Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

Zhao Rui also had a question in his mind when he read this: "Yes! Before the Taoist Ancestor preached, there was no theory of the five elements. How did people practice cultivation?"

He continued to read on, and the technique answered its own questions, stating:

"The five elements are just illusions, and talents are just shackles. Everything is created by nature and has its uses. How can the quality of a person's spiritual roots determine the end point of his practice?"

"My method can strengthen the foundation, accommodate all things, and point directly to the great way of heaven and earth. However, only those with great perseverance and determination can practice it..."

It took Zhao Rui two quarters of an hour to see the last page of the technique. There were three bold characters at the end:

Luo Jiutian.

He didn't know whether the name belonged to the dog's owner, the author of this technique, or the two were the same person, but from the handwriting, he could sense an aura that looked down on all generations.

So what if you are the most holy Taoist? Not everything you said is the truth.

Zhao Rui was full of admiration in his heart. As soon as his spiritual consciousness was drawn out from the jade slip, he bowed to the mummy.

"Fellow Daoist, why is this happening?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, touching the precious sword.

Zhao Rui said: "Among Dharma, wealth, companions and land, Dharma comes first. The jade slip just now contains a great skill that can control the heavens and the earth. Although I have no chance to become his disciple, I must express my respect for his kindness in teaching me."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded. When he was in Yan State, he was stuck at the seventh level of Qi training because he had no martial arts skills. He bowed deeply to the mummy.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui thought Qian Xiaoyi also wanted to take a look at the technique, so he handed the scripture to him and said, "In addition to the technique, there are some notes at the beginning of this jade slip. There are some contents in it. You can take a look at it too!"

Qian Xiaoyi was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhao Rui to give him the martial arts technique. However, since the other party handed it to him, he couldn't refuse. He immediately thanked him and immersed his consciousness in it.

He followed Zhao Rui's instructions and looked at the previous notes first.

The notes were written very casually. In addition to the experience of cultivation, there were also some diary-like essays.

Such as how many spirit stones someone owes, how delicious the spirit wine from a certain place is, which place's courtesan is prettier and what her name is, etc.

"I'm afraid this guy's memory isn't that good!" Qian Xiaoyi couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Next time he encountered similar information, he would just glance over it without reading it carefully, until a trivial matter aroused Qian Xiaoyi's interest.

'When passing by Binhai Town, a Taoist friend who was a fortune teller told me a legend. Fifty thousand years ago, a strange thing happened in the East China Sea that shocked the world.

One day, the sky suddenly split open for no apparent reason, and a huge crack appeared. A powerful man went forward to investigate, but he disappeared out of thin air.

Faced with such a strange phenomenon, the entire East China Sea became extremely nervous. The monks who could not find answers quickly found an outlet to vent their emotions.

The righteous took the lead in launching a campaign to slay demons and eliminate evil, while the evil quickly raised the banner of tearing down hypocrisy. The two sides blamed each other, but after more than a year of fierce fighting, countless Nascent Soul cultivators were killed and injured, but the crack in the sky remained unchanged.

As more people died, the quarrels became quieter, and those who survived gradually got used to the cracks in the sky. It didn't seem to affect their lives and practice anyway.

It was not until thirty years later that flames suddenly burst out from the cracks.

The flames contained countless fire spirits that transformed into human forms. They swept across the entire East China Sea in a very short time, burning mountains and boiling seas wherever they passed, and countless islands and seas became death zones.

Just when all creatures in the East China Sea were about to despair, a spiritual spring suddenly gushed out from the crack. Wherever it went, all things revived, and cats and dogs were able to cultivate magical powers.

The wonderful time lasted for more than a year, attracting countless cultivators to flock to the East China Sea. Everyone built their foundation, and the streets were filled with golden elixirs, presenting a prosperous era of cultivation.

However, all this was just the final carnival.

One day, a black blade of light burst out from the crack, carrying the power to destroy the world and slashing across the East China Sea.

This sword almost split the sea and the land into two halves, and completely severed the spiritual vein of the East China Sea.

From then on, there was no Yuanying in the East China Sea.

After reading this, Qian Xiaoyi immediately thought of the Red and Black Trench. It seems that the dog’s owner came here most likely because of this legend.

He continued reading, and there was a long passage of content, still some trivial matters, until a paragraph read:

'Yesterday, I read through ancient books and finally found clues about the East China Sea rift. Xuan Zhenzi, the number one cultivator in the cultivation world at that time, judged that the East China Sea rift was most likely caused by a war between immortals, which shattered the void and affected this world.

Xuan Zhenzi is a man with some knowledge. I wonder if he is the reincarnation of a residual soul from the upper realm, or if he is influenced by the remaining spirit of some immortal.

However, the rank should not be high, otherwise he would not be unaware that these three things put together, namely the Heavenly Fire, the Spiritual Spring and the Black Light Blade, are most likely an immortal weapon from the fairyland, the Yin-Yang Bead.

The Yin-Yang Qi Pearl contains the ultimate power of water and fire. If you can get this treasure, you will definitely be able to make great progress in the "Five Elements Return to Origin"."

Seeing this, Qian Xiaoyi was shocked. If his guess was correct, the place where the two of them were now should be inside the Yin-Yang Qi Pearl.

Qian Xiaoyi continued reading, skimming over some trivial matters, and then wrote another paragraph:

'I didn't expect that after so many years, a world would be born in the Yin-Yang Qi Bead. If I observe water and fire here, I will surely be able to break through to the Golden Elixir Road in one fell swoop.'

The following content is mostly some spiritual insights, until the last sentence reads:

"What bad luck! This beast is actually poisonous..."

After reading this, Qian Xiaoyi was still upset for a long time, thinking: "This senior should have cultivated to the great perfection of foundation building, but he died here due to poisoning. Oh! I wonder what kind of strange poison he was poisoned by?"

He sighed and looked closely at the following techniques.

Soon, he, like Zhao Rui, was deeply shocked by the theory of the technique.

A full quarter of an hour later, Qian Xiaoyi finally opened his eyes, and sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect there is such a skill in the world, but unfortunately my life span does not allow it!"

He shook his head repeatedly and wanted to find Zhao Rui to discuss it, but found that the other party was not around, but on a big rock in the distance.

Qian Xiaoyi frowned, stood up and walked towards the boulder. When he got closer, he suddenly heard Zhao Rui shouting and throwing out a talisman.

The talisman turned into a huge fireball and smashed onto the beach in front of the boulder.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, a large amount of sand was blown in all directions, and a deep pit the size of a carriage appeared on the beach.

There was something in the deep pit, which was gleaming silver under the sunlight.

"Fellow Daoist, what is that?" Qian Xiaoyi asked after seeing it and stretched his neck.

Zhao Rui said seriously, "If my guess is correct, it should be the steel-toothed octopus that killed the dog's owner, but its body has long since rotted away, leaving only its teeth."

Qian Xiaoyi frowned, immediately picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it at the shiny silver teeth.

Clang! When the stone hit the teeth, there was a sound of metal and iron.

"How did you know the body was buried here?" Qian Xiaoman was surprised.

Zhao Rui smiled and said, "Didn't the jade slip say that animals are poisonous? There is no grass growing on this beach, not even a bug. If it's not here, then it must be there."

Qian Xiaoyi looked around and indeed could not find even a single insect. He immediately praised, "Fellow Daoist, you are really very observant."

"Judging from the size of the teeth, it should be the former leader of the Steel-toothed Octopus. If it weren't for the extraordinary cultivation of the dog's master, and if he couldn't fight with the opponent to a draw, we would have become the octopus's meal by now." Zhao Rui said.

"Hey! He is alive, but I don't know how long he will be trapped." Qian Xiaoyi's face was full of sorrow, and he asked again: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, before leaving Yan State, the foundation-building pill had been tempered into a common intermediate grade, which is a privilege that many sects' cultivators don't have. I wonder why you don't use it to break through the foundation-building stage? With your talent, once you break through, I think these octopuses won't be a problem anymore."

Zhao Rui's eyelids jumped. He knew this was a good idea, but he had a vow and would never take the pill. So he had no choice but to say:

"In terms of talent, my master and I are far apart. He failed to successfully establish his foundation back then, so how can I dare to try rashly? Moreover, I have missed the best age, so I have to be more careful. I have a vague feeling that I may need a top-grade ordinary foundation-building pill to have a hope of breaking through to the foundation-building stage."

"Is that so?" Qian Xiaoyi did not give up and advised again: "But if we try, there is always a chance. If we don't try, we don't know how long we will be trapped here. Miss Shen is still waiting up there."

Zhao Rui raised his eyebrows and sighed, "Perhaps I can deal with this group of steel-toothed octopuses without entering the foundation-building stage."

Qian Xiaoyi's expression changed drastically, and he said, "Daoyou, are you planning to practice the Five Elements Return to Origin Technique?"

"Yes, I was born with the dual spiritual roots of gold and fire. According to the practice method, as long as one spiritual root is cultivated to the great perfection of Qi training first, the other spiritual root will be cultivated very quickly."

"That's true, but the technique also mentions that once you enter this door, there is no turning back. You must cultivate the five elements to perfection before you can build a foundation. At our age, our life span may not be enough."

Zhao Rui laughed loudly and said, "If you follow the will of nature, you will be a mortal. If you go against the will of nature, you will be an immortal. Cultivation is to go against nature. Moreover, if you follow the conventional way of cultivation, if you don't have enough opportunities, your life span will still be insufficient."