Above the Great Dao
Chapter 401 - 197 Taboos and Taboos_2

Chapter 401: Chapter 197 Taboos and Taboos_2

"Grandfather didn’t have that knowledge, so he was penniless. I’m just afraid I’ll follow in his footsteps and can’t manage my silver, becoming penniless as well," he lamented.

Black Pot didn’t care to pay him any attention and spat out a ghostly book, sitting on the stool to read.

After all, it was the trouble of the wealthy, irrelevant to him.

He had just sat down when a maid came over with some meat and fruit, placing it beside the dog.

Black Pot opened his mouth, as the maid crouched and knelt beside him, pinching a piece of meat and placing it in his mouth.

Black Pot ate leisurely while reading, suddenly realizing that his refreshing days seemed to be funded by silver. If Master Chen ran out of money, his days of enjoyment would probably come to an end.

However, making money was not its forte, better to let Chen Shi worry about it.

Chen Shi, still youthful at heart, cast his worries aside and continued to cultivate the Eight Extremes Golden Que Divine Chapter.

The Eight Extremes Golden Que Divine Chapter had much more content than the Three Light Righteous Qi Technique, especially when Chen Shi and Scholar Pei dueled, activating this cultivation technique. He found that this technique combined with the Golden Core Field was establishing Eight Extremes and erecting eight Golden Queues within the field.

The divine Chapter said, "The primal chaos holds nothing, silent and quiet, all things come to life, the Five Elements form them. Life has its limits, formations have their faults, from life to formation, perfectly unchanging."

As the Golden Core Field unfolded, it possessed this feeling of primal chaos, from life to formation, clear and tranquil!

The Eight Extremes positions of the field, each Golden Queue stood like a gate, divided into eight gates, each formed from a split of the qi.

Each gate resembled a heavenly queue, gate-shaped, with eaves and horns, bracket sets supporting each other, carvings of dragons and phoenixes, guiding immortals, and various auspicious roof ridge beasts.

The gates shone with golden light, inside, Divine Power surged and gathered into golden spheres, seemingly pulled by the gates.

When Chen Shi activated the cultivation technique, golden light from the eight Golden Queues streamed into the Golden Core, refining it, while the Golden Core also circulated around him, refining his skin and hair.

Suddenly, it fell from the crown of his head, entered his body, and traveled from the heavenly gate, jade pillow, great vertebra, spinal column, reaching the tail end.

Then it moved to the perineum, life gate, divine gate, central court, and rose through the throat, leaping over twelve levels, via the tip of the tongue into the nasal abyss, and then leapt out from the heavenly gate.

Once the Golden Core circulated around his body and refined it again, it reentered the heavenly gate. This time, the circulation path changed, following the eight extraordinary meridians to the hands and feet.

The Eight Gates Golden Que Divine Chapter took the paths of the Big Five Elements and Small Five Elements, divided into Inner Circulation and Outer Circulation.

The Small Five Elements are the five viscera and six bowels; the Big Five Elements are the limbs and skull, Inner Circulation runs within the body, and Outer Circulation runs both inside and outside the body. freēwēbnovel.com

The Eight Gates Refining process was much more rapid than the Beidou Refining of the Righteous Qi, greatly enhancing the physical body.

Chen Shi sensed his qi and blood vessels and muscles were rapidly enhancing; the immense power from the Golden Core was refined into his body, even into his hairs!

A single strand of his hair was even tougher than steel, more tenacious than the worst bull tendon, so much so that not even a sharp blade could sever it with one or two cuts!

"No wonder the Divine Chapter’s song says, in a hundred days, refine the Golden Core into a Nascent Soul."

Chen Shi thought to himself, "My Golden Core at nine transformations, perhaps in just over half a month, I will be able to refine it!"

Choosing the right cultivation technique is crucial to practice, firstly for speed and secondly for a solid foundation. Chen Shi deeply understood this.

Even though he owned the wealth of techniques from the True King’s Tomb, if he did not have a guide like Stone Rock Lady, he would have taken many detours.

Chen Shi practiced diligently, and after eight days, the Golden Core smoothly entered the central palace and turned from green to azure, achieving the eighth transformation.

Just one more step was needed to reach the nine transformations of the Golden Core.

His seven returns, eight transformations, and nine restorations had already refined his body into a Holy Embryo Dharma Body. Refining the Golden Core, planting the Yellow Bud, was a natural course of action, without the need like other cultivators to refine spiritual elixirs, relying on external medicine for major results!

His Golden Core, his Qi-Blood, his physical body, they were the ultimate medicine!

"The Divine Chapter says, returning to the origin, restoring life, then all gods converge, transformed into an infant, true unity with Tao. After unifying with Tao, it then becomes, ’Tao resides in my body, achieving a Taoist Body.’"

Chen Shi couldn’t help but indulge in a bit of wild thinking. The Divine Chapter mentioned the use of the Taoist Body, every move and gesture was a spell, was Divine Skills. Truly enticing!

"Can cultivating a Nascent Soul truly refine a Taoist Body?"

He bent over, picked up a wilted flower from the garden, and pondered, "Which is stronger or weaker, the Taoist Body or the Innate Dao Embryo?"

The withered flower in his hand gradually became vibrant, blossoming splendidly and refreshing to the senses, as if it had been reborn.

Within the fresh flower, seeds were formed, quickly rooting and sprouting, growing branches and soon becoming lush, growing into a peony bush about half a person tall, bearing three blossoms.

When the peony bloomed, the flowers unexpectedly transformed into three small red birds, which took flight.

The peony in Chen Shi’s hand also withered rapidly, as though it had exhausted its essence.

The three little red birds flitted about in the shrubs, when suddenly one of the birds shook its head vigorously, grew as big as a hill, and flew toward the maid Qing’er, almost swallowing her whole!

Qing’er was so scared that her soul nearly left her body, but then the red bird that attacked her suddenly died, its body rotting quickly, turning into petals that scattered.

The other two little red birds flew toward Chen Shi and, upon landing in his hands, also disintegrated, forming two peony flowers.

Chen Shi handed the two flowers to the frightened Qing’er and shook his head, "My spell still can’t achieve perfection; the things I transform inevitably become corrupted."

Qing’er collected herself and suddenly remembered, "Master, Governor Xu asks to see you; he’s drinking tea in the front hall."

Chen Shi felt a stir in his heart and walked toward the front hall.

The front hall was for receiving guests. Qing’er, holding the flowers, suddenly remembered that the flowers were transformed from the little red birds that almost ate her. She promptly placed the two peony flowers into a vase in the corner of the wall.

Just as she had inserted the flowers into the vase, she saw the two peony flowers rapidly wither, disintegrate, and dissipate into wisps of Spiritual Energy in the air.

Qing’er was stunned, not understanding what had happened.

Seeing this, Chen Shi thought to himself, "Without having cultivated a Taoist Body, I still cannot turn falsehood into truth, always lacking in some aspect."

He entered the front hall, where Governor Xu Jian was sitting and drinking tea. Upon seeing him, Xu promptly stood up. Chen Shi smiled, "Governor Xu, please have a seat."

Qing’er took the new tea from a maid and brought it to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi asked, "Governor, is there any news?"

After a hesitation, Xu Jian said, "Brother Chen, since we last parted, I returned to the government office and immediately split my men into two groups. One group composed of several clever cultivators went to Yudou to investigate the young master’s background and news; another group, I used the Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman to contact our family elders to see if they knew anything about the young master’s origins. You know the people under me are very well-informed; what you eat and what you say to which maid, all are known to me."

Chen Shi nodded slightly and said, "You know even more than the Heaven Listeners outside my door."

As if Xu Jian did not understand the irony in his words, he continued, "The cultivators I sent out are all capable people, equipped with means not inferior to the Heaven Listeners. They hadn’t been in Yudou long when they lost contact with me."

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows.

Xu Jian continued, "I had the Talisman Master in the government office use the Soul Summoning Talisman to call their souls and tried to inquire what had happened to them."

Chen Shi asked, "Their souls didn’t come?"

Xu Jian nodded lightly.

Chen Shi lightly tapped his index finger on the tea table, and after a moment, asked, "What did the Xu family elder say?"

Xu Jian answered, "I contacted Uncle Five. Uncle Xu Bufan holds a high position in our family, having entered the Ministry of Revenue as Vice Minister, managing the Great Ming’s finances, and he is well-connected and well-informed. I asked him about the young master living in Prince Zheng’s residence. Initially, all was well, but then his tone suddenly turned severe."

He looked into Chen Shi’s eyes and said softly, "Uncle Five told me not to pry."

Chen Shi’s heart skipped a beat, "Even the Xu family fears the young master?"

"I had this doubt too and asked Uncle Five."

Xu Jian said, "Uncle Five said that the Xu family does not fear the young master’s power, but they also do not want to provoke the young master. He said that the matters concerning the young master are too great for me to inquire about. He also asked why I suddenly started asking about the young master. Brother Chen."

He steeled himself, took a sip of tea, set down his tea bowl, stood up, and said, "There are some people in this world who are taboos, who must not even be mentioned. Brother Chen, you are a taboo, and the young master is a taboo as well. The matters between you are your own; I cannot afford to provoke them. I must take my leave."

Without waiting for Chen Shi to see him off, he hurriedly left.

"A taboo? Since when am I a taboo that must not be mentioned?"

Chen Shi was surprised and murmured, "What level is the young master on to be listed as a taboo, just like me? Since that is the case... I will personally make a trip to Yudou!"

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