Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 114 - 111: Tiger-Faced Dragon King, The Art of Pearl Gathering

Chapter 114: Chapter 111: Tiger-Faced Dragon King, The Art of Pearl Gathering

Whoo-hoo-hoo...

The dark clouds above Wang Yuan’s glabella gradually converged.

The increasingly piercing cries echoed beside his ears.

He dared not tarry for a moment longer, and with the help of two lady ghosts, he quickly stripped off his clothes, revealing his robust but not at all cumbersome upper body, and sat down cross-legged on the bamboo mat.

His solid chest and broad back, along with the perfect lines of his muscles, made the two lady ghosts brighten up involuntarily.

As they dressed him, they couldn’t help but secretly wipe their hands twice.

But they also knew that now was the time for serious matters.

The more experienced Lady Peach Fairy took the lead, using silver needles prepared in advance, dipped in her own ghost blood, and swiftly pierced the first needle into Wang Yuan’s broad back.

True to her reputation as a former Red Seal Mage, even though the "Peach God Tao" Daoist skills were utterly destroyed, her technique remained both steady and quick.

Hiss!

Although Wang Yuan felt as if a burning hot boulder was placed on his back with each needle, he still sat upright on the ground, as immovable as a mountain.

No matter how uncomfortable, he had to endure it.

At this moment, they were attempting to mitigate the detrimental effects of "Precept Taboo II" with a special Magic technique, with all their might.

Of course.

This method was not the usual way Magicians counteract costs—the act of "killing."

When one practices the "Earthly Que Golden Book" to establish a Dao Foundation and truly steps onto the path of "Yin Mountain Taoism," one’s "Life Plate" involuntarily loses a corner, turning from eight characters to seven, becoming someone with an incomplete Life Chart.

And beyond the original Life Chart, two types of "Evil Fates" are added:

"Four Wastes Spirit Killer" is somewhat better, as it only drags people down energetically, turning Cultivators into complete losers with no ambition;

However, "Five Ghosts Eight Losses" could cost one’s life if not handled carefully.

According to legends, "Eight Defeats Fate" is also known as the "Sangmen Star," and "Five Ghosts Eight Defeats" belongs to one of these Eight Defeats.

The other seven are: Retreat Wealth Eight Defeats, Fail Eight Defeats, Ruin Family Eight Defeats, Disgrace Eight Losses, Iron Sweep Eight Defeats, Heavenly Gang Eight Defeats, and Plague Qi Eight Defeats.

Of them, "Five Ghosts Eight Defeats" is considered the most dangerous.

Those with this fate are born in debt to all the ghosts under the ground—the "Yin people"—that is, they owe debts to ghosts, have a physique prone to attracting evil spirits, frequently encounter weird occurrences, and never-ending disasters!

Of course, the reason why such dire consequences occur after Foundation Establishment is not that the "Earthly Que Golden Book" wants to kill its Cultivators.

Rather, it’s to enable Cultivators to completely leap out of their original life pattern.

Thus, this step is also known as—Breaking Pattern!

For instance, Wang Yuan, with his peculiar Life Chart "White Tiger Holding Position," scored a "7," already considered an extremely rare and precious fate in the world.

Because his fate was strong enough, even when his initial "Qi Fortune" dropped to "-6," he was able to persevere without dying, gradually finding a sliver of opportunity to escape from the brink of death.

However, not to mention merely "White Tiger Holding Position," even the indescribably noble "Ziwei Enters Life," which denotes a natural-born Emperor, has its limits.

And "Breaking Pattern" is about actively collapsing a corner of the Life Plate, allowing the Cultivator to escape the cage and have limitless possibilities!

Of course, the dangers involved should never be taken lightly.

How to "reap the benefits and rid the harms" is a profound area of knowledge.

"Dharma Master, it’s done!"

Lady Peach Fairy’s movements were lightning-fast, using her own blood as ink, and rapidly tattooed a ferocious yet majestic pattern of a tattoo on Wang Yuan’s back.

Tiger face, dragon beard, and dragon horns, it was a "Tiger-Faced Dragon King"!

As the final needle pierced in, Wang Yuan’s body seemed to bear the weight of a thousand pounds, already beginning to tremble slightly.

The candles on the altar flickered incessantly, as if they might go out at any moment.

As the saying goes, don’t tattoo dragons across the shoulders or tigers below the mountains; the merciful Guanyin with eyes closed does not save the world, while the valiant Guan Yu with eyes open must slay; do not tattoo a bloodthirsty wolf on your body, for a lone wolf with blood will lead to the family’s destruction...

Tattooing is something that should never be done rashly, especially on the back. Some images, if one’s fate cannot withstand them, could very likely backfire upon being tattooed.

The "Tiger-Faced Dragon King," which originates from the Three Ghost Gods, is no exception.

As a prerequisite for the "Dragon King Pearl Gathering Skill," one must successfully carry it on their back to ensure Wang Yuan doesn’t die unexpectedly.

After Lady Peach Fairy finished her task, she immediately stepped aside to make way for Huang Wu, who had been waiting for a long time.

Likewise, using the silver needle dipped in her own ghost blood, Huang Wu pierced the last two needles into the blood-red eyes of the tattooed "Tiger-Faced Dragon King" on Wang Yuan’s back.

Ao hou—!!!

Suddenly.

A long cry, like that of a dragon or a tiger, exploded next to the ears of the two lady ghosts, causing their legs to go weak, and they collapsed one after another onto the bamboo mat next to Wang Yuan.

Especially on Huang Wu’s body where a bright, red, and phantom-like pearl was violently swallowed by the "Tiger-Faced Dragon King," turning into a shiny "Dragon Ball."

For a moment, the little lady ghost’s spirit seemed somewhat wilted.

In contrast, Wang Yuan, whose dark cloud over his glabella had cleared away almost entirely, sprang up energetically from the mat.

This was the method for resolving "Precept Taboo II":

——The Dragon King gathers pearls, and the nobles support each other!

In fact, he had absorbed a bit of Huang Wu’s Life Chart, placing a part of his own decaying fate onto her, merging their Life Plates together.

From then on, their destinies completely depended on each other, with gaps filled with perfect wholes.

The moment "The Dragon King gathers pearls" was completed.

In Wang Yuan’s body, the "Four Wastes God Fiend" and a feeling of total dejection and decay suddenly dissipated, completely extinguished by Huang Wu’s "Vermilion Bird Style."

And the "Five Ghosts Eight Defeats" were also weakened by more than half, transforming from various disasters that came randomly from dawn to dusk into something like the predictable highs and lows of ocean waves.

It gave Wang Yuan a chance to catch his breath and to deal with them calmly.

Wang Yuan nodded at Huang Wu, the great contributor.

The little ghost girl responded with a radiant smile.

Although for Huang Wu, gathering pearls was a unilateral contribution.

She did not feel at a loss at all; instead, she felt an indescribable sweetness in her heart.

After all, this was the first time in many years that she could truly manifest her own value.

She could finally stop hiding under Wang Yuan’s arm to enjoy peace and instead stand shoulder to shoulder with him forever, facing challenges. The joy in her spirit was beyond words.

Of course, if Wang Yuan were to succeed in his cultivation in the future, he could also use the "Dragon Ball Replenishment" to pull up Huang Wu’s Taoist Skill.

’Or... continue to be taken care of.’

The girl’s lofty ambitions lasted only a moment before she reverted to her old self.

The "Four Wastes God Fiend" still had some remaining impact on her.

Huang Wu lay lazily on the mat, listlessly lacking the motivation to do anything, strangely wanting to just be a little useless creature, eating and drinking, being cared for.

Wang Yuan gently picked up the little ghost girl, who was dripping with fragrant sweat and soft as if boneless, and took her into his "Five Senses Altar City" inside his body.

This Altar City was not just a Taoist site for the senses; as the fledgling form of "Earth Que," all the Yin Officials and ghosts that Wang Yuan had subdued could also be stationed there.

After completing the "Pearl Gathering Skill," Huang Wu’s position in the "Earth Que Yin Official" system was already second only to Wang Yuan.

"Phew!"

At this point, Wang Yuan finally took a sigh of relief.

Looking at the last "Precept Taboo Three," which was also a supplement to Precept Taboo Two "Five Ghosts Eight Defeats":

[3. Calamity can be broken, can be escaped, but cannot always be avoided, because the Tribulation Energy will accumulate continuously, until it completely topples in the next Calamity, never to transcend.

It encourages Dharma Masters to provoke incidents along the way, to release the Tribulation Energy in advance, and thereby prevent catastrophe before it happens.

Note: After each calamity, one’s Taoist Skill will greatly increase, making leaps and bounds.]

Wang Yuan suddenly realized, the core of Precept Three boils down to three points: stir up trouble! Stir up trouble! And more trouble!

It encouraged Wang Yuan to dive into all kinds of vortexes, even to actively create ones that would not harm his "Yin Morality," as long as he survived, he would greatly increase his Taoist Ability after successfully overcoming them.

"It’s like being whipped into action at all times, cultivating this Daoist Skill makes it impossible to slack off—that would be playing with one’s life.

Because the whip is not actually a whip, but the guillotine!

A single careless move could cost you your life."

Of course, now that he had Huang Wu’s assistance, things were much better than before.

He no longer had to run ragged from dawn to dusk, nor did he have to borrow from Heaven and Earth like the "Three Vultures Power Technique," where the accumulated debts would explode when the time limit was reached.

He could nip troubles in the bud, digesting the Tribulation Energy bit by bit in advance.

"Heh, although it’s a ’Heavenly Department Dao Skill,’ it’s not the kind of upright and peaceful, full of immortal energy Taoist path.

It’s like a blacksmith who’s finally gotten his hands on a stubborn piece of iron, and has to put in a lot of effort to forge it into a sword.

Not caring if the means are too simple and crude, it’s instead forged into a piece of junk.

I wonder if over the past two thousand years, there have been other cultivators who meet the criteria and have perished due to this ’Precept Taboo’?"

However.

Wang Yuan, knowing the endpoint of the "Earthly Que Golden Book" was one of the highest positions between Heaven and Earth—"Yin Heaven Son."

Just by thinking about what the Buddha once said to the monkey, he felt much more balanced in his heart.

"The Jade Emperor had been cultivating from a young age, through a grueling 1750 calamities. Each calamity lasted for 129,600 years. You calculate, how many years must he have before he can enjoy this limitless grand Tao?"

To wear the crown, one must bear its weight!

If one aspires for immortality, his path is destined to be much rougher than that of others, but the rewards will also be much greater.

At this moment, Wang Yuan noticed that the "Tribulation Energy" above his head had already begun to condense gradually.

If he did not attend to it, in at most ten days to half a month, his first disaster would come crashing down!

A sense of urgency, as if one’s head was tied to a beam or a thorn pressed against a thigh, naturally arose.

"However, since I’ve dealt with both ends of the ’Owl God Tomb,’ where, then, will this disaster come from?"

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