Thinking of the word incense, Xu Dao's brows suddenly frowned deeply.
He looked at these vital light spots in the inner world that looked like incense, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
Just as he just thought about it, since this thing can increase the spiritual power out of thin air and is quite pure, it should be widely known. But the current situation is that he wants someone to read a lot of books and be good at thinking.
After some searching, I found some clues.
And what makes Xu Dao even more concerned is that this world is the world of immortality, not Buddhism, not mythology, or even a world where Buddhism and Taoism coexist or immortals and gods coexist, but a pure and prosperous world of immortality.
This has been the case for tens of thousands of years from the beginning of the Immortal Qin Dynasty to the Holy Tang Dynasty. Even now that the Holy Tang Dynasty has been destroyed, Taoism is still rampant in the world, and there is not much room for gods and heretics to exist.
As for where these gods and heretics have gone, naturally they have all disappeared in the long river of history. At most, there are still a few residues spinning on the river.
Although in many Taoist books, the reasons for the disappearance of the gods of heaven and earth are mentioned, it is mainly attributed to the decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But this statement was not enough to convince Xu Dao completely.
According to the steps taken by Taoists to build foundation spiritual roots, the dissipation of the gods in the sky is probably inseparable from the advent of the prosperous age of immortality! What's more, during the Shengtang period, there was also the sword cultivator's Western Expedition, which was a record.
After such deliberation, Xu Dao had to suspect that the bright spot of vitality in front of him was fraudulent, or there was something wrong with it!
After all, those who make incense are tied to the gods and ghosts. Mortals offer incense to the gods, and the gods protect the mortals with their divine power.
However, Taoists attribute their great power to themselves. Although they absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and the aura of heaven and earth, they do not rely on external things. Instead, they rebel against nature and pursue immortality.
The concepts between the two are not consistent. The former is controlled by others, while the latter is free from the world.
Xu Dao became even more vigilant for a moment, thinking secretly in his heart: "Is incense poisonous?"
Moreover, incense is made from the souls of others, and a mortal soul can produce very little incense. If Xu Dao relied on these incense to practice, the amount required would not just be calculated in hundreds, but
It needs to be calculated in units of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
Although the souls were not destroyed by him, the final product fell into his belly, and it only collapsed once or twice. If it was like this for a long time, how was this behavior any different from cannibalism?
Of course, if we spread benevolence and righteousness and allow mortals to live and work in peace and contentment and then die naturally, even collecting incense from them would not be considered an evil thing.
However, such behavior has already fallen into the so-called incense and divine way, rather than the free and easy way of immortality.
Thinking about it, Xu Dao was filled with worries.
Looking at the light spots in the inner world, he sighed several times.
Anyway, he didn't dare to use incense to improve his immortal cultivation for the time being. It would be better to accumulate it in the inner world first and use it to support the Taoist soldiers, so that the teeth, generals and scale soldiers could be born with spiritual intelligence.
Maybe it can also be used to nourish ghost soldiers and other things. Anyway, the cause and effect is not his responsibility, so it can also improve his strength.
Concerns arose in his heart, and Xu Dao was too lazy to pay attention to the many mortals in the inner world. He took a few glances at the scene in the inner world, and then withdrew his soul.
This time when he entered Inner Heaven and Earth, in addition to thinking of the word incense, Xu Dao also discovered some changes in Inner Heaven and Earth.
For example, the size of the inner world is actually only affected by his physical body.
Although his immortal cultivation has increased by fifteen years, up to now, the size of the inner world has not changed at all. Obviously, his immortal cultivation has no effect on its size.
However, apart from the size, Xu Dao realized that he had a clearer control over the inner world.
If the Inner Heaven and Earth were treated as a prison, the maximum number of prisoners it could hold in prison before was one hundred and fifteen years old. No matter how high it was, there would be trouble, and they would have to be wounded to reduce it.
But now that the Immortal Dao has advanced, the maximum number of people that can be imprisoned is one hundred and thirty years of Taoism, which is exactly the same as Xu Dao's total amount of Qi.
After some pondering, he suddenly realized that the cultivation of the physical body mainly affects the size and space of the inner world, while the cultivation of the immortal way affects natural phenomena such as wind, thunder, light, and fire in the inner world.
The former is matter, the latter is energy, and the two combined into one are the entire inner heaven and earth.
In addition, the inner heaven and earth are actually consuming his true energy, so that the internal vitality can be maintained, so that plants can grow and livestock can thrive. Of course, from time to time, Xu Dao also needs to take in air from the outside and dig out soil.
Sand and gravel for adjustment.
And during this process, the inner world and the earth were constantly affected by his true energy.
At first, when the Huangquan Dragon True Qi had not been refined, he had not discovered anything yet, but now that the Immortal Dao True Qi had been transformed and merged with the Martial Dao True Qi, it was wrapped up in the inner world and outside the world. The change suddenly accelerated, and many people were suddenly stunned.
Tao discovered the clue.
I saw streams of pure yellow energy wandering around the inner world and the outer world. The inner world was just like Xu Dao when he was observing the mountains and seas, the whole thing was soaked in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
As a result, the atmosphere in the inner heaven and earth became dark, and the water vapor was deep, and even the upper and lower colors began to turn pale yellow, as if they were blending into the true energy.
It can also be said that Xu Dao's true energy wants to be placed in the inner heaven and earth, so it is subtly changing the inner heaven and earth.
Regarding this change, Xu Dao was not sure whether it was good or bad for the time being, but according to the instinct of his body or soul, it would not be a disaster, so he let the changes in the inner world go without too much intervention.
Anyway, the Inner Heaven and Earth is not of much help to him right now. He can only wait for the Tao to take its natural course and then see the results.
After finishing his work, Xu Dao rested for a while in the cave, read Taoist books, sipped some spiritual tea, and slept with his head covered for two or three days. He put down his work and relaxed himself.
When he sat cross-legged on the white stone again, he gathered his thoughts and prepared to do the remaining things.
The first thing he has to do is to polish the smelted Huangquan Jiaolong Qi to eliminate the fire inside, completely grasp it, and lay a solid foundation.
Then you have to digest all the gains from being out for more than a month and turn them all into your own cultivation and strength.
It should be noted that when Xu Dao went out this time, in addition to the talismans, he collected all the dead tooth generals and scale soldiers, as well as the flesh and blood of the happy nuns.
With the Locked Essence Chapter in hand, Xu Dao can just swallow the blood from the corpses of the tooth generals to increase the concentration of dragon blood in the body and increase his cultivation. He can also use the flesh and blood of the nuns to re-cultivate a group of tooth generals.
Scale soldiers, protect him in his practice.
Having already relaxed, Xu Dao immediately immersed himself in practice, polishing his Qi over and over again, and began his own retreat practice.
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time flies.
More than half a year passed. Except for taking the time to settle the snow mountain herdsmen, Xu Dao never took a step out of the cave. However, he did not cut off news from the outside world. Instead, he relied on his teeth and scale soldiers as his eyes and ears to keep in touch with the outside world.
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After polishing all the energy in his body, Xu Daofang had no choice but to leave the cave again. But it was only a short trip, and he hurried back to the cave that afternoon to continue his retreat practice.
In fact, Xu Dao didn't want to go out at all. He planned to digest all the gains and not go out without orders. He thought wholeheartedly about improving his cultivation and strength. Even Su Jiu didn't have time to think about favoring him.
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This is because just after he settled the mortals in the Snow Mountain, the Erhai Taoist Palace became unstable and trouble began to arise.
In addition to the Taoist priests who were in retreat, Taoist priests who had been moving strangely began to appear frequently in Baichuan Water Dock, and within a month, news came out that a Taoist priest had died.
You must know that Jiji Taoist priests are important figures in the Erhai Taoist Palace, and there are only more than a hundred of them in total. The last time Xu Dao killed Taoist Lei Zhao, the news circulated in the Taoist Palace for half a year, and then he reluctantly
Stop it.
This is because Taoist priests have high magical power and a lifespan of two to three hundred years. Especially the Taoist priests in the Erhai Taoist Palace have many methods and strong strength. Whether it is to cultivate one or destroy one, it is not easy.
This is also one of the main reasons why the Wuzhao tribe still hates Xu Dao. It was not until he was summoned by Taoist Master Jinlin that he reluctantly stopped.
And if we look outside the Taoist Palace, the number of missing people among the monks is even greater.
At first, only one or two people disappeared in a month. Later, eight or nine people disappeared in a month, which made people panic.
In just six months, there was no news about forty or fifty Taoist priests including those in the Taoist palace.
Counting the more than a hundred Taoist priests in the Taoist palace and the more than 300 loose monks outside the Taoist palace, the forty or fifty people are already close to 10% of the total number of Taoist priests, and more people have disappeared than in the past hundred years.
No matter how hard we try to suppress such news, it cannot be suppressed. Just when Xu Dao came out of seclusion in person, the turmoil had already spread.
He inquired from others and learned that the monks outside the palace were working together to declare that the Erhai Taoist Palace was secretly behind the scenes. The rumors even fell on the heads of three Jindan Taoists, and what these people guessed was
The content is exactly what Xu Dao suspected before.
The casual Taoist monks suspected that some of the Golden Pill Taoists were about to expire, and the reason why they massacred the Foundation-Building Taoist priests was to steal people's blood, absorb their souls, and refine elixirs that would extend their lives.
These statements had a beginning and an end, and even the people in the Taoist Palace were partly affected and began to murmur secretly.
And the object of most suspicion is none other than Taoist Master Jin Lin who summoned Xu Dao!
The turmoil became more and more bizarre, making the Erhai Taoist Palace uneasy. The most obvious thing was that the conflict between the master-disciple line and the clan line became more and more acute.
There were not many people who took care of themselves in the first place, but now they are completely gone. They are either leaning towards the master-disciple lineage, or they are leaning towards the clan lineage. As for the stubborn people who do not get along with each other, they will unknowingly become
No trace left.
Fortunately, Xu Dao established his position early on and has not been affected yet. But he is also the person who has offended the Wuzhao tribe the most in the past few decades. He is a leader and has to protect himself.
For this reason, Xu Daodu had no choice but to issue an order that people in the Talisman Shop were strictly prohibited from leaving the Hundred Ships Water Dock. If necessary, they could find other people to take their place. As for the business aspect, if it was affected, it wouldn't matter if it was worse or worse.
Even the foundation-building Taoist priests are panicking due to such a turmoil, let alone the Taoist disciples and Taoist boys under the foundation-building. The entire Wu Capital and Wu Kingdom are in panic.
Only the mortals near Wudu were still doing nothing and knowing nothing, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, just like they had for thousands of years before.
Dharma Hall.
Xu Dao gathered his arms and bowed to a certain Taoist in front of him: "Thank you so much, Brother Wan Dao, for being so accommodating. It also saves the poor Taoist from troublesome Brother Zhuang."
The person standing in front of him was Wan Shuangwen. When the other party heard this, he laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. Fellow Taoist Zhuang has already explained that even if the poor Taoist is not here, Fellow Taoist Xu can find someone else to use the Taoist skills of Fellow Taoist Zhuang."
When Xu Dao heard this, he shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. If I meet someone from the Five Imperial Edicts, my trip will be in vain, and I will have to trouble Brother Zhuang Dao."
He handed over his hand again: "Thank you so much for this time, Brother Dao."
After another lively conversation, Xu Daohao coaxed the other party and then exited the Daofu Hall in small steps.
The reason why he came here was to make use of Zhuang Bufan's Taoist skills and exchange them for exercise books and spells.
With the current situation in turmoil, he was too lazy to be polite to Zhuang Bufan, so he just used the other person's Taoist skills directly.
Of course, Xu Dao did not spend all of Zhuang Bufan's Taoist skills, and still left a sum of money for him. But the amount he spent at once exceeded the amount needed to observe the Mountain and Sea Map once.
As for why he had to come in person, it was to use Zhuang Bufan's Taoist skills, so Xu Dao could only go there in person.
After spending the money, Xu Dao carried many Taoist books and a bunch of spiritual materials in his bag. He didn't even pass by his own talisman shop. He directly found an exit with few people, left the water dock in a low-key manner, and ran towards his cave.
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But even so, as soon as he came out of the water dock, he still felt that he was being watched.
Fortunately, Xu Dao was already an expert at tracking and counter-tracking. He was too lazy to meet the other party and managed to get rid of him in just a few moments and returned safely to the underwater cave.
Returning to the cave, Xu Dao poured out the contents of his bag one by one, and then put them all into his inner world, leaving only a bamboo slip in his hand.
This bamboo slip is a powerful spell in the Taoist palace, a foundation-building level fire spell.
Its name is "Nine Yin Soul-Returning Fire Technique". It is an immortal magic that can collect and drive Yin fire and use it to kill enemies. It is also similar to Yang Lei method and can be used to burn Taoist priests' true energy and assist Yin gods in their practice.
, it can also be used for practice.
Xu Dao exchanged this method just to cultivate a foundation-level immortal spell to make up for the shortcomings of Yin Shen. And he planned to integrate it into the Qing Jing Chapter, making Chi in "Tai Shang Lei Shuo Chang Qing Jing Chapter"
Xiao Lei is more powerful and can be used as his trump card.
In addition to this, the rest of the Tao books that he put in his bag, as well as all the free Qi refining level spells in the Tao Palace. With the current situation in turmoil, Xu Dao was too lazy to take a look at it, so he simply got them all first.
in hand.
If something really went wrong, it wouldn't be too much of a regret if he just ran away when the time came.
In the following time, Xu Dao continued to immerse himself in seclusion, reading books when he was quiet, and practicing Dharma when he was active. He planned to stay in seclusion for five or six years at a time to see if he could avoid the recent turmoil.
Anyway, his cultivation level is not enough and he has not yet condensed evil spirits. If he really fishes in troubled waters, he will be more likely to be regarded as a fish by others.