeing that the black cat's fur was missing several patches, one claw couldn't even be straightened, and the snake's scales were missing a whole patch, with skin also oozing blood, the old Daoist's hand couldn't strike.

The old Daoist sighed and said to Wei Yuan: "These two little things have followed me for many years and are very spiritual, not inferior to cultivators. They can also be considered half-disciples of this old Daoist; you should get to know each other, so that you can look after each other when something happens."

These two spirit pets didn't look big, but in reality, they had both achieved Dharma Form. Wei Yuan stood up to bow, then seeing that the black cat was very well-behaved and cute, he thought about whether he should shake paws with it.

The black cat suddenly let out a howl, arched its back, and its fur stood up. It stared at Wei Yuan, took two steps back, and suddenly turned and flashed into the old Daoist's sleeve, disappearing. The snake hid silently in the old Daoist's pocket.

This change caught both the old Daoist and Wei Yuan off guard, and the old Daoist looked suspiciously at Wei Yuan, saying: "What did you just want to do to them?"

Wei Yuan was also baffled; he just wanted to shake paws with the black cat, and hadn't even planned to pet it yet, so why were they so afraid? Besides, two Dharma Form-level spirit beasts, why would they be afraid of him, a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator?

The old Daoist communicated with the two spirit pets for a while, and when he looked at Wei Yuan again, his expression had become serious, saying: "Black Jade can communicate with Yin and Yang and knows good and bad luck. It saw death aura on you; you seem to have been targeted by something."

"Not the power of the Netherworld's Eternal Silence?"

True Person Chuhe shook his head, "Eternal Silence is one of the heaven and earth's original energies. Black Jade looks at Qi Luck; you are likely to have a disaster coming soon, and it won't be small."

Wei Yuan had a count in his heart and said: "This junior understands."

True Person Chuhe was thoughtful and said: "It seems you should be prepared, that's good."

Just as Wei Yuan was about to leave, True Person Chuhe got out of bed, but as soon as he moved, he hissed in pain. He cursed Sun Yu while taking out something like a carrot and handing it to Wei Yuan, saying: "You plant this thing in front of your own house, it can change your luck." Wei Yuan was startled; there was such a spirit plant?

True Person Chuhe said: "Ignorant boy, my Jianmu Hall's Feng Shui spirit plants have always been a major source of income; if it weren't for the Heavenly Mystery Hall producing a True Person Yan Shi, my Jianmu Hall would have been the leader in Feng Shui."

Wei Yuan was shocked again; the relationship between the halls in the Grand Void Palace was so complex, with their domains intersecting. He took the carrot and asked for advice: "What is this spirit plant called, what is special about it, and what should be paid attention to when planting?"

"Just call it a Luck-Changing Carrot; it can absorb the surrounding Yin and evil aura and block disasters for you. But don't count on it too much; it can only block some minor illnesses and disasters, making your luck slightly better."

Wei Yuan thanked him and then said: "Actually, I still have a little Nether-soil left, it should be enough to open three more patches of land."

True Person Chuhe's eyes lit up and said: "Go open them quickly! With six patches of land, I'm afraid the speed of this old Daoist cultivating new immortal plants will increase by a fold? This matter concerns this old Daoist's Dao path, so don't be lazy!"

Wei Yuan silently said in his heart that there was only one Xu Wenwu, so even if sixty more patches of land were opened, the one that could mutate would still be that one, and the speed wouldn't increase at all. Of course, he couldn't say this to the True Person; the True Person was seriously injured and couldn't be affected in his mood.

Bidding farewell to the True Person, Wei Yuan returned to his residence and planted the carrot in front of the window. He hadn't planted luck-changing spirit plants before, so he was very curious. However, Wei Yuan didn't hold much hope, mainly because the trouble he had caused was too big; let alone a carrot, even if all the carrots that had become spirits in the world were brought here, he was afraid they wouldn't be able to change this luck.

But this carrot came just in time; Wei Yuan had previously set up a formation around his house but hadn't had time to put in spirit objects, and this carrot just happened to occupy one position.

Since there was a carrot, Wei Yuan also set up spirit objects in the other positions, then dripped a drop of Moon Laurel immortal tree sap into the formation plate placed on the table, and then activated the formation.

This was also a formation for fishing for Qi Luck, and the bait was the drop of immortal tree sap in the center.

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Although Wei Yuan didn't know Sacred Heart's name, he wouldn't mistake his Dharma power aura. This Dao-Shaman, who should have been active in the Nether-Cold Realm, suddenly appeared outside the domain, clearly targeting Wei Yuan.

The domain was not indestructible, nor was it airtight, but rather leaking from all sides, and any Great Shaman with some ability could infiltrate it like a sieve at any time. For example, that Shaman Girl came and went freely. So Wei Yuan had prepared multiple backhands, and this Qi Luck formation was just one of them.

After activating the formation, the formation plate gradually disappeared, and all the spirit objects used to set up the formation also disappeared, leaving no trace, with only a simple wooden house remaining in place, completely undefended.

Wei Yuan entered the Merit Hall again, began to search for the advanced Dao arts he hadn't finished reading during the day, and soon found what he wanted.

This Dao art was named Water Blade Storm, and the original template was the most basic Dao art, Water Blade Art. In the Shaman Domain, both water-type and wood-type Dao arts had extra bonuses, and the metal-type also had a small increase. Wei Yuan had used the Water Blade Art smoothly in the past, so he took a fancy to this advanced Dao method.

The advanced Water Blade Storm was marked as Mysterious-level. The Grand Void Palace's Dao methods were divided into Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow levels according to their power and function; Water Blade Art was unranked, while Water Blade Storm, as an advanced Dao method, was classified as Mysterious-level, which was neither high nor low, and could be used by both Foundation Establishment and Dharma Form, mainly for Dharma Form.

It was just that the author of Water Blade Storm had a big name: Pei Tinghai.

It turned out that the Immortal Monarch had also modified Dao arts in his early years and made his fortune from it, Wei Yuan thought.

When such advanced Dao arts entered the Merit Hall, if someone exchanged for them, the Grand Void Palace would distribute a portion to the original author, although not much, but it was better than a long stream.

This Mysterious-level advanced Dao art should be an early work of the Immortal Monarch Tinghai, and by now, it should have been distributed for at least a thousand years of merit. As long as the original author didn't die, the Grand Void Palace would continue to distribute money; if the original author of the Dao method died, his descendants could still collect for another three hundred years. Therefore, since the implementation of this system, countless cultivators had racked their brains to improve Dao methods, and once a widely circulated Dao art was researched, it was truly a blessing for future generations.

Wei Yuan estimated that there was no need for Immortal Monarch Tinghai to ascend to the Return to Oneness; probably from the time he achieved True Person Yu Jing, the number of people exchanging for Ice Blade Storm had increased significantly. Everyone had similar ideas, all wanting to glimpse the mystery of ascending to immortality from the Immortal Monarch's early works.

Actually, there were five or six other Dao methods similar to Ice Blade Storm, but the other authors only had one True Person, and the rest were Dharma Form, and one had already passed away. After comparing the authors, Wei Yuan still chose to exchange for Water Blade Storm.

Wei Yuan was currently blessed with Qi Luck and vaguely felt that this Dao method book might not be as simple as it looked on the surface; there might be some secrets hidden inside.

As a Mysterious-level Dao method, Water Blade Storm only required two thousand merit, which was actually ten percent cheaper than similar Dao methods. Wei Yuan thought that perhaps the Immortal Monarch wanted face and was embarrassed to mark the price too high; it had to be cheaper than others to show that it was benefiting the people.

Wei Yuan sighed at the Immortal Monarch's character while choosing to exchange, and a thin book appeared in his hand.

The booklets recording Dao arts were all similar, nothing more than a page of jade paper, but Dao arts that had entered the ranks were added with covers and back covers for the sake of solemnity, bound into a book.

With the Dao art in hand, Wei Yuan opened the book and read it carefully. Water Blade Storm was actually quite simple, with content of only a few thousand words, written concisely and to the point. Wei Yuan only spent half a cup of tea's time reading it from beginning to end, and then found that he didn't understand it.

Wei Yuan recognized every word, and the meaning of every sentence was very shallow, but when put together, he couldn't understand it.

What was miraculous was that although he didn't understand the book, he could already use Water Blade Storm. Wei Yuan was somewhat confused.

This feeling was like when he listened to the teacher of Heaven and Earth discuss the orbit of the Great Star, knowing only the answer, but not understanding the process at all.

Fortunately, there was a short paragraph at the end of the book: If there is anything you don't understand, you can exchange for my humble work "Principles of Water Blade Art."

Actually, Wei Yuan could already use Water Blade Storm now, but that was just following the gourd to draw the ladle; how could one have only a half-understanding on the path to immortality?

Wei Yuan had no expression, sacrificed a handful of Nether-soil, and exchanged for "Principles of Water Blade Art." This time the fruit split open, and five books fell out in one breath, and a feeling of ominousness rose in Wei Yuan's heart.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 226 =====