I use myths to create immortality

Chapter 52: 52 Merits, Exchange for Books
After leaving the Rock Gorge, Ji Yuan turned directly back to the ancestral temple of Kunwu Mountain; along the way, he spent several days out of Zhaoyue Ridge and searched for several common medicinal herbs.

For Ji Yuan, the magical medicines that are only hundreds or thousands of years old are of little use.

Once the magic power has been stored for a hundred years, the quality of the magic power changes slightly; it is no longer easy to increase the power quickly with only the common thousand-year-old elixir.

If you want to increase your power for decades or even a hundred years at one time.

It would require a relatively rare thousand-year-old elixir, or a precious medicine that is thousands or even tens of thousands of years old.

It just so happens that a secret realm appears in the Lihen Domain, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

However, since he had many spiritual medicines and materials, as well as the precious golden rhinoceros horn, on him, Ji Yuan had to go back to the mountain gate first to get rid of these items.

In a blink of an eye, half a month later.

Kunwu Mountain, Xuanwei Ancestral Altar.

Ji Yuan was exhausted and flew back to the inner gate Tenghai Peak.

"Uncle Lingbao, where are you going?" In front of Tenghai Palace, Yuqi Tongzi saw that he was exhausted and was very curious.

"I went to Zhaoyueling."

Ji Yuan looked around. There were fewer cultivators near Tenghai Palace, and it was empty.

I couldn't help but wonder: "Where are Senior Sister Ling Miao and the others?"

"Master and the others went to the wilderness half a year ago to kill monsters and practice magic." Yu Qi Anran said.

The monsters are very powerful and have innate magical powers. The ordinary inner sect spiritual peak lineages dare not rashly go into the wilderness, let alone kill the monsters.

It was because her master, Lingmiao Zhenren, was so powerful and had profound Taoist skills that he dared to lead the disciples of Tenghai Peak to the Great Wilderness to kill the monsters.

This fully demonstrates how powerful Teng Haifeng is!
Yu Qi said this with great interest, but she did not see any expression of surprise on Ji Yuan's face.

She couldn't help but be surprised.

“What! Uncle-master, you…you…” Yu Qi looked at Ji Yuan in surprise.

Yu Qi noticed the changes in Ji Yuan's magical energy.

"Huh? What's wrong with me?" Ji Yuan looked at himself, very confused.

"Your magic power, have you been hiding your cultivation and magic power before?" The more Yu Qi looked, the more shocked he became.

She remembered that when Ji Yuan first came to Tenghai Peak, his magic power was far inferior to hers, and he only had twenty years of magic power.

This trip has been going on for more than half a year.

When he came back, he suddenly had unfathomable magical powers.

The feeling Yu Qi got was like that of facing his master Ling Miao Zhenren.

In just half a year, even if you were lucky enough to pick up a thousand-year-old elixir, it would be impossible for your magic power to increase so quickly.

Thinking back to the first time I met Master Uncle Lingbao, he raised his hand and a divine wind swept through, moving a ten-thousand-jin iron furnace. It was a horrifying scene, and his calm state of mind.

That’s right, how could it be possible that a genius monk from Zhongzhou Taoist Academy only had twenty years of magical power?

You should know that the cultivators who can come from the outer courtyards of various places are extraordinary. Their strength is enough to be invincible in the entire Taoist temple. Only then will they be recommended to the ancestral altar as an exception. Their strength and status are equal to those of the true seeds.

This is also the reason why Yu Qi never looked down on Ji Yuan from the beginning.

How could one have such ability with twenty years of magical power!
All the cultivators who came from Zhongzhou in the past had magical powers of more than five hundred years!

There were even geniuses from the outer courtyard who were afraid that they did not have enough magical powers and would be looked down upon when they came to the ancestral altar. So they borrowed treasures to suppress disasters and forcibly stretched their magical powers to a thousand years before they dared to come to the ancestral altar.

This Lingbao uncle must have used some secret technique to hide his cultivation level in order to avoid the tasks assigned to him by the master!
No wonder Uncle Lingming, a genius among the inner sect disciples, knows him!
Yu Qi thought so.

“Hide your cultivation? Hmm…” Ji Yuan came back to his senses and nodded, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

Sure enough! He hid his cultivation, and Yu Qi's eyes flashed with realization.

Why did he suddenly reveal his true power now? Did he want to take over the destiny and spiritual veins of Tenghai Peak while his master was away?
what should I do?
With Uncle Lingbao's strength, I am definitely no match for him.

There's no way to resist at all!

Yu Qi's expression changed, and for a moment, she became uncertain.

"Yuqi..."

"Yuqi, what's wrong with you?" Ji Yuan patted the dazed Yuqi's shoulder, scaring her so much that she trembled all over.

Yu Qi came back to his senses, forced a smile, and asked tentatively: "Uncle Master, are you coming back to enter Tenghai Palace?"

Tenghai Palace is the core of Tenghai Peak; it is the place where the true descendants of Tenghai who have lived in Tenghai for generations practice. It is not one of the top 72 veins, but it is also ranked among the 360 ​​spiritual veins of Kunwu Mountain.

If you get it, you can gain the luck of Xuanwei teaching, everything will go smoothly, and your practice will improve by leaps and bounds.

If Master Lingbao wants to enter Tenghai Palace.

Then I can only pretend to be obedient, serve him well, and satisfy him! When the master comes back, I will sneak attack and stab him in the back!
I, Yuqi, am a proud person and will never succumb to your tyranny!

If the master comes back, you will be dead!

Yu Qi stared at Ji Yuan intently.

Ji Yuan didn't expect that Yu Qi Tong'er's little head would think of a lot of things in an instant.

But he could still feel Yuqi Tong'er's wary look.

He quickly shook his head and said, "Tenghai Palace is where Senior Sister Lingmiao practices, why would I go in there?"

"I was planning to go back to Wuyou Rock directly. I came here to ask you how to trade some spiritual objects and magic materials..."

Yu Qi was half-believing and half-doubting, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Master, what items do you want to exchange? Some books, spells, and spiritual materials are also available in Tenghai Peak."

As one of the Dharma lineages, Teng Haifeng has more than 300 monks. They have been accumulating merits over the years, and have also exchanged a lot of spells from the sect. They also have their own spiritual medicine garden to cultivate spiritual medicines.

It will be cheaper than exchanging spell inheritance and knowledge books from the church.

But it also needs to be exchanged for merit or spiritual objects and materials.

"I have the corpse of a golden rhino with one horn, six thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and thirty-two eight-nine-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs. How much do you think I can get in exchange?"

"What! A one-horned golden rhinoceros!" Yu Qi widened his eyes.

"Are you sure it's the golden unicorn? And there are six thousand-year-old spiritual herbs?"

Seeing Ji Yuan nod, Yu Qi couldn't believe it: "Did you kill him yourself?"

"I picked it up in the Zhaoyue Wilderness." Ji Yuan chuckled.

Yu Qi didn't believe it at all.

The one-horned golden rhinoceros is born with earth-attributed magical powers; it has a violent temper and can control rocks and mountains over hundreds of miles; it is something to brag about for an ordinary cultivator who can escape from its hands.

To kill this kind of monster, it often takes hundreds of monks from a peak to set up an ambush in advance.

Even her master Ling Miao Zhenren could not guarantee to kill the Golden Rhino alone.

Pick it up? Where can I pick up this strange beast?

Seeing that she didn't believe him, Ji Yuan directly handed her the treasure bag in his sleeve.

Yu Qi took it and looked at it, and was shocked. There was indeed a golden rhino corpse in the bag, and a bundle of spiritual medicine placed like weeds.

"Uncle-master, you are so awesome!" Yu Qi's eyes were filled with awe.

"Hey? Where's the golden rhino horn?"

"Here it is." Ji Yuan pulled the golden rhino horn out of the sword bag.

Looking at the dim golden rhino horn, Yu Qi sighed and said, "Uncle Master, how can you put it in a sword bag? A sword bag has the murderous aura of a weapon, which conflicts with spiritual objects. This horn must be put in a jade box with restrictions."

"Look, the spiritual energy has been lost. No wonder I didn't notice you carrying it with you. Sigh..."

"And those magical herbs must be stored in wooden boxes to prevent the wood energy from being damaged. You are not just cutting grass to feed the pigs, you are also tying them into bundles with straw stalks..."

"How can you be so rude? You are really... such a waste of nature's gift!!"

Yu Qi was speechless. This was the first time she had seen Ji Yuan like this.

The magical herbs were tied into bundles, like a handful of grass cut for feeding pigs.

The most speechless thing is the golden rhino horn in the sword bag.

The sword bag is used to store weapons. There are many monks who practice swordsmanship. After beheading someone with their flying sword, they will put the enemy into the sword bag and turn it into blood evil to nourish the murderous aura of their weapons.

This object is extremely murderous, how can it be used to store top-quality spiritual materials!

“Is there such a saying?” Ji Yuan really didn’t know. No wonder when he stole other people’s spiritual medicines before, they were all put in wooden boxes.

"What else? Some spiritual roots are very delicate. They fall when they come into contact with gold, burn when they come into contact with fire, and melt when they come into contact with water. That's why there are special wooden boxes, iron boxes, and jade boxes to store spiritual objects..."

"It takes a thousand years for a golden rhino horn to grow only one inch; your horn is more than a foot long, which is only found in golden rhinoceros beasts that are ten thousand years old. It is a superior earth-attributed spiritual material. Look at the patterns on it, which are worth hundreds of thousands of merits!" Yu Qi pointed at the patterns on the golden rhino horn that looked like small seal characters, and said with regret: "It's a pity that it was hit by the evil spirit of your weapon, and most of its spiritual energy was lost. Now it is only worth 50,000 merits."

The dense patterns on the golden rhino horn are all innate earth-attributed spells. The monks learned that not only can they use this object to practice magic, but they can even comprehend spells.

This is the most precious item on the golden rhino. If its spiritual energy is damaged, the effect will be halved when used to practice magic.

"Fifty thousand merits! Didn't the Hall of Merit say ten thousand?" Ji Yuan's eyes were full of excitement.

If that's the case, then there are still many golden rhinos in the wilderness, waiting for Ji Yuan to kill them.

“Those guys in the Merit Hall won’t do business at a loss. Whenever the ancestors or grandmasters above order something, even if the reward is clearly 100,000 merits, the Merit Hall will deduct them layer by layer and reduce it to 10,000 or 20,000 merits.” Yu Qi complained.

That is to say, the ancestors issued a task worth one hundred thousand; after the Hall of Merit issued it, only ten or twenty thousand were left as rewards.

When someone completes the task, the remaining 80,000 to 90,000 merit points as a reward will be divided up among a group of deacons and elders in the Merit Hall, making a huge profit.

Even in the palace of immortals, there is still no escape from the human relationships and corruption.

“But I revealed the mission of the Hall of Merit…” Ji Yuan was a little troubled.

"Hey, don't worry about it. If the time limit is exceeded, it will be considered a mission failure. There is no punishment. You can hand over the golden rhino horn and these spiritual objects to our Tenghai Palace."

"The golden rhino horn is worth 50,000 merits, these elixirs are worth 10,000 merits, and the golden rhino meat is worth 5,000 merits, so a total of 65,000 merits will be given to you. How do you think?" A mercenary look flashed in Yu Qi's eyes.

"Okay then." Ji Yuan didn't care about these. With his magical powers, it would be easy to kill the strange beast as long as he had time.

I'm too lazy to care about these trivial matters.

"Okay, okay, uncle-master, please bring the token here and I will exchange it for you right away!" Yu Qi was overjoyed, fearing that Ji Yuan would go back on his word.

The magical medicine and golden rhino meat were both estimated at ordinary values, and the prices were even slightly higher, which was nothing.

The key is the golden rhino horn. Even if it has lost some spiritual energy, it is actually worth at least 80,000 merits. This deal is a huge profit for Tenghai Palace.

Yu Qi entered Tenghai Palace with Ji Yuan's disciple token and treasure bag.

First put the golden rhino meat into the storage room, then put the horn and elixir in jade boxes and iron boxes, and put them into the treasure pavilion for safekeeping.

After working for half an hour, he finally came out with Ji Yuan's token, treasure bag and a thick book.

"Sixty-five thousand merits, please have a look, uncle."

Ji Yuan took the token and used his magical power to probe it. A faint light flickered on it, and the words "sixty-five thousand merits" in small seal script appeared on it.

"This is a catalog of the spell inheritance, elixirs, and magical materials that we have in Tenghai Palace. It is much cheaper than exchanging them directly from the church. Uncle Master, please take a look and see if there is anything you need." Yu Qi held the book.

If Ji Yuan could exchange spell inheritance, knowledge books, elixirs, spiritual objects, and magical materials from them, then Tenghai Palace could make a huge profit.

"Let me take a look..."

Ji Yuan flipped through the books.

They are all in catalogue form, with about a hundred pages.

It is divided into [Magic Department], [Rare Objects Department], [Scripture Department], and [Magic Materials Department].

Each volume has twenty pages; representing spells, elixirs, knowledge, and materials respectively.

Among them, the magic department has the least records, with only seven or eight titles, while the knowledge books have the most. The price of each item is marked with merit points.

[Fire Avoidance Technique]: After mastering it, you can walk through fire and water and avoid all flames. Value: (7000) Merit.

[Water Avoidance Technique]: After mastering it, you can enter the deep sea and breathe freely. Value: (7000) Merits.

【Flying Blade Technique】: After mastering it, you can take a breath of golden energy and use a flying blade to cut people. Value: (17000) Merits.

[Firelight Technique]: After mastering it, you will be able to practice fire, worth (26000) merits.

[Exhaling to Generate Wind]: After mastering, exhaling breath is like an invisible arrow that can hurt people a hundred steps away and can summon wind. Worth (46000) merits.

[Ghost Moving Technique]: Cultivate a spirit ghost general, invisible and traceless, capable of moving things through the air, worth (100000) merits.

[Great Power Transformation Method]: After mastering it, within one stick of incense, you will transform into a 100000-foot-tall Dharmakaya, possessing a force of ten thousand kilograms, sweeping across the land without any enemies, looking down upon the enemy. Value () merits.

These are the seven spells inherited by the Department of Magic.

"How about it, uncle-master? Don't you think it's much cheaper than exchanging spells from the sect?" Yu Qi said with a smile.

“Indeed, it’s much cheaper.”

These spells were exchanged from the sect by the disciples of Tenghai Palace when they gathered together to complete tasks; as they were inherited from this generation of Tenghai Peak, they were naturally much cheaper.

For example, the [Water Avoidance Technique] requires 20,000 merits to be exchanged from the Dharma Hall of the sect.

To exchange it in Tenghai Palace, it only requires 7,000 merits, which is three times cheaper.

Compared with the tens of thousands of spells passed down in the sect, these seven spells are cheap, but there are too few options to choose from.

Among these seven spells, Ji Yuan was not very interested in the other ones except the [Ghost Refining and Moving Spell].

They are not considered advanced spells.

Rather tasteless.

"Are there any books about various knowledge in the cultivation world, such as analysis of spiritual medicines, analysis of magic materials, and analysis of various secrets..."

"Yes! In the Sutra Collection after page 44, there are "Nanshan Scenery Records", "Ancient Domain Spiritual Realm Chapter", "Three Mountains and Nine Lakes Geomancy Atlas", "Ancient Immortal Records", "Secret Book of Gods and Demons", "Records of Strange Beasts", "General Book of the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands"..." Yu Qi stood by and gave instructions.

Ji Yuan took a look and found that compared to the inheritance of spells, this kind of knowledge was much cheaper; basically, a book cost around a few thousand merits.

"Exchange all these books for me." Ji Yuan waved his hand and exchanged all the knowledge books in a domineering manner.

"Okay, Uncle Master, don't you want some magic? We in Tenghai Palace are all family members, so we can buy on credit." Yu Qi's eyes were full of anticipation.

The total value of these knowledge books was more than 30,000 merits. Ji Yuan exchanged them all and still had more than 30,000 merits left.

She wanted Ji Yuan to exchange for two more spells to drain Ji Yuan's money.

Ji Yuan shook his head: "No, just these books are fine. Oh, and bring me a basket of jade boxes, iron boxes, wooden boxes, gold boxes, jade cups, jade plates, and jade bottles."

The wooden box and jade cup are still necessary. There are prohibitions on them, and they can be used to store spiritual objects in the future.

"Good good!"

After a while, Yu Qi arranged for the palace servants and strong men to move a large pile of books from Tenghai Palace, as well as wooden boxes, jade bottles and other objects containing spiritual objects and magical materials.

A total of more than 47,000 merits were spent.

Most of the 65,000 merits that I had just obtained were gone in an instant, leaving more than 17,900 points.

Ji Yuan swept his sleeves and put all these things into the treasure bag in his sleeves.

He was just about to say goodbye to the happy Yuqi Tong'er and go back to study these classics.

Yu Qi seemed to remember something and pulled his sleeve: "Wait, Uncle Master, during the six months you were away, someone came to Tenghai Peak to look for you."

"Huh? Who?" Ji Yuan frowned slightly.

He didn't have any acquaintances in the sect, and he had never caused any trouble, so why would anyone come looking for him?

"Master of Chengyang Peak, Pei Lingming, Master Pei is here to see you."

"Uncle Pei is one of the leaders of the seventy-two Dharma lineages. The Pei family is well-known in the sect. Uncle Lingming is known as the top genius who has the greatest hope of achieving the true teachings. I didn't expect that you, uncle, actually know him." Yu Qi was curious.

"Pei Lingming?" Ji Yuan thought carefully and confirmed that he did not know this person.

Ji Yuan had never heard of the true genius.

"Why is he looking for me?"

"I don't know. He looked quite kind. He just said that he asked you to come back and let him know. Uncle-master, do you think you should..." Yu Qi saw that Ji Yuan looked strange and hesitated whether to inform Pei Lingming.

Ji Yuan thought for a moment and said, "He has issued a decree. If you don't obey it, it will be bad. So go and inform him."

"Just tell him I'm back and ask him to come find me."

He has no friends in the sect, nor does he have any vested interests involved.

This Pei Lingming is most likely here to cause trouble.

Who cares about those monsters and demons, or the top geniuses.

Ji Yuan was outside, and even the great master of the previous generation, Jie Xuan Zhenren who was in the Tongxuan realm, was suppressed.

How could I be afraid of Pei Lingming?

After saying this, Ji Yuan said goodbye to Yu Qi and flew into the sky.

Ji Yuan did not go to Wuyou Rock. He planned to go to the Merit Hall of Jinque Peak first to see if there were any powerful tasks to be carried out outside.

I will take the next one first, and then return to Wuyou Rock to rest for a few days, study the classics and the secret map carefully, and after I have rested, I will go to Lihen Realm.

(End of this chapter)