Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1222 569: Qianyang Holy Land (2)

"Granny Sha indeed possesses great talent, perhaps she can reverse engineer the Other Transformation Method using the foundation of the Lin She Skill."

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and after a moment of deduction, he realized that the Lin She Skill is a Taoist Magic Skill, while the Other Transformation Method is a Buddhist Magic Skill, with no interchangeability between the two.

On the way back to the West Bull New Continent, the lady passed on to Chen Shi the method she deduced to break through, which was quite simple: using the various distracting thoughts from the Incense Fire Qi to cause the Other Transformation to descend amidst a multitude of distractions, thus having no anchor.

"This is a Divine Dao skill, which I cannot use."

After contemplating for a moment, Chen Shi said, "Rather than dedicating myself to cultivate in the Divine Dao just to break this method, which would be inefficient, it would be simpler to comprehend a method from the foundation of the Lin She Skill that is not inferior to the Other Transformation Method."

This thought struck him, and he found himself lost in thought.

Upon returning to the West Bull New Continent, he began to see some clues.

The lady continued to search through accounts and target objectives, while Chen Shi enthusiastically experimented with perfecting the Lin She Skill, simplifying and deepening it, aligning it more closely with the Other Transformation Method.

He experimented repeatedly, often encountering failure. After each failure, he would make modifications, with strange and peculiar thoughts constantly flashing through his mind, fueled by abundant energy, tireless.

This time, as he activated the Lin She Skill once more, he suddenly discovered his roots extending into the high plains, with branches growing from the ancient tree, swaying with the wind.

"I've been transported onto the body of Liu Daoist!"

Chen Shi was extremely surprised, noticing that the old willow tree, although bursting with Life Force and free from danger, had a simple and scattered consciousness. It seemed that when the Heavenly Venerate slew Liu Daoist, his Divine Skills shattered his consciousness, leaving a residual awareness in the roots. As the branches sprouted, a new consciousness was born.

"Liu Daoist, is that you?"

Scholar Zhu, sensing something, curiously examined the little willow tree. Chen Shi did not respond, controlling the willow branches to nod in acknowledgment while focusing on gathering Liu Daoist's scattered consciousness and merging it with the newly born awareness.

Scholar Zhu, deeply moved, choked out, "Old friend, you're finally alive again! My tireless efforts to water you day and night have not been in vain."

Chen Shi emerged from Liu Daoist, once again employing the Lin She Skill.

This time he descended into the body of a duck.

"If the True King saw this, he would surely squeeze your neck and demand you lay an egg for him!" Yu Zhu shooed Chen Shi, saying.

Chen Shi waddled along with the ducks, heading out of the village. This was Huangpo Village, and Yu Zhu was driving them towards the Yu Belt River to fish and catch snails.

As Chen Shi followed the ducks into the water, he once again activated the Other Transformation Method, entering the body of the Great Snake Xuan Shan.

The Great Snake Xuan Shan was stunned to find itself an outsider to its own body, unable to solve the Lin She Skill, only able to watch Chen Shi occupying its body, running wildly across the mountains and plains.

Chen Shi controlled the Great Snake Xuan Shan to drink water from Dejiang, filling its belly, then activated the Lin She Skill again, leaving Xuan Shan and entering Stone Rock Lady.

"Demon!"

Stone Rock Lady, being possessed, angrily said, "I am the first meritorious officer under the True King. If you seize my True Body, the True King will not spare you!"

Chen Shi controlled Stone Rock's body, flying out of the temple to buy clothes outside, adorning "himself" flamboyantly.

Stone Rock Lady struggled to regain control of her body, finally managing to do so, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Shi glanced at Black Pot, activating the Lin She Skill. In the next moment, Black Pot opened its mouth, joyfully wagging its tongue and tail, walking around excitedly.

Feeling bored, Chen Shi dispersed his Divine Skills.

Black Pot shook its head, suspiciously glancing around, looking at Chen Shi with resentment.

Pretending not to notice, Chen Shi took out the Spirit Pill given to him by the lady earlier, laughing, "Black Pot, the lady gave me a batch of Immortal Pills, try them!"

Black Pot received the Jade Bottle, swallowing a few. Inside it was like a great furnace, Body Refinement and Refining God, extremely domineering!

One person and one dog shared pill after pill, quickly consuming all the Immortal Pills.

At this time, the excited voices of Jueyangzi and Dan Chengzi came, "The Five Elements Tribulation Relief Pill is refined!"

"Don't open the furnace yet!"

Chen Shi hurriedly flew over, raising another small Jade Bottle to guard the furnace's opening, then cautiously opened it, collecting the Dan Dew into the Jade Bottle.

This batch of Five Elements Tribulation Relief Pill amounted to more than sixty, Chen Shi distributed some to everyone, consuming a few himself but found little effect; the rest he fed to Black Pot.

"The Yanfu Treasure Tree is suitable for refining the Yanfu Ti Pill."

Lady Houtu tossed them a formula, having them continue refining Immortal Pills.

Chen Shi, with Black Pot, set off again, heading to the Dao Realm of the next sufferer, Daoist Kan Yizhi.

"This time in clearing the account, perhaps by using the Lin She Skill, I could transfer to a disciple's body, then have Black Pot respond, stealing the Earth Treasure Spirit Root, making things much easier."

He implemented his thoughts, and this time the theft of the Earth Treasure Spirit Root was surprisingly smooth. With hardly anyone alarmed, he stole it from Daoist Kan Yizhi's domain, without even anyone within noticing the disappearance!

Even Daoist Kan Yizhi himself did not realize.

Returning to report with Black Pot, Lady Houtu looked at them in amazement, crossing out Daoist Kan Yizhi's name, quickly selecting the next sufferer.

Outside, Jueyangzi and others had completed refining the Yanfu Ti Pill, and as usual, Chen Shi distributed it, sharing the rest with Black Pot.

Black Pot's cultivation indeed soared rapidly, its aura growing ever stronger, its physique more powerful, bearing copper tendons and iron bones, verging on surpassing its mother, Huo Dou.

Lady Houtu had numerous accounts to settle, leaving Chen Shi and Black Pot no time to rest, urging them to steal more Earth Treasure Spirit Roots or Immortal Elixirs and Herbs.

In two years, Qianyang Mountain was filled with various Immortal Elixirs and Earth Treasure Spirit Roots, with rare treasures vying for attention, their fragrance invigorating the spirit, sharpening vision, rendering this place like a terrestrial Immortal Realm.

Qianyang Mountain gradually displayed the iconography of a Holy Land.

However, despite consuming numerous Immortal Pills, Chen Shi failed to discern any significant improvement in his cultivation.

Over the past days, he also continuously refined Taiqing Purple Qi, logically warranting further cultivation advances, yet curiously, his body resembled a bottomless pit; no matter how many Immortal Pills or Purple Qi, it couldn't be filled, showing no trend of cultivation increase.

Privately, Chen Shi was troubled.

"Since the death of the Outer Heaven True God, there might be a serious problem with my body."

He sensed again the summons from beyond, the guiding force from the Heavenly Dao Treasure Celestial Secret Strategy, attempting to draw him to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Chen Shi spared no effort in concealing his aura, evading the guidance, scattering the Ascension rosy clouds upon the Heavenly Mechanism Strategy failing to detect his presence.

"Your Majesty, just two more tasks, and we can cease."

Lady Houtu patted the now thinned account book, smiling, "The remaining ones are either too weak, unlikely to survive the Opening Tribulation or too strong, whom even I wouldn't want to provoke. After these tasks, we can wash our hands of it."

Black Pot approached, and over these two years, having consumed various Immortal Pills, its aura rivaled that of a True Immortal, and it had mastered the highest level of the Thunder Eight Techniques recorded on the Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler. Even the ruler's owner had only reached this level with no subsequent skills.

Black Pot then trained using the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection comprehended by Chen Shi, advancing at an astonishing pace, thanks to the nearly endless supply of Immortal Pills.

"Black Pot is about to surpass me."

Chen Shi felt a bit troubled, unsure about what precisely was wrong with his body, seeing no progress despite consuming so many Immortal Pills.

One person and one dog stepped into the rosy clouds.

Constitution State, Hu Feifei, Yu Tiancheng, and others arrived before a mountain range, many Talisman Masters raised their Primordial Spirits, floating in the air, recording a beam of radiant rosy clouds descending from the heavens.

Within the radiant clouds, the Great Dao Texture flowed with profound mystery.

"Lord Hu, in recent days, the frequency of such Radiant Great Dao has increased significantly. These radiant clouds have appeared in the Fifty Provinces, even across the underworld, and are incredibly peculiar."

Yu Tiancheng said, "I've ordered Talisman Masters everywhere to collect and record the Great Dao Texture within, discovering Yin Yang Dao Pattern, Demon Path Dao Pattern, and Great Wilderness Dao Pattern!"

Hu Feifei looked up, observing this beam of Radiant Great Dao, murmuring, "Where does this Radiant Great Dao originate? Why has there suddenly been such an abundance of Dao Pattern in the West Bull New Continent?"

Yu Tiancheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "Additionally, we have discovered some Great Dao Phenomenon."