The person who killed the vase girl was found, but Dan Yang Tzu couldn’t feel happy at all. He looked at Zheng Kun’s remains with a complicated expression and kicked it away fiercely.
“I almost raised you like my own son! And yet, you did this to me!”
The whole cave fell silent, except for Dan Yang Tzu’s rapid breathing.
The silence lasted for half an hour. Then, Dan Yang Tzu slowly raised his hand and pointed at Li Huowang among the crowd, “You, come here and kowtow to our ancestral masters.”
Li Huowang was slightly stunned, but he eventually walked over and knelt down before the three statues on the wall, performing the kowtowing ritual in front of them.
After completing the ritual, Li Huowang, who was holding three incense sticks, understood what Dan Yang Tzu wanted to do.
“From now on, you will be my only closed-door disciple!”
“Okay, Master,” Li Huowang’s excited heart was trembling at this moment. “The moment has finally come, don’t worry, my ‘ugly freak,’ I will definitely help you achieve immortality!”
“Follow me, I have something for you to do.” Dan Yang Tzu carefully held the remains of the vase girl in his hand.
Following behind Dan Yang Tzu, Li Huowang revisited his master’s residence.
“Swish, swish, swish~!”
The black threads wrapped around the slate flew like a snake, quickly entering Dan Yang Tzu’s sleeve. The celestial book appeared completely in front of him.
“Can you understand what’s written on it?”
After pretending to examine it carefully, Li Huowang asked with some confusion, “Master, you told me before that the way to Immortality is to refine both inner and outer elixirs simultaneously. But this book doesn’t seem to have any of these things written on it.”
“Hmm? What?!” Dan Yang Tzu looked suspiciously at the remains of the vase girl beside him.
“It’s absolutely true,” Li Huowang said firmly.
He didn’t know what lies the vase girl had told Dan Yang Tzu before, but if he couldn’t continue the conversation now, he might reveal himself. So instead of that, he decided to come clean and start anew.
Of course, what he would come up with next wouldn’t be true either.
Dan Yang Tzu began to ponder. At first, he didn’t want to believe what Li Huowang said, but his suspicious nature kept him doubting more and more.
No wonder he had not achieved immortality for such a long time. No wonder this girl said that the contents of the celestial book could change and were impossible to memorize. It turned out that she was deceiving him!
“Crack~ Spit!” A disgusting green phlegm was directly spit onto the head of the vase girl by Dan Yang Tzu. He turned around and looked at Li Huowang, “So tell me, what is written in this celestial book?”
“Um… it’s a set of internal cultivation methods. It says on it that one must practice by taking several types of outer elixirs at the same time, during the transition from the old to the new year, in order to intercept and absorb the spiritual energy from the immortal realm injected into the mortal world and achieve immortality,” Li Huowang said while looking at the slate, pretending to furrow his eyebrows.
“There are several herbs needed, such as a pill formula that requires 120 grams of cinnabar, 5 grams of Baiqianzi, 60 grams of arsenic trioxide, and… Master Wander, which requires refining its soul… Master, what kind of herb is Master Wander?”
Dan Yang Tzu didn’t answer, but instead looked at Li Huowang quietly. “Kid, that little girl lied to me,but you wouldn’t lie to me,would you?”
Li Huowang replied firmly, “Master, this is the method to achieve immortality. How could I possibly deceive you? I also want to become immortal!”
“Good!” Dan Yang Tzu clapped heavily and laughed out loud. “Let’s become immortals together!”
Li Huowang’s expression froze for a moment, then he became extremely excited. “Is this true? Master, can this really be done? Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!!”
Dan Yang Tzu carefully observed Li Huowang’s expression, and after finding nothing unusual, nodded his head.
“Well, let’s not rush with the elixirs. First, tell me about that set of cultivation methods. Once we learn it, we can then make the outer elixirs. After all, there is still some time before the new year,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
“Yes, Master!” Li Huowang then made up a set of cultivation methods called the Inner and Outer Great Circulation and told Dan Yang Tzu about them.
As a modern person who has read many novels, it was easy for Li Huowang to make up such a set of cultivation methods.
He stayed in Dan Yang Tzu’s room for a long time that day, until late at night before returning.
Li Huowang walked happily through the tunnel with a lantern in hand because his plan was going smoothly and he would soon achieve his goal.
After suppressing his emotions for so long, finally something good had happened. When he arrived at the materials room, he found that the remaining people were still awake.
As soon as they saw Li Huowang, everyone rushed over with excitement in their eyes. They all understood what today’s events meant, as Li Huowang had already provided them with the news beforehand.
“Don’t worry, once I have good news, you can all go home immediately,” Li Huowang said.
As soon as Li Huowang spoke, everyone was almost moved to tears of excitement – they could finally go home!
“Senior Brother Li, you are like my reborn parents! You are a living bodhisattva!” One of the patients with hand paralysis said excitedly, kneeling down and kowtowing to Li Huowang.
He seemed to have set an example, and others followed suit.
After persuading them for a while, Li Huowang finally managed to put a stop to this farce. “If it weren’t for all of you at noon today, I might have died,” he said.
As they got up from the ground, they all smiled with joy, as if it were a festival.
Li Huowang looked at these smiling faces and felt a warm feeling in his heart. In this strange world, these people with their unique appearances had already become his companions.
“Senior Brother Li, I acted pretty well, didn’t I? That old guy was fooled so easily by me,” Doggie said, patting his own shriveled chest and boasting to Li Huowang with a smile.
“Indeed, you acted very well. If it weren’t for your performance, Dan Yang Tzu wouldn’t have backed down so easily,” Li Huowang replied to Doggie’s boasting.
While the others were bombarding Li Huowang with questions, someone was worried about him.
“Senior Brother Li, are you okay? Did he really not make things difficult for you?” Bai Lingmiao walked over and asked with some concern.
Hearing this, Li Huowang remembered Dan Yang Tzu’s words about becoming immortals together, and looked at the young girl in front of him with a faint smile.
“He’s even asking me to translate the contents of celestial book for him. How could I possibly have any troubles? I can make him eat shit now if I want to! Haha!”
After chatting for a while, Li Huowang suddenly became serious. “The first day of the lunar month is ending soon, and those Master Wander will be back soon. To make a long story short, I still need your help with something. Did your grandfather tell you any other stories before?”
He hadn’t finished fabricating the elixirs for immortality in the celestial book yet. In order to make sure Dan Yang Tzu died completely, he had to add something even more deadly to the formula.
The simple cinnabar and mercury ores were no longer enough for him. He wanted to put in something more bizarre and eerie.
Li Huowang had not forgotten Dan Yang Tzu’s power.
The person who killed the vase girl was found, but Dan Yang Tzu couldn’t feel happy at all. He looked at Zheng Kun’s remains with a complicated expression and kicked it away fiercely.
“I almost raised you like my own son! And yet, you did this to me!”
The whole cave fell silent, except for Dan Yang Tzu’s rapid breathing.
The silence lasted for half an hour. Then, Dan Yang Tzu slowly raised his hand and pointed at Li Huowang among the crowd, “You, come here and kowtow to our ancestral masters.”
Li Huowang was slightly stunned, but he eventually walked over and knelt down before the three statues on the wall, performing the kowtowing ritual in front of them.
After completing the ritual, Li Huowang, who was holding three incense sticks, understood what Dan Yang Tzu wanted to do.
“From now on, you will be my only closed-door disciple!”
“Okay, Master,” Li Huowang’s excited heart was trembling at this moment. “The moment has finally come, don’t worry, my ‘ugly freak,’ I will definitely help you achieve immortality!”
“Follow me, I have something for you to do.” Dan Yang Tzu carefully held the remains of the vase girl in his hand.
Following behind Dan Yang Tzu, Li Huowang revisited his master’s residence.
“Swish, swish, swish~!”
The black threads wrapped around the slate flew like a snake, quickly entering Dan Yang Tzu’s sleeve. The celestial book appeared completely in front of him.
“Can you understand what’s written on it?”
After pretending to examine it carefully, Li Huowang asked with some confusion, “Master, you told me before that the way to Immortality is to refine both inner and outer elixirs simultaneously. But this book doesn’t seem to have any of these things written on it.”
“Hmm? What?!” Dan Yang Tzu looked suspiciously at the remains of the vase girl beside him.
“It’s absolutely true,” Li Huowang said firmly.
He didn’t know what lies the vase girl had told Dan Yang Tzu before, but if he couldn’t continue the conversation now, he might reveal himself. So instead of that, he decided to come clean and start anew.
Of course, what he would come up with next wouldn’t be true either.
Dan Yang Tzu began to ponder. At first, he didn’t want to believe what Li Huowang said, but his suspicious nature kept him doubting more and more.
No wonder he had not achieved immortality for such a long time. No wonder this girl said that the contents of the celestial book could change and were impossible to memorize. It turned out that she was deceiving him!
“Crack~ Spit!” A disgusting green phlegm was directly spit onto the head of the vase girl by Dan Yang Tzu. He turned around and looked at Li Huowang, “So tell me, what is written in this celestial book?”
“Um… it’s a set of internal cultivation methods. It says on it that one must practice by taking several types of outer elixirs at the same time, during the transition from the old to the new year, in order to intercept and absorb the spiritual energy from the immortal realm injected into the mortal world and achieve immortality,” Li Huowang said while looking at the slate, pretending to furrow his eyebrows.
“There are several herbs needed, such as a pill formula that requires 120 grams of cinnabar, 5 grams of Baiqianzi, 60 grams of arsenic trioxide, and… Master Wander, which requires refining its soul… Master, what kind of herb is Master Wander?”
Dan Yang Tzu didn’t answer, but instead looked at Li Huowang quietly. “Kid, that little girl lied to me,but you wouldn’t lie to me,would you?”
Li Huowang replied firmly, “Master, this is the method to achieve immortality. How could I possibly deceive you? I also want to become immortal!”
“Good!” Dan Yang Tzu clapped heavily and laughed out loud. “Let’s become immortals together!”
Li Huowang’s expression froze for a moment, then he became extremely excited. “Is this true? Master, can this really be done? Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!!”
Dan Yang Tzu carefully observed Li Huowang’s expression, and after finding nothing unusual, nodded his head.
“Well, let’s not rush with the elixirs. First, tell me about that set of cultivation methods. Once we learn it, we can then make the outer elixirs. After all, there is still some time before the new year,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
“Yes, Master!” Li Huowang then made up a set of cultivation methods called the Inner and Outer Great Circulation and told Dan Yang Tzu about them.
As a modern person who has read many novels, it was easy for Li Huowang to make up such a set of cultivation methods.
He stayed in Dan Yang Tzu’s room for a long time that day, until late at night before returning.
Li Huowang walked happily through the tunnel with a lantern in hand because his plan was going smoothly and he would soon achieve his goal.
After suppressing his emotions for so long, finally something good had happened. When he arrived at the materials room, he found that the remaining people were still awake.
As soon as they saw Li Huowang, everyone rushed over with excitement in their eyes. They all understood what today’s events meant, as Li Huowang had already provided them with the news beforehand.
“Don’t worry, once I have good news, you can all go home immediately,” Li Huowang said.
As soon as Li Huowang spoke, everyone was almost moved to tears of excitement – they could finally go home!
“Senior Brother Li, you are like my reborn parents! You are a living bodhisattva!” One of the patients with hand paralysis said excitedly, kneeling down and kowtowing to Li Huowang.
He seemed to have set an example, and others followed suit.
After persuading them for a while, Li Huowang finally managed to put a stop to this farce. “If it weren’t for all of you at noon today, I might have died,” he said.
As they got up from the ground, they all smiled with joy, as if it were a festival.
Li Huowang looked at these smiling faces and felt a warm feeling in his heart. In this strange world, these people with their unique appearances had already become his companions.
“Senior Brother Li, I acted pretty well, didn’t I? That old guy was fooled so easily by me,” Doggie said, patting his own shriveled chest and boasting to Li Huowang with a smile.
“Indeed, you acted very well. If it weren’t for your performance, Dan Yang Tzu wouldn’t have backed down so easily,” Li Huowang replied to Doggie’s boasting.
While the others were bombarding Li Huowang with questions, someone was worried about him.
“Senior Brother Li, are you okay? Did he really not make things difficult for you?” Bai Lingmiao walked over and asked with some concern.
Hearing this, Li Huowang remembered Dan Yang Tzu’s words about becoming immortals together, and looked at the young girl in front of him with a faint smile.
“He’s even asking me to translate the contents of celestial book for him. How could I possibly have any troubles? I can make him eat shit now if I want to! Haha!”
After chatting for a while, Li Huowang suddenly became serious. “The first day of the lunar month is ending soon, and those Master Wander will be back soon. To make a long story short, I still need your help with something. Did your grandfather tell you any other stories before?”
He hadn’t finished fabricating the elixirs for immortality in the celestial book yet. In order to make sure Dan Yang Tzu died completely, he had to add something even more deadly to the formula.
The simple cinnabar and mercury ores were no longer enough for him. He wanted to put in something more bizarre and eerie.
Li Huowang had not forgotten Dan Yang Tzu’s power.
