I have a Taoist temple that connects me to other worlds

A single sentence made Jiang Wen instantly feel his entire body tingle, as an inexplicable chill spread from the depths of his heart.

"Eat you? The Emperor?" Jiang Wen asked again, driven by curiosity.

"Haha, yes. He has always wanted to eat this old Daoist." Grand Supreme Perfected One laughed. "Humans have spiritual roots, and demons have spiritual essence. The world desires to absorb the spiritual essence of demons to achieve longevity, but how would they know that the spiritual roots of humans can also be consumed?"

"The Emperor governs the universe, reigning over the eight desolations and four seas. But so what? He will eventually return to dust. But this old Daoist, I have a spiritual root that can grant longevity." Grand Supreme Perfected One revealed his dark teeth, his eyes filled with immense hatred.

"…" Jiang Wen didn't know what to say for a moment, as the news was too shocking, to the point that he hadn't quite recovered.

The fact that human spiritual roots could be absorbed and used for various purposes was chilling to even contemplate.

"The Emperor imprisoned this old Daoist here, using the Nether Springs Spirit to extract my Daoist cultivation every day. Once my Daoist cultivation has dissipated, he can absorb my spiritual root, thereby obtaining a thousand years of life." Grand Supreme Perfected One slowly told a story about him and the Emperor.

The Emperors of Daqian rarely lived long lives. They bore the Mandate of Heaven and possessed profound cultivation, but unfortunately, they were all short-lived. The Great Ancestor of Daqian lived for two hundred years, and apart from the current Emperor, none of the remaining emperors lived past a hundred years.

But the current Emperor has already lived for three hundred and sixty years.

"So much time has passed?" Grand Supreme Perfected One sighed. "Time flies."

"Do you want me to release you?" Jiang Wen stared at Grand Supreme Perfected One and spoke those words.

"If it's a cultivation technique, how could you be trapped by the very technique you cultivate?" Jiang Wen asked, puzzled.

"You're a tough nut to crack, and this old Daoist doesn't have anything good to give you." Grand Supreme Perfected One regretfully shook his head, then changed the subject. "However, this old Daoist has a Minor Sumeru Realm, independent of the Sumeru World, outside the Five Elements. Would you like it?"

If he could obtain this Minor Sumeru Realm, the safety of his Daoist temple could be guaranteed. Ever since the people from Marquis Pingnan attacked the Daoist temple, Jiang Wen had realized that the Daoist temple was still at risk. If others were to occupy the Daoist temple, would they use it to go to his world? These questions had been constantly troubling Jiang Wen.

"Then I don't have any needs." Jiang Wen frowned and regretfully shook his head.

"The God-Binding Lock."

"Why are you suddenly so kind, little one?" Grand Supreme Perfected One joked. "But since you're so warm-hearted, this old Daoist certainly can't let you down. Come! Have another drink!"

Empty wine bottles piled up on the ground, and Grand Supreme Perfected One contentedly let out a full burp. He looked at Jiang Wen, a melancholy smile on his face: "So comfortable, this is the most comfortable this old Daoist has been in many years."

"Of course… not." Grand Supreme Perfected One was greatly embarrassed, and he glared at Jiang Wen. "Do you think this old Daoist is all-knowing! The art of refining tools and elixirs is no less difficult than supernatural powers and spells. There are only a few in the world who can master everything."

"This old Daoist is proficient in all the Daoist methods of the Immortal Sect, with no shortage of supernatural powers and escape techniques. It's just a pity that I don't have any magic treasures on me, you may be disappointed." Grand Supreme Perfected One said leisurely.

"Of course." Grand Supreme Perfected One nodded. "Magic treasures will also decay, but cultivation techniques are eternal. The God-Binding Lock is a mind-cultivation technique of the Purple Firmament Palace, but it is also a shackle. Anyone who practices this technique will be trapped without a key. Unless, you can forget it."

"The God-Binding Lock is a cultivation technique?" Jiang Wen couldn't help but look at the chains, not understanding how this thing could be called a cultivation technique.

"Minor Sumeru Realm?" Jiang Wen widened his eyes and looked at the old Daoist, he was indeed tempted by this thing. The Minor Sumeru Realm was like the outer world of the Immortal Sect Gathering, this kind of world was independent of the world, belonging to an absolutely hidden world. Without a specific method, it would be difficult to find even if the seas dried up and the rocks crumbled.

"Haha, everyone who practices the God-Binding Lock can become a shackle. And what's trapping this old Daoist is someone else's shackle. If this old Daoist wants to break free, he can only abandon his cultivation, but wouldn't that be exactly what the Emperor wants?" Grand Supreme Perfected One laughed. Jiang Wen felt that since meeting him, this Daoist had always had an optimistic look on his face. He didn't know if he was just thick-skinned or truly optimistic.

"You're still the clever one." Grand Supreme Perfected One said contentedly. "So don't think about helping this old Daoist break free, why not help this old Daoist buy some wine to drink."

"…" Jiang Wen rolled his eyes and took out a pot of wine from his storage bag. To be honest, he still had some good feelings towards Grand Supreme Perfected One, after all, Old Man Li had also mentioned Grand Supreme Perfected One, saying that he was a rather warm-hearted Daoist. That treasured sword was given to him by the Daoist as a testament to their friendship.

"Are you saying that there are also cultivators from the Purple Firmament Palace who are trapping you?" Jiang Wen somewhat understood the Daoist's meaning, he looked at the chains and tried to deduce them with the stone tablet.

Grand Supreme Perfected One was stunned when he heard this, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Wen.

The old Daoist didn't care at all, and took a big gulp of the wine. He saw that his ruptured abdomen was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Not needed for now." Jiang Wen shook his head, he really wasn't too interested in these secret techniques and spells. With the Yellow Court Scripture, he didn't need to cultivate other methods.

As expected, the stone tablet could deduce a method to break the seal. It didn't cost much either, two hundred merit points. This made Jiang Wen a little reluctant, he didn't know what benefits he would get from saving this Daoist.

"Can you refine tools and elixirs?" Jiang Wen asked curiously.

As he spoke, Grand Supreme Perfected One's gaze turned to Jiang Wen again: "It's hard to repay the kindness of this wine, I don't know what you want from this old Daoist, little one."

"No, no. The God-Binding Lock is a cultivation technique." Grand Supreme Perfected One's words were shocking, this unexpected turn of events caught Jiang Wen off guard.

"…You already said that just now." Jiang Wen endured the urge to complain and squeezed out a sentence. He felt that if he continued talking to this Daoist, he might be the one to go crazy.

"Isn't it the magic treasure suppressing you?" Jiang Wen said.

"Refreshing!" Grand Supreme Perfected One laughed. "In all these years, this is the first time I've drunk so happily, this old Daoist has no regrets in dying."

Jiang Wen didn't say much, he just gave him all the wine from his storage bag. It was white wine he had brought from another world, much stronger than the wine in this world.

"You really brought wine, little one." The old Daoist smiled, making a claw with his five fingers and sucking the wine pot over. Then he poured it into his mouth, and Jiang Wen could see the intestines and stomach in his abdomen moving.

"How did you know?" Grand Supreme Perfected One was shocked.

"Little girl, do you think you can release this old Daoist? Do you know what is wrapped around this old Daoist?"

"So that's how it is, this old Daoist has said it before." Grand Supreme Perfected One suddenly understood, then looked at Jiang Wen and said. "Do you know what the God-Binding Lock is?"

"Is there any other wine you want to drink?" Jiang Wen asked again.

Along with the wriggling of his abdomen, a round bead rolled onto the ground.