Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 223 - 220: Virtuous Son-in-law and his Mother-in-law, Arranged Marriage

Chapter 223: Chapter 220: Virtuous Son-in-law and his Mother-in-law, Arranged Marriage

Taking advantage of the darkness, a small boat slowly stopped at the yellow-blue demarcation outside the entrance of the Turbid River to the sea.

Wang Yuan carelessly threw out a stack of yellow paper Talismans cut into human shapes.

"Ghost Ear Listening, decree!"

Wooo wooo wooo...

Countless "Ghost Ears," carrying the cold wind, quickly enveloped the whole sea area, finding out all the still-conscious beings.

Huang Wu, holding the "Heavenly Mechanism Mirror," used the "Moon in the Water and Flower in the Mirror" to drag each of them into a dream realm,

ensuring that no one could see what was about to happen on this sea.

According to the prompts on the "Heavenly Mechanism Mirror," Wang Yuan took out the "Life Creation Pill" that had been obtained through killing and arson on the journey.

Under the moonlight, this pill, which could allegedly grant the Yellow Seal Mage a second life, was the size of a plum.

It showed semi-transparency and a gel-like appearance, with inner spheres that resembled tadpoles, emitting no fragrance whatsoever.

Although its appearance was unimpressive, through the duo-certification by Shan Jun and the "Heavenly Mechanism Mirror," Wang Yuan believed its efficacy should be undoubted.

He plucked a strand of Huang Wu’s hair and tied a Unity Knot around the elixir, then, at the exact right moment of Midnight, wrapped it with a "Dragon Gate Talisman" and accurately threw it into the yellow-blue boundary.

The instant it touched the water surface, the "Life Creation Pill" suddenly trembled slightly, as if being pulled by some invisible force.

The next second, it was pulled down fiercely, as if by a massive force.

It didn’t sink into the seabed, but was sucked into the "Living Dragon Gate" through the power of the "Dragon Gate Talisman."

And Huang Wu’s hair would serve as a Dao Mark, delivering the elixir to Qingyan, who was connected by blood.

Wang Yuan and Huang Wu both anxiously turned their gazes back to the mirror.

After waiting for a while, they found that it still fixated on the "Life Creation Pill," showing no change.

"Why is it still like this, where’s the next prompt?"

Unable to hold back, Wang Yuan gently tapped the mirror that seemed to be stuck, but the "Heavenly Mechanism Mirror" still showed no response.

It was at that moment.

Splash splash...

Suddenly, a great sound of water arose beneath their feet.

But instead of stirring any wave, the sea surface became instantly calm and waveless, like a vast mirror.

Reflecting the moon’s silver light.

The small boat on the sea immediately seemed exceedingly out of place.

Just like the saying in the poem, "a green snail in a silver plate," they were just like the strikingly conspicuous green snail in the plate.

Immediately,

Below the smooth mirror-like surface, a shade of black started to rise toward their location.

Initially, it was just a dot, slowly revealing to be an enormous creature, difficult to see in full, faintly showing parts of its scales and claws.

Even though the sea beneath Wang Yuan and Huang Wu’s eyes was just a thin, insignificant film of silver water,

for that enormous creature, it was as if a heavenly barrier, no matter how it thrashed and collided, it could only keep approaching but never touch.

It seemed the entire sea was its prison.

Without a doubt, the one that had appeared was none other than Qingyan, the Wood Element Green Dragon, imprisoned in the "Living Dragon Gate" for fifteen whole years by her husband!

Having received the nourishment of the "Life Creation Pill," she had finally regained consciousness.

"Is the dark shadow aunt’s ’Azure Dragon Dharma Body’?

It’s a pity that the Divine Skill in the Azure Dragon’s power obviously lacks the ability to break through realms, otherwise aunt could leap straight out from behind the ’Living Dragon Gate.’

If I advance to the Yellow Seal Mage and cultivate a ’Two Realms Dharma Body,’ maybe I could give it a try."

The first realm of the Yellow Seal Mage is the ’Dharma Body.’

Although the stage before Immortality Dao Fruit is known as ’Corpse Dissection,’ it doesn’t mean the body is useless.

Even a fool knows the importance of the body’s role in crossing to the final stage; it remains critically significant until Corpse Dissection.

Whether it’s Magicians often studying Military Skill or creating ’Dharma Body,’ it all serves to protect their path.

As ’True Qi’ transforms into ’Mana,’ which contains all the knowledge of a Mage’s taoism, the ability to refine and taint external objects also increases hundredfold.

The first target to be tainted is the body!

One could also say that the ’Dharma Body’ is actually a clear mirror, reflecting the nature of the Mage’s own daoism and serving as the foundation for the cultivation of all skills.

’Dharma Body’ is indeed the true form of a Mage.

Crossing this stage not only transforms the essence of the Magician’s life but also greatly increases life span.

Even if originally just an ordinary human, upon attaining ’Mage,’ the lifespan could immediately soar to around two hundred forty years.

Not to mention the average lifespan of mortals under forty years old, even some short-lived dynasties probably couldn’t outlive them.

Qingyan, who cultivated "Flood Dragon Sea" naturally has an ’Azure Dragon Dharma Body,’ which lacks the ability to break realms.

But the ’Heavenly Department Dao Skill·Earth Que Golden Book’ that can be cultivated to a ’Dharma Body’ in the Mage Realm is known as ’Two Realms Dharma Body.’

Representing the ’Golden Que’ that serves the Divine Lord and the ’Gate’ that travels through two realms.

Maybe it really can be tried.

It’s unfortunate that it’s less than five months until next February, and even if Wang Yuan’s cultivation speed far surpasses the ordinary, he dares not hope to advance to Mage within half a year after Enlightenment.

Saving Qingyan would need another plan.

Roar—!

At that moment, the twisted dark shadow beneath the water came closer and closer, finally reaching its limit, unable to rise any further.

The next moment.

A pair of enormous golden vertical pupils suddenly opened underwater.

Even though they couldn’t fully make out the figure, Wang Yuan and the other person could genuinely feel the urgency and joy in her eyes.

The palpable gaze fixed tightly on Huang Wu; she couldn’t bear to look away.

A somewhat weak and cold female voice, quivering slightly, rose in their ears:

"Xiao Wu? Is it Xiao Wu? Am I dreaming?"

Looking at the underwater figure already with tears streaming down her face, Huang Wu choked up and called out:

"Mother! It is me; I’ve come back!"

However, this touching scene of a mother and daughter’s long-awaited reunion didn’t last long.

She had probably just noticed that annoying boy who was tightly holding her daughter’s hand.

Qingyan’s originally extremely gentle vertical pupils suddenly sharpened.

Above the sea, a fierce wind howled instantly, and dark clouds began to roll crazily in the sky.

With a mere thought, a divine presence emerged.

And Wang Yuan, who was being stared fixedly by those golden pupils.

Although knowing there was a "Dragon Gate" between them, preventing his aunt from unleashing much power, he still found it hard to breathe, his heart suddenly skipping a beat.

Unresisting and inescapable.

This move was called — the deadly stare of the mother-in-law!

Fortunately.

The sternness in the vertical pupils vanished in an instant, even softer than when she looked at Huang Wu.

"Is it Lingwei’s son Yuan? You’re all grown up now, you look very much like your mother, very much so."

Wang Yuan hurriedly nodded and bowed, his face full of obsequious smile:

"Aunt, it’s me."

Lingwei was indeed the name of Wang Yuan’s birth mother, but he was somewhat surprised that his aunt knew him as Wang Yuan.

Seeing his confusion, Qingyan, who was in a great mood because her daughter and nephew had come home, chuckled lightly:

"Hehe, your grandma and the Wang Family have always been cooped up in that little place in Beimang Mountain, never moving for half a lifetime.

Apart from your aunt, who else in our family is so far away?

Your name was chosen when Lingwei was just pregnant with you, and after naming you, your grandma ranted about it to me in a letter for a long time.

By the way, I’ve been trapped here for fifteen years. How is everything at home now?"

As soon as she asked this question, there was a somewhat chilly silence.

After a long while, Huang Wu, having barely dried her tears with Wang Yuan’s clothes, composed herself and explained softly to Qingyan:

"Mother, only I, Xiao Yuan, and Jinghuan are still alive in our family..."

As Huang Wu narrated the events of the past fifteen years.

Under the surface, every one of Qingyan’s dragon teeth grated so loud in anger, her hatred for Zhou Wenrui immeasurable.

For if he had not stolen her Dragon Scale Armor, none of this would have happened with her strength as a Yellow Seal Mage!

She had thought it was just a misfortune of meeting the wrong person, but to hear such calamitous news after being detached for fifteen years?!

Half a day later, she barely calmed herself but kept muttering:

"Misfortunes caused by my poor judgment, now there are only three of us left, only three..."

Immediately after, the divine light in her vertical pupils intensified as her gaze shifted towards Huang Wu once again.

"Wait! Xiao Wu, you’ve been betrothed and married already? To whom?!"

A mere leakage of a little power from an Azure Dragon was mystical enough to easily detect something amiss with Huang Wu.

Especially at this time, she was particularly sensitive to so-called "good matches."

Huang Wu glanced at Wang Yuan somewhat panically and hurriedly denied:

"No...not at all!"

Whew!

The next moment, a breeze, mingling with the energy of incense, arose from under the water and instantly pounced on her.

Suddenly, a brightly colored red thread appeared on Huang Wu’s left ankle, and the other end of the thread was securely tied to... Wang Yuan’s right foot.

Surprise or not? Unexpected or not?

Old Man Wang once asked Wang Yuan a question:

"Grandson, do you know why your body, since childhood, has had no resistance to Xiao Wu, drawing Yang Energy as it pleases?" (Chapter 80)

This red thread was the answer, also a masterpiece of the Earth God from their Beimang Mountain.

— [Spiritual Response Method: Blessed with a thread connecting thousands of miles].

The so-called Earth God fundamentally manages everything like Spirit Gods and Earth Goddesses, overseeing their own territory, dispelling evil, averting disasters, granting blessings, arranging marriages... and so on.

Although nowadays, a significant part of the marriage business in the Mortal World has fallen into the hands of the God of Wealth.

But ultimately there remains a land that demands no dowry, no bridal gifts, no houses... simply a touch of pure "Yang Energy."

Although, this was an arranged marriage decided by the elders without the knowledge or agreement of the man and woman involved, operating essentially like an egregious practice of raising a daughter-in-law.

Wang Yuan:... I think it’s fine.