Upon hearing Li Huowang’s words, Bai Lingmiao widened her eyes and said, “Yes, my grandfather told me not to run outside the village because the people there are very bad. If they catch a child, they will skin children and put on dog skin to raise them as dogs.
“Because children are smart, they can use the dog that understands human language to perform acrobatics on the streets, but the children are miserable, they can no longer grow because their body is stuck to the dog skin.”
Li Huowang furrowed his brows slightly and shook his head. “No, I’m not talking about those stories that old ladies scare their grandchildren with. I’m talking about things like Master Wander.”
“Something like Master Wander? Let me think…” Bai Lingmiao furrowed her brows and started to ponder.
“My grandfather’s stories are usually very messy, but most of them are about monsters in the mountains that eat people. There are really few stories about Master Wander.”
“Who told your grandfather the story of Master Wander?” Li Huowang asked.
Bai Lingmiao innocently widened her eyes, “Of course it was my grandfather’s grandfather who told him, and then my grandfather told me, and I will tell my grandchildren in the future.”
Li Huowang scratched his head, feeling a bit speechless.
“Senior Brother Li, I know one,” a weak young man who was leaning against the wall suddenly spoke up.
This person had deformed joints, with one shoulder higher than the other, and his entire body was twisted. Even in the material room, he could be considered as having a “distinctive appearance.”
“My surname is Zhao, and I’m the fifth child in my family. You can call me Zhao Fifth ,” he continued.
Li Huowang walked up to him and said, “Okay, tell me.”
Zhao Fifth looked around and lowered his voice, “I’ve heard from the older generations about something like what you described. It’s called the Great Granny.”
“Great Granny? What does it look like?” Li Huowang quickly searched his mind but couldn’t find any relevant images. Judging from the literal meaning, he couldn’t guess what kind of creature it was.
“Shh! Senior Brother Li, keep your voice down. This thing is very mystical. I heard that the Great Granny can hear people calling its name. If you say it too often, they’ll come looking for you!” Zhao Fifth whispered urgently.
“Oh?” Li Huowang became curious upon hearing this.
“I heard from my cousin that the Great Granny looks different to everyone who sees it. Sometimes it looks like goblins with long ears, and sometimes it looks like deceased loved ones. But anyone who stays with them for a while will also turn into a Great Granny!”
Li Huowang rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “This world is really strange. There are all kinds of inexplicable things. Do you know of any other things similar to the Great Granny?”
“Yes, there’s also the In-Law Fish. That thing is also very mystical,” Zhao Fifth said.
Through Zhao Fifth, Li Huowang learned about many strange and unusual things that he planned to use as ingredients for immortality elixirs.
“You really know a lot. Thanks, this information will be helpful to me,” Li Huowang said. By adding ingredients that even Dan Yang Tzu couldn’t discern, the credibility of his Becoming Immortal Elixirs would increase significantly.
If only highly toxic ingredients were added, Dan Yang Tzu might detect the abnormalities. However, by adding these other unidentifiable ingredients, the credibility of the elixirs would increase substantially.
Upon hearing Li Huowang’s words, Zhao Fifth smiled with joy. “I heard all of this from my cousin. He’s a merchant who has been everywhere and knows a lot.”
“Alright, it’s almost time. I have to go back now. Just wait for my message quietly,” Li Huowang took a deep breath and stood up to leave.
But as soon as he took a couple of steps, a tall figure at least 1.9 meters blocked his way. “I…I…”
Li Huowang recognized the bald man in front of him. Everyone in the material room called him Plonker because he had a wandering eye and drooled.
To say he was completely stupid wouldn’t be accurate. He just had a stutter, slow reaction time, and low intelligence. “I…I…I also know!” he said.
Li Huowang sighed and patted his bald head before turning around to head for the door. It was better to just make things up than to ask a fool.
The next morning, Li Huowang was summoned to Dan Yang Tzu’s residence early in the morning. “I’ve almost mastered what you said about the Inner and Outer Great Circulation. Now, tell me the recipe for the Immortality Elixir,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
“Yes, master.” Li Huowang walked up to the celestial book and pretended to examine it carefully. “Hmm… two hearts of the Great Granny, and extract their essence? Master, what does this mean?”
Dan Yang Tzu paced back and forth in the room, muttering to himself. “So it’s like this? Becoming immortal actually requires the use of such evil things?”
“Master, what is the Great Granny?” Li Huowang asked.
“Never mind that, continue,” Dan Yang Tzu replied.
“One In-Law Fish, extract its gills and soak them in 100 grams of arsenic…”
With the knowledge learned from Zhao Fifth and modern times, Li Huowang was able to piece together a comprehensive system for becoming immortal.
After Li Huowang finished explaining his fabricated formula, he saw Dan Yang Tzu getting very excited and muttering to himself.
However, when Dan Yang Tzu thought carefully, he was suddenly shocked.
“Yes, that’s right! It can’t be wrong. Arsenic is cold in nature, so it must be balanced with something dry and hot like In-Law Fish. This is amazing! And even need to added the Great Granny as an ingredient. Why didn’t I think of that before? Since humans can be refined into elixirs, why can’t these evil things?” He started to imagine the balance of medicinal properties in the elixirs.
Li Huowang realized that Dan Yang Tzu was very smart when he was smart, but he was really ignorant when he was ignorant because he didn’t believe anyone else and only believed in his own set of ideas formulated in his mind.
If there was one word to describe Dan Yang Tzu, it would be superstitious. In a world without ghosts or immortals, superstition represented ignorance.
However, in a world where such things existed, superstition remained ignorant, only the objects of superstition were different.
Just then, Dan Yang Tzu reached into his sleeve with his right hand and pulled out a copper bell with a missing corner.
As Dan Yang Tzu began to shake the bell vigorously, the piercing sound instantly rang out. Li Huowang felt a splitting headache and instinctively covered his head and gritted his teeth.
The eerie sound of the copper bell not only affected his hearing but also his vision.
Everything around him began to twist and distort, and the whole world shook violently like an earthquake.
“What’s going on? What is Dan Yang Tzu doing? Did he find out that I was deceiving him?” Li Huowang thought to himself.
Just then, he saw the corner of the table, the edge of Dan Yang Tzu’s robe, and even the side of the celestial book next to it, in fact, every visible edge and angle in the room seemed to come to life and slowly converged in front of Dan Yang Tzu as they twisted and turned.
It was difficult to describe what this mass of edges and angles made up of various objects looked like, but one thing was certain: it seemed alive.
Li Huowang thought there was something wrong with his eyes, so he vigorously shook his head. However, as he did so, this thing suddenly split into two, creating two distinct and separate living entities.
Upon hearing Li Huowang’s words, Bai Lingmiao widened her eyes and said, “Yes, my grandfather told me not to run outside the village because the people there are very bad. If they catch a child, they will skin children and put on dog skin to raise them as dogs.
“Because children are smart, they can use the dog that understands human language to perform acrobatics on the streets, but the children are miserable, they can no longer grow because their body is stuck to the dog skin.”
Li Huowang furrowed his brows slightly and shook his head. “No, I’m not talking about those stories that old ladies scare their grandchildren with. I’m talking about things like Master Wander.”
“Something like Master Wander? Let me think…” Bai Lingmiao furrowed her brows and started to ponder.
“My grandfather’s stories are usually very messy, but most of them are about monsters in the mountains that eat people. There are really few stories about Master Wander.”
“Who told your grandfather the story of Master Wander?” Li Huowang asked.
Bai Lingmiao innocently widened her eyes, “Of course it was my grandfather’s grandfather who told him, and then my grandfather told me, and I will tell my grandchildren in the future.”
Li Huowang scratched his head, feeling a bit speechless.
“Senior Brother Li, I know one,” a weak young man who was leaning against the wall suddenly spoke up.
This person had deformed joints, with one shoulder higher than the other, and his entire body was twisted. Even in the material room, he could be considered as having a “distinctive appearance.”
“My surname is Zhao, and I’m the fifth child in my family. You can call me Zhao Fifth ,” he continued.
Li Huowang walked up to him and said, “Okay, tell me.”
Zhao Fifth looked around and lowered his voice, “I’ve heard from the older generations about something like what you described. It’s called the Great Granny.”
“Great Granny? What does it look like?” Li Huowang quickly searched his mind but couldn’t find any relevant images. Judging from the literal meaning, he couldn’t guess what kind of creature it was.
“Shh! Senior Brother Li, keep your voice down. This thing is very mystical. I heard that the Great Granny can hear people calling its name. If you say it too often, they’ll come looking for you!” Zhao Fifth whispered urgently.
“Oh?” Li Huowang became curious upon hearing this.
“I heard from my cousin that the Great Granny looks different to everyone who sees it. Sometimes it looks like goblins with long ears, and sometimes it looks like deceased loved ones. But anyone who stays with them for a while will also turn into a Great Granny!”
Li Huowang rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “This world is really strange. There are all kinds of inexplicable things. Do you know of any other things similar to the Great Granny?”
“Yes, there’s also the In-Law Fish. That thing is also very mystical,” Zhao Fifth said.
Through Zhao Fifth, Li Huowang learned about many strange and unusual things that he planned to use as ingredients for immortality elixirs.
“You really know a lot. Thanks, this information will be helpful to me,” Li Huowang said. By adding ingredients that even Dan Yang Tzu couldn’t discern, the credibility of his Becoming Immortal Elixirs would increase significantly.
If only highly toxic ingredients were added, Dan Yang Tzu might detect the abnormalities. However, by adding these other unidentifiable ingredients, the credibility of the elixirs would increase substantially.
Upon hearing Li Huowang’s words, Zhao Fifth smiled with joy. “I heard all of this from my cousin. He’s a merchant who has been everywhere and knows a lot.”
“Alright, it’s almost time. I have to go back now. Just wait for my message quietly,” Li Huowang took a deep breath and stood up to leave.
But as soon as he took a couple of steps, a tall figure at least 1.9 meters blocked his way. “I…I…”
Li Huowang recognized the bald man in front of him. Everyone in the material room called him Plonker because he had a wandering eye and drooled.
To say he was completely stupid wouldn’t be accurate. He just had a stutter, slow reaction time, and low intelligence. “I…I…I also know!” he said.
Li Huowang sighed and patted his bald head before turning around to head for the door. It was better to just make things up than to ask a fool.
The next morning, Li Huowang was summoned to Dan Yang Tzu’s residence early in the morning. “I’ve almost mastered what you said about the Inner and Outer Great Circulation. Now, tell me the recipe for the Immortality Elixir,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
“Yes, master.” Li Huowang walked up to the celestial book and pretended to examine it carefully. “Hmm… two hearts of the Great Granny, and extract their essence? Master, what does this mean?”
Dan Yang Tzu paced back and forth in the room, muttering to himself. “So it’s like this? Becoming immortal actually requires the use of such evil things?”
“Master, what is the Great Granny?” Li Huowang asked.
“Never mind that, continue,” Dan Yang Tzu replied.
“One In-Law Fish, extract its gills and soak them in 100 grams of arsenic…”
With the knowledge learned from Zhao Fifth and modern times, Li Huowang was able to piece together a comprehensive system for becoming immortal.
After Li Huowang finished explaining his fabricated formula, he saw Dan Yang Tzu getting very excited and muttering to himself.
However, when Dan Yang Tzu thought carefully, he was suddenly shocked.
“Yes, that’s right! It can’t be wrong. Arsenic is cold in nature, so it must be balanced with something dry and hot like In-Law Fish. This is amazing! And even need to added the Great Granny as an ingredient. Why didn’t I think of that before? Since humans can be refined into elixirs, why can’t these evil things?” He started to imagine the balance of medicinal properties in the elixirs.
Li Huowang realized that Dan Yang Tzu was very smart when he was smart, but he was really ignorant when he was ignorant because he didn’t believe anyone else and only believed in his own set of ideas formulated in his mind.
If there was one word to describe Dan Yang Tzu, it would be superstitious. In a world without ghosts or immortals, superstition represented ignorance.
However, in a world where such things existed, superstition remained ignorant, only the objects of superstition were different.
Just then, Dan Yang Tzu reached into his sleeve with his right hand and pulled out a copper bell with a missing corner.
As Dan Yang Tzu began to shake the bell vigorously, the piercing sound instantly rang out. Li Huowang felt a splitting headache and instinctively covered his head and gritted his teeth.
The eerie sound of the copper bell not only affected his hearing but also his vision.
Everything around him began to twist and distort, and the whole world shook violently like an earthquake.
“What’s going on? What is Dan Yang Tzu doing? Did he find out that I was deceiving him?” Li Huowang thought to himself.
Just then, he saw the corner of the table, the edge of Dan Yang Tzu’s robe, and even the side of the celestial book next to it, in fact, every visible edge and angle in the room seemed to come to life and slowly converged in front of Dan Yang Tzu as they twisted and turned.
It was difficult to describe what this mass of edges and angles made up of various objects looked like, but one thing was certain: it seemed alive.
Li Huowang thought there was something wrong with his eyes, so he vigorously shook his head. However, as he did so, this thing suddenly split into two, creating two distinct and separate living entities.
