Chapter 446

Yan Buji frowned; although the abbot of She Shen Temple, Chan Hu, didn't give Yan Buji a deadly impression, his strength seemed not low, probably also around the peak of the Golden Core.

Named entities:

Yan Buji - person

She Shen Temple - place (temple)

Abbot - rank/title

Chan Hu - person

Golden Core - cultivation realm

This is different from that Gui Xie Lao Zu; he truly has died, and what remains here is probably a lingering obsession within the Lingyu.

Named entities:

Gui Xie Lao Zu - person

Lingyu - place

Can a single lingering obsession possess such strong cultivation?

No named entities.

Yan Buji bowed his hands and said, "I am Yan Buji of the Dragon People, pleased to meet the Abbot."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Dragon People - race

Abbot - title

"Dragon People... right, you visited once before." Chan Hu nodded; being a skeleton, he showed no expression.

Named entities:

Dragon People

Chan Hu

"Yes, since you are still here, I will not disturb you further. Farewell!"

No new named entities.

"Benefactor, wait a moment!" Chan Hu saw Yan Buji about to leave and immediately stepped in front of him.

Named entities:

Chan Hu

Yan Buji

"Benefactor, do you know whether She Shen Temple still exists today?"

Named entities:

She Shen Temple

"I don't know; I've never heard of that temple in the Dongxing Sea Region."

Named entities:

Dongxing Sea Region

Chan Hu was startled: "Dongxing Sea Region? How did it drift here?!"

Named entities:

Dongxing Sea Region

"Hmm?"

None.

From his tone, it seems Chan Hu did not actually die in the Dongxing Sea Region.

Named entities:

Chan Hu

Dongxing Sea Region

Chan Hu thought for a moment and said, "Benefactor, are you aware of the affairs of the West Sand River Basin?"

Named entities:

Chan Hu

West Sand River Basin

"I don't know."

None.

"I, a humble monk, have observed that your Martial and Law Dual Cultivation has brought your Martial Dao to a transformative stage with no path ahead. Are you planning to break through on the Law side?" Chan Hu asked.

Named entities:

Martial and Law Dual Cultivation

Martial Dao

Legally?

Yan Buji frowned and said, "Then the Abbot need not trouble himself with this."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Abbot

Chan Hu laughed, "Benefactor, you misunderstand. I died during the Great Sect Extinction in the West Sand River Basin, and now I only worry that the Dao lineage has been cut off. If you can help me, I will repay you generously."

Named entities:

West Sand River Basin

Great Sect Extinction

Dao lineage

Great Sect Extinction?

Same as above, exclude.

Yan Buji is not very familiar with the history of the West Sand River Basin, and he has barely encountered the history of the Dongxing Sea Region either.

Named entities:

West Sand River Basin

Dongxing Sea Region

With that said, Yan Buji still kept a wary attitude toward Chan Hu and hesitated, "Um..."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Chan Hu

"As I mentioned before, your Martial Dao is exhausted; to break through you must first strengthen your magical power. I have two She Shen Pills here; taking one will help you break through the Nascent Soul stage!"

Named entities:

Martial Dao

She Shen Pill

Nascent Soul

"What?!"

Yan Buji widened his eyes, "Nascent Soul Breaking Pill?!"

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Nascent Soul Breaking Pill

"Indeed."

Yan Buji took a deep breath, "Well, what you hear may be false, but what you see is real."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Chan Hu seemed a bit displeased, but still produced a golden‑shining pill.

Named entities:

Chan Hu

Golden, radiant pill

Yan Buji glanced, furrowed his brows, and said, "The Abbot's words are a bit off; this pill is clearly a Buddhist method, forged mainly from Buddhist relics. Even if it can break the Nascent Soul, it will likely be tainted with Buddhist aura."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Abbot

Buddhist Sect

Buddhist relic

Nascent Soul break

Chan Hu was surprised: "I didn't know the Benefactor understood the theory of pills so well, but do you realize that a single drink that can break the Nascent Soul and step onto the beginning of the Immortal Path is a dream coveted by countless cultivators?"

Named entities:

Nascent Soul

Immortal Path

Indeed, Yan Buji cannot guarantee that he can break through the Nascent Soul with his Martial Dao, so he has no right to judge whether the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill is good or bad.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Martial Dao

Nascent Soul

Nascent Soul Breaking Pill

"Benefactor, would you be willing to help this humble monk investigate the West Sand River Basin and search for the Dao lineage?"

Named entities:

West Sand River Basin

Dao lineage

"There's no reason not to, but I may not be able to reach the West Sand River Basin in the coming years."

Named entities:

West Sand River Basin

"No problem. If you can bring back news, I will gladly give you these two She Shen Pills. Moreover, since you are willing to help, I will first lend you my support and you may come with me."

Named entities:

She Shen Pill

Yan Buji nodded, followed Chan Hu into the temple, and saw a spiritual plant bearing white‑flowered fruits.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Chan Hu

temple

spiritual plant

"Heavenly Spirit Fruit?!"

Named entities:

Heavenly Spirit Fruit

"Since you already know about this, I don't need to introduce it further."

None.

Chan Hu laughed, reached out, and plucked all the fruits from the tree—thirty Heavenly Spirit Fruits in total—and gave them to Yan Buji.

Named entities:

Chan Hu

Heavenly Spirit Fruit

Yan Buji

"Benefactor, if you wish to go to the West Sand River Basin, you can use the Heavenly Spirit Fruit to reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm. I recall that the Nine Heavens Five Domains Great Chamber of Commerce has a teleportation method between the Five Domains, so there should be a way to get there."

Named entities:

West Sand River Basin

Heavenly Spirit Fruit

Heavenly Spirit Realm

Nine Heavens Five Domains Great Chamber of Commerce

Five Domains

Yan Buji thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Alright, thank you, Abbot. I will do my utmost to gather information about She Shen Temple."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Abbot

She Shen Temple

"Alas, I only hope you bring good news, that the Dao lineage does not cease."

Named entities:

Dao lineage

With that, Yan Buji took the Heavenly Spirit Fruit and left the Yellow Sand Lingyu. Though the area looks barren, the oasis there seems to cultivate abundant spiritual materials.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Heavenly Spirit Fruit

Yellow Sand Lingyu

Spiritual Material

However, Yan Buji was unsure of Chan Hu's abilities and did not dare to act rashly. Since he was tasked with investigating whether the Dao lineage outside She Shen Temple still exists, he treated it as a chance to make a good karmic connection before planning further moves.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Chan Hu

She Shen Temple

Dao lineage

After leaving the Lingyu, Yan Buji found that the Lingyu seemed to have vanished completely. When a Dragon People Priest asked him later, Yan Buji brushed it off by saying he had encountered the owner of the Lingyu, not feeling the need to explain in detail.

Named entities:

Lingyu

Yan Buji

Dragon People Priest

Owner of Lingyu

Afterwards, Yan Buji went to the Earth Vein of the Boundless Sea Trench, inspected his intact formation, and saw a bright‑yellow bead radiating Earth Vein energy right before his eyes.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Boundless Sea Trench

Earth Vein

formation

"Great Earth Core Pill!!!"

Named entities:

Great Earth Core Pill

Yan Buji laughed.

None.

After ninety‑one years, the Great Earth Core Pill finally condensed into shape.

Named entities:

Great Earth Core Pill

Yan Buji took it, swallowed it in one gulp.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

In an instant!

None.

Yan Buji's personal restrictions seemed to open instantly; although his power did not increase, his current spiritual sense and magical power were now at the Foundation Establishment stage!

Named entities:

Yan Buji

spiritual sense

magical power

Foundation Establishment

"I don't even need excessive forging; my mortal body can bear the load of condensing the Golden Core, so it feels as if I hadn't taken the Great Earth Core Pill at all."

Named entities:

Golden Core

Great Earth Core Pill

Yan Buji smiled.

None.

In truth, that's not entirely accurate. Having taken the Great Earth Core Pill, his magical power can continue to grow, his mortal strength can be further enhanced through that power, and his spiritual sense has no longer a ceiling. Although he now counts as a Magical Cultivation practitioner at the Foundation Establishment stage, he can become even stronger from this foundation.

Named entities:

Great Earth Core Pill

Magical Cultivation

Foundation Establishment

He will then find a place to close his cultivation, and when he reaches a point where no further progress is possible, he must find a way for his Martial Dao to break through the Nascent Soul stage.

Named entities:

Martial Dao

Nascent Soul

Afterwards, Yan Buji arrived at the Boundless Sea Trench.

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Boundless Sea Trench

Upon arriving, he immediately discovered the Heavenly Demon King standing before him.

Named entities:

Heavenly Demon King

"You kid..." The Heavenly Demon King transformed into the likeness of Wang Man, turned his head with displeasure, and asked, "Why are you leaving?"

Named entities:

Heavenly Demon King

Wang Man

"The Dragon People no longer need me."

Named entities:

Dragon People

"It's you who no longer needs the Dragon People, huh? Heh heh heh." The Heavenly Demon King sneered twice.

Named entities:

Dragon People

Heavenly Demon King

Yan Buji shook his head, "If I stay here, it will inevitably affect my cultivation. My current level requires a very long time to refine, and I still need to gather materials for the Heavenly Great Core Pill, so staying in one place is unsuitable."

Named entities:

Yan Buji

Heavenly Great Core Pill

It's like that.

Yan Buji looked at the Heavenly Demon King and asked, "Sir, Penglai Pavilion..... what exactly happened back then?"

The Heavenly Demon King raised his eyebrows: "You've been to that place?"

"Hmm, I discovered some interesting things. The secret technique they use to transform puppets via seals is somewhat similar to....."

The Heavenly Demon King laughed: "The Heavenly Demon Clan's Heavenly Demon Great Transformation."

Yan Buji nodded: "Indeed so."

Actually, back then Yan Buji didn't have this idea; after reading Penglai Pavilion's classics, he suddenly thought of when the Heavenly Demon King possessed Wang Man, that strange feeling of whole-body separation was like Wang Man, although he was a Dragon Person, his inner self had already become a Heavenly Demon, he just didn't know it yet.

And Penglai Pavilion's human-shaped seals, then turning seals into people, with the admixture of Mutant Force, is equivalent to turning the illusory into the real, a method similar to that of the Heavenly Demons!

That's why Yan Buji had this question.

"The Penglai Three assisted the Human Emperor in ancient times to seal the demon clan's emperor, but then the sudden appearance of the Mutant Region disrupted their formation, forcing the Human Emperor, wielding the Human Emperor's Banner, to destroy Penglai Pavilion; by now.... it should be tens of millions of years, right?" the Heavenly Demon King pondered and said.

"So what about them emerging now...."

"Naturally, one cannot stop the Mutant Region from emerging."

"Is that Mutant Region....."

"That's not something you should know."

Yan Buji nodded, clasped his hands, and said: "Thank you for your guidance, Sir."

"Since you're leaving, I can point you to a place: go check out the Chongxin Sea in the Turbulent Sea; I recall there is an ancient martial artist sect located there."

"Thank you, Sir."