Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 333 - 330: Friendship Upgrade, Emperor Bao Sheng

Chapter 333: Chapter 330: Friendship Upgrade, Emperor Bao Sheng

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, in the central region of Dai State, stood East Mountain Taishan.

North of Qianfeng County lay the Monkey Date Collection.

Whooo...

In that persimmon forest enveloped in incense and lush greenery, a piercingly cold gust of wind suddenly whipped up.

In mid-air, a black speck suddenly appeared and swiftly expanded into the silhouette of a person in a green robe.

"I’m finally back!"

Gazing at the familiar scenery before him, Wang Yuan, who had not set foot on land for many days, felt a surge of relief in his heart the moment his feet touched the ground.

The tension that had built up over the days began to gradually ease.

After all, there was probably no safer place in the whole world than the foot of Mount Taishan, where "Peng Xuan Grotto Heaven" was located.

Having left Red County Divine Land and traveled far and wide, Wang Yuan was beginning to understand what the Great Fate had said during their first meeting:

"Outside Heavenly Gate, there naturally are us, the Corpse Dissection Immortals, blocking the Heavenly Officials.

Temporarily, with some spare strength and the monitoring power of the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net, we manage to keep the intensity of the upheavals in the mortal world within a relatively controllable range."

Indeed, this was true.

Compared to the Demon Country "Naiman Five Tribes" of Desert North, where living humans were treated no better than livestock, and the "Taoyuan Mysterious Country," where all citizens lived as if in a dream, what did a few scapegraces in Great Yan Realm amount to?

I used to think that the lives of people in Red County Divine Land were teeming with demons and hardships everywhere.

But now, compared with other places, this land under the protection of Corpse Dissection Immortals is truly a heavenly realm.

Unfortunately, as chaotic times approach,

Red County Divine Land once again stands at a crossroads of Fate.

If they can get through it, another era of great prosperity will begin; if not, it will completely fall into the eerie state like "Naiman Five Tribes" and "Taoyuan Mysterious Country."

And the entire human clan would never see a day of resurgence!

After offering incense to Duke Shi, the Yellow Decree Earth Deity guarding this place,

Wang Yuan walked around the huge persimmon tree, turning left three times and right three times. Then he shouted:

"Open!"

Instantly, a white jade portal leaped out of the stout trunk of the persimmon tree.

Taking a stride through the portal, a vast sea of clouds appeared before him, distant green mountains vaguely in sight, resembling floating Immortal Mountains.

The clouds scattered enchanting colors, and the sun and moon shimmered—a truly splendid immortal scenery.

No matter how many times he saw it, he could not help but marvel incessantly at "Peng Xuan Grotto Heaven."

Mount Luofeng and Dushuo Mountain, famous immortal mountains in the mortal world, could not compare to this place.

Descending the mountain, the first place he reached was still the "Cave Heaven Agricultural Research Institute."

However, through Wang Yuan’s efforts, Lei Mingyuan, initially in charge of managing livestock prosperity but reluctantly engaged in hybrid studies, had gradually "returned to the right path."

At least he had sealed away all the plants with side effects like "gender swapping," "eating leads to pregnancy," "shape supplement," "waist supplement," and so forth, making this path much safer.

Walking here, he no longer needed the Apple Spirits, the Lin Qin brothers, to lead the way.

Seeing the distinctly normal-looking rice seedlings and wheat seedlings in the experimental fields from afar, as well as Lei Mingyuan wearing a farmer’s hat looking like an old farmer working the fields, Old Master Wang felt quite gratified.

A sense of pride welled up within him, feeling as though he had saved the world.

Boundless merit! Boundless merit indeed!

"This is indeed the correct image for a pioneer in hybrid studies!

When Old Lei is earnestly conducting his research, he finally looks like a decent man."

Just before leaving last time, Wang Yuan not only submitted some ideas about the future applications of the "Jade Mansion Thunder Pivot" to Great Fate,

but also handed over some agricultural content from "Friend of Dual-use Talents for Military and Agriculture" he remembered to this "Fourth Official."

The new knowledge immediately opened a door for Lei Mingyuan.

The great prospects of developing high-yield, mass-cultivable corn, wheat, and rice, also slowly pulled him back from the evil path.

Even though he could not use Taoist Ability to hasten the plants’ growth due to the avoidance of side effects,

a Yellow Seal Mage, originally a Yin God who had reached certain limits in the "Divine Transformation" realm, already possessed various unbelievable abilities.

Photographic memory, extraordinary analytical capabilities, object manipulation, and a divine sense that allowed a deep insight into the world...

A single person was equivalent to a huge scientific research team, plus a top-notch biological laboratory.

After absorbing the knowledge Wang Yuan provided, his research progress was rapid.

Relying solely on his own power and with the assistance of some Powerful Warriors, he launched more than a dozen research projects simultaneously.

Now, the only flaw was that, without using Taoist Ability to hasten maturation, the waiting periods were excruciatingly long.

Even in this "Peng Xuan Grotto Heaven," where an amazing four harvests a year was possible, getting preliminary research results would still take years.

Wang Yuan couldn’t help but want more—If only he could find some treasures that could accelerate the local flow of time, it would complement the time-consuming agricultural research perfectly.

It would neither directly affect the crops with Taoist abilities nor significantly shorten the breeding cycle.

Or perhaps if there were powers related to "Agriculture," it could also maximize pollution prevention.

"By the way, I wonder how the research is going for Aunt Qing and Little Concubine, the two Water Virtue and Wood Virtue True Dragons.

If they are not depending on Taoist abilities, they might not necessarily outperform Old Lei.

As far as I know, the divine positions of "Agriculture God" and "Grain God" among the "Nine Soldiers" in the Heavenly Department have not yet been taken; perhaps my two aunts still have a chance to try."

On their way back to Great Yan, Huang Wu had already communicated with Golden Flower Granny, Qingyan, and Long Shao.

Actually, they had returned to Beimang Mountain a month ago, after the situation in Dengzhou Prefecture gradually stabilized, preparing to bring Grandma’s body back to Dengzhou Prefecture.

Although Grandma had pursued the pure Divine Tao, leaving Beimang Mountain would mean abandoning a lower-level divine position at most.

They just needed to find another geomantic treasure land within the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture.

With Wang Yuan and Zhou Jinhuan, the yin and yang rulers, there was no need for Grandma to rearrange the earth’s veins from scratch.

Together, they issued an imperial edict, and directly appointing it as the new capital of Dengzhou Prefecture was a piece of cake.

However, after careful inspection by the mother-in-law and the little concubine, they discovered that Grandma’s injuries were too severe.

Even though their "Earth Department Taoist Skill - Sky One Blue Method," which is most effective for tree demons, required a long time before she could be transplanted again.

Wang Yuan had already planned to visit Dengzhou Prefecture first to leave their share of flat peaches for Zhou Jinhuan and Duan Zhiyin after leaving "Pengxuan Grotto Heaven," then he would return to Beimang Mountain to check on Grandma.

He wanted to see if the flat peach in his hand could help Grandma recover sooner.

After all, the top-grade Purple Pattern Peach was claimed to extend a Daoist’s life by sixty years, and it could even bring the dead back to life and recreate a "Dharma Body"!

At that moment,

Lei Mingyuan, whose Daoist ability was even higher than Wang Yuan’s, noticed his arrival and looked up in surprise, even happier than seeing "Giant Gate Star Lord" Xu Zhenzhi.

"Taibai, I’m tied up at the moment, but once I’m free, we must have a drink!

Ha ha ha, I just knew it, you Taibai truly are a kindred spirit to me, Old Lei! Full of ideas! Full of character!

From today onwards, you are my close friend!"

While shouting, he gave Wang Yuan a big thumbs up, his bright white teeth gleaming brightly.

Wang Yuan found such excessive enthusiasm somewhat strange.

They hadn’t seen each other for many days, the results of the hybrid crops weren’t out yet, and he hadn’t done anything special.

How could this acquaintance, one of the few who knew his title "Star Lord Taibai," be so increasingly enthusiastic and supportive of him?

Although, apart from the research topics, he had little in common with this "Fishman" enthusiast.

Yet Wang Yuan still nodded politely to him.

But he made up his mind to make a quick exit once his business was done, fearing the other party might discuss the wonders of "Fishman" with him.

If he got caught up in such weird tastes, he would end up just like this eccentric, friendless.

Afterward, Wang Yuan did not go to "Ziwei Heavenly Palace" to see Sister Ruan.

Instead, he passed through the still scarcely populated Pengxuan Grotto Heaven and arrived at a public building—"Merit Examination Hall"—quite promptly.

This was one of the main reasons Wang Yuan returned to "Pengxuan Grotto Heaven" on his way back.

Using his access credentials, he linked to a branch of "Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net," and immediately numbers jumped up before him.

Merit Points: 429875!

The primary responsibility of the "Nine Soldiers" was to stir up trouble, and when there’s no trouble, they find some.

Aside from the tasks assigned by "Nine Soldiers," he was also regularly involved in slaying demons and dismantling established demon forces to prevent them from banding together.

In each operation, "Immortal Officials" would receive additional allowances, and the expansive "Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net" would automatically record to ensure no merit was lost.

After pulling off two major feats, while Wang Yuan reaped a great deal of Yin Morality, he naturally also earned a substantial amount of merit.

It seems "Nine Soldiers" had fully deciphered the quantification standard of Yin Morality; after stirring up trouble, the ratio of merit to Yin Morality was one to one.

Standing in the "Merit Examination Hall," one only had to express a request, and the corresponding reward would be retrieved automatically.

To cater to the different demands of Taoist skills, its reserves encompassed everything imaginable, boasting that if it exists in the mortal world, it is available here.

"Question: How can I perfectly resolve the situation with two ’Green Seal Strange Immortals’ who have entered the Withered Wood Zen Realm?"

As soon as Wang Yuan eagerly made his request, feedback immediately appeared from "Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net":

The two ’Green Seal Strange Immortals’ can be dealt with simultaneously.

But not by killing them.

Normally, every ’Green Seal Sage’ can form their own heaven and earth, hence, after their departure, they leave behind uniquely characteristic ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth’.

These are among the priceless treasures of the world.

However, those ’Green Seal Strange Immortals’ gradually emptied by ’Heavenly Officials’ throughout their long lives are different...

In Wang Yuan’s understanding, each ’Green Seal Strange Immortal’ emptied out is like an extremely disgusting dirty bomb!

If killed in the mortal world, their ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth,’ already contaminated and hollowed by Heavenly Officials, will permanently alter the ecosystem of an area.

Even eroding the normal Tao like water dripping through stone.

The most commonly used method in the past was to apply heavy seals, ensuring that even with the interference of ’Heavenly Officials,’ the contamination could not spread.

But now, a better utilization method is available—’Jade Mansion Thunder Pivot.’

Along with the contaminated ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth’ and ’Killing Dao Fruit,’ it can be excavated to make a top-quality "Perpetual Motion Machine," ’Jade Mansion Thunder Pivot’!

Soon after, Wang Yuan saw the advanced version of the "If you can’t beat them, get reinforcements" tactic.

And there were two options to choose from, Plan A and Plan B.

Plan A: Request the avatar of a ’Corpse Dissection Immortal’ to take action, cost: five million merit points!

Wang Yuan immediately shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Can’t afford it, next!"

Plan B:

Apart from a ’Corpse Dissection Immortal,’ the only one who can perfectly extract the ’Killing Dao Fruit’ from a ’Green Seal Strange Immortal’ is the ’Heavenly Immortal Official’ with the power of "medicine," ’Emperor Bao Sheng’ Sage Wu.

Requesting a ’Green Seal Sage’ to take action, cost: one million merit points!

Wang Yuan has always believed that in this world, the things that don’t cost money are the most expensive; this clearly priced option was much more comfortable than asking for favors from ’Great Fate.’

Seeing the price tag for Sage Wu, Wang Yuan’s eyes lit up.

One million merit points to truly settle the issue was not too pricey.

But Old Master Wang still wanted to ask: Taoist fellow, is there an installment plan?

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